{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Marshal competitors needing to strip off (4)","output":"### Answer: TITO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Marshal\n=the former Yugoslav President Hidden in [compe]**TITO**[rs]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is he\u00a0a pain in the neck? (4)","output":"### Answer: RICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Is he\ndouble definition: =a male name; =a sprain, possibly in the neck"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Enjoy capturing knight in Paris, who is to surrender (10)","output":"### Answer: RELINQUISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: surrender\n**RELISH**=\"Enjoy\", around: **N**=knight in chess plus **QUI**=\"who\" in French"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Setter makes unfair remarks about Irishman, perhaps (8)","output":"### Answer: ISLANDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Irishman, perhaps\n**I**=\"Setter\"; plus **SLANDER**=\"make[s] unfair remarks about\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leader no longer touring round country (8)","output":"### Answer: CAMEROON \n ### Explanation: Definition: country\nDavid **CAMERON**=\"Leader no longer\" around **O**=\"round\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Frame opening demand of horrid letter (4,4)","output":"### Answer: RACK RENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: demand of horrid letter\n=extortionate demand for rent\n **RACK**=\"Frame\" plus **RENT**=tear, \"opening\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Does one run away? I'm not sure about run (6)","output":"### Answer: ELOPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Does one run away\n**ER**=\"I'm not sure\", around **LOPE**=\"run\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Device that sucks up a drink (4)","output":"### Answer: CAVA \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\n**VAC**[uum]=\"Device that sucks\" reversed\/\"up\"; plus **A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Over sixteen letters (4)","output":"### Answer: ATOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Over\n**A to P**=\"sixteen letters\" i.e. 'a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What contentious folk often get for seconds? (5,2)","output":"### Answer: BACKS UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: What contentious folk often get\ncontentious folk often get their **BACKS UP** i.e. become irritated or hostile\n also =\"seconds\" as in gives support to a suggestion, or acts as a second in a duel"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Miserly investment in worthy sculpture, for instance (4,3)","output":"### Answer: FINE ART \n ### Explanation: Definition: sculpture, for instance\n**NEAR**=\"Miserly\", invested in **FIT**=\"worthy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is rubbish put back in trunks? (5)","output":"### Answer: TORSI \n ### Explanation: Definition: trunks\n**IS ROT**=\"rubbish\", all reversed\/\"put back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get dirty, menacing look after party (9)","output":"### Answer: DISCOLOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get dirty\n**LOUR**=\"menacing look\", after **DISCO**=\"party\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Almost clean\" Brexit arranged, that can be delivered (10)","output":"### Answer: EXTRICABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: can be delivered\n\"delivered\" as in rescued or set free\n (clea[n] Brexit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Painter's energy always returns (4)","output":"### Answer: GOYA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Painter\n**GO**=\"energy\" plus **AY**=\"always\" reversed\/\"returns\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wild animal with truer colour (11)","output":"### Answer: ULTRAMARINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: colour\n(animal truer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rein in twins, those running the enterprise (11)","output":"### Answer: RINGLEADERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: those running the enterprise\n**LEAD**=\"Rein\" inside **RINGERS**=\"twins\" as in 'dead ringers'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What Jersey did, presumably, banning English humour (4)","output":"### Answer: MOOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: humour\na Jersey cow may have **MOO-[**E**]D**, minus E[nglish]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Whistleblower runs, busy and able to change direction (10)","output":"### Answer: REFRACTIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: able to change direction\n=able to change the direction of e.g. light as it passes through\n **REF**[eree]=Whistleblower in sport; plus cricket abbreviation **R**[uns]; plus **ACTIVE**=\"busy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grouse when main road's used the wrong way \u2014 playing ball! (9)","output":"### Answer: COMPLIANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: playing ball\n**COMPLAINT**=\"Grouse\", with **AI**=A1=\"main road\" reversed inside it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Audacious League of Nations enterprise originally unsupported (5)","output":"### Answer: ALONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: unsupported\nfirst letters of **A**[udacious] **L**[eague] **O**[f] **N**[ations] **E**[nterprise]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Here at sea might one see son strip off? (7)","output":"### Answer: SUNDECK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Here at sea might one see son strip off\n**S**[on]; plus **UN-DECK**=\"strip off?\" given that 'deck'=cover or clothe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bent journalist beyond suspicion (7)","output":"### Answer: HUNCHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bent\n**ED**[itor]=\"journalist\" after **HUNCH**=\"suspicion\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: British state's contribution to continental breakfast? (6)","output":"### Answer: BUTTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: contribution to continental breakfast\n**B**[ritish] plus **UTTER**=\"state\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Minister's canny, calling in the artillery (6)","output":"### Answer: CURATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Minister\n**CUTE**=\"canny\" around **R**[oyal] **A**[rtillery]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Music from Southern religious ceremonies? (10)","output":"### Answer: SPIRITUALS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Music from Southern religious ceremonies\n**S**[outhern]; plus **PI**[ous]=\"religious\"; plus **RITUALS**=\"ceremonies\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Here we go for relief \u2014 relief coming up in stages (5)","output":"### Answer: PODIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: stages\n=plural of podium\n **PO**=chamberpot=\"Here we go for relief\"; plus **AID**=\"relief\" reversed\/\"coming up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Barrage's fluid seal broken (9)","output":"### Answer: FUSILLADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Barrage\n(fluid seal)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gas, once found, regularly discharged (4)","output":"### Answer: NEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gas\nregular letters from [o]**N**[c]**E** [f]**O**[u]**N**[d]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A game soldier first to attempt a written defence (8)","output":"### Answer: APOLOGIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: a written defence\n**A**; plus **POLO**=\"game\"; plus **GI**=\"soldier\"; plus the first letter of **A**[ttempt]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cow with last of clover to chew coming in later (8)","output":"### Answer: THREATEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cow\nlast letter of [clove]**R**, plus **EAT**=\"chew\"; both in **THEN**=\"later\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Any child is mad giving pound for a necklace (5,5)","output":"### Answer: DAISYCHAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: necklace\n(Any chi[**l**]d is)*, replacing the **l**[ibra]=\"pound\" for another 'a' into the anagram fodder"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Characteristic craft revolution\u00adised nameless country (9)","output":"### Answer: TRADEMARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Characteristic\n**ART**=\"craft\" reversed\/\"revolutionised\", plus **DE[n]MARK**=\"country\" minus **n**[ame]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charming qualities masking Nutmeg's ugly looks (8)","output":"### Answer: GRIMACES \n ### Explanation: Definition: ugly looks\n**GRACES**=\"Charming qualities\" around **I'M**=I am=Nutmeg is=\"Nutmeg's\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In Montmartre, a joint seldom found (8)","output":"### Answer: UNCOMMON \n ### Explanation: Definition: seldom found\n**UN**='a' in French; plus **COMMON**=\"joint\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put paid to king, moving bishop not pawn (6)","output":"### Answer: KIBOSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put paid to\n**K**[ing] plus (bisho**p**)* without the **p**[awn]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top husband in contest getting promotion (6)","output":"### Answer: BEHEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Top\n**H**[usband] in **BEE**=e.g. spelling bee=\"contest\", plus **AD**[vert]=\"promotion\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Punster's last to cut gag (5)","output":"### Answer: RETCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: gag\nlast letter of [Punste]**R**, plus **ETCH**=\"cut\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This is oddly coloured (4)","output":"### Answer: CLUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: This\nodd letters from **C**[o]**L**[o]**U**[r]**E**[d]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Officer with prisoner not changing (9)","output":"### Answer: CONSTABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Officer\n**CON**[vict]=\"prisoner\" + **STABLE**=\"not changing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Driver annoyed Miss Right (5)","output":"### Answer: CABBY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Driver\n**C[r]ABBY**=\"annoyed\", missing out on\u00a0**r**[ight]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen caught pole dancing at Royal Academy (9)","output":"### Answer: CLEOPATRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Queen\n**C**[aught] in cricket; plus (pole)*; plus **AT R**[oyal] **A**[cademy]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Judge rejected patter as \"gas\" (5)","output":"### Answer: ARGON \n ### Explanation: Definition: gas\n**[j]ARGON**=\"patter\", with **J**[udge] rejected"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Husband's at home, tucked in bed \u2014 it's late (6)","output":"### Answer: BEHIND \n ### Explanation: Definition: late\n**H**[usband] plus **IN**=\"at home\"; all inside **BED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Irate Dane resigned, partly over song (8)","output":"### Answer: SERENADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: song\nHidden reversed\/\"partly over\" in [Irat]**E DANE RES**[igned]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At first, you can die horribly from this? (7)","output":"### Answer: CYANIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: At first, you can die horribly from this\n(y[ou] can die)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink with singer and guide (7)","output":"### Answer: TEACHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: guide\n**TEA**=\"Drink\" plus **CHER**=\"singer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Priestly symbol worn by 1 down? (8,6)","output":"### Answer: CLERICAL COLLAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Priestly symbol\na COLLIE might wear a collar"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek character regularly rushed treat (5)","output":"### Answer: NURSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: treat\nNURSE=\"treat\" as a verb\n **NU**=character in the Greek alphabet; plus regular letters from **R**[u]**S**[h]**E**[d]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crying out to put elite in jail? Not half! (9)","output":"### Answer: SCREAMING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crying out\n**CREAM**=\"elite\" in **SING\u00a0**[Sing]=half a jail"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Royal\u00a0unit involved with charge? (5)","output":"### Answer: HENRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Royal\ndouble definition: =the name of many Kings; =the unit of measurement for electrical inductance"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Really\u00a0not joking (9)","output":"### Answer: SERIOUSLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Really\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dog runs away from miner (6)","output":"### Answer: COLLIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dog\n**COLLIE[r]**=\"miner\", with **r**[uns] taken away"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: European playing tennis, holds ball to win ace (8)","output":"### Answer: ESTONIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: European\n(tennis)* around **O**=\"ball and **A**[ce]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Firm covers up unknown American threat (6)","output":"### Answer: HAZARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: threat\n**HARD**=\"Firm\" around:\u00a0**Z**=maths variable=\"unknown\" plus **A**[merican]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shopkeeper first out? Look inside (7)","output":"### Answer: FLORIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shopkeeper\n(first)*, with **LO**=\"Look!' inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fellow drank up endless port and married woman (6)","output":"### Answer: MATRON \n ### Explanation: Definition: married woman\n**MAN**=\"Fellow\" around reversal\/\"up\" of [p]**ORT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A liberal in the field (6)","output":"### Answer: ABROAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: in the field\n**A** plus **BROAD**=\"liberal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charge without rupee? (4)","output":"### Answer: FREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Charge without rupee\n**FEE**=\"Charge\" around **R**[upee]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tree house, like on top (3)","output":"### Answer: ASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tree\n**H**[ouse] with **AS**=\"like\" on top"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trim facial hair to get attention (3)","output":"### Answer: EAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: attention\n=as in 'to have someone's ear'\n [b]**EAR**[d]=\"facial hair\" with the edges trimmed off"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trump, perhaps, 2 clubs over 1 (1,1,1)","output":"### Answer: CIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trump, perhaps\n=**C**[ommander] **I**[n] **C**[hief]=Donald \"Trump\"\n **C**[lub] and **C**[lub] around **I**=\"1\u2033"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink made from malted barley's common ingredients? (3)","output":"### Answer: ALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drink\n**A**, **L**, and **E** are the common letters in [m]**AL**[t]**E**[d] and [b]**A**[r]**LE**[y]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 50011001000 deciphered by Private Eye (4)","output":"### Answer: DICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Private Eye\n**D**=\"500\u2033 in Roman numerals, plus **I**=\"1\u2033, plus **C**=\"100\u2033 in Roman numerals, plus **K**[ilo]=\"1000\u2033"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Explorer's post: \"Lost new vehicle\" (8)","output":"### Answer: COLUMBUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Explorer\n**COLUM[n]**=\"post\", losing **n**[ew]; plus **BUS**=\"vehicle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In English court, in Leeds, mostly (7)","output":"### Answer: ELECTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: In\n=chosen to be \"In\"\n **E**[nglish], plus **CT**=\"court\" in **LEED**[s]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More flamboyant Formula One driver, it is said (6)","output":"### Answer: LOUDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: More flamboyant\nhomophone of Niki 'Lauda'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sorry, a criminal makes up prayers (6)","output":"### Answer: ROSARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: prayers\n(sorry a)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Review covers up journalist's reputation (6)","output":"### Answer: CREDIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: reputation\n**CRIT**[icism]=\"Review\" around **ED**[itor]=\"journalist\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chronicles of Narnia's leader Aslan are fantastic (6)","output":"### Answer: ANNALS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chronicles\n(N[arnia] Aslan)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What gambler may do, missing unknown signs (8)","output":"### Answer: PLACARDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: signs\na gambler may **PLA**Y **CARDS**, minus Y=\"unknown\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Assurance from a doctor about pallor in odd places (6)","output":"### Answer: APLOMB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Assurance\n**A**, plus **MB**=Bachelor of Medicine=\"doctor\", around odd letters of **P**a**L**l**O**r"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is it driver James or MP Jeremy reported persecution? (5-4)","output":"### Answer: WITCH HUNT \n ### Explanation: sounds like 'which Hunt?' \u2013 between racing driver James Hunt and MP Jeremy Hunt"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Religious adversary, not half grotesque (5)","output":"### Answer: ANTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: grotesque\n=an adjective meaning bizarre\n **ANTIC**-hrist=\"Religious adversary\" without the second half"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hedonistic ways of husband, following dainty pair of girls (8,4)","output":"### Answer: PRIMROSE PATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hedonistic ways\n=the pursuit of pleasure\n **H**usband, after **PRIM**=\"dainty\" plus **ROSE** and **PAT**=\"pair of girls\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Warning what a misandrist wants? (4)","output":"### Answer: OMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Warning\na misandrist might want **O**=zero **MEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: African in evening wear and I attack Scot (10)","output":"### Answer: DJIBOUTIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: African\n**DJ**=dinner jacket=\"evening wear\", plus **I**, plus **BOUT**=\"attack\", plus **IAN**=\"Scot\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unfriendly bird's way to kick horse, say (4,6)","output":"### Answer: COLD TURKEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: way to kick horse, say\n=a way to give up heroin, or 'kick horse'\n **COLD**=\"Unfriendly\" plus **TURKEY**=\"bird\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet's lost face, having wagered money (4)","output":"### Answer: ANTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: wagered money\nd**ANTE**=\"Poet\", losing the first letter or \"face\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hoping to get a small ratio using integers (12)","output":"### Answer: ASPIRATIONAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hoping\n**A**, plus **S**mall, plus **PI**=\"ratio\" between circumference and diameter, plus **RATIONAL**=\"using integers\" or numbers that can be expressed in terms of integer ratios"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Big star back to bowl a slow delivery (5)","output":"### Answer: DRAWL \n ### Explanation: Definition: slow delivery\n**DRAW**=someone who attracts an audience=\"Big star\", plus the back letter to bow**L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deplores what top managers are paid? (9)","output":"### Answer: EXECRATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deplores\n**EXEC**-utive **RATES**=\"what top managers are paid?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loves entertaining composer, not one to dramatise (6)","output":"### Answer: OVERDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: dramatise\n**O** and **O**=two zeros=\"Loves\" in tennis; around **VERD**I=\"composer\" minus I=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fellow feeling inhibited accepts to lightly touch setter's back (8)","output":"### Answer: SYMPATHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fellow feeling\n**SHY**=\"inhibited\", around a reversal\/\"back\" of **TAP**=\"lightly touch\" and\u00a0**MY**=\"setters\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Assistant with navy, one of many on board (4)","output":"### Answer: PAWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: one of many on board\n**PA**=personal \"Assistant\", plus **W**ith, plus **N**avy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Key element of air for singer (4)","output":"### Answer: ALTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: singer\n**ALT**=\"Key\" on a computer keyboard, plus **O**xygen=\"element of air\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stick bill on present (6)","output":"### Answer: ADHERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stick\n**AD**=\"bill\" on **HERE**=\"present\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Muttered furiously, poked by weighty girl with a stick (4,9)","output":"### Answer: DRUM MAJORETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: girl with a stick\n(Muttered)* around **MAJOR**=\"weighty\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Paul left distraught, making some scoff (8)","output":"### Answer: PLATEFUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: some scoff\n=some food\n (Paul left)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Invalid, incorrect legal document one cuts (10)","output":"### Answer: OUTPATIENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Invalid\n**OUT**=\"incorrect\" as in 'these numbers are out by a factor of ten', plus **PATENT**=\"legal document\" with **I**=\"one\" cutting in"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shot or pass defender's stifled (10)","output":"### Answer: BACKHANDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shot\n=a backhand shot in e.g. ice hockey\n **HAND**=\"pass\" inside **BACKER**=\"defender\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Annoyingly, criminal stole my investing money abroad (13)","output":"### Answer: TROUBLESOMELY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Annoyingly\n(stole my)* around **ROUBLE**=\"money abroad\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird eats hot dog, possibly uncertain (5-3-2)","output":"### Answer: TOUCH AND GO \n ### Explanation: Definition: uncertain\n**TOUCAN**=\"Bird\" eating **H**ot; plus (dog)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fiddle with glass covering hotel \u2014 you can see through it (10)","output":"### Answer: CELLOPHANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: you can see through it\n**CELLO**=\"Fiddle\"; plus **PANE**=\"glass\" around **H**otel"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dawn light caused a shock (8)","output":"### Answer: STARTLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: caused a shock\n**START**=\"Dawn\", plus **LED**=light emitting diode=\"light\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ruler and predecessor of Sun King, one with power (6)","output":"### Answer: SATRAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ruler\n**SAT**-urday=predecessor of Sun-day; plus **R**ex=\"King\"; plus **A**=\"one\"; plus **P**ower"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Don't delete this shot's frame on film (4)","output":"### Answer: STET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Don't delete this\n=a proofreader's instruction to leave a section as it was\n the outer letters or frame of **S**ho**T**, plus **ET** the Spielberg film"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: See tablets pharmacy's packaging (4)","output":"### Answer: ESPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: See\nE=ecstacy tablet, so **ES**=tablets, plus the outer letters of **P**harmac**Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unseen decision-maker's habit: getting drunk Earl to join clubs, maybe? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: GREY SUIT \n ### Explanation: Earl Grey tea is a drink, so **GREY**=\"drunk Earl\"; plus **SUIT** in playing cards=\"clubs, maybe\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Medium, right before \"goodbye\" cut off (5)","output":"### Answer: RADIO \n ### Explanation: R**[ight]; plus **ADIO**S=\"goodbye\" in Spanish with the last letter cut off"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drug user represented by a police chief (4-4)","output":"### Answer: ACID HEAD \n ### Explanation: A**; plus **CID HEAD**=\"police chief\", as CID=Criminal Investigation Department"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unvarnished truth that prairie dwellers need to be aware of? (5,5)","output":"### Answer: PLAIN FACTS \n ### Explanation: prairie dwellers live on the **PLAIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Political supporter's note secured in advance (6)","output":"### Answer: COMMIE \n ### Explanation: MI**=musical \"note\" as in do-re-MI; inside **COME**=\"advance\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uncontrolled movement in tempered steel nut (8)","output":"### Answer: TESTICLE \n ### Explanation: TIC**=\"Uncontrolled movement\" in (steel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shakespearean character's pieces (7)","output":"### Answer: PISTOLS \n ### Explanation: double definition: =a character in several Shakespeare plays ; and a piece = a gun"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Curios once associated with ears (advanced) (7)","output":"### Answer: EXOTICA \n ### Explanation: EX**=former, \"once\"; plus **OTIC**=\"associated with ears\"; plus **A**dvanced"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To encourage old men, be dishevelled! (8)","output":"### Answer: EMBOLDEN \n ### Explanation: (old men be)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Understand about the month having turned, so withdraw (6)","output":"### Answer: SECEDE \n ### Explanation: SEE**=\"Understand\", around **DEC**ember=\"month\" reversed\/\"turned\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inner Greenland is in her itinerary, being cut off (10)","output":"### Answer: DISINHERIT \n ### Explanation: Hidden in \"Greenlan**D IS IN HER IT**inerary\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dries out properties that are distressing to be in (4,7)","output":"### Answer: DIRE STRAITS \n ### Explanation: (Dries)*; plus **TRAITS**=\"properties\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Run\u00a0one of the film crowd (5)","output":"### Answer: EXTRA \n ### Explanation: double definition: =an extra \"Run\" scored in cricket; or =a minor acting part in a film"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dual power priest involved in version of Buddhism that was full of gas (8)","output":"### Answer: ZEPPELIN \n ### Explanation: P**ower **P**ower; plus **ELI**=biblical \"priest\", in **ZEN**=\"version of Buddhism\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Badger king's lacking coil-shaped vegetable (8)","output":"### Answer: BROCCOLI \n ### Explanation: BROC**k=\"Badger\" minus king; plus (coil)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old composer's lark given voice? (4)","output":"### Answer: BYRD \n ### Explanation: Definition: William Byrd homophone of 'bird'=\"lark given voice\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place in natural shade (6)","output":"### Answer: PURPLE \n ### Explanation: PL**ace in **PURE**=\"natural\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The young Thatcher's terrible means of punishment? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: IRON MAIDEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: a torture device\nMargaret Thatcher was the 'Iron Lady', so might have been the IRON MAIDEN when younger"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Italicised \"twirls\" not practical (10)","output":"### Answer: IDEALISTIC \n ### Explanation: (Italicised)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left beside a large, imposing gate (6)","output":"### Answer: PORTAL \n ### Explanation: PORT**=\"left\"; plus **A L**arge"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Church members' ways are about its conversion (10)","output":"### Answer: METHODISTS \n ### Explanation: METHODS**=\"ways\" around (its)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It shows drug's \"up\" times (3)","output":"### Answer: SEX \n ### Explanation: E=ecstacy=drug, so **E'S**=\"drug's\" reversed\/\"up\"; plus **X**=\"times\" as in 2\u00d72=two times two"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guided\u00a0element of a type of display (3)","output":"### Answer: LED \n ### Explanation: double definition: past tense of 'lead'; or **L**ight **E**mitting **D**iode used in e.g. TV screens"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cried out: \"Potassium in drink!\" (8)","output":"### Answer: CIDERKIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: a weak cider\n(cried)*; plus **K**=chemical symbol for Potassium; plus **IN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Major organisation, with Zambia in fore, oddly reacted to global warming? (7)","output":"### Answer: UNFROZE \n ### Explanation: U**nited **N**ations=\"Major organisation\"; plus\u00a0**Z**ambia in (fore)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exercises, that's the thing between drinks! (3-3)","output":"### Answer: SIT-UPS \n ### Explanation: IT**=\"that's the thing\"; inside **SUPS**=\"drinks\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Produced a tinkle, inverted and low (4)","output":"### Answer: DEEP \n ### Explanation: PEED**=\"Produced a tinkled\", reversed\/\"inverted\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 12 down's 52, old couple beyond sophisticated Cumbrian town drinking Bordeaux, say? (7,8)","output":"### Answer: CHICKEN VINDALOO \n ### Explanation: Definition: rhyming bingo nickname for '52'\na couple of **O**ld and **O**ld, after **CHIC**=\"sophisticated\" plus **KENDAL**=\"Cumbrian town\" around **VIN**=French [for] wine=\"Bordeaux, say\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lawyer, oldest professional? (9)","output":"### Answer: SOLICITOR \n ### Explanation: double definition, with the second referring to prostitution"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vehicle\u00a0infected? (5)","output":"### Answer: BUGGY \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird's unpleasant feeling in stomach (4)","output":"### Answer: KNOT \n ### Explanation: double definition: the \"Bird\" is a shore bird of the sandpiper family"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Talks in meeting as essential? (5)","output":"### Answer: GASES \n ### Explanation: definition uses 'gas' as a verb meaning 'chatter'\nHidden in meetin**G AS ES**sential"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Audible power in poor little thing (4)","output":"### Answer: MITE \n ### Explanation: homophone of 'might'=\"Audible power\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shiny fabric worn in alluring style, ultimately (4,4)","output":"### Answer: GOLD LAM\u00c9 \n ### Explanation: OLD**=\"worn\", in **GLAM**=\"alluring\" plus the ultimate letter of styl**E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pulse rate's extreme in cutting of internet access (5,4)","output":"### Answer: BROAD BEAN \n ### Explanation: the last\/extreme letter of rat**E**, inside **BROAD BAN**d=\"internet access\" cut short"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Course one's taken in river rising somewhere in Canada (4,6)","output":"### Answer: NOVA SCOTIA \n ### Explanation: ASCOT**=race \"Course\", plus I=\"one\"; all inside **AVON**=\"river\" reversed\/\"rising\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show daughter newspaper spread (7)","output":"### Answer: DISPLAY \n ### Explanation: D**aughter, plus **I**=a British \"newspaper\", plus **SPLAY**=\"spread\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Region more 'irsute, did you say? (4)","output":"### Answer: AREA \n ### Explanation: sounds like 'airier'=contraction of 'hairier'=\"more 'irsute, did you say\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Determination slightly lacking in tense period of gradual decline (8)","output":"### Answer: TWILIGHT \n ### Explanation: WIL**L=\"Determination\", lacking its final letter; inside **TIGHT**=\"tense\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vital energy beats the bends (8)","output":"### Answer: CHICANES \n ### Explanation: CHI**=Chinese term for \"Vital energy\"; plus **CANES**=\"beats\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drinking venue always heaving at first, having gatecrashed party (4,4)","output":"### Answer: BEER HALL \n ### Explanation: E'ER**=ever=\"always\", plus the first letter of **H**eaving; all inside **BALL**=\"party\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Close, even awkward, intimate clip (4,5)","output":"### Answer: LOVE SCENE \n ### Explanation: (Close even)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In which one is the observer of Grace? (5)","output":"### Answer: BINGO \n ### Explanation: In bingo, the nickname for the number \"one\" is 'Kelly's eye', and perhaps Grace Kelly's eye would be the \"observer of Grace\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Readily available, Matthew and Mark etc cuddled by senior (2,3)","output":"### Answer: ON TAP \n ### Explanation: N**ew **T**estament=\"Matthew and Mark etc\", inside **O**ld **A**ge **P**ensioner=\"senior\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 12 down's 60 large magnets, gift awfully dangerous (8,7,6)","output":"### Answer: GRANDMAS GETTING FRISKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: bingo nickname for \"60\"**\nGRAND**=\"large\", plus (magnets gift)*, plus **RISKY**=\"dangerous\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steep peak in Turkey within Armenia arguably? (8)","output":"### Answer: MARINATE \n ### Explanation: the top letter\/\"peak\" of **T**urkey, inside (Armenia)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 12 down's 44 people animating a lethargic character? (6,7)","output":"### Answer: DROOPY DRAWERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: bingo nickname for \"44\"\nreference to the lethargic cartoon dog Droopy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 12 down's 77 warmer places on expedition (6,5)","output":"### Answer: SUNSET STRIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: bingo nickname for \"77\", referring to the TV show '77 Sunset Strip'\n**SUN**=something that warms=\"warmer\", plus **SETS**=\"places\", plus **TRIP**=\"expedition\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Badger\u00a0trapper (4)","output":"### Answer: BAIT \n ### Explanation: double definition: =to pester or harass; =lure used to set a trap"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tailor claims T-shirts to be what kids send Santa (9,4)","output":"### Answer: CHRISTMAS LIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: what kids send Santa\n(claims T-shirts)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Naive type acquitted by foreign court? (8,6)","output":"### Answer: INNOCENT ABROAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Naive type\nsecond, cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Comic butler needed no words to tickle audience (6,8)","output":"### Answer: DOUBLE ENTENDRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: words to tickle audience\n(butler needed no)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crushed ice pack not quite what the doctor ordered? (6)","output":"### Answer: IPECAC \n ### Explanation: Definition: what the doctor ordered?\n=a drug formely used in cough mixtures\n (ice pac[k])*; \"Crushed\" is the anagrind and \"not quite\" indicates that the last letter [k] is not included"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I, for one, pressed into backing art galleries \u2026 (8)","output":"### Answer: TRIFORIA \n ### Explanation: a triforium is a gallery above the arches of an aisle in a church \u2013 a word I've seen before thanks to looking up 'clerestory' in another crossword\u2026\n **I** plus **FOR** plus **I**=\"one\"; all inside a reversal\/\"backing\" of **ART"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 gallery on its own, ignoring the odds, gets what's left (8,6)","output":"### Answer: PERSONAL ESTATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: what's left\n=property that is left behind after death\n **TATE**=\"gallery\", after **PERSONAL**=\"own\" plus g**E**t**S** ignoring its odd letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guardian's eclipsed by broadsheet \u2014 by 3 points, or 2 after lunch (8)","output":"### Answer: FOURTEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: 2 after lunch\nif 12 o'clock is lunch time, 2 after lunch would be FOURTEEN\n **OUR**=\"Guardian's\", inside **F**inancial **T**imes; plus **E**ast **E**ast **N**orth=\"3 points\" of the compass"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rich little woman behind rector in church (6)","output":"### Answer: CREAMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rich\n**AMY**=character in Little Women; after **R**ector in **C**hurch of **E**ngland"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sponsors usually have it, dressed to catch the eye (6,8)","output":"### Answer: VESTED INTEREST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sponsors usually have it\n**VESTED**=\"dressed\" plus **INTEREST**=\"catch the eye\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Princesses had mysterious source of funds (4,9)","output":"### Answer: CASH DISPENSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: source of funds\n(Princesses had)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ready to get stuck in lavatory? Repeat that (3-2)","output":"### Answer: CAN-DO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ready to get stuck in\n**CAN**=\"lavatory\", plus **D**itt**O**=\"Repeat that\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like a lozenge doctor introduced to stricken choir (7)","output":"### Answer: RHOMBIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like a lozenge\n=shaped like a lozenge\n **MB**=Bachelor of Medicine=\"doctor\" inside (choir)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Retreating, for one European, is offensive in wartime (5)","output":"### Answer: SIEGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: offensive in wartime\nreversal\/\"Retreating\" of:\u00a0**E**.**G**.=\"for one\", plus **E**uropean plus **IS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uplifting piece of text set to music for annual exhibition (1,1,1,4)","output":"### Answer: MOT TEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: annual exhibition\nHidden reversed in\/\"Uplifting piece of\": tex**T SET TO M**usic"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Discontented social worker knowing one's inclined to appear thus (9)","output":"### Answer: SLANTWISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: inclined to appear thus\n**S**ocia**L **with its contents removed i.e. \"Discontented\", plus **ANT**=\"worker\" plus **WISE**=\"knowing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Magnificent Medici traditions unknown in number (7)","output":"### Answer: LORENZO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Magnificent Medici\n=Florentine statesman known as Lorenzo the Magnificent\n **LORE**=\"traditions\", plus **Z**=\"unknown\" in **NO**.=abbreviation for \"number\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A means of getting up tail first, possibly (5,4)","output":"### Answer: STAIR LIFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: A means of getting up\n(tail first)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He turned on blokes breaking dad's spectacles (9)","output":"### Answer: PHENOMENA \n ### Explanation: Definition: spectacles\n**HE**, plus reversed\/\"turned\" **ON**, plus **MEN**=\"blokes\", all inside **PA**=\"dad\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alleged Tory dissent finally resolved (9)","output":"### Answer: CONTENDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Alleged\n**CON**servative=\"Tory\", plus the final letter of dissen**T**, plus **ENDED**=\"resolved\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jail sentence\u00a0to get longer (7)","output":"### Answer: STRETCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jail sentence\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant-based food cooking almost silently (7)","output":"### Answer: LENTILS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant-based food\n(silentl[y])*, with the final [y] removed because of \"almost\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Case of teachers embracing core non-scientific subjects (3,4)","output":"### Answer: THE ARTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: non-scientific subjects\nthe outer letters or \"Case\" of **T**eacher**S**, around **HEART**=\"core\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tasty dish that is served with chip topping? (5)","output":"### Answer: CUTIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tasty dish\n**I**.**E**.=\"that is\", with **CUT**=\"chip\" on top"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One ponders on problem while climbing (5)","output":"### Answer: MUSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One ponders\n**RE**=about, \"on\"; plus **SUM**=\"problem\", all reversed\/\"climbing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not aware of manifest covering intelligence centre (9)","output":"### Answer: OBLIVIOUS \n ### Explanation: OBVIOUS**=\"manifest\" around the centre letters of intel**LI**gence"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Getting rid of some dire habits (5)","output":"### Answer: REHAB \n ### Explanation: Hidden in di**RE HAB**its"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Containers used without a design for meat pies (7)","output":"### Answer: EMPTIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: empty bottles, glasses etc\n(meat pies)*, without the a"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Late heading to Dover, slips to face EU backlash (7)","output":"### Answer: OVERDUE \n ### Explanation: the head letter of **DOVER** slipping down to the end, plus a reversal\/\"backlash\" of **EU"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: People switch political allegiance on Trident (4)","output":"### Answer: FOLK \n ### Explanation: FO**R**K**=\"Trident\", with the R[ight] switching \"political allegiance\" to the **L**[eft]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seats from this property (5,5)","output":"### Answer: FIXED ASSET \n ### Explanation: FIXED ASSET** in a crossword clue might indicate an anagram of ASSET=>'seats', therefore you can get \"Seats from\" FIXED ASSET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Knock and Cork possibly have kinship (7)","output":"### Answer: RAPPORT \n ### Explanation: RAP**=\"Knock\", and Cork is an example of a **PORT** city in Ireland"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Surprisingly agile in very loud minimal clothing (3,4)","output":"### Answer: FIG LEAF \n ### Explanation: (agile)* in **FF**=fortissimo=\"very loud\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Halfback lads in rout take valour for humour of sorts (10)","output":"### Answer: LAVATORIAL \n ### Explanation: 'Half\/back' => take half of the letters from each of these words, all reversed:\n**LA**ds **I**n **RO**ut **TA**ke **VAL**our"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Political alliance rejected cola's follower? (4)","output":"### Answer: BLOC \n ### Explanation: COL A might be followed by **COL B**, rejected\/\"reversed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant\u00a0nonsense in power hub arbitration (7)","output":"### Answer: RHUBARB \n ### Explanation: hidden in powe**R HUB ARB**itration"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endlessly sexy, this piece is for show (7)","output":"### Answer: EXHIBIT \n ### Explanation: \"Endlessly\"=> remove the outer letters from s**EX**y t**HI**s, plus **BIT**=\"piece\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Low pay mostly for bread (5)","output":"### Answer: PITTA \n ### Explanation: PITTA**nce=\"Low pay mostly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Secret of gin and tonic? Mix with love (9)","output":"### Answer: INCOGNITO \n ### Explanation: (gin tonic)*, plus **O**=\"love\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Transplant donor pool \u2014 my free way to a quick buck (5,3,3,4)","output":"### Answer: MONEY FOR OLD ROPE \n ### Explanation: (donor pool my free)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Change of decision\u00a0afoot? (4-4)","output":"### Answer: FLIP-FLOP \n ### Explanation: two definitions, the second more indirect referring to flip-flops as something worn on a foot"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shape of nothing and nothingness (5)","output":"### Answer: OVOID \n ### Explanation: O**=zero=\"nothing\", plus **VOID**=\"nothingness\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The best\u00a0manna? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: GOD\u2019S GIFT \n ### Explanation: double def: as in 'they think they're God's gift to ____'; and food given to the Israelites by God in the Book of Exodus"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deposits on land (6)","output":"### Answer: ASHORE \n ### Explanation: ASH** and **ORE** are both \"Deposits\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anger may be, but not battery (4-5)","output":"### Answer: FREE RANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: of a chicken, not kept in battery cages\n**FREE RANGE** in a crossword clue might indicate an anagram of RANGE=>\"Anger\", therefore Anger may be indicated as FREE RANGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shell colours (6)","output":"### Answer: SHADES \n ### Explanation: Shell=>S + hell=>**S** + **HADES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dehumanising, if CIA somehow infiltrates dissent (15)","output":"### Answer: OBJECTIFICATION \n ### Explanation: I think this parses as below, but it would be missing a second\u00a0**T\nIF** plus (CIA)*; all inside **OBJECTION**=\"dissent\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Entrance in which some light is showing (9)","output":"### Answer: PORTRAYAL \n ### Explanation: PORTAL**=\"Entrance\" around **RAY**=\"some light\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sergeant may be led by lover in dance (8)","output":"### Answer: FLAMENCO \n ### Explanation: a \"Sergeant may be\" a **N**on **C**ommissioned **O**fficer; after **FLAME**=\"lover\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This book belongs to teacher, up supporting LibDem now, presumably (2,6)","output":"### Answer: EX LIBRIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: a label indicating ownership of a book\n**SIR**=\"teacher\", reversed\/\"up\" and after **EX LIB**: members of the Liberal Party presumably now support the Liberal Democrats"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jumps over\u00a0roofs (6)","output":"### Answer: VAULTS \n ### Explanation: double def"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Updike's quartet\u00a0talk (6)","output":"### Answer: RABBIT \n ### Explanation: double def: John Updike wrote a quartet of novels about a character named Rabbit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Skirt edge raised to see it (5)","output":"### Answer: THIGH \n ### Explanation: the edge or end letter of Skir**T**, plus **HIGH**=\"raised\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer like Nelson? (9)","output":"### Answer: COLUMNIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Writer\ncryptic reference to Nelson's Column in London"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Substitute for axes (5)","output":"### Answer: PROXY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Substitute\n**PRO**=\"for\", plus **X** and **Y** \"axes\" on a graph (plural of axis)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 1000 + 1 + 50 + 0 + 50? It's about a unit (9)","output":"### Answer: KILOLITRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: unit\n**K**ilo=\"1000\u2033;\u00a0**I**=\"1\u2033; **L**=\"50\u2033 in roman numerals; **O**=\"0\u2033; **L**=\"50\u2033 again; plus **IT**; plus **RE**=\"about\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Measure direction using sound (5)","output":"### Answer: WEIGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Measure\nhomophone\/\"using sound\" of 'way'=\"direction\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He's a priest, surrounded by noise (6)","output":"### Answer: HELIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: He\n**ELI**=biblical \"priest\"; inside **HUM**=\"noise\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At position in A&E wanting 6 (8)","output":"### Answer: ASTATINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: At\n**STATI**o**N**=\"position\", in **AE**, missing out \"6\"=>O for OXYGEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: CD music made poorly, lacking special energy (7)","output":"### Answer: CADMIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: CD\n(music made)*, minus s[pecial] and e[nergy]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Backtrack with Poles moving in \u2026 (7)","output":"### Answer: SPONSOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Back\n**SPOOR**=\"track\" of an animal, with **N**orth and **S**outh poles inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 one agrees for fool to come in (8)","output":"### Answer: ASSENTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one agrees\n**ASS**=\"fool\" plus **ENTER**=\"come in\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Co-pilot finally completes putting fuel over nose of Boeing (6)","output":"### Answer: COBALT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Co\nfinal letter of pilo**T**, after **COAL**=\"fuel\" around the nose\/first letter of **B**oeing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Youngsters left inside discos (5)","output":"### Answer: CLUBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: discos\n**CUBS**=\"Youngsters\" with **L**eft inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be 51 stone in front, without odd tummy (9)","output":"### Answer: BERYLLIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Be\n**LI**=51 in roman numerals, with **BERYL**=\"stone\" in front, plus t**U**m**M**y without its odd letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Delivered my first line? (5)","output":"### Answer: QUEUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: line\nhomophone\/\"Delivered\" of 'Q', the first letter of Qaos"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perfect summer month for record drink (4,5)","output":"### Answer: MINT JULEP \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\n**MINT**=\"Perfect\", plus **JUL**y=\"summer month\" plus **EP**=music \"record\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I dine out after 10 (6)","output":"### Answer: IODINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: I\n**DINE** after **I**=\"1\u2033 and **O**=\"0\u2033\n not sure if the \"out\" is needed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: EU's regret over drug (8)","output":"### Answer: EUROPIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: EU\n**RUE**=\"regret\" reversed\/\"over\"; plus **OPIUM**=\"drug\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In wind, I umpire inside (6)","output":"### Answer: INDIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: In\nhidden in w**IND I UM**pire"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Answer parsed cryptically and placed far apart (7)","output":"### Answer: ASPREAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: placed far apart\n**A**nswer plus (parsed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Important old city fellow (6)","output":"### Answer: URGENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Important\n**UR**=\"old city\", plus **GENT**=\"fellow\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: O'Grady in orthodox drag to make endings funny (6)","output":"### Answer: OXYGEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: O\n(y n x g o e)*, where the anagram fodder is taken from the endings of \"Grady in orthodox drag to make\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Terminate Sierra, Romeo, Quebec, Papa? (4)","output":"### Answer: STOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Terminate\nthe phonetic alphabet equivalents of S, R, Q, and P, or\u00a0**S to P"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Earl with posh car? Perhaps this is to be human (3)","output":"### Answer: ERR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perhaps this is to be human\n**E**arl with **R**olls **R**oyce"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 100 locks for furniture (6)","output":"### Answer: CHAIRS \n ### Explanation: Definition: furniture\n**C**=\"100\u2033 in roman numerals, plus **HAIRS**=\"locks\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Democrat very upset by party's old computer system (3)","output":"### Answer: DOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: old computer system\n=Disk Operating System\n **D**emocrat, plus **SO**=\"very\" reversed\/\"upset\"\n also **DO'S**=\"party's\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capable of two thirds output? That's dodgy (2,2)","output":"### Answer: UP TO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Capable of\n(outp)*, where outp=two thirds of \"output\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No prize? I'm to receive 2nd cup (8)","output":"### Answer: NOBELIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: No\nNOBEL=\"prize\", plus **I'M** around the 2nd letter of c**U**p"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As football team loses a league, 1 to 100 (7)","output":"### Answer: ARSENIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: As\n**ARSEN**al=\"football team\", losing A and League; plus I=\"1\u2033 and C=\"100\u2033 in roman numerals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: S-setter retired to tour the capital of Latvia (6)","output":"### Answer: SULFUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: S\n**RUFUS**=\"setter\" reversed\/\"retired\" around **L**atvia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Er \u2026 er \u2026 twice the amount of hesitation (6)","output":"### Answer: ERBIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Er\n**ER**, plus **BI**=as a prefix, \"twice the amount of\", plus **UM**=\"hesitation\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Toy eaten up by Lord Wolf (6)","output":"### Answer: COYOTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wolf\n**TOY** reversed\/\"up\" inside \"Lord\" Seb **COE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Praised young Miliband after his elevation, say (6)","output":"### Answer: LAUDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Praised\nED is the younger Miliband brother , and might be known as 'Lord Ed' after his elevation, which sounds like **LAUDED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: PM once ditching head of state in Barnet (6)","output":"### Answer: THATCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Barnet\ndefinition referring to hair\n **THATCH**er=\"PM once\", ditching Elizabeth Regina=\"head of state\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Retiring soldiers work with country prone to infiltration (6)","output":"### Answer: POROUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: prone to infiltration\n**O**ther **R**anks=\"soldiers\" plus **OP**us=\"work\", all reversed\/\"retiring\"; plus **US**=\"country\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drug that doesn't work for man? (4)","output":"### Answer: DUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: man\n**DUD E**cstasy=\"Drug that doesn't work\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Medical substitute aces academic assignment (10)","output":"### Answer: PROSTHESIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Medical substitute\n**PROS**=experts=\"aces\", plus **THESIS**=\"academic assignment\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Information on length for supporting beam (6)","output":"### Answer: LINTEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: supporting beam\n**INTEL**=\"Information\" after **L**ength"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What makes daughter a palace attraction? (8,3,5)","output":"### Answer: CHANGING THE GUARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: palace attraction?\n'changing [the guard]' in a crossword clue would indicate an anagram of (the guard)*, which makes DAUGHTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American rockers make time for artist (9)","output":"### Answer: REMBRANDT \n ### Explanation: Definition: artist\nthe band **REM**=\"American rockers\", plus **BRAND**=\"make\" of e.g. a car, plus **T**ime"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Coat's wrapped round figure (4)","output":"### Answer: FOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: figure\n**FUR**=\"Coat\" around **O**=\"round\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Billionaire's acquired island (4)","output":"### Answer: IONA \n ### Explanation: Definition: island\nHidden in Bill**IONA**ire"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A feature film's about manual worker (9)","output":"### Answer: MACHINIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: manual worker\n**A CHIN**=\"A feature\", with **MIST**=\"film\" around it\n There is also a feature film called *The Machinist\n "}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Works out riddle, having succeeded finally (6)","output":"### Answer: TRAINS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Works out\n=as in \"Works out\" in a gym\u00a0**\n STRAIN**=sieve, filter=\"riddle\", with **S**ucceeded [a genealogical abbreviation] moved to become the final letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doing without six-pack, having drunk 9 etc (10)","output":"### Answer: ABSTINENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Doing without\n**ABS**=\"six-pack\", plus (nine etc)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rounds with ham, more sandwiches (4)","output":"### Answer: AMMO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rounds\nhidden in h**AM MO**re"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slightly tight clothing for damsel in order to go around (6)","output":"### Answer: TIDDLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Slightly tight\n=\"tight\" as in drunk\n the outer letters or \"clothing\" of **D**amse**L** with **TIDY**=\"in order\" around them"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good God! This is a bit of a pig (6)","output":"### Answer: GAMMON \n ### Explanation: Definition: This is a bit of a pig\n**G**ood plus **AMMON**=ancient Egyptian god"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bully's horrible nature, one admitted? (7)","output":"### Answer: TAURINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bully\n=like a bull\n (nature)* around **I**=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Addle-pated or highly able? (5)","output":"### Answer: ADEPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: highly able\n(pated)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Star's sleeveless garment lifted completely (7)","output":"### Answer: CAPELLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Star\n=a star in the constellation Auriga\n **CAPE**=\"sleeveless garment\" plus **ALL**=\"completely\" reversed\/\"lifted\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cost of no longer popular piece of music (6)","output":"### Answer: OUTLAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cost\n**OUT**=\"no longer popular\" plus **LAY**=song, \"piece of music\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After a few balls, berobed queen's running wild (9)","output":"### Answer: OVERGROWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: running wild \n**OVER**=\"a few balls\" in cricket; plus **R**egina=\"queen\" in **GOWN** or \"berobed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Penny wearing Eve's top? (7)","output":"### Answer: SPINNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: op\n**P**enny inside **SINNER**=\"Eve\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Killer arrested by lawman, getting sudden comedown (6,7)","output":"### Answer: FORCED LANDING \n ### Explanation: Definition: sudden comedown\n**ORC**=\"Killer\" whale, inside **FED**eral agent=\"lawman\", plus **LANDING**=securing, \"getting\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Missing king to get dubbed ignorant (9)","output":"### Answer: BENIGHTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: ignorant \n**BE **k**NIGHTED**=\"get dubbed\", missing the king"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: People wearing religious clothing (7)","output":"### Answer: INHABIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: People\n**IN HABIT**=\"wearing religious clothing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: High tea during hard period for concubine (7)","output":"### Answer: HETAERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: concubine\n=an ancient Greek courtesan\n (tea)* with \"High\" as the anagrind, inside **H**ard plus **ERA**=\"period\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fifty Shades-type behaviour an unwelcome sight in the bedroom (7)","output":"### Answer: SANDMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: unwelcome sight in the bedroom\n**S AND M**=\"Fifty Shades-type behaviour\", plus **AN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lascivious, heartless church bigwig (6)","output":"### Answer: CARNAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lascivious\n**CAR**di**NAL**=\"church bigwig\", losing the heart or central letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Signal recalling marines (5)","output":"### Answer: ALARM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Signal\n**A LA**='\u00e0 la'=in the style of, or \"recalling\"; plus **R**oyal **M**arines"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Local government advice for auditors (7)","output":"### Answer: COUNCIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Local government\nHomophone of 'counsel'=\"advice\"\n \"for auditors\"='for listeners' is the homophone indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jack, our lad, comes round to stay (7)","output":"### Answer: SOJOURN \n ### Explanation: Definition: stay\n**J**ack **OUR**, with **SON**=\"lad\" around them"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Briefly books guest house (3,3,9)","output":"### Answer: BED AND BREAKFAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: guest house\n=B&B=>'bb', which is an abbreviation for \"books\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pink radical wearing black stuff (5)","output":"### Answer: CORAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pink\n**R**adical inside **COAL**=\"black stuff\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He puts his foot down: \"Haul tree across river!\" (4,5)","output":"### Answer: DRAG RACER \n ### Explanation: Definition: He puts his foot down\n**DRAG**=\"Haul\" plus **ACER**=a maple \"tree\", both around **R**iver"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nice girl follows directions, hosting morning with her kin (2,7)","output":"### Answer: EN FAMILLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: with her kin\n**FILLE**=\"girl\" in French, or in the French city of \"Nice\"; after **E**ast and **N**orth=\"directions\", and around **AM**=before noon=\"morning\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weeds cover front of most houses (5)","output":"### Answer: HOMES \n ### Explanation: Definition: houses\n**HOES**=\"Weeds\" around the front letter of **M**ost\u00a0~~**H**omes~~"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They're often barred in reception areas (5)","output":"### Answer: CELLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They're often barred\ndefinition referring to prison cells, and\n &lit cryptic definition referring to 'bars' on a cellphone indicating the strength of mobile network reception"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Board day is inspiring cleric (9)","output":"### Answer: DIRECTORS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Board\n**D**ay plus **IS**; around **RECTOR**=\"cleric\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: CD and EP ruled out? Yes (9)","output":"### Answer: PRECLUDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: ruled out? Yes\n(CD EP ruled)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sidestep first woman clasping her mate? Not half (5)","output":"### Answer: EVADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sidestep\n**EVE**=\"first woman\" around half of **AD**am=\"her mate\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Male badger, escaping over ploughed land, digs (5,3,7)","output":"### Answer: BOARD AND LODGING \n ### Explanation: Definition: digs\n**BOAR**=\"Male badger\", plus **DODGING**=\"escaping\" around (land)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put up European tax shelter limits (7)","output":"### Answer: ELEVATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put up\n**E**uropean, plus **VAT**=value added \"tax\" inside **LEE**=\"shelter\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Understanding one thing's problematic (7)","output":"### Answer: INSIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Understanding\n**I**=\"one\", plus (thing's)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stall and hit rocks left nearer the bottom (7)","output":"### Answer: CUBICLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stall\n**CLUB ICE**=\"hit rocks\", with the **L**eft moving closer to the bottom"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After articles in three countries a man flees abroad incognito (5,1,5,4)","output":"### Answer: UNDER A FALSE NAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: incognito\n**UN**, **DER**, and **A **are \"articles\" in French, German, and English; plus (a man flees)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 150 identical tips for festival (9)","output":"### Answer: CANDLEMAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: festival\n=Christian festival\n **C AND L** are 100 and 50 in roman numerals; plus **SAME**=\"identical\" reversed\/\"tips\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Watch bottom with round bits protruding (5)","output":"### Answer: LOBED \n ### Explanation: Definition: with round bits protruding\n**LO**!=behold=\"Watch\"; plus **BED**=\"bottom\" e.g. of a river"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girlfriend cut sandwiches and cried (4,1,4)","output":"### Answer: SHED A TEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: cried\n**DATE**=\"Girlfriend\", sandwiched inside **SHEAR**=\"cut\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: GI (Republican) palms king and another card (5)","output":"### Answer: JOKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: another card\nGI **JOE** plus **R**epublican, around **K**ing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Goad communicant after Reformation, unlike 9 and 22 (15)","output":"### Answer: UNACCOMMODATING \n ### Explanation: Definition: unlike 9 and 22\n(Goad communicant)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Types behind keeping guard regularly (7)","output":"### Answer: NATURES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Types\n**NATES**=buttocks=\"behind\", around regular letters of g**U**a**R**d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Given the runaround, English father boards cutter (3,1,5)","output":"### Answer: LED A DANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Given the runaround\n**E**nglish **DAD** inside **LANCE**=\"cutter\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Estates in Spain misled, when recruiting 100 there (9)","output":"### Answer: HACIENDAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Estates in Spain\n**HAD**=\"misled\" as in 'I've been had', plus **AS**=\"when\"; all around **CIEN**=100 in Spanish"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Competent party boss apparently taken in (7)","output":"### Answer: CAPABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Competent\nVince **CABLE** is the leader of the Lib Dems, around **AP**parently"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cunning, extremely skilful rowers (7)","output":"### Answer: SLEIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cunning\nthe extreme letters of **S**kilfu**L**, plus **EIGHT**=a team of \"rowers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Austen girl fills in weekly diary (5)","output":"### Answer: LYDIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Austen girl\nLydia Bennet is a character in Austen's *Pride and Prejudice*\n Hidden in week**LY DIA**ry"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Penniless Greek city, one in Asia (5)","output":"### Answer: DELHI \n ### Explanation: Definition: one in Asia\n**DELpHI**=\"Greek city\", losing **p**enny"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eat away at fuel element in heart of reactor (7)","output":"### Answer: CORRODE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Eat away at\nfuel\u00a0**ROD** in **CORE\u00a0**of a nuclear reactor"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Judge a royal nipper (7)","output":"### Answer: ARBITER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Judge\n**A R**oyal **BITER**=\"nipper\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turner is delayed about an hour (5)","output":"### Answer: LATHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Turner\n**LATE**=\"delayed\" around **H**our"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Theatre company dislike picture (9)","output":"### Answer: REPRESENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: picture\n**REP**ertory=\"Theatre company\", plus **RESENT**=\"dislike\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Open vessel journalist upset (10)","output":"### Answer: OVERTURNED \n ### Explanation: Definition: upset\n**OVERT**=\"Open\", **URN**=\"vessel\", **ED**itor=\"journalist\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greet\u00a0bad weather (4)","output":"### Answer: HAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Greet\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Siren in car sent hens crazy (11)","output":"### Answer: ENCHANTRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Siren\n(car sent hens)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trendy Italian banker boxes celebrated doctor (11)","output":"### Answer: HIPPOCRATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: celebrated doctor\n=Greek doctor known as the \"Father of Medicine\"\n **HIP**=\"Trendy\", **PO**=Italian river with banks or \"banker\", **CRATES**=\"boxes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look suggestively back in the dance (4)","output":"### Answer: REEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: dance\nLEER=\"Look suggestively\", reversed\/\"back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mrs Mopp has time to recycle liqueur (10)","output":"### Answer: CHARTREUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: liqueur\n**CHAR**=\"Mrs Mopp\" a char lady in the radio series *It's That Man Again\u00a0*, **T**ime, **REUSE**=\"recycle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relative gets a halt signal that's not vindicated (9)","output":"### Answer: UNCLEARED \n ### Explanation: Definition: not vindicated\n**UNCLE**=\"Relative\", **A RED**=\"a halt signal\" at traffic lights"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Children's game gets you and me in river (5)","output":"### Answer: TAGUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: river\n=river in Spain and Portugal**\n TAG**=\"Children's game\", **US**=\"you and me\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Camera socket stolen by son with long-handled instrument (3,4)","output":"### Answer: HOT SHOE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Camera socket\n=a bracket on top of a camera that accessories can clip onto\n **HOT**=\"stolen\" goods that are difficult to sell on, **S**on, **HOE**=\"long-handled instrument\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of the creche longs for rank (7)","output":"### Answer: ECHELON \n ### Explanation: Definition: rank\nHidden in cr**ECHE LON**gs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Immature animal eats everything (6)","output":"### Answer: CALLOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Immature\n**COW**=\"animal\" around **ALL**=\"everything\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cad runs over appealing carnivore (6)","output":"### Answer: ROTTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cad\n**R**uns the cricket abbreviation, **OTTER**=\"appealing[?] carnivore\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alien hiding in public dance is lacking restraint (4,3,3)","output":"### Answer: OVER THE TOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: lacking restraint\n**ET**=extra-terrestrial=\"Alien\", inside **OVERT**=\"public\" and **HOP**=\"dance\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blunder has rascal guillotined (5)","output":"### Answer: ERROR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blunder\nt**ERROR**=brat, \"rascal\", with its head\/top letter removed or \"guillotined\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place trap carelessly and this could be upset (9)","output":"### Answer: APPLECART \n ### Explanation: Definition: this could be upset\n=reference to the phrase \"upset the applecart\"\n (Place trap)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worker gets king a drink (4)","output":"### Answer: BEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\n**BEE**=\"Worker\", plus **R**ex=\"king\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Youth to generate transformation (8)","output":"### Answer: TEENAGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Youth\n(generate)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hard-hearted? Girl not so much! (8)","output":"### Answer: RUTHLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hard-hearted\n**RUTH**=\"Girl\", **LESS**=\"not so much\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He attracts constituents but only with difficulty (2,1,7)","output":"### Answer: AT A STRETCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: only with difficulty\n(He attracts)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: God's in charge of working animal (9)","output":"### Answer: CARTHORSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: working animal\n**THOR'S**=\"God's\" in **CARE**=\"charge\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Utter nothing in between (8)","output":"### Answer: THOROUGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Utter\n**O**=\"nothing\" in **THROUGH**=\"between\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Superior reduced strike (8)","output":"### Answer: UPPERCUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: strike\n**UPPER**=\"Superior\", **CUT**=\"reduced\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stick semi-digested food with jelly (6)","output":"### Answer: CUDGEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stick\n**CUD**=\"semi-digested food\", **GEL**=\"jelly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Model wearing fewer clothes? (6)","output":"### Answer: LESSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Model\n**LESS ON**=\"wearing fewer clothes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Travel across German mountain range (5)","output":"### Answer: RIDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: mountain range\n**RIDE**=\"Travel\" around **G**erman"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jacob's wife finds the meadow hot (4)","output":"### Answer: LEAH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jacob's wife\n=Biblical character\n **LEA**=\"meadow\", **H**ot"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 9, vile 9, are reportedly for literary villain (4,4,6)","output":"### Answer: LONG JOHN SILVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: literary villain\n=villain in\u00a0*Treasure Island*\n \"9\"=>PANTS=**LONG JOHNS**; plus (vile)* with anagrind \"9\"=>PANTS; plus **R\u00a0**the letter pronounced\/\"reportedly\" like \"are\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criticise poet, initially rubbish (5)","output":"### Answer: PANTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: rubbish\n**PAN**=\"Criticise\", plus **TS** the initials of poet TS Eliot"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Son clothing daughter in female clothing (4)","output":"### Answer: BODY \n ### Explanation: Definition: female clothing\n=a bodice; or a bodysuit\n **BOY**=\"Son\" around **D**aughter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman with recipe with health food plants (10)","output":"### Answer: EVERGREENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: plants\n**EVE**=\"Woman\" with **R**ecipe and **GREENS**=\"health food\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Walk between bodyguards in 9 etc (6)","output":"### Answer: SMALLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: 9 etc\n=underwear\n **MALL**=\"Walk\" inside **S**ecret **S**ervice=\"bodyguards\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Group mostly behind driver (8)","output":"### Answer: TEAMSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: driver\n**TEAM**=\"Group\" plus **STER**n=\"mostly behind\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seek information between the sheets? (7)","output":"### Answer: INQUIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seek information\na quire is a stack of paper, so\u00a0**IN\u00a0** **QUIRE**=in \"between the sheets?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kicks horse covered in ornaments (7)","output":"### Answer: THRILLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kicks\n**H**eroin=\"horse\" inside **TRILLS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u00a31,000 gets special 18 (8)","output":"### Answer: KNICKERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: 18\n**K**ilo=\"1,000\u2033, **NICKER**=a pound=\"\u00a3\", plus **S**pecial"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps like 18's attractiveness and like 12? (6)","output":"### Answer: SATINY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perhaps like 18\n***S**ex **A**ppeal=\"attractiveness\"; plus **TINY**=like SMALLS \u2013 Edit thanks to Andrew*\n ~~the **S** from \"18\u2032**s**\"; plus the head or \"ness\" of **A**ttractive\/ness; plus **TINY**=like SMALLS~~"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sell iodine, perhaps, as a substance in paint (7,3)","output":"### Answer: LINSEED OIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: substance in paint\n(Sell iodine)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Electronic sound in live record (4)","output":"### Answer: BEEP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Electronic sound\n**BE**=\"live\" plus **EP**=music \"record\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Only having left back and German forward (5)","output":"### Answer: ALONG \n ### Explanation: Definition: forward\n**ALON**e=\"Only\" with the \"back\" letter e gone or \"left; plus **G**erman"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like unmentionables here in broadcast chat item (8)","output":"### Answer: THEMATIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like unmentionables here\n(chat item)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Driver's grumble around peak months (8)","output":"### Answer: MOTORMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Driver\n**MOAN**=\"grumble\" around **TOR**=\"peak\" and **M**onths"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nasty thug, lying, is leaving thing out (4)","output":"### Answer: UGLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nasty\nth**UG LY**ing leaving thing out"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sportsmen's 9 (6)","output":"### Answer: BOXERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sportsmen\ndouble definition, the second referring to underwear"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What backer does wearing 12 (7)","output":"### Answer: INVESTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: What backer does\n**IN VESTS**=wearing SMALLS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What entertains slob, kind of music quote? (8)","output":"### Answer: EPIGRAPH \n ### Explanation: Definition: quote\n**EH**?=\"What?\" around **PIG**=\"slob\" and **RAP**=\"kind of music\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kid returns tight item of 18 (10)","output":"### Answer: UNDERSKIRT \n ### Explanation: Definition: item of 18\n(Kid returns)*, with anagrind \"tight\" as in 'drunk'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country church accepts new time to pay foreign bills (6)","output":"### Answer: USANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: time to pay foreign bills\n=the allowable period for the payment of international bills\n **USA**=\"Country\" and **CE**=\"church\" of England; around **N**ew"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tasmanian city throws heavyweight out of hotel (10)","output":"### Answer: LAUNCESTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tasmanian city\n**LAUNC**h**ES\u00a0** **TON**=\"throws heavy\/weight\", losing hotel"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Troops needing European ally to appear again (2-6)","output":"### Answer: RE-EMERGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: appear again\n**R**oyal **E**ngineers=\"Troops\", plus **E**uropean and **MERGE**=\"ally\" as a verb"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remain with Roman that is in 9 etc (8)","output":"### Answer: LINGERIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 9 etc \n**LINGER**=\"Remain\" plus **IE**=id est=Roman\/Latin for \"that is\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Types on internet, penning chapter for partners (7)","output":"### Answer: ESCORTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: partners\n**SORTS**=\"Types\", with \"on internet\" giving the **E-** prefix for 'electronic' as in e-mail; all around **C**hapter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Iran's foolishly investing a currency abroad (6)","output":"### Answer: NAIRAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: currency abroad\nthe naira is the Nigerian currency\n (Iran's)* around **A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some 18 a lot of money (4)","output":"### Answer: BRAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Some 18\nmost of the word **BRAS**s which is slang for \"money\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 6 pet, a strain to listen to (9)","output":"### Answer: CATTERICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: 6\nsounds like 'cat, a rick'=\"pet, a strain\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 6, a small humble dwelling (5)","output":"### Answer: ASCOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: 6\n**A** **S**mall **COT**tage"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 6 breaks the law, not a person around (9)","output":"### Answer: SOUTHWELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: 6\n(the law)*, but not\u00a0a; and with SOUL=\"person\" around it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of sexual underground? (5)","output":"### Answer: METRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: underground\n'metro-sexual' is a term for a man with traditionally feminine interests and habits"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Almost nicked, I had to be emotionless (6)","output":"### Answer: STOLID \n ### Explanation: Definition: emotionless\n**STOL**e=\"Almost nicked\", plus **I'D**=\"I had\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English used in a few lines and a few more for comparison (8)","output":"### Answer: PARALLEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: comparison\n**E**nglish in **PARA**graph=\"a few lines\" and **L**ine, **L**ine, **L**ine=\"a few more [lines]\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Temperature in Holy Land mountain: 6 (7)","output":"### Answer: CARTMEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: 6\n**T**emperature, inside Mount **CARMEL** in Israel"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Firmly fixed wicket into cement base (7)","output":"### Answer: SCREWED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Firmly fixed\n**W**icket in **SCREED**=a base layer of cement"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Equipment for police officer, finally and disastrously, closes endless dispute (5,3)","output":"### Answer: RADAR GUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Equipment for police\n=used to measure the speed of vehicles\n final letter from office**R**, plus (and)* around **ARGU**e=\"endless dispute\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 6, strong desire to change the ending (6)","output":"### Answer: THIRSK \n ### Explanation: Definition: 6\n**THIRS**t=\"strong desire\" with the last letter changed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record a certain amount but not all 6 (5)","output":"### Answer: EPSOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: 6\n**EP**=music \"Record\"; plus not all of **SOM**e=\"a certain amount\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 6 sounds browner (9)","output":"### Answer: TOWCESTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: 6\npronounced like 'toaster'=\"browner\" of bread"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheeky husband in 8s 6 (5)","output":"### Answer: PERTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: 6\n*Edit thanks to TheZed: \"8s 6\" gives ASCOTs COURSE=>'a Scots course', and Perth is a race course in Scotland*\n there is an ASCOT COURSE in PERTH*\u00a0[Australia]*\n **PERT**=\"Cheeky\" plus **H**usband"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Amphibian all but stressed within 6 (9)","output":"### Answer: NEWMARKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: 6\n**NEWT**=\"Amphibian\"; with \"all but\"\/'not quite all of'\u00a0**MARKE**d=\"stressed\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Highly unusual\u00a0station sign (3,3)","output":"### Answer: WAY OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Highly unusual\ndouble definition: WAY OUT of the ordinary; or WAY OUT as in exit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Announce holiday cottage available in Andorra for one (8)","output":"### Answer: STATELET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Andorra for one\n**STATE LET**=\"Announce holiday cottage available\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Served on board, sounding vulgar (6)","output":"### Answer: CREWED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Served on board\nsounds like 'crude'=\"vulgar'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: PC helps re-organise difficult journey (7)","output":"### Answer: SCHLEPP \n ### Explanation: Definition: difficult journey\n=Yiddish slang for a difficult task or journey\n (PC helps)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Too sensible at first to enter a lift shaft (2,4)","output":"### Answer: AS WELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Too\nfirst letter of **S**ensible entering into **A WELL**=\"a lift shaft\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An opportunity to learn of this, naturally (6)","output":"### Answer: COURSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: An opportunity to learn\n'of **COURSE**' means 'naturally'; therefore \"of this, naturally\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beast, decrepit one, losing tail (4)","output":"### Answer: CROC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beast\n**CROC**k=\"decrepit one\", losing the tail or final letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 6 pounds would get wasted (6)","output":"### Answer: LUDLOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: 6\n**L**[ibra]=\"pounds\", plus (would)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 6 is back, touring Washington (6)","output":"### Answer: REDCAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: 6\n**REAR**=\"back\" around [Washington] **DC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Advantage in battle, if on top of hill (4)","output":"### Answer: EDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Advantage\nif EDGE is put on top of 'hill', we get [the Battle of]\u00a0*Edgehill* in the English Civil War"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bad year in which to lose an agent (8)","output":"### Answer: EMISSARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: agent\n(year)* around **MISS**=\"lose\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Provided for fencing not at first joined together (7)","output":"### Answer: ENDOWED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Provided\nk**ENDO**=martial art with swords=\"fencing\" without its first letter; plus **WED**=\"joined together\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place to hack into a favourite piece of software (6)","output":"### Answer: APPLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: piece of software\n**PL**ace inside **A PET**=\"a favourite\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fails to mature topside of beef \u2014 roast ruined (6)","output":"### Answer: ABORTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fails to mature\nthe top letter of Beef, put into an anagram with (B roast)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Book about killer not yet ready (2,4)","output":"### Answer: TO COME \n ### Explanation: Definition: not yet ready\n**TOME**=\"book\" around **CO**=carbon monoxide=\"killer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pin prick finally punctures needlewoman (6)","output":"### Answer: SKEWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pin\nthe final letter of pric**K** inside **SEWER**=\"needlewoman\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Low part embraced by bass, say \u2014 that's plain (8)","output":"### Answer: FRUMPISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: plain\n**RUMP**=\"Low part\" inside **FISH**=\"bass, say\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artist's military leave? (6)","output":"### Answer: WARHOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Artist\n**WAR HOL**iday=\"military leave?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gender is in question, so philosophical (8)","output":"### Answer: RESIGNED \n ### Explanation: Definition: philosophical\n\"philosophical\" in the sense of being calm or accepting in the face of difficulty\n (Gender is)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party moving to the left, then right, in poor Turkish city (6)","output":"### Answer: BODRUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Turkish city\n**DO**=\"Party\" reversed\/\"to the left\", plus **R**ight; all inside **BUM**=\"poor\" quality"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sickening total (5)","output":"### Answer: GROSS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sickening\ndouble def"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jack and I wearing heavy-duty cloth (9)","output":"### Answer: TARPAULIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: heavy-duty cloth\n**TAR**=sailor=\"Jack\", plus **PAUL**=\"I\" the setter\", plus **IN**=\"wearing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Down \u2014 becoming dn? (12)","output":"### Answer: DISHEARTENED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Down\ntaking the heart or central letters out of \"Down\" leaves just \"dn\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy caught by rock, deal with idle threat of children (5,2,5)","output":"### Answer: TRICK OR TREAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: idle threat of children\n**RICK**=\"boy\", inside **TOR**=\"rock\", plus **TREAT**=\"deal with\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Discontinue dose, foolishly swallowed by buffoon (5,4)","output":"### Answer: CLOSE DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Discontinue\n(dose)* inside **CLOWN**=\"buffoon\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crack up back of gluteal area, you disgust me! (5)","output":"### Answer: LAUGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crack up\nback letter of glutea**L**, plus **A**rea, plus **UGH**=\"you disgust me!\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old banger, American truck finally impounded by police (6)","output":"### Answer: MUSKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old banger\n**US**=\"American\" plus the final letter of truc**K**, inside **MET**ropolitan \"police\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Number of England supporters, faction involved in leisurely fighting over sugary tea? (5,3,5,7)","output":"### Answer: SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT \n ### Explanation: Definition:  Number of England supporters\n\"Number\" as in song\n **WING**=\"faction\" in **SLOW RIOT**=\"leisurely fighting\" which also goes around **SWEET CHA**=\"sugary tea\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not all of century, ten I need back? (6)","output":"### Answer: NINETY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not all of century, ten I need back\nHidden\/\"Not all of\" and reversed\/\"back\", inside centur**Y TEN I N**eed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Last of those coldest tumbledown houses shut off (8)","output":"### Answer: CLOSETED \n ### Explanation: Definition: shut off\n(e coldest)*, taking an\u00a0e\u00a0as the last letter of \"those\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Found without a search (6)","output":"### Answer: FORAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: search\n**FORGE**=create, set up=\"Found\", around **A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Barking hounds awaiting a farrier? (6)","output":"### Answer: UNSHOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: awaiting a farrier?\n(hounds)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very good work coming up that's right for a bouncer (4,5)","output":"### Answer: POGO STICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: a bouncer\n**SO** **G**ood **OP**us=\"Very\", \"good\", \"work\" all reversed\/\"coming up\"; plus **TICK**=\"that's right\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Imbued with love, member given a bouquet (5)","output":"### Answer: AROMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: bouquet\n**O**=\"love\" inside **ARM**=\"member\" plus **A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Event in sport inspiring daughter (8)","output":"### Answer: HURDLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Event\n**HURLING**=\"sport\" around **D**aughter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: French daily quaffing a drink (8)","output":"### Answer: LEMONADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\n**LE MONDE**=\"French daily\" newspaper, around **A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slum clearance we learn unlikely under pope (5,7)","output":"### Answer: URBAN RENEWAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Slum clearance\n(we learn)* after **URBAN**, the name of a few popes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A minstrel going off the rails (9)","output":"### Answer: TRAMLINES \n ### Explanation: Definition: rails\n(A minstrel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Possibly lower tender in ordinary castle? (8)","output":"### Answer: STOCKMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Possibly lower tender\n=a tender of cattle, and a cow is possibly a \"lower\"\n **STOCK**=\"ordinary\", plus **MAN**=chess piece=\"castle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cat not getting on with tailless vermin in French region (8)","output":"### Answer: LIMOUSIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: French region\n**LI**on=\"Cat\" without \"on\", plus **MOUS**e=\"tailless vermin\", plus **IN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Articulate what to do with the wishbone in chicken (6)","output":"### Answer: PULLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: chicken\n=a young hen\n sounds like 'pull it'=\"what to do with the wishbone\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heath bearing fruit that's softened (6)","output":"### Answer: THAWED \n ### Explanation: Definition: softened\n**TED** Heath, Prime Minister in the 70s, around **HAW**=\"fruit\" of the hawthorn"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Football team, not cricket side, turn out (5)","output":"### Answer: EVERT \n ### Explanation: Definition: turn out\n=to turn outwards or inside out\n **EVERT**on=\"Football team\", without on=\"cricket side\" on the batsman's leg side"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 1960s' Mama's key function? To make stew (9)","output":"### Answer: CASSEROLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: stew\n\"Mama\" **CASS** Elliot from the 60s\u00a0group The Mamas & The Papas\u00a0;\n plus **E**=musical \"key\", plus **ROLE**=\"function\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Friend embraces European way (5)","output":"### Answer: ALLEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: way\n**ALLY**=\"Friend\" around **E**uropean"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Labour ousting leader leads to succession (5)","output":"### Answer: TRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: succession\ns**TRAIN**=\"Labour\", with the leading s removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Abolishes work in full? That's the origin of socialism (9)","output":"### Answer: NULLIFIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Abolishes\n(in full)*; plus **I.E.**=that is=\"That's\"; plus the first of **S**ocialism"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The gods are 60% angry about everybody taking ecstasy (7)","output":"### Answer: GALLERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: The gods\n=upper sections of theatre seating\n 60% of the letters from an**GRY**, around **ALL**=\"everybody\" and **E**cstasy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Count change on firm palm (7)","output":"### Answer: COCONUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: palm\n(Count)* after **CO**mpany=\"firm\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rolling stones have no end of moss at the beginning (5)","output":"### Answer: ONSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: beginning\n(stones)*, minus the end of moss"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reserved \"special\" with hungry, empty stomach (3)","output":"### Answer: SHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reserved\n**S**pecial plus **H**ungr**Y** emptied out \u2013 does \"stomach\" refer to the 'insides' of \"hungry\"?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relative not against touring Venice (5)","output":"### Answer: NIECE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relative\n(Venice)*, minus Versus=\"against\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One taking a gentle walk doffs hat to fisherman (7)","output":"### Answer: TROLLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: fisherman\nsTROLLER=\"One taking a gentle walk\" without its first letter\/\"hat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mat's a freewheeler (7)","output":"### Answer: COASTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mat\ndouble def: a mat for a drinking glass; or someone moving without effort"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tom and Paul excited by Troy's siege weapons (9)","output":"### Answer: CATAPULTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: siege weapons\n**CAT**=\"Tom\"; plus (Paul)*; plus **T**roy'**S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man in Japan bit assassin (5)","output":"### Answer: NINJA \n ### Explanation: Definition: assassin\nHidden\/a \"bit\" of: Ma**N IN JA**pan"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Distance to mountains (5)","output":"### Answer: RANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Distance\ndouble def"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Records, say, see Arsenal dribbling around D (9)","output":"### Answer: CALENDARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Records\n**C**=letter pronouced as 'see'; plus (Arsenal)* around **D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 20% cider guzzled by drunk northerner (4)","output":"### Answer: SCOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: northerner\n20% of the letters of **C**ider inside **SOT**=\"drunk\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country is leaving Europe after Remain leaders retire (6)","output":"### Answer: ISRAEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Country\n**IS**; plus the leaders of **L**eaving **E**urope **A**fter **R**emain reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old man, eternal and enigmatic (10)","output":"### Answer: NEANDERTAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old man\n(eternal and)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In the outskirts of Banbury, cat wants tail to be like Tigger? (6)","output":"### Answer: BOUNCY \n ### Explanation: Definition: like Tigger\nreferring to the character from Winnie the Pooh with\u00a0a springy tail\n **B**anbur**Y**;\u00a0around\u00a0**OUNC**e=snow leopard=\"cat\" without the tail letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guy tackles poorly, giving up a small score (3,5)","output":"### Answer: GET LUCKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: score\n=to have sex\n (Guy tackles)* minus a small"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Painter's first dog was a boxer (4)","output":"### Answer: DALI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Painter\nthe first letter of **D**og, plus Muhammad\u00a0**ALI**=\"boxer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: England midfielder can play with English league (8)","output":"### Answer: ALLIANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: league\nDele **ALLI**=\"England midfielder\", plus (can)*, plus **E**nglish"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One agreement or many? (4)","output":"### Answer: AYES \n ### Explanation: Definition: many\nA YES=\"One agreement\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suggestion of grand crowd \u2026 (5)","output":"### Answer: GHOST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Suggestion\n**G**rand plus **HOST**=\"crowd\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 holding party lessons right away \u2026 (10)","output":"### Answer: CONTAINING \n ### Explanation: Definition: holding\n**CON**servative \"party\", plus **T**r**AINING**=\"lessons\" with the right taken away"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 belonging to the Irish? (5)","output":"### Answer: THEIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: belonging to\nHidden in **THE IR**ish"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Firing honest, outstanding intellectuals often ends disastrously (8)","output":"### Answer: SHOOTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Firing\n(ht og is on)*: the end letters of HonesT, OutstandinG, IntellectualS and OfteN used as anagram fodder\u00a0(ht og is on)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rector wears belt, plus diamonds and vestment (8)","output":"### Answer: SURPLICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: vestment\n=a vestment worn over a cassock\n **R**ector in (plus)*; with **ICE**=\"diamonds\" \u2013 \"belt\" as an anagrind?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keep those who play with the French (6)","output":"### Answer: CASTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Keep\n**CAST\u00a0**[of actors]=\"those who play\"; plus **LE**=\"the [in] French\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I can't recycle new container (3,3)","output":"### Answer: TIN CAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: container\n(I can't)* plus **N**ew"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Port served at 1:00 or 10:00, going by the numbers? (4)","output":"### Answer: CORK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Port\n=Irish city\n **C**=100 in Roman numerals; plus **OR**; plus **K**ilo=1,000"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer has time for another (4)","output":"### Answer: POET \n ### Explanation: Definition: another\nEdgar Allen **POE**=\"Writer\", plus **T**ime"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: F1 driver not performing as well (4)","output":"### Answer: ALSO \n ### Explanation: Definition: as well\nFernando **AL**on**SO**=\"F1 driver\",\u00a0not\u00a0on=\"not performing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old king keeps writer in clothing (8)","output":"### Answer: CAMISOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: clothing\n**COLE**=\"Old king\" from the nursery rhyme, around Kingsley\/Martin **AMIS**=\"writer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quake in Turkey \u2014 capital taken aback (6)","output":"### Answer: TREMOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quake\n**TR**=\"Turkey\" on a car license plate, plus **ROME**=\"capital\" reversed\/\"taken aback\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sally runs to help (4)","output":"### Answer: RAID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sally\n**R**[uns] cricketing abbreviation; plus **AID**=\"help\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stumble in feeble illumination (5,5)","output":"### Answer: STRIP LIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: illumination\n**TRIP**=\"Stumble\" in **SLIGHT**=\"feeble\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Association makes claret (6)","output":"### Answer: CARTEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Association\n(claret)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drop feathers in trash (4,4)","output":"### Answer: TEAR DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: trash\n**TEAR**=\"Drop\" of liquid from the eye, plus **DOWN**=\"feathers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Medic introduced to swimmer in wasteland (6)","output":"### Answer: TUNDRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: wasteland\n**DR**=doctor=\"Medic\" inside **TUNA** fish=\"swimmer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Watch and respect (6)","output":"### Answer: REGARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Watch\ndouble def"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make teenager upset (8)","output":"### Answer: GENERATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make\n(teenager)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lust of French father (6)","output":"### Answer: DESIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lust\n**DE**=\"of [in] French\", plus **SIRE**=\"father\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Take away tonic cafe's put out (10)","output":"### Answer: CONFISCATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Take away\n(tonic cafe's)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fire in bag (4)","output":"### Answer: SACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fire\ndouble def"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slumber for girl holding record (6)","output":"### Answer: REPOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Slumber\n**ROSE**=\"girl\" aroudn **EP**=music \"record\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Missile has reversing space in this part of Devon (8)","output":"### Answer: DARTMOOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of Devon\n**DART**=\"Missile\" plus **ROOM**=\"space\" reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Visual impairment caused by falls (8)","output":"### Answer: CATARACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Visual impairment\ndouble def \u2013 second def refers to waterfalls"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stopped working and fixed when touring Spain (4)","output":"### Answer: DIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stopped working\n**DID**=\"fixed\" around **E**spana=\"Spain\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relic of saints captured in defeat (6)","output":"### Answer: FOSSIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relic\n**S**aint**S** in **FOIL**=\"defeat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fret over servant's strike (8)","output":"### Answer: STOPPAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: strike\n**STOP**=\"Fret\" on e.g. a guitar, plus **PAGE**=\"servant\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where crooked landlords are, or should be (6,4)","output":"### Answer: BEHIND BARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: should be\nreferring to prison, or\u00a0to a landlord standing behind the\u00a0bar of a pub"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Absentee gets meals with old women (2-4)","output":"### Answer: NO SHOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Absentee\n**NOSH**=\"meals\" plus **O**ld **W**omen"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In time, traitor makes mistakes (6)","output":"### Answer: ERRATA \n ### Explanation: Definition: mistakes\n**ERA**=\"time\" around **RAT**=\"traitor\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Novice makes offer to pay (10)","output":"### Answer: TENDERFOOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Novice\n**TENDER**=\"offer\", plus **FOOT** a bill=\"pay\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Repairs, or trades, sports car (8)","output":"### Answer: ROADSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: sports car\n(or trades)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clergyman supports detective being on board (8)","output":"### Answer: DIRECTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: being on board\n**RECTOR**=\"Clergyman\" after **D**etective **I**nspector"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Considered entertaining painter and announcer (6)","output":"### Answer: HERALD \n ### Explanation: Definition: announcer\n**HELD**=\"Considered\" aroudn **R**oyal **A**cademician=\"painter\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worn down journalist travelled inside (6)","output":"### Answer: ERODED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Worn down\n**ED**itor=\"journalist\" with **RODE**=\"travelled\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tedious wine type grabbing attention (6)","output":"### Answer: DREARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tedious\n**DRY**=\"wine type\" around **EAR**=\"attention\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Total love of sport (4)","output":"### Answer: SUMO \n ### Explanation: Definition: sport\n**SUM**=\"Total\", plus **O**=zero=\"love\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show it's worth revising at college (5,2)","output":"### Answer: THROW UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Show\n'throw up'=reveal=\"Show\"\n (worth)* plus **UP**=at school or college"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Painter to cut back piece of hair (7)","output":"### Answer: POLLOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Painter\nthe painter is Jackson Pollock \n LOP=\"cut\" reversed\/\"back\"; plus LOCK=\"piece of hair\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old racehorse not about to be beat (4)","output":"### Answer: DRUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: beat\ndrum=\"beat\" as a verb\n re**D RUM**=\"Old racehorse\", but without re=\"about\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 1, 2, 3 \u2026 er \u2026 5 \u2026 where's Dracula now? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: LOSE\/LOST COUNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: 1, 2, 3 \u2026 er \u2026 5\nthe online solution has LOSE over LOST\n second half of the clue referring to **COUNT** Dracula"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Adult leaves award for university oink (5)","output":"### Answer: GRUNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: oink\n**GRANT**=\"award\", with **A**dult leaving and replaced by **U**niversity"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wizards are most active on Sunday (8)","output":"### Answer: MAESTROS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wizards\n(are most)* plus **S**unday"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Listen to music single (4)","output":"### Answer: SOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: single\nhomophone of 'soul'=\"music\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Transport around 50:50 animals (5)","output":"### Answer: BULLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: animals\n**BUS**=\"Transport\", around **L** and **L**=50 in roman numerals, twice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boatman's a knave! (4)","output":"### Answer: JACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boatman\ndouble definition, with \"Boatman\" as in 'sailor'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Struggle with fine? See below (8)","output":"### Answer: FLOUNDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Struggle\n**F**ine [abbreviation on lead pencils],\u00a0**LO**=behold=\"See\", **UNDER**=\"below\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I have been taken in by Doctor Daley, perhaps (5)","output":"### Answer: DIVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Daley, perhaps\nTom Daley the diver \n **I'VE**=\"I have\" inside **DR**=\"Doctor\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left magnificent old pirate town (4,5)","output":"### Answer: PORT ROYAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: old pirate town\nJamaican town with a history of piracy \n **PORT**=\"Left\" side of a ship; **ROYAL**=\"magnificent\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heather Graham looks nice in fancy tops (4)","output":"### Answer: LING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Heather\n=heather as in the shrub\n (G l n i)*: anagram\/\"fancy\" using the top letters of G[raham] l[ooks] n[ice] i[n]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Captain Kirk mostly gains power and potential energy on edge of space (7)","output":"### Answer: SKIPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Captain\nmost of the letters of **KIR**k, around **P**ower and **P**otential **E**nergy; after the \"edge\" or one of the outer letters of **S**pace"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Black eyes see stars (7)","output":"### Answer: SHINERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Black eyes\nsecond half of the clue uses \"see\" as in 'take, for example, [stars]'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Domestic help making tea (4)","output":"### Answer: CHAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Domestic help\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rodent's place for resting by river (8)","output":"### Answer: DORMOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rodent\n**DORM**=\"place for resting\" plus **OUSE**=\"river\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hairstyle, say, extremely uniform all over (6)","output":"### Answer: MULLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hairstyle\n**TELL**=\"say\" plus the extreme letters of **U**nifor**M**, all reversed or \"over\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminals swipe cash with rope (8)","output":"### Answer: POACHERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Criminals\n(cash rope)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loud relative left before display (6)","output":"### Answer: FLAUNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: display\n**F**orte=\"Loud\"; plus **AUNT**=\"relative\" with **L**eft before it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go away\u00a0singing jazz (4)","output":"### Answer: SCAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Go away\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Likewise, I'm a silly revolut\u00adionary to kidnap queen (9)","output":"### Answer: SIMILARLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Likewise\n(I'm a silly)*, around **R**egina=\"queen\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good time to change sides with spirit (5)","output":"### Answer: GHOUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: spirit\n**G**ood; plus **HOUR**=\"time\", changing sides from **R**ight to **L**eft"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: O for a really big limo! (5)","output":"### Answer: OSCAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: O\nOSCAR stands for the letter \"O\" in the phonetic alphabet\n **O****S**=out-size=\"really big\", **CAR**=\"limo\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Are North Korea's leaders unstable, supporting plot to make things black? (8)","output":"### Answer: BEDARKEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: make things black\n(Are N[orth] K[orea])*; after **BED**=\"plot\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No point to ripped Levi jeans, they can be chucked (8)","output":"### Answer: JAVELINS \n ### Explanation: Definition: they can be chucked\n(Levi jeans)* minus an East=\"point\" \u2013 the anagram fodder still has points **N**orth and **S**outh, and another **E**ast"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not ready for difficult run? First, exercise! (6)","output":"### Answer: UNRIPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not ready\n(run)*, plus **I**=number one=\"First\", plus **P**hysical **E**ducation=\"exercise\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ditches record into upturned shed (6)","output":"### Answer: DELPHS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ditches\n=\"Ditches\" as in dug trenches\n **LP**=music long-playing \"record\", inside **SHED** reversed\/\"upturned\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pointy-headed staff in shop (IKEA) (4)","output":"### Answer: PIKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pointy-headed staff\n=as in the spear-like weapon\n Hidden in sho**P IKE**a"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing turns head 90\u00b0 for an emperor (4)","output":"### Answer: NERO \n ### Explanation: Definition: emperor\n**ZERO**=\"Nothing\", rotating the **Z**\u00a090\u00b0 into the shape of an **N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Player longing to take it over (6)","output":"### Answer: LUTIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Player\n**LUST**=\"longing\" around **IT** reversed\/\"over\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Head's unwelcome visitors forged SEN permit (7)","output":"### Answer: LICENSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: permit\n**LICE**=\"Head's unwelcome visitors\", plus (SEN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Social promiscuous type likely to be one? (9)","output":"### Answer: PARTYGOER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Social promiscuous type likely to be one\n**PARTY**=\"Social\" plus **GOER**=\"promiscuous type\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Which gives travellers a choice of hybrid oxygen-filled X-ray units (10)","output":"### Answer: CROSSROADS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Which gives travellers a choice\n**CROSS**=\"hybrid\"; plus **O**xygen inside **RADS** \u2013 a rad is a unit of dosage of radiation [e.g. X-rays]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hot rod fans confounded etc (3,2,5)","output":"### Answer: AND SO FORTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: etc\n(Hot rod fans)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Come on, tell me\u00a0what to do with unpalatable food! (4,2,3)","output":"### Answer: SPIT IT OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Come on, tell me\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Handle new ex-president in short time, right? (7)","output":"### Answer: MONIKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Handle\n**N**ew plus\u00a0**IKE**=Eisenhower=\"ex-president\"; both inside **MO**ment=\"short time\" plus **R**ight"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's leaving British frustrated about United's arrogance (6)","output":"### Answer: HUBRIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: arrogance\n(British)* minus the letters \"It\", around **U**nited"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer's first cooker and fancy hat (6)","output":"### Answer: AGATHA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Writer's first\n=Agatha Christie's first name\n **AGA**=\"cooker\" plus (hat)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ideal pot, unhappily one not forthcoming (7)","output":"### Answer: OPTIMUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ideal\n(pot)* plus **I**=\"one\" plus **MUM**=staying quiet=\"not forthcoming\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sound barrier? First, Fritz, er, produces shriek? (9)","output":"### Answer: CATERWAUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: shriek\nthe last syllable **WAUL** sounds like 'wall'=\"barrier\"; after **CAT**=\"Fritz\" plus **ER**\n *Fritz the Cat* was a comic strip and later an animated film"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Band knocking back drink, comprehending nothing (5)","output":"### Answer: TROOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Band\n**PORT**=\"drink\" reversed\/knocked back; around **O**=\"nothing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leaves off using one (9)","output":"### Answer: DEFOLIANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leaves off using one\ncryptic def \u2013 \"Leaves off\" from a plant, rather than \"Leaves off\"='avoids doing'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little darlin' playing around IT town in Devon (7)","output":"### Answer: HONITON \n ### Explanation: Definition: town in Devon\n**HON**=\"Little darlin'\" plus **ON**=\"playing\"; both around **IT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: City lines: muggins has to go back (6)","output":"### Answer: ODESSA \n ### Explanation: Definition: City\n**ODE**~~S~~=\"lines\" of poetry; plus **ASS**=fool=\"muggins\" reversed\/\"back\"\u00a0*edited to remove an extra 'S', thanks to William\u00a0"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appreciated by tender kissers (3,4)","output":"### Answer: LIP BALM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Appreciated by tender kissers\ncryptic clue, with \"tender kissers\" hinting at sensitive lips"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mentally resigned to go west (5,2,4)","output":"### Answer: TIRED OF LIFE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mentally resigned to go west\ncryptic def \u2013 \"go west\"=dissipate, die"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blue plant displaying shoot high up (9)","output":"### Answer: SKYROCKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: shoot high up\n**SKY**=\"Blue\" plus **ROCKET**=\"plant\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regular GIs have houses on the big side (7)","output":"### Answer: LARGISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: on the big side\nHidden\/housed inside \"Regu**LAR GIS H**ave\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plants do in Guernsey region (5)","output":"### Answer: CACTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plants\n**ACT**=\"do\" in **C**hannel **I**slands=\"Guernsey region\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A word like \"logo-mines\", perhaps? (9)","output":"### Answer: NEOLOGISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: A word like \"logo-mines\", perhaps?\n(logo mines)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Substitute bankers at Zurich centre (6)","output":"### Answer: ERSATZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: Substitute\nletters in the centre of bank**ERS AT Z**urich"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cellist possibly ushering in second tanker (6)","output":"### Answer: BOWSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: tanker\n=a tanker for refuelling aircraft\n **BOWER**=someone who uses a bow=\"Cellist, possibly\" around **S**econd"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Near an urban area covering source of gold that might do for retirement (9)","output":"### Answer: NIGHTGOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: that might do for retirement\n=as in retiring to bed\n **NIGH TOWN**=\"Near an urban area\" around the first letter of **G**old"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Youthful rogue has not much ham, lettuce etc \u2014 no seconds (3,2,1,3)","output":"### Answer: BIT OF A LAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Youthful rogue\n**BIT OF SALAD**=\"not much ham, lettuce etc\", minus **S**econds"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brass concert will have this strand (7)","output":"### Answer: ABANDON \n ### Explanation: Definition: strand\n\"strand\" as in leave someone helpless\n a \"Brass concert will have\" **A BAND ON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gandhi's headgear wrapped by two old ladies? (7)","output":"### Answer: MAHATMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gandhi\n**HAT**=\"headgear\" inside **MA** and **MA**=\"two old ladies\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put a stop to\u00a0drink (6)","output":"### Answer: SCOTCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put a stop to\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Size up a conservatory plant? (5)","output":"### Answer: REPOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Size up a conservatory plant\ncryptic def \u2013 \"Size up\" as in 'put into a larger size of pot', rather than 'take a mental measure of'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get stricter reporting on match: \"Ahead by a big margin\" (7,2)","output":"### Answer: TIGHTEN UP \n ### Explanation: TIGH**\u00a0sounds like 'tie'=\"match\"; plus **TEN UP**=\"Ahead by a big margin\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl, to become wife, runs out (4)","output":"### Answer: MARY \n ### Explanation: MARRY**=\"to become wife\", with **R**uns removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: East Germany without any changes for the better (8)","output":"### Answer: GAMESTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: bettor, gambler\n(East Germany)* without the any"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl overwhelmed by rattle \u2014 perhaps it makes a loud noise (6)","output":"### Answer: TANNOY \n ### Explanation: ANN**=\"Girl\" inside **TOY**=\"rattle, perhaps\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps girl dancing in cage is harlot? (6)","output":"### Answer: GEISHA \n ### Explanation: Hidden in ca**GE IS HA**rlot"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: People like Nero in Rome, always heading back after gold (8)","output":"### Answer: EMPERORS \n ### Explanation: SEMPER**=\"always\" in Latin\/in Rome, with its heading letter **S** moved back after **OR**=\"gold\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl and boy married with prayer book (6)","output":"### Answer: MISSAL \n ### Explanation: MISS**=\"Girl\" plus **AL**=\"boy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boatman might try this to catch girl: \"Want to get excited?\" (8)","output":"### Answer: TRAWLING \n ### Explanation: (girl want)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy slips out, perhaps (8)","output":"### Answer: POSSIBLY \n ### Explanation: (boy slips)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy that is getting backing for Votes for Women (6)","output":"### Answer: LADIES \n ### Explanation: LAD**=\"Boy\" plus **I.E.**=\"that is\" plus the back letter of vote**S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: August: one month before April, unusually around end of June (8)","output":"### Answer: IMPERIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: August as in impressive and respected\n**I**=\"one\" plus **M**onth plus (April)* around Jun**E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As a married woman, her organisation procures an end to injustice in damsel, perhaps (6)","output":"### Answer: WIFELY \n ### Explanation: W**omen's **I**nstitute=\"Her organisation\" plus injustic**E**\u00a0inside **FLY**=\"damsel, perhaps\" as in 'damselfly' insects"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl seen in series of articles (6)","output":"### Answer: ANTHEA \n ### Explanation: AN**, **THE**, and **A** are three articles"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Native American ritual for boy, say, and reformed church (3,5)","output":"### Answer: SUN DANCE \n ### Explanation: SUN** sounds like 'son'=\"boy, say\", plus (and)*, plus **C**hurch of **E**ngland"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foremost of girl's relatives always nurturing (4)","output":"### Answer: GRAN \n ### Explanation: first letters of **G**irl's **R**elatives **A**lways **N**urturing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New in! Percy worked with another boy to put into code (9)","output":"### Answer: ENCRYPTED \n ### Explanation: N**ew in (Percy)*, plus **TED**=\"another boy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The lassie is not even a flirt (5)","output":"### Answer: TEASE \n ### Explanation: even letters ignored from **T**h**E** l**A**s**S**i**E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ill-informed judgments have visitors losing time around the Home Counties (7)","output":"### Answer: GUESSES \n ### Explanation: GUESTS** losing **T**ime, around **S**outh-**E**ast=\"Home Counties\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heartless teenager in meal featuring tropical fish (5)","output":"### Answer: TETRA \n ### Explanation: T**eenage**R** in **TEA**=\"meal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy and not boy (7)","output":"### Answer: NORBERT \n ### Explanation: NOR**=\"and not\", plus **BERT**=\"boy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party leader built up a fabrication to provide security (3,2,4)","output":"### Answer: PUT UP BAIL \n ### Explanation: P**arty, plus (built up a)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boatman's really odd, being neither animal nor vegetable (7)","output":"### Answer: MINERAL \n ### Explanation: MINE**=\"Boatman's\", plus odd letters of **R**e**A**l**L**y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: For cultivation, ordering a New World flower (3,6)","output":"### Answer: RIO GRANDE \n ### Explanation: (ordering a)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One who digs heavy metal in club, either boy or girl, say (4,5)","output":"### Answer: IRON MINER \n ### Explanation: IRON**= golf \"club\", plus **MINER** sounds like 'minor'=\"either boy or girl, say\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Translated article about principal of using barrels to deliver oil (9)","output":"### Answer: LUBRICATE \n ### Explanation: (article)* around all of: the \"principal\"\/first letter of\u00a0**U**sing, plus\u00a0**B**arrels [just an abbreviation]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy makes move in dance with girl (7)","output":"### Answer: STEPHEN \n ### Explanation: STEP**=\"move in dance\" plus **HEN**=\"girl\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"The young get nutrients from this cola\" \u2014 Sky broadcast (4,3)","output":"### Answer: YOLK SAC \n ### Explanation: (cola sky)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy, handy without being challenging (7)","output":"### Answer: DEFIANT \n ### Explanation: IAN**=\"Boy\", with **DEFT**=\"handy\" outside it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl, to become wife, keeps name at end of ceremony (5)","output":"### Answer: WENDY \n ### Explanation: WED**=\"to become wife\", around **N**ame, plus ceremon**Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fastened shoes with raised design (5)","output":"### Answer: LACED \n ### Explanation: DECAL**=\"design\", reversed\/\"raised\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hang around old president (6)","output":"### Answer: HOOVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: president\n=Herbert Hoover**\n HOVER**=\"Hang\" around **O**ld"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Badly singes rock (6)","output":"### Answer: GNEISS \n ### Explanation: Definition: rock\n=a type of metamorphic rock\n (singes)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Composer of Harlem Shuffle (6)","output":"### Answer: MAHLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Composer\n=Gustav Mahler\n (Harlem)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mayor prepared to embrace everyone with a lack of conscience (8)","output":"### Answer: AMORALLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: a lack of conscience\n(Mayor)* around **ALL**=\"everyone\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Take off Somerset's first spinner (4)","output":"### Answer: STOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Take off\n\"Take off\"=retire, leave, quit**\n S**omerset's first letter, plus **TOP**=\"spinner\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Copper's testimonial is choice (10)","output":"### Answer: PREFERENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: choice\n**P**enny=\"Copper\" plus **REFERENCE**=\"testimonial\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Curiously considerate to religious vandalism (11)","output":"### Answer: DESECRATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: religious vandalism\n(considerate)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In a short time a prisoner becomes disloyal (10)","output":"### Answer: INCONSTANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: disloyal\n**INSTANT**=\"short time\" with **CON**vict=\"prisoner\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Usual time to say goodbye (4)","output":"### Answer: PART \n ### Explanation: Definition: say goodbye\n**PAR**=\"Usual\" plus **T**ime"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cut fabric's cost (8)","output":"### Answer: LACERATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cut\n**LACE**=\"fabric\" plus **RATE**=\"cost\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mounting\u00a0a revolt (6)","output":"### Answer: RISING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mounting\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pay a visit for game of cards with the family (4,2)","output":"### Answer: LOOK IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pay a visit\n**LOO**=\"game of cards\" plus **KIN**=\"family\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Apron for local tucking into tart (6)","output":"### Answer: PINNIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Apron\n**INN**=pub=\"local\", inside **PIE**=\"tart\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Break down everything that's sprung up in wood (8)","output":"### Answer: COLLAPSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Break down\n**ALL**=\"everything\" reversed\/\"sprung up\"; inside **COPSE**=\"wood\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The French slip up and speak angrily (3,3)","output":"### Answer: LET RIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: speak angrily\n**LE**=\"The [in] French\", plus **TRIP**=\"slip up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Showing disrespect in the waterway (8)","output":"### Answer: INSOLENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Showing disrespect\n**IN**, plus\u00a0river\u00a0**SOLENT**\u00a0=\"waterway\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Half a dozen learned one's facial features (6)","output":"### Answer: VISAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: facial features\n**VI**=6 in roman numerals=\"Half a dozen\", plus **SAGE**=\"learned one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pick up Eliot's suit (6)","output":"### Answer: HEARTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: suit\n=suit in playing cards\n **HEAR**=\"Pick up\", plus **TS** Eliot the poet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Marry and relish holding party (6)","output":"### Answer: SPLICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Marry\n**SPICE**=\"relish\" around **L**iberal=\"party\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Burglar's not dangerous, given a wave (4-7)","output":"### Answer: SAFE-BREAKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Burglar\n**SAFE**=\"not dangerous\", plus **BREAKER**=\"wave\" breaking on the shore"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Delighted the European Commission's unchanging (8)","output":"### Answer: ECSTATIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Delighted\n**E**uropean **C**ommission plus **STATIC**=\"unchanging\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Work over would-be enemy (8)","output":"### Answer: OPPOSING \n ### Explanation: Definition: enemy\n=enemy as an adjective e.g. 'enemy\/opposing forces'\n **OP**us=\"Work\" plus **POSING**=pretending to be something=\"would-be\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Require English to Latin translation (6)","output":"### Answer: ENTAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Require\n**E**nglish plus (Latin)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Draw back from phone in church (6)","output":"### Answer: CRINGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Draw back from\n**RING**=\"phone\" inside **C**hurch of **E**ngland"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King giving order to man (6)","output":"### Answer: OBERON \n ### Explanation: Definition: King\n=King of the Fairies\n **O**rder of the **B**ritish **E**mpire, plus **RON**=\"man\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Highwayman has power in Italian city (6)","output":"### Answer: TURPIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Highwayman\n=Dick Turpin\n **P**ower in **TURIN**=\"Italian city\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: ABC, gesture eloquent in the extreme (6)","output":"### Answer: BECKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thomas Becket \n**BECK**=\"gesture\" plus the extreme letters of **E**loquen**T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capital\u00a0punishment method once (6)","output":"### Answer: STOCKS \n ### Explanation: double definition \u2013 \"Capital\" in the sense of invested money"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Just\u00a0light (4)","output":"### Answer: FAIR \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not prepared for a picnic to be free? (10)","output":"### Answer: UNHAMPERED \n ### Explanation: second cryptic def of 'without a picnic hamper'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capital briefly storing pretty vacant old documents (6)","output":"### Answer: PAPYRI \n ### Explanation: PARI**s=\"Capital briefly\", around **P**rett**Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In decrees, I declare myself ABC (8)","output":"### Answer: WILLIAMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rowan Williams **\nWILLS**=\"decrees\", with **I AM**=\"I declare mysef\" inside it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cutters suffice, or otherwise (9)","output":"### Answer: COIFFEURS \n ### Explanation: Definition: hairdressers\n(suffice or)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Praise ABC (4)","output":"### Answer: LAUD \n ### Explanation: Definition: William Laud"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Raise\u00a0male (4)","output":"### Answer: COCK \n ### Explanation: double def: 'cock'=\"Raise\" as in turn one's head or ears upwards"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Summer in effect's beginnings for ABC (9)","output":"### Answer: AUGUSTINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Augustine of Canterbury \n**AUGUST**=\"Summer\", plus **IN**, plus **E**ffect"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where people tried to crawl drunkenly around middle of pub (3,5)","output":"### Answer: LAW COURT \n ### Explanation: (to crawl)* around p**U**b"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Voice carried beyond state bridge (6)","output":"### Answer: RIALTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: bridge in Venice\n**ALTO**=\"Voice\" after **R**hode **I**sland=US \"state\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Challenging in game, chip balls up? (10)","output":"### Answer: IMPEACHING \n ### Explanation: (in game chip)* \u2013 with \"balls up\"='make a mess of' as the anagrind"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In crib, a beautiful young child (4)","output":"### Answer: BABE \n ### Explanation: hidden in cri**B A BE**autiful"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: ABC sure to injure back (6)","output":"### Answer: RAMSEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Michael Ramsey \n**YES**=okay, \"sure\"; plus **MAR**=\"injure\"; all reversed\/\"back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Figure everyone can see boarding express (6)","output":"### Answer: STATUE \n ### Explanation: U**niversal=of a film, \"everyone can see\"; inside **STATE**=\"express\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revolutionary abroad embracing victory swagger (7)","output":"### Answer: BRAVADO \n ### Explanation: (abroad)*, around **V**ictory"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: ABC, mind and body ultimately (5)","output":"### Answer: CAREY \n ### Explanation: Definition: George Carey \n**CARE**=\"mind\" plus bod**Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unfortunately, dieter's eaten last of gateau, it's learned (7)","output":"### Answer: ERUDITE \n ### Explanation: (dieter)* around gatea**U"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Church ABC (6)","output":"### Answer: TEMPLE \n ### Explanation: Frederick Temple or his son William Temple"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nectar: it's spread around top of pork crackling (9)","output":"### Answer: CREPITANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: crackling, rattling, snapping\n(Nectar it)* around **P**ork"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Held back \u2014 like flowering plants, perhaps? (7)","output":"### Answer: STEMMED \n ### Explanation: double def, the second slightly cryptic"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Psycho's screen exhibitionist meeting death shortly (6,7)","output":"### Answer: SHOWER CURTAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: reference to the famous film's shower murder scene\n**SHOWER**=\"exhibitionist\" plus **CURTAIN**[s]=\"death shortly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Five notes on paper this soothing? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: FACE CREAM \n ### Explanation: I think this is **F**, **A**, **C**, **E**, **C** as five musical notes, plus **REAM**=\"paper\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: ABC, bird catching worm finally ending in despair (7)","output":"### Answer: CRANMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thomas Cramner \n**CRANE**=\"bird\" around wor**M**, plus despai**R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Happy with Conservative post, perhaps? (7)","output":"### Answer: UPRIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: an upright post used in building a structure\n**UP**=\"Happy\" plus **RIGHT**=\"Conservative\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dignitary ill-equipped? (7)","output":"### Answer: NOTABLE \n ### Explanation: NOT ABLE**=\"ill-equipped\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: ABC, old character touring Sark etc (6)","output":"### Answer: RUNCIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Robert Runcie \n**RUNE**=\"old character\" around **C**hannel **I**slands=\"Sark etc\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Father ABC (5)","output":"### Answer: ABBOT \n ### Explanation: George Abbot"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Directed song with a gentle piano introduction (7)","output":"### Answer: APPLIED \n ### Explanation: LIED**=\"song\", after **A** + **P**iano=\"gentle\" + **P**iano"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old king advances, one first person replacing another (7)","output":"### Answer: RAMESES \n ### Explanation: RAISES**=\"advances\", with **ME**=\"one first person\" replacing **I**=\"another\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Colleagues work, given retrospective concession (5)","output":"### Answer: OPPOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: 'opposite numbers'=counterparts, partners etc\n**OP**us=\"work\", plus reversal\/\"retrospective\" of **SOP**=\"concession\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time of life that's featured in tragedy (6,3)","output":"### Answer: MIDDLE AGE \n ### Explanation: the word 'tragedy' has\u00a0**MIDDLE** [letters] '**AGE**'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Officers getting negligent little sleeper to admit wickedness (4,2,4)","output":"### Answer: BOYS IN BLUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: the police\n\"little\" **BOY BLUE**=\"negligent sleeper\" from the nursery rhyme , around **SIN**=\"wickedness\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alan is chap involved in energised rapping \u2014 American music (11,6)","output":"### Answer: APPALACHIAN SPRING \n ### Explanation: Definition: composition by Aaron Copland \n(Alan is chap)* inside (rapping)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clue to a host offering euphemistic expressions? (6,5)","output":"### Answer: MINCED OATHS \n ### Explanation: MINCED OATHS** as a crossword clue would indicate an anagram of (oaths)*, e.g. \"a host\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Report of contemptible person being kicked (4)","output":"### Answer: TOED \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"Report\" of: 'toad'=\"contemptible person\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dealt with chum needing to collect a vehicle \u2014 something in hand (10)","output":"### Answer: METACARPAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: bones of the hand\n**MET A PAL**=\"dealt with chum\", around **CAR**=\"vehicle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More than one climber is having inner struggle (5)","output":"### Answer: IVIES \n ### Explanation: IS**, around **VIE**=\"struggle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Returning engineer flaps about nothing \u2014 one who says too much (7)","output":"### Answer: SPOILER \n ### Explanation: Definition: as in spoiling the ending to a story by giving away a twist\nreversal\/\"Returning\" of all of: **R**oyal **E**ngineer; plus **LIPS**=\"flaps\" around **O**=\"nothing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Busy with aim to embrace something green? (7)","output":"### Answer: ENGAGED \n ### Explanation: END**=\"aim\" around **GAGE**=green plum=\"something green\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One losing heart when taken in by a business graduate, low form of life (6)","output":"### Answer: AMOEBA \n ### Explanation: O**n**E** without its centre letter\/\"heart\"; inside **A MBA**=\"a business graduate\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old man to settle on a tree (6)","output":"### Answer: PAPAYA \n ### Explanation: PA**=\"Old man\", **PAY**=\"settle\", plus **A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Starts small educational organisation with one rich philanthropist (10)","output":"### Answer: INSTIGATES \n ### Explanation: abbreviated\/\"small\" **INST**itution=\"educational organisation\", plus **I**=\"one\", plus Bill **GATES**=\"rich philanthropist\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Discharge journalist that's upset common people (5)","output":"### Answer: DEMOB \n ### Explanation: Definition: demobilise\n**ED**itor=\"journalist\" reversed\/\"upset\"; plus **MOB**=\"common people\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deter swimming around island for one particular swimmer (3,6)","output":"### Answer: RED MULLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: a type of fish\n(Deter)* around **MULL**= Scottish \"island\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stubborn person making a mess, wasting day after day (4)","output":"### Answer: MULE \n ### Explanation: MUddLE**=\"a mess\", losing **d**ay after **d**ay"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two instructions to be violent to achieve great success (5,3)","output":"### Answer: SMASH HIT \n ### Explanation: '**SMASH**' and '**HIT**' are both \"instructions to be violent\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cleaning waste water up in to-and-fro action (8)","output":"### Answer: SWEEPING \n ### Explanation: PEE**=\"waste water\" reversed\/\"up\"; inside **SWING**=\"to-and-fro action\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: End of fine game in topping sport (3,7)","output":"### Answer: ICE SKATING \n ### Explanation: end letter of fin**E **plus **SKAT**=card \"game\", all inside **ICING**=\"topping\" of a cake \u2013 also, 'icing'\/'topping' are both slang for 'killing'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One paid US seller for food (9)","output":"### Answer: PROVENDER \n ### Explanation: PRO**fessional=\"One paid\", plus **VENDER**=US seller, vendor"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attempts to keep university workshops (8)","output":"### Answer: SMITHIES \n ### Explanation: SHIES**=\"Attempts\" around **MIT**=\"university\"\/Massachusetts Institute of Technology"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Californian good guy? Individual on the up (8)","output":"### Answer: ANGELENO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Los Angeles resident\n**ANGEL**=\"good guy\", plus **ONE**=\"Individual\" reversed\/\"on the up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Demand of union\u00a0prevented trader doing business (6,4)","output":"### Answer: CLOSED SHOP \n ### Explanation: double definition: a situation where only union members will be employed; or where a shop is not open for trade"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bad son kicked out of seat (5)","output":"### Answer: ADDLE \n ### Explanation: s**on kicked out of**\u00a0sADDLE**=\"seat\"=\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: My friend ultimately finishes on good terms with English composer (4,1,5,3)","output":"### Answer: WELL I NEVER DID \n ### Explanation: Definition: 'My!', an exclamation of surprise\n**WELL IN**=\"on good terms with\" + **E**nglish + **VERDI**=\"Composer\", finishing with ultimate letter of frien**D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Difficulty going on after Ascot tip in racing (12)","output":"### Answer: CONSTIPATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Difficulty going\n**ON** after (Ascot tip in)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Economic recovery over? Drink round noon (7)","output":"### Answer: UPSWING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Economic recovery\n**UP**=\"over\" plus **SWIG**=\"Drink\" around **N**oon"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turning over channel to catch series \u2014 set off for film (7)","output":"### Answer: VERTIGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: film\n=Hitchcock film\n reversal\/\"Turning over\" of **ITV**=UK TV \"channel\", around **ER**=TV \"series\"; plus **GO**=\"set off\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In that place (South America) for May? (7)","output":"### Answer: THERESA \n ### Explanation: Definition: May\n=Theresa May, UK Prime Minister\n **THERE**=\"In that place\" plus **S**outh **A**merica"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Help on inclination of talent contracted by newspapers (3,4)","output":"### Answer: SKILIFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Help on inclination\n**SKIL**L=\"talent contracted\", plus **i**\u00a0and **FT**=UK \"newspapers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Splits\u00a0payments (5)","output":"### Answer: RENTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Splits\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ruling men replace head of banking with director (9)","output":"### Answer: ORDINANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ruling\n**OR**=\"other ranks\"=military men; plus F**INANCE**=\"banking\" with its head letter replaced by **D**irector"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Swaps one-time lover and makes a connection (9)","output":"### Answer: EXCHANGES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Swaps\n**EX**=\"one-time lover\"; plus **CHANGES**=\"makes a [e.g. train] connection\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ladies' man, Tramp, in jumper (5)","output":"### Answer: ROMEO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ladies' man\n**ME**=\"Tramp\" in **ROO**=kangaroo=\"jumper\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something stirring by cheat's right pocket (7)","output":"### Answer: TROUSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: pocket\n=\"pocket\" as a verb, to take and keep something\n **ROUSER**=\"Something stirring\", by chea**T**'s right-most letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old half of Victoria line starts to delay users getting Tube (7)","output":"### Answer: OVIDUCT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tube\n=tube through which an egg passes from an ovary\n **O**ld, plus half of **VICT**oria around the starts to **D**elay and **U**sers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Catching Boycott's return, nearly got it (7)","output":"### Answer: NABBING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Catching\nreversal\/\"return\" of **BAN**=\"Boycott\", plus **BING**O=\"nearly got it\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One improving in the morning, one coming last (7)","output":"### Answer: AMENDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One improving\n**AM**=\"in the morning\", plus **ENDER**=\"one coming last\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Annoyed one preparing for TV (5-7)","output":"### Answer: CROSS-DRESSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: TV\n\"TV\"=Transvestite\n **CROSS**=\"Annoyed\", plus **DRESSER**=\"one preparing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of toilet cold on one's rear (7)","output":"### Answer: CISTERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of toilet\n**C**old plus **I**=\"one\" plus **STERN**=\"rear\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Those fixing cars \u2014 Reliant's part turned up (7)","output":"### Answer: NAILERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Those fixing\n\"fixing\" as in attaching with e.g. nails, rather than fixing=repairing\n Hidden and reversed\/\"part turned up\" in: car**S RELIAN**t"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Follows name and number over a line (4,5)","output":"### Answer: TAGS ALONG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Follows\n**TAG**=\"name\" plus **SONG**=\"number\" around **A L**ine"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Missing royal standards round five English flags (5)","output":"### Answer: PAVES \n ### Explanation: Definition: flags\n\"flags\" as in paving stones\n **PARS**=\"standards\" minus **R**oyal; around both **V**=\"five\" in Roman numerals, and\u00a0**E**nglish"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Screwing books up \u2014 possible complaint of typist working (7)","output":"### Answer: TORSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Screwing\n**OT**=Old Testament=\"books\" reversed\/\"up\"; plus **RSI**=Repetitive Strain Injury=\"possible complaint of typist\" plus **ON**=\"working\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feeling that makes some cry? Pain regularly piercing (7)","output":"### Answer: OPINION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feeling\n**ONION**=\"that makes some cry\", with regular letters from **P**a**I**n inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Early star with banker set out recklessly (6,6)","output":"### Answer: BUSTER KEATON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Early star\n=star of silent films\n (banker set out)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Developing Aldi: Tesco put out (9)","output":"### Answer: DISLOCATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: put out\n(Aldi Tesco)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jimmy Carr, with offshore banking, primarily fiddled (7)","output":"### Answer: CROWBAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jimmy\n(Carr **w o b**)*, using the first letters of **w**ith **o**ffshore and **b**anking"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Building issue when housing Victorians? (7)","output":"### Answer: AUSSIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Victorians\n=people who live in the Australian state of Victoria\n (issue)*, with **AS**=\"when\" on the outside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Let's take most of Harrison Ford's fantastic film (7,2,3,4,3)","output":"### Answer: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK \n ### Explanation: edit thanks to passerby:\u00a0*(Let's take Harriso[n] Ford)* ~~(Let's take Harrison For)*~~"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rabbit's mother put to sleep (7)","output":"### Answer: MAUNDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rabbit\n=to talk aimlessly\n **MA**=\"mother\", plus **UNDER**=[having been] \"put to sleep\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stiff with or without female on top (5)","output":"### Answer: RIGID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stiff\nwith Female on top, it would be F-**RIGID**, and still mean \"Stiff\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Who would bother\u00a0a runner? (7)","output":"### Answer: HARRIER \n ### Explanation: double definition: someone who harries; or a cross-country runner"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Roman name that sums up a hen party (5)","output":"### Answer: NOMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: a Roman's second name**\nNO MEN**=\"sums up a hen party\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mythological character cautious about bids (9)","output":"### Answer: CHARYBDIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: a monster in Greek myth\n**CHARY**=\"cautious\" plus (bids)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Circling island, misplaces cultivated field (10)","output":"### Answer: SPECIALISM \n ### Explanation: (misplaces)* around **I**sland"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Film set in Ceausescu mansion (4)","output":"### Answer: SCUM \n ### Explanation: hidden in \"Ceause**SCU M**ansion\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Diverting channel and moving home (12,7)","output":"### Answer: RECREATIONAL VEHICLE \n ### Explanation: RECREATIONAL**=\"Diverting\" and **VEHICLE**=\"channel\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spar has sweet salmon etc \u2014 to be avoided by bathers (3,9)","output":"### Answer: BOX JELLYFISH \n ### Explanation: BOX**=fight, \"Spar\"; plus **JELLY**=\"sweet\" and **FISH**=\"salmon etc\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird making bird sound at end of flight (4)","output":"### Answer: COOT \n ### Explanation: COO**=\"bird sound\" plus fligh**T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Players bum around, I'd say (10)","output":"### Answer: PRESUMABLY \n ### Explanation: (Players bum)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hooligan, having splashed out dosh, is equipped for slippery conditions (9)","output":"### Answer: ROUGHSHOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: having horsehoes with extra grip\n**ROUGH**=\"Hooligan\" plus (dosh)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arizona omitted housing name (5)","output":"### Answer: NAOMI \n ### Explanation: hidden in \"Arizo**NA OMI**tted\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Imagine many, many sheets in the air (5,2)","output":"### Answer: DREAM UP \n ### Explanation: D**=\"many\"=500 in Roman numerals;\u00a0**REAM**=\"many sheets\" of paper; **UP**=\"in the air\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: By oneself, so funded at an international level? (7)","output":"### Answer: UNAIDED \n ### Explanation: UN AIDED**=\"funded\u2026\" by the United Nations"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lustre not right \u2014 get lost (6)","output":"### Answer: VANISH \n ### Explanation: VARNISH**=\"Lustre\" without **r**ight"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Play leads to joint restriction (6)","output":"### Answer: HAMLET \n ### Explanation: HAM**=\"joint\" plus **LET**=\"restriction\" or obstruction e.g. of a tennis service"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is there no way for me to bar projected supporter? (10)","output":"### Answer: CANTILEVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: a supporting beam fixed at one end but not the other\n'**can't I lever**?'=\"Is there no way for me to bar\u2026?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Latin '40 sounds stand out (5)","output":"### Answer: EXCEL \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"sounds\" of: 'X L'=Roman numerals\/\"Latin\" for \"40\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Playing charades with foreign leader is a form of cover (9)","output":"### Answer: HEADSCARF \n ### Explanation: (charades)* plus **F**oreign"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Set up broadcast flashes (4)","output":"### Answer: RAYS \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"broadcast\" of: 'raise'=\"Set up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moving experience \u2014 sun dot flashing (8,8)","output":"### Answer: INDECENT EXPOSURE \n ### Explanation: (experience sun dot)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To take after beer's drunk with Mel (8)","output":"### Answer: RESEMBLE \n ### Explanation: (beer's Mel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Craving tasty mixtures, love, servant and one on one (10)","output":"### Answer: DIPSOMANIA \n ### Explanation: DIPS**=\"tasty mixtures\" + **O**=\"love\" + **MAN**=\"servant\" + **I**=\"one\" + **A**=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Position of king, plus heir, ousted (9)","output":"### Answer: RULERSHIP \n ### Explanation: R**ex=\"king\" + (plus heir)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Headless biblical figure's restored and shrouded (8)","output":"### Answer: OBSCURED \n ### Explanation: [J]**OB'S**=\"Headless biblical figure's\" + **CURED**=\"restored\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Advanced on American girl walking the streets (6)","output":"### Answer: ABROAD \n ### Explanation: A**dvanced, plus **BROAD**=\"American girl\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Many, many hollow air screws (500) (6)","output":"### Answer: MYRIAD \n ### Explanation: M**an**Y** hollowed out, plus **AIR** reversed\/\"screws\", plus **D**=500"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Holy man's down at shed, endlessly (5)","output":"### Answer: SADHU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hindu holy man\n**SAD**=\"down\" plus **HU**t=\"shed, endlessly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's on edge \u2014 pardon me (4)","output":"### Answer: AHEM \n ### Explanation: A HEM** is on an edge or border"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fanciful plan to narrowly beat editor on paper (9)","output":"### Answer: PIPE DREAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fanciful plan\n**PIP**=\"narrowly beat\" + **ED**itor + **REAM**=\"paper\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relative given extremely sweet nuts from the forest (4)","output":"### Answer: MAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: nuts from the forest\n=acorns and other fruits of forest trees, especially when used to feed pigs\n **MA**=mother, \"relative\" + extreme letters of\u00a0**S**wee**T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jane spoke excitedly about a new river plant (8,8)","output":"### Answer: JAPANESE KNOTWEED \n ### Explanation: Definition: plant\n(Jane spoke)* around **A N**ew; plus **TWEED**=\"river\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Class getting the French bug (6)","output":"### Answer: RANKLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: bug\n**RANK**=\"Class\" + **LE**=\"the [in] French\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show always returning to Alabama (6)","output":"### Answer: REVEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Show\n**EVER**=\"always\" reversed\/\"returning\" + **AL**abama"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Draw out oblique angle to base of triangle (8)","output":"### Answer: ELONGATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Draw out\n(angle to)* + base\/end of triangl**E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dull books about British employment (6)","output":"### Answer: OBTUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dull\n**O**ld **T**estament=\"books\" around **B**ritish; plus **USE**=\"employment\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Well-padded backing applied to weak barrier aboard ship (8)","output":"### Answer: TAFFRAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: barrier aboard ship\n=rail round the stern of a ship\n **FAT**=\"Well-padded\" reversed\/\"backing\"; plus **FRAIL**=\"weak\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wretched fellows heading for torture in cellar (8)","output":"### Answer: BASEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: cellar\n**BASE MEN**=\"Wretched fellows\" + head of **T**orture"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Offer to look after queen (6)","output":"### Answer: TENDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Offer\n**TEND**=\"look after\" + **E**lizabeth **R**egina=\"queen\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: South American stopping to look for source of oil (6)","output":"### Answer: SESAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: source of oil\n**S**outh +\u00a0**AM**erican inside **SEE**=\"look\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top directors accepting amateur for small roles (6)","output":"### Answer: CAMEOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: small roles\n**C**hief **E**xecutive **O**fficer**S**=\"Top directors\" around **AM**ateur"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gear redesigned by student leader featured in university handout (8)","output":"### Answer: LARGESSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: handout\n(Gear)* + **S**tudent; both inside **L**ondon **S**chool of **E**conomics=\"university\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Energetic agent taking in both sides (9)","output":"### Answer: SPRIGHTLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Energetic\nSPY=\"agent\" around:\u00a0**RIGHT** + **L**eft=\"both sides\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tree at top of Princes Street (5)","output":"### Answer: PLANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tree\n=a tree of the genus *Platanus*\n **P**rinces + **LANE**=\"Street\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Highland mountain rising over source of terrible French water (7)","output":"### Answer: PLATEAU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Highland\n**ALP**=\"mountain\" reversed\/\"rising\" + **T**errible\" + **EAU**=\"French [for] water\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Live in red wellies? (5)","output":"### Answer: DWELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Live\nhidden in re**D WELL**ies"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fellows in TV turning up to Palladium, perhaps (7)","output":"### Answer: ELEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Palladium, perhaps\n**MEN**=\"Fellows\" in **TELE**=\"TV\" reversed\/\"turning up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top farmer was worried about Australian vegetables (9,4)","output":"### Answer: MARROWFAT PEAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: vegetables\n(Top farmer was)* around **A**ustralian"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supervisor put contents of bag in feeding trough (7)","output":"### Answer: MANAGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Supervisor\ninside letter of b**A**g in **MANGER**=\"feeding trough\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Patience has very bright flower (9)","output":"### Answer: SOLITAIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Patience\n=a solo playing card game\n **SO LIT**=\"very bright\" + **AIRE**=river\/\"flower\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: British party welcoming stylish women with a bright idea (9)","output":"### Answer: BRAINWAVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: bright idea\n**B**ritish + **RAVE**=\"party\", around: **IN**=\"stylish\" + **W**omen +\u00a0**A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reg leaving new version of Greensleeves for a cup of tea mid-morning? (9)","output":"### Answer: ELEVENSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: cup of tea mid-morning\n(Greensleeves)* minus the letters from \"Reg\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dishes made with roots of green plants (7)","output":"### Answer: ENTREES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dishes\nroots\/bottom letters of gre**EN** + **TREES**=\"plants\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Building worker eating tail of rancid Dutch fish (7)","output":"### Answer: TIDDLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: fish\n**TILER**=\"Building worker\" around: ranci**D** + **D**utch"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Budding extraterrestrial explorers wanting a small coin? (7)","output":"### Answer: NASCENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Budding\n**NAS**A=\"extraterrestrial explorers\" minus A + CENT=\"small coin\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Issue special programme (5)","output":"### Answer: SPROG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Issue\n=a child\n **S**pecial **PROG**ramme"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sentimental letter withdrawn (5)","output":"### Answer: MUSHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sentimental\n**MU**=\"letter\" in the Greek alphabet + **SHY**=\"withdrawn\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reluctant lover's initial vow (5)","output":"### Answer: LOATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reluctant\n**L**over + **OATH**=\"vow\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Funny person brings forward time for threesome (4)","output":"### Answer: TRIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: threesome\n**RIOT**=\"Funny person\" with **T**ime brought \"forward\" before the other letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lover's vow shocked artless female lover (10)","output":"### Answer: IDOLATRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: female lover\n**I DO**=\"Lover's vow\" + (artless)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Playboy or Spooner's certifiable criminal? (3,3)","output":"### Answer: LAD MAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Playboy\n'mad lag'=\"Spooner's certifiable criminal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Risk passion, following break-up (8)","output":"### Answer: ENDANGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Risk\n**ANGER**=\"passion\" after **END**=\"break-up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Japanese leader with fat lover (7)","output":"### Answer: ABELARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: lover\n=known for his love for\u00a0H\u00e9lo\u00efse \n Shinzo **ABE**=\"Japanese leader\" plus **LARD**=\"fat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lover in transit, on the move (7)","output":"### Answer: TRISTAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lover\n=lover of Iseult \n (transit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Italian lover: see one repeatedly be so frisky (8)","output":"### Answer: CICISBEO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Italian lover\n=the acknowledged lover of a married woman\n **C**=letter pronounced \"see\" + **I**=\"one\", both repeated; plus (be so)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drugs blocking awful feeling of lover (6)","output":"### Answer: DESIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: feeling of lover\n**E**cstacy-**S**=\"Drugs\", inside **DIRE**=\"awful\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Try dry fleece worn by hot, dishy type (5-5)","output":"### Answer: HEART-THROB \n ### Explanation: Definition: dishy type\n**HEAR**=\"Try\" in court + **T**ee**T**otal=\"dry\" + **ROB**=\"fleece\", around **H**ot"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attractive\u00a0Polish\u00a0lover (4)","output":"### Answer: BUFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Attractive\ntriple def: =well muscled; =polish; =enthusiast e.g. 'film buff'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless waiting to get 4? (5)","output":"### Answer: LIMBO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Endless waiting\nsolution to 4 is \"LEG OVER\" => **LIMB**='leg' + **O**ver"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lover in group styled hair before ball (8)","output":"### Answer: LOTHARIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lover\n**LOT**=\"group\" + (hair)* + **O**=\"ball\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Entrance part of party crowd in gilded ball (8)","output":"### Answer: DOORJAMB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Entrance part\n**DO**=\"party\" plus: **JAM**=\"crowd\"=fill up, inside **ORB**=\"gilded ball\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lover's part in Swedish erotica (4)","output":"### Answer: HERO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lover\n=Lover of Leander \n hidden in Swedis**H ERO**tica"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Follow around flipping idiot in love (6)","output":"### Answer: DOTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: in love\n**DOG**=\"Follow\" around reversal\/\"flipping\" of **NIT**=\"idiot\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suitor admitting, say, what he wants? (3-4)","output":"### Answer: LEG-OVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: what he wants\n**LOVER**=\"Suitor\" around **E.G.**=\"say\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lover with nothing on makes a bloomer (8)","output":"### Answer: OLEANDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: bloomer\n**LEANDER**, lover of Hero, with **O**=\"nothing\" on top"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supports two boys one dates half-heartedly (10)","output":"### Answer: PATRONISES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Supports\n**PAT** and **RON**=\"two boys\" + **I**=\"one\" + **SE**[e]**S**=\"dates half-heartedly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lover introducing the verse from Larkin? (6)","output":"### Answer: THISBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lover\n=Lover of Pyramus \n ***This Be** The Verse* is a famous poem of Philip Larkin"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Married slim girl with a fluctuating weight (10)","output":"### Answer: MILLIGRAMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: weight\n**M**arried + (slim girl a)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Again, do up rogue's clothing, about to pinch bum (8)","output":"### Answer: REBUTTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Again, do up\n**R**ogu**E**'s clothing outer letters + **ON**=\"about\"; around **BUTT**=\"bum\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A warning about lubricant: it gives you a lift (8)","output":"### Answer: AEROFOIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: it gives you a lift\n**A** + **FORE**=golf \"warning\" reversed\/\"about\" + **OIL**=\"lubricant\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shortly accepting ordinary kind of love (7)","output":"### Answer: COURTLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: kind of love\n**CURTLY**=\"Shortly\" around **O**rdinary"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One playing lute's a lover (6)","output":"### Answer: ISEULT \n ### Explanation: Definition: lover\n=lover of Tristan\n **I**=\"one\" + (lute's)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe sleeping around leads to tense, edgy argument (6)","output":"### Answer: DEBATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: argument\n**ABED**=\"Maybe sleeping\" reversed\/\"around\" + edge letters of **T**ens**E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lover picked up ribbon (4)","output":"### Answer: BEAU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lover\nhomophone\/\"picked up\" of 'bow'=\"ribbon\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A race of tossers? (7)","output":"### Answer: PANCAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: A race of tossers?\nPancake races are run while tossing pancakes in frying pans"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailor's first thought to acquire marine weapon (4,3)","output":"### Answer: SIDE ARM \n ### Explanation: Definition: weapon\n**S**ailor's first letter + **IDEA**=\"thought\" + **R**oyal **M**arine"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Henry had six weeks, not even taking four (5)","output":"### Answer: WIVES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Henry had six\nHenry VIII had six wives\n **W**e**E**k**S** without the even letters; taking in **IV**=\"four\" in Roman numerals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refreshing place, Newgate Forest (3,6)","output":"### Answer: TEA GARDEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Refreshing place\nNew\/gate gives: (gate)*; plus Forest of **ARDEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminally assist operatic website, masking fingerprint (3,3,4)","output":"### Answer: AID AND ABET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Criminally assist\n**AIDA NET**=\"operatic website\"; around **DAB**=\"fingerprint\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Permission to leave last of the porridge (6)","output":"### Answer: CONGEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: porridge\n=a rice \"porridge\"\n **CONG\u00c9**=a dismissal, \"Permission to leave\"; plus last of th**E**\n [congee is also listed as an alternative spelling of cong\u00e9]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: MP, perhaps, in place of barrister? (6,6)","output":"### Answer: MIDDLE TEMPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: place of barrister\n=one of the Inns of Court \n \"MP\" are the **MIDDLE** letters of **TEMPLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uncle's villa I let out with no extra charges (3-9)","output":"### Answer: ALL INCLUSIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: with no extra charges\n(Uncle's villa I)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crazy picosecond of peering into people (10)","output":"### Answer: ENDOSCOPIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: peering into people\n(picosecond)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opening a manuscript, change in case we forget (9)","output":"### Answer: AMNESIACS \n ### Explanation: Definition: we forget\n**A** **M**anu**S**cript around (in case)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Resistance to dressing for ceremonial office (5)","output":"### Answer: MAYOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: ceremonial office\n**MAYO**=\"dressing\" plus **R**esistance"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Avoiding alcohol, French priest to preserve by adding salt (3-4)","output":"### Answer: DRY-CURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: preserve by adding salt\n**DRY**=\"Avoiding alcohol\" + **CUR\u00c9**=\"French priest\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No way at first for nasty types to be executed, no date being fixed (4,3)","output":"### Answer: SINE DIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: no date being fixed \n=Latin for 'without a day'\n **SwINE**=\"nasty types\" with \"No way at first\" + DIE=\"be executed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keep handling fruit (6)","output":"### Answer: PAWPAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: fruit\n=a fruit similar to the custard apple; or =papaya\n **PAW** and **PAW** again=\"Keep handling\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State prosecutor found at bottom of Russian river (6)","output":"### Answer: NEVADA \n ### Explanation: Definition: State\n**D**istrict **A**ttorney after **NEVA**=\"Russian river\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tending to agree ant's head is only half conscious (10)","output":"### Answer: ASSENTIENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tending to agree\n=compliant, from 'assent'**\n A**nt's head letter + only half of i**S **+** SENTIENT**=\"conscious\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They exist in actuality and in potential (5)","output":"### Answer: ENTIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: They exist in actuality\n=beings or entities\n hidden in pot**ENTIA**l"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make fewer pronouncements, being displaced (9)","output":"### Answer: STATELESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: displaced\n**STATE LESS**=\"Make fewer pronouncements\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old port in the wood (4)","output":"### Answer: DEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old port\ndouble def: =Deal, former port town in Kent ; =a soft wood"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strip of paper better, say, submitted to prince informally (4,4)","output":"### Answer: ANDY CAPP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Strip of paper\n=a comic strip found in the Mirror **CAPP**\u00a0is a homophone\/\"say\" of 'cap'=surpass=\"better\"; after\/\"submitted to\" **ANDY**=Prince Andrew, informally"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They protect brains of women in gestation (8)","output":"### Answer: MENINGES \n ### Explanation: Definition: They protect brains\nhidden in wo**MEN IN GES**tation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He may have to fight racism, even in disguise (10)","output":"### Answer: SERVICEMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: He may have to fight\n(racism even)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Describe where prepared food is eaten after cooking (9)","output":"### Answer: DELINEATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Describe\n**DELI**=\"where prepared food is\" + (eaten)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Railwayman taking over his place in front (8)","output":"### Answer: VANGUARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: front\nVAN=railway carriage, so **VAN GUARD**=\"Railwayman\" \u2013 not sure what to make of the 'taking over\u2026' part of the clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tree's strong desire to shoot up in island (8)","output":"### Answer: ALDERNEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: island\n**ALDER**=\"Tree\" + **YEN**=\"strong desire\" reversed\/\"to shoot up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Best friend thus rendered incapable of dropping litter? (6)","output":"### Answer: SPAYED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Best friend thus rendered incapable of dropping litter?\ncryptic definition: \"litter\" as in the young of an animal"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unwarranted alarm about carbon being in short supply (6)","output":"### Answer: SCARCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: eing in short supply\n**SCARE**=\"Unwarranted alarm\" around **C**arbon"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Band\u00a0that holds cut flowers (5)","output":"### Answer: OASIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Band\ndouble def: =the Britpop Band; =a brand of foam used to hold cut flowers for floral arrangements"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gets value intermittently for cheated brother (4)","output":"### Answer: ESAU \n ### Explanation: Definition: cheated brother\nin the Bible, Esau lost his birthright to his brother Jacob\n intermittent letters from G**E**t**S** v**A**l**U**e"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beauty treatment of French origin (Calais, possibly) (7)","output":"### Answer: FACIALS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beauty treatment\n**F**rench + (Calais)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Let everyone outstanding be audibly spoken (7)","output":"### Answer: ALLOWED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Let\n**ALL**=\"everyone\" + **OWED**=\"outstanding\";\n also homophone\/\"audibly\" of: 'aloud'=\"spoken\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Virtue good \u2026 then to relish a version of the Arabian Nights (6,3,6)","output":"### Answer: SINBAD THE SAILOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: of the Arabian Nights\n\"Virtue good\" implies **SIN BAD**, plus (to relish a)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A pair of mice cavorting? Not love at first sight! (5,5)","output":"### Answer: PRIMA FACIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: at first sight\n(A pair **o**f mice)*, minus an **O**=\"love\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One rescued by flying horseman surrounded by African dromedaries (9)","output":"### Answer: ANDROMEDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: One rescued by flying horseman\n=Greek mythological figure, rescued by Perseus who rode the flying horse Pegasus.\n hidden in Afric**AN DROMEDA**ries"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cutting the roast at first with charm (9)","output":"### Answer: TRENCHANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cutting\n**T**he **R**oast first letters + **ENCHANT**=\"charm\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ezra Pound's heart battered and blue (5)","output":"### Answer: AZURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: blue\n(Ezra **u**)*, where **u** is the \"heart\" of Po**u**nd"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: City's to be conquered in the end (4,2,3)","output":"### Answer: LAST OF ALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: in the end\n**LA'S TO FALL**=Los Angeles is to fall=\"City's to be conquered\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In the pipeline, the tons of crude oil initially imported by Arab country being curtailed (3,2,4)","output":"### Answer: YET TO COME \n ### Explanation: Definition: In the pipeline\n**T**he **T**ons **O**f **C**rude **O**il inside **YEME**n=\"Arab country\" curtailed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Red ground edgy but even (5)","output":"### Answer: RUDDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Red\neven letters of g**R**o**U**n**D** e**D**g**Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Choose the Guardian's first game in case of brief visits (7-4,4)","output":"### Answer: WHISTLE STOP TOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: brief visits\n**OPT**=\"Choose\" + **OUR**=\"Guardian's\", with **WHIST**=\"game\" and **LEST**=\"in case\" going first"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gratefully received royalty payments (7)","output":"### Answer: TAKINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: payments\n**TA**=thank you=\"Gratefully received\" + **KINGS**=\"royalty\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Educated and beautiful, finally made some money (7)","output":"### Answer: LEARNED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Educated\nbeautifu**L** + **EARNED**=\"made some money\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pedant from start to finish on position by compilers (7)","output":"### Answer: FUSSPOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pedant\n**F**inish; plus **SPOT**=\"position\" after **US**=\"compilers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eccentric kind of rough hustle (10,5)","output":"### Answer: CONFIDENCE TRICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: hustle\n(Eccentric kind of)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fall for an item of linen hotel included (9)","output":"### Answer: AVALANCHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fall\n**A VALANCE**=decorative fabric draped the base of a bed=\"item of linen\"; around **H**otel"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Australian half-rewritten scripture (5)","output":"### Answer: SUTRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: scripture\nanagram of the first half of (Austr)*-alian"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An EU precursor lavishes love stories (9)","output":"### Answer: ANECDOTES \n ### Explanation: Definition: stories\n**AN** + **E**uropean **C**ommunity=\"EU precursor\" + **DOTES**=\"lavishes love\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Somewhat emotionally upset, it's plain (5)","output":"### Answer: LLANO \n ### Explanation: Definition: plain\nHidden\/\"Somewhat\" and reversed\/\"upset\" in emoti**ONALL**y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Paced\u00a0like men of York? (6,2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: WALKED UP AND DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Paced\ndouble definition \u2013 the second refers to the nursery rhyme The Grand Old Duke of York"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Upsetting oath about vessel in unenlightened time (4,3)","output":"### Answer: DARK AGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: unenlightened time\n**EGAD**=\"oath\", reversed\/\"Upsetting\"; around **ARK**=\"vessel\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More calls from the world and his wife (9)","output":"### Answer: ALL COMERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: the world and his wife\n(More calls)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fresh approach covering the ultimate in cookery books (9)","output":"### Answer: APOCRYPHA \n ### Explanation: Definition: books\n(Approach)* around cooker**Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What you might need, when at first you spot wasp in apartment (7)","output":"### Answer: FLYSWAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: What you might need\nfirst letters of **Y**ou **S**pot **W**asp in **FLAT**=\"apartment\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gone ahead, accepting a terrible year with one thing on top of another (7)","output":"### Answer: LAYERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: with one thing on top of another\n**LED**=\"Gone ahead\", around (year)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In a way that's recurring decimal? (5)","output":"### Answer: OFTEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: In a way that's recurring\n**OF TEN**=\"decimal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sexy amateur role essentially gets praise (5)","output":"### Answer: EXTOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: praise\ncentres of s**EX**y ama**T**eur r**OL**e"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Area regularly cleared, bordering Asian country (7)","output":"### Answer: ROMANIA \n ### Explanation: a**R**e**A** with regular letters removed, around **OMANI**=\"Asian\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Briefly, nation of bandits starts turning over European city (7)","output":"### Answer: BOLOGNA \n ### Explanation: ANGOL**a=\"Briefly, nation\", plus starts to **O**f **B**andits; all reversed\/\"turning over\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extra money gained \u2014 it's not there for teacher (4)","output":"### Answer: PROF \n ### Explanation: PROF**it=\"Extra money gained\", minus \"it\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Probing farm animal, point injected into swine with a sharp instrument (6,3)","output":"### Answer: COPING SAW \n ### Explanation: COW**=\"farm animal\" around all of: **N**=\"point\" inside **PIGS**=\"swine\" + **A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With sailor's termination, pine perhaps about death for colourful character on board? (8,5)","output":"### Answer: REVEREND GREEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: one of the suspects in a game of Cluedo\nsailo**R**, plus **EVERGREEN**=\"pine perhaps\" around **END**=\"death\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Land, safe ground for one shelled on the beach? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: SAND FLEA \n ### Explanation: (Land safe)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Surprise to arrive at a literary festival? (4-2,3,3,5)","output":"### Answer: TURN UP FOR THE BOOKS \n ### Explanation: cryptic interpretation of \"arrive at a literary festival?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Engineers admitting everyone in China destined never to meet (8)","output":"### Answer: PARALLEL \n ### Explanation: two parallel lines will always remain the same distance apart\n**R**oyal **E**ngineers around **ALL**=\"everyone\"; all inside **PAL**=mate=\"China\" plate in rhyming slang"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Audible, quiet man (5)","output":"### Answer: PIECE \n ### Explanation: Definition: e.g. a chess piece\nsounds like 'peace'=\"quiet\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writers given non-alcoholic drink after a port in Florida (9)","output":"### Answer: PENSACOLA \n ### Explanation: PENS**=\"Writers\", plus **COLA**=\"non-alcoholic drink\" after **A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some alligator fed fish (4)","output":"### Answer: ORFE \n ### Explanation: Hidden in alligat**OR FE**d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Happy parasite was ahead of salmon (7,4)","output":"### Answer: TICKLED PINK \n ### Explanation: TICK**=\"parasite\" +\u00a0**LED**=\"was ahead\" + **PINK**=\"salmon\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gutless benefactor, one criticising Nobel, by the sound of it! (4,7)","output":"### Answer: DOOR KNOCKER \n ### Explanation: \"Nobel\" sounds like 'no bell'\n**DO**n**OR**=\"Gutless benefactor\" + **KNOCKER**=\"one criticising\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Upset kid to deal with US president (8)","output":"### Answer: GARFIELD \n ### Explanation: reversal\/\"Upset\" of **RAG**=make fun=\"kid\", plus **FIELD**=\"deal with\" as in 'fielding questions\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unknown element with carbon in mineral (6)","output":"### Answer: ZIRCON \n ### Explanation: Z**=\"Unknown\" maths variable + **IRON**=\"element\" with **C**arbon inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Solver always ignorant, perhaps (3,5,4)","output":"### Answer: YOU NEVER KNOW \n ### Explanation: cryptic interpretation of \"Solver always ignorant\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having stopped short, continue climbing to rescue old cat (6)","output":"### Answer: MOUSER \n ### Explanation: Reversal\/\"climbing\" of:**\u00a0****RESUM**e=\"continue\" \"stopped short\", around **O**ld"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uplifting painting of chief about right for artist's work (9)","output":"### Answer: PORTFOLIO \n ### Explanation: Reversal\/\"Uplifting\" of: **OIL**=\"painting\" +\u00a0**OF** +\u00a0**TOP**=\"chief\"; around **R**ight"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Puzzling arrangement with sheep leaving, heading north around hot country (5)","output":"### Answer: GHANA \n ### Explanation: Reversal\/\"heading north\" of:**\u00a0ANAG**ram=\"Puzzling arrangement\" with ram=\"sheep\" leaving; around **H**ot"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tender resignation finally, sure to be sacked (5)","output":"### Answer: NURSE \n ### Explanation: resignatio**N** + (sure)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Happy getting rich, transferred from a central bank? (8)","output":"### Answer: UPLOADED \n ### Explanation: definition referring to a data bank\n**UP**=\"Happy\" + **LOADED**=\"rich\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Medicinal plant \u2014 someone taking heart from therapy, did you say? (6)","output":"### Answer: ARNICA \n ### Explanation: Definition: also known as wolfsbane\nthe \"heart\" of \"theRapy\" is an 'R'; someone taking\/stealing this might be an 'R nicker'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pattern of Scots crossing cold lake (6)","output":"### Answer: PLACID \n ### Explanation: Definition: a lake in New York \u2013 the area has hosted two Winter Olympics\n**PLAID**=\"Pattern of Scots\", around **C**old"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unsubtle spy? (5)","output":"### Answer: BLUNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unsubtle\nthe spy is Anthony Blunt, one of the Cambridge Five"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cost to keep part of play in rehearsal (8)","output":"### Answer: PRACTICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: rehearsal\n**PRICE**=\"Cost\" around **ACT**=\"part of play\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Many older women stray this nostalgic way (4,6,4)","output":"### Answer: DOWN MEMORY LANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: nostalgic way \n(many older women)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Upper-class type may be such a wonder (8)","output":"### Answer: CHINLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Upper-class type may be such a wonder\ncryptic def, referring to the phrase 'chinless wonder'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Obese woman priest (6)","output":"### Answer: FATHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: priest\n**FAT**=\"Obese\" + **HER**=\"woman\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unpleasant argument in Hyde Park? (6,3)","output":"### Answer: ROTTEN ROW \n ### Explanation: Definition: in Hyde Park\n=a part of Hyde Park,\u00a0see\u00a0\n **ROTTEN ROW**=\"Unpleasant argument\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finally short of time for picture book (5)","output":"### Answer: ATLAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: picture book\n**AT LAS[t]**=\"Finally\", minus **t** (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attractive person\u00a0to put on board (3,2)","output":"### Answer: PIN UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Attractive person\ndouble def"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sick Ottoman \u2014 he is refusing visitors (3,2,4)","output":"### Answer: NOT AT HOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: refusing visitors\n(Ottoman he)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attacked with acid (6)","output":"### Answer: ETCHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Attacked with acid\ncryptic def? Not too sure about \"Attacked\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wing patterns are extraordinary (8)","output":"### Answer: TRANSEPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wing\n=wing of a church\n (patterns)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thorny issues in this conflict? (4,2,3,5)","output":"### Answer: WARS OF THE ROSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: conflict\nwith a cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Translated\u00a0\"plastered\" (8)","output":"### Answer: RENDERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Translated\ndouble definition: \"plastered\" in the sense of applying e.g. cement to a wall"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Welcomes\u00a0huge numbers (5)","output":"### Answer: HOSTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Welcomes\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sexed-up story of waistcoat on murderer (6,6)","output":"### Answer: BODICE RIPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sexed-up story\n**BODICE**=\"waistcoat\" on **RIPPER**=\"murderer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Such a rule never makes it into the law books (9)","output":"### Answer: UNWRITTEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Such a rule never makes it into the law books\ncryptic def"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Asian dog covers miles (5)","output":"### Answer: TAMIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Asian\n**TAIL**=follow, pursue=\"dog\", around **M** (miles)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Works out questions, really hard (5,4)","output":"### Answer: PUMPS IRON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Works out\n=\"Works out\" e.g. with weights in a gym\n **PUMPS** [someone for information]=\"questions\" + **IRON**=\"really hard\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Essentially sacred ground (4)","output":"### Answer: ACRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: ground\nthe 'essentials'\/middle of s**ACRE**d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Distinguished, but not given full information? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: TOLD APART \n ### Explanation: Definition: Distinguished\n**TOLD A PART**=\"not given full information\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's blown out of the water (5)","output":"### Answer: CONCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's blown out of the water\ncryptic def \u2013 something that can be blown into, and that comes out of the water"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To look for gold entails outline plans (12)","output":"### Answer: PROSPECTUSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: outline plans\n**PROSPECT**=\"look for gold\" plus **USES**=\"entails\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Newspaper editor forced out (9)","output":"### Answer: EXPRESSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: forced out\n**EXPRESS**=\"Newspaper\" + **ED**=\"editor\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vital fluid spilled, a decisive juncture (9)","output":"### Answer: WATERSHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: decisive juncture\n**WATER**=\"Vital fluid\" + **SHED**=\"spilled\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moving, these animals could be noiseless (9)","output":"### Answer: LIONESSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: these animals\nan anagram [indicated by \"Moving\"] of (**LIONESSES**)* would be \"noiseless\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Long for clubs to go wild (5)","output":"### Answer: CRAVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Long for\n**C** (clubs) + **RAVE**=\"go wild\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Up in map-reading (5)","output":"### Answer: NORTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Up in map-reading\ncryptic def"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Safari covers a long distance (4)","output":"### Answer: AFAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: a long distance\nHidden in S**AFAR**i"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Philosopher recalled memory of top people (8)","output":"### Answer: MORALIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Philosopher\nReversal\/\"recalled\" of **ROM**=read-only \"memory\"; **A-LIST**=\"of top people\", e.g. with the biggest celebrities"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Story about journalist on top of the world (6)","output":"### Answer: ELATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: on top of the world\n**TALE**=\"Story\", reversed\/\"about\"; plus **ED**=editor=\"journalist\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hesitating to oust leader, admitting even Boris ultimately not seen as popular? (10)","output":"### Answer: UBIQUITOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: popular\n[D]**UBIOUS**=\"Hesitating\" without its leading letter; around **QUIT**[S]=\"even\" as in 'call it quits', minus the ultimate letter of Boris"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bad person, no saint, that may offer something for the writer (6)","output":"### Answer: INKPOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: something for the writer\n[ST]**INKPOT**=\"Bad person\" minus ST=short for \"saint\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agent wants Alli to attract crowd at match (8)","output":"### Answer: DELEGATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Agent\n**DELE** Alli is an English footballer; plus **GATE**=attendance=\"crowd at match\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gone after final wish for something that's far too expensive (3-3)","output":"### Answer: RIP-OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: something that's far too expensive\n**OFF**=\"Gone\" after **RIP**=Rest In Peace=\"final wish\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Give sign of respect, having received shocking treatment (6)","output":"### Answer: BESTOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Give\n**BOW**=\"sign of respect\" around **EST**=Electro Shock Therapy=\"shocking treatment\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go wrong in atria, wrong environments for plants (8)","output":"### Answer: TERRARIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: environments for plants\n**ERR**=\"Go wrong\" in (atria)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aztec leader being deposed sadly with soldiers entering \u2014 led by me? (6)","output":"### Answer: CORTEZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: led by me?\n=anglicised surname of Hern\u00e1n Cort\u00e9s, Spanish Conquistador \n (Aztec)* without its leading A, and around **OR**=other ranks=\"soldiers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No promises to be broken? It sounds the wrong way round (10)","output":"### Answer: SPOONERISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: It sounds the wrong way round\n(No promises)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Respond to demand of traffic cop in jumper (8)","output":"### Answer: PULLOVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: jumper\n**PULL OVER**=\"Respond to demand of traffic cop\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something a bit hairy about community we're leaving? Get better informed! (4,2)","output":"### Answer: WISE UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get better informed!\n**WISP**=\"Something a bit hairy\" \u2013 like a hair, not covered in hair; around **EU**=\"community [the UK is] leaving\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Looked disgusted, given ghastly publicity about church (8)","output":"### Answer: GRIMACED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Looked disgusted\n**GRIM**=\"ghastly\" **AD**=\"publicity\", around **CE**=\"church\" of England"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trophy item that could be unobtrusive, but possibly not needed (8)","output":"### Answer: SOUVENIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trophy item\n(unobtrusive)* minus the letters of \"but\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being fanciful about mountain climbing's code of ethics? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: FAIR PLAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: code of ethics?\n**FAIRY**=a fanciful being; around **ALP**=\"mountain\" reversed\/\"climbing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lord half-cut in tartan? Maybe he can't grow up (6)","output":"### Answer: KIDULT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maybe he can't grow up\n=an adult with childish interests\n **DU**[ke]=\"Lord half-cut\", in **KILT**=\"tartan\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pasquale boring? Aged brainy bits! (8)","output":"### Answer: MEDULLAE \n ### Explanation: Definition: brainy bits\n**ME**=\"Pasquale\", **DULL**=\"boring\", **AE**=Latin aetatis meaning 'at the age of'=\"Aged\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Severe critic to have fresh go at racist (10)","output":"### Answer: CASTIGATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Severe critic\n(go at racist)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One American going up in plane, a man of habit (6)","output":"### Answer: JESUIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: man of habit\n\"habit\" in the sense of a religious garment\n **I**=\"One\" plus **US**=\"American\", both reversed\/\"going up\" in **JET**=\"plane\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fractions? That'll finish classes off! (6)","output":"### Answer: THIRDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fractions\n*Edit thanks to @gsolphotog \u2013 the **THIRD S** is the finish to claSSeS* \n~~not too sure about this \u2013 maybe referring to 'third class' as the lowest degree honours or the cheapest travel category?~~"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Style one noticed in remuner\u00adation? Cash now only in \u00a350 notes (5,5)","output":"### Answer: PAPER MONEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cash now only in \u00a350 notes\nmost UK banknotes are now made of a plastic polymer\n **PERM**=hair \"Style\" plus \"**ONE**\", both inside **PAY**=\"renumeration\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supporting medieval buildings permanently (3,5)","output":"### Answer: FOR KEEPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: permanently\n**FOR**=\"Supporting\", **KEEPS**=\"medieval buildings\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little stories about Beckham's innermost character in magazines (8)","output":"### Answer: WEEKLIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: magazines\n**WEE LIES**=\"Little stories\" about [Bec]**K**[ham]'s central letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Songbird not weak at heart growing bigger (6)","output":"### Answer: WAXING \n ### Explanation: Definition: growing bigger\n**WAX**[w]**ING**=\"Songbird\" minus w[eak]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Life of religious minister English Society's elevated (6)","output":"### Answer: ESPRIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Life\n**PRIEST**=\"religious minister\", with **ES**=\"English Society\" moved up\/\"elevated\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pledge from left-winger falling short over time (6)","output":"### Answer: COMMIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pledge\n**COMMI**[e]=\"left-winger\" falling short of a letter, plus **T**=\"time\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fleet Street's original old man about to do wrong and injure a lawyer (7,6)","output":"### Answer: SPANISH ARMADA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fleet\n**S**treet's original letter + **PA**=\"old man\" + **SIN**=\"wrong\" reversed\/\"about\" + **HARM A D**(istrict) **A**(ttorney)=\"injure a lawyer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One reportedly made secure investment choice? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: UNIT TRUST \n ### Explanation: Definition: investment choice\n=a type of investment fund\n **UNIT**=\"one\" + **TRUST**=homophone of 'trussed'=\"reportedly made secure\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Type of dressing essential for burn (5)","output":"### Answer: SINGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: burn\nhidden in dres**SING E**ssential"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pressgate? (5)","output":"### Answer: CROWD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pressgate\ndouble definition: =\"Press\" and =\"gate\"=the size of a crowd e.g. at a football match"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where rest of ham never returned during wedding party? (9)","output":"### Answer: GREEN ROOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where rest of ham\n\"ham\" refers to actors, and a **GREEN ROOM** is where actors rest backstage\n **NE'ER**=\"never\", reversed\/\"returned\" and inside **GROOM**=\"wedding party\"=one of the two parties to a wedding"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mischief-maker follows a game live (7)","output":"### Answer: ANIMATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: live\n**ATE**=Greek goddess of mischief, following **A** + **NIM**=\"game\" often played with matchsticks"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet bread hot around Luxembourg (7)","output":"### Answer: STOLLEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sweet bread\nhot\" describes goods recently **STOLEN**, around **L**uxembourg"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Related couple dance round in church (7)","output":"### Answer: COGNATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Related\n**TANGO**=\"dance\" reversed\/\"round\" in **C**(hurch of) **E**(ngland)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Meets regularly in wooded valley estate (7)","output":"### Answer: DEMESNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: estate\nregular letters of **M**e**E**t**S** inside **DENE**=a narrow \"wooded valley\" of a small river"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inconvenience of one new wee chair? (9)","output":"### Answer: INCOMMODE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inconvenience\n=\"inconvenience\" as a verb\n **I**=\"one\" + **N**(ew) + **COMMODE**=\"chair\" where one might \"wee\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good porridge rejected, if US version (5)","output":"### Answer: GRITS \n ### Explanation: Definition: US version\n=a US name for a dish of porridge\n **G**(ood) + **STIR**=prison=\"porridge\" reversed\/\"rejected\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One dressed in black: flipping stoned mourner? (5)","output":"### Answer: NIOBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: stoned mourner\n=in Greek myth, **NIOBE** was turned to stone as she mourned the death of her children\n **I**=\"One\", inside **EBON**=\"black\"; all reversed\/\"flipping\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lobby against sporting blue ties (9)","output":"### Answer: VESTIBULE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lobby\n**V**(ersus)=\"against\" + (blue ties)* with \"sporting\" as anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dog, having cocked up leg in street, keeps quiet (7,6)","output":"### Answer: ENGLISH SETTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dog\n(leg in street)* with \"cocked up\" as anagram indicator; around **SH**=\"quiet\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Infecting one's leg with iodine \u2014 and, sadly, no GP around (9)","output":"### Answer: POISONING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Infecting\n**I'S**=\"one's\" + **ON**=\"leg\" side in cricket + **I**(odine); with (no GP)* around"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Famous day school? On the contrary (5)","output":"### Answer: NOTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Famous\nD(ay) + ETON=\"school\"; all reversed\/\"On the contrary\".\n Eton is a boarding school, rather than a day school"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arms raised and leg bent to get comfy? (7)","output":"### Answer: SNUGGLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: get comfy\n**GUNS**=\"Arms\" reversed\/\"raised\" + (leg)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Current Hair cast member (7)","output":"### Answer: ACTRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: cast member\n**A**(lternating) **C**(urrent) + **TRESS**=\"Hair\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Give fake news to schoolgirl, say? (9)","output":"### Answer: MISINFORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Give fake news to\nhomophone of 'Miss in [a school] form'=\"schoolgirl, say\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sorry, I can't help you up on horse first (5)","output":"### Answer: DUNNO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sorry, I can't help you\n**ON** reversed\/\"up\", with **DUN**=\"horse\" first"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wife, not daughter, has arranged a discount, going round sales with lowered prices (5,8)","output":"### Answer: DUTCH AUCTIONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: sales with lowered prices\n=a descending price auction where the asking price starts high and is gradually lowered until someone is willing to pay\n **dUTCH**=\"Wife\", minus **d**(aughter), with (a discount)* going around it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Illness caused by bug \u2014 one given various names by the French (6,7)","output":"### Answer: GERMAN MEASLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Illness\n**GERM**=\"bug\" + **A**=\"one\" + (names)* + **LES**=\"the [in] French\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A batter collecting runs, cricketer Warner (5,4)","output":"### Answer: ALARM BELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Warner\n=something that warns you. In the surface reading, David \"Warner\" is an Australian cricketer\n **A** + **LAM**=\"batter\" as a verb around **R**(uns) + Ian **BELL**=England \"cricketer\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nim"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dog bitten by dog and bone gets fatigue (9)","output":"### Answer: LASSITUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fatigue\nhomophone of 'Lassie + chewed'=\"Dog + bitten\" \u2013 I think I remember this same homophone in another Guardian clue long ago\n homophone indicator is \"by dog and bone\" which gives 'by phone' using rhyming slang"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Goes round topless, then matures (7)","output":"### Answer: EVOLVES \n ### Explanation: Definition: matures\n**rEVOLVES**=\"Goes round\" without its top letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clothing medic top and bottom in scrubs? (7)","output":"### Answer: DRESSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clothing\n**DR**=\"medic\", plus **ESSES**, as in there are two '**esses**' at the top and bottom of **s**crub**s"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top part of grid in empty column (5)","output":"### Answer: CROWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Top\n**ROW**=\"part of grid\" in **C**olum**N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Corny stuff in act Sir Galahad served up (5)","output":"### Answer: GRIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Corny stuff\nhidden, reversed\/\"up\" in \"ac**T SIR G**alahad\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Might one deliver a kick to stop bishop surfing? (6,6)","output":"### Answer: SCOTCH BONNET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Might one deliver a kick\n\"kick\" as in spice\n **SCOTCH**=\"stop\" + **B** (bishop) + **ON NET**=\"surfing\" the web"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quattro Formaggio and Hawaiian one cuts into squares? (7)","output":"### Answer: PIAZZAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: squares\n**PIZZAS**=\"Quattro Formaggio and Hawaiian\", with **A**=\"one\" cutting in"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is no longer sexy, taking pee in cleansing vessel (7)","output":"### Answer: WASHPOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: cleansing vessel\n**WAS HOT**=\"Is no longer sexy\", taking in **P**=\"pee\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Labour election flyer? (7)","output":"### Answer: REDPOLL \n ### Explanation: Definition: flyer\n=a bird, or \"flyer\"\n **RED**=\"Labour\" + **POLL**=\"election\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Notice chap at wedding making escape (7)","output":"### Answer: SEEPAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: escape\n**SEE**=\"Notice\" + **PAGE**=\"chap at wedding\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He, locked in by me, capitally does the job in kitchen \u2026 (5)","output":"### Answer: CHEFS \n ### Explanation: Definition: job in kitchen\n**HE**, inside **CFS**=Chronic Fatigue Syndrome=Myalgic Encephalomyelitis=ME=\"me, capitally\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 hypocritical extramarital introduction there? (2,3,4,3,6)","output":"### Answer: MR POT MEET MRS KETTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: hypocritical extramarital introduction there?\n=an expression used in response to hypocrisy\n cryptic wordplay refers to the extramarital MR and MRS who are kitchen items, since \"there?\"=\"in kitchen\" from 13ac"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seeing\u00a0a great deal (5)","output":"### Answer: SIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seeing\ndouble definiton"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Still life's second item replaced by painting group (7)","output":"### Answer: QUARTET \n ### Explanation: Definition: group\n**QUIET**=\"Still\", with the second letter\/item of \"l**i**fe\" replaced by **ART**=\"painting\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's got out a stick to prod the First Lady (7)","output":"### Answer: EVACUEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One's got out\n**A CUE**=\"a stick\", inside **EVE**=\"the First Lady\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supply aged men when one seeks a mate (7)","output":"### Answer: ENDGAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: when one seeks a mate\n\"mate\" being a way to end a game of chess\n (aged men)* with \"Supply\"\/'supple-y' as the anagrind"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: RAF retiree's one moving, heroic deed (7)","output":"### Answer: EXPLOIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: heroic deed\n**EX-PILOT**=\"RAF retiree\", with the **I**=\"one\" moving position"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What does one get when one crosses an angry jackal with an eccentric mouse \u2014 7? (1,7,4)","output":"### Answer: A MUSICAL JOKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 7?\n=\"7?\" \u2013 a loose [mis]interpretation of 'OPERA COMIQUE'; and the surface is set up as a JOKE\n *A Musical Joke*\u00a0is also the name of a satirical\/comedic composition by Mozart \n **I**=\"one\", inside (jackal)* with (mouse)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wrap with some lamb sandwiches (7)","output":"### Answer: SWADDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wrap\n**W** (with) sandwiched inside **SADDLE**=a cut of meat=\"some lamb\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A blast from the past, old sanctions supporting Dutch in Australia (7)","output":"### Answer: ODZOOKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: A blast from the past\n=an archaic euphemistic oath\n **O** (old) + **OKs**=\"Sanctions\"; all after **D** (Dutch) in **OZ**=\"Australia\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Corruptly claim this set restriction on finances (4,5)","output":"### Answer: CASH LIMIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: set restriction on finances\n(claim this)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Takes over\u00a0game on green (5)","output":"### Answer: BOWLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Takes over\ndouble definition \u2013 the first definition is as in 'takes their turn bowling an over in cricket'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rather large women slicing tidy piece of cake! (2,5)","output":"### Answer: NO SWEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: piece of cake!\n**OS** (out-size)=\"large\" + **W** (women); both inside **NEAT**=\"tidy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make up for first of indiscretions admitted by old head (7)","output":"### Answer: EXPIATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make up for\nfirst letter of **I**ndiscretions, inside **EX**=\"old\" and **PATE**=\"head\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reformed Cream harbouring old, old anger about Tom Jones? (5,7)","output":"### Answer: OPERA COMIQUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tom Jones?\n*Tom Jones* is the name of an op\u00e9ra comique \n **O**\u00a0(old) +\u00a0**PIQUE**=\"anger\", going about all of: (Cream)* around **O** (old)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Normal broadcasting of cricket\u00a0scores (6-6)","output":"### Answer: TWENTY TWENTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Normal\nTriple? definition: 'twenty-twenty' is \"Normal\" vision; 'Twenty20' is a form of cricket; 'twenty' is a score so 'twenty twenty' is \"scores\" \nnot sure if \"broadcasting\" is meant to be part of one of the other definitions, or maybe be a fourth def?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Church divides pasty supper, maybe using salami tactics (9)","output":"### Answer: PIECEMEAL \n ### Explanation: \"salami tactics\" involve weakening opposition bit by bit \n **CE** (Church of England) inside:\u00a0**PIE**=\"pasty\" + **MEAL**=\"supper\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being sluggish getting into part repeatedly reduced great actor's status (7)","output":"### Answer: STARDOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: great actor's status\n**TARD**Y=\"Sluggish\" inside **SOM**E=\"part\", with both parts of the wordplay being \"reduced\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gins stocked up by business partner (7)","output":"### Answer: ENTRAPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gins\na 'gin' is a snare or a trap\n Hidden reversed\/\"stocked up by\" busines**S PARTNE**r"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clean a drum up finally \u2014 then set about to beat it (7)","output":"### Answer: SHAMPOO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clean\nfinal letters of **A** dru**M** u**P**, with **SHOO**!=\"beat it\" set around them"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sugar hit cut in size (7)","output":"### Answer: GLUCOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sugar\n**COS**h=\"hit\" with the last letter cut, in \"size\"=a weak **GLUE** used to stiffen paper or fabric"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thaw's apparently started being too fond of a drink (5)","output":"### Answer: THEIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: too fond of a drink\n=specifically, too fond of tea\n **THE IC**[e] is disappearing, so \"Thaw's apparently started\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe there's still life in what they do (7)","output":"### Answer: ARTISTS \n ### Explanation: \"still life\" as in a type of artwork"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Circus artiste's value is tumbling (7)","output":"### Answer: ACROBAT \n ### Explanation: \"tumbling\" as in performing acrobatic feats"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chap's first to enter minister's home (5)","output":"### Answer: MANSE \n ### Explanation: MAN'S**=\"Chap's\" + **E**nter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drama one never sees performed (5,4)","output":"### Answer: RADIO PLAY \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wee darling? (10)","output":"### Answer: SWEETHEART \n ### Explanation: \"Wee\" is the centre or **HEART** of **SWEET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like some wine? It's no end crude! (4)","output":"### Answer: BRUT \n ### Explanation: BRUT**e=\"crude\" without the end letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turn one's back on the roast second time round? (4-8)","output":"### Answer: COLD SHOULDER \n ### Explanation: COLD SHOULDER **could be \"the roast second time round?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Given this freedom, name optician at random (12)","output":"### Answer: EMANCIPATION \n ### Explanation: (name optician)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Routine hard for girl (4)","output":"### Answer: RUTH \n ### Explanation: RUT**=\"Routine\" + **H** (hard)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Settle area, wild land (4,6)","output":"### Answer: REAL ESTATE \n ### Explanation: (Settle area)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Win gold: I follow (9)","output":"### Answer: SUCCESSOR \n ### Explanation: SUCCESS**=\"Win\" + **OR**=\"gold\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drive back to dance round piano (5)","output":"### Answer: REPEL \n ### Explanation: REEL**=\"dance\" round **P** (piano)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second vegetable, like a tomato, taken on fork (7)","output":"### Answer: SPEARED \n ### Explanation: S** (second) + **PEA**=\"vegetable\" + **RED**=\"like a tomato\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Banshee terrified failing man (3-4)","output":"### Answer: HAS BEEN \n ### Explanation: (Banshee)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A large majority? Not quite (6)","output":"### Answer: ALMOST \n ### Explanation: A** + **L** (large) + **MOST**=\"majority\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Find a match here? This can flame up quickly (6)","output":"### Answer: TINDER \n ### Explanation: first definition refers to the dating app Tinder"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One now weak, having given out on behalf of church (5,5)","output":"### Answer: SPENT FORCE \n ### Explanation: SPENT**=\"given out\" + **FOR**=\"on behalf of\" + **CE** (Church of England)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rush of crowd needs some calmness urgently (5)","output":"### Answer: SURGE \n ### Explanation: hidden in \"calmnes**S URGE**ntly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ordering heralds back to military town (9)","output":"### Answer: ALDERSHOT \n ### Explanation: (heralds)* + reversal\/\"back\" of **TO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Space for one's elbow? (4)","output":"### Answer: ROOM \n ### Explanation: referring to the phrase 'elbow room'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Glad beer is brewed by the Danube (8)","output":"### Answer: BELGRADE \n ### Explanation: (Glad beer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Film or plays, right? (3,5)","output":"### Answer: TOY STORY \n ### Explanation: TOYS**=\"plays\" + **TORY**=conservative=\"right\" wing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not feeling well, with no more anagrams to do? (3,2,5)","output":"### Answer: OUT OF SORTS \n ### Explanation: OUT OF SORTS** could also =\"with no more anagrams to do?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Letters on keyboard can be\u00a0low (9)","output":"### Answer: DEPRESSED \n ### Explanation: double definition: =pressed down; =dispirited"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New coins, one's obsession (8)","output":"### Answer: NEUROSIS \n ### Explanation: N** (new) + **EUROS**=\"coins\" + **I'S**=\"one's\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hymn is horrible \u2014 cancel it (8)","output":"### Answer: CANTICLE \n ### Explanation: (cancel it)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Specimen, small, more than enough (6)","output":"### Answer: SAMPLE \n ### Explanation: S** (small) + **AMPLE**=\"more than enough\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Film director, finally failing, took place in the ranks (4,2)","output":"### Answer: FELL IN \n ### Explanation: Federico **FELLIN**i is the film director , minus the final letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tree that's between poplar and chestnut (5)","output":"### Answer: LARCH \n ### Explanation: taking letters from pop**LAR** and **CH**estnut"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feature of river no end odd (4)","output":"### Answer: WEIR \n ### Explanation: WEIR**d=\"odd\" with no end letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A guitar in care of a singer, formerly (8)","output":"### Answer: CASTRATO \n ### Explanation: A STRAT**=\"A guitar\", in **CO** (care of)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boxer has to tease U3A, if missing tweet here (6)","output":"### Answer: JOSHUA \n ### Explanation: Anthony Joshua is the boxer **JOSH**=\"tease\" + **U**3**A** minus the '3' because 3dn is TWEET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bottom part of tree contains third of bark (6)","output":"### Answer: BREECH \n ### Explanation: BEECH**=\"tree\" around third letter of ba**R**k"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lies about a retired Christian's benign tumours (8)","output":"### Answer: FIBROIDS \n ### Explanation: FIBS**=\"Lies\" around Christian **DIOR** the designer, reversed\/retired"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Going round the US Open in top place (9)","output":"### Answer: PENTHOUSE \n ### Explanation: (the US Open)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regular provider of the fairest rents (5)","output":"### Answer: TEARS \n ### Explanation: regular letters from **T**h**E** f**A**i**R**e**S**t"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Content to out a handsome statesman (6)","output":"### Answer: UTAHAN \n ### Explanation: \"Content to\"\/Contained in o**UT A HAN**dsome"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Delight in short time visiting farm (6)","output":"### Answer: THRILL \n ### Explanation: HR**=hour=\"short time\" inside **TILL**=\"farm\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor eligible, but wanting the French or the Spanish chemist (6)","output":"### Answer: LIEBIG \n ### Explanation: either (eligib)* or (igible)*, taking either LE=the in French or EL=the in Spanish from \"eligible\" as anagram fodder"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expression of disgust, cycling round city? Very much so (6)","output":"### Answer: HUGELY \n ### Explanation: (ugh)*=\"Expression of disgust, cycling round\" + **ELY**=\"city\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reportedly remained sober (5)","output":"### Answer: STAID \n ### Explanation: Homophone\/\"Reportedly\" of 'stayed'=\"remained\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Superior getting drunk with Mark (4-5)","output":"### Answer: HIGH-GRADE \n ### Explanation: HIGH**=\"drunk\" + **GRADE**=\"Mark\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Best get 13 flowing? Best for old Man U fans, perhaps (8)","output":"### Answer: GREATEST \n ### Explanation: George Best was one of the greatest Manchester United players\n(get tears)*, where TEARS=13ac"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Follower of Fox News frustrated initially with dire output (6)","output":"### Answer: FRIEND \n ### Explanation: (F[ox] N[ews] dire)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Caterpillar leaves one some essential teachings, originally concealed (6)","output":"### Answer: CLOSET \n ### Explanation: CLOSET as an adjective, e.g. 'a closet smoker'\nfirst letters of **C**aterpillar **L**eaves **O**ne **S**ome **E**ssential **T**eachings"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beer all drunk around lunchtime? That's predictable (8)","output":"### Answer: RELIABLE \n ### Explanation: (Beer all)* around **I**=1 as in 1pm=\"lunchtime\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show by topless couple (3)","output":"### Answer: AIR \n ### Explanation: [p]**AIR**=\"topless couple\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Message to go in the Times (5)","output":"### Answer: TWEET \n ### Explanation: WEE**=\"to go\" in **T\u00a0**for time twice=\"Times\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Act with choir performing about half of Maya lacking colour (10)","output":"### Answer: ACHROMATIC \n ### Explanation: (Act choir)* around **MA**[ya]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of the Ducks on a Pond's residents, stupid! (6)","output":"### Answer: OAFISH \n ### Explanation: O**=zero=\"Duck\" in cricket + **A** + **FISH**=\"Pond's residents\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tasks\u00a0for an entrepreneur (4)","output":"### Answer: JOBS \n ### Explanation: Steve **JOBS** of Apple was an entrepreneur"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Broke some wind in this hat? (9)","output":"### Answer: STOVEPIPE \n ### Explanation: STOVE**=\"Broke\" + **PIPE**=\"wind\" instrument-"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Acted with restraint in drama externally controlled by journalist (11)","output":"### Answer: UNDERPLAYED \n ### Explanation: PLAY=\"drama\" inside **UNDER ED**itor=\"controlled by journalist\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No time for drink later, playing a sort of triangle (11)","output":"### Answer: EQUILATERAL \n ### Explanation: [**t**]**EQUILA**=\"drink\" without **t**ime + (later)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kind of idea that's almost satisfied (10)","output":"### Answer: THOUGHTFUL \n ### Explanation: \"Kind\" as an adjective meaning considerate\n**THOUGHT**=\"idea\" + **FUL**[L]=\"almost satisfied\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: People like 6 down using iMacs near Barking (9)","output":"### Answer: AMERICANS \n ### Explanation: Steve JOBS=\"6 down\" was an American and ran the company that made iMacs\n(iMacs near)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Puppies? Small, not large, right? (6)","output":"### Answer: LITTER \n ### Explanation: LITT**[L]**E**=\"Small\" minus L[arge] + **R**[ight]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Indian food in fresh 2 gets cheers (5)","output":"### Answer: RAITA \n ### Explanation: (AIR)*=fresh 2dn + **TA**=thanks=\"cheers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gathering around an interest in The Iron Stone (4)","output":"### Answer: FEST \n ### Explanation: FE**=chemical symbol for \"Iron\" + **ST**[one]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fanny Adams finds Puck in Log Cabin extremely elevated (3)","output":"### Answer: NIL \n ### Explanation: \"Fanny Adams\" is slang for 'F***\u00a0All' i.e. nothing at all, NIL\n**I**=the setter=\"Puck\", in the extreme letters of **L**[og Cabi]**N** reversed\/\"elevated\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Holds sailor's balls (7)","output":"### Answer: ABSORBS \n ### Explanation: AB**'**S** (**a**ble-**b**odied seaman'**s**)=\"sailor's\" + **ORBS**=\"balls\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl embraces joiner in porch (7)","output":"### Answer: VERANDA \n ### Explanation: VERA**=\"Girl\" around **AND**=\"joiner\" of words\/clauses in a sentence"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Husband has time for divinity (4)","output":"### Answer: HERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Greek goddess\n**H** (husband) + **ERA**=\"time\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relaxing preparation\u00a0frees communications, 19 (3-7)","output":"### Answer: ICE-BREAKER \n ### Explanation: an ICE-BREAKER ship keeps open (i.e. \"frees\") channels for navigation (\"communications\") in the sea\/IN THE MAIN (=19ac)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Honest\u00a0conduct (6)","output":"### Answer: DIRECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: to the point, straightforward, \"Honest\"; also as a verb=command, steer, \"conduct\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remains an outside agent for museum (9)","output":"### Answer: ASHMOLEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: a museum in Oxford\n**ASH**=\"Remains\" of something burned + **AN**; both around **MOLE**=spy, \"agent\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wade across outlying island's inlet (5)","output":"### Answer: FIORD \n ### Explanation: FORD**=\"Wade across\" around **I** (island)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Angry about Tory result (5)","output":"### Answer: SCORE \n ### Explanation: SORE**=\"Angry\" around **C** (Conservative)=\"Tory\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Primarily\u00a0at sea? (2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: IN THE MAIN \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fret about exam for puritan (8)","output":"### Answer: MORALIST \n ### Explanation: \"Fret\"=a sea fog=**MIST **around **ORAL**=\"exam\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Airline has lots of clubs (6)","output":"### Answer: BATONS \n ### Explanation: BA** (British Airways)=\"Airline\" + **TONS**=\"lots\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Killjoy has loot left (10)","output":"### Answer: SPOILSPORT \n ### Explanation: SPOILS**=\"loot\" + **PORT**=\"left\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small boat found in the Channel (4)","output":"### Answer: SARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: one of the Channel Islands\n**S** (small) + **ARK**=\"boat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Familiars have demons kid\u00adnapping redhead (7)","output":"### Answer: FRIENDS \n ### Explanation: FIENDS**=\"demons\" around the **R**=the head letter of **r**ed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A model cares for chaperones (7)","output":"### Answer: ATTENDS \n ### Explanation: A** + Ford model **T** + **TENDS**=\"cares for\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fungus moved by wind? It is! (7)","output":"### Answer: BLEWITS \n ### Explanation: Blewit is a type of mushroom\n**BLEW**=\"moved by wind\" + **IT'S**=\"It is\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Love to rebuke and pontificate (5)","output":"### Answer: ORATE \n ### Explanation: O**=\"Love\" + **RATE**=scold, \"rebuke\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: City with old railway company first linked to Circle line (7)","output":"### Answer: BRISTOL \n ### Explanation: BR** (British Rail)=\"old railway company\" + **IST**=1st=\"first\" + **O**=\"Circle\" + **L** (line)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Birds go initially into rustling trees (6)","output":"### Answer: EGRETS \n ### Explanation: G**=\"**g**o initially\" inside (trees)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A rich man's moved by anti-government argument (9)","output":"### Answer: ANARCHISM \n ### Explanation: (A rich man's)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lady's maid\u00a0found showing off in the kitchen (7)","output":"### Answer: DRESSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: a servant helping with clothes; =a display unit in the kitchen"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sacred belief in control over motor race (13)","output":"### Answer: REINCARNATION \n ### Explanation: REIN**=\"control\" + **CAR**=\"motor\" + **NATION**=\"race\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldier eats fish spread (9)","output":"### Answer: MARGARINE \n ### Explanation: MARINE**=\"Soldier\" around **GAR**=\"fish\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Policeman seizes Hungarian leader's weapon (7)","output":"### Answer: CHOPPER \n ### Explanation: COPPER**=\"Policeman\" around **H**=\"**H**ungarian's leader\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Environment Tabitha created (7)","output":"### Answer: HABITAT \n ### Explanation: (Tabitha)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passed by ruin on ridge (7)","output":"### Answer: IGNORED \n ### Explanation: (on ridge)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Partisan located outside Indian capital (6)","output":"### Answer: BIASED \n ### Explanation: BASED**=\"located\" around **I**=\"**I**ndian capital\" letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anita Stewart shows discrimination (5)","output":"### Answer: TASTE \n ### Explanation: hidden in Ani**TA STE**wart"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Have impossible aims: go after bad weather gives way (5,8)","output":"### Answer: CHASE RAINBOWS \n ### Explanation: CHASE**=\"go after\" + **RAIN**=\"bad weather\" + **BOWS**=\"gives way\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regularly awry is pic: why I go for such a preview? (7)","output":"### Answer: WYSIWYG \n ### Explanation: What You See Is What You Get: a design interface that previews the finished product\nregular letters from a**W**r**Y** i**S** p**I**c **W**h**Y** I **G**o"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put old boy on back \u2014 it does nothing to cure him (7)","output":"### Answer: PLACEBO \n ### Explanation: PLACE**=\"Put\" +\u00a0**O** (old) **B** (boy) both reversed\/\"back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Return homework about the French revolutionary (5)","output":"### Answer: YIELD \n ### Explanation: DIY**=\"homework\" around **LE**=\"the [in] French\", reversed\/\"revolutionary\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Movement of eyes in modest lowering (9)","output":"### Answer: DECREMENT \n ### Explanation: REM** (Rapid Eye Movement) inside **DECENT**=\"modest\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: European visits prosperous kingdom (5)","output":"### Answer: REICH \n ### Explanation: E** (European) inside **RICH**=\"prosperous\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of progression of cortege I'm organising (9)","output":"### Answer: GEOMETRIC \n ### Explanation: a geometric progression is a mathematical sequence\n(cortege I'm)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chew gum, having drunk tea (9)","output":"### Answer: MASTICATE \n ### Explanation: MASTIC**=\"gum\" + (tea)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Russian cavalry dropping lettuce in bags (5)","output":"### Answer: SACKS \n ### Explanation: cosSACKS**=\"Russian cavalry\", dropping **cos**=\"lettuce\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doll has teeth and ears in the wrong places (9)","output":"### Answer: TEARSHEET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Doll Tearsheet is a character in Shakespeare's Henry IV partt 2 \n(teeth ears)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Smooth old jazzmen (5)","output":"### Answer: COMBO \n ### Explanation: Combo is a word for a jazz band\n**COMB**=\"Smooth\" + **O** (old)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Several overtures made by man to woman (7)","output":"### Answer: LEONORA \n ### Explanation: LEON**=\"man\" + **ORA**=\"overtures\"\nORA is the plural of 'os'=mouth or opening=aperture, overture"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Caustic, say, about indefinite number admitted to craft (7)","output":"### Answer: PUNGENT \n ### Explanation: E.G.**=\"say\" reversed\/\"about\" + **N**=\"indefinite number\"; all inside **PUNT**=\"craft\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Absurd mother's horrid in these? (7,6)","output":"### Answer: BERMUDA SHORTS \n ### Explanation: (Absurd mother's)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unscrupulous lawyer heading off one's constant suppressed laughter (9)","output":"### Answer: HYSTERICS \n ### Explanation: sHYSTER**=\"Unscrupulous lawyer\" with the head letter taken off + **I'S**=\"one's\" around **C** (constant)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Said by some to have risen rapidly, but cut (5)","output":"### Answer: SAWED \n ### Explanation: Homophone of 'soared'=\"to have risen rapidly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stiff sort of card supports equipment (5)","output":"### Answer: RIGID \n ### Explanation: ID**=\"sort of card\" after **RIG**=\"equipment\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Succeeded dodging fare-checker? Outcome finally undisclosed (2,7)","output":"### Answer: IN PECTORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a papal practice of leaving a cardinal's name undisclosed \n**s** (succeeded) removed from **INsPECTOR**=\"fare-checker\" + final letter of Outcom**E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Innocent bishop deprived of golden fabric? (9)","output":"### Answer: BLAMELESS \n ### Explanation: B** (Bishop) + **LAM\u00c9-LESS**=\"deprived of golden fabric\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place question (5)","output":"### Answer: WHERE \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On vacation, no one may use computers! (4,4,2,3)","output":"### Answer: AWAY FROM IT ALL \n ### Explanation: AWAY FROM IT** (Information Technology), **ALL**!=\"no one may use computers!\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Approaches some seaside towns for football and rugby (7,6)","output":"### Answer: CONTACT SPORTS \n ### Explanation: CONTACTS PORTS**=\"Approaches some seaside towns\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After heroin, moralist turns to a drop of the hard stuff (9)","output":"### Answer: HAILSTORM \n ### Explanation: H** (heroin) + (moralist)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Serious distance to one's final destination (9)","output":"### Answer: GRAVEYARD \n ### Explanation: GRAVE**=\"Serious\" + **YARD**=\"distance\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lying about boss, nearly new (9)","output":"### Answer: RECUMBENT \n ### Explanation: nearly all of\u00a0**UMBo**=a stud on a shield=\"boss\" inside **RECENT**=\"new\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Around the same thing, live and love (5)","output":"### Answer: ADORE \n ### Explanation: they\u00a0**ARE**=they \"live\"; around **DO** (ditto)=\"the same thing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pasta cooked as appetisers (5)","output":"### Answer: TAPAS \n ### Explanation: (Pasta)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Positive attitude in small company letters (3,2)","output":"### Answer: CAN DO \n ### Explanation: C AND O**\u00a0= letters **C** + **O** = **co.** short for \"company\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deep desire to pinch back gin cocktail (6)","output":"### Answer: PINING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deep desire\n**NIP**=\"pinch\" reversed\/\"back\" + (gin)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Confesses to trashing stadium after United's lost (6)","output":"### Answer: ADMITS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Confesses\n(stadi**u**m)* minus the **u** for **U**nited"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very\u00a0late (4)","output":"### Answer: DEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Very\ndouble definition: as in 'dead silent'=completely=\"Very\"; and =deceased=\"late\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Standard electricity supplier: a meter's faulty without energy (10)","output":"### Answer: MAINSTREAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Standard\nMAINS=\"electricity supplier\" + (a met**e**r)* minus one **e** for **e**nergy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen to back bird (6)","output":"### Answer: PARROT \n ### Explanation: Definition: bird\nCatherine **PARR** was the last of Henry VIII's Queens + TO reversed\/\"back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record R Steiger play (8)","output":"### Answer: REGISTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Record\n(R Steiger)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: European trade warning holds nothing over English (9)","output":"### Answer: NORWEGIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: European\n(warning)* around **O**=\"nothing\" and **E** for English"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Adult\u00a0butterfly's sad and cold (4)","output":"### Answer: BLUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Adult\nquadruple definition: =\"Adult\" as in 'blue movie'; =name of several butterfly species; =melancholy; as in turning blue from cold"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Meat cut from armadillo? I never! (4)","output":"### Answer: LOIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Meat cut\nhidden in armadil**LO I N**ever"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Politician rested in bed with illness (9)","output":"### Answer: COMPLAINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: illness\n**MP**=\"Politician\"+ **LAIN**=\"rested\" inside **COT**=\"bed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worn by Prince Charles, say, when live! (2,3,3)","output":"### Answer: ON THE AIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: when live!\nsounds like 'on the heir'=\"Worn by Prince Charles\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clerical work drawing over page (6)","output":"### Answer: TYPING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clerical work\n**TYING**=\"drawing\" e.g. a football match, around **P** for page"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New moon interrupts quiet \u2014 one's left with sleepiness (10)","output":"### Answer: SOMNOLENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: sleepiness\n(moon)* inside **SILENCE**=\"quiet\" with **I**=\"one\" leaving"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pointless, seething anger? (4)","output":"### Answer: RAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pointless, seething anger\n(a**n**ger)* less the\u00a0**N** for **N**orth, a compass point"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jack breaks into cars (common in Norway) (6)","output":"### Answer: FJORDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: common in Norway\n**J** for Jack in **FORDS**=\"cars\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Programming language that's good at compression? (6)","output":"### Answer: PYTHON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Programming language\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's child's play to bake epic turnover slice (7)","output":"### Answer: PEEKABO \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's child's play\nhidden\/\"slice\" reversed\/\"turnover\" inside t**O BAKE EP**ic"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former CEO of Polly Peck's lowest point (5)","output":"### Answer: NADIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Former CEO of Polly Peck\nAsil **NADIR** was CEO of Polly Peck"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Identity badge of Spooner's gentle horse (4,3)","output":"### Answer: NAME TAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Identity badge\nSpoonerism of 'tame nag'=\"gentle horse\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plan to put side spin on both sides of green (6)","output":"### Answer: DESIGN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plan\n(side)* + both sides of **G**ree**N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Actor first to blow up 50 air beds? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: IDRIS ELBA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Actor\n**I**=\"first\" plus (L air beds)*, where L=Roman numeral for \"50\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tripping? As I seem to be a cat (7)","output":"### Answer: SIAMESE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a cat\n(As I seem)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Italian philosopher squanders 10 grand on old boxer \u2026 (8,5)","output":"### Answer: GIORDANO BRUNO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Italian philosopher\n(IO grand)* where IO=\"10\u2033; plus **O** for old and Frank **BRUNO**=\"boxer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 who does this before a fight to attack (5,4)","output":"### Answer: WEIGH INTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: attack\na boxer would **WEIGH IN****\u00a0**before a fight; plus **TO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tall aristocrat has no time for man in the field (4,3)","output":"### Answer: LONG OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: man in the field\n=fielding position in cricket\n **LONG**=\"Tall\" plus **TOFF**=\"aristocrat\" minus **T** for time"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wizard's unknown craft (7)","output":"### Answer: POTTERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: craft\nHarry **POTTER**=\"Wizard\" + **Y**=mathematical \"unknown\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 12 dresses last of women with a good figure (7)","output":"### Answer: NONAGON \n ### Explanation: Definition: figure\n**NOON**=\"12\u2033, around\/\"dresses\":\u00a0**N**=\"last of wome**n**\" + **A **+**\u00a0** **G**ood"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rang about rising IT company (6)","output":"### Answer: CALLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rang\n**CA**=circa=\"about\" + **DELL**=\"IT company\" reversed\/\"rising\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish's resting place (5)","output":"### Answer: PERCH \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cares about John Dryden's first British play becoming a musical (5,8)","output":"### Answer: BLOOD BROTHERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: play becoming a musical\n=a musical originally developed as a school play\n **BOTHERS**=\"Cares\" around all of: **LOO**=\"John\" + **D**ryden's first + **BR** (British)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hound setter in foreign capital (7)","output":"### Answer: AFGHANI \n ### Explanation: Definition: foreign capital\n=\"capital\" as in money, currency\n **AFGHAN**=\"Hound\" + **I**=\"setter\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drops in a letter for one learning the ropes (7)","output":"### Answer: TRAINEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: one learning the ropes\n**RAIN**=\"Drops\" in **TEE**=the \"letter\" T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expecting this is how relatives might behave? (2,3,6,3)","output":"### Answer: IN THE FAMILY WAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: pregnant, \"Expecting\"; also =\"how relatives might behave?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get over Uncle Arthur not being all there (5)","output":"### Answer: CLEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get over\n=\"Get over\" as in e.g. 'clear a high jump bar'\n hidden in Un**CLE AR**thur"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supply bride's undies, 50% off or free (9)","output":"### Answer: DISBURDEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: free\n=\"free\" as in liberate, relieve\n \"Supply\" as anagrind, (bride's **und**)* with 50% off of **und**ies"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Answer to first clue might be this? That's beside the point (9)","output":"### Answer: UNRELATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Answer to first clue might be this\n=BLOOD BROTHERS who are not related but have sworn an oath to each other;\n or =\"beside the point\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Backstory about island port (5)","output":"### Answer: EILAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: port\n=an Israeli port\n **TALE** reversed=\"Back\/story\", around **I** (island)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strange rites in South Africa caught by tense film (6,3)","output":"### Answer: SISTER ACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: film\n=comedy film starring Whoopi Goldberg\n (rites)* in **SA** (South Africa) + **C** (caught) + **T** (tense)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get to replace content of this sign (5)","output":"### Answer: TWINS \n ### Explanation: Definition: sign\n=astrological sign aka Gemini\n **WIN**=\"Get\" replacing the inner letters\/\"content\" of **T**hi**S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Let in again to study at place of learning (7)","output":"### Answer: READMIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Let in again\n**READ**=\"study\" + **MIT** (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)=\"place of learning\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bind companion into a 9 arrangement (7)","output":"### Answer: ENCHAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bind\n**CH** (Companion of Honour), inside (a nine)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Playing teen, first of his two parts in film (3,6,4)","output":"### Answer: THE PARENT TRAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: film\n=comedy film starring Lindsay Lohan as TWINS\n anagram\/\"Playing\" of: (teen **h** part part)*, where **h**=\"first of his\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A girl they treated for what isn't really a long time (5,4)","output":"### Answer: LIGHT YEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: what isn't really a long time\n=is a long distance, rather than time\n (A girl they)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Irish-American actress finally taken off for European airport (5)","output":"### Answer: O\u2019HARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: airport\n~~Scarlett~~ Maureen\u00a0**O'HAR**A is the actress, with the final a taken off, and plus **E** (European)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Initially quoted coppers for a barrister, perhaps, in this (5)","output":"### Answer: BRIEF \n ### Explanation: QC=\"Initially Quoted Coppers\"=Queen's Counsel=barrister, 'in BRIEF'\n &lit definition \u2013 a barrister's BRIEF is a summary of a case, which might have quotes from coppers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Made the most of being work-shy around the Home Counties (9)","output":"### Answer: OPTIMISED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Made the most of\n**OP**=\"Work\" + **TIMID**=\"shy\" around **SE** (South East)=\"Home Counties\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One in hairy situation due to bad deal getting through Parliament, partly? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: HEAD LOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One in hairy situation\n(deal)* inside **HOUSE**=\"Parliament, partly\" \u2013 only partly as there are two Houses"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Give refreshment to Frenchman and wife (5)","output":"### Answer: RENEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Give refreshment to\n**REN\u00c9**=\"Frenchman\" + **W** (wife)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reject actor that's broken into vehicles or motor boats (5,8)","output":"### Answer: CABIN CRUISERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: motor boats\n**BIN**=\"Reject\" + Tom **CRUISE**=\"actor\"; both inside **CARS**=\"vehicles\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Returning to normal conscious\u00adness, hoping destiny has changed (13)","output":"### Answer: DEHYPNOTISING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Returning to normal conscious\u00adness\n(hoping destiny)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Whistle-blower, female, upset about story which has its ups and downs (6,3)","output":"### Answer: RELIEF MAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: which has its ups and downs\n=a map that represents the relative heights of different areas\n sports referee=**REF**=\"Whistle-blower\" + **PAM**=female reversed\/\"upset\"; around **LIE**=\"story\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Daughter with primarily electric vehicle one belittles (9)","output":"### Answer: DETRACTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: one belittles\n**D** (Daughter) + **E**lectric + **TRACTOR**=\"vehicle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nobel Prize winner whose parents include one resident in US city twice (5,4)","output":"### Answer: DALAI LAMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nobel Prize winner\n**DA** and **MA**=\"parents\", around **I**=\"one\", inside **LA LA**=\"US city twice\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second film from TV series is overwhelming success (5)","output":"### Answer: SMASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: overwhelming success\n**S** (Second) + **MASH**=\"film from TV series\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relationship that is being preserved? (3-2)","output":"### Answer: TIE IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relationship\n**I.E.**=id est=\"that is\", kept in a **TIN**=>\"preserved\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Understood this topless dress is wrong for 20 (5)","output":"### Answer: TACIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Understood\ntake \"this\"=TACIT, add RESS=\"topless dress\" and it becomes an anagram\/\"wrong\" for SISTER ACT=\"20\u2033"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Face rival, having to give in (6)","output":"### Answer: VISAGE \n ### Explanation: VIE**=\"rival\", with **SAG**=\"give\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Signs of corruption due to misplaced zeal in home counties (6)","output":"### Answer: SLEAZE \n ### Explanation: (zeal)* in **SE**=South East=\"home counties\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Orator's backing cardinal (4)","output":"### Answer: FOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: a \"cardinal\" rather than ordinal number\n\"Orator's\"=>homophone of 'for'=\"backing\" e.g. a proposal"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Musical measure for feet and arms? (5,5)","output":"### Answer: SWORD DANCE \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition with \"arms\" in the sense of weapons rather than limbs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 20, smarter one's skedaddled (6)","output":"### Answer: NATTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: \"Rabbit\", prattle\n**NATTIER**=\"smarter\", with **I**=\"one\" leaving\/skedaddling"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Joe Bloggs's name very peculiar (8)","output":"### Answer: EVERYMAN \n ### Explanation: (name very)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Harry's inherently appealing (9)","output":"### Answer: PERSECUTE \n ### Explanation: PER SE**=\"inherently\" + **CUTE**=\"appealing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wellington also bowled over (4)","output":"### Answer: BOOT \n ### Explanation: TOO**=\"also\" + **B**=\"bowled\" in cricket; all reversed\/\"over\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Standard\u00a0sailor\u00a0suit has one (4)","output":"### Answer: JACK \n ### Explanation: triple definition: =a flag; =a sailor; =a playing card rank with one in each suit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Constable possibly tailing Tory fraudster? (3,6)","output":"### Answer: CON ARTIST \n ### Explanation: ARTIST**=\"Constable [the painter] possibly\", after\/\"tailing\" **CON**=Conservative=\"Tory\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Current strength for each time period, starting with a month (8)","output":"### Answer: AMPERAGE \n ### Explanation: PER**=\"for each\" + **AGE**=\"time period\", with **A** + **M** for\u00a0Month at the start"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refuse\u00a0burden (6)","output":"### Answer: LUMBER \n ### Explanation: double definition =waste products; =burden someone with something unwanted"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Insect ingested by supremely reckless antelope (10)","output":"### Answer: WILDEBEEST \n ### Explanation: BEE**=\"Insect\" inside **WILDEST**=\"supremely reckless\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Withdrawal of record possible? No way (4)","output":"### Answer: NOPE \n ### Explanation: Reversal\/\"Withdrawal\" of: **EP**=music \"record\" + **ON**=\"possible\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extremely granular cereal used for bread at one time (6)","output":"### Answer: GROATS \n ### Explanation: \"bread\" in the definition in the slang meaning of money\nextreme letters from **G**ranula**R** + **OATS**=\"cereal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bemoan king imprisoned by soldier and never discovered? (6)","output":"### Answer: GRIEVE \n ### Explanation: R**=Rex=\"king\" inside **GI**=\"soldier\" + **EVE**=letters from n**eve**r \"discovered\" i.e. with the 'cover' or outer letters removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Six others primarily behind abuse (7)","output":"### Answer: VIOLATE \n ### Explanation: VI**=\"Six\" in Roman numerals + **O**=\"**o**thers primarily\" + LATE=\"behind\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish from river in dispute (5)","output":"### Answer: SPRAT \n ### Explanation: R** for river, in **SPAT**=\"dispute\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stomach-related wind illusory, so they say (7)","output":"### Answer: GASTRIC \n ### Explanation: sounds like 'gas trick'=\"wind illusory\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Youngster looking flushed mounted steps (6)","output":"### Answer: LADDER \n ### Explanation: LAD**=\"Youngster\" + **RED**=\"looking flushed\" reversed\/\"mounted\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Can't stay alive without oxygen, whatever the damage (2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: AT ANY COST \n ### Explanation: (Can't stay)* around **O** for oxygen"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Delight in French refrain (7)","output":"### Answer: ENCHANT \n ### Explanation: EN**=\"in\" in French + **CHANT**=\"refrain\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sound control evident as forceful goddess ran into HM (13)","output":"### Answer: POTENTIOMETER \n ### Explanation: Definition: a form of variable resistor that are used in sound controls\n**POTENT**=\"forceful\" + **IO**=Greek \"goddess\" + **MET**=\"ran into\" + **ER**=Her Majesty"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strange case of eccentric Scot due to inherit (7,2)","output":"### Answer: SUCCEED TO \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Strange\" of: (EC Scot due)*; where the **EC** comes from the \"case\" or outer letters of \"**e**ccentri**c**\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Avoiding military police in breaking jail (7)","output":"### Answer: JUMPING \n ### Explanation: MP**=\"military police\" + **IN**; both inside **JUG**=\"jail\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Utter scoundrels in the ascendant, second-raters excepted (3-4)","output":"### Answer: ALL STAR \n ### Explanation: ALL**=\"Utter\" + **RATS**=\"scoundrels\" reversed\/\"in the ascendant\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Last couple of people supporting expensive addition to church? (7)","output":"### Answer: STEEPLE \n ### Explanation: Last couple of letters of peop**LE**, supporting **STEEP**=\"expensive\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rule out elevated part for poor player (6)","output":"### Answer: RABBIT \n ### Explanation: BAR**=\"Rule out\" reversed\/\"elevated\" + **BIT**=\"part\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maidens during church trip putting on airs (5)","output":"### Answer: MINCE \n ### Explanation: M**=\"Maidens\" in cricket + **IN**=\"during\" + **CE**=Church of England"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Habit of black 22 \u2026 (6)","output":"### Answer: BLOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Habit\n**B** for black + **LOUSE** as the insect"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 the same to mention (6)","output":"### Answer: BROACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: mention\n**B** for black again, this time + **ROACH** as the insect"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 22 gobbling last of saccharin, sweetener \u2026 (4)","output":"### Answer: BUNG \n ### Explanation: Definition: sweetener\n=a bribe\n **BUG**=insect, around last of sacchari**N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 doing as one does, Carol securing hat (10)","output":"### Answer: STOPPERING \n ### Explanation: Definition: doing as a BUNG=cork=STOPPER does\n **SING**=\"Carol\" around **TOPPER**=\"hat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: End of silent film for one on the railways (8)","output":"### Answer: TRAINMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: one on the railways\nend of silen**T** + **RAIN MAN**=\"film\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ornament in Paris bent, unfortunately (9)","output":"### Answer: BREASTPIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ornament\n(Paris bent)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 22 circling a strip (4)","output":"### Answer: FLAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: strip\n**FLY**=insect around **A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Asian city, Jaipur ultimately in range (4)","output":"### Answer: AGRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Asian city\nultimate letter of Jaipu**R** in **AGA**=type of \"range\" cooker"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Litter with green rubbish on Mercury, perhaps (9)","output":"### Answer: MESSENGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mercury, perhaps\nMercury as in the Roman messenger god\n **MESS**=\"Litter\" + (green)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Send flying 22 a bug? (8)","output":"### Answer: CATAPULT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Send flying\n**A TAP**=a wiretap=\"a bug\", in **CULT **\u2013 because\u00a0\"22\"=>INSECT=>in 'sect'=>in CULT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Member of large class in brief learning, infants and maybe elders? (6)","output":"### Answer: INSECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Member of large class\nInsects form the largest class in the animal kingdom \n*thanks to NeilW \u2013 insects are in \"brie**F LEA**rning\"; in \"inf**ANT**s\"; in \"may**BE E**lders\"*\n \n~~not at all sure on the parsing, but I'll have a guess:~~\n ~~maybe **INST**ruction=\"brief learning\", with **EC**=Early Childhood=\"infants and maybe elders?\" inside~~"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tiresome Irish girl can start to grate (10)","output":"### Answer: IRRITATING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tiresome\n**IR** (Irish) + **RITA**=\"girl\" + **TIN**=\"can\" + start to **G**rate"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Can alternative response be ostensibly triggered, all beginning to poke 22? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: BEER BOTTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Can alternative\na bottle is an alternative to a can of beer\n the beginning letters of **R**esponse **B**e **O**stensibly **T**riggered, all inside **BEETLE**=insect"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 22 I'm not sure is native (6)","output":"### Answer: MOTHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: native\nas in 'mother tongue'\n **MOTH**=insect + **ER**=\"I'm not sure\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Add number, extracting one in sack (6)","output":"### Answer: ANNEXE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Add\n**NINE**=\"number\", with **I**=\"one\" removed\/extracted; inside **AXE**=\"sack\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bone up about love before posh party in private quarters (7)","output":"### Answer: BOUDOIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: private quarters\n**RIB**=\"Bone\", reversed\/\"up\" and around **O**=\"love\" + **U**=\"posh\" + **DO**=\"party\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Indicator of probability searched for, initially lost (5)","output":"### Answer: OUGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Indicator of probability\n**sOUGHT**=\"searched\" for, losing its initial letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Believe seconds consumed by happy 22? (7)","output":"### Answer: SUSPECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Believe\n**S** for seconds, inside **UP**=\"happy\", and in\/**SECT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cutter cutting edge before 22 turns up (6)","output":"### Answer: RIPSAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cutter\nI think this is **RI**m=\"edge\" with a bit cut off + **WASP**=insect reversed\/\"turns up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Liquid I learn and hormonal secretion (9)","output":"### Answer: ADRENALIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: hormonal secretion\n(I learn and)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Longing to tour a country (7)","output":"### Answer: HUNGARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: country\n**HUNGRY**=\"Longing\" around **A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Painter so upset about similar purplish mark (4,4,5)","output":"### Answer: PORT WINE STAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: purplish mark\n(Painter so)* around **TWIN**=\"similar\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Balanced performer, close to immaculate in operatic record? (9)","output":"### Answer: AERIALIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Balanced performer\nclosing letter of immaculat**E**, in **ARIA LIST**=\"operatic record?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some part of poem's art, perhaps? (7)","output":"### Answer: ANAGRAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Some part of poem's art, perhaps?\n\"Some part\" is an ANAGRAM of \"poem's art\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In opposite directions, 22 bit (7)","output":"### Answer: SMIDGEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: bit\nin **S**outh and **N**orth=\"opposite directions\", **MIDGE**=insect"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pass old island (7)","output":"### Answer: EXCRETE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pass\n**EX**=\"old\" + **CRETE**=\"island\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Metal, exquisite poison (6)","output":"### Answer: CURARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: poison\n**CU**=copper=\"Metal\" + **RARE**=\"exquisite\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Black bag originally going cheap? (5)","output":"### Answer: SABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Black\noriginal\/first letter of **B**ag, in a **SALE**=\"going cheap?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldiers in play about capturing second in command (6)","output":"### Answer: TROOPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Soldiers\n**SPORT**=\"play\", reversed\/\"about\"; around second letter in c**O**mmand"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rebellion contained by gun restrictions (6)","output":"### Answer: UNREST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rebellion\nHidden in g**UN REST**rictions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unpleasantly satisfied when turning sticks (4)","output":"### Answer: SMUG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unpleasantly satisfied\nreversal\/\"turning\" of **GUMS**=\"sticks\"=fastens with adhesive"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Run into vehicle with relatives' jewels (10)","output":"### Answer: CARBUNCLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: jewels\n**R** for \"Run\" in **CAB**=\"vehicle\" + **UNCLES**=\"relatives\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy inhaling pot suddenly felt sick (6)","output":"### Answer: TURNED \n ### Explanation: Definition: suddenly felt sick\n**TED**=\"Boy\" around **URN**=\"pot\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In case of emergency, put a drain to part of foot (2,1,5)","output":"### Answer: AT A PINCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: In case of emergency\n**A** + **TAP**=\"drain\" + **INCH**=unit of distance=\"part of a foot\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wild West Indian right for daughter (9)","output":"### Answer: BARBARIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wild\n**BARBADIAN**=\"West Indian\", swapping **R**ight for **D**aughter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weak fellow fleeing fire (4)","output":"### Answer: LAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Weak\n**FLAME**=\"fire\", losing **F**ellow"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet losing son in stream (4)","output":"### Answer: BURN \n ### Explanation: Definition: stream\n**BURNS**=\"Poet\", losing **S**on"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Parents turning to furniture that's easily modified (9)","output":"### Answer: ADAPTABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: easily modified\n**PA** and **DA**=\"Parents\", reversed\/\"turning2 + **TABLE**=\"furniture\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unsuitable term for skinflint carrying no money (8)","output":"### Answer: MISNOMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unsuitable term\n**MISER**=\"skinflint\" around:\u00a0**NO** + **M** for \"money\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: River to fill moat damaged by king's gun firing shells (6)","output":"### Answer: MORTAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: gun firing shells\n**R** for \"River\" in (moat)* + **R** for Rex=\"king\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Graduates almost fix letter in Old English to instrument (6,4)","output":"### Answer: BASSET HORN \n ### Explanation: Definition: instrument\n**BA'S**=Bachelors of Arts=\"Graduates\" + **SE**[t]=\"almost fix\" + **THORN**=\"letter in Old English\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rabbit trick with funny ending (4)","output":"### Answer: CONY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rabbit\n**CON**=\"trick\" + the ending of funn**Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lead widespread in the outskirts of Derby is very dangerous (6)","output":"### Answer: DEADLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: very dangerous\n(Lead)* in the outer letters of **D**erb**Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Danced beginning and end of bolero with retired film star (6)","output":"### Answer: BOPPED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Danced\nbeginning and end of **B**oler**O** + Johnny **DEPP**=\"film star\" reversed\/retired"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Office worker casually visiting old city to get a deep-fried dish (7)","output":"### Answer: TEMPURA \n ### Explanation: Definition: deep-fried dish\n**TEMP**=\"Office worker casually\" + **UR**=\"old city\" + **A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old rag changed to new newspaper (5)","output":"### Answer: ORGAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: newspaper\n**O** for Old + (rag)* + **N** for new"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bull-baiter told to choose a way in (7)","output":"### Answer: PICADOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bull-baiter\nhomophone\/\"told\" of 'pick a door'=\"choose a way in\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tongue almost twisted around a sweet (6)","output":"### Answer: NOUGAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: sweet\n(Tongu[e])* around A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mexican dish and Indian dish served up in English-designed china (9)","output":"### Answer: ENCHILADA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mexican dish\n**DAL**=\"Indial dish\" reversed\/\"served up\", inside:\u00a0**E** for English + (china)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Syrup from plant with a caramel coating inside (7)","output":"### Answer: TREACLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Syrup\n**TREE**=\"plant\" with **A** + Carame**L** inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fear surrounding money and experimental methodology (5,3,5)","output":"### Answer: TRIAL AND ERROR \n ### Explanation: Definition: experimental methodology\n**TERROR**=\"Fear\" around **RIAL**=Iranian currency=\"money\" + **AND"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Social worker screening calls by Australian in part of the North Pacific (6,3)","output":"### Answer: BERING SEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of the North Pacific\n**BEE**=\"Social worker\" around **RINGS**=\"calls\"; plus\u00a0**A** for Australian"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird flapping round horse upset robber (7)","output":"### Answer: BRIGAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: robber\n(Bird)* around NAG=\"horse\" reversed\/\"upset\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: People in bed get nothing as hot food to eat (7)","output":"### Answer: PIMENTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: hot food to eat\n**MEN**=\"People\" in **PIT**=\"bed\" + **O**=\"nothing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Local leader deserved to be educated (7)","output":"### Answer: LEARNED \n ### Explanation: Definition: educated\nleading letter of **L**ocal + **EARNED**=\"deserved\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American stirred malty sedative (6)","output":"### Answer: AMYTAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: sedative\n=Amobarbital or sodium amytal, a barbiturate\n **A** for American + (malty)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go over head of corn during harvest (5)","output":"### Answer: RECAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Go over\nhead letter of **C**orn inside **REAP**=\"harvest\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cancer subject has inner resistance? (6)","output":"### Answer: TROPIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cancer\n\u2026as in the TROPIC of Cancer\n **TOPIC**=\"subject\" around **R** (resistance)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As it was written by King: 'head disorder' (8)","output":"### Answer: SICKNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: disorder\n**SIC**=Latin adverb=\"As it was written\" + **K** (King) + **NESS**=\"head\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cross put against capital Latin vocal composition (8)","output":"### Answer: MADRIGAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: vocal composition\n**MAD**=\"Cross\" + **RIGA**=\"capital\" city of Latvia + **L** (Latin)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Repair men are to attach a new handle (6)","output":"### Answer: RENAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: attach a new handle\n(men are)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Free, one Parisian figured, to be injected with drug (12)","output":"### Answer: UNENCUMBERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Free\n**UNE**=\"one\" in French + **NUMBERED**=\"figured\" around **C** (cocaine)=\"drug\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seafarer and lackey forced to accept it's American capital (4,4,4)","output":"### Answer: SALT LAKE CITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: American capital\n=capital of Utah\n **SALT**=sailor=\"Seafarer\" + (lackey)* with \"forced\" as anagrind, around **IT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To recover from cold, possibly act stern (4,4)","output":"### Answer: CLAW BACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: To recover\n**C** (cold) + **LAW**=\"possibly act\" as in an Act of Parliament + **BACK**=\"stern\" as in rear"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Corporate fling? Unruly mob, sadly (4,4)","output":"### Answer: BODY SLAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Corporate fling\n\"Corporate\" meaning 'as a body'\n (mob sadly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Parking, about to be doubled, is quite haphazard: it must come first (12)","output":"### Answer: PREREQUISITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: it must come first\n**P** (Parking) + **RE**=\"about\" twice\/\"doubled\" + (is quite)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A way to end a driver's career (6,4)","output":"### Answer: ESCAPE ROAD \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition: \"way\" as in ROAD and \"career\" as in losing control of one's movement"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A dictum formulated to include line of Jewish legal code (8)","output":"### Answer: TALMUDIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: of Jewish legal code\n(A dictum)* around **L** (line)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Smallholder (separated) abandoned hope etc around the end of August (8)","output":"### Answer: POCHETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Smallholder (separated)\n=a pocket, or \"Small \/ holder\"\n (hope etc)* around the end letter of \"Augus**T**\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Father, look at the funny sailor! (6)","output":"### Answer: POPEYE \n ### Explanation: \"funny\" meaning a comic strip\n **POP**=\"Father\" + **EYE**=\"look\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pet playing with quarry blocks (9)","output":"### Answer: PARQUETRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: blocks\n=flooring in a pattern of wooden blocks\n (Pet quarry)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Film star's\u00a0detective partner (6)","output":"### Answer: CAGNEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Film star's\nJames Cagney is the film star; Cagney and Lacey are the detective partners"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Investigating MPs 'southern elite', pledge support (6,9)","output":"### Answer: SELECT COMMITTEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Investigating MPs\n**S** (Southern) + **ELECT**=\"elite\" + **COMMIT**=\"pledge\" + **TEE**=\"support\" for a golf ball"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grain medium implanted in eye covering (large) (4,4)","output":"### Answer: CORN MEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grain\n**M** (medium) in **CORNEA**=\"eye covering\" + **L** (large)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Present time, or one time after noon? (5)","output":"### Answer: NONCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Present time\n**ONCE**=\"one time\" after **N** (noon)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Easter treat, consisting of lime mixed with cold nitrogen and steeped in a sort of wine (6,4)","output":"### Answer: SIMNEL CAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Easter treat\n(lime C N)*, where C is for cold and N is for nitrogen; all inside **SAKE**=\"sort of wine\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Model, carrying gator, swanning round part of Brazil (4,6)","output":"### Answer: MATO GROSSO \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of Brazil\n=a western state of Brazil \n Kate **MOSS**=\"Model\" around (gator)* with \"swanning as anagrind + **O**=\"round\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crafty means of removing water from the bottom of rubbish footwear (5,4)","output":"### Answer: BILGE PUMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crafty means of removing water from the bottom\n=used to remove water form the bottom of a ship or craft\n **BILGE**=\"rubbish\" + **PUMP**=\"footwear\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expressive English and Latin quote about new inside (8)","output":"### Answer: ELOQUENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Expressive\n**E** (English) + **L** (Latin) + (quote)* with **N** (new) inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boost Duke's broadcast (6)","output":"### Answer: FILLIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boost\nhomophone of\/\"broadcast\": Prince 'Philip', Duke of Edinburgh"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American insect's joint end (5)","output":"### Answer: ROACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: American insect\n=US word for cockroach; =the end of a marijuana joint"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Voice complaint leading to Nutmeg's end (9)","output":"### Answer: OBJECTIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: end\n**OBJECT**=\"Voice complaint\" + **I'VE**=\"Nutmeg's\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hot drink, second cuppa? (5)","output":"### Answer: MOCHA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hot drink\n**MO**=moment=\"second\" + **CHA**=tea=\"cuppa\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Learn to handle worthy com\u00admittees with no yen to adapt (4,2,5,4)","output":"### Answer: COME TO TERMS WITH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Learn to handle\n(worthy committees)* minus a y for \"yen\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unlikely\u00a0way to lose weight (4)","output":"### Answer: SLIM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unlikely\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man's close kin digging into tall grass for source of oil (8)","output":"### Answer: RAPESEED \n ### Explanation: Definition: source of oil\n**APES**=\"Man's close kin\" inside **REED**=\"tall grass\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: River into which two run somewhere in Texas (4,5)","output":"### Answer: FORT WORTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: somewhere in Texas\n**FORTH**=\"River\" with **TWO** inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Antelope's niff embodying another left by papa (5)","output":"### Answer: BONGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Antelope\n=a species of antelope\n **BO**=body odour=\"niff\", around P**ONG**=\"another\" niff; minus P for \"papa\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Field unaffected by motorway (5)","output":"### Answer: REALM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Field\n**REAL**=without affectation, \"unaffected\" + **M** for \"motorway\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Home in Tyneside continues to be Kitty's expectation (4,5)","output":"### Answer: NINE LIVES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kitty's expectation\n**IN**=at \"Home\", inside **NE**=North East of England=\"Tyneside\" + **LIVES**=\"continues to be\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet and innocent youngster admitting woman's in charge (8)","output":"### Answer: CHERUBIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sweet and innocent\n**CUB**=\"youngster\" around **HER**=\"woman\"; + **IC** for \"in charge\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Illegal drug supplied by son came first from east (4)","output":"### Answer: SNOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Illegal drug\n=slang for cocaine\n **S** for \"son\" + **WON**=\"came first\" reversed\/\"from east\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artfully trap crook, shut up periodically for remedial treatment (5,5,5)","output":"### Answer: SHORT SHARP SHOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: remedial treatment\n(trap crook)* with **SH**=\"shut up\" added in periodically"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drug\u00a0limited in urban areas? (5)","output":"### Answer: SPEED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drug\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fluid not listed, added where appropriate (7,2)","output":"### Answer: SLOTTED IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: added where appropriate\n(not listed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Particularly large guards right about killers, in the main (5)","output":"### Answer: ORCAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: killers, in the main\n=killer whales, in the \"main\" or ocean\n **OS**=over size=\"Particularly large\" around **R** for \"right\" and **CA**=circa=\"about\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Increasingly nervous, one pierces top (7)","output":"### Answer: JUMPIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Increasingly nervous\n**I**=\"one\" in **JUMPER**=\"top\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Censor cinema and theatre obscenities to start with (4)","output":"### Answer: CATO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Censor\nCato the Elder was a Roman censor or magistrate\n starting letters of **C**inema **A**nd **T**heatre **O**bscenities"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of joint osteopath's enthusiastic about? (4)","output":"### Answer: INTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: enthusiastic about\nhidden in jo**INT O**steopath"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deserving party comes in for new criticism (10)","output":"### Answer: EARBASHING \n ### Explanation: Definition: criticism\n**EAR**N**ING**=\"Deserving\" but with **BASH**=\"party\" coming in for an N=\"new\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor Holding questioned everybody's function (6,4)","output":"### Answer: MASKED BALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: function\n**MB**=Bachelor of Medicine=\"Doctor\" around **ASKED**=\"questioned\"; plus **ALL**=\"everybody\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: War, an illegal act starts it (7)","output":"### Answer: CRIMEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: War\n**AN**, with **CRIME**=\"illegal act\" at the start"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rear exit keeping spa hotel free from water (9)","output":"### Answer: ANHYDROUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: free from water\n**ANUS**=\"Rear exit\" around **HYDRO**=\"spa hotel\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dimwits use explosive in Bikini, for instance (10)","output":"### Answer: SWIMSUITED \n ### Explanation: Definition: in Bikini, for instance\n(Dimwits use)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Food helping to keep you regular is flourishing (10)","output":"### Answer: BRANDISHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: is flourishing\n**BRAN DISHES**=\"Food helping to keep you regular\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anticipates key periods of abstinence for Spooner (9)","output":"### Answer: FORECASTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Anticipates\nSpoonerism of CORE FASTS=\"key periods of abstinence\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Solvent of superb quality (7)","output":"### Answer: ACETONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Solvent\n**ACE**=\"superb\" + **TONE**=\"quality\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vehicle's contents I removed from empty street changing hands (7)","output":"### Answer: VANLOAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vehicle's contents\nI removed from **VA**I**N**=\"empty\" + R**OAD**=\"street\" with R (right) changing hands to **L** (left)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arouse suspicion ultimately at end of trail (5)","output":"### Answer: WAKEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arouse\nthe last letter of suspicio**N** after **WAKE**=\"trail\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contributor to choirboy's mounting enthusiasm? (4)","output":"### Answer: BRIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: enthusiasm\nHidden and reversed\/\"Contributor to\u2026 mounting\" inside ch**OIRB**oy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On odd occasions insanity doesn't occur (4)","output":"### Answer: ISNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: doesn't occur\nodd letters from **I**n**S**a**N**i**T**y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Female soldiers lock castle (8)","output":"### Answer: FORTRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: castle\n**F** (Female) + **OR**=other ranks=\"soldiers\" + **TRESS**=\"lock\" of hair"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Business leader does, perhaps, return stock (5)","output":"### Answer: BREED \n ### Explanation: Definition: stock\n**B**usiness + **DEER**=e.g. more than one doe=\"does, perhaps\" reversed\/\"return\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Behind\u00a0main square (4)","output":"### Answer: SEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Behind\n~~double definition I think, with \"main square\"=centre of authority=SEAT~~\n *edit thanks to thezed: **SEA**=\"main\" + **T** as in T-square, a drawing instrument"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lancaster's collecting new rate for relatives (5-5)","output":"### Answer: GREAT AUNTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: relatives\n**GAUNT'S**=\"Lancaster's\", around (rate)*\n John of Gaunt was Duke of Lancaster"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Let Liberal relax with daughter (6)","output":"### Answer: LEASED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Let\n**L** (Liberal) + **EASE**=\"relax\" + **D** (Daughter)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Courtesy of chief rival wounded close to Burgundy (8)","output":"### Answer: CHIVALRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Courtesy\n**CH** (chief) + (rival)* + Burgund**Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fall over in middle of breezy Oval (7)","output":"### Answer: ELLIPSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Oval\n**SPILL**=\"Fall\" reversed\/\"over, inside the middle letters of br**EE**zy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opposed to profits at banks (7)","output":"### Answer: AGAINST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Opposed to\n**GAINS**=\"profits\" with **AT** on its sides\/\"banks\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Garden rubbish primarily encourages sloth, maybe (8)","output":"### Answer: EDENTATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: sloth, maybe\n=an order of mammals including the sloth and armadillo\n **EDEN**=\"Garden\" + **TAT**=\"rubbish\" + **E**ncourages"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Spanish fly around conflict (6)","output":"### Answer: TANGLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: conflict\n**EL**=\"The [in] Spanish\" + **GNAT**=\"fly\"; all reversed\/\"around\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passed front of harbour, also English port (6,4)","output":"### Answer: HANDED OVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Passed\n**H**arbour + **AND**=\"also\" + **E** (English) + **DOVER**=\"port\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What I've got here contributes to ancient history (4)","output":"### Answer: THIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: What I've got here\nhidden in ancien**T HIS**tory"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contented double parking in grass (5)","output":"### Answer: HAPPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Contented\n**P** (parking) twice in **HAY**=\"grass\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tory hunt victory (8)","output":"### Answer: CONQUEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: victory\n**CON**=conservative=\"Tory\" + **QUEST**=\"hunt\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Predict toll-free trips (8)","output":"### Answer: FORETELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Predict\n(toll-free)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Music group releases record \u2014 Let It Be (4)","output":"### Answer: STET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Let It Be\n=an editor's instruction to leave something as written\n **SEPTET**=\"Music group\", letting go of\/releasing the **EP**=\"record\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Magistrates rise to defend a marine boss (3,3)","output":"### Answer: SEA GOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: marine boss\n**DOGES**=\"Magistrates\" reversed\/\"rise\" around **A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: German city church makes one concentrate (7)","output":"### Answer: ESSENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: concentrate\n**ESSEN**=\"German city\" + **CE**=Church of England"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Helping a person to keep dry (8)","output":"### Answer: ABETTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Helping\n**A** + **BEING**=\"person\" around **TT**=teetotal=\"dry\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Name place for 50 in corres\u00adpondence (10)","output":"### Answer: REPUTATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Name\n**PUT**=\"Place\" taking the place of **L**=\"50\u2033 in **RELATION**=\"correspondence\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cutter travelled north to save Italian (6)","output":"### Answer: EDITOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cutter\n**RODE**=\"travelled\" reversed upwards\/\"north\" around **IT** (Italian)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strip for these gaunt ducks (6-4)","output":"### Answer: SKINNY DIPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Strip for these\n**SKINNY**=\"gaunt\" + **DIPS**=\"ducks\" as in move downwards"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stalls stocking Times replacements (8)","output":"### Answer: STANDBYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: replacements\n**STANDS**=\"Stalls\" around **BY**=\"Times\" as in '6 by 5 equals 3 times 10'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most daft stories appear in random list (8)","output":"### Answer: SILLIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most daft\n**LIES**=\"stories\" in (list)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Notice about Queen Victoria's delivery in court (7)","output":"### Answer: SERVICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: delivery in court\n=as in a tennis service\n **SEE**=\"Notice\" around **R** (regina)=\"Queen\" + **VIC** (Victoria)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Duke hates novel offering more than one ending (6)","output":"### Answer: DEATHS \n ### Explanation: Definition: more than one ending\n**D** (Duke) + (hates)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Broadcast unsettled John (6)","output":"### Answer: THRONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: John\n=toilet\n Homophone\/\"Broadcast\" of: 'thrown'=\"unsettled\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Constant regret follows Tory leader (4)","output":"### Answer: TRUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Constant\n**RUE**=\"regret\" after **T**ory"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boots' foremost more luxurious make-up (7)","output":"### Answer: BLUSHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: make-up\n**B**oots + **LUSHER**=\"more luxurious\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charlie left outside in a tizzy (7)","output":"### Answer: EXCITED \n ### Explanation: Definition: in a tizzy\n**C** (Charlie) with **EXITED**=\"left\" outside it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Midsummer Day ends with a group of sailors (3)","output":"### Answer: RYA \n ### Explanation: Definition: group of sailors\n=Royal Yachting Association\n the ends of Midsumme**R** Da**Y**, with **A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quiet period for percussion, around 50 cents? (3,8)","output":"### Answer: THE DOLDRUMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quiet period\n**THE DRUMS**=\"percussion\" around **DOL**lar=half dollar=\"50 cents?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Symbolic house of the listener? (8)","output":"### Answer: SEMIOTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Symbolic\n**SEMI**[-detached]=type of \"house\" + **OTIC**=relating to the ear=\"of the listener\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regularly abreast, saving time for the news? Drink up and get ready for the worst (6,4,3,7)","output":"### Answer: BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: get ready for the worst \nregular letters from a**B**r**E**a**S**t, around\/saving all of: **AT TEN**=\"time for the news\" + **DOWN THE HATCH**=\"Drink up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flipping competition car reverses, breaking a knee\u00adcap in bits (7,4)","output":"### Answer: PANCAKE RACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flipping competition\n**CAR** reversed inside (a kneecap)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Environment suitable for tailless mammal (3)","output":"### Answer: SEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Environment suitable for tailless mammal\n**SEA**L=\"tailless mammal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be lavish and encourage the snake promoter (4,3,4,3)","output":"### Answer: PUSH THE BOAT OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Be lavish\n**PUSH THE BOA TOUT**=\"encourage the snake promoter\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He dealt poorly with non-monogamous behaviour, being lazy (8,3,4)","output":"### Answer: SWINGING THE LEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: being lazy\n=nautical slang referring to lead-weighted ropes used to gauge the depth of water.\n Brewer's gives: \"an allusion to the lazy leadsman idly swinging the line and protracting the job of taking soundings\"(he dealt)* after **SWINGING**=\"non-monogamous behaviour\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Why said boozer is among places for those who like to indulge (9)","output":"### Answer: SYBARITES \n ### Explanation: Definition: those who like to indulge\n**Y**=pronounced like 'why'=\"Why said\" + **BAR**=\"boozer\"; inside **SITES**=\"places\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Copy letter in delight (7)","output":"### Answer: EMULATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Copy\n**MU**=Greek \"letter\" in **ELATE**=\"delight\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Polynesian artist grabbing a paintbrush at last (8)","output":"### Answer: TAHITIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Polynesian\n**TITIAN**=\"artist\" around **A** paintbrus**H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: There may be two edits then, corrected after the girl gets drunk (5,6,2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND \n ### Explanation: Definition: drunk\n(There)* with \"may be\" as anagrind + (two edits then)* with \"corrected\" as anagrind, after **SHE**=\"the girl\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In days gone by, receiving only television's first channel (3,6)","output":"### Answer: THE SOLENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: channel\n**THEN**=\"In days gone by\" around **SOLE**=\"only\" + **T**elevision"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old money does badly, if copper is involved (6)","output":"### Answer: ESCUDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old money\n=former Portuguese currency\n (does)* around **CU**=chemical symbol for \"copper\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Possible property holding in quaint, rustic setting (2,5)","output":"### Answer: IN TRUST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Possible property holding\nletters hidden in qua**INT RUST**ic"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guys overwhelmed by debts start to default (5)","output":"### Answer: DUDES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Guys\n**DUES**=\"debts\" around **D**efault"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A Philistine in church? Christmas must be coming up for one so fickle (9)","output":"### Answer: CHAMELEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: one so fickle\n**A** + **ME**=\"Phillistine\", all inside **CH** (church) + **NOEL** reversed=\"Christmas must be coming up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Got hold of shank? (9)","output":"### Answer: CONTACTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Got hold of\nnot sure \u2013 anyone?\n *Edit thanks to beery hiker and Shirl: \"shank\" is 'shrank' losing an 'r'; **CONTACTED** is CONTRACTED losing an 'r'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like minor German and European furore (8)","output":"### Answer: UNDERAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like minor\n**UND**=\"German [for] and\" + **E** (European) + **RAGE**+\"furore\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kimonos may be useful on the slopes of Mount Fuji (7)","output":"### Answer: MONOSKI \n ### Explanation: Definition: useful on the slopes of Mount Fuji\n=a single ski attached to both boots\n (Kimonos)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Terrestrial radiophones not paid off (7)","output":"### Answer: ONSHORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Terrestrial\n(radiophones)* minus letters from \"paid\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scruffy label on scruffy item of clothing (6)","output":"### Answer: RAGTAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scruffy\n**TAG**=\"label\" after **RAG**=\"scruffy item of clothing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Naval administrator in picture frame turned spy (5)","output":"### Answer: PEPYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Naval administrator\n=Samuel Pepys\n the \"frame\" or outer letters of **P**ictur**E** + (spy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Manoeuvre fails to start in range (5)","output":"### Answer: AMBIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: range\nG**AMBIT**=\"Manoeuvre\" minus its starting letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Survey\u00a0the landscape (8)","output":"### Answer: PROSPECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Survey\ndouble definition, as a verb and as a noun"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Interrupt prince filling beer mug (4,2)","output":"### Answer: STEP IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Interrupt\n**P** (prince) inside **STEIN**=\"beer mug\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Corruption riddled Mrs Grundy's project (8)","output":"### Answer: PROTRUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: project\nPROTRUDE=\"project\" as a verb\n **ROT**=\"Corruption\" inside **PRUDE**=\"Mrs Grundy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One thinking about a gun (6)","output":"### Answer: MAUSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: gun\nMAUSER is a make of gun\u00a0\n **MUSER**=\"One thinking\" about **A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl preferably tours India (5)","output":"### Answer: ELSIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Girl\nI assume this is **ELSE**=\"preferably\" around **I** for India,\n but I can't quite see how 'else'=\"preferably\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A liberal excited about new performer (9)","output":"### Answer: BALLERINA \n ### Explanation: Definition: performer\n(A liberal)* around **N** for \"new\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Officers rent shop (7,5)","output":"### Answer: GENERAL STORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: shop\n**GENERALS**=\"Officers\" + **TORE**,**\u00a0**past tense of 'tear'=\"rent\", past tense of 'rend'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Film star is unsteady, but no retakes (6,6)","output":"### Answer: BUSTER KEATON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Film star\n(but no retakes)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Entomb priest with alien? Explain! (9)","output":"### Answer: INTERPRET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Explain\n**INTER**=\"Entomb\" + **PR** (priest) + **ET**=extra-terrestrial=\"alien\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: General meaning of vocalist (5)","output":"### Answer: TENOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: General meaning\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The prohibition of an ancient city (6)","output":"### Answer: THEBAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: of an ancient city\n**THE** + **BAN**=\"prohibition\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boil acid mistakenly? That's hellish! (8)","output":"### Answer: DIABOLIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: hellish\n(Boil acid)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Engineer initially provides exhaust and fixtures (6)","output":"### Answer: EVENTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: fixtures\n**Engineer** + **VENTS**=\"provides exhaust\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One agreeing to make fool join (8)","output":"### Answer: ASSENTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One agreeing\n**ASS**=\"fool\" + **ENTER**=\"join\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dad's favourite child? (6)","output":"### Answer: POPPET \n ### Explanation: Definition: child\n**POP**=\"Dad\" + **PET**=\"favourite\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Died first protecting old player (6)","output":"### Answer: OBOIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: player\n**OB**=\"Died\" (short for Latin *obiit*) + **IST**=1st=\"first\"; around **O** for \"old\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exercises Rex finds demanding? Struggle on! (9)","output":"### Answer: PERSEVERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Struggle on\n**PE**=Physical Education=\"Exercises\" + **R** for \"Rex\" + **SEVERE**=\"demanding\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charlie's poem on waves is crackers (4-8)","output":"### Answer: CODE BREAKERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: crackers\n**C** for \"Charlie\" + **ODE**=\"poem\" + **BREAKERS**=\"waves\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Follow Tory leader contest (5)","output":"### Answer: TRACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Follow\n**T**ory + **RACE**=\"contest\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: God is present, I assume (8)","output":"### Answer: POSEIDON \n ### Explanation: Definition: God\n**POSE** as a verb=\"present\" + **I** + **DON**=take on=\"assume\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hurried back, considered and told the tale (8)","output":"### Answer: NARRATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: told the tale\n**RAN**=\"Hurried\" reversed\/\"back\" + **RATED**=\"considered\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small talk on amazing sale in food stores (12)","output":"### Answer: PLEASANTRIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small talk\n(sale)* in **PANTRIES**=\"food stores\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go away with list that can be bagged (9)","output":"### Answer: SHOOTABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: that can be bagged\n**SHOO**=\"Go away\" + **TABLE**=\"list\", as a way of presenting information"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailors in the drink? (8)","output":"### Answer: ABSINTHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\n**ABS**=**a**ble-**b**odied seaman plus an '**s**'=\"Sailors\" + **IN THE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wears tie loosely, so to speak (2,2,4)","output":"### Answer: AS IT WERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: so to speak\n(Wears tie)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A knight allowed jewellery (6)","output":"### Answer: ANKLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: jewellery\n**AN**=\"A\" + **K** for \"knight\" + **LET**=\"allowed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tonic for people in Britain (6)","output":"### Answer: BRACER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tonic\n**RACE**=\"people\" in **BR** (Britain)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kick back produced by six elements (5)","output":"### Answer: REACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kick back\n\"six\" refers to 6dn, TRACE, and **REACT** is an anagram of the elements\/letters of TRACE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Container in mind for rifle (7)","output":"### Answer: CARBINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: rifle\n**BIN**=\"Container\" in **CARE**=\"mind\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put in angle \u2014 in briefly? (7)","output":"### Answer: FADDISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: in briefly?\n\"in\" meaning fashionable\n **ADD**=\"Put\" inside **FISH**=\"angle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Star group written about in contemporary literature (4)","output":"### Answer: LYRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Star group\n**LYRA** is a constellation of stars\n Hidden\/\"written\" and reversed\/\"about\" in contempor**ARY L**iterature"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sudden pain working for plant (10)","output":"### Answer: SNAPDRAGON \n ### Explanation: Definition: plant\n**SNAP**=\"Sudden\" as in 'snap election' + **DRAG**=something tiresome=\"pain\" + **ON**=\"working\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some criminal, in earnest, going straight (6)","output":"### Answer: LINEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: going straight\nHidden\/\"Some\" in crimina**L IN EAR**nest"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In a particular way, maybe the Guardian's saved in time (8)","output":"### Answer: DAINTILY \n ### Explanation: Definition: In a particular way\n**DAILY**=\"maybe the Guardian\" around **IN** + **T** (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leader May frantic \u2014 something cooked up in advance (5,4)","output":"### Answer: READY MEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: something cooked up in advance\n(Leader May)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grapes not available then? Fleeced? (5)","output":"### Answer: OVINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fleeced?\n**OVINE** meaning 'like a sheep'\n **O VINE**=zero vine=\"Grapes not available then?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Minute error initially in damaged travel pass (3,6)","output":"### Answer: BUS TICKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: travel pass\n**TICK**=small amount of time=\"Minute\" + initial letter of\u00a0**E**rror; all inside **BUST**=\"damaged\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Embarrassing blunder by black\u00adguard, fellow punching bore (8)","output":"### Answer: PRATFALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Embarrassing blunder\n**RAT**=\"blackguard\" + **F** (fellow); both inside **PALL**=become less appealing=\"bore\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tory with top story thus appearing in many papers (6,7)","output":"### Answer: ANDREA LEADSOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tory\n=Conservative politician, current Leader of the House of Commons\n **AND**=\"with\", plus all of: **LEAD**=\"top story\" + **SO**=\"thus\", both inside **REAM**=\"many papers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article secured by French detectives \u2014 for a tanner? (6,4)","output":"### Answer: GALLIC ACID \n ### Explanation: Definition: for a tanner?\nGallic Acid is a type of tannin used to make leather\n **A**=\"Article\" inside: **GALLIC**=\"French\" + **CID**=\"detectives\"=Criminal Investigation Department"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ferry terminal in Felixstowe has shot ahead (4)","output":"### Answer: TOTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ferry\n**TOTE**=transport around=\"Ferry\"\n last letter\/\"terminal\" in Felixstow**E**, with **TOT**=\"shot [of e.g. whisky]\" ahead of it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sentence perhaps key, last of many by writer (7)","output":"### Answer: PENALTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sentence\n**ALT**=\"perhaps key [on a computer keyboard]\" + last letter of man**Y**; all next to **PEN**=\"writer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No matter when, party in the end consumed by self-loathing? (7)","output":"### Answer: ANYTIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: No matter when\nend of part**Y** inside **ANTI-ME**=\"self-loathing?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ridiculously bad cabinet minister ultimately a boring tool (5,3,3)","output":"### Answer: BRACE AND BIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: boring too\n=a tool used to drill or bore holes into wood \n (bad cabinet **r**)*, where the r is the last\/ultimate letter of ministe**r"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hypothetical solution to sum never extremely diabolical (7)","output":"### Answer: NOSTRUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hypothetical solution\n=a fanciful suggested remedy\n (to sum **nr**)*, where **nr** is from the extremes of **n**eve**r"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I slid coat off, relaxed after being pumped up? (9)","output":"### Answer: DIASTOLIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: relaxed after being pumped up\n=referring to the part of the cardiac cycle where the heart is at rest between beats\n (I slid coat)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tories all repent, not half floundering \u2014 look away, if you don't want to know! (7,5)","output":"### Answer: SPOILER ALERT \n ### Explanation: Definition: look away, if you don't want to know!\n(tories all **rep**)*, where **rep**=\"**rep**ent not half\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Player catching a target with smooth stone (6,7)","output":"### Answer: SANDRA BULLOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Player\n\"Player\" meaning actor\n **A BULL**=\"a target\" caught inside: **SAND**=\"smooth\" + **ROCK**=\"stone\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Dress in a state', declares expert fashion designer (9,7)","output":"### Answer: DONATELLA VERSACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fashion designer\n**DON**=\"Dress in\" + **A** + **TELL**=\"state\" + **AVERS**=\"declares\" + **ACE**=\"expert\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Balls move from side to side after Tottenham taking the lead? (7)","output":"### Answer: TWADDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Balls\n=nonsense\n **WADDLE**=\"move from side to side\" after **T** for Tottenham"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creole tune originally played as synthesised music (7)","output":"### Answer: ELECTRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: synthesised music\n(Creole **t**)*, where **t** is from **t**une"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Awfully clean on top of table, surgeon's knife (6)","output":"### Answer: LANCET \n ### Explanation: Definition: surgeon's knife\n(clean)* + **T**able"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Were a couple\u00a0old-fashioned? (5)","output":"### Answer: DATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Were a couple\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They measure explosions in furnaces too badly packed inside (8)","output":"### Answer: KILOTONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They measure explosions\n**KILNS**=\"furnaces\" with (too)* inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unlike base with a forensic force in charge (6)","output":"### Answer: ACIDIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unlike base\na \"base\" or alkali is a chemical substance that can neutralise acids\n **A** + **CID**=Criminal Investigation Department=\"forensic force\" + **IC** (in charge)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Judicially determine how one may be legally punished in hearing (4)","output":"### Answer: FIND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Judicially determine\nhomophone\/\"in hearing\" of 'fined'=\"how one may be legally punished\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like coat securely put on, or pulled off (8,2)","output":"### Answer: BUTTONED UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like coat securely put on\ndouble definition: ='fastened up'; or ='carried out successfully'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Joking line not OK, in verse for ad (6)","output":"### Answer: JINGLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: verse for ad\nthe letters from **JokING LinE** minus **OK** and **in"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Civil in the extreme, fired European in job (8)","output":"### Answer: POLITEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Civil in the extreme\n**LIT**=\"fired\" + **E** (European); all inside **POST**=\"job\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Comprehensive school finally featured on a blog, possibly (6)","output":"### Answer: GLOBAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Comprehensive\nfinal letter of schoo**L **after (a blog)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Composer appearing after end of last movement (6)","output":"### Answer: TRAVEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: movement\n**RAVEL**=\"Composer\" after the end letter of las**T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Twisted cables to form barrier (8)","output":"### Answer: OBSTACLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: barrier\n~~(cables)*~~\u00a0*Edit thanks to Hovis: (cables to)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Off-hand, cold and, as usual, ignoring us (6)","output":"### Answer: CASUAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Off-hand\n**C**\u00a0(cold) + **AS usUAL** ignoring **us"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eg Dante let Inferno become convoluted (10)","output":"### Answer: FLORENTINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Eg Dante\n(let Inferno)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eastern capital once proclaimed source of exotic food (4)","output":"### Answer: DELI \n ### Explanation: Definition: source of exotic food\nhomophone\/\"proclaimed\" of 'Delhi'=\"Eastern capital once\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It gets lost in translation on screen? Fine (6)","output":"### Answer: SUBTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fine\nSUBT**it**LE=\"translation on screen\", with the **it** getting lost"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One male without understanding is showing lack of practicality (8)","output":"### Answer: IDEALISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: lack of practicality\n**I**=\"One\" + **M** (male); around **DEAL**=\"understanding\" + **IS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: From Australia is ingeniously networking (8)","output":"### Answer: LIAISING \n ### Explanation: Definition: networking\nhidden in Austra**LIA IS ING**eniously"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Protective cover for outlaw or gangster (4)","output":"### Answer: HOOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Protective cover\ntriple definition, with 'outlaw'=Robin Hood"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pound caught up in disruption of euro or other currency (6)","output":"### Answer: ROUBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: other currency\n**LB**=\"Pound\" inside and reversed\/\"caught up in\" (euro)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Caught a bird, one that sings in December? (8)","output":"### Answer: CAROLLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one that sings in December?\n**C** (caught, cricket abbreviation) + **A** + **ROLLER**=type of \"bird\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rich man concealing anger over court orders (10)","output":"### Answer: DIRECTIVES \n ### Explanation: Definition: orders\n**DIVES**=Biblical \"Rich man\" around **IRE**=\"anger\" and **CT** (court)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Belligerent American visitor cut short dance music (6)","output":"### Answer: GIGUES \n ### Explanation: Definition: dance music\n**GI**=\"Belligerent American\" + **GUES[t]**=\"visitor cut short\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Taking part in dispute, suddenly reversed arrangements (3-3)","output":"### Answer: SET-UPS \n ### Explanation: Hidden\/\"Taking part in\" and \"reversed\" inside: di**SPUTE S**uddenly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Create work for another growth site being redeveloped (5-5)","output":"### Answer: GHOST-WRITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Create work for another\n(growth site)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: While century drew to a close, was upwardly mobile (8)","output":"### Answer: ASCENDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: was upwardly mobile\n**AS**=\"While\" + **C** (century) + **ENDED**=\"drew to a close\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fall sees changing trees becoming this (8)","output":"### Answer: LEAFLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fall sees changing trees becoming this\n(Fall sees)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Star group from, perhaps, Emerald Isle? Part of it (6)","output":"### Answer: GEMINI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Star group\n**GEM**=\"perhaps, Emerald\" + **I** (Isle) + **NI** (Northern Ireland)=\"Part of it [the Emerald Isle i.e. Ireland]\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Singer found in clubs endlessly, repeatedly turning up (6)","output":"### Answer: BULBUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Singer\n=a bird\n c**LUB**s without the end letters, repeated twice and reversed\/\"turning up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prepared to swallow Conservative cut (6)","output":"### Answer: CHEWED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prepared to swallow\n**C** (Conservative) + **HEWED**=\"cut\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conclusions from board you will ratify in an appropriate way (4)","output":"### Answer: DULY \n ### Explanation: Definition: in an appropriate way\nConclusions or final letters from boar**D** yo**U** wil**L** ratif**Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Casual unpacking of last of clothes from case in vehicle (8)","output":"### Answer: CAVALIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Casual\nlast letter of clothe**s** removed from **VALISE**=\"case\"; inside **CAR**=\"vehicle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Area on the backside of egg layer? (5)","output":"### Answer: OZONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: layer\n**ZONE**=\"Area\", after **O**=egg-shaped letter=\"egg\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vicious destruction of red rose for extra table? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: SIDE ORDERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: for extra table?\n**SID** Vicious the punk rock star + (red rose)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Desert rat free, according to the Spanish generals, initially taken aback (6)","output":"### Answer: GERBIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Desert rat\n**LIBRE**=\"free\" in Spanish + **G**=\"generals, initially\"; all reversed\/\"taken aback\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hip bandaged, he was given sword wound \u2014 it's worth taking the risk (3,5,4)","output":"### Answer: WHO DARES WINS \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's worth taking the risk\nIN=trendy=\"Hip\", inside\/\"bandaged\" with: (he was sword)*\n \"wound\" is the anagram indicator, as the past tense of the verb 'wind'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attacked from the air, farmhouse completely gutted, missiles sent over to claim it (7)","output":"### Answer: STRAFED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Attacked from the air\n**F**armhous**E **\"gutted\" with its insides removed; inside **DARTS**=\"missiles\" reversed\/\"sent over\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Killer dog biting equerry's rear with energy (7)","output":"### Answer: CYANIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Killer\n**CANID**=\"dog\" around equerr**Y**'s rear letter, + **E** (energy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Before success, star admitting close to bankrupt (8)","output":"### Answer: HITHERTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Before\n**HIT**=\"success\" + **HERO**=\"star\" around the closing letter of bankrup**T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clever bit: wife's seen through it (6)","output":"### Answer: SHREWD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clever\n**SHRED**=small part=\"bit\", with **W** (wife) inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Observing instrument, romantic composer embracing one with first of concerti (10)","output":"### Answer: MICROSCOPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Observing instrument\n(composer)* around: **I**=\"one\" + first letter of **C**oncerti\n \"romantic\" as the anagram indicator, roughly like 'fanciful'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Underwear a nipper rejected (5)","output":"### Answer: TANGA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Underwear\nTANGA=a type of briefs, often as bikini bottoms**\n A GNAT**=\"a nipper\" reversed\/\"rejected\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: River is close to oak tree (8)","output":"### Answer: TAMARISK \n ### Explanation: Definition: tree\n=a tree also known as the salt cedar\n **TAMAR**=\"River\" between Devon and Cornwall + **IS** + closing letter of oa**K"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capital growth faced by a postpubescent Superman (8)","output":"### Answer: TASHKENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Capital\n=Capital of Uzbekistan\n **TASH**=moustache=facial hair or \"growth faced by a postpubescent\"; plus Clark **KENT**=\"Superman\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plane that's inclined to get hit, given minimum of protection (4)","output":"### Answer: RAMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plane that's inclined\n**RAM**=\"hit\" + \"minimum\" or 'only one letter' of\u00a0**P**rotection"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Decoration stocked by department in Selfridges (6)","output":"### Answer: TINSEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Decoration\nhidden in departmen**T IN SEL**fridges"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shade reserved by man, while still dark (3-4)","output":"### Answer: PRE-DAWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: while still dark\n**RED**=\"Shade\", inside **PAWN**=chess piece=\"man\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Form studied in this equestrian sport good, in play (8)","output":"### Answer: TOPOLOGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Form studied in this\n=mathematical study involving the properties of spaces and shapes\n **POLO**=\"equestrian sport\" + **G** (good); all inside **TOY**=\"play\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old shoemaker in business with change in drawer (10)","output":"### Answer: CORDWAINER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old shoemaker\n**CO** (company)=\"business\" + (in drawer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stuff written about Edward's crown in the king's name? (6)","output":"### Answer: GEORGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: the king's name?\n**GORGE**=eat too much=\"Stuff\"; around the crown or top\/first letter of **E**dward"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turner entertained by escort's prattle (10)","output":"### Answer: BLATHERING \n ### Explanation: Definition: prattle\n**LATHE**=a rotating tool=\"Turner\", inside **BRING**=\"escort\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Transport service on track, tours are derailed (8)","output":"### Answer: EUROSTAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Transport service on track\n(tours are)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Selection of homemade wines showing a sparkling quality on the surface? (8)","output":"### Answer: DEWINESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: a sparkling quality on the surface?\n=the quality of being dewy\n Hidden in homema**DE WINES S**howing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Advance payments finally withdrawn from Newcastle area (2,5)","output":"### Answer: GO FORTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Advance\nfinal letter of payment**s\u00a0**removed from **GOsFORTH**=\"Newcastle area\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Halfwits find bit of test oddly lacking (6)","output":"### Answer: IDIOTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Halfwits\nodd letters removed from f**I**n**D** b**I**t **O**f **T**e**S**t"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second cuppa, well hot! (6)","output":"### Answer: STEAMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: hot!\n**S** (second) + **TEA**=\"cuppa\" + **MY**=surprised interjection=\"well\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Group studying hotel in Nottinghamshire town (8)","output":"### Answer: WORKSHOP \n ### Explanation: Definition:  Group studying\n**H** (hotel) in **WORKSOP**=\"Nottinghamshire town\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lakeside parking provided for stars \u2026 (6)","output":"### Answer: PLOUGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: stars\nthe PLOUGH is a constellation of \"stars\"\n **LOUGH**=loch or \"Lake\", to the side of **P** (parking)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 a great one is fit to work (7)","output":"### Answer: CANOPUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: a great one\n=the name of a bright star, or \"\u2026a great one\", linked back to \"stars\u2026\" at the end of the clue for 1ac\n **CAN**=\"is fit to\" + **OPUS**=\"work\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is it reasonable not to have a second pint? (9)","output":"### Answer: RATIONALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Is it reasonable\n**RATION ALE** roughly equals \"not to have a second pint?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Busy, not initially having done very much (2,3)","output":"### Answer: NO END \n ### Explanation: Definition: very much\n\"Busy\" is the anagrind for (**n** done)*, with **n** being the initial of \"not\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Editor's leader on the reason for reciting poem (5)","output":"### Answer: ELEGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: poem\n**E**ditor's leading letter + **LEG**=\"on\" side of the field in cricket + **Y** as a homophone\/\"reciting\" of 'why'=\"reason for\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nobody but Spooner could give us the language of the wisecracker! (9)","output":"### Answer: PIPSQUEAK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nobody\n=not anybody of significance\n Spoonerism of 'Quip-Speak'=\"the language of the wisecracker!\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Social climber puts about the stuff of the aesthete (7)","output":"### Answer: UPSTART \n ### Explanation: Definition: Social climber\n(puts)* + **ART**=\"the stuff of the aesthete\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country golf club admits women! (6)","output":"### Answer: RWANDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Country\n**R AND A**=Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews; around **W** (women)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cutter served in the US Army, 75% retired (6)","output":"### Answer: JIGSAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cutter\n=a tool with a cutting blade\n 75% or 6\/8 of the letters from **WAS GI J**oe=\"served in the US army\"; then reversed\/\"retired'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flying team picked up crown prince, then bragged (7)","output":"### Answer: AIRCREW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flying team\n**AIR**=homophone\/\"picked up\" of 'heir'=\"crown prince\"; plus **CREW**=past tense of crow=\"bragged\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: However, American's the bluntest tool in the box? (9)","output":"### Answer: LEASTWISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: However, American\n=US word for \"However\"\n **LEAST WISE**=metaphorically \"the bluntest tool in the box?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feelings about individual stay in power (5)","output":"### Answer: VIBES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feelings\n**BE**=\"stay\" in **VIS**=Latin for force, \"power\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stuart guy prone to make flamboyant bid? (5,9)","output":"### Answer: YOUNG PRETENDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stuart guy prone to make flamboyant bid?\n=a name for Bonnie Prince Charlie who laid claim to the British throne\n (guy prone)* with \"make flamboyant\" as anagrind; plus **TENDER**=\"bid\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: By-product of burning food injected to power donkey (4,5)","output":"### Answer: PEAT SMOKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: By-product of burning\n**EATS**=\"food\" put inside:\u00a0**P** (power) + **MOKE**=\"donkey\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Novice winked nervously at auction (3,3,2,3,5)","output":"### Answer: NEW KID ON THE BLOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Novice\n(winked)* + **ON THE BLOCK**=\"at auction\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nouveau riche location second to be struck off, substandard (7)","output":"### Answer: PARVENU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nouveau riche\n**VENUe**, with the second letter to \"b**e**\" struck off; and placed in the grid **below PAR**=\"**substandard**\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tyres we want him to win, we hear (9)","output":"### Answer: GOODYEARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tyres\n**GOODY**=the good guy, hero of the story=\"we want him to win\" + **EARS**=\"we hear\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slowly, stealthily I move here, peer coyly over walls (7)","output":"### Answer: CREEPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Slowly, stealthily I move\nHidden\/'walled inside' and reversed\/\"over\", in: \"he**RE PEER C**oyly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Initially, our series where you may question Vishy sacrificing a queen (1,3,1)","output":"### Answer: N AND Q \n ### Explanation: Definition: Initially, our series where you may question\nThe initials of the Guardian's column,\u00a0*Notes and Queries *[\n Vishy **ANAND** the former world chess champion , losing an **A**; and plus **Q** (queen)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Puzzling form on the upturn, United knocked us out (6)","output":"### Answer: SUDOKU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Puzzling form\nreversal\/\"on the upturn\" of **U** (United) + **KO'D US**=\"knocked us out\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Covering\u00a0threes, when having a bet (6)","output":"### Answer: CARPET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Covering\n**CARPET**=betting term meaning odds of three to one"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Page is upset about bloody count not opening vents (9)","output":"### Answer: SPIRACULA \n ### Explanation: Definition: vents\n=breathing holes or orifices\n **P** (Page) with **IS** reversed\/\"upset\" around it; plus D**RACULA**=\"bloody count\" without its opening letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top tip for real trivia nuts, including son heading for Eggheads \u2014 he's aiming high (9)","output":"### Answer: ARRIVISTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: he's aiming high\n(R trivia S)* + heading\/first letter of **E**ggheads\n \"nuts\" is the anagrind, with fodder: **R**eal + trivia + **S**\u00a0(son)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wife in a photograph with a young rascal (14)","output":"### Answer: WHIPPERSNAPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: young rascal\n**W** (wife) + **HIP**=\"in\"=trendy + **PER**=\"a\" + **SNAP**=\"photograph\" + **PER**=\"a\" as in 'an apple a day'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Such as divides old man and young woman, endlessly arising (3,3)","output":"### Answer: AGE GAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Such as divides old man and young woman\n**E.G.**=\"Such as\", dividing a reversal\/\"arising\" of: **PA**=\"old man\" + **GA**L=\"young woman, endlessly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Players' practice over, hitched round London's theatreland (4,3)","output":"### Answer: WEST END \n ### Explanation: Definition: London's theatreland\n**NETS**=cricket \"Players' practice\", reversed\/\"over\"; and with **WED**=\"hitched\" around"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: List issuer, sly old crook (6)","output":"### Answer: LLOYD\u2019S \n ### Explanation: Definition: List issuer\nreferring to Lloyd's List \n (sly old)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps procured dress very smartly (3,2)","output":"### Answer: TOG UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: dress very smartly\n**TOG UP**=crossword instructions to reverse TOG; giving GOT=\"Perhaps procured\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What beer maker does by the book (7)","output":"### Answer: HEBREWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: book\n=book of the Bible\n **HE BREWS** =\"What beer maker does\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Delivered from appalling deceit by rector (7)","output":"### Answer: RECITED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Delivered\n(deceit)* next to **R** (rector)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fire's worse than this, they say (6,3)","output":"### Answer: FRYING PAN \n ### Explanation: referring to the phrase 'out of the frying pan into the fire'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Briefly, it is going to make fabric (5)","output":"### Answer: TWILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Briefly, it is going to\n'**TWILL**=contraction of 'it will'=\"Briefly, it is going to\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Omit\u00a0captain (4)","output":"### Answer: SKIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Omit\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where to buy a jumper? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: FLEA MARKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where to buy a jumper?\ncryptic def, with **FLEA**=\"jumper\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foreigner's reason to travel (6)","output":"### Answer: SENORA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Foreigner\n(reason)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Journalist's self-introduction to make a stir (7)","output":"### Answer: IMPRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: to make a stir\n**I'M PRESS**=\"Journalist's self-introduction\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fixed arrangement with Edward (7)","output":"### Answer: PLANTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fixed\n**PLAN**=\"arrangement\" + **TED**=\"Edward\"\n I spent a little while trying to make this from\u00a0PLANT + ED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good worker on railway platform (6)","output":"### Answer: GANTRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: platform\n=a supporting frame used in construction\n **G** (Good) + **ANT**=\"worker\" + **RY** (RailwaY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Throw fruit at singer (5,5)","output":"### Answer: CHUCK BERRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: singer\n**CHUCK**=\"Throw\" + **BERRY**=\"fruit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fool of a fielder finally dropped (4)","output":"### Answer: GULL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fool\nGULL=\"Fool\" as a verb or noun \u2013 related to 'gullible'\n **GULL**y=fielding position in cricket=\"fielder\", with the final letter dropped"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old railway company acquires one ship (5)","output":"### Answer: LINER \n ### Explanation: Definition: ship\n**LNER**=London and North-Eastern Railway around **I**=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flowing stream meets obstruction in its canals? (9)","output":"### Answer: AMSTERDAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: in its canals?\nAmsterdam is known for its canals\n (stream)* + **DAM**=\"obstruction\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contemptuously treat group going to break up (7)","output":"### Answer: DISBAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: break up\n**DIS** or 'diss'=\"Contemptuously treat\" + **BAND**=\"group\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ruin meal, introducing a bit of controversy (7)","output":"### Answer: SCUPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ruin\n**SUPPER**=\"meal\" around **C**ontroversy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lifts paper he's holding (5)","output":"### Answer: HEFTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lifts\n**FT** (Financial Times)=\"paper\", inside **HE'S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stall: obtain herb here, they say (3,4)","output":"### Answer: BUY TIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stall\nsoukds like\/\"they say\": 'buy thyme'=\"obtain herb\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Concerned to trap seabird (4)","output":"### Answer: ERNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: seabird\nHidden in conc**ERNE**d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Law of give and take? (6,3,6)","output":"### Answer: SUPPLY AND DEMAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Law of give and take?\ncryptic definition referring to the economic 'Laws' of supply and demand"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agonising errors ruined children's game (4-1-4,1,5)","output":"### Answer: RING A RING O\u2019 ROSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: children's game\n(Agonising errors)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stealing pet that's briefly asleep? (10)","output":"### Answer: CATNAPPING \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's briefly asleep\nCAT-NAPPING might=\"Stealing pet\", as in kidnapping"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cause to laugh about river becoming thin stream (7)","output":"### Answer: TRICKLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: thin stream\n**TICKLE**=\"Cause to laugh\" around **R** (river)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wrong suit led is weakening (7)","output":"### Answer: DILUTES \n ### Explanation: Definition: weakening\n(suit led)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country OK? No, rather bad (5,5)","output":"### Answer: NORTH KOREA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Country\n(OK No rather)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The best came first, drunk (7)","output":"### Answer: PICKLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: drunk\n**PICK**=\"The best\" + **LED**=\"came first\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maul poor current students and one old one (7)","output":"### Answer: ALUMNUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: one old one\n(Maul)* + **NUS**=National Union of Students=\"current students\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make conveniently bigger\u00a0summary (5,2)","output":"### Answer: ROUND UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make conveniently bigger\nas in 'round up to the nearest 10\u2032; or 'round up of the day's news'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Primate said to be capital (5)","output":"### Answer: LEMUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Primate\nhomophone\/\"said to be\" of: 'Lima', capital of of Peru\u2026"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exercise and sport in the country (4)","output":"### Answer: PERU \n ### Explanation: Definition: country\n**PE** (Physical Education)=\"Exercise\" + **RU** (Rugby Union)=\"sport\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Somewhat nondescript old PM and his bats (7)","output":"### Answer: GREYISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Somewhat nondescript\nCharles GREY=\"old PM\" + (his)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Almost cut China's temperature etc (7)","output":"### Answer: CLIMATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: temperature etc\n**CLI**p=\"Almost cut\" + **MATE**=\"China\" plate in rhyming slang"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No help for foresaid coarse fish (5)","output":"### Answer: ORFES \n ### Explanation: Definition: fish\nan ORFE is a fish\n (foresaid)*, minus the letters of 'aid'=\"help\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unable to say yea or nay, when one's left out of 'no VAT on gin' scheme (3-6)","output":"### Answer: NON-VOTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unable to say yea or nay\n(no VAT on gin)*, with I=\"one\" removed\/\"left out\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carbon tip in abseil device, suitable for climbers (10)","output":"### Answer: ASCENDIBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: suitable for climbers\n**C** (Carbon) + **END**=\"tip\"; both inside (abseil)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boast of seating quite near the stage? (4)","output":"### Answer: CROW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boast\n**C-ROW** might come after A-Row and B-Row as \"seating quite near the stage\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nature's rich mixture: 'obi' clued cryptically? (12)","output":"### Answer: BIODIVERSITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nature's rich mixture\n'obi' could be clued cryptically as BIODIVERSITY, giving an anagram (bio)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Company-free community seems to break down the corporate defence (6,6)","output":"### Answer: IMMUNE SYSTEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: corporate defence\n(community seems)* minus co for \"Company\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Large insertion in tool shaft (4)","output":"### Answer: HOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: haft\n**L** (Large) inside **HOE**=\"tool\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Transverse cover provides shading (5-5)","output":"### Answer: CROSS-HATCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: shading\n**CROSS**=\"Transverse\" + **HATCH**=\"cover\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rest of MPs no one backs, leading to decline (9)","output":"### Answer: RECESSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: decline\n**RECESS**=vacation period for Parliament=\"Rest of MPs\"; plus **NO** + **I**=\"one\" all reversed\/\"backs\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What might call on you to strike a match (5)","output":"### Answer: UNION \n ### Explanation: Definition: What might call on you to strike\ndouble definition: =a worker's union that might call a strike; or =a paired couple"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wife preparing for a fight: 'Like a bowl of hot soup?' (7)","output":"### Answer: WARMING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like a bowl of hot soup?\n**W** (Wife) + **ARMING**=\"preparing for a fight\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One given an assurance: 'Step into the extremes of pleasure' (7)","output":"### Answer: PLEDGEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One given an assurance\n**LEDGE**=\"Step\" in the extreme letters of **P**leasur**E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reconfigure a long lab? Not an earthly (6)","output":"### Answer: GLOBAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: earthly\n(a long lab)*, minus \"an\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Swear euphemistically etc to redistribute produce (6)","output":"### Answer: EFFECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: produce\n**EFF**=abbreviated F-word=\"Swear euphemistically\"; plus (etc)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dead popular thought, disposing of male! (10)","output":"### Answer: INSENTIENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dead\n**IN**=\"popular\" + **SENTImENT**=\"thought\" minus **m** for \"male\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Afghan oilfield yielding capital (5)","output":"### Answer: HANOI \n ### Explanation: Definition: capital\n=capital of Vietnam\n hidden in Afg**HAN OI**lfield"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Assemblies left in depressed circumstances ultimately (9)","output":"### Answer: CONCLAVES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Assemblies\n**L** (left) in **CONCAVE**=curved inwards or downwards=\"depressed\" + the ultimate letter of circumstance**S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Advanced' changed to 'Old' by country club (4)","output":"### Answer: IRON \n ### Explanation: Definition: club\n=a type of golf club\n **IRAN**=\"country\", changing **A** for 'Advanced' to **O** for 'Old'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cops break into a shower, which makes for a bad atmosphere (4,4)","output":"### Answer: ACID RAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: which makes for a bad atmosphere\n**CID**=Central Investigation Department=\"Cops\", inside **A RAIN**=\"a shower\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Advantage' means 'lateral' (8)","output":"### Answer: EDGEWAYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: lateral\n**EDGE**=\"Advantage\" + **WAYS**=\"means\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unqualified legislative body that covers up bloomers (10)","output":"### Answer: GREENHOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: hat covers up bloomers\n**GREEN**=inexperienced=\"Unqualified\" + **HOUSE**=\"legislative body\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worthy undoing a waiter's work? (9)","output":"### Answer: DESERVING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Worthy\n**DE-SERVING**=possibly the reverse of serving=\"undoing a waiter's work?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Accompanying date naked? Absent yourself! (8)","output":"### Answer: WITHDRAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Absent yourself\n**WITH**=\"Accompanying\" + **D** (date) + **RAW**=\"naked\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Somehow crams everyone inside this? (5,3)","output":"### Answer: SMALL CAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Somehow crams everyone inside this\n(crams)*, with **ALL**=\"everyone\" inside it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Useful for securing Rex in police operation (6)","output":"### Answer: STRING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Useful for securing\n**R** (Rex) inside **STING**=\"police operation\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some coins\u00a0are different (6)","output":"### Answer: CHANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Some coins\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dawn's body found in drink (5)","output":"### Answer: SUNUP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dawn\n**UN**=United Nations=international organisation\/\"body\"; inside **SUP**=\"drink\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Elevated contribution to Miss Saigon that's naturally important (4)","output":"### Answer: SSSI \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's naturally important\n=**S**ite of **S**pecial **S**cientific **I**nterest, a type of protected conservation area in the UK\u00a0\n hidden reversed inside M**ISS S**aigon"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lightweight compiler in trouble with a bunch of pedants (7,6)","output":"### Answer: GRAMMAR POLICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: bunch of pedants\n**GRAM**=\"Light \/ weight\" + (compiler a)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Delay use outside America (7)","output":"### Answer: SUSPEND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Delay\n**SPEND**=\"use\" around **US**=\"America\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Said extra large is better (5)","output":"### Answer: EXCEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: better\nEXCEL as a transitive verb meaning 'surpass'=\"better\"\n homophone\/\"Said\" of: 'XL'=\"extra large\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At home in hell \u2014 probing Nazi group's sinister quality (9)","output":"### Answer: SHADINESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: sinister quality\n**IN**=\"At home\" inside **HADES**=\"hell\"; inside **SS**=\"Nazi group\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They offer treatment to those almost past being cured (10)","output":"### Answer: OSTEOPATHS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They offer treatment\n(to those past)*, with the t removed because of the \"almost\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's painful to hear what drinks cost, though not poor (4)","output":"### Answer: BARB \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's painful to hear\nBARB=a wounding remark\n **BAR Bill**=\"what drinks cost\", minus ill=\"poor\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prick! Empty rhetoric to Welsh about architectural feature (6,6)","output":"### Answer: LANCET WINDOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: architectural feature\n**LANCE**=\"Prick\" as a verb; plus **WIND**=\"empty rhetoric\" with **TO **+** W **(Welsh) about it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Football lover during Fulham tie: \"Get off!\" (3,9,4)","output":"### Answer: THE BEAUTIFUL GAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Football\n**BEAU**=\"lover\", inside (Fulham tie Get)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Take home nursing assistant in the van \u2014 nice! (4)","output":"### Answer: NEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: nice\n**NET**=\"Take home\" as in 'take-home pay'='pay net of tax'; around\/'nursing' **A**ssistant, with \"van\" indicating the front or leading letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Is it wrong chopping heads off?' (Henry at historic castle) (10)","output":"### Answer: STRONGHOLD \n ### Explanation: Definition: castle\nI**S** i**T** w**RONG** with the head letters chopped off; plus **H** (Henry, SI unit of inductance) + **OLD**=\"historic\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Complicated procedure in part \u2014 current government getting hurt (9)","output":"### Answer: RIGMAROLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Complicated procedure\nin\u00a0**ROLE**=\"part\", insert: **I**=symbol for electric \"current\" + **G** (Government) + **MAR**=\"hurt\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fell about at first \u2014 relax! (5)","output":"### Answer: CHILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: relax\n**HILL**=\"Fell\", with **C**=circa, \"about\" placed first"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vandalised old people's tombs (7)","output":"### Answer: DOLMENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: tombs\n(old)* + **MEN'S**=\"people's\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hired thug carrying drugs proceeds (4,2)","output":"### Answer: GOES ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: proceeds \n**GOON**=\"Hired thug\" around **E'S**=\"drugs\" as E=ecstasy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer's account, one side claimed, not at all measured (6)","output":"### Answer: ALCOTT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Writer\nLouisa May Alcott ,known for writing\u00a0*Little Women\n ***A\/C**=\"account\", around\/\"claimed\"\u00a0**L** (left)=\"one side\"; plus **OTT**=over the top=\"not at all measured\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Improved second-class accom\u00admodation for priest and daughter (10)","output":"### Answer: MELIORATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Improved\n**MO**=moment=\"second\" + **RATE**=\"class\"; around **ELI**=biblical \"priest\" + **D** (daughter)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dreads person from flats arguing back (5)","output":"### Answer: RASTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dreads person\nhidden reversed\/\"from\u2026 back\" inside fl**ATS AR**guing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doubtful The Sting was Peter's kind of film (9,7)","output":"### Answer: SPAGHETTI WESTERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: kind of film\n(The Sting was Peter)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Did state charity previously lead to scrounging? (4)","output":"### Answer: SAID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Did state\n**AID**=\"charity\", with the lead letter to **S**crounging placed previously"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At lecture I see (with peachy rear) a vision of loveliness (3,5)","output":"### Answer: EYE CANDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: a vision of loveliness\n**EYE C** is homophone\/\"At lecture\" of \"I see\"; plus **AND**=\"with\" and the rear of peach**Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Department's organised but slow \u2014 it isn't productive (4,4)","output":"### Answer: DUST BOWL \n ### Explanation: Definition: it isn't productive\n**D** (Department) + (but slow)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Medical head going to follow books of worship (10)","output":"### Answer: LITURGICAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: of worship\ns**URGICAL**=\"Medical\" with the head letter going away; following **LIT**=literature=\"books\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nobleman's wife coming in to put on show (9)","output":"### Answer: COUNTDOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: show\nCountdown is a British TV game show \n **COUNT**=\"Nobleman\"; with **W** (wife) inside **DON**=\"put on\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endure religious classes with holy man (2,6)","output":"### Answer: ST ANDREW \n ### Explanation: Definition: holy man\n**STAND**=\"Endure\" + **RE** (Religious Education)=\"religious classes\" + **W** (with)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Makes crazy demand to begin with \u2014 called in to get it overturned (8)","output":"### Answer: DERANGES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Makes crazy\nthe beginning of **D**emand, plus **RANG**=\"called\" in **SEE**=\"get it\" reversed\/\"overturned\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Makes rotten drinks in big cups? On the contrary (6)","output":"### Answer: ADDLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Makes rotten\n\"On the contrary\" reverses the order and gives 'big cups in drinks', or **DD**=big bra cup size in **ALES**=\"drinks\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Upright individual gets nude occasionally (2,3)","output":"### Answer: ON END \n ### Explanation: Definition: Upright\n**ONE**=\"individual\" plus occasional letters from **N**u**D**e"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supply source of tea during course (7)","output":"### Answer: FURNISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Supply\n**URN**=\"source of tea\" inside **FISH**=\"course\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gas left in mine that fluctuates around the knees (7)","output":"### Answer: HEMLINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: that fluctuates around the knees\n**HE** (Helium)=\"gas\"; plus **L** (left) inside **MINE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Police recruit in motorcade threatened (5)","output":"### Answer: CADET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Police recruit\nhidden inside motor**CADE T**hreatened"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Murderous soldier detectives caught in old Spanish capital (9)","output":"### Answer: REGICIDAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Murderous\n**GI**=\"soldier\" + **CID**=Criminal Investigation Department=\"detectives\"; inside **REAL**=former Spanish currency\/capital"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Receptive nature of abbey treated with scorn (10)","output":"### Answer: ABSORBENCY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Receptive nature\n(abbey scorn)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Potential beast of burden no good with a load (3)","output":"### Answer: NAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Potential beast of burden\n**N** (No) + **G** (Good), with **A** loaded inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More than just two legs of quadruped making the whole, we're told (12)","output":"### Answer: FOREQUARTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: More than just two legs of quadruped\n=the front part of the body of e.g. a horse\n homophone\/\"we're told\" of 'four quarters'=\"the whole\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lady Anne's last antique restored in shoddy fashion (12)","output":"### Answer: INADEQUATELY \n ### Explanation: Definition: in shoddy fashion\n(Lady e antique)*, where e=\"Anne's last\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One Shakespearean prince can't have met another (3)","output":"### Answer: HAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: another\n=Prince Hal, or Henry V in Shakespeare\n **HA**m**L**et=\"Shakespearean prince\", without met"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Continuing desire to follow master (10)","output":"### Answer: PROLONGING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Continuing\n**LONGING**=\"desire\", following **PRO** (professional)=\"master\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King Charles wearing old brand, outstanding period clothing (9)","output":"### Answer: CRINOLINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: outstanding period clothing\n=an undergarment supporting a skirt's shape outwards from the body i.e. \"outstanding\"\n **CR** (Charles Rex)=\"King Charles\" + **IN**=\"wearing\" + **O** (Old) + **LINE**=\"brand\" as in 'clothing line'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Area seized by dictator with force (5)","output":"### Answer: AMAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: with force\n**A** (Area) inside Idi **AMIN**=\"dictator\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strictly control a small American 4 (7)","output":"### Answer: PEGASUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: 4\n=mythical winged HORSE\n **PEG**=\"Strictly control\" at a fixed price, as in a 'pegged currency'; plus **A** + **S** (small) + **US**=\"American\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What could feed Brummel's 4, asks Spooner? (7)","output":"### Answer: NOSEBAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: What could feed\nSpoonerism of 'Beau's Nag', referring to Beau Brummell and 4dn=HORSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: China regularly invested in river cleansing process (6)","output":"### Answer: FACIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: cleansing process\nregular letters from **C**h**I**n**A** invested into **FAL**=\"river\" in Cornwall"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vegetable pot used as base by artist (6)","output":"### Answer: RADISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vegetable\n**DISH**=\"pot\" underneath **RA**=Royal Academician=\"artist\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inseparable Bury ladies, five not married (10)","output":"### Answer: INTERWOVEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inseparable\n**INTER**=\"Bury\" + **WOMEN**=\"ladies\", with **V**=\"five\" in Roman numerals switched in for **M** (married)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drug\u00a0runner at Folkestone? (5)","output":"### Answer: HORSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drug\ndouble definition: HORSE is slang for heroin; and Folkestone is a racecourse"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Many cases taken here on a trip by royal household (4,5)","output":"### Answer: HIGH COURT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Many cases taken here\n**HIGH** on drugs=\"on a trip\" + **COURT**=\"royal household\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Head of management with excellent official staff (4)","output":"### Answer: MACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: official staff\n=a rod or \"staff\" held as a symbol of authority\n Head letter of **M**anagement + **ACE**=\"excellent\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like some text from scriptures, truly gripping (8)","output":"### Answer: INDENTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like some text\n**NT** (New Testament)=\"scriptures\", gripped inside **INDEED**=\"truly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person acclaiming EU record holds work up (8)","output":"### Answer: EULOGIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Person acclaiming\n**EU** + **LIST**=\"record\", holding **GO**=\"work\" reversed\/\"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Island people, thin and weak, among Middle Easteners short of yen (3,7)","output":"### Answer: SRI LANKANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Island people\n**LANK**=\"thin and weak\" inside **SYRIANS** minus **Y** (yen)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Points raised online about Republican aides in high places? (9)","output":"### Answer: EQUERRIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: aides in high places\n=officials in royal households\n **E-QUERIES**=\"Points raised online \u2026?\", around **R** (Republican)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Approaching bargain counter for final drink (8)","output":"### Answer: NIGHTCAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: final drink\n**NIGH**=\"Approaching\" + **PACT**=\"bargain\" reversed\/\"counter\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Going over\u00a0stonework in medieval roof, perhaps (8)","output":"### Answer: VAULTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Going over\ndouble definition: vault can mean 'leap' or 'an arched roof'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cook's agent in Caribbean, two-thirds sozzled (6)","output":"### Answer: BICARB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cook's agent\n=bicarbonate of soda, used as a raising agent\n (Caribb)*, taking two-thirds of the letters from Caribbean"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alcoholic drink, three gallons, one drunk (6)","output":"### Answer: EGGNOG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Alcoholic drink\n(G G G one)*, where each G is one of three gallons"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pork pie \u2014 popular weekend indulgence? (3-2)","output":"### Answer: LIE IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: weekend indulgence\n\"Pork pie\" is rhyming slang for **LIE**; plus **IN**=\"popular\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of ship's equipment for launching missiles (4)","output":"### Answer: BOWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of ship\ndouble definition: =the forward parts of a ship; and =equipment for shooting arrows"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tom Cruise: point out films (6,8)","output":"### Answer: MOTION PICTURES \n ### Explanation: (Tom Cruise point)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wash up around noon (5)","output":"### Answer: RINSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wash\n**RISE**=\"up\" around **N** (noon)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agree let for building and move to a worse place (8)","output":"### Answer: RELEGATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: move to a worse place\n(Agree let)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drug and endless drink \u2014 one litre knocked back entering pub (7)","output":"### Answer: INSULIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drug\n**SU**p=\"endless drink\" + **IL**=1L=\"one litre\" reversed\/\"knocked back\"; all inside **INN**=\"pub\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailor in a state right to cross river (7)","output":"### Answer: MARINER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sailor\n**MAINE**=\"state\" + **R** (right), around **R** (river)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scales on this being electronic, (approximately) 0kg returned to screen (5)","output":"### Answer: GECKO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scales on this being\n=a being that is covered in scales\n **E** (electronic) + **C**=circa=\"approximately\"; with **OKG**=\"0kg\" reversed around"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He scored for City by cutting inside (9)","output":"### Answer: PROKOFIEV \n ### Explanation: Definition: He scored\n=a composer i.e. someone who wrote scores\n **PRO**=\"for\" + **KIEV**=\"City\" with **OF**=\"by\" cutting inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Breaking point? Carries on returning growth (4,5)","output":"### Answer: LAST STRAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Breaking point\n**LASTS**=\"Carries on\" + reversal\/\"returning\" of **WART**=\"growth\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brilliance of healthcare provider in recession without drugs (5)","output":"### Answer: SHEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brilliance\n**NHS**=\"healthcare provider\" reversed\/\"in recession\"; and around **E**\u00a0+** E**=ecstacy + ecstacy=\"drugs\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Did cook in oven: raw on the outside (7)","output":"### Answer: ROASTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Did cook\n**OAST**=a kiln for drying hops=\"oven\"; with **RED**=\"raw\" outside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is one hot in sun? Conditions not hot (7)","output":"### Answer: SWEATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Is one hot\n**S** (sun) + **WEAT**h**ER**=\"Conditions\" minus h for \"hot\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pasta cook visiting Italy to adopt cooking (8)","output":"### Answer: RIGATONI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pasta\n**RIG**=manipulate dishonestly, as in \"cook\" the books; plus **AT**=\"visiting\" and **I** (Italy) around **ON**=\"cooking\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Getting into period drama on TV (repeat) (5)","output":"### Answer: RERUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: repeat\n**RUN**=\"period\", with **ER**=the US medical \"drama on TV\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get better shots with this model? Great plastic surgery (6,8)","output":"### Answer: TARGET PRACTICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get better shots with this\nmodel **T** car + (great)* with \"plastic\" as anagrind + **PRACTICE**=\"surgery\", a place to consult e.g. a doctor"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hello! celebrity that might have shoot in bed? (7,5)","output":"### Answer: MORNING GLORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: that might have shoot in bed\n=a plant that might have its shoots in a flower bed\n **MORNING**=a greeting, \"Hello\"; plus **GLORY**=\"celebrity\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fans sent to cup round matches (5)","output":"### Answer: TONES \n ### Explanation: Definition: matches\nTONES as an intransitive verb can mean 'harmonises' or \"matches\"\n \"Fans\" is the anagrind for (sent)*, around **O**=\"round\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Forgets about beauty (9)","output":"### Answer: OVERLOOKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Forgets\n**OVER**=\"about\" + **LOOKS**=\"beauty\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Norm to steal plant (7)","output":"### Answer: PARSNIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: plant\n**PAR**=\"Norm\" + **SNIP**=\"steal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: TV detective to search old house for clue, essentially (7)","output":"### Answer: COLUMBO \n ### Explanation: Definition: TV detective\n**COMB**=\"search\" + **O** (old) around the centre or essentials of c**LU**e"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top McDonald's? One does egg (5)","output":"### Answer: URGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One does egg\nb**URGER**=\"McDonald's\", with the top removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old lover in? See TV set that's wide (9)","output":"### Answer: EXTENSIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: wide\n**EX**=\"Old lover\", plus (in See TV)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place for swingers? Taking the car key in the middle, getting kinky gran (7,5)","output":"### Answer: DRIVING RANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Place for swingers?\n=a place to swing golf clubs\n **DRIVING**=\"Taking the car\" + the middle of k**E**y; around (gran)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Came to continent, when missing fine country (5,4)","output":"### Answer: COSTA RICA \n ### Explanation: Definition: country\n**COST**=\"Came to\" + **A**f**RICA**=\"continent\"\u00a0minus f for \"fine\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: So, bitter struggles with Conservative dealing with Labour (9)","output":"### Answer: OBSTETRIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: dealing with Labour\n(So bitter)* + **C** for Conservative"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Entertainer embarrassed on film (7)","output":"### Answer: REDCOAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Entertainer\n=an entertainer at Butlins \n **RED**=\"embarrassed\" on **COAT**=\"film\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lighter Wise partly obscured by old Morecambe's feature? (7)","output":"### Answer: WISPIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lighter\n**WIS**e with the last part obscured\/removed; plus **PIER**=old feature of Morecambe, an English seaside town"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sound from plucking pheasant, ultimately hung up to eat (5)","output":"### Answer: TWANG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sound from plucking\npheasan**T** + reversal\/\"hung up\" of **GNAW**=\"eat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bones of soldiers? Cause of pain? (5)","output":"### Answer: TARSI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bones\n=bones in the feet\n **TA**=Territorial Army=\"soldiers\" + **RSI**=Repetitive Strain Injury=\"Cause of pain\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American chose to cook eastern dish (8,6)","output":"### Answer: MACARONI CHEESE \n ### Explanation: Definition: dish\n(American chose)* with \"cook\" as the anagram indicator; plus **E** (Eastern)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Proper mess in front field (5)","output":"### Answer: REALM \n ### Explanation: Definition: field\n**REAL**=\"Proper\" + the front of **M**ess"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How kangaroo may be caught unawares? (2,3,3)","output":"### Answer: ON THE HOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: caught unawares?\nalso =\"How kangaroo may be\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lucky to be not so much asleep? (7)","output":"### Answer: BLESSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lucky\n**LESS**=\"not so much\"; in **BED** or \"asleep\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party-giver shortly meets reflective girl, glory be! (7)","output":"### Answer: HOSANNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: glory be!\n**HOS**[t]=\"Party-giver shortly\" + **ANNA**=\"girl\" and a palindrome i.e. \"reflective\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wardrobe likely to conceal daggers (5)","output":"### Answer: OBELI \n ### Explanation: Definition: daggers\n=plural of obelus, a symbol that can take the shape of a dagger \n hidden in \"Wardr**OBE LI**kely\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criterion for replacing dirty cask (9)","output":"### Answer: YARDSTICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Criterion\n(dirty cask)* with 're-placing' as the anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unsympathetic, like a rhino? (4-5)","output":"### Answer: HARD-NOSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unsympathetic\nalso =\"like a rhino?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Share out much broadcasting (5)","output":"### Answer: ALLOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Share out\nhomophone\/\"broadcasting\" of 'a lot'=\"much\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supersede corded cloth with fine fabric (7)","output":"### Answer: REPLACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Supersede\n**REP**=\"corded cloth\" + **LACE**=\"fine fabric\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Money being short, settled down with a sweet (7)","output":"### Answer: CASSATA \n ### Explanation: Definition: sweet\n=a type of ice cream\n **CAS**[h]=\"Money being short\" + **SAT**=\"settled down\" + **A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sanctioned, having peddled drugs round province (8)","output":"### Answer: PUNISHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sanctioned\n**PUSHED**=\"peddled drugs\" around **NI**=Northern Ireland=\"province\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Due to be in old part of mansion (5)","output":"### Answer: OWING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Due\n**O** (Old) + **WING**=\"part of mansion\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pastoral events demanding reform (8,6)","output":"### Answer: PEASANTS REVOLT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pastoral events demanding reform\n(Pastoral events)*, with \"reform\" as the anagram indicator\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Funny group, Karl and The Monks (4,8)","output":"### Answer: MARX BROTHERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Funny group\nKarl **MARX** + **BROTHERS**=\"Monks\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird\u00a0often seen on building site (5)","output":"### Answer: CRANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bird\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slackening corps' objective (9)","output":"### Answer: REMISSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Slackening\n**RE**=Royal Engineers=\"corps\" + **MISSION**=\"objective\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Almost nobody died? Yes, twelve (7)","output":"### Answer: NOONDAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: twelve\n**NO-ON**[e]=\"Almost nobody\" + **D** (died) + **AY**=\"Yes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One with claws caught her slip, perhaps (7)","output":"### Answer: CATCHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: slip, perhaps\n=e.g. a slip fielder in cricket, placed behind the batsman to take catches\n **CAT**=\"One with claws\" + **C** (caught, cricket abbr.) + **HER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rugby game doesn't start at these odds (5)","output":"### Answer: EVENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: odds\n[s]EVENS=\"Rugby game doesn't start\" \u2013 sevens is a seven-a-side form of Rugby Union"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One eating fish given charge for cutlery? (9)","output":"### Answer: SPOONBILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: One eating fish\n=a type of bird\n **SPOON BILL**=\"charge for cutlery?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good sitting posture for part of course (4,8)","output":"### Answer: BACK STRAIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of course\n=straight part of a race course\n **BACK STRAIGHT** also =\"Good sitting posture\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Transport: repeat run when ordered (9)","output":"### Answer: ENRAPTURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Transport\n(repeat run)* with \"ordered\" as the anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Material for carving kinky teaspoons (9)","output":"### Answer: SOAPSTONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Material for carving\n=a type of rock used for carving\n (teaspoons)* with \"kinky\" as the anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: St Wenceslas's feast day? (7)","output":"### Answer: STEPHEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: St Wenceslas's feast day?\naccording to the carol , 'Good King Wenceslas looked out, on the Feast of Stephen\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A month, helpers said, appearing as a very long time (7)","output":"### Answer: DECADES \n ### Explanation: Definition: a very long time\n**DEC** (December)=\"A month\" + **ADES** as a homophone\/\"said\" of 'aides'=\"helpers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kingsley & Son put together wrongly (5)","output":"### Answer: AMISS \n ### Explanation: Definition: wrongly\nKinglesy **AMIS** the writer + **S** (son)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of acid, could I be? Wrong (5)","output":"### Answer: AMINO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sort of acid\n**AM I? NO**=\"could I be? Wrong\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most important person to lead America? Idiot! (3,6)","output":"### Answer: TOP BANANA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most important person\n**TO** + **PB**=chemical symbol for \"lead\" + **A** (America) + **NANA**=slang for \"idiot\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More from Turkey's premier artist (5)","output":"### Answer: EXTRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: More\n**EX**=\"from\" + **T**urkey's premier letter + **RA**=\"artist\"=Royal Academician"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Car journeys taking off round French city (7)","output":"### Answer: LIMOGES \n ### Explanation: Definition: French city\n**LIMO**=\"Car\" + **G**O**ES**=\"journeys\" taking off the round 'O'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Composer Henry ignored minor problem over National Insurance (7)","output":"### Answer: PUCCINI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Composer\nH (Henry) removed from H**ICCUP**=\"minor problem\", reversed\/\"over\"; plus **NI** (National Insurance)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing is held back? Don't believe it! (2,2)","output":"### Answer: AS IF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Don't believe it!\n**FA**='F* All'=\"Nothing\", with **IS** held inside; all reversed\/\"back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Way back (6,4)","output":"### Answer: MEMORY LANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Way back\ncryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opposed to some financial help for drifter (7)","output":"### Answer: VAGRANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: drifter\n**V **(versus)=\"Opposed to\" + **A GRANT**=\"some financial help\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Retreat from problem \u2014 can new Head of Technology crack it? (7)","output":"### Answer: SANCTUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Retreat\n**SUM**=mathematical \"problem\", around all of: (can)* + **T**echnology"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Knackered old bus conductor's role reversal (10)","output":"### Answer: RATTLETRAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Knackered old bus\nSimon **RATTLE** is a conductor + **PART**=\"role\" reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Idea to reduce growth (4)","output":"### Answer: PLAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Idea\n**PLAN**T=\"growth\", reduced by one letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Somewhat perverse \u2014 lunar revolution took longer than expected (7)","output":"### Answer: OVERRAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: took longer than expected\nHidden\/\"Somewhat\" and reversed\/\"perverse\" in lu**NAR REVO**lution"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Over 50 reasons they might be dependent (7)","output":"### Answer: CLAUSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: they might be dependent\na dependent clause is a part of a sentence that could not be a sentence on its own\n **CAUSES**=\"reasons\", going around\/\"Over\" **L**=50 in Roman numerals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On return, initially enjoyed short break from action (5)","output":"### Answer: TRUCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: break from action\nReversal\/\"On return\" of: **E**njoyed + **CURT**=\"short\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shambles a government covered up by individual speaking thus (2,7)","output":"### Answer: ON MESSAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: speaking thus\n**MESS**=\"Shambles\" + **A** + **G** (Government); all inside **ONE**=\"individual\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's unusual, Marilyn, but not unknown \u2014 have it out (7,8)","output":"### Answer: ITALIAN VERMOUTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: It'\n\"It\", as in 'gin and it', is short for ITALIAN VERMOUTH\n (Marilyn have it out)*, but with*out* y=mathematical variable=\"unknown\"\u00a0*edit thanks to William"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Making unwelcome contact with maidens in country \u2014 over a thousand (8)","output":"### Answer: SPAMMING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Making unwelcome contact\n**M M**=\"maidens\" (cricket abbr.); inside **SPAIN**=\"country\"; plus **G **(grand)=\"a thousand\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good to have nude round boat (5)","output":"### Answer: BARGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: boat\n**G** (Good), with **BARE**=\"nude\" around it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One in speech covers list of offences (3,5)","output":"### Answer: RAP SHEET \n ### Explanation: Definition: list of offences\na 'wrap' and a **SHEET** are both \"covers\" to keep you warm; but the first one is \"in speech\" i.e. entered as a homophone **RAP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Has to keep very quiet about love poet (6)","output":"### Answer: SAPPHO \n ### Explanation: Definition: poet\n**HAS** around **PP** (pianissimo)=\"very quiet\", reversed\/\"about\"; plus **O**=zero=\"love\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seeing and disapproving of son getting engaged (9)","output":"### Answer: DESCRYING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seeing\n**DECRYING**=\"disapproving of\", with **S** (son) getting inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aunt suffering with health \u2014 it's an old scourge (6,3,3)","output":"### Answer: ATTILA THE HUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: old scourge\n(Aunt health it)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chaotic \u2014 a bit reminiscent of Grayling, perhaps (7,8)","output":"### Answer: CABINET MINISTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grayling, perhaps\nChris Grayling is the UK Transport Secretary\n (a bit reminiscent)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How to sell admirer snaps \u2014 look inside (4,5)","output":"### Answer: MAIL ORDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: How to sell\n(admirer)* with **LO**=\"look\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'I'm clueless!' \u2014 Hunt to Amber regularly (6,2)","output":"### Answer: SEARCH ME \n ### Explanation: Definition: I'm clueless\nJeremy Hunt and Amber Rudd are also Cabinet Ministers\n **SEARCH**=\"Hunt\" + regular letters from a**M**b**E**r"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's lucky having time with Angelo Dundee? (8)","output":"### Answer: TALISMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: One's lucky\n**T** (time) + Muhammud **ALI'S MAN**=\"Angelo Dundee\", boxing trainer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Second-rate!' Upset about new book collection (6)","output":"### Answer: TINPOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Second-rate\n**TIP**=overturn=\"Upset\", around **N** (New), + **OT** (Old Testament)=\"book collection\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Approval for one like this (3-2)","output":"### Answer: SAY SO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Approval\n**SAY**=for example, \"for one\" + **SO**=\"like this\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go to fix theatre broadcast (6)","output":"### Answer: REPAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Go to fix\n**REP**=repertory \"theatre\"; + **AIR**=\"broadcast\"\n *Edit thanks to VinnyD \u2013 there are two definitions: \"Go\", or take oneself somewhere, as in 'repair to the sitting room'; and the more usual meaning of \"to fix\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Peruse file obstructing stock problem (6)","output":"### Answer: BROWSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Peruse\n**ROW**=\"file\" inside **BSE**=bovine spongiform encephalopathy=mad cow disease=\"stock problem\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Handyman sailor taking wheel on autumn winds (4,2,3,6)","output":"### Answer: JACK OF ALL TRADES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Handyman\n**JACK**=\"sailor\" + **O**=round shape=\"wheel\" + **FALL**=\"autumn\" in the US + **TRADES**=the trade \"winds\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Current head of zoology inspired by minor genius (6)","output":"### Answer: WIZARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: genius\n**I**=symbol for electric current + head letter of **Z**oology; taken in\/\"inspired by\" **WARD**=\"minor\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poor conductor, not a learner devouring music mag (8)","output":"### Answer: NONMETAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poor conductor\n**NOT A** + **L** (learner); around\/\"devouring\" **NME**=British music magazine"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He complains bitterly about film supplier (8)","output":"### Answer: RETAILER \n ### Explanation: Definition: supplier\n**RAILER**=\"He complains bitterly\", around **ET**=\"film\" about the Extra-Terrestrial"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Irish author's sister inhaling smoke (6)","output":"### Answer: STOKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Irish author\nBram Stoker most famously wrote *Dracula*\n **SR**=abbreviation for \"sister\"; around **TOKE**=\"smoke\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'm above getting upset missing a film (1-5)","output":"### Answer: B-MOVIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: film\nanagram of (I'm **a**bove)*, missing an **a"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flying through divided country with no leader (8)","output":"### Answer: AVIATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flying\n**VIA**=\"through\", inside n**ATION**=\"country\" without its leading letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pair of kings hosting Brussels pomp (8)","output":"### Answer: GRANDEUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: pomp\n**GR** (Georgius Rex, King George) **AND R** (Rex)=\"Pair of kings\"; around **EU**=\"Brussels\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party member that infuriated the Queen (6)","output":"### Answer: HATTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Party member\nthe HATTER is a member of the mad tea party in *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland*\n anagram of (that)* + **ER** (Elizabeth Regina)=\"the Queen\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Group on American cape beyond river showing diligence (15)","output":"### Answer: INDUSTRIOUSNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: diligence\n**TRIO**=\"Group\" + **US**=\"American\" + **NESS**=\"cape\"; all after **INDUS**=\"river\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animal's smell masking another one (6)","output":"### Answer: REEBOK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Animal\nthe reebok is an African antelope\n **REEK**=\"smell\" around **BO** (body odour)=\"another [smell]\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Learned man tripped over wife (6)","output":"### Answer: FELLOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Learned man\n**FELL**=\"tripped\" + **O** (over, cricket abbr.) + **W**\u00a0(wife)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clear about boxer's energy (7)","output":"### Answer: REALISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clear\n**RE**=\"about\" + Muhammad **ALI'S=**\"boxer's\" +** E** (energy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perfectly constructed contract, according to auditor (5)","output":"### Answer: PUKKA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perfectly constructed\nhomophone\/\"according to auditor\" of 'pucker'=\"contract\" as a verb"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He has no faith in candidates promoting Democrat (7)","output":"### Answer: INFIDEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: He has no faith\n**IN** + **FIELD**=\"candidates\" but with **D** for \"Democrat\" promoted and moved up in the order, going above some earlier letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Juniors on board\u00a0watching figures (7)","output":"### Answer: RATINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Juniors on board\ndouble definition \u2013 in the first, a 'rating' is a junior member of a navy i.e. \"on board\" a ship"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What the French stole, drilling vessel (9)","output":"### Answer: WHALEBOAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: vessel\n**WHAT**, around all of: **LE**=\"the [in] French\" + **BOA**=\"stole\", as in a shawl or wrap worn around the shoulders\n \"drilling\" is the insertion indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Raise tax in European shelter (7)","output":"### Answer: ELEVATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Raise\n**VAT** (Value Added Tax) in all of: **E** (European) + **LEE**=\"shelter\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One who smooths way into image-enhancement (6)","output":"### Answer: PLANER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One who smooths\n**LANE**=\"way\" inside **PR** (Public Relations)=\"image-enhancement\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bill undertaking possibly hazardous trip (9)","output":"### Answer: ADVENTURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: possibly hazardous trip\n**AD**=advert=\"Bill\" + **VENTURE**=\"undertaking\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Probe digger fording a river (7)","output":"### Answer: MARINER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Probe\nthe Mariner program launched a series of space probes \n **MINER**=\"digger\" around **A** + **R** (river)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short celebration includes revolutionary dance music (7)","output":"### Answer: ELECTRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: dance music\nhidden reversed\/\"includes revolutionary\" inside sh**ORT CELE**bration"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Handy warning to drivers arriving at Calais? (6)","output":"### Answer: ADROIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Handy\n**\u00c0 DROIT**e [?] would be French for 'to the right' or 'on the right', and drivers arriving at Calais would have to switch to the right side of the road\n not sure if I'm forgetting my French and '\u00e0 droit' can mean something similar"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Employed around head office, not contracted out (2-5)","output":"### Answer: IN-HOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: not contracted out\n**IN USE**=\"Employed\" around **HO** (head office)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supervised position of lumberjack? (7)","output":"### Answer: OVERSAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Supervised\n**OVER SAW**=\"position of lumberjack?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Number alto rehashed using standard harmony (5)","output":"### Answer: TONAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: using standard harmony\n**N** (number) + \"alto\" made into an anagram (N alto)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boatman's craft \u2014 they follow a pattern (7)","output":"### Answer: CUTTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boatman's craft\ndouble definition: =small boats, with \"craft\" as a plural; also =tailors, cutting cloth according to a pattern"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Belt and cuff (7)","output":"### Answer: CLOBBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Belt and cuff\ntwo definitions in one: CLOBBER can mean 'clothing'=\"Belt and cuff\"; or CLOBBER can mean 'strike'\/'attack', another meaning of \"Belt and cuff\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Upset with neglect of the sick (5)","output":"### Answer: BORED \n ### Explanation: Definition: sick\n**BO**the**RED**=\"Upset\", neglecting \"the\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Acrimony from Van Gogh, famil\u00adiarly taking on authority (9)","output":"### Answer: VIRULENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Acrimony\n**VINCE**=Vincent \"Van Gogh, familiarly\", taking in **RULE**=\"authority\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sewer rat messes about on top of sludge (10)","output":"### Answer: SEAMSTRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sewer\n=Sew-er, someone who sews\n (rat messes)* plus the top\/first letter of **S**ludge"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tuck and run (4)","output":"### Answer: DART \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tuck\ndouble definition: **DART**=a fold sewn into material=\"Tuck\"; **DART**=move rapidly=\"run\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He hears bard spinning yarn supplied by him (11)","output":"### Answer: HABERDASHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: yarn supplied by him\n(He hears bard)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He sold material, part of scripts, writing in and changing each (5,6)","output":"### Answer: LINEN DRAPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: He sold material\n**LINE**=\"part of scripts\", with **R**=\"writing\" inside (and)*, plus **PER**=\"each\"\n **R**=\"writing\" as one of the three R's: **r**eading, w**r**iting, a**r**ithmetic"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 19 reflecting the tools of his trade (4)","output":"### Answer: SNIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: 19\n=slang for a tailor\n reversal of **PINS**=tools of a tailor's trade"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reserve falling away finally, natural to be in stitches (10)","output":"### Answer: CACHINNATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: be in stitches\n=to laugh loudly\n **CACH**e=\"Reserve\" with the final letter falling away; plus **INNATE**=\"natural\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little time to cry about source of light for picture (9)","output":"### Answer: FLASHBULB \n ### Explanation: Definition: source of light for picture\n**FLASH**=\"Little time\"; plus **BLUB**=\"cry\" reversed\/\"about\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Faith, by itself, aims for only half its members to be seen (5)","output":"### Answer: ISLAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Faith\nhalf of the letters from **I**t**S**e**L**f **A**i**M**s"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Orchestra's leader getting in tune at start of new film (3,4)","output":"### Answer: THE OMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: film\n=1976 horror film\n **O**rchestra getting in **THEME**=\"tune\" plus **N**ew"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: You might score one after international trial (4,3)","output":"### Answer: TEST RUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: trial\nA cricketer in an international Test Match might score a **TEST RUN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Notably Picasso: Pablo's heart is in fashion (6)","output":"### Answer: CUBIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Notably Picasso\nthe \"heart\"\/middle letter of Pa**B**lo + **IS**; both inside **CUT**=\"fashion\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Postings on internet article about Republican promotion (6)","output":"### Answer: THREAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Postings on internet\na thread is a chain of replies e.g. on an internet forum\n **THE**=\"article\" around **R** (Republican); plus **AD**=advert=\"promotion\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dealer's left distributing the LSD and ecstasy (6,4)","output":"### Answer: ELDEST HAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dealer's left\n=the player to the dealer's left in a card game. They get the first card dealt, making their hand of cards 'older' than everyone else's.\n (the LSD and **E**)*, where **E**=\"ecstasy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Always after second part (5)","output":"### Answer: SEVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: part\n**EVER**=\"Always\" after **S** (second)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scorpion's tail in sorry mess, caught in mug of sweet goo (4,5)","output":"### Answer: CORN SYRUP \n ### Explanation: Definition: sweet goo\nScorpio**N **in (sorry)*; all inside **CUP**=\"mug\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exclusively fashioned from nylon, but unfinished (4)","output":"### Answer: ONLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exclusively\n(nylo[n])* with its final letter n removed from the anagram"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Central Birmingham, in short a city initially chap finds a pain (4-4)","output":"### Answer: BONE-ACHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: pain\nB1 is a Central Birmingham postcode, or **B-ONE**; + **A C**ity initials + **HE**=\"chap\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Energy absorbed by tenants goes back in (2-6)","output":"### Answer: RE-ENTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: goes back in\n**E** (Energy) inside **RENTERS**=\"tenants\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Battle over tirade that is the first to shatter bonds (10)","output":"### Answer: WARRANTIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: bonds\n**WAR**=\"Battle\" + **RANT**=\"tirade\" + **I.E.**=\"that is\" + **S**hatter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Told to carry actual train in vessel for last journey (6,3)","output":"### Answer: BURIAL URN \n ### Explanation: Definition: vessel for last journey\nHomophone\/\"Told\" of 'bear-real-learn': 'bear'=\"carry\" + 'real'=\"actual\" + 'learn'=\"train in\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What 19s can achieve, if put back in wardrobe (5,3)","output":"### Answer: CLOSE FIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: What 19s can achieve\n19s being TAILORs\n **IF** reversed\/\"back\" and put inside **CLOSET**=\"wardrobe\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suggest getting close (8)","output":"### Answer: INTIMATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Suggest\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boatman changes heading: he knows how to tack (6)","output":"### Answer: TAILOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: he knows how to tack\n\"tack\" means to stitch [as well as to steer a boat]\n S**AILOR**=\"Boatman\", changing the head letter to **T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boatman to join a navy (6)","output":"### Answer: SEAMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boatman\n**SEAM**=\"join\" + **A** + **N** (Navy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Addiction to gear (5)","output":"### Answer: HABIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Addiction\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Other people set Tory leader on edge (4)","output":"### Answer: THEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Other people\n**T**ory + **HEM**=\"edge\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vexed about European tree such as beech, from what we hear (8)","output":"### Answer: SEASHORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: beech, from what we hear\n\"beech, from what we hear\" gives 'beach' i.e. SEASHORE\n **SORE**=\"Vexed\" around: **E** (European) + **ASH**=\"tree\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Changed course, you said, in sound \u2014 also depth (6)","output":"### Answer: HAULED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Changed course\n**U** is \"you\" said aloud, inside **HALE**=\"sound\"; plus **D** (depth)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish from either side of dinghy (4)","output":"### Answer: DORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fish\n**D OR Y** as in 'd' or 'y'=\"either side of dinghy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One I can upset about game on board, good for long voyages (5-5)","output":"### Answer: OCEAN-GOING \n ### Explanation: Definition: for long voyages\n(One I can)*, around **GO**=\"game on board\", the board game with black and white tiles, plus **G** (good)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little time left before close of play to produce score (6)","output":"### Answer: TWENTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: score\n**T** (time) + **WENT**=\"left\" + closing letter of pla**Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Twist and Shout \u2014 a great number! (8)","output":"### Answer: THOUSAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: a great number\n(and Shout)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like savage animal, it goes back into thicket (7)","output":"### Answer: BRUTISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like savage animal\n**IT** reversed\/\"goes back\" inside **BRUSH**=\"thicket\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article in French about fit groups of sportsmen (7)","output":"### Answer: LEAGUES \n ### Explanation: Definition: groups of sportsmen\n**LES**=\"[the plural definite] Article in French\" around **AGUE**=a shivering \"fit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailor embracing French author or English composer (8)","output":"### Answer: TAVERNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: English composer\nJohn TAVERNER is the English composer\n **TAR**=\"Sailor\" around Jules **VERNE**=\"French author\" of\u00a0*Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Understand female, mostly in some depth (6)","output":"### Answer: FATHOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Understand\ntwo definitions\n **F** (female) + **AT HOM**[e]=\"mostly in\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A number is oddly right for next solution, say (10)","output":"### Answer: SUBMARINER \n ### Explanation: Definition: next solution, say\nthe next solution, NEMO, is a SUBMARINER in *Twenty Thousand Leagues\n *(A number is)* + **R** (right)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Previous solution in fiction, one found in movie (4)","output":"### Answer: NEMO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Previous solution in fiction\na fictional SUBMARINER\n *Finding Nemo* is the \"movie\" reference, an animated Disney film about fish \u2013 including one named DORY [solution to 11ac]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Travels fast with American that's thrown off ship (6)","output":"### Answer: JETSAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's thrown off ship\n**JETS**=\"Travels fast\" + **AM** (American)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sea creature \u2014 as usual, it changed after new start (8)","output":"### Answer: NAUTILUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sea creature\n=a type of mollusc \u2013 and also the name of NEMO's submarine in\u00a0*Twenty Thousand Leagues*\n (usual it)*, after the start of **N**ew"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Naval craft 24 across destroyed, very much without point (3-2-3)","output":"### Answer: MEN-OF-WAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Naval craft\n(NEMO)*=\"24 across\" with \"destroyed\" as an anagram indicator; plus **FAR**=\"very much\" outside **W** (west)=compass \"point\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pick out examples, possibly, being extremely selective (4)","output":"### Answer: ESPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pick out\nextreme letters taken from **E**xample**S** **P**ossibl**Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Literary diarist translated 24 across (6)","output":"### Answer: NOBODY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Literary diarist\n*The Diary of a Nobody *was a 1892 novel by George and Weedon Grossmith\n 24ac, NEMO, is Latin for NOBODY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keep things shipshape on end of berth below (7)","output":"### Answer: BENEATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: below\n**BE NEAT**=\"Keep things shipshape\" + end letter of bert**H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perform well, holding head up, in part of leg (8)","output":"### Answer: SHINBONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of leg\n**SHINE**=\"Perform well\", holding **NOB**=\"head\" reversed\/\"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Submerged, perhaps?\u00a0Marvellous! (3,2,5)","output":"### Answer: OUT OF SIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Submerged, perhaps?\ndouble definition: ='not visible'; or 'beyond comparison'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Write name before getting aboard, standard for ship (6)","output":"### Answer: PENNON \n ### Explanation: Definition: standard for ship\n=\"standard\" as a in a flag\n **PEN**=\"Write\" + **N** (name) + **ON**=\"aboard\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clear kind of flask stowed inside, as far down as possible (10)","output":"### Answer: NETHERMOST \n ### Explanation: Definition: as far down as possible\n**NET**=\"Clear\" of any deductions as in 'net profit'; with **THERMOS**=\"kind of flask\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heartlessly, say, represented modern indications of disorder (8)","output":"### Answer: SYNDROME \n ### Explanation: Definition: disorder\n**S**a**Y** without its heart or central letter; plus (modern)* with 're-presented' as the anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like big creature and not small one, with tail raised (8)","output":"### Answer: ENORMOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like big creature\n**NOR**=\"and not\" + **MOUSE**=\"small [creature]\", with the tail or final **E** raised up to the top of the solution word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pressing forward, I circle around (7)","output":"### Answer: IRONING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pressing\n**ON**=\"forward\", with **I** + **RING**=\"circle\" around it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 26, for example, in its place, turned up insults (6)","output":"### Answer: ABUSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: insults\n**SUB**[marine]=\"NAUTILUS, for example\", inside **SEA**=\"its place\"; all reversed\/\"turned up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fill with passion and have lofty aim? (4,2)","output":"### Answer: FIRE UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: ill with passion\ntwo definitions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing covering area that gives quick protection (4)","output":"### Answer: NAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: that gives quick protection\nthe \"quick\" is sensitive flesh, especially under the nails \u2013 as in 'cut to the quick'\n **NIL**=\"Nothing\" around **A** (area)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shame salesman taking fish (8)","output":"### Answer: REPROACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shame\n**REP**=sales representative=\"salesman\" + **ROACH**=\"fish\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Further thoughts about obligation to be devout (5)","output":"### Answer: PIOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: devout\n**PS**=post script=\"Further thought\", around **IOU**=\"obligation\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mark enters relationship for a while (4)","output":"### Answer: TIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: while\n**M** (Mark) inside **TIE**=\"relationship\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Serenaded girls showing viewing aids (10)","output":"### Answer: SUNGLASSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: viewing aids\n**SUNG**=\"Serenaded\" + **LASSES**=\"girls\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old Bob's big test (6)","output":"### Answer: SAMPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: test\n**S**=shilling=\"Old Bob\" + **AMPLE**=\"big\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A barrier to marketing of water (5,3)","output":"### Answer: ADAM\u2019S ALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: water\n**A** + **DAM**=\"barrier\" + **SALE**=\"marketing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop umpire having shower (7)","output":"### Answer: REFRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stop\n**REF**=\"umpire\" + **RAIN**=\"shower\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A number cut in front of a learner driver (7)","output":"### Answer: SEVERAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: A number\n**SEVER**=\"cut\" + **A** + **L** (Learner driver)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Don't drop one's aitches like Captain 'Ook, for example (8)","output":"### Answer: ASPIRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Don't drop one's aitches\n**AS**=\"like\"** + PIRATE**=\"Captain 'Ook, for example\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Classy when receiving thanks for chemical compound (6)","output":"### Answer: POTASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: chemical compound\n**POSH**=\"Classy\" around **TA**=\"thanks\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: About to get fired? Away to ring president! (3,3,4)","output":"### Answer: FOR THE CHOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: About to get fired\n**FORTH**=\"Away\" + **ECHO**=\"ring\" + **P** (president)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The way to follow soldier's point (4)","output":"### Answer: GIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: point\n**ST**=street=\"The way\", after **GI**=\"soldier\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lavatory beside a large waterway (5)","output":"### Answer: CANAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: waterway\n**CAN**=\"Lavatory\" + **A** + **L** (Large)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: National currency is creating emotional disorder (8)","output":"### Answer: NEUROSIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: emotional disorder\n**N** (National) + **EUROS**=\"currency\" + **IS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Have an aversion to eating European perch? Think twice! (8)","output":"### Answer: HESITATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Think twice\n**HATE**=\"Have an aversion to\", around all of: **E** (European) + **SIT**=\"perch\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gabrielle hides the cheese (4)","output":"### Answer: BRIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: cheese\nhidden in Ga**BRIE**lle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Badger lashes out (6)","output":"### Answer: HASSLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Badger\n(lashes)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Popular humorist supports companion in conversation (4-3)","output":"### Answer: CHIN-WAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: conversation\n**IN**=\"Popular\" + **WAG**=\"humorist\"; after **CH**=Companion of Honour\n I think the IN is meant to be indicated by \"Popular\" \u2013 it does also appear in the surface, but taking it from there would make\"Popular\" redundant"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small sack of waste (8)","output":"### Answer: SPILLAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: waste\n**S** (Small) + **PILLAGE**=\"sack\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sibling wears comfortable uniform (10)","output":"### Answer: CONSISTENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: uniform\n**SIS**=sister=\"Sibling\" inside **CONTENT**=\"comfortable\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To boot a balloon (2,4)","output":"### Answer: AS WELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: To boot\n**A** + **SWELL**=\"Balloon\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prettiness that's rendered enduring (10)","output":"### Answer: PERSISTENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: enduring\n(Prettiness)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl libels AA organisation (8)","output":"### Answer: ISABELLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Girl\n(libels AA)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One kills when crack troops go astray (8)","output":"### Answer: ASSASSIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: One kills\n**AS**=\"when\" + **SAS**=\"crack troops\" + **SIN**=\"go astray\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Change the name of a fuel (7)","output":"### Answer: METHANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a fuel\n(the name)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put an end to\u00a0good spirits (6)","output":"### Answer: SCOTCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put an end to\ntwo definitions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Italian banker to sulk and exit briefly (3,3)","output":"### Answer: POP OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: exit briefly\n**PO**=Italian river=\"banker\" as in riverbanks + **POUT**=\"sulk\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: German subdued ardour (4)","output":"### Answer: GLOW \n ### Explanation: G** (German) + **LOW**=\"subdued\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Hip!', Alma tells powerful connections (7,2,4,6)","output":"### Answer: FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES \n ### Explanation: Definition: powerful connections\n**Hip Alma tells** can be read as: **pal** + **mate**=**FRIENDS**, **IN**side **hills**=**HIGH PLACES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dire accommodation had little impact (4,4)","output":"### Answer: FELL FLAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: had little impact\n**FELL**=\"Dire\" + **FLAT**=\"accommodation\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Best hot chicken pub's served \u2014 fellow tucking in (4,2,3,5)","output":"### Answer: PICK OF THE BUNCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Best\n(hot chicken pub)* with** F** for \"fellow\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disallow try by a Northampton flanker \u2014 dead right! (4,2)","output":"### Answer: BANG ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: dead right\n**BAN**=\"Disallow\" + **GO**=\"try\" + either of the outmost letters\/\"flankers\" of **N**orthampton"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Roger Taylor is inside' (Queen fan) (8)","output":"### Answer: ROYALIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Queen fan\n(Taylor)*, with **IS** inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Issue stops champs returning for final appearance (4,4)","output":"### Answer: SWAN SONG \n ### Explanation: Definition: final appearance\n**SON**=\"Issue\" as in offspring; inside\/\"stops\"\u00a0**GNAWS**=\"champs\" reversed\/\"returning\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hamper's back \u2014 starts to eat ravenously (6)","output":"### Answer: HINDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hamper\n**HIND**=\"back\"; plus the starting letters to **E**at **R**avenously"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing live on TV till The Voice (8)","output":"### Answer: FALSETTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Voice\n**FA**='F*** all'=\"Nothing\" + **L** (live) + **SET**=\"TV\" + **TO**=\"till\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Date Times girl finally accepted \u2026 for pay (6)","output":"### Answer: SETTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: pay\n**SEE**=go out with=\"Date\" + **T** and **T**=two \"Times\"; around the final letter of gir**L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gripped by desire, regularly touch stripper (6)","output":"### Answer: LOCUST \n ### Explanation: Definition: stripper\n=something that ravages and destroys\n **LUST**=\"desire\", around regular letters from t**O**u**C**h"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Switch expected following long-standing enmity (4)","output":"### Answer: FEUD \n ### Explanation: Reversal\/\"Switch\" of: **DUE**=\"expected\" + **F** for \"following\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Table-topper's manager going back to before 2nd April (6,3)","output":"### Answer: PEPPER POT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Table-topper\n**PEP** Guardiola=Man City football \"manager\"; plus a reversal\/\"going back\" of: **TO** + **PRE**=\"before\" + **P**=\"2nd [letter of] April\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'With body to die for', agreed about divine creature (5)","output":"### Answer: FREYA \n ### Explanation: Definition: divine creature\nFREYA is the Norse goddess of love\n **F**o**R**, with its middle removed i.e. \"with body to die\"; plus **AYE**=\"agreed\" reversed\/\"about\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bad good? One senior officer's admitting this doesn't make sense (7)","output":"### Answer: ILLOGIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: this doesn't make sense\n**ILL**=\"Bad\"; plus **G** (Good) + **I**=\"One\" both inside **OC**=Officer Commanding=\"senior officer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: End of comedian's only funny material (5)","output":"### Answer: NYLON \n ### Explanation: Definition: material\n(**n** only)*; with the first **n** coming from the end of comedia**n"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crosses line out in Juvenal's work (7)","output":"### Answer: SATIRES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Juvenal's work\n*Satires* are poems by the Latin author Juvenal\n **SALTIRES** are heraldic \"Crosses\", with **L** for \"line\" taken out"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A minor skin problem (5,4)","output":"### Answer: NAPPY RASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: A minor skin problem\ncryptic definition, with \"minor\" meaning 'a young person', rather than 'insignificant'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Annoyed they're going up (7)","output":"### Answer: HACKLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Annoyed they're going up\ncryptic definition \u2013 one's hackles are raised when annoyed or angry"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor in US does enough for rollicking \u2014 that's characteristic (4,5,2,6)","output":"### Answer: GOOD SENSE OF HUMOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: characteristic\n**MO** (Medical Officer)=\"Doctor\", inside (US does enough for)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leaflet on bats ignored (4,5)","output":"### Answer: LEFT ALONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: ignored\n(Leaflet on)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hal's fielding position? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SHORT STOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: fielding position\n=a fielding position in baseball\n Hal is **SHORT** for 'Halt'=**STOP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Duo getting frisky with nuns? That's doubtful! (7)","output":"### Answer: UNSOUND \n ### Explanation: Definition: doubtful\n(Duo nuns)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Frequently stops with not much money raised, though it will cover accommodation (7)","output":"### Answer: ROOFTOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: cover accommodation\n**OFT**=\"Frequently\", inside\/\"stops\" **POOR**=\"with not much money\" reversed\/\"raised\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bid that liberal America would welcome? (2-5)","output":"### Answer: NO TRUMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bid\n=a type of \"Bid\" when playing bridge; and a reference to Donald Trump in America"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Material audience's influenced (5)","output":"### Answer: SUEDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Material\nsounds like\/\"audience's\": 'swayed'=\"influenced\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Felicity's content, not being banned (5)","output":"### Answer: LICIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: not being banned\nhidden in Fe**LICIT**y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fine cow, the best (6)","output":"### Answer: FLOWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: the best\n\"the flower of\u2026\" can mean the best example of something, e.g. 'the flower of English chivalry'\n **F** (Fine) + **LOWER**=\"cow\", as in 'the cattle are lowing'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Broken-down Welshman joked on air (8)","output":"### Answer: DIGESTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Broken-down\nhomophone\/\"on air\" of: 'Dai jested'=\"Welshman joked\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's full of grated cheese that's melting fast (3,5)","output":"### Answer: ICE SHEET \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's melting fast\n**IT**, around (cheese)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loops edges around hole (6)","output":"### Answer: NOOSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Loops\n**NOSES**=\"edges [ahead of the competition]\", around **O**=\"hole\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Australian birds scrub duds (5,7)","output":"### Answer: BRUSH TURKEYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Australian birds\n**BRUSH**=\"scrub\" + **TURKEYS**=\"duds\"=plays, films, etc that are complete failures"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Whiskey in Greek island is daunting (4)","output":"### Answer: COWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: is daunting\nWhiskey is **W** in the phonetic alphabet, inside **COS**=\"Greek island\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Monk controls a new church in Don's area (2,6)","output":"### Answer: LA MANCHA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Don's area\nDon Quixote was the Man of La Mancha\n **LAMA**=\"Monk\", around **A** + **N** (New) + **CH** (Church)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tolerate bill involving Republican flag (8)","output":"### Answer: STANDARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: flag\n**STAND**=\"Tolerate\" + **AD**=advert=\"bill\" around **R** (Republican)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Complain, putting away hot drink (4)","output":"### Answer: WINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\n**WhINE**=\"Complain\", putting away **h** for \"hot\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arab chemist packs cold beers for open-air markets (3,4,5)","output":"### Answer: CAR BOOT SALES \n ### Explanation: Definition: open-air markets\n**AR** (Arab) + **BOOTS**=UK pharmacy chain=\"chemist\", inside **C** (cold) + **ALES**=\"beers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lock on live bomb (6)","output":"### Answer: BARREL \n ### Explanation: Definition: bomb\nbarrel=bomb=move or drive a vehicle very quickly\n **BAR**=to secure=\"Lock\" + **RE**=\"on [the topic of\u2026]\" + **L** (live)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: PA woman accompanies posh colleague (8)","output":"### Answer: ANNUALLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: PA\nPA=per annum\n **ANN**=\"woman\" + **U**=upper-class=\"posh\" + **ALLY**=\"colleague\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Find new homes for letters edited by European (8)","output":"### Answer: RESETTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Find new homes for\n(letters)* + **E** (European)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Current racket in mercury leads to a severe defeat (6)","output":"### Answer: HIDING \n ### Explanation: Definition: severe defeat\n**I**=symbol for \"Current\" in physics + **DIN**=\"racket\"; inside **HG**=chemical symbol for \"mercury\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Secure\u00a0place with gates at both ends (4)","output":"### Answer: LOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Secure\ndouble definition: the second definition referring to locks in canals and other waterways"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sink used to be stylish, compris\u00ading a special sort of graphite (9)","output":"### Answer: WASH BASIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sink\n**WAS IN**=\"used to be stylish\", around **A** + **S** (special) + **HB**=Hard Black=\"sort of graphite\" in pencils"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sheepish four regularly breaking new rule (6)","output":"### Answer: RUEFUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sheepish\nregular letters from **F**o**U**r inside (rule)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What causes the middle to rot? (5,3,7)","output":"### Answer: DUTCH ELM DISEASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: What causes the middle to rot?\n(causes the middle)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Game's tacky, restricting home runs (3,5)","output":"### Answer: GIN RUMMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Game\n**GUMMY**=\"tacky\" around **IN**=\"home\" + **R** (runs) in cricket"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Handle\u00a0contents of shelves\u00a01 or 13 (5)","output":"### Answer: STOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Handle\nQuadruple definition: STOCK can mean the handle end of a tool; the contents of shop shelves; a type of flower; and cattle\/cows"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 2, 7 and 23, say, keeping extremely slim (10)","output":"### Answer: EVERYTHING \n ### Explanation: Definition: 2, 7 and 23\n2, 7 and 23=LOCK, STOCK, and BARREL, a figure of speech meaning EVERYTHING\n **EG**=\"say\", around **VERY THIN**=\"extremely slim\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dim friend put away oral part (4,6)","output":"### Answer: SOFT PALATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: oral part\n**SOFT**=\"Dim\" lighting + **PAL**=\"friend\" + **ATE**=\"put away\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stall society occupying recent feature of arena? (9)","output":"### Answer: NEWSSTAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stall\n**S** (society) inside **NEW STAND**=\"recent feature of arena?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In which sleepers lie on other sleepers (5-3)","output":"### Answer: WAGON-LIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: In which sleepers lie on other sleepers\ncryptic definition: a train carriage where people sleep (In which sleepers lie), that runs \"on other [railway track] sleepers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Picnic invaded by large seal (6)","output":"### Answer: CLINCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: seal\n=as in clinch\/seal victory\n **CINCH**=easy task=\"Picnic\", around L (large)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Start to go in, having shed clothes to get lighter (5)","output":"### Answer: BARGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: lighter\na lighter is a type of flat-bottomed barge\n **G**=\"Start to **g**o\"; in **BARE**=\"having shed clothes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Are they all partial to Gaelic language? (4)","output":"### Answer: CLAN \n ### Explanation: a CLAN might be a Gaelic tribe\n hidden inside\/\"partial to\": Gaeli**C LAN**guage"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer pockets tenpence piece in the cinema (6)","output":"### Answer: BIOPIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: piece in the cinema\nportmanteau of **BIO**graphical **PIC**ture\n **BIC**=brand of ballpoint pen=\"writer\", around **IOP**=10P=\"tenpence\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ally in war zone shows weapon there (6)","output":"### Answer: NAPALM \n ### Explanation: Definition: weapon there\nportmanteau of **NAP**hthenic and **PALM**itic acids\n **PAL**=\"Ally\" in '**NAM**=Vietnam=\"war zone\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Group receiving right fare (6)","output":"### Answer: BRUNCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: fare\nportmanteau of **BR**eakfast and l**UNCH**\n **BUNCH**=\"Group\" around **R** (right)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Figure seizing hotel involved in fund-raiser (8)","output":"### Answer: TELETHON \n ### Explanation: Definition: fund-raiser\nportmanteau of **TELE**vision and mara**THON**\n **TEN**=a number=\"Figure\" around (hotel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rude message arranged to include sign of affection (4)","output":"### Answer: SEXT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rude message\nportmanteau of **SEX** and t**EXT**\n **SET**=\"arranged\", around **X**=written symbol for 'kiss'=\"sign of affection\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's always very cool way to follow hairstyles (10)","output":"### Answer: PERMAFROST \n ### Explanation: Definition: What's always very cool\nportmanteau of **PERMA**nent and **FROST\n ST**=street=\"way\", following after **PERM** + **AFRO**=\"hairstyles\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left chap kind of cross about English classification of the across solutions? (11)","output":"### Answer: PORTMANTEAU \n ### Explanation: Definition: classification of the across solutions\nwords made from parts of other words \u2013 see examples in the across solutions\n **PORT**=\"Left\" + **MAN**=\"chap\" + **TAU**=\"kind of cross\" around **E** (English)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guy with pet, one with leg break (10)","output":"### Answer: STAYCATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: break \nportmanteau of **STAY** + va**CATION**\n **STAY**=\"Guy\" as in a 'guy rope' used to secure e.g. ship's masts + **CAT**=\"pet\" + **I**=\"one\" + **ON**=\"leg\" side in cricket"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Speaker pens line, about to publish online (4)","output":"### Answer: BLOG \n ### Explanation: Definition: publish online\nportmanteau of we**B** + **LOG**\n **GOB**=mouth, \"Speaker\" around **L** (line); all reversed\/\"about\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: British country church, in which men bond (8)","output":"### Answer: BROMANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: in which men bond\nportmanteau of **BRO**\/BROther and **ROMANCE**\n **BR** (British) + **OMAN**=\"country+ **CE**=Church of England"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Porridge maybe in breakfasts it complements (6)","output":"### Answer: SITCOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Porridge maybe\nportmanteau of **SIT**uation **COM**edy; Porridge was a British sitcom\n hidden in breakfast**S IT COM**plements"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Political crisis took hold, overwhelming monarch (6)","output":"### Answer: BREXIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Political crisis\nportmanteau of **BR**itish and **EXIT\n BIT**=\"took hold\", around **REX**=king, \"monarch\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ugly little creature welcomes electronic information about make-up (6)","output":"### Answer: GENOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: information about make-up\nportmanteau of **GEN**e and chromos**OME**; information about an organism's genetic make-up\n **GNOME**=\"Ugly litte creature\" around **E** (electronic)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Officer playing rotten old horn (8)","output":"### Answer: CORNETTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: old horn\n=an early wind instrument \n **CO**=Commanding Officer + (rotten)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Accident to an extent inter\u00adrupting plan (6)","output":"### Answer: MISHAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Accident\n**ISH** as in 'soon-ish'=\"to an extent\"; inside **MAP**=\"plan\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How post gets around vegetable market, according to Spooner (4,4)","output":"### Answer: MAIL CART \n ### Explanation: Definition: How post gets around\nSpoonerism of 'kale mart'=\"vegetable market\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clergyman to go off with fool to the north (6)","output":"### Answer: PASTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clergyman\n**ROT**=\"go off\" + **SAP**=\"fool\"; all reversed upwards\/\"to the north\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carried nothing in island (6)","output":"### Answer: BORNEO \n ### Explanation: Definition: island\n**BORNE**=\"Carried\" + **O**=\"nothing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A boring wet lefty (6)","output":"### Answer: MAOIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: lefty\n**A** boring\/going inside of **MOIST**=\"wet\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aren't diesel trains made to last? (11)","output":"### Answer: ETERNALISED \n ### Explanation: Definition: made to last\n(Aren't diesel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: During work, drops greasy product (5,3)","output":"### Answer: TRAIN OIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: greasy product\n**TOIL**=\"work\", around **RAIN**=\"drops\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drive in range, with ball cutting in (8)","output":"### Answer: AMBITION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drive\n**AMBIT**=\"range\", with **O**=a circle=\"ball\" cutting into **IN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beating cheers up hard little boy (6)","output":"### Answer: ATHROB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beating \n**TA**=thank you=\"cheers\", reversed\/\"up\"; plus **H** (hard) and **ROB**[ert]=abbreviated boy's name=\"little boy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second sort of wine is sour (6)","output":"### Answer: MOROSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: sour\n**MO**=moment=\"Second\" + **ROS\u00c9**=\"sort of wine\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chatter about current leader with a stammer on the rise (6)","output":"### Answer: YAMMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chatter\n**RE**=\"about\" + Theresa **M-MAY**=\"current [UK] leader\" as if spoken \"with a stammer\"; all reversed\/\"on the rise\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not a single compiler scoffed (6)","output":"### Answer: NOSHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: scoffed\n**NO**=\"Not a single\" + **SHED**=Guardian crossword \"compiler\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fine to recycle cans and waste (6)","output":"### Answer: REFUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: waste\n**F** (Fine) contained inside **REUSE**=\"recycle\"\n \"cans\" is the containment indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Locks up with this chain \u2014 orgy without clothes to tear (8)","output":"### Answer: HAIRGRIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Locks up with this\nHAIRGRIP=something that holds up your hair\/\"Locks\"\n c**HAI**n o**RG**y without their outer letters\/\"clothes\"; plus **RIP**=\"tear\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poison a river covered by smoke (6)","output":"### Answer: CURARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poison\n**A** + **R** (river), both contained inside **CURE**=\"smoke\" as in ham"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Telltale sign person lacking news to spread? (8)","output":"### Answer: GOSSIPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Telltale\n(sign person)*, minus the two N-s for (New-s)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Side One's ending: McCartney's hit playing (10,4)","output":"### Answer: MANCHESTER CITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Side\n=a football \"Side\"\n (e McCartney's hit)*, where the first E is [On]E's ending letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weed in tent! Help me out (4,6)","output":"### Answer: HEMP NETTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Weed\n(tent Help me)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Airline left India for island (4)","output":"### Answer: BALI \n ### Explanation: Definition: island\n**BA**=British Airways=\"Airline\" + **L** (Left) + **I**=\"India\" in the phonetic alphabet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nasty one's after Tramp (4)","output":"### Answer: MEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nasty\n**AN**=\"one\" after **ME**=the writer of the clue=\"Tramp\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Touching story about one that's capable of working again (10)","output":"### Answer: REPAIRABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: capable of working again\n**RE**=about, concerning=\"Touching\" + **PARABLE**=\"story\" around **I**=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Treatment of tooth and nerve: cure available without licence (4-3-7)","output":"### Answer: OVER THE COUNTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: available without licence\n(tooth nerve cure)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Comedy character by hotel \u2014 priest on show came down (8)","output":"### Answer: ALIGHTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: came down\n**ALI G**=Sacha Baron Cohen's \"Comedy character\" ; plus **H** (hotel) + **TED**=\"priest on [TV] show\" Father Ted"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go anaemic, tablets individually knocked back (6)","output":"### Answer: ELAPSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Go\n**PALE**=\"anaemic\" + **E'S**=ecstasy \"tablets\"; each individually reversed\/\"knocked back\" in turn"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remain on chair with this? (8)","output":"### Answer: HEADREST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Remain on chair with this?\n**REST**=\"Remain\"; after **HEAD**=\"chair\" e.g. of a committee"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shave head of Britney Spears balder (6)","output":"### Answer: BARBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shave\nBARBER can be a verb meaning \"Shave\"\n **B** (head of Britney) goes into\/\"Spears\" **BARER**=\"balder\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stone cut film (4)","output":"### Answer: ROCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stone\n**ROCK**[y]=\"film\" starring Sylvester Stallone , with the end letter cut off"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rage, holding rounds for gun (7)","output":"### Answer: FIREARM \n ### Explanation: Definition: gun\n**IRE**=\"Rage\", contained in **FARM**=\"holding\"\n \"rounds\" is the containment indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Team without competition to enter (8)","output":"### Answer: SARACENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Team\n=a rugby union team\n **SANS**=\"without\", with **RACE**=\"competition\" to enter inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink drivers taking short month off work (11)","output":"### Answer: AMONTILLADO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drink\n=a type of sherry\n **AA**=Automobile Association=\"drivers\" around both of: **MONT**[h]=\"short month\" + **ILL**=\"off\"; plus **DO**=\"work\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Holiday place with empty restaurant: stood up inside (6)","output":"### Answer: RESORT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Holiday place\n**R**estauran**T**, empty of its middle letters; with **ROSE**=\"stood\" reversed\/\"up\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Copy salesman? Booze picked up by some? (7)","output":"### Answer: REPLICA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Copy\n**REP**=\"salesman\"; plus **LICA** which might sound like\/be \"picked up\" as 'liquor'=\"Booze\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conga? Are members forced to follow it? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: PARTY LINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Conga\ndouble definition; the second refers to members of a political party"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: High-end property? Old tree, fellers cut into sections (11)","output":"### Answer: EXTREMENESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: High-end property\nEXTREMENESS=a quality\/property of something that is on the high end\n **EX**=\"Old\"; plus **TREE** with **MEN**=\"fellers\" cutting inside; plus **Ss**=\"sections\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quack from duck below nest on way (9)","output":"### Answer: HOMEOPATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quack\n**O**=\"duck\", a score of zero in cricket, below **HOME**=\"nest\" and on top of **PATH**=\"way\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scales going up fully, needs to get trim on top (8)","output":"### Answer: PRUNELLA \n ### Explanation: PRUNELLA Scales is an actress \n reversal\/\"going up\" of **ALL**=\"fully\", with **PRUNE**=\"trim\" on top"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Red Arrows initially came flying over independent country (7)","output":"### Answer: AMERICA \n ### Explanation: Definition: country\n(R A came)* around **I** (independent); with R A from the initials of Red Arrows"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Set of regulars to barmen: 'We pour over barrel here, perhaps' (7)","output":"### Answer: BREWPUB \n ### Explanation: Definition: here, perhaps\na BREWPUB is a pub with a brewery attached\n regular letters from **B**a**R**m**E**n **W**e **P**o**U**r; plus **B** (Barrel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Film singer, one impresses (6)","output":"### Answer: ETCHER \n ### Explanation: ET**=\"film\" ; plus **CHER**=\"singer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put on weight to get attention (4)","output":"### Answer: WEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put on\n**W** (weight) + **EAR**=\"attention\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vagrant grew teary, consequence of having bath? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: GREY WATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: consequence of having bath\n=household waste water from baths, sinks etc\n (grew teary)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Terse husband gripped by shame (5)","output":"### Answer: PITHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Terse\n**H** (husband) inside **PITY**=\"shame\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lads use it, suffering lethargy (9)","output":"### Answer: LASSITUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: lethargy\n(Lads use it)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Northerners and fellow boozers (5)","output":"### Answer: FINNS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Northerners\n**F** (Fellow) + **INNS**=\"boozers\", places to drink"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Without any energy, three use tee for drive (6)","output":"### Answer: THRUST \n ### Explanation: Definition: drive\n**THRee USe Tee**,\u00a0minus every** e** for \"energy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look mean, having no weaknesses (8)","output":"### Answer: AIRTIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: having no weaknesses\n**AIR**=someone's bearing or outward appearance=\"Look\" + **TIGHT**=\"mean\" with money"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lord's holding first of enquiries into unruly mid-off (7)","output":"### Answer: FIEFDOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lord's holding\nfirst letter of **E**nquiries going into (mid-off)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leader shunning wholesale evidence of misery (7)","output":"### Answer: WEEPING \n ### Explanation: Definition: evidence of misery\n**SWEEPING**=\"wholesale\" as in 'sweeping\/wholesale changes', minus the leading letter **S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Duke excluded from king's company outside (8)","output":"### Answer: ALFRESCO \n ### Explanation: Definition: outside\n**D** (Duke) removed from **ALFRED'S**=\"king's\" + **CO** (Company)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unkempt chap exhausted after long nap (6)","output":"### Answer: SHAGGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unkempt\n**GUY**=\"chap\", \"exhausted\"\/emptied out; after\u00a0**SHAG**=coarse fabric, with \"long nap\" meaning fuzzy texture"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is aware Primark now sells sandwiches (5)","output":"### Answer: KNOWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Is aware\nhidden in Primar**K NOW S**ells"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arachne ultimately got by on \u00a351 in cash (9)","output":"### Answer: LIQUIDITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: cash\n**I**=the setter=\"Arachne\", plus ultimate letters of go**T** b**Y**; all after **LI**=\"51\u2033 in roman numerals + **QUID** (\u00a3)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Delivered letter: ending taken to heart (5)","output":"### Answer: DEALT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Delivered\n**DELTA**=Greek \"letter\", with the ending **A** moved to the centre\/\"heart\" of the word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prime case of extortion following incident in Home Counties (9)","output":"### Answer: SEVENTEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prime\n=a prime number\n the \"case\" or outer letters of **E**xtortio**N**, after **EVENT**=\"incident\" in **SE**=South East, \"Home Counties\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Parting buttocks audibly (6)","output":"### Answer: BREACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Parting\nhomophone of 'breech'=\"buttocks\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Right time to put on pants and woad? (8)","output":"### Answer: DYESTUFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: woad?\n**YES**='acknowledged'=\"Right\" + **T** (time); inside **DUFF**=poor quality=\"pants\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Decrepit old man's boob (4,2)","output":"### Answer: PAST IT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Decrepit\n**PA'S**=\"old man's\" + **TIT**=\"boob\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expressionless bloody monster (7)","output":"### Answer: DEADPAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Expressionless\nI think this is: **DEAD**=intensifying adjective=\"bloody\" + **PAN**=Greek god with some of the features of a goat=\"monster\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two-part coverage of British couple stopped by relatives (6)","output":"### Answer: BIKINI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Two-part coverage\n**B** (British) + **II**=two in Roman numerals=\"couple\" around **KIN**=\"relatives\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good health of two mates, each with a shed (4-4)","output":"### Answer: CHIN CHIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Good health\n'china plate' is rhyming slang, so\u00a0**CHINA CHINA**=\"two mates\"; each with\u00a0**A** shed\/discarded"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strongly recommend 50% reduction in your wage (4)","output":"### Answer: URGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Strongly recommend\n50% of the letters removed from yo**UR** wa**GE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Manxwoman one defames? (8)","output":"### Answer: ISLANDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Manxwoman\n**I SLANDER**=\"one defames\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loves to pinch scientists roughly (2,2)","output":"### Answer: OR SO \n ### Explanation: Definition: roughly\nO=zero='Love' in tennis, so **OO**=\"Loves\", around **RS** (Royal Society)=\"scientists\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Praise extremely powerful reviews (8)","output":"### Answer: PLAUDITS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Praise\nextreme letters of **P**owerfu**L** + **AUDITS**=\"reviews\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Name of man embracing love goddess (7)","output":"### Answer: MONIKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Name\n**MR**=\"man\" around **O**=\"love\" [again!] + **NIKE**=Greek \"goddess\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most weirdly, bats return to natural habitat (6)","output":"### Answer: REWILD \n ### Explanation: Definition: return to natural habitat\n(weirdly)* \u2013 but only \"Most\" of the letters, not the final y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Then finally you kiss me, blind drunk (6)","output":"### Answer: SOUSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: drunk\n**SO**=\"Then\", plus final letters from yo**U** kis**S** m**E** blin**D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Threaten to go out to speak after close of meeting (6)","output":"### Answer: GUTTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Threaten to go out\ndefinition in the sense of a flame flickering out\n **UTTER**=\"speak\" after the closing letter to meetin**G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Standard applied to first US election, of which there are three (7,7)","output":"### Answer: PRIMARY COLOURS \n ### Explanation: Definition: of which there are three\n\"Standard\" as a in a flag = **COLOURS**; added after **PRIMARY**=\"first [round of a] US election\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Escape in one piece? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: BREAK FREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Escape\n'break-free'=free from having any breaks=\"in one piece?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Particular delivery, necessity for cricket, voided catch (5)","output":"### Answer: BATCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Particular delivery\n**BAT**=\"necessity for cricket\" + **C**atc**H** \"voided\" i.e. with its insides removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fibre for carpet tiles recycled (5)","output":"### Answer: ISTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fibre for carpet\n=a Mexican plant fibre\n (tiles)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Best or worst contribution to innings? (9)","output":"### Answer: OVERTHROW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Best\n=\"Best\" as a verb meaning to get the better of, overcome\n also =a bad contribution to a cricket innings, where the fielding team gives away extra runs due to a poor throw"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fox repelled by digging into waste matter (8)","output":"### Answer: SLYBOOTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fox\n=a cunning or tricky person\n **BY** inside **STOOLS**=\"waste matter\"; all reversed\/\"repelled\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Manages\u00a0boards (4,2)","output":"### Answer: GETS ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Manages\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recurrent award shows approval of eco-friendly publishing (1-5)","output":"### Answer: E-BOOKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: eco-friendly publishing\n**OBE**=Order of the British Empire=\"award\" reversed\/\"recurrent\"; plus **OKS**=gives the OK=\"shows approval\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flyer rejected assignment in space during project (5,3)","output":"### Answer: JUMBO JET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flyer\n**JOB**=\"assignment\" in **EM**=a unit of \"space\" in printing; all reversed\/\"rejected\" and inside **JUT**=\"project\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Order to freeze work on fortifications (4,5)","output":"### Answer: KEEP STILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Order to freeze\n**TILL** the soil=\"work\" after **KEEPS**=\"fortifications\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hot drink, second of two almost finished (5)","output":"### Answer: LATTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hot drink\n**LATTE**r=\"second of two\" without its finishing letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Port on the Moray Firth making appearance in news (5)","output":"### Answer: NAIRN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Port on the Moray Firth\n**AIR**=a person's manner or \"appearance\" in two \"new-s\"\u00a0**N\u00a0**and **N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wise guy currently packing gear for both sides (4-2-3)","output":"### Answer: KNOW-IT-ALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wise guy\n**NOW**=\"currently\" inside **KIT**=\"gear\" + **ALL\u00a0**as in 'the football score is one all'=\"for both sides\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Barking 'woof', eg, breathed apt warning (6,2,3,3)","output":"### Answer: BEWARE OF THE DOG \n ### Explanation: Definition: apt warning\n(woof eg breathed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ordinary folk are reaching the top, something MPs must get used to? (6,8)","output":"### Answer: PUBLIC SPEAKING \n ### Explanation: Definition: something MPs must get used to\n**PUBLIC'S PEAKING**=\"Ordinary folk are reaching the top\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cross try line, giving no reaction (7)","output":"### Answer: INERTLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: giving no reaction\n(try line)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lose knack winding short bit of hose (5,4)","output":"### Answer: ANKLE SOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: short bit of hose\n(Lose knack)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lad collaring member for IOW town (8)","output":"### Answer: YARMOUTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: IOW town\n=a town on the Isle of Wight\n **YOUTH**=\"Lad\" around **ARM**=\"member\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Utensil for cook with less guile? (6)","output":"### Answer: OPENER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Utensil for cook\n**OPEN-ER** as in 'more open'=\"with less guile?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brief biography covering the start of Russian Revolution (5)","output":"### Answer: ORBIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Revolution\n**OBIT**uary=\"biography\", shortened\/\"Brief\" and around the starting letter of **R**ussian"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Answers\u00a0used by chemists? (7)","output":"### Answer: RETORTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Answers\ndouble definition, the second referring to vessels used for the heating and distillation of chemicals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What Blue Peter presenter is presumably doing patriotically? (7,3,4)","output":"### Answer: SHOWING THE FLAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: patriotically\nthe \"Blue Peter\" is a flag, someone presenting it\u00a0would be **SHOWING THE FLAG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deck me up rather like a Bront\u00eb sister? (9)","output":"### Answer: EMBELLISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deck\n**ME** reversed\/\"up\" + **BELL-ISH**=\"rather like a Bront\u00eb sister\", who wrote under male pseudonyms with the surname Bell"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tough side on field for start of match (5,3)","output":"### Answer: BULLY OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: start of match\n=a way of starting play in hockey\n **BULLY**=\"Tough\" + **OFF**=the bat-hand side for a cricket field"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former England 5 comes in promptly (3-4)","output":"### Answer: ONE-TIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Former\n**E**=\"England OPENER\" using the solution to 5dn; inside **ON TIME**=\"promptly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Son's left recently to settle WWI conflict (7)","output":"### Answer: JUTLAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: WWI conflict\n=a naval battle in WWI\n s (Son) leaving **JU**s**T**=\"recently\" + **LAND**=\"settle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's said parasitic insect will irritate the skin (6)","output":"### Answer: TICKLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: irritate the skin\nSounds like\/\"It's said\": tick'll=tick will=\"parasitic insect will\"\n [though a tick isn't an insect\u2026]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lady's laid up? This should get her going (5)","output":"### Answer: SENNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: a plant used for its laxative effects\n **ANNE'S**=\"Lady's\" reversed\/\"laid up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something online for minors, I say, drinking liquor (4-4)","output":"### Answer: CHOO CHOO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Something online for minors\ndefinition: a train is something that runs \"on [a railway] line\", and might be called CHOO CHOO by children\/\"minors\"\n **COO**=exclamation of surprise=\"I say\"; around **HOOCH**=\"liquor\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Warning of mass extinction, now all kicking off (4)","output":"### Answer: OMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Warning\nall the starting\/\"kicking off\" letters from **O**f **M**ass **E**xctinction **N**ow"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something sinister locked in extremes of nature for post-apocalyptic writer (5,5)","output":"### Answer: NEVIL SHUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: post-apocalyptic writer\nNevil Shute wrote post-apocalyptic novel *On the Beach* \n **EVIL**=\"Something sinister\" + **SHUT**=\"locked\", all inside the extreme letters of **N**atur**E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Light bracket formerly placed behind sack, oddly (6)","output":"### Answer: SCONCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Light bracket\n**ONCE**=\"formerly\" after odd letters from **S**a**C**k"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relative bound by fancy contract (8)","output":"### Answer: COVENANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: contract\n**NAN**=\"Relative\" in **COVET**=\"fancy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Terrible mistake detailed about one reaching end of game, extreme temperatures \u2014 with this? (7,6)","output":"### Answer: CLIMATE CHANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: with this?\n**CLANGE**[r]=\"Terrible mistake\", de-tailed with the final letter removed; around all of: **I**=\"one\" plus **MATE**=\"end of [chess] game\" plus **C**+**H**=Cold and Hot=\"extreme temperatures\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Figure is covering page in magazine (7)","output":"### Answer: ELLIPSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Figure\n**IS** *around* **P** (page), both in **ELLE**=\"magazine\" \u2013\u00a0*edit thanks to Valentine in the comments"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ballet move: sweep featuring sliding over of booty (8)","output":"### Answer: GLISSADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ballet move\n**GLIDE**=\"sweep\" around reversal\/\"sliding over\" of **ASS**=\"booty\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In fiendish Satan's triumph, hope's ending for God (3,3,8)","output":"### Answer: THE MAN UPSTAIRS \n ### Explanation: Definition: God\n(Satan's triumph)* around hop**E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Parched, so a brandy mixed with last of lemonade (3,2,1,4)","output":"### Answer: DRY AS A BONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Parched\n(so a brandy)* plus lemonad**E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Critical time off: no, quite the opposite (4,4)","output":"### Answer: HIGH NOON \n ### Explanation: Definition:  Critical time\n**HIGH**=\"off\" as in food going off; plus **NO**; plus reversal\/\"opposite\" of **NO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Substance producing effect, bringing about 15 3 (8,5)","output":"### Answer: CHEMICAL AGENT \n ### Explanation: Definition:  Substance producing effect\nanagram of 15 3, **CLIMATE CHANGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Send down rook, queen half hidden (7)","output":"### Answer: CONVICT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Send down\n**CON**=swindle=\"rook\" + **VICT**oria=\"queen half hidden\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not quite everything contained by flood barriers after a rise \u2014 in this? (3,5)","output":"### Answer: SEA LEVEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: in this?\n**AL**[L]=\"not quite everything\" inside **LEVEES**=\"flood barriers\" reversed\/\"after a rise\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capable of grasping vacuous ideas, help ne'er arranged (10)","output":"### Answer: PREHENSILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Capable of grasping\n(**i**[dea]**s help ne**'**er**)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very much that's heartbreaking with empty pockets, oh my Lord! (4,2,5)","output":"### Answer: WHAT ON EARTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: oh my Lord\n**A TON**=\"very much\", breaking into **HEART**, all pocketed inside an empty **W**[it]**H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Punched by Mafia's leader, Irishman doubled up is an informer (5,5)","output":"### Answer: NAMES NAMES \n ### Explanation: Definition: is an informer\n**M**afia inside **SEAN**=\"Irishman\", twice and reversed\/\"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Social affair thus far coming up, cut by a fraction (3,5)","output":"### Answer: TEA PARTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Social affair\n**YET**=\"thus far\" reversed\/\"coming up\", with **A PART**=\"a fraction\" cutting inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hackney's condition is surprising (8)","output":"### Answer: STAGGERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hackney's condition\ndouble definition: for the first, a \"Hackney\" is a horse, and **STAGGERS** is a horse illness\/\"condition\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bang on about Italian author's good manners (7)","output":"### Answer: DECORUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: good manners\n**DRUM**=\"Bang on\" around Umberto **ECO**=\"Italian author\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Promoting toilet humour ultimately, Paul regularly immature (6)","output":"### Answer: LARVAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: immature\nReversing\/\"Promoting\" upwards all of: **LAV**=\"toilet\" + humou**R** + regular letters from P**A**u**L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Belief in 22 26 is hard in worrying times (6)","output":"### Answer: THEISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Belief in 22 26\n**H** (hard) in (times)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With gas on, a temperature warmer? (4)","output":"### Answer: HEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: warmer?\n**HE**=Helium gas + **A** + **T** (temperature)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Write better puzzles than beginner here (6)","output":"### Answer: OUTSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: beginner here\n**OUTSET **could mean \"Write [i.e. set] better puzzles than\", along the same lines as outbid, outrun, outlast etc"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place to hang small greasy spoon, antique (8)","output":"### Answer: SCAFFOLD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Place to hang\n**S** (small) + **CAFF**=caf\u00e9=\"greasy spoon\" + **OLD**=\"antique\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little swimmer is away from the King and Queen (5)","output":"### Answer: ELVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Little swimmer\nan ELVER is a young eel\n \"**is** [taken away] from\" **ELVis**=\"the King\" of Rock and Roll + **ER**=Elizabeth Regina=\"Queen\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Returned again and was shocked to receive shocks (2-7)","output":"### Answer: RE-ELECTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Returned again\n**REELED**=\"was shocked\" around **ECT**=electroconvulsive therapy=\"shocks\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Change bus, or hide in shelter (9)","output":"### Answer: BIRDHOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: shelter\n(bus or hide)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Saw a time for publicity? (5)","output":"### Answer: ADAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Saw\n\"Saw\" as in a saying or proverb\n **AD AGE**=\"time for publicity?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Incredible verve, a heroic sort exceeding expectations (12)","output":"### Answer: OVERACHIEVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: sort exceeding expectations\n(verve a heroic)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Voice said some cash is behind bar (12)","output":"### Answer: COUNTERTENOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Voice\n**TENOR**=homophone\/\"said\" of 'tenner'=\"some cash\"; behind **COUNTER**=\"bar\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 50% off properties in different places (5)","output":"### Answer: APART \n ### Explanation: Definition: in different places\nthe last 50% removed from **APART**ments=\"properties\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Benedict's art to turn out witty remark (9)","output":"### Answer: RATZINGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Benedict\nJoseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict\n (art)* + **ZINGER**=\"witty remark\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Driver brought before judge is lying (9)","output":"### Answer: PROSTRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: lying\nas in \"lying\" prone on the ground\n Alain **PROST** is a former Formula 1 \"Driver\" + **RATE**=\"judge\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cast of Brief Encounter (5)","output":"### Answer: FLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cast\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Covering up claim, wins contests (8)","output":"### Answer: GAINSAYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: contests\n**GAINS**=\"wins\", covering around **SAY**=\"claim\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Voting system fit for European city (6)","output":"### Answer: PRAGUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: European city\n**PR** (Proportional Represenation)=\"Voting system\" + **AGUE**=\"fit\"\u00e9"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Start taking bets for one with no secrets (4,4)","output":"### Answer: OPEN BOOK \n ### Explanation: Definition: o\nOPEN BOOK could also mean \"Start taking bets\" as a bookmaker"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Composer rating absorbing French writer (8)","output":"### Answer: TAVERNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Composer\nJohn TAVERNER is the composer\n **TAR**=sailor=\"rating\", where a rating is the class of a sailor; around Jules **VERNE**=\"French writer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What frames pictures where we live (5)","output":"### Answer: EARTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: where we live\n**EH**=\"What\" as an interjection, around **ART**=\"pictures\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 100 engineers briefly irrational, having ingested hard liquor (5,2,6)","output":"### Answer: CREME DE MENTHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: liquor\n**C**=\"100\u2033 in Roman numerals + **REME** (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) + **DEMENTE**[d]=\"briefly irrational\" around **H** (hard)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He's not bound to be complimentary and a decent fellow (4,5)","output":"### Answer: FREE AGENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: He's not bound\n**FREE**=\"complimentary\" + **A**\u00a0**GENT**=\"a decent fellow\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bony poet's exhortation to commit crime (6)","output":"### Answer: OSTEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bony\n**O**=\"poet's exhortation\" as an interjection + **STEAL**=\"commit crime\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Penny, given more rum, is to move unsteadily (6)","output":"### Answer: DODDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: move unsteadily\n**D**=symbol for the pre-decimal UK \"Penny\", derived from Latin *denarius*, + **ODDER**=\"more rum\" with 'rum' meaning 'strange'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wanting Polish thug to fear whatever's outside (5,3,5)","output":"### Answer: ROUGH AND READY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wanting Polish\n\"Wanting\" as in 'lacking'; 'polish' as in refinement or social graces\n **ROUGH**=\"thug\" + **DREAD**=\"fear\" with **ANY**=\"whatever\" outside it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A reversal of work conditions for the unfaithful (9)","output":"### Answer: APOSTATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: the unfaithful\n**A** + reversal of **OP**=\"work\" + **STATES**=\"conditions\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Catching measles, ultimately hard to shake off (8)","output":"### Answer: SNAGGING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Catching\nthe last\/ultimate letter of measle**S\u00a0**+ **NAGGING**=\"hard to shake off\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Temporarily dismiss person who's paid villain (8)","output":"### Answer: PROROGUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Temporarily dismiss\n**PRO**=\"person who's paid\" as in pro vs amateur; plus **ROGUE**=\"villain\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Running path for one bowler here (6)","output":"### Answer: HATPEG \n ### Explanation: Definition: bowler here\ndefinition referring to bowler hats\n (path)* + **E.G.**=for example=\"for one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Day BoJo strips off facade to provide enlightenment (6)","output":"### Answer: SATORI \n ### Explanation: Definition: enlightenment\n=a state of enlightment in Zen Buddhism\n **SAT**=Saturday=\"Day\" + B**ORI**S Johnson=\"BoJo\" stripped of outer letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reason some complain ferociously (5)","output":"### Answer: INFER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reason\nHidden in compla**IN FER**ociously"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pride perhaps lacking in many soldiers (5)","output":"### Answer: LIONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pride\n**e.g.**=\"perhaps\", lacking in **L**[**eg**]**IONS**=\"many soldiers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On camera, I ground coffee (9)","output":"### Answer: AMERICANO \n ### Explanation: Definition: coffee\n(On camera I)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Group\u00a0that's favoured by conservatives (6,3)","output":"### Answer: STATUS QUO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Group\ndouble definition, the first being \"Group\" as in the English rock band"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wives here married after career (5)","output":"### Answer: HAREM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wives here\n**M** (married) after **HARE**=move in a rush=\"career\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Journalists oddly shunning nice gift (7)","output":"### Answer: PRESSIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: gift\n**PRESS**=\"Journalists\" + [n]**I**[c]**E** with the odd letters removed\/shunned"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where the poor live and suffer, without a chance to dream (7)","output":"### Answer: SLUMBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: chance to dream\n**SLUM**=\"Where the poor live\" + **BE**[**a**]**R**=\"suffer\" without **a"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Subsequently cut both ends off beams (5)","output":"### Answer: AFTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Subsequently\n[r]**AFTER**[s]=\"beams\" with both ends cut off"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: You and I loudly rejected what 'they' are in 25's 4 22 (3)","output":"### Answer: FEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: what 'they' are in 25's 4 22\na repeated line of\u00a0*The Masque of Anarchy* is: 'Ye are many \u2013 they are **FEW**!'\n **WE**=\"You and I\" + **F** (Forte)=\"loudly\", reversed\/\"rejected\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Half-cut idiot, hardly cavalry material (5)","output":"### Answer: TWILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: cavalry material\nCavalry **TWILL** is a strong woollen material\n **TW**[it]=\"Half-cut idiot\" + **ILL**=with difficulty=\"hardly\"Ye are many\u2014they are few"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place of horror described by fine revolutionary poet (7)","output":"### Answer: SHELLEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: poet\n**HELL**=\"Place of horror\" inside **YES**=\"fine\", reversed\/\"revolutionary\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left Asian port carrying cargo (5)","output":"### Answer: LADEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: carrying cargo\n**L** (Left) + **ADEN**=\"Asian port\" in Yemen"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nonconformist morals curbing distant source of power (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SOLAR FARM \n ### Explanation: Definition: source of power \n(morals)* around **FAR**=\"distant\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Family and offspring following good man (5,4)","output":"### Answer: KING\u2019S PAWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: man\n\"man\"=chess piece=**KING'S PAWN**\n **KIN**=\"Family\"; plus **SPAWN**=\"offspring\" after **G** (good)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slick\u00a0Blair seen on TV (5)","output":"### Answer: SHEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Slick\ndouble definition: a **SHEEN** can mean a thin \"Slick\" of oil on water; the second def refers to Michael Sheen, who played Tony Blair on TV in\u00a0*The Deal"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sadly disheartened George Orwell, for one (4)","output":"### Answer: ALAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sadly\nGeorge Orwell is one example of an **AL**[i]**AS**, with the middle letter\/heart removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bonding by sharing tiny things: love can flourish over time (8)","output":"### Answer: COVALENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bonding by sharing tiny things\n=a type of chemical bonding involving shared electrons\n (love can)* + **T** (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hairy chap partaking of the sauce (4)","output":"### Answer: ESAU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hairy chap\nEsau in the Bible was noted for his hairiness\n Hidden in [th]**E SAU**[ce]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Irregular forces abruptly quash many a 25's response to Peterloo (6,2,7)","output":"### Answer: MASQUE OF ANARCHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: 25's response to Peterloo\n(force[s] quash many a)*; where \"abruptly\" indicates the shortening of \"force[s]\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stirring at last: 'Shake your chains to earth' like champions! (6)","output":"### Answer: HEROES \n ### Explanation: Definition: champions\nAnagram\/\"Stirring\" of the \"last\" letters of: [Shak]**E** [you]**R** [chain]**S** [t]**O** [eart]**H** [lik]**E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: House of Lords is backing contents of your letter in outline (10)","output":"### Answer: SILHOUETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: outline\n**HL **(House of Lords) + **IS**, reversed\/\"backing\"; plus the inside letters\/\"contents' of [y]**OU**[r] [l]**ETTE**[r]masque of anarchy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Change of direction regarding Britain in EU capital (6)","output":"### Answer: ZAGREB \n ### Explanation: Definition: EU capital\n=Croatian capital\n **ZAG**=\"Change of direction\" + **RE**=\"regarding\" + **B** (Britain)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weaver caught in Peterloo massacre (4)","output":"### Answer: LOOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Weaver\nhidden in [Perter]**LOO M**[assacre]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless fun with Izzard once on American square (5)","output":"### Answer: PLAZA \n ### Explanation: Definition: square\n=a public square\n **PLA**[y]=\"Endless fun\" plus \"Izzard\", an archaic term which \"once\" meant the letter **Z**; plus\u00a0**A** (American)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Austerity of centrists distorted society (10)","output":"### Answer: STRICTNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Austerity\n(centrists)* + **S** (society)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Run to join forces and gain strength (5)","output":"### Answer: RALLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Run\ntriple definition:\u00a0as a verb meaning organise\/\"Run\", or assemble\/\"join forces\", or recover\/\"gain strength\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fens used to be drained, Hull also (8)","output":"### Answer: WASHLAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fens\n**WAS**=\"used to be\" + **H**[ul]**L** drained of inside letters + **AND**=\"also\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Undernourished bears attack, lacking food and destined to fail (3-5)","output":"### Answer: ILL-FATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: destined to fail\n**ILL-FED**=\"Undernourished\" around **AT**[**tack**] lacking **tack**=\"food\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passionate bard sent to unseat leaders (6)","output":"### Answer: ARDENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Passionate\n[b]**ARD** [s]**ENT** without their leading letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Minion of 29, cycling round outskirts of Eccles (3-3)","output":"### Answer: YES-MAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Minion\n**MANY**=29dn, cycling its last letter to the front; around the outer letters of **E**[ccle]**S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fancy\u00a0corresponding? (4)","output":"### Answer: LIKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fancy\ndouble definition: as a verb, to be attracted to someone or \"Fancy\" them; and as an adjective, to be similar or \"corresponding\" to something"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get high in train shed on a regular basis (4)","output":"### Answer: RISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get high\nregular letters from [t]**R**[a]**I**[n] **S**[h]**E**[d]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: We ultimately embody what 'ye' are in 25's 4 22 (4)","output":"### Answer: MANY \n ### Explanation: Definition: what 'ye' are in 25's 4 22\nAgain referring to the line 'Ye are **MANY** \u2013 they are few!'\n I think this is: **MAN**=humankind=\"We\" + ultimate letter of [embod]**Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Produce DNA sequence with speed (8)","output":"### Answer: GENERATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Produce\n**GENE**=\"DNA sequence\" + **RATE**=\"speed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Victim of regime change? (6)","output":"### Answer: EMIGRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Victim of regime change?\n(regime)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where paper cash may be thrown eventually? (9)","output":"### Answer: SCRAPHEAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where paper cash may be thrown eventually?\n(paper cash)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Retreats in numbers, receiving permission (5)","output":"### Answer: NOOKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Retreats\n\"Retreats\" as in 'places to hide away'\n **NO.S**=\"numbers\" around **OK**=\"permission\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Such clothing perhaps taken by police, marked in red (12)","output":"### Answer: BLOODSTAINED \n ### Explanation: not sure if this is more than a cryptic-ish definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Learning jurisprudence, some may say (4)","output":"### Answer: LORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Learning\nhomophone\/\"some might say\" of 'law'=\"jurisprudence\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very tempting to eat, but it's stuck in the throat (5,5)","output":"### Answer: ADAMS APPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Very tempting to eat\na reference to the biblical apple; and another biological definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A beauty of a musical (2,4,4)","output":"### Answer: MY FAIR LADY \n ### Explanation: Definition: musical\n\"A beauty\" as a second loose definition\/indication"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vehicle I put on charge (4)","output":"### Answer: TAXI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vehicle\n**I** put after **TAX**=\"charge\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I get strained terribly and fall apart (12)","output":"### Answer: DISINTEGRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fall apart\n(I get strained terribly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of green circuit carrying current (5)","output":"### Answer: OLIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sort of green\n**O**=circle=\"circuit\" + **LIVE**=\"carrying current\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pantry's such a quiet place (9)","output":"### Answer: STILL ROOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pantry\n**STILL**=\"quiet\" + **ROOM**=\"place\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moonlight, for example, in which boy's regularly astray (6)","output":"### Answer: SONATA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Moonlight, for example\nreferring to Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata\n **SON**=\"boy\" + regular letters from **A**s**T**r**A**y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: People gawping around king 'in his new clothes' (8)","output":"### Answer: STARKERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: in his new clothes\n**STARERS**=\"People gawping\" around **K** (king)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cut Goodwood? (4)","output":"### Answer: GASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cut\n**G**=\"Good\" + **ASH**=\"wood\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Annoy\u00a0police informer (4)","output":"### Answer: NARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Annoy\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Romeo appropriately with eager attention (6)","output":"### Answer: RAPTLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: with eager attention\n**R**=Romeo in the phonetic alphabet + **APTLY**=\"appropriately\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stage work long theorised to be faulty (3,10)","output":"### Answer: THE GONDOLIERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stage work\n=a Gilbert and Sullivan opera\n (long theorised)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Graduate turning up in a state, raving (8)","output":"### Answer: MANIACAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: raving\n**MA**=Master of Arts=\"Graduate\" + reversal\/\"turning up\" of **IN** + **A** + **CAL**[ifornia]=\"a state\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stadium scheme in general outline (6,4)","output":"### Answer: GROUND PLAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: general outline\n**GROUND**=\"Stadium\" + **PLAN**=\"scheme\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Simple to make site changes: take it gently (4,4,2)","output":"### Answer: EASY DOES IT \n ### Explanation: Definition: take it gently\n**EASY**=\"Simple\" + **DO**=\"make\" + (site)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Impostor tends to be represented as artist (13)","output":"### Answer: POSTMODERNIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: artist\n(Imposter tends)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What the ideal home should have: cold salmon salad (3,3,4)","output":"### Answer: ALL MOD CONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: What the ideal home should have\n(cold salmon salad)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Calling for a declaration (10)","output":"### Answer: PROFESSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Calling\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like sound from worst head\u00adphones (Aussie cans), terrible at first (8)","output":"### Answer: TINNIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like sound from worst head\u00adphones\n**TINNIES**=\"Aussie cans\" of beer; plus first letter of **T**errible"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sister admitting story is not so new (6)","output":"### Answer: STALER \n ### Explanation: Definition: not so new\n**SR**=abbr. for \"Sister\" around **TALE**=\"story\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Such a thumb to stick out? (4)","output":"### Answer: SORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Such a thumb to stick out?\nreferring to the expression 'stick out like a SORE thumb'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Half of them going to America \u2014 they don't fly (4)","output":"### Answer: EMUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: they don't fly\nhalf of [th]**EM** + **US**=\"America\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They can't recall, thus must enter made-up names (8)","output":"### Answer: AMNESICS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They can't recall\n**SIC**=\"thus\", entering (names)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Throws out European \u2014 company has no union (6)","output":"### Answer: EGESTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Throws out\n**E** (European) + **G**u**ESTS**=\"company\" minus U (union)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: You can't have a go at this bloody bully after school turned around (6,3)","output":"### Answer: SACRED COW \n ### Explanation: Definition: You can't have a go at this\n**RED**=\"bloody\" +\u00a0**COW**=intimidate=\"bully\"; after\u00a0**S**\u00a0(school) + reversal\/\"turned\" of\u00a0**CA**=circa=\"around\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turn and depart (2,3)","output":"### Answer: GO OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Turn\ndouble definition: as in food going off; or a person heading off"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Does rascal show on TV small round bottom? (12)","output":"### Answer: IMPERSONATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Does\ndefinition as in 'Rory Bremner does Tony Blair\"\n **IMP**=\"rascal\" + **ER**=\"show on TV\" + **S** (small) + **O**=\"round\" + **NATES**=\"bottom\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Draws\u00a0matches (4)","output":"### Answer: TIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Draws\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant (iris) adapts when neglected (10)","output":"### Answer: ASPIDISTRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant\n(iris adapts)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Real gunfire shot having taken turn here? (5,5)","output":"### Answer: RIFLE RANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Real gunfire shot having taken turn here\n(Real g**u**nfire)*, with \"shot\" as anagrind, taking away **U** for [U-]\"turn\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Send back partially defrosted fish (4)","output":"### Answer: ORFE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fish\nhidden reversed in d**EFRO**sted"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Enough! Nearly calling off trip on this (12)","output":"### Answer: HALLUCINOGEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: trip on this\n(Enough callin)*, with \"Nearly\" indicating the shortening of callin[g]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tablet reduced abdominal pain \u2014 possible cause? (1,4)","output":"### Answer: E COLI \n ### Explanation: Definition: possible cause\n**E** (ecstacy)=\"Tablet\" + **COLI**[c]=\"reduced abdominal pain\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bloke that is special lover? (6,3)","output":"### Answer: LADIES MAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bloke that is special lover\n**LAD**=\"Bloke\" + **I.E.**=\"that is\" + **S** (special) + **MAN**=\"lover\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink neat rum when touring island (6)","output":"### Answer: TISANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drink\n(neat)* around **IS** (island)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State two answers: scores missing first rounds (8)","output":"### Answer: ARKANSAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: State\n**ANS** and **A** are \"two [abbreviated] answers\"; with [m]**ARKS**=\"scores missing first\" going around"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To boot ball, wingers drop off like this (4)","output":"### Answer: ALSO \n ### Explanation: Definition: To boot\n[b]**AL**[L] with the wingers\/outer letters removed; plus **SO**=\"like this\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kiss\u00a0cheek (4)","output":"### Answer: NECK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kiss\ndouble definition, the second using cheek in the sense of audacity"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Side wearing skirts of sky blue (6)","output":"### Answer: STEAMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: blue\nas in 'blue movie'\n **TEAM**=\"Side\" wearing the outer letters\/\"skirts\" of **S**k**Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mate to talk glibly about one man's best friend? (6,7)","output":"### Answer: COCKER SPANIEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: man's best friend\n**COCKER**=slang for \"Mate\" + **SPIEL**=\"talk glibly\" around **AN**=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tremendous performance against Conservative (8)","output":"### Answer: GIGANTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tremendous\n**GIG**=\"performance\" + **ANTI**=\"against\" + **C** (Conservative)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Work with spirit level in America (5,5)","output":"### Answer: SHORT STORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Work\na **SHORT** is an alcoholic drink with spirits; plus **STORY**=American spelling\/word meaning a floor\/level in a building"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Did butter and spread food pastes (4-6)","output":"### Answer: SOFT SOAPED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Did butter\ndefinition meaning 'flattered'\n (food pastes)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cleaner wrong? Has wiped bum (7,6)","output":"### Answer: WASHING POWDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cleaner\n(wrong has wiped)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Smash hit \u2014 actress is most stiff (10)","output":"### Answer: STARCHIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: most stiff\n(hit actress)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Partners with screams: they make electricity inside (10)","output":"### Answer: BEDFELLOWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Partners\n**BELLOWS**=\"screams\" with **EDF**=\u00c9lectricit\u00e9 de France=\"they make electricity\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A sign for Underground by end of station like Paddington (8)","output":"### Answer: PERUVIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: like Paddington\nlike Paddington Bear, a character from Peru\n **PER**=\"A\" as in 'once per year'\/'once a year'; + **U**=\"sign for Underground\" + **VIA**=\"by\" + end of statio**N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old money from film copies circulating (6)","output":"### Answer: PESETA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old money\npre-Euro Spanish currency\n **ET**=the Spieldberg \"film\"; with **APES**=\"copies\" circulating, moving the last letters to the front"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kiss while under piece of mistletoe now? (4)","output":"### Answer: XMAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: now\n**X**=\"Kiss\" + **AS**=\"while\" under **M**[istletoe]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Locals concerned with Poles (4)","output":"### Answer: INNS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Locals\n**IN**=\"concerned with\" + **N**[orth] and **S**[outh] \"Poles\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inconsistent chap, extremely tidy but disorganised (6)","output":"### Answer: PATCHY \n ### Explanation: (chap ty)*, where ty=extreme\/outer letters of \"tidy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shipboard complaint bringing reprimands (6)","output":"### Answer: SCOLDS \n ### Explanation: COLD**=\"complaint\" inside\/boarding **SS**=\"Ship\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Might dissidents seek this erstwhile home for the loony left? (9,6)","output":"### Answer: POLITICAL ASYLUM \n ### Explanation: with a second cryptic definition referring to lunatic asylums"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Priest leading prior to worship (6)","output":"### Answer: REVERE \n ### Explanation: REV** (Reverend)=\"Priest\" + **ERE**=\"prior to\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wooded Gardens from retro artist sporting boater (8)","output":"### Answer: ARBORETA \n ### Explanation: RA** (Royal Academician) reversed\/\"retro\" + (boater)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Honestly uneasy in private (2,3,3)","output":"### Answer: ON THE SLY \n ### Explanation: (Honestly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contrarily, editor cutting back is one authors rely on (6)","output":"### Answer: READER \n ### Explanation: ED** (editor) reversed\/\"Contrarily\"; inside\/\"cutting\" **REAR**=\"back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fine workplace basically unoccupied far from firm (6)","output":"### Answer: FLABBY \n ### Explanation: F** (Fine) + **LAB**=\"workplace\" + **B**[asicall]**Y\u00a0**with occupants\/inner letters removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sign of damage? (5,3)","output":"### Answer: PRICE TAG \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition, with \"damage\" as in 'what's the damage?' meaning 'what's the cost?'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Statesman from Commonwealth country making an investment (8)","output":"### Answer: INDIANAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: someone from the state of Indiana\n**INDIAN**=\"from Commonwealth country\" around **AN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Asian from Eastern China stops returning home (6)","output":"### Answer: NEPALI \n ### Explanation: E** (Eastern) + **PAL**=mate=\"China\" plate in rhyming slang; inside **IN**=\"home\" reversed\/\"returning\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reports of crisis and reduction at fast food outlet (3,5,3,4)","output":"### Answer: THE CHIPS ARE DOWN \n ### Explanation: with a second cryptic definition using the fast food meaning of 'chips'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small branches offering special outfits? (6)","output":"### Answer: SPRIGS \n ### Explanation: SP** (special) + **RIGS**=\"outfits\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A second C to terminate scale (6)","output":"### Answer: ASCEND \n ### Explanation: A** + **S** (second) + **C** + **END**=\"terminate\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Imposter abruptly stopped trendy radio show (5-2)","output":"### Answer: PHONE IN \n ### Explanation: PHONE**[y]=\"Imposter\" stopping before the final letter; plus **IN**=\"trendy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Race of noble birth, some from the south (5)","output":"### Answer: TRIBE \n ### Explanation: hidden\/\"some\" reversed\/\"from the south\" in nobl**E BIRT**h"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passion-filled Nazi bigwig, one expected to succeed (7)","output":"### Answer: HEIRESS \n ### Explanation: IRE**=\"Passion\" inside **HESS**=\"Nazi bigwig\" Rudolf Hess"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recognition of good work in cleaner part of house (7)","output":"### Answer: CHAMBER \n ### Explanation: MBE**=\"Recognition of good work\" in **CHAR**=\"cleaner\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stick together after relay races for teatime refreshment? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: LAYER CAKE \n ### Explanation: CAKE**=\"Stick together\" after (relay)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Linking service not trading regularly till end of June (7)","output":"### Answer: SHUTTLE \n ### Explanation: SHUT**=\"not trading\" + regular letters from **T**i**L**l + end of Jun**E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show axes stars (6)","output":"### Answer: GALAXY \n ### Explanation: GALA**=\"Show\" + **X** and **Y** \"axes\" on a graph"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What cross driver gets into? (6,3)","output":"### Answer: HYBRID CAR \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition, \"cross\" meaning mixed or hybrid"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Summarily dispatches taoiseach once peace process ends (7)","output":"### Answer: LYNCHES \n ### Explanation: Jack **LYNCH**=\"taoiseach once\" + the \"ends\" of peac**E** proces**S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Five lost in navy rising, leader providing a tug (7)","output":"### Answer: YANKING \n ### Explanation: v, Roman numeral for \"Five\" is lost from a reversal\/\"rising\" of **NA**v**Y**; plus **KING**=\"leader\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Encourage guards in upping discipline (6)","output":"### Answer: PUNISH \n ### Explanation: PUSH**=\"Encourage\" around\/guarding **IN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finding a way to break into pubs shows guts (7)","output":"### Answer: INNARDS \n ### Explanation: A** + **RD**=road=\"way\"; inside **INNS**=\"pubs\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nobody was solvent, it's conceded (7)","output":"### Answer: ALLOWED \n ### Explanation: ALL OWED**=\"Nobody was solvent\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Daughter coming in to shave father with force (5)","output":"### Answer: PADRE \n ### Explanation: a clergyman\/\"father\" with the military\/\"force\"\n**D** (Daughter) in **PARE**=\"shave\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Talk covers an about-turn by the head of ecumenical religious office (9)","output":"### Answer: RABBINATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: religious office\nthe position\/office occupied by a rabbi**\n RABBIT**=\"Talk\" around** AN** reversed; plus the head letter of **E**cumenical"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's in author's envelope is fatal, if swallowed by an old lady (5)","output":"### Answer: HORSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fatal, if swallowed by an old lady\nthe rhyme\u00a0*There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly\u00a0*\u00a0ends with a fatal swallowing of a horse\n hidden in aut**HOR'S E**nvelope"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leaves with story about making Cornish pasty (7)","output":"### Answer: SPINACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leaves\n~~I think this is **SPIN**=\"story\" + **A** (about) + **C**[ornis]**H** with \"pasty\" meaning thin i.e. emptied out\n ~~*Thanks to TheZed*: SPINACH \"with story about\" in a crossword clue would give (spinach + story)*, an anagram for \"Cornish pasty\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I am shocked with young and old extremists joining resistance unit (2,2,3)","output":"### Answer: OH MY GOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: I am shocked\nextreme letters of **Y**oun**G** and **O**L**D** after **OHM**=unit of electrical resistance"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slim figure at last is yours! (5)","output":"### Answer: THINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: yours\n**THIN**=\"Slim\" + last letter of figur**E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: High level of the gender problem (3,6)","output":"### Answer: NTH DEGREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: High level\n(the gender)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Open marriage initially helped to clean out film-maker (15)","output":"### Answer: CINEMATOGRAPHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: film-maker\n(Open marriage h t c)*, where the last three letters are initials of Helped To Clean"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Talked about less healthy lands covered in heather, bracken and trees (9)","output":"### Answer: SYCAMORES \n ### Explanation: Definition: trees\nHomophone of: 'sicker moors'=\"less healthy lands covered in heather, bracken\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stomach upset oddly not seen in school disco (5)","output":"### Answer: COLIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stomach upset\nodd letters removed from s**C**h**O**o**L** d**I**s**C**o"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old broken chair engulfed by current (7)","output":"### Answer: ARCHAIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old\n(chair)* inside **AC**=alternating current"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brush round a French officers' mess once (7)","output":"### Answer: GUNROOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: officers' mess once\n=an officers's mess on a naval vessel\n **GROOM**=\"Brush\" around **UN**=\"a [in] French\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What may be found in the gut in ulcerative colitis (1,4)","output":"### Answer: E COLI \n ### Explanation: Definition: What may be found in the gut\nhidden in ulcerativ**E COLI**tis"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jury may be missing one side (6,3)","output":"### Answer: ELEVEN MEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: side\n=a side or team in e.g. football or cricket\n a jury is twelve, so would be missing one at eleven"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nitty-gritty of piles below underwear (5,5)","output":"### Answer: BRASS TACKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nitty-gritty\n**STACKS**=\"piles\" after **BRAS**=\"underwear\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ignorance of Bach's first violin playing (8)","output":"### Answer: OBLIVION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ignorance\nfirst letters of\u00a0**O**f **B**ach + (violin)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Academic abandons extravagant tie (6)","output":"### Answer: LIGATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: tie\nPROF=\"Academic\" leaving prof**LIGATE**=\"extravagant\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flog cash, reducing capital by 50% (4)","output":"### Answer: LASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flog\nC**ASH**, reducing C to **L** or 100 to 50 in Roman numerals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A poo gushes out from this part of the digestive system (10)","output":"### Answer: OESOPHAGUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of the digestive system\n(a poo gushes)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This man turned over region chasing ultimate in psychopathic monster (8)","output":"### Answer: CHIMAERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: monster\n**HIM**=\"This man\" + reversal\/\"turned over\" of **AREA**=\"region\"; all chasing after the ultimate letter of psychopathi**C"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Urge to break into the perimeter of Kashmir's national park (6)","output":"### Answer: KRUGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: national park\nKruger national park in South Africa\n (urge)* inside the outer letters of **K**ashmi**R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grain yield report (4)","output":"### Answer: SEED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grain\nhomophone\/\"report\" of 'cede'=\"yield\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something from Tchaikovsky\u00a0for Brazil? (10)","output":"### Answer: NUTCRACKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Something from Tchaikovsky\nTchaikovsky wrote the music for the ballet\u00a0*The Nutcracker\n *\"Brazil\" as an example of a nut to be cracked"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rising affluence meant 'China era' not as planned (10)","output":"### Answer: ENRICHMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rising affluence\n(me**a**nt Chin**a** er**a**)*, minus all the \"**a**-s\" i.e. \"not **a**s\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Colonial address back in Nairobi has memories (8)","output":"### Answer: MEMSAHIB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Colonial address\nhidden reversed in Nairo**BI HAS MEM**ories"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One theologian upset over love for cheese (8)","output":"### Answer: HALLOUMI \n ### Explanation: Definition: cheese\n**I**=\"One\" + **MULLAH**=\"theologian\" all reversed\/\"upset\" around **O**=\"love\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Copper and cook disrupted interloper (6)","output":"### Answer: CUCKOO \n ### Explanation: Definition: interloper\n**CU**=chemical symbol for \"Copper\" + (cook)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Curved kind of oven found in empty chateaux (6)","output":"### Answer: CONVEX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Curved\n(oven)* in **C**[hateau]**X"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Help N-Z? (4)","output":"### Answer: ABET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Help\nN-Z is the second half of the [alph]**ABET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Delight at the start of 'Gimme Shelter' (4)","output":"### Answer: GLEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Delight\nstart of **G**imme + **LEE**=\"Shelter\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stone bloke found inscribed with a note (9)","output":"### Answer: MALACHITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stone\n**MALE**=\"bloke\" + with **A CHIT**=\"a note\" written inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turn pipe down well! (4)","output":"### Answer: GOSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: well!\nas in 'well I never!'\n **GO**=\"Turn\" in e.g. a board game; **SH**='be quiet!'=\"pipe down\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A suspicious protein for poisoner (8)","output":"### Answer: ATROPINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: for poisoner\na medication to treat poisoning\n **A** + (protein)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jammy and eggy? (6)","output":"### Answer: SPAWNY \n ### Explanation: double definition: =lucky i.e. \"Jammy\"; and =made up of spawn i.e. eggs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In which one fuels spreading of cod malaise? (6,5)","output":"### Answer: SOCIAL MEDIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: In which one fuels spreading of cod malaise?\n(cod malaise)* around **I**=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Current broadcast not working, so restricted (4,4)","output":"### Answer: TIED DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: restricted\n**TIED** is a homophone\/broadcast of 'tide'=\"Current\"; **DOWN**=\"not working\" e.g. referring to a website"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wife escaping winding of twister, as bricks falling? (6)","output":"### Answer: TETRIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: bricks falling\n=the video game of falling bricks\n (twister)* minus W for \"Wife\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen saying poisoner behaved like a chicken (8)","output":"### Answer: ADELAIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Queen\n=the wife of William IV\n homophone\/\"saying\" of 'adder laid'=\"poisoner behaved like a chicken\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like to insert tongue, opening wide (8)","output":"### Answer: DILATING \n ### Explanation: Definition: opening wide\n**DIG**=\"Like\" around **LATIN**=\"tongue\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dogsbody, an active digger (6)","output":"### Answer: GOPHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dogsbody\ndouble definition: an employee given simple fetch\/carry tasks; or the burrowing animal"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of one arm is stuck, almost a disaster (4,4)","output":"### Answer: NEAR MISS \n ### Explanation: Definition: almost a disaster\nhidden in o**NE ARM IS S**tuck"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Italy yet to be beaten after second half (6)","output":"### Answer: MOIETY \n ### Explanation: Definition: half\n**I** (Italy) + (yet)* after **MO**=moment=\"second\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something red marked for attention of the chairman, last of post collected (6)","output":"### Answer: TOMATO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Something red\n**TO MAO**=\"marked for attention of the chairman\", around last letter of pos**T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Car blue, in one sense? (8)","output":"### Answer: AUDITORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: in one sense?\n**AUDI**=\"Car\" make + **BLUE**=\"Tory\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Those in opposition named jerks, accordingly on the periphery (4,3,2)","output":"### Answer: THEM AND US \n ### Explanation: Definition: Those in opposition\n(named)*, with **THUS**=\"accordingly\" around it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Legend behind uprising needing no introduction (5)","output":"### Answer: MOTTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Legend\n[b]**OTTOM**=\"behind\", reversed\/\"uprising\", and without its first letter\/introduction"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little room on raised platform for more bananas (7)","output":"### Answer: LOOPIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: more bananas\n**LOO**=\"Little room\" + **PIER**=\"raised platform\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Companion suffering nip (5)","output":"### Answer: CHILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: nip\n**CH** (Companion of Honour) + **ILL**=\"suffering\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deceit conjured up over a drink (4,3)","output":"### Answer: ICED TEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\n(Deceit)* + **A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Point-to-point on horse for young hunter's quarry? (6,3)","output":"### Answer: EASTER EGG \n ### Explanation: Definition: hunter's quarry\ndefinition referring to Easter Egg hunts\n **EAST**=\"Point\" of the compass; **E **(East)=\"Point\" again; **RE**=\"on\" the topic of;\u00a0**GG**=\"horse for young\" i.e. in kiddiespeak"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Currency banked by doctor, a relative (7)","output":"### Answer: GRANDPA \n ### Explanation: Definition: relative\n**RAND**=South African \"Currency\", inside **GP**=\"doctor\" + **A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Club that may follow club, loosely speaking? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: SAND WEDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Club\n=a golf club\n loosely sounds like 'sandwich', which follows \"club\" as in 'club sandwich'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Author's fictional land inspired by drink, something juicy written up (5,4)","output":"### Answer: EMILE ZOLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Author\n**OZ**=\"fictional land\" as in Wizard of Oz, inside **ALE**=\"drink\", plus **LIME**=\"something juicy\"; and all reversed\/\"written up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Do say that which has been identified repeatedly in rant (4,2,3)","output":"### Answer: SPIT IT OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Do say\n**IT**=\"that which has been identified\", repeated twice inside **SPOUT**=\"rant\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen snubbed by lay reader unfortunately before (7)","output":"### Answer: ALREADY \n ### Explanation: Definition: before\n(lay read**er**)* ignoring the **ER**=Elizabeth Regina=\"Queen\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Water supply in blood, lose it! (2,5)","output":"### Answer: GO SPARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: lose it\nas in lose your temper\n **SPA**=\"Water supply\" in **GORE**=\"blood\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beautiful and delicate creature: Mona Lisa, perhaps (7,4)","output":"### Answer: PAINTED LADY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beautiful and delicate creature\na type of butterfly; or a description of da Vinci's painting"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thinner sheep carrying fatter rump (5)","output":"### Answer: TURPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thinner\nTurps or turpentine is used as a paint thinner\n **TUPS**=\"sheep\" around the end\/rump of fatte**R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keep learner in class (6)","output":"### Answer: CASTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Keep\nL (Learner) in CASTE=\"class\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A man's drink (7)","output":"### Answer: DRAUGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: A man\ndouble definition: a piece or 'man' in a game of draughts; or e.g. beer pulled from a barrel"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beef about rail chaos? (9)","output":"### Answer: CHAROLAIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beef\na breed of cattle\n (rail chaos)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One gets the setter to adopt a good appearance (5)","output":"### Answer: IMAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: appearance\nI=\"One\" + ME=\"setter\" around: A + G (good)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having second thoughts about obligation to be devout (5)","output":"### Answer: PIOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: devout\nPS (Post Script)=\"second thoughts\", around IOU=\"obligation\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Metal or salt containing little uranium (9)","output":"### Answer: ALUMINIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Metal\nALUM=\"salt\" around: MINI=\"little\" + U (uranium)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A small fastening can alter one's course (7)","output":"### Answer: TINTACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: A small fastening\nTIN=\"can\" as in a container + TACK=\"alter one's course\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lavish old Bob with drink (4-2)","output":"### Answer: SLAP-UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lavish\nS (shilling)=\"old Bob\" + LAP UP=\"drink\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King is absorbed by subject's global line (6)","output":"### Answer: TROPIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: global line\nR (Rex)=\"King\" inside TOPIC=\"subject\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Food\u00a0for Bonfire Night? (7)","output":"### Answer: BANGERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Food\ndouble definition: \"Food\" as in sausages; \"for Bonfire Night\" as in fireworks"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prophets of doom fabricated star's mail (9)","output":"### Answer: ALARMISTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prophets of doom\n(star's mail)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ancient English gum (5)","output":"### Answer: PASTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: gum\nPAST=\"Ancient\" + E (English)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Many retreat before landowner (5)","output":"### Answer: LAIRD \n ### Explanation: Definition: landowner\nD=Roman numeral for 500=\"Many\", with LAIR=\"retreat\" before it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agreement to one playing instrument (9)","output":"### Answer: ACCORDION \n ### Explanation: Definition: instrument\nACCORD=\"Agreement\" + I=\"one\" + ON=\"playing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Atonement for one captivated by money (7)","output":"### Answer: PENANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Atonement\nAN=\"one\" inside PENCE=\"money\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bedlam can appear on the border (6)","output":"### Answer: MAYHEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bedlam\nMAY=\"can\" + HEM=\"border\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Set up mine in the arena (7)","output":"### Answer: COCKPIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: arena\nCOCK=ready a gun for firing=\"Set up\" + PIT=\"mine\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Military cap is used: it's a knockout (5)","output":"### Answer: SHAKO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Military cap\nSH (Second Hand)=\"used\" + A + KO (knock out)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inspect small instrument and be quick about it (4,5)","output":"### Answer: LOOK SHARP \n ### Explanation: Definition: be quick about it \nLOOK=\"Inspect\" + S (small) + HARP=\"instrument\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Talk about sporting event on Sunday (7)","output":"### Answer: DISCUSS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Talk about\nDISCUS=\"sporting event\" + S (Sunday)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A politician has one form of defence (5)","output":"### Answer: ALIBI \n ### Explanation: Definition: form of defence\nA + LIB (liberal)=\"politician\" + I=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drug tea? It excited a feeling of appreciation (9)","output":"### Answer: GRATITUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: feeling of appreciation\n(drug tea it)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl gets thanks when taking control (6)","output":"### Answer: THELMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Girl\nTA=\"thanks\" around HELM=\"control\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fabric for attorney's cloak (6)","output":"### Answer: DAMASK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fabric\nDA (district attorney) + MASK=\"cloak\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: People mobbing a bishop in Reading (9)","output":"### Answer: NARRATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reading\nNATION=\"People\" around A + RR (Right Reverend)=\"bishop\"\u00a0*Edit thanks to Hovis"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sleep in a container on a mountain (9)","output":"### Answer: ANNAPURNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: mountain\na mountain in Nepal\n NAP=\"sleep\" inside AN URN=\"a container\" + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Situation in which bounder falls (7)","output":"### Answer: CASCADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: falls\nCASE=\"Situation\" around CAD=\"bounder\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Groundwork used to catch fish \u2014 about a ton (6)","output":"### Answer: BASICS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Groundwork\nBASS=\"fish\" around: I=one=\"a\" + C=100 or \"ton\" in Roman numerals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reckoning to eat a bird \u2014 part of the breast (7)","output":"### Answer: STERNUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of the breast\nSUM=\"Reckoning\" around TERN=\"bird\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bitterness over work and career (6)","output":"### Answer: GALLOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: career\n\"career\" as in move quickly\n GALL=\"Bitterness\" + OP=\"work\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note academic's position in the field (3-2)","output":"### Answer: MID-ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: position in the field\na fielding position in cricket\n MI=\"Note\" as in do-re-mi; DON=\"academic\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pole's longing to be fashionable (5)","output":"### Answer: SWISH \n ### Explanation: S (South)=\"Pole\" + WISH=\"longing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek character pinned by relatively insignificant monster \u2026 (8)","output":"### Answer: MINOTAUR \n ### Explanation: TAU=\"Greek [alphabet] character\" inside MINOR=\"relatively insignificant\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 that character taken around fish (6)","output":"### Answer: TAUTOG \n ### Explanation: TAU=the same \"character\" from the linked clue 8ac, plus GOT=\"taken\" reversed\/\"around\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It is a question about the old man's health (4,4,6)","output":"### Answer: HOW\u2019S YOUR FATHER \n ### Explanation: \"It\" is a definition, meaning sex; and the remainder of the surface is a more literal definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expert leaving to enter wine store (6)","output":"### Answer: BOFFIN \n ### Explanation: OFF=\"leaving\" in BIN=\"wine store\", as in a case or stand for holding wine"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe helmet's protecting Irish copper in top operations (8)","output":"### Answer: HAIRCUTS \n ### Explanation: HAT'S=\"Maybe helmet's\" around both: IR (Irish) + CU=chemical symbol for \"copper\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This rock not completely malleable? I allegedly use sand! (7)","output":"### Answer: OSTRICH \n ### Explanation: Ostriches are said to bury their heads in the sand\n(This roc[k])"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most unexpectedly opposing everything offered by bookmaker (7,3,4)","output":"### Answer: AGAINST ALL ODDS \n ### Explanation: AGAINST=\"opposing\" + ALL ODDS=\"everything offered by bookmaker\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Books (hardback) in shopping centre store for a long time (8)","output":"### Answer: MOTHBALL \n ### Explanation: OT (Old Testament)=\"books\" + HB (hardback), inside MALL=\"shopping centre\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article in comic is only a rumour (6)","output":"### Answer: CANARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: an unreliable rumour\nAN=indefinite \"Article\" in CARD=\"comic\" or comical person"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Underground accommodation teacher has to put up with in Scotland (6,4)","output":"### Answer: RABBIT HOLE \n ### Explanation: RABBI=\"teacher\" + THOLE=Scottish word for 'endure', 'suffer'=\"put up with in Scotland\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Labour's material electorate finally discarded (4)","output":"### Answer: TOIL \n ### Explanation: TOIL**E=a thin cotton material, with electoratE's final letter removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One who wrote about pilgrim with no heart retreating (6)","output":"### Answer: BUNYAN \n ### Explanation: John Bunyan wrote\u00a0*The Pilgrim's Progress*\nNAY=\"no\" NUB=central point=\"heart\", all reversed\/retreating"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A rum and I'd be exceptionally cordial (8)","output":"### Answer: DRAMBUIE \n ### Explanation: \"cordial\" can mean 'liqueur'\n(a rum I'd be)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Severe operatic prince in endless stir (8)","output":"### Answer: RIGOROUS \n ### Explanation: IGOR=\"operatic prince\" as in\u00a0*Price Igor*; inside ROUS[e]=\"endless stir\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gulf that vessel floats on (6)","output":"### Answer: CANYON \n ### Explanation: YON=\"that\", with CAN=container, \"vessel\" on top"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What is to some extent raw, rough, till beaten into shape (7)","output":"### Answer: WROUGHT \n ### Explanation: hidden in ra**W ROUGH T**ill"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agitation no end with affair that is oppressive (8)","output":"### Answer: STIFLING \n ### Explanation: STI[r]=\"Agitation no end\" + FLING=\"affair\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A hit tune, almost because somehow it connects to the listener (10,4)","output":"### Answer: EUSTACHIAN TUBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a part of the ear or \"listener\"\n(A hit tune becaus[e])"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish not deprived of oxygen in stretch of water (6)","output":"### Answer: SOLENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: a strait between the Isle of Wight and England\nSOLE=\"Fish\" + N[O]T deprived of O (Oxygen)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Firm given top grade, smart and doing well with little effort (8)","output":"### Answer: COASTING \n ### Explanation: CO (Company)=\"Firm\" + A=\"top grade\" + STING=feel a sharp pain=\"smart\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Island noise interrupting end of wondrous song (8)","output":"### Answer: SARDINIA \n ### Explanation: DIN=\"noise\" inside [wondrou]S + ARIA=\"song\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Obscure work \u2014 a strange hesitation to avoid it (6)","output":"### Answer: OPAQUE \n ### Explanation: OP=opus, \"work\" + A + QUE[er]=\"strange\" without 'er'=\"hesitation\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Islander certain to migrate, leaving island behind (6)","output":"### Answer: CRETAN \n ### Explanation: (certa[i]n)* minus the I for \"island\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cover tailored clothing line in clingy material (6)","output":"### Answer: VELCRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: clingy material\n(Cover)* around L (line)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look up and try salacious look (6)","output":"### Answer: GOOGLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Look up\nGO=\"try\" + OGLE=\"salacious look\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inhabitant of the White House is a sucker (6)","output":"### Answer: HOOVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inhabitant of the White House\nHerbert Hoover the US president; and the vacuum cleaner"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Engineer got a part for car's roof (5,3)","output":"### Answer: TARGA TOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: car's roof\n=a\u00a0removable roof section for convertible cars, originally seen in the Porsche 911 Targa\n (got a part)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer's life includes reading or writing (4)","output":"### Answer: BIRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Writer\n\"Writer\" as in a pen\n BIO=biography, \"life\"; around R as \"reading\" and \"writing\" are part of the 'Three R's'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deal with old currency symbols that are put across here (10)","output":"### Answer: TRADEMARKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: symbols that are put across here\nTRADE=\"Deal\" + MARKS=\"old currency\"\u00a0as in Deutsche Marks"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dressing earl, repeatedly endure dressing work (11)","output":"### Answer: ELASTOPLAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dressing\n=a dressing for a wound\n E (earl) + LAST LAST=\"repeated endure\" around OP=\"work\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boxes for food or water spiked with drug in (10)","output":"### Answer: TUPPERWARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boxes for food\n(water)* with UPPER=\"drug\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two officers showing gun (4)","output":"### Answer: COLT \n ### Explanation: Definition: gun\nCO (Commanding Officer) + LT (Lieutenant)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Musical note fine for reflective pieces (8)","output":"### Answer: CATSEYES \n ### Explanation: Definition: reflective pieces\nCATS= the Lloyd-Webber \"Musical\" + E=musical \"note\" + YES=\"fine\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small child loves snowmobile (6)","output":"### Answer: SKIDOO \n ### Explanation: Definition: snowmobile\nS (Small) + KID=\"child\" + O O=\"loves\", as O=zero=\"love\" in tennis"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rating coat as outdoor covering (6)","output":"### Answer: TARMAC \n ### Explanation: Definition: outdoor covering\nTAR=sailor=\"Rating\", a class of sailor; plus MAC=macintosh \"coat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brief note after sex (4-2)","output":"### Answer: POST-IT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brief note\nPOST=\"after\" + IT=\"sex\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: We're told sailor's girlfriend may be dressing (5,3)","output":"### Answer: OLIVE OIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: dressing\nsounds like 'Olive Oyl', Popeye the sailor's girlfriend \u2013 per the [wiki] entry,\u00a0\"*Not to be confused with\u00a0Olive oil*\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Decay of politician with spin doctor at first (3,3)","output":"### Answer: DRY ROT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Decay\nTORY=\"politician\" reversed\/\"with spin\"; with DR (doctor) going first"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chicks raised wing as indicator of arrival (8)","output":"### Answer: DOORBELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: indicator of arrival\nBROOD=\"Chickens\" reversed\/\"raised\" + ELL=a \"wing\" perpendicular to the rest of a building, creating an 'L' shape"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lizard, one climbing in South American region (6)","output":"### Answer: IGUANA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lizard\nGU**I**ANA=\"South American region\", with the **I** or \"one\" climbing to the top"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fiddle with stuffing for ravioli noodles (6)","output":"### Answer: VIOLIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fiddle\nHidden in raVIOLI Noodles"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Caution entering covers of egregious texts (1-5)","output":"### Answer: E-BOOKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: texts\nBOOK=e.g. give a footballer a yellow card=\"Caution\", inside the covering outer letters of **E**gregiou**S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rock star to rest in atmospheric zone (11)","output":"### Answer: STRATOPAUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: atmospheric zone\n=the outer boundary of the statosphere\n (Star)* with \"Rock\" as anagrind; plus TO PAUSE=\"to rest\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Means of painting bridge, covering beam roughly (5,3)","output":"### Answer: SPRAY CAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Means of painting\nSPAN=\"bridge\", around: RAY=\"beam\" and C (circa)=\"roughly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Changing room is icy, star's shivering (8)","output":"### Answer: SACRISTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Changing room\n(icy star's)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outspoken Iberian's approval for cafe style (2,4)","output":"### Answer: AU LAIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: cafe style\n=meaning 'with milk'\n homophone\/\"Outspoken\" of 'Ol\u00e9'=\"Iberian's approval\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Determined to find no one at home? (3-3)","output":"### Answer: ALL OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Determined\nas in an 'all out effort'; with\u00a0\"no one at home\" as a more indirect definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Raised energy, endeavour and turnover, say (6)","output":"### Answer: PASTRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: turnover, say\nSAP=\"energy\" reversed\/\"raised\"; plus TRY=\"endeavour\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country club's fashion stop in capital (6)","output":"### Answer: EUSTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: stop in capital\nEuston is an Undergound \"stop\" in London=\"capital\"\n EU'S=\"Country club's\" + TON=French borrowing meaning 'tone', 'taste', \"fashion\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Call on falling bombs more, in opening shot (8)","output":"### Answer: GERONIMO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Call on falling\ndefinition as in the war cry used by paratroopers on jumping\/\"falling\" into action\n (more in)* with \"bombs\" as anagrind; inside\/\"opening\" **GO**=\"shot\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Infestation of children, it seems? (4)","output":"### Answer: NITS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Infestation of children, it seems?\nhidden in childre**N IT S**eems"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's perilous to cross immoral leader invested in Greenland after meltdown (6,4)","output":"### Answer: DANGER LINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's perilous to cross\n**I**[mmoral] inside (Greenland)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: His words exhaustive, deprive our leader of power (6,7)","output":"### Answer: DOCTOR JOHNSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: His words exhaustive\nSamuel Johnson wrote\u00a0*A Dictionary of the English Language\u00a0*\n **DOCTOR**=spay, castrate=\"deprive\u2026 of power\"; applied to \"our leader\", UK PM Boris **JOHNSON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hypocrisy in Lesson One doubly affected (8)","output":"### Answer: OILINESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hypocrisy\n(Lesson I I)*, with \"affected\" as the anagrind and the two I's indicated by \"One doubly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jumble sale's ending after dash to fill car (7)","output":"### Answer: MELANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jumble\n[sal]**E**, after **ELAN**=verve, style=\"dash\" inside **MG**=a make of \"car\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Political party made to pay, shut up (8)","output":"### Answer: CONFINED \n ### Explanation: Definition: shut up\n**CON**(servative)=\"Political party\" + **FINED**=\"made to pay\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refinement\u00a0in Chopin's words? (6)","output":"### Answer: POLISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Refinement\ndouble definition; the second referring to Chopin speaking the Polish language"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nicely shortened business degree secured by force \u2014 a walkover for entrants? (7,3)","output":"### Answer: WELCOME MAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: a walkover for entrants?\n**WEL**[L]=\"Nicely\", shortened; **CO**(mpany)=\"business\"; and **MA**=\"degree\" inside **MET**(tropolitan Police)=\"force\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old player in game breaking bank (5,7)","output":"### Answer: LLOYD BRIDGES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old player\nthe American film star \u2013 \"player\" as in actor\n **BRIDGE**=card \"game\" inside **LLOYDS**=\"bank\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go in the corner of this room, pal having nobody to play with (8,5)","output":"### Answer: MONOPOLY BOARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Go in the corner of this\nthere is a square named \"GO\" in the corner of a Monopoly board\n (room pal nobody)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe note is me? (8)","output":"### Answer: SEMITONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maybe note is me?\nan interval between one note and the next, so 'one note higher' might mean 'one semitone higher'\n (note is me)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inward-looking solvers ordered masks (4-4)","output":"### Answer: BOSS-EYED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inward-looking\n=cross-eyed or squinting\n **YE**=you=\"solvers\", masked inside\u00a0**BOSSED**=\"ordering\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More understanding\u00a0issue in Europe? (6)","output":"### Answer: KINDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: More understanding\nalso the German word for 'children' or 'offspring' i.e. \"issue\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person climbing down depends on people flying up (8)","output":"### Answer: ABSEILER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Person climbing down\n**RELIES**=\"depends\" + **BA** (British Airways)=\"people flying\"; all reversed\/\"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dog left to bite bespectacled nebbish, one nowadays missing a lead? (6,4)","output":"### Answer: FALLEN IDOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: one nowadays missing a lead?\n=someone who has lost their position as a leader\/role model\n **FIDO**=\"Dog\" + **L**(eft); around **ALLEN**=\"bespectacled nebbish\"\n 'nebbish' is a term often applied to Woody Allen, and means 'someone with a timid personality'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dish Chinese lawyer served up (6)","output":"### Answer: ADONIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dish\n**SINO**=prefix meaning \"Chinese\" + **DA** (District Attorney)=\"lawyer\"; all reversed\/\"served up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ill wind arising, innumerable common criminals initially punching dandy, officer on the way? (7,3)","output":"### Answer: TRAFFIC COP \n ### Explanation: Definition: officer on the way?\n\"way\" in the definition in the meaning of a street or road\n **FART**=\"Ill wind\", reversed\/\"arising\"; plus the initials of **I**[nnumerable] **C**[ommon] **C**[riminals] inside **FOP**=\"dandy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moon named Calypso's core, eg rocky (8)","output":"### Answer: GANYMEDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Moon\n(named Y eg)*, with the Y as the the central letter\/\"core\" of [Cal]**Y**[pso]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very old houses set to be de\u00admolished \u2014 that's a blow (8)","output":"### Answer: EASTERLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: a blow\n=a wind blowing from the east\n **EARLY**=from near the beginning of a time period=\"Very old\", around (set)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English chap not entirely into American broad beans (7)","output":"### Answer: EDAMAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: beans\n**E**(nglish); plus\u00a0**MA**[n]=\"chap not entirely\" inside **DAME**=\"American broad\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Republican impressed by topless model too (6)","output":"### Answer: OVERLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: too\n**R**(epublican), inside [L]**OVELY**=very attractive woman=\"model\" with the top letter removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clear case, unpacking middle (6)","output":"### Answer: PATENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clear\n=obvious, evident=\"Clear\"\n **PAT**[I]**ENT**=medical \"case\", losing the middle letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show skinned peach (4)","output":"### Answer: EXPO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Show\n[s]**EXPO**[t]=attractive person=\"peach\", with the outer letters removed\/\"skinned\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Joe's excited touring sumptuous old city (7)","output":"### Answer: JERICHO \n ### Explanation: (Joe)* around **RICH**=\"sumptuous\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inspire soldiers to swim outside (7)","output":"### Answer: BREATHE \n ### Explanation: RE** (Royal Engineers)=\"soldiers\" with **BATHE**=\"swim\" outside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Document exchanges hands \u2014 it's too hot to handle (4)","output":"### Answer: FIRE \n ### Explanation: FI**[L]**E**=\"Document\", with L(eft) changing to **R**(ight)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Football team's caught by trip arranged in writing (10)","output":"### Answer: MANUSCRIPT \n ### Explanation: MAN**[chester] **U**[nited]'**S**=\"Football team's\" + **C** (caught) in cricket + (trip)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It makes me sick when one's taken in by spoon-bending (6)","output":"### Answer: POISON \n ### Explanation: I**=\"one\" taken in by (spoon)*, with \"bending\" as anagrind"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman arrived before 10 with 19 or so fighters (8)","output":"### Answer: WARRIORS \n ### Explanation: W** (Woman) + **ARR**[ived] + **IO**=the digits 1 and 0=\"10\u2033 + **RS** which is \"oR So\" UNDRESSED=19ac i.e. with the outer letters removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make a mistake to be wearing outrageous flares with transfers (9)","output":"### Answer: REFERRALS \n ### Explanation: ERR**=\"Make a mistake\" inside (flares)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing is returned wrapped in paper and stone (5)","output":"### Answer: FLINT \n ### Explanation: NIL**=\"Nothing\" reversed\/\"returned\", inside **FT**=Financial Times=news \"paper\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe cancan can be racy, wearing delightfully exotic tops (5)","output":"### Answer: DANCE \n ### Explanation: (can)*, inside the top\/first letters of **D**[elightfully] **E**[xotic]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Naked Chef \u2014 is he? (9)","output":"### Answer: UNDRESSED \n ### Explanation: \"C**he**f\" 'undressed' or with the outer letters removed, gives \"**he**\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gardner is hugged by admirer in plant (4,4)","output":"### Answer: FAVA BEAN \n ### Explanation: AVA** Gardner the actress + **BE**=\"is\"; both inside **FAN**=\"admirer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 50050000? Magic (6)","output":"### Answer: VOODOO \n ### Explanation: V**=\"5\u2033 in Roman numerals + **OO**=\"00\u2033 + **D**=\"500\u2033 in Roman numerals + **OO**=\"00\u2033"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mammals stay supple after exercising (10)","output":"### Answer: PLATYPUSES \n ### Explanation: (stay supple)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Positioned face to the west (4)","output":"### Answer: LAID \n ### Explanation: DIAL=\"face\" e.g. of a watch, reversed\/\"to the west\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Course includes minimalist art, erroneously (7)","output":"### Answer: STARTER \n ### Explanation: \"Course\" as in part of a meal\nhidden in minimali**ST ART ER**roneously"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wonder how expert's homework attains low grade? (7)","output":"### Answer: PRODIGY \n ### Explanation: as in 'boy wonder'\n**PRO**=\"expert\" + **DIY**=\"home work\" around **G**=\"low grade\" after grades A-F e.g. at GCSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record single does rock event (7)","output":"### Answer: EPISODE \n ### Explanation: EP=\"Record\" + I=one=\"single\" + (does)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Objects to special police force turning up after lunchtime (5)","output":"### Answer: ITEMS \n ### Explanation: S** (special) + **MET**=\"police force\", all reversed\/\"turning up\" after **I**=1 or 1pm=\"lunchtime\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More compassionate charioteer takes fake name (7)","output":"### Answer: HUMANER \n ### Explanation: Ben **HUR**=\"charioteer\" around (name)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sorry criminal steals archbishop's first beads (6)","output":"### Answer: ROSARY \n ### Explanation: (Sorry)* around the first letter of **A**rchbishop"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Song about life and extremely dangerous places to land (9)","output":"### Answer: AIRFIELDS \n ### Explanation: AIR**=\"Song\" + (life)* + the extreme outer letters of **D**angerou**S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very small thing used to promote Reagan? (7)","output":"### Answer: HYPERON \n ### Explanation: Definition: a type of subatomic particle\n**HYPE**=\"promote\" + **RON**[ald] Reagan"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inability to see small present at first: a bipolar issue? (4,9)","output":"### Answer: SNOW BLINDNESS \n ### Explanation: a potential issue at either the North or South Pole, so \"bipolar\"\n**BLINDNESS**=\"Inability to see\"; with **S** (small) + **NOW**=\"present\" going first"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Magician's striking entrance holding top hat (9)","output":"### Answer: ENCHANTER \n ### Explanation: (entrance)* around the top letter of **H**[at]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unscrupulous person's problem at Christie's? (1,3,3)","output":"### Answer: A BAD LOT \n ### Explanation: Christie's the auction house sells items in 'lots', so A BAD LOT might be a problem for them"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One who edits text about 6's queen (7)","output":"### Answer: REVISER \n ### Explanation: RE**=\"about\" + **VI**=\"6\u2033 in Roman numerals + '**S** + **ER**=Elizabeth Regina\"queen\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: European uprising? At home, government's running away (7)","output":"### Answer: ELOPING \n ### Explanation: POLE**=\"European\" reversed\/\"uprising\" + **IN**=\"At home\" + **G** (government)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Masses of work occupied footballer (6)","output":"### Answer: PEOPLE \n ### Explanation: OP**=\"work\" inside **PELE**=the Brazilian \"footballer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drunk worked hard \u2014 time to quit? (5)","output":"### Answer: OILED \n ### Explanation: [t]**OILED**=\"worked hard\" with 't' for \"time\" leaving"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Using muscle, an active America (5,3)","output":"### Answer: UNCLE SAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: America\n(muscle an)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plaguey creature not to be found when copper intervenes (6)","output":"### Answer: LOCUST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plaguey creature\n**LOST**=\"not to be found\", with **CU**=chemical symbol for \"copper\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Laurel's speaking a bit of poetry (6)","output":"### Answer: STANZA \n ### Explanation: Definition: bit of poetry\n**STANZ**=homophone of 'Stan's'=\"Laurel's\" as in Stan Laurel the comedian; plus **A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One not having paid to travel, bailiffs finally take vehicle to pound (8)","output":"### Answer: STOWAWAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: One not having paid to travel\nfinal letter of [bailiff]S + **TOW AWAY**=\"take vehicle to pound\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A number noticed, happening to enter (9)","output":"### Answer: SEVENTEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: A number\n**SEEN**=\"noticed\" with **EVENT**=\"happening\" entering inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make statement about Vulcan being monotonous (5)","output":"### Answer: SAMEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: monotonous\n**SAY**=\"Make statement\" around **ME**=\"Vulcan\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pledge is quiet and frivolous (6)","output":"### Answer: PLIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pledge\n\"Pledge\" is an archaic meaning of PLIGHT, as in 'plight one's troth'\n **P** (Piano)=\"quiet\" + **LIGHT**=\"frivolous\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recommend toy as excellent (3-3)","output":"### Answer: TIP-TOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: excellent\n**TIP**=\"Recommend\" + spinning\u00a0**TOP**=\"toy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Judicial decision\u2013making lines on page (6)","output":"### Answer: RULING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Judicial decision\ndouble definition, split across the hyphen \u2013 the second definition as in using a ruler to draw lines"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek state once displayed paintings in Bath, say (6)","output":"### Answer: SPARTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Greek state once\n**ART**=\"paintings\" in **SPA**=\"Bath, say\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminal's held by bishop (5)","output":"### Answer: CROOK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Criminal\ndouble definition \u2013 the second definition as in a bishop's staff resembling a shepherd's crook"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Angry about a style of music (9)","output":"### Answer: CROSSOVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: style of music\ne.g. 'classical crossover' music\n **CROSS**=\"Angry\" + **OVER**=\"about\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Classmate, in official style (8)","output":"### Answer: FORMALLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: in official style\n**FORM ALLY**=\"Class mate\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Issues instructions for underwear (6)","output":"### Answer: BRIEFS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Issues instructions\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nervous about insect in hut (6)","output":"### Answer: SHANTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: hut\n**SHY**=\"Nervous\" about **ANT**=\"insect\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Got lower in part of pool, conserving energy (8)","output":"### Answer: DEEPENED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Got lower\n**DEEP END**=\"part of pool\", around **E** (energy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crazy type, one going to bolt (3)","output":"### Answer: NUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crazy type\ndouble definition \u2013 the second as in threaded nuts and bolts that attach together"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weapon held up by a corporal? (5)","output":"### Answer: LANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Weapon held up\na 'lance corporal' is a military rank"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Snap mother cleverly with this? (10)","output":"### Answer: SMARTPHONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: this? \n(Snap mother)* \u2013 a smartphone can be used to 'Snap' either meaning 'take a photo of someone' or 'send someone a pic\/message through SnapChat'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sprayer's title? (6)","output":"### Answer: MISTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sprayer\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where to go miles and appear out of the fog (4)","output":"### Answer: LOOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: appear out of the fog\n**LOO**=\"Where to go\" + **M** (miles)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eccentric\u00a0testimonial (9)","output":"### Answer: CHARACTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Eccentric\ndouble definition \u2013 ='Eccentric' as a noun; and =what might more often be called a 'character reference'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As poet, seek a phrase to fit (11)","output":"### Answer: SHAKESPEARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: poet\n(Seek a phrase)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fly-by-night, showing more mph, tore off (7,4)","output":"### Answer: EMPEROR MOTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fly-by-night\n(more mph tore)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Such income not permanent? (10)","output":"### Answer: DISPOSABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: not permanent\nand referring to the phrase 'disposable income'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Life so turbulent to staff here? (4,2,3)","output":"### Answer: ISLE OF MAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: here?\n(Life so)* + **MAN**=\"staff\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mentioning hair band, sounded like an ass (6)","output":"### Answer: BRAYED \n ### Explanation: Definition: sounded like an ass\nhomophone\/\"Mentioning\" of 'braid'=\"hair band\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where skaters are suspended (2,3)","output":"### Answer: ON ICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: suspended\nand **ON ICE** would be \"Where skaters are\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clubs put down surface for tennis (4)","output":"### Answer: CLAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: surface for tennis\n**C** (Clubs) as in playing cards; **LAY**=\"put down\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Enemy of international environmental group (3)","output":"### Answer: FOE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Enemy\nas in **F**riends **O**f the **E**arth"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kippers? They're on the way from Mallaig to Fort William (8)","output":"### Answer: SLEEPERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They're on the way from Mallaig to Fort William\ndefinition referring to the sleepers in railroad tracks, such as between Mallaig and Fort William\n a 'kip' is a nap, so \"Kippers\" might also mean sleepers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aroused by adult party in Ireland (5)","output":"### Answer: AWAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Aroused\n**A** (adult) + **WAKE**=\"party in Ireland\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flower that's yellow, outside Germany or in it (4)","output":"### Answer: ODER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flower\na 'flower' as in a river\n **OR**=\"yellow\" outside **DE** (Deutschland)=\"Germany\"\n **ODER** also =\"or in it [Germany]\", as it is the German word for 'or'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carmen in East London area, leading to boos and hisses? (10)","output":"### Answer: BARRACKING \n ### Explanation: Definition: boos and hisses\n**RAC** (Royal Automobile Club)=\"Car \/ men\", inside **BARKING**=\"East London area\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unsettled after Scientology's first dissemination (6)","output":"### Answer: SOWING \n ### Explanation: Definition: dissemination\n**OWING**=\"Unsettled\" as in settling a bill; after **S**[cientology]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ice\u00a0pack only partially needed (8)","output":"### Answer: DIAMONDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ice\n\"Ice\" is slang for the gemstones; and DIAMONDS are also part of a pack of cards"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like Mr & Mrs Smith, finally was dying (7)","output":"### Answer: HITCHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like Mr & Mrs\n[Smit]**H** + **ITCHED**=\"was dying\" as in 'they itched for a challenge'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sexually ambivalent? Leave chap from the '50s, intolerant of others' ideas (7)","output":"### Answer: BIGOTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: intolerant of others' ideas\n**BI**=\"Sextually ambivalent\" + **GO**=\"Leave\" + **TED**=\"chap from the '50s\" referring to 'Teddy Boys'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conservative leader suspended for being shifty? (8)","output":"### Answer: CHANGING \n ### Explanation: Definition: being shifty\n**C**[onservative] + **HANGING**=\"leader\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arabs perhaps coming from other shores (6)","output":"### Answer: HORSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arabs perhaps\nArab is a breed of horse\n (shores)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Delete from Will's Tinder his raving about me subjectively (10)","output":"### Answer: DISINHERIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Delete from Will\n(Tinder his)* around **I**=\"me subjectively\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little bits of dirt under sofas, typically (4)","output":"### Answer: DUST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Little bits of dirt under sofas, typically\nletters taken from **D**[irt] **U**[nder] **S**[ofas] **T**[ypically]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rue missing intro for White Bird (5)","output":"### Answer: EGRET \n ### Explanation: Definition: White Bird\n[r]**EGRET**=\"Rue\" missing its first letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Striking hat? It might be Haydn's (8)","output":"### Answer: CREATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Striking hat\n=an elaborate garment e.g. a hat; =a piece of music by Haydn"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bloomers German chap initially lampooned in Room 101 (8)","output":"### Answer: GLADIOLI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bloomers\n**G** (German) + **LAD**=\"chap\" + **L**[ampooned] in **IOI**=\"101\u2033"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman's right to a German address? (4)","output":"### Answer: HERR \n ### Explanation: Definition: German address\n**HER**=\"Woman\" + **R** (right)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leaves through different gate, admits airline (6)","output":"### Answer: TEABAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leaves\n(gate)* around **BA** (British Airways)=\"airline\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A way to go on 22 across? (7)","output":"### Answer: ASTRIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: across?\nand =\"A way to go on HORSES\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Indian princess has hair a man styled (8)","output":"### Answer: MAHARANI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Indian princess\n(hair a man)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cloak our resident Druid originally ordered in black? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: DARK COLOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: black?\n(Cloak our r D)*, using letters from r[esident] D[ruid]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As 22 across might be, by one German in 6, perhaps (6)","output":"### Answer: REINED \n ### Explanation: Definition: As 22 across might be\nHORSES might be REINED\n **EIN**=\"one [in] German\", inside **RED**=\"DARK COLOUR, perhaps\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Explosive new book describing dates with former England footballer (10)","output":"### Answer: INCENDIARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Explosive\n**N** (new) + **DIARY**=\"book describing dates\"; after Paul **INCE**=\"former England footballer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Descriptive words no good for teeth pig's lost (8)","output":"### Answer: EPITHETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Descriptive words\n(teeth pig's)*, minus the g for \"good\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turning out to be the online type (8)","output":"### Answer: EVERSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Turning out\n**E-** prefix indicating electronic\/\"online\" + **VERSION**=\"type\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fungi with some seaweed one's eating cold (7)","output":"### Answer: AGARICS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fungi\n**AGAR**=\"seaweed\" + **I'S**=\"one's\" around **C** (cold)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Acknowledged Henry was unwell (6)","output":"### Answer: HAILED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Acknowledged\n**H** (Henry, the SI unit of inductance) + **AILED**=\"was unwell\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sexy bottom? It might encour\u00adage rapid but unwelcome developments (6)","output":"### Answer: HOTBED \n ### Explanation: Definition: It might encour\u00adage rapid but unwelcome developments\n**HOT**=\"Sexy\" + **BED**=\"bottom\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: See\u00a0one's stoned (4)","output":"### Answer: DATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: See\n=\"See\" romantically; =a fruit with a stone"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Provider of charge account, cocaine addict (7)","output":"### Answer: ACCUSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Provider of charge\n**ACC** (account) + **USER**=\"cocaine addict\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wrongly label title with the French equivalent (7)","output":"### Answer: MISTERM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wrongly label\n**MISTER**=\"title\" + **M** (Monsieur)=\"French equivalent\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Content, round figure with right clothes (5)","output":"### Answer: TENOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Content\nTENOR=\"Content\" of e.g. a written document\n **O**=\"round\"; clothed in **TEN**=\"figure\" + **R** (right)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clownish entertainer to produce a ball in party kit (9)","output":"### Answer: PUNCHBOWL \n ### Explanation: Definition: party kit\n**PUNCH**=\"Clownish entertainer\" from Punch and Judy shows + **BOWL**=\"produce a ball\" in cricket"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grouse stew a strong, rancid dish (4,10)","output":"### Answer: BEEF STROGANOFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: dish\n**BEEF**=grumble=\"Grouse\" + (a strong)* + **OFF**=\"rancid\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tea from China (4)","output":"### Answer: MATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tea\n=a South American tea\n 'China plate' is rhyming slang for MATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tour 9 runs, one moving with the speed of light? (8)","output":"### Answer: NEUTRINO \n ### Explanation: Definition: one moving with the speed of light?\n(Tour nine)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little pieces of iron dinosaur swallows (8)","output":"### Answer: RONDINOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Little pieces\n=short musical pieces\n hidden in [i]**RON DINOS**[aur]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Black stuff that could be blue (4)","output":"### Answer: SMUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Black stuff\n=soot\n can also mean sexual or 'blue' content"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One unable to make a killing getting fired? (5,9)","output":"### Answer: BLANK CARTRIDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One unable to make a killing getting fired?\ncryptic def"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Awfully bad lover hugs you the French way (9)","output":"### Answer: BOULEVARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: French way\n(bad lover)* around **U**=\"you\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mark looked older, it's said (5)","output":"### Answer: GRADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mark\nhomophone of 'grayed'=\"looked older\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Car models, including carbon copies (7)","output":"### Answer: ECTYPES \n ### Explanation: Definition: copies\nJaguar **E TYPES**=\"Car models\", around **C** (Carbon)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What overzealous Remainers do to expose support (7)","output":"### Answer: OUTSTAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: What overzealous Remainers do\n**OUT**=\"expose\" +** STAY**=a prop or \"support\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aperitif taken out of case for wine (4)","output":"### Answer: ASTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: wine\n[p]**ASTI**[s]=\"Aperitif\" taken out of its outer letters or 'case'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Politician submitted good bill last month, one fit for Congress (10,5)","output":"### Answer: CONSENTING ADULT \n ### Explanation: Definition: one fit for Congress\n**CON**[servative]=\"Politician\" + **SENT IN**=\"submitted\" + **G** (good) + **AD**=\"bill\" + **ULT**=short for 'ultimo'=[in the] \"last month\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King in female clothing, which may be short? (6)","output":"### Answer: SHRIFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: which may be short?\nas in 'short shrift'\n **R** (Rex)=\"King\" in **SHIFT**=\"female clothing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Standing up, tree collapsed (6)","output":"### Answer: REPUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Standing\n(up tree)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spooner's Chinese spies showing means to go underground (8)","output":"### Answer: MANHOLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: means to go underground\nSpoonerism of 'Han Moles'=\"Chinese spies\", with 'Han' meaning a person of Chinese ethnicity"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Too much emotion in school dance has head spinning (8)","output":"### Answer: SCHMALTZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: Too much emotion\n**SCH** (school) + [W]**ALTZ**=\"dance\" with the head 'W' rotated 180 degrees to make 'M'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A riot commencing somehow, an irritation for nationalists (8,7)","output":"### Answer: ECONOMIC MIGRANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: an irritation for nationalists\n(A riot commencing)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vans kind fellow left in ditches (4,6)","output":"### Answer: MILK FLOATS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vans\n**ILK**=\"kind\" + **F** (fellow) + **L** (left); all inside **MOATS**=\"ditches\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tall child misbehaving with Nick Sharp (10)","output":"### Answer: IMPROBABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tall\nas in 'tall tales'\n **IMP**=\"child misbehaving\" with **ROB**=steal=\"Nick\" + **ABLE**=\"Sharp\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I want to be seduced \u2014 it's stimulating! (4-2-2)","output":"### Answer: PICK-ME-UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's stimulating\ncould also be read as 'I want to be seduced'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Votes against saving old pile of cash for the present (8)","output":"### Answer: NOWADAYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: present\n**NAYS**=\"Votes against\" around all of: **O** (old) + **WAD**=\"pile of cash\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bookish American must leave \u2014 that's flat! (6)","output":"### Answer: STUDIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: flat!\n**STUDIO**[us]=\"Bookish\" minus 'US'=\"American\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Right out of the cooler, thief's beginning to show unease (6)","output":"### Answer: FIDGET \n ### Explanation: Definition: show unease\nR(ight) taken out of **F**[R]**IDGE**=\"cooler\", plus the beginning of **T**[hief]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bachelor's left with lots of ale and rum (4)","output":"### Answer: EERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: rum\n\"rum\" as in 'odd'\n B (Bachelor) leaving [b]**EERY**=\"with lots of ale\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pursuit of hobbyist putting a foot down about part of office? (5,10)","output":"### Answer: STAMP COLLECTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pursuit of hobbyist\n**STAMPING**=\"putting a foot down\" around **COLLECT**=\"part of\" a religious service or \"office\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hoax involving Russia's foremost essayist's a gem (9)","output":"### Answer: CORNELIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: gem\n**CON**=\"Hoax\" around **R**[ussia]; plus **ELIAN**=\"essayist's\"=belonging to the Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disease from India caught by traveller to the East (5)","output":"### Answer: POLIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disease\n**I** (India) inside Marco **POLO**=\"traveller to the East\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Type of energy in doubt, given initial setback (7)","output":"### Answer: NUCLEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Type of energy\n**UNCLEAR**=\"in doubt\" with its initial letter 'U' sent back one space"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Temperature in small animal centre dips here, perhaps (7)","output":"### Answer: BATHTUB \n ### Explanation: Definition: dips here, perhaps\n**T** (Temperature) in **BAT HUB**=\"small animal centre\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'm surprised state doesn't have one (3)","output":"### Answer: OHO \n ### Explanation: Definition: I'm surprised\n**OH[I]O**=US \"state\" minus 'I'=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old batting hero may prefer to open after duck between centuries (7)","output":"### Answer: COMPTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old batting hero\nDenis Compton the cricketer \n **M**[ay] **P**[refer], after **O**=zero=a \"duck\" score in cricket; all inside **C** (100 in Roman numerals) and **TON**=another word for 'century'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Benefit from meals on wheels on a regular basis (7)","output":"### Answer: WELFARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Benefit\n**FARE**=\"meals\", after regular letters of **W**[h]**E**[e]**L**[s]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recommended additives losing it when cooked (7)","output":"### Answer: ADVISED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Recommended\n(additives)* minus the letters of 'it'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Busy gent, husband running round in circles (2,3,2)","output":"### Answer: ON THE GO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Busy\n(gent h)* where 'h'=\"husband\"; inside** O** and **O**=\"circles\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl has help cycling (3)","output":"### Answer: IDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Girl\n(aid)*, where 'aid'=\"help\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Class that is wearing glasses (7)","output":"### Answer: SPECIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Class\n**IE**=\"that is\", inside **SPECS**=\"glasses\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seemingly rational little gap in record (7)","output":"### Answer: TENABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seemingly rational\n**EN**=a small space between characters in printing=\"little gap\"; inside **TABLE**=\"record\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pigeon quietly flying off further from centre (5)","output":"### Answer: OUTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: further from centre\n[**P**]**OUTER**=a type of \"Pigeon\", with 'P' for piano=\"quiet\" removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Timeless ruins at Palermo (9)","output":"### Answer: ATEMPORAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Timeless\n(at Palermo)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Making plainer group of women in press come across (8,5,2)","output":"### Answer: THROWING LIGHT ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Making plainer\n**WI** (Women's Institute)=\"group of women\", in **THRONG**=\"press\"; plus **LIGHT ON**=encounter=\"come across\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extra appointment for teacher? This could delay notification (6-5,4)","output":"### Answer: SECOND CLASS POST \n ### Explanation: Definition: This could delay notification\nthis could also be read as a SECOND job role i.e. POST with an extra school CLASS for a teacher"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One Bee Gee's heart of gold (5)","output":"### Answer: AURIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: of gold\n[M]**AURIC**[e] Gibb was one of the Bee Gee's"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cover coming before book? (7)","output":"### Answer: PRETEXT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cover\n**PRE**-=\"coming before\" + **TEXT**=\"book\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I snubbed friend after returning second letter (7)","output":"### Answer: OMICRON \n ### Explanation: Definition: letter\na letter in the Greek alphabet\n **I** + **CRON**[y]=\"snubbed friend\"; all after reversal\/\"returning\" of **MO**=moment=\"second\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arm taken by much acclaimed thespian? (7)","output":"### Answer: LONGBOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arm\na **LONG BOW** might be taken by the thespian"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where federal laws created a hidden problem in Colorado (7)","output":"### Answer: CAPITOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where federal laws created\n**A PIT**=\"a hidden problem\" in **COL** short for Colorado"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anxious setter will tantalise, concealing answer (3,2,4)","output":"### Answer: ILL AT EASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Anxious\n**I'LL TEASE**=\"setter will tantalise\", around **A** (answer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Auf wiedersehen, literally? (7,2,6)","output":"### Answer: GOODBYE TO BERLIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: literally?\nA book by Christopher Isherwood \u2013 is the definition \"literally\"=>'in literature, e.g. a novel'?\n GOODBYE TO BERLIN could be read as 'crosswordese' instructions to translate 'goodbye' into German, giving \"Auf wiedersehen\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jack behind manoeuvre to arrest current Hollywood actor? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: MOVIE STAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hollywood actor?\n**TAR**=sailor=\"Jack\" behind **MOVES**=\"manoeuvre\" around **I**=symbol for electrical \"current\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A certain cardinal's joke (3)","output":"### Answer: ONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: A certain cardinal\n=a cardinal number; and =\"joke\" as in 'have you heard the one about\u2026'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Number two in team running for a long time (3)","output":"### Answer: EON \n ### Explanation: Definition: long time\nthe second\/\"Number two\" letter in [t]**E**[am] + **ON**=\"runnning\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Runner with promise revolution\u00adised slum area (4,3)","output":"### Answer: SKID ROW \n ### Explanation: Definition: slum area\n**SKI**=\"Runner\" + **WORD**=\"promise\" reversed\/\"revolutionised\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arrogance, it's said, developing during row (7)","output":"### Answer: DISDAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arrogance\n(said)* inside **DIN**=\"row\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oscar presumably eating cereal (7)","output":"### Answer: OATMEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: cereal\n**O** (Oscar) + **AT MEAL**=\"presumably eating\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Red wine, small amount, but guy needs it (4,3)","output":"### Answer: TENT PEG \n ### Explanation: Definition: guy needs it\nas in a \"guy\" rope used to secure a tent"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pop runs in front of lady (5)","output":"### Answer: BURST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pop\n**R** (runs in cricket); inside **BUST**=\"front of lady\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: National park players would tread them, if river were relocated (3,6)","output":"### Answer: THE BROADS \n ### Explanation: Definition: National park\n\"players\" or actors 'tread THE BOA**R**DS', with R for \"river\" relocated"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hoax brought to a satisfactory ending (4)","output":"### Answer: CODA \n ### Explanation: Definition: satisfactory ending\nCOD=fake=\"Hoax\" + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Train someone who'd like to make it big in the US, too? (8)","output":"### Answer: EUROSTAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Train\na EURO STAR might want also to be a US star"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Italian carrying back sound content to inflict an invasion (6)","output":"### Answer: IRRUPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: to inflict an invasion\n=to enter forcibly\n IT (Italian) around PURR=\"sound content\" reversed\/\"back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tom's drive to find a temporary partner? (6)","output":"### Answer: CRUISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tom\n=Tom CRUISE the actor; and =CRUISE around looking for a sexual partner"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Against entering rocky route on approach (8)","output":"### Answer: OVERTURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: approach\n~~VER (versus)=\"Against\" inside (route)*~~\n *V (versus) inside (route)* + RE=\"on\" \u2013 Edit thanks to Bingybing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excessively under guidance, finished carrying a gun (6,2)","output":"### Answer: TOOLED UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: carrying a gun\nTOO=\"Excessively\" + LED=\"under guidance\" + UP=\"finished\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go from first to second to suspend energy on entering knockout competition? (6,2)","output":"### Answer: CHANGE UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Go from first to second\ndefinition as in changing up from first to second gear\n HANG=\"suspend\" + E (energy); all inside CUP=\"knockout competititon\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Token\u00a0party nominees? (6)","output":"### Answer: TICKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Token\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Factory involved in a type of banana (8)","output":"### Answer: PLANTAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: banana\nPLANT=\"Factory\" + (in a)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Union member's smear reported (6)","output":"### Answer: GREECE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Union member\n=a member of the European Union\n sounds like 'grease'=\"smear\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rummy party backed by attractive type (6)","output":"### Answer: ODDISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rummy\nDO=\"party\" reversed\/\"backed\" + DISH=\"attractive type\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Treat Crimea wounded outside gutted castle (3,5)","output":"### Answer: ICE CREAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Treat\n(Crimea)* around C[astl]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nymph of the woods evicting river couple (4)","output":"### Answer: DYAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: couple\nDrYAD=\"Nympth of the woods\", evicting the 'r' for \"river\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Star needs massage \u2014 result of overexposure (9)","output":"### Answer: SUNSTROKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: result of overexposure\nSUN=\"Star\" + STROKE=\"massage\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More straight trousers lost \u2014 SOS sent out (5)","output":"### Answer: TRUER \n ### Explanation: Definition: More straight\ntrOuSerS minus the letters of (SOS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Transport energy proposal (7)","output":"### Answer: EMOTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Transport\nE (energy) + MOTION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dicky's a mess? Do this! (5)","output":"### Answer: RETIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dicky's a mess? Do this\nNot sure how to parse this, other than as a reference to 'dicky bow' ties"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regulation pro ground that accommodates would-be high flyers (7,6)","output":"### Answer: AIRPORT LOUNGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: that accommodates would-be high flyers\n(Regulation pro)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aspen, say, forming border round rambling rose? (3,6)","output":"### Answer: SKI RESORT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Aspen, say\nSKIRT=\"border\" around (rose)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Diminutive canine surgical scraping instrument (7)","output":"### Answer: CURETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: surgical scraping instrument\nCUR=\"canine\" with the diminutive suffix -ETTE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Death\u00a0shift (9)","output":"### Answer: DEPARTURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Death\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Ohio Dylan' playing 'Tripping'? (2,7)","output":"### Answer: ON HOLIDAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tripping\n(Ohio Dylan)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deployed falsely, perhaps, by a woman (9)","output":"### Answer: EYELASHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deployed falsely, perhaps, by a woman\nagain, not sure if there's more to parse here, or just a reference to false eyelashes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Orphan Annie denies houses given unnecessary protection (7)","output":"### Answer: NANNIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: given unnecessary protection\nhidden in [Orpha]N ANNIE D[enies]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pounds added to independent working payment (7)","output":"### Answer: PENSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: payment\nPENS=animal enclosures=\"Pounds\" + I (independent) + ON=\"working\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Choir managed to hold repeated note for so long (7)","output":"### Answer: CHEERIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: so long\n(Choir)* around E E=\"repeated note\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In vogue, stalwart chat show participant? (5)","output":"### Answer: GUEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: chat show participant\nhidden in [vo]GUE ST[alwart]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rail about garden implement (5)","output":"### Answer: CRAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rail\n=a type of bird\n C (circa)=\"about\" + RAKE=\"garden implement\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It produces fruit or veg (7)","output":"### Answer: ORCHARD \n ### Explanation: OR + CHARD=\"veg\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go off in posh car for the river (7)","output":"### Answer: LIMPOPO \n ### Explanation: POP=\"Go off\" inside LIMO=\"posh car\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tory leader has pain in bum (4)","output":"### Answer: TAIL \n ### Explanation: T[ory] + AIL=\"has pain\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dog for lively king in Kent? (10)","output":"### Answer: SCHIPPERKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a small breed of dog\nCHIPPER=\"lively\" + K (king); all inside SE=South East=\"Kent?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cancel\u00a0raise (4)","output":"### Answer: LIFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: revoke e.g. a ban=\"Cancel\"; also =elevate, \"raise\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In the morning one guy is good-natured (8)","output":"### Answer: AMICABLE \n ### Explanation: AM=\"in the morning\" + I=\"one\" + CABLE=\"guy\" as in a tent's guy ropes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crumbling path rated a highly dangerous place to be (5,4)","output":"### Answer: DEATH TRAP \n ### Explanation: (path rated)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Condition of the country (5)","output":"### Answer: STATE \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One sinks into seat? That's capital! (5)","output":"### Answer: SOFIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: capital of Bulgaria\nI=\"One\" inside SOFA=\"seat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Predict a stupid charge (9)","output":"### Answer: ADUMBRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: foreshadow\nA + DUMB=\"stupid\" + RATE=price, \"charge\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prospect for gold in the country (8)","output":"### Answer: PANORAMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: an overview of a landscape\nOR=heraldic term for \"gold\"; inside PANAMA=\"country\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Closed\u00a0rapidly (4)","output":"### Answer: FAST \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Undertaker is caught working farm machinery (10)","output":"### Answer: CONTRACTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: as in someone undertaking a task\nC (caught in cricket) + ON=\"working\" + TRACTOR=\"farm machinery\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Informer keeps president absorbed (4)","output":"### Answer: RAPT \n ### Explanation: RAT=\"Informer\" around P (president)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Indiscretion needs a course of action in the shipyard (7)","output":"### Answer: SLIPWAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: a pier in a shipyard\nSLIP=\"Indiscretion\" + WAY=\"course of action\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tory gets an informal farewell in musical form (7)","output":"### Answer: CANTATA \n ### Explanation: C (Conservative)=\"Tory\" + AN + TATA=\"informal farewell\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Become aware that lies are untrue (7)","output":"### Answer: REALISE \n ### Explanation: (lies are)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Landlord accommodates student composer (5)","output":"### Answer: HOLST \n ### Explanation: HOST=\"Landlord\" around L (Learner)=\"student\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good opinion of physical training college during recess (7)","output":"### Answer: RESPECT \n ### Explanation: PE (Physical Education)=\"physical training\" + C (college); all inside REST=\"recess\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Harm one married couple (6)","output":"### Answer: IMPAIR \n ### Explanation: I=\"one\" + M (married) + PAIR=\"couple\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer gets sample for versifier (9)","output":"### Answer: POETASTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: a mediocre poet\n[Edgar Allen] POE=\"Writer\" + TASTER=\"sample\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crumpet found in fish bar (7)","output":"### Answer: PIKELET \n ### Explanation: Definition: a kind of crumpet or muffin\nPIKE=\"fish\" + LET=hinder, prevent=\"bar\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dicky hadn't any space for the second-rate (5,3,5)","output":"### Answer: CHEAP AND NASTY \n ### Explanation: (hadn't any space)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slim and winning but too late to keep one's hair on (4,2,3)","output":"### Answer: THIN ON TOP \n ### Explanation: THIN=\"Slim\" + ON TOP=\"winning\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Continued good luck when riding a cycle (2,1,4)","output":"### Answer: ON A ROLL \n ### Explanation: ON A ROLL could also decribe \"riding a cycle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl touring US city gets disease (7)","output":"### Answer: MALARIA \n ### Explanation: MARIA=\"Girl\" around LA (Los Angeles)=\"US city\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kitty supports shy drunkard (7)","output":"### Answer: TOSSPOT \n ### Explanation: POT [of money]=\"Kitty\"; after TOSS=throw=\"shy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jail a lawyer in North America (6)","output":"### Answer: CANADA \n ### Explanation: CAN=\"Jail\" + A + DA (District Attorney)=\"lawyer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trees take time to become predominant (5)","output":"### Answer: FIRST \n ### Explanation: FIRS=\"Trees\" + T (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bread container for actor, b. '28 (6)","output":"### Answer: COBURN \n ### Explanation: Definition: actor, b. '28\nJames Coburn \n **COB**=\"Bread\" + **URN**=\"container\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A dry, barren, endless essay (7)","output":"### Answer: ATTEMPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: essay\n**A** + **TT** (teetotal)=\"dry\" + **EMPT**[y]=\"barren, endless\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mouldy hop seed (9)","output":"### Answer: OFFSPRING \n ### Explanation: Definition: seed\n**OFF**=\"Mouldy\" + **SPRING**=\"hop\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Buzz Lightyear's back in hit, briefly (5)","output":"### Answer: THRUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Buzz\nthe end letter or \"back\" of [Lightyea]**R**, in **THUM**[p]=\"hit, briefly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boss of weekend issue, stuffed? (5)","output":"### Answer: SATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: stuffed?\n**SAT**[urday] **ED**[itor]=\"Boss of weekend issue\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heavenly performance of a cellist inspires ecstasy (9)","output":"### Answer: CELESTIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Heavenly\n(a cellist)* around **E** (ecstasy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fine dishes for privileged youngsters (7)","output":"### Answer: YUPPIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: privileged youngsters\n**YUP**=OK, \"Fine\" + **PIES**=\"dishes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: End broken off round nuts, securing instant release (6)","output":"### Answer: UNMOOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: release\n\"roun[d]\" with its \"End broken off\" as an anagram\/\"nuts\" => (roun)*; and around MO=moment=\"instant\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where hammer found nailing lid on gradually, working effectively (2,4)","output":"### Answer: IN GEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: working effectivel\nthe \"hammer\" bone is found **IN** [the] **EAR**; around the first letter\/\"lid\" of **G**[radually]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Long time sitting on stool in lower chamber (7)","output":"### Answer: DUNGEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: lower chamber\n**EON**=\"Long time\" after **DUNG**=\"stool\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Personal style I had with memo inscribed with name (2,7)","output":"### Answer: AD HOMINEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Personal\n(I had memo)* around **N** for (name)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pick up end of carpet beater (5)","output":"### Answer: HEART \n ### Explanation: Definition: beater\n**HEAR**=\"Pick up\" + end letter of [carpe]**T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Only just missing line for writer, d. '28 (5)","output":"### Answer: HARDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: writer, d. '28\nThomas HARDY \n **HARD**[L]**Y**=\"Only just\", missing L for \"line\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wine, fruit and fresh rolls failed in business (4,5)","output":"### Answer: WENT UNDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: failed in business\n**RED**=\"Wine\" + **NUT**=\"fruit\" + **NEW**=\"fresh\"; all reversed\/\"rolls\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Draw tail of animal like an aquatic carnivore? (7)","output":"### Answer: LOTTERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Draw\nlast letter or \"tail\" of [anima]**L** + **OTTER-Y**=\"like an aquatic carnivore\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Detailing favourite part, engine driver? (6)","output":"### Answer: PETROL \n ### Explanation: Definition: engine driver\n'De-tailing' or removing the end letter from **PET ROL**[e]=\"favourite part\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Document that's written in prison for linguistic philosopher b. '28 (7)","output":"### Answer: CHOMSKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: linguistic philosopher b. '28\nNoam CHOMSKY \n **MS**=manuscript=\"Document\", inside **CHOKY**=slang for \"prison\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One taking month to run up, tailor's first suit (5)","output":"### Answer: BEFIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: suit\n**I**=\"One\" + **FEB**=\"month\", both reversed\/\"run up\"; plus **T**[ailor]'s first letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shot, if parried, delivered as a continuous stream (5-4)","output":"### Answer: RAPID-FIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: delivered as a continuous stream\n(if parried)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guardian published shortly for writer and poet, b. '28 (7)","output":"### Answer: ANGELOU \n ### Explanation: Definition: writer and poet, b. '28\nMaya ANGELOU \n **ANGEL**=\"Guardian\" + **OU**[t]=\"published shortly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Emperor keeping sixth of treasure in chest, commonly? (5)","output":"### Answer: TITUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Emperor\nRoman Emperor TITUS \n sixth letter of [treas]**U**[re] in **TITS**=\"chest, commonly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sociobiologist, b.'28 cut above solid figure for composer, b. '28 (9)","output":"### Answer: MORRICONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: composer, b. '28\nEnnio MORRICONE, film composer \n Desmond **MORRI**[s]=\"Sociobiologist\" with the last letter \"cut\"; plus **CONE**=\"solid figure\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vulnerable spot for actor, b. '28 (6)","output":"### Answer: TEMPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vulnerable spot\n=a vulnerable part of the skull; and =Shirley TEMPLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Approximately dropping 20%, American company performing (6)","output":"### Answer: CIRCUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: company performing\n**CIRC**[a]=\"Approximately\", dropping the last 20% of its letters; plus **US**=\"American\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First coming down close to bottom, smack proved painful for political activist, d. '28 (9)","output":"### Answer: PANKHURST \n ### Explanation: Definition: political activist, d. '28\nEmmeline PANKHURST \n **SPANK HURT**=\"smack proved painful\", with the first letter S moving down towards the end\/bottom of **PANKHURST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Home of brothers for comedian, b. '28 (9)","output":"### Answer: MONKHOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: comedian, b. '28\nBob MONKHOUSE \n **MONK HOUSE**=\"Home of brothers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Control a thoroughfare, unchecked (7)","output":"### Answer: RUNAWAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: unchecked\n**RUN A WAY**=\"Control a thoroughfare\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of 28 played for pianist, b. '28 (6)","output":"### Answer: DOMINO \n ### Explanation: Definition: One of 28 played\nthe game of dominoes is played with 28 pieces; and Fats DOMINO the pianist"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Effortlessly talented, score mark? (7)","output":"### Answer: NATURAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Effortlessly talented\n=inherently gifted; and =marked on a musical score as not sharp or flat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Military leave for artist, b. '28 (6)","output":"### Answer: WARHOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: artist, b. '28\nAndy WARHOL \n **WAR HOL**[iday]=\"Military leave\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps sentence by a magistrate holds up (5)","output":"### Answer: MAYBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perhaps\nhidden reversed in [sentenc]**E BY A M**[agistrate]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wood shaving now shaved? (5)","output":"### Answer: ALDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wood\n[B]**ALDER**=\"shaved?\" with the top shaved off"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fascinated, but about to get hurt (7)","output":"### Answer: CHARMED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fascinated\n**C** (circa)=\"about\" + **HARMED**=\"hurt\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One chapter ending writer's cutting (7)","output":"### Answer: ACERBIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: cutting\n**ACE**=\"One\" + [chapte]**R** + **BIC**=pen=\"writer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Right away Vlad would demon\u00adstrate he's not very bright (5)","output":"### Answer: IDIOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: e's not very bright\n**I**'**D RIOT**=\"Vlad would demonstrate\"; with **R** (Right) taken away"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Completely thoughtless opening, with most of this hotel requiring refurbishment (2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: TO THE HILT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Completely\n**T**[houghtless] + (thi[s] hotel)* with the first part of the anagram fodder being \"most of this\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Serf I engaged to secure plant (10)","output":"### Answer: HELIOTROPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: plant \n**HELOT**=\"Serf\" in ancient Sparta; with **I** engaged inside; plus **ROPE**=\"secure\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's most admired feature of Hello? Diddly-squat on reflection (4)","output":"### Answer: IDOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: One's most admired\nhidden reversed\/\"feature of\u2026 on reflection\" inside: Hel**LO DI**ddly-squat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ads on other side where, hopefully, 18 25's provided (11)","output":"### Answer: CLASSIFIEDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ads\n**CLASS**=\"where, hopefully,\u00a0*LESSONS WILL BE LEARNED*\" + **IF**=\"provided\" + (side)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quietly going, sacked? Bland response \u2026 well, lies (1 down justifying why not) (7,4,2,7)","output":"### Answer: LESSONS WILL BE LEARNED \n ### Explanation: Definition: (1 down justifying why not)\n=a\u00a0*CLICHE* used to justify not sacking someone for a mistake\n \"sacked\" as anagram indicator for (Bland res**p**onse well lies)*; with the **p** (piano)=\"Quietly\" removed\/\"going\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like name for boy (4)","output":"### Answer: ALAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: boy\n**A LA** (as in *\u00e0 la*)=\"like\" + **N** (name)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Causes of traffic hold-ups (10)","output":"### Answer: CARJACKERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Causes of traffic hold-ups\ncryptic definition, with \"hold-up\" in the sense of robbery, rather than traffic jams"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bury's season hasn't started (5)","output":"### Answer: INTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bury\n[w]**INTER**=\"season\" without its starting letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One checking car's height (7)","output":"### Answer: AUDITOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: One checking\n**AUDI**=make of \"car\" + **TOR**=hill, a high place=\"height\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lady guards breeding ground! Pardon? (7)","output":"### Answer: AMNESTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pardon\n**AMY**=\"Lady\" around\/guarding **NEST**=\"breeding ground\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Victor embraced by lady I fancy with enthusiasm (6)","output":"### Answer: AVIDLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: with enthusiasm\n**V**=\"Victor\" in the phonetic alphabet + (lady I)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cycling cape's under dog meat (6,4)","output":"### Answer: MUTTON CHOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: meat\n**PONCHO**=\"cape\", with the letters \"Cycling\" around so that the first letter goes to the end; all after **MUTT**=\"dog\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time inside does maybe discourage (5)","output":"### Answer: DETER \n ### Explanation: Definition: discourage\n**T** (time)* inside **DEER**=\"does\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Upset at pianist for starters (9)","output":"### Answer: ANTIPASTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: starters\n(at pianist)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flat number son mislaid (4)","output":"### Answer: EVEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flat\n[S]**EVEN**=\"number\" with S (son) removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Streaked \u2014 checked name's hidden (8)","output":"### Answer: BRINDLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Streaked\n**BRIDLED**=restrained, \"checked\"; with **N** (name) inserted\/\"hidden\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Well-spoken German wearing sword (3-5)","output":"### Answer: CUT-GLASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Well-spoken\n=used to describe a precise way of speaking\n **G** (German) inside **CUTLASS**=\"sword\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing up? Force Frenchman into possible trouble (10)","output":"### Answer: AFFLICTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: trouble\n**FA**='F-All'=\"Nothing\" reversed\/\"up\" + **FLIC**=French for 'policeman'=\"Force Frenchman\" as in police 'force' + (into)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seat in bar maybe not his? (9)","output":"### Answer: ABSTAINER \n ### Explanation: Definition: not his\n(Seat in bar)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Palace turned over City and Gunners (exaggerating player B's input) (8)","output":"### Answer: ALHAMBRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Palace\na palace in Granada, Spain\n **LA**=Los Angeles=\"City\", reversed\/\"turned over\"; plus **RA**=Royal Artillery, \"Gunners\"; with insertion\/\"input\" of:\u00a0**HAM**=actor who overacts=\"exaggerating Player\" + **B"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attacked after broadcast, alas, is duke out of the country? (8)","output":"### Answer: ASSAILED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Attacked\n(alas is d**uk**e)* without\u00a0**UK**=\"country\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After exam, one finally has a ball (6)","output":"### Answer: TESTIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: ball\n**TEST**=\"exam\" + **I**=\"one\" + final letter of [ha]**S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like to hear about America's leader? Wrong (6)","output":"### Answer: ASTRAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wrong\n**AS**=\"Like\" + **TRY** in court=\"hear\" around the leading letter of **A**[merica]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Law supported by one biblical region (5)","output":"### Answer: JUDEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: biblical region\n**JUDE** Law the actor + **A**=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Report in paper sent (4)","output":"### Answer: RAPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: sent\n\"sent\"='thrilled' or 'transported', as in the song\u00a0*You Send Me*\n homophone\/\"Report\" of 'wrapped'=\"in paper\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Do they advertise drama by W Shakespeare? (9)","output":"### Answer: PLAYBILLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Do they advertise drama by W Shakespeare?\n**PLAY**=\"drama\" + **BILL S.** as an alternative abbrevation for \"W Shakespeare\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prepares for holiday: two join the scrum (5)","output":"### Answer: PACKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prepares for holiday\ndouble definition\n in rugby a scrum is made up of two 'packs' of players, one from each team"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dieter's agreement on port wine (5)","output":"### Answer: RIOJA \n ### Explanation: Definition: wine\n**JA**='yes' in German=\"Dieter's agreement\", as Dieter is a German first name; after **RIO**=\"port\" city in Brazil"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Valid reason to contribute to this (4,5)","output":"### Answer: GOOD CAUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Valid reason\ntwo definitions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No sound from horse heard (3)","output":"### Answer: NAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: No\nhomophone\/\"heard\" of 'neigh'=\"sound from horse\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One may pull the plug on this\u00a0sort of drama (7,4)","output":"### Answer: KITCHEN SINK \n ### Explanation: Definition: One may pull the plug on this\ntwo definitions \u2013 'kitchen sink' dramas were part of a British movement of social realism"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: High churchman on time? (7)","output":"### Answer: PRELATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: High churchman\nPRE- as an affix meaning 'before', so PRE-LATE='before being late'=\"on time?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's finished working on Hebridean island (7)","output":"### Answer: RETIREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One's finished working\n**RE**=about=\"on\" + **TIREE**=name of a \"Hebridean island\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oswald's unlucky formulation (4,3)","output":"### Answer: SOD\u2019S LAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: unlucky formulation\n=the saying that 'if something can go wrong, it will'\n (Oswald's)*, with \"unlucky formulation\" doing double duty as an anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Runner losing pounds becomes more complacent (7)","output":"### Answer: SMUGGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: more complacent\n**SMUGG[**L**]ER**=\"Runner\", losing L=\"pounds\" sterling (from Latin\u00a0*Libra*)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fresh mint I repent getting chopped up (11)","output":"### Answer: IMPERTINENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fresh\n(mint I repent)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short musical performance (3)","output":"### Answer: GIG \n ### Explanation: Definition: performance\n**GIG**[I]=name of a \"musical\" , made \"Short\" by losing its last letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keep on editing paper? Not I (9)","output":"### Answer: REAPPOINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Keep on\n(paper Not I)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fool I spot holding one (5)","output":"### Answer: IDIOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fool\n**I** + **DOT**=\"spot\" around **I**=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Went back to play with feeble physique (5)","output":"### Answer: WEEDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: with feeble physique\n**WEE-D**=urinated=\"Went\" + the back letter of [pla]**Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gang reuse broken lubricator (6,3)","output":"### Answer: GREASE GUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: lubricator\n=a workshop tool used to apply lubricant\n (Gang reuse)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vegetable piece shortly cut (7)","output":"### Answer: PARSNIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vegetable\n**PAR**[t]=\"piece\" shortened + **SNIP**=\"cut\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Annoyed, struggling for pain relief (7)","output":"### Answer: ANODYNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: for pain relief\n=a painkilling drug or medicine\n (Annoyed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refuse to touch poster for criminal (11)","output":"### Answer: BLACKMAILER \n ### Explanation: Definition: criminal\n**BLACK** can mean to 'boycott'=\"refuse to touch\" + **MAILER**=promotional leaflet=\"poster\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Diplomat inattentive at the end: he's left something (7)","output":"### Answer: LEGATEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: he's left something\n=someone to whom a legacy has been left\n **LEGATE**=\"Diplomat\" + the end of [inattentiv]**E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very different item for baby (7)","output":"### Answer: SOOTHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: item for baby\n**SO**=\"Very\" + **OTHER**=\"different\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Still choose not to finish (3)","output":"### Answer: PIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Still\n=a photograph, a still image taken from film\n **PIC**[k]=\"choose\" without the finishing letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Palace attendant has no time for messenger (7)","output":"### Answer: COURIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: messenger\n**COUR**[T]**IER**=\"Palace attendant\", minus T for \"time\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Detailed plan to bring antelope up to little spot (7)","output":"### Answer: SPECKLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: little spot\n**SPEC**=specification=\"Detailed plan\" + **ELK**=\"antelope\" reversed\/\"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hangings secure death (3,8)","output":"### Answer: NET CURTAINS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hangings\n**NET**=to gain or capture=\"secure\" + **CURTAINS**=slang for \"death\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Squalid area, where you can't keep your feet? (4,3)","output":"### Answer: SKID ROW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Squalid area\ncryptic indication alluding to 'skid' meaning to lose your footing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Corrupt deputy to go mad (7)","output":"### Answer: DEPRAVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Corrupt\n**DEP** (deputy) + **RAVE**=\"go mad\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wife going sick, complaining (7)","output":"### Answer: WAILING \n ### Explanation: Definition: complaining\n**W** (Wife) + **AILING**=\"going sick\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put away, he hates to reform (7)","output":"### Answer: SHEATHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put away\n(he hates)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stopping\u00a0making jokes? (7)","output":"### Answer: GAGGING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stopping\nsecond definition with 'gag' meaning a joke"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: PC, not entirely bright one (5-2)","output":"### Answer: RIGHT-ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: PC\n=being careful to be correct, e.g. PC or politically correct\n hidden in [b]**RIGHT ON**[e]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Every year, a year's earnings? (3)","output":"### Answer: PAY \n ### Explanation: PA** (per annum)=\"Every year\" + **Y** (year)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trophy and badge for sex god (5)","output":"### Answer: CUPID \n ### Explanation: Definition: sex god\n**CUP**=\"Trophy\" + **ID**=\"badge\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Damage flesh with knife? (4-4)","output":"### Answer: SELF-HARM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Damage flesh with knife?\n(flesh)* + **ARM**=weapon e.g. \"knife\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A nude girl's open about being promiscuous (8,6)","output":"### Answer: SLEEPING AROUND \n ### Explanation: Definition: being promiscuous\n(A nude girl's open)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fur coat and no knickers, prim\u00adarily? Lass that is false (8)","output":"### Answer: SEALSKIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fur coat\nanagram: (n k Lass ie)* \u2013 using n[o] k[nickers] and ie=id est=\"that is\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Felt item of clothing; a piece turned over to iron (6)","output":"### Answer: FEDORA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Felt item of clothing\nreversal of: **A** + **ROD**=slang for pistol, gun=\"piece\"; all after **FE**=chemical symbol for \"iron\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: When excited, hug or kiss thug (9)","output":"### Answer: ROUGHNECK \n ### Explanation: Definition: thug\n(hug or)* + **NECK**=\"kiss\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I have sex with male inside lodge (5)","output":"### Answer: IMBED \n ### Explanation: Definition: lodge\n**I** + **BED**=\"have sex\" with **M** (male) inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fold two pages, time to finish second one (5)","output":"### Answer: PLEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fold\n**P** (page) + **LEA**[f]=a second page; but with **T** for 'time' as the finishing letter instead"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clobber that's horrible, one criticising clothing (9)","output":"### Answer: SLAUGHTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clobber\n**UGH**!=\"that's horrible\"; with **SLATER**=\"one criticising\" around\/\"clothing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blue Planet back on telly (6)","output":"### Answer: EARTHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blue\nI think the definition is in the sense of =unrefined, vulgar, rude\n **EARTH**=\"Planet\" + the back letter of [tell]**Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former cycling team used to be holding road up (8)","output":"### Answer: SKYWARDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: up\nSKY=\"Former cycling team\" now known as Team Ineos; plus WAS=\"used to be\" around RD=\"road\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flying down, missing nothing? Large hooter (5,6,3)","output":"### Answer: GREAT HORNED OWL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flying down, missing nothing? Large hooter\nanagram\/\"Flying\" of (d_wn Large hooter)*, where the 'o' or \"nothing\" of \"down\" has gone missing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One gets worn down when stop\u00adping in talked about holiday accommodation (5,3)","output":"### Answer: BRAKE PAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: One gets worn down when stop\u00adping\n**BRAKE** is a homophone\/\"talked about\" for 'break'=\"holiday\"; plus **PAD**=\"accommodation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sat second exam primarily in school (5)","output":"### Answer: POSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sat\n**S** (second) + the first letter of **E**[xam]; inside **POD**=\"school\"=group of marine animals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short tennis player once starting to serve in the net? (4-8)","output":"### Answer: CASH STRAPPED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Short\nPat **CASH**=\"tennis player once\"; plus starting letter to **S**[erve] + **TRAPPED**=\"in the net\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Early on, rug's clean around the edge (9)","output":"### Answer: PREMATURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Early\n**RE**=about=\"on\" + **MAT**=\"rug\"; all with **PURE**=\"clean\" around it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Idiots play sport on Sunday (5)","output":"### Answer: DOPES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Idiots\n**DO PE** (Physical Education)=\"play sport\" + **S** (Sunday)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They watch as three points can go to Golf driver (9)","output":"### Answer: SENTINELS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They watch\n**S**,**E**,**N** (South, East, North)=\"three points\" + **TIN**=\"can\" + Ernie **ELS**=\"Golf driver\", known as a great driver of the golf ball"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top\u00a0escort (4)","output":"### Answer: LEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Top\n=first, chief; also =guide"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: House carpet needing constant ____? (9)","output":"### Answer: HOOVERING \n ### Explanation: Definition: ____?\n**HO** (House) + [c]**OVERING**=\"carpet\" missing a 'c' for \"constant\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Johnny stripped after right piece of music (5)","output":"### Answer: RONDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: piece of music\n\"Johnny\" is slang for a [c]**ONDO**[m], stripped of its outer letters, and going after **R** (right)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hotel on old TV show half-heartedly served up this? (7,5)","output":"### Answer: WALDORF SALAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hotel on old TV show half-heartedly served up this?\n*Waldorf Salad*\u00a0is an episode of another old TV show Fawlty Towers , in which the salad features\n **WALDORF**=\"Hotel\" + **DAL**[L]**AS**=\"old TV show\" with half of its \"heart\" or central letters removed, and reversed\/\"served up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Car to sit on tail (9)","output":"### Answer: HATCHBACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Car\n**HATCH**=\"sit on\" eggs + **BACK**=\"tail\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tired one in 10 can kip over (9)","output":"### Answer: KNACKERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tired\nBo **DEREK** starred in the film '10' + **CAN** + **K** (kip, currency of Laos); all reversed\/\"over\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: British motor has crashed where Americans go (9)","output":"### Answer: BATHROOMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: where Americans go\n**B** (British) + (motor has)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recipe in back reviewed and not cooked so well (5)","output":"### Answer: RARER \n ### Explanation: Definition: not cooked so well\n**R** (Recipe) in **REAR**=\"back\" reversed\/\"reviewed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Puppy beginning to walk further (5)","output":"### Answer: WHELP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Puppy\n**W**[alk] + **HELP**=\"further\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conservative getting in money counter (4)","output":"### Answer: CHIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: money counter\n**C** (Conservative) + **HIP**=trendy=\"in\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Big money, cigars \u2026 not one involved in this (8,3,7)","output":"### Answer: BRITAIN\u2019S GIG ECONOMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: in this\n(Big money cigars *not*** I**)*, where the **I**=\"one\"\n *Edit thanks to Hovis and NNI \u2013 I had missed out the 'not' in the anagram fodder"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Peace and love? Left first to cut through pretence (6)","output":"### Answer: SHALOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Peace\n**O**=\"love\", with **L** (Left) going first; both inside **SHAM**=\"pretence\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wife's getting frisky with actor on Peaky \u2014 not a good one (1,5,5,2,4)","output":"### Answer: A NASTY PIECE OF WORK \n ### Explanation: Definition: not a good one\n(Wife's actor on Peaky)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Herbert's story entertains a majority of regulators (11)","output":"### Answer: THERMOSTATS \n ### Explanation: Definition: regulators\n**THE RATS** is the name of a novel by James \"Herbert\"; around **MOST**=\"a majority of\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exercise in order for man? (5)","output":"### Answer: BIPED \n ### Explanation: Definition: man?\n**PE** (Physical Education)=\"Exercise\" inside **BID**=\"order\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen stage musical review \u2014 initially it's repetitious (9)","output":"### Answer: ITERATIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: repetitious\n**ER** (Elizabeth Regina)=\"Queen\" + **EVITA**=\"musical\" reversed\/\"review\"; with **IT** going first i.e. \"initially\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird (Romeo's second) managed to break bed (9)","output":"### Answer: CORMORANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bird\n**R** (Romeo, phonetic alphabet) + **MO**=moment=\"second\" + **RAN**=\"managed\", all inside **COT**=\"bed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tame! Newcastle after setback having big clear-out (5)","output":"### Answer: ENEMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: big clear-out\nhidden inside\/\"having\" a reversal\/\"setback\" of \"t**AME NE**wcastle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Selfish being last to come and first to leave (6)","output":"### Answer: EGOIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Selfish being\nlast letter to [com]**E** + **GO IST**='go 1st'=\"first to leave\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Press release about bishop \u2014 it's explosive (4,4)","output":"### Answer: TIME BOMB \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's explosive\n**MOB**=\"Press\" + **EMIT**=\"release\", all reversed\/\"about\"; plus **B** (bishop)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maneater makes advance prince rejected? (6)","output":"### Answer: OGRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maneater\n[pr]**OGRESS**=\"advance\", minus pr[ince]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Developed at last the battery's storage capacity (8)","output":"### Answer: TERABYTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: storage capacity\n(e battery)*, with the\u00a0e from \"at last the\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Books turned up in seconds, one after the other (4-2-4)","output":"### Answer: BACK TO BACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: one after the other\n**OT** (Old Testament)=\"Books\", reversed\/\"turned up\"; inside **BACK** and **BACK**=\"seconds\", as second=give support to=back"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hosts banquets, taking quick look round inside \u2014 Duke's not there! (10)","output":"### Answer: INNKEEPERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hosts\n[d]**INNERS**=\"Banquets\", with **PEEK**=\"quick look\" reversed\/\"round\" and inside; minus D (Duke)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Free bar \u2014 I'm full to capacity (5)","output":"### Answer: ABRIM \n ### Explanation: Definition: full to capacity\n(bar I'm)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Required to stop poverty, no end to sick state's failing (12)","output":"### Answer: NECESSITATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Required\n**NEED**=\"poverty\", around (sic[k] state)* with the k removed i.e. \"no end to sick\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greeting Henry with hot drink outside (9)","output":"### Answer: HANDSHAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Greeting\n**H** (Henry, SI unit of electrical inductance) + **AND**=\"with\" + **H** (hot) with **SAKE**=Japanese alcoholic \"drink\" outside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remain in Mulholland Drive? (4)","output":"### Answer: LAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Remain\nMulholland Drive is a Los Angeles street i.e.** LA ST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jennifer finally leaving as Johnson was dressing (4)","output":"### Answer: MAYO \n ### Explanation: Definition: dressing\nBoris Johnson was **MAYO**[r] of London, with the final letter of [Jennife]r leaving\n Jennifer Arcuri had a business relationship with then-mayor Johnson in which everything was done with full propriety"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guardian's German writer taking one in (as I do here) (12)","output":"### Answer: PARENTHESISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: (as I do here)\n**PARENT**=\"Guardian\" + Hermann **HESSE**=\"German writer\" around **I**=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strange about a king turning into stone (10)","output":"### Answer: REMARKABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Strange\n**RE**=\"about\"; plus **A** + **K** (king, in cards) both reversed\/\"turning\" and inside **MARBLE**=\"stone\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poor shot selection at start splits Mark's supporters in opening frame (9)","output":"### Answer: DOORPOSTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: supporters in opening frame\n(Poor)*, with \"shot\"='ruined' as anagram indicator, plus the start of **S**[election]; all inside **DOT'S**=\"Mark's\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: She has nothing over Ruby (5)","output":"### Answer: FREDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: She\n**FA** (F\u2014 All)=\"nothing\", around **RED**=\"Ruby\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Variable working horror \u2014 cue to act over numbers initially on it? (4-4,8)","output":"### Answer: ZERO HOUR CONTRACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Variable working horror \u2014 cue to act over numbers initially on it?\nnot quite &lit, definition could be \"Variable working\u2026\", or possibly \"\u2026it\" referring back to the start of the surface\n **Z**=\"Variable\", plus\u00a0\"working\" as anagrind for (horror cue to act)*, around\/\"over\" the initial letter of **N**[umbers]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top alternative to taxi rank? (7)","output":"### Answer: BUSTIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Top\nBUS=\"alternative to taxi\" + TIER=\"rank\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English to abandon championing of marriage (7)","output":"### Answer: SPOUSAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: of marriage\ne[nglish] abandoning [e]SPOUSAL=\"championing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One competed with climbers (5)","output":"### Answer: IVIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: with climbers\n=with ivy, a climbing plant\n I VIED=\"One competed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Create difference, namely in refereeing scandal? (9)","output":"### Answer: VARIEGATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Create difference\nI.E.=that is=\"namely\" inside VAR-GATE=\"refereeing scandal\" as VAR='video assistant referee' and -GATE is a suffix associated with scandal"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Following sprain, wife's left with head pain (6,4)","output":"### Answer: FRENCH LOAF \n ### Explanation: Definition: pain\n'pain' is FRENCH for 'bread' or LOAF\n F (following) + [w]RENCH=\"sprain\" minus w[ife] + LOAF=\"head\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Piaf's way to feel regret (3)","output":"### Answer: RUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to feel regret\n'rue' in French means 'street' or \"way\", and Edith Piaf was a French singer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Run both taps, overwhelmed by high rent (12)","output":"### Answer: STEEPLECHASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Run\nC+H (Cold + Hot)=\"both taps\", inside STEEP LEASE=\"high rent\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jenny and Jack defend sinner making statement (12)","output":"### Answer: ASSEVERATING \n ### Explanation: Definition: making statement\n=making a solemn declaration\n \"Jenny\"=female donkey=ASS + \"Jack\"=sailor=RATING, around EVE=\"sinner\" in the Garden of Eden"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Take in some Venice attractions (3)","output":"### Answer: EAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Take in\nhidden inside [Venic]E AT[tractions]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Frustrated European loudly had sex (10)","output":"### Answer: CHECKMATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Frustrated\nCHECK is a homophone for 'Czech'=\"European loudly\" + MATED=\"had sex\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The writer's twice following old dear (9)","output":"### Answer: EXPENSIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: dear\nPEN'S=\"writer's\" + I'VE=\"writer [of this crossword has]\"; following EX-=\"old\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Current tests pushed back repressive force (5)","output":"### Answer: STASI \n ### Explanation: Definition: repressive force\n=East German state security service\n I=scientific abbreviation for electric \"Current\" + SATS (Standard Attainment TestS); all reversed\/\"pushed back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Police leader to pursue about lying (7)","output":"### Answer: RESTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: lying\nSTING=singer or \"leader\" in the band The Police; after RE=\"about\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Solver's received affection, speaking out for English partisan (7)","output":"### Answer: YORKIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: English partisan\n=a supporter of the House of York in the War of the Roses\n sounds like\/\"speaking out\": 'you're kissed'=\"Solver's received affection\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Item put on behind\u00a0silks? (6)","output":"### Answer: BRIEFS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Item put on behind\ndouble definition: =underwear; and BRIEFS and \"silks\" are both slang for 'barristers'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'm going downhill, entertaining very lazy so-and-so (6)","output":"### Answer: SKIVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: lazy so-and-so\nSKIER=\"I'm going downhill\", around V (very)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reduced charge cheers up setter's mood (10)","output":"### Answer: INDICATIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: mood\n=a grammatical mood\n INDIC[t]=\"charge\", reduced by a letter; plus TA=thanks=\"cheers\" reversed\/\"up\" + I'VE=the setter of this crossword has=\"setter's\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Composer, techno fan, finally changes direction (5)","output":"### Answer: RAVEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Composer\nRAVE[r]=\"techno fan\", with the final r(ight) changing direction to L[eft]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A little current rattles me, given a shock (9)","output":"### Answer: STREAMLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: A little current\n(rattles me)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Competition in sport, with running around (4)","output":"### Answer: OPEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Competition\nPE (PHysical Education)=\"sport\" with ON=\"running\" around it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flight route on a flight route (8)","output":"### Answer: STAIRWAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flight\nST=street=\"route\" + AIRWAY=\"flight route\"t"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Landholders who could be Belgians? (8)","output":"### Answer: LIEGEMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Landholders\nLIEGE MEN could mean 'men of\u00a0Li\u00e8ge\", a city in Belgium"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Will one husband like the environmentalists and not like Scrooge? (10)","output":"### Answer: ECONOMISER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Will one husband\n\"husband\"=to conserve=economise\n ECO=\"like the environmentalists\" + NO MISER=\"not like Scrooge\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person left inside doing electrical work (9)","output":"### Answer: EARTHLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Person\nL (left) inside EARTHING=to connect electrical systems to earth for safety=\"doing electrical work\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rider turned up with suggestive look (8)","output":"### Answer: CAMELEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rider\n=a camel rider\n CAME=\"turned up\" + LEER=\"suggestive look\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One then drinks different forms from table (8)","output":"### Answer: ISOTOPES \n ### Explanation: Definition: different forms from table\n=different forms of elements from the Periodic table\n I=\"One\" + SO=\"then\" + TOPES=\"drinks\" heavily"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clouds artist rendered innovatively (6)","output":"### Answer: STRATI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clouds\n(artist)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person who'll use and provide further modern tech (6)","output":"### Answer: ADDICT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Person who'll use\nADD ICT=\"provide further modern tech\", with ICT=Information and Communication Technology"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chase after this car? (5)","output":"### Answer: CHEVY \n ### Explanation: Definition: car\n=a Chevrolet car\n \"Chase\" goes after CHEVY to make Chevy Chase, a US actor and comedian"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Averse to one praying to cast off M&S clothing (4)","output":"### Answer: ANTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Averse to\n[m]ANTI[s]=\"one praying\" minus the outer M&S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Move fast through detailed terms and conditions? (6)","output":"### Answer: SPRINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Move fast\n**S PRINT**, or 'small print'=\"detailed terms and conditions\" with small abbreviated to 's'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Playing well, half-naked and relaxed (8)","output":"### Answer: INFORMAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: relaxed\n**IN FORM**=\"Playing well\" + [h]**AL**[f] 'naked' with its outer letters removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Secretly solicit a liaison in a foreign country (6)","output":"### Answer: ITALIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: foreign country\nHidden in [solic]**IT A LIA**[ison]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sign name for an arachnid (8)","output":"### Answer: SCORPION \n ### Explanation: Definition: arachnid\n**SCORPIO**=star \"Sign\" + **N** (name)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Female team startled after loud siren (5,6)","output":"### Answer: FEMME FATALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: siren\n(Female team)*; after **F** (forte)=\"loud\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Settled group covered in embarrassment (7)","output":"### Answer: RESIDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Settled\n**SIDE**=team=\"group\" inside **RED**=\"embarrassment\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most occupied vehicle that's by street (7)","output":"### Answer: BUSIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most occupied\n**BUS**=\"vehicle\" + **I.E.**='that is' + **ST** (street)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ladies and gents key to replace small coins (5,6)","output":"### Answer: LOOSE CHANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: small coins\n**LOOS**=\"Ladies and gents\" + **E**=musical \"key\" + **CHANGE**=\"replace\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Even mummy quietly puts on top back to front and succeeds! (8)","output":"### Answer: TRIUMPHS \n ### Explanation: Definition: succeeds\nEven letters from [m]**U**[m]**M**[y] + **P** (piano)=\"quietly\"; all inside **SHIRT**=\"top\" reversed\/\"back to front\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop\u00a0period of cold weather (6)","output":"### Answer: FREEZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stop\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminal stealing the family jewels? (8)","output":"### Answer: GENITALS \n ### Explanation: Definition: family jewels?\n(stealing)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman's part of mass (6)","output":"### Answer: GLORIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Woman\ndouble definition: a woman's name; and the name of a hymn"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English soldier's news about European war machine (6)","output":"### Answer: ENGINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: war machine\n**E** (English) + **GI**=\"soldier\", with two **N**s (new-s) about; plus **E** (European)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To make sense of Sun puzzle, many go on and on (10)","output":"### Answer: UNSCRAMBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: o make sense of\n(Sun)* plus **C**=100=\"many\" + **RAMBLE**=\"go on and on\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They deliver former US tennis player's son (8)","output":"### Answer: COURIERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They deliver\nJim **COURIER**=\"former US tennis player\" + **S** (son)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It would be dangerous for show\u00adman to do this in a plane (8)","output":"### Answer: SPITFIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: plane\n**SPIT FIRE**=\"It would be dangerous for showman to do this\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Star more annoyed being in last place (8)","output":"### Answer: REARMOST \n ### Explanation: Definition: in last place\n(Star more)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Postman reported? (4)","output":"### Answer: MAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Post\n'man reported' -> homophone of 'male'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cat joins in conversation (4)","output":"### Answer: LYNX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cat\nhomophone\/\"in conversation\" of: 'links'=\"joins\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A posh doctor orbits moon and earth, a recording enthusiast (10)","output":"### Answer: AUDIOPHILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: recording enthusiast\n**A** + **U**=\"posh\" + **DPHIL**=\"doctor\" around **IO**=\"moon\" of Jupiter; plus **E** (Earth)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animal's about to spill red wine, not whiskey (8)","output":"### Answer: REINDEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Animal\n**RE**=\"about\" + (red wine)* minus the w or 'whiskey' in the phonetic alphabet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Following film, create remake and such like (2,6)","output":"### Answer: ET CETERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: and such like\n**ET**=\"film\" + (create)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mineral water at last stolen from room \u2014 it led to move (8)","output":"### Answer: DOLOMITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mineral\n(room it led)* minus the last letter of water"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Announcer's hard time \u2014 line dead (6)","output":"### Answer: HERALD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Announcer\n**H** (hard) + **ERA**=\"time\" + **L** (line) + **D** (dead)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Male finally beats children's game (4)","output":"### Answer: STAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Male\nfinal letter of [beat]**S** + **TAG**=\"children's game\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Omen: good beset by evil (4)","output":"### Answer: SIGN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Omen\n**G** (good) inside **SIN**=\"evil\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Battle for pay rise? (4,3)","output":"### Answer: WAGE WAR \n ### Explanation: and a \"Battle for [a] pay rise\" might be called a 'wage war'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Examination claimed to be in error (7)","output":"### Answer: MEDICAL \n ### Explanation: (claimed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: England footballer\u00a0may go round with pride (7)","output":"### Answer: LIONESS \n ### Explanation: double definition: a nickname for a England footballer; and referring to a pride or group of lions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Checking, having change of heart and banning (7)","output":"### Answer: VETOING \n ### Explanation: VET**[t]**ING**=\"Checking\" with its heart or central letter changing to an **O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like a good candidate? Let a celeb get involved (9)","output":"### Answer: ELECTABLE \n ### Explanation: (Let a celeb)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like to feed toddler something for breakfast (5)","output":"### Answer: TOAST \n ### Explanation: AS**=\"Like\" inside **TOT**=\"toddler\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article among garments, Roman ones (5)","output":"### Answer: TOGAS \n ### Explanation: A**=the indefinite \"Article\" inside **TOGS**=\"garments\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person guilty of fraud as a tennis player? (9)","output":"### Answer: RACKETEER \n ### Explanation: and a tennis player might be called a 'racket-eer'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Showed detectives acted (9)","output":"### Answer: DISPLAYED \n ### Explanation: DIs** (Detective Inspectors) + **PLAYED**=\"acted\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Places to swim found returning to vessel (5)","output":"### Answer: SLOOP \n ### Explanation: POOLS**=\"Places to swim\" reversed\/\"returning\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Public transport's turnaround is quick and efficient (5)","output":"### Answer: SMART \n ### Explanation: TRAM'S**=\"Public transport's\" reversed\/\"turnaround\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maestro\u00a0no longer seen on the buses (9)","output":"### Answer: CONDUCTOR \n ### Explanation: double definition: a \"Maestro\" conducting an orchestra; or a bus conductor"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carefully examine page in old learning (7)","output":"### Answer: EXPLORE \n ### Explanation: P** (page) in **EX**=\"old\" + **LORE**=\"learning\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Equipment to slice nice ham (7)","output":"### Answer: MACHINE \n ### Explanation: (nice ham)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appropriate clothing a little short (7)","output":"### Answer: TROUSER \n ### Explanation: TROUSER**[s]=type of \"clothing\", shortened by a letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At its most low, river a nuisance (7)","output":"### Answer: DEEPEST \n ### Explanation: the river **DEE** + **PEST**=\"nuisance\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most angry antelope chasing bee away (7)","output":"### Answer: WILDEST \n ### Explanation: WILDE**[bee]**ST**=\"antelope\", minus the \"bee\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nice chap, one the curate didn't encounter (4,3)","output":"### Answer: GOOD EGG \n ### Explanation: referring to 'a curate's egg' which is something of mixed quality"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pull away with the others (5)","output":"### Answer: WREST \n ### Explanation: W** (with) + **\\**=\"others\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One caned\u00a0for rude noise? (9)","output":"### Answer: RASPBERRY \n ### Explanation: double definition: the fruit that grows on canes; and the noise of 'blowing a raspberry'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Forces doctor to struggle to get the picture (5)","output":"### Answer: MOVIE \n ### Explanation: MO** (Medical Officer)=\"[armed] Forces doctor\"; plus **VIE**=\"struggle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is exact in detailing changes to set dish (4,3,2)","output":"### Answer: DOTS THE I\u2019S \n ### Explanation: not sure if the \"Is\" in the definition is a deliberate reference to letter I-s\n(to set dish)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: General character\u00a0that may be changing dangerously? (7)","output":"### Answer: CLIMATE \n ### Explanation: double definition: one direct; one indirect"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arsonist in boat (7)","output":"### Answer: LIGHTER \n ### Explanation: double definition: someone who sets things alight; and a type of barge"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thus, one in airport's what you seek here (9)","output":"### Answer: SOLUTIONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: what you as the solver are seeking in the crossword\n**SO**=\"Thus\" + **I**=\"one\" in **LUTON'S**=\"airport's\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Secretly entitled to extravagant dance demo (4-5)","output":"### Answer: CODE-NAMED \n ### Explanation: Definition: having a secret title or name\n(dance demo)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Son admitted to proper nationality (7)","output":"### Answer: DESCENT \n ### Explanation: S** (Son) inside **DECENT**=\"proper\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Largely counterfeit toiletry (7)","output":"### Answer: SHAMPOO \n ### Explanation: SHAM**=\"counterfeit\" makes up a large part of the whole word \u2013 not the clearest clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dismissed team not back in the pavilion? (7)","output":"### Answer: OUTSIDE \n ### Explanation: OUT**=\"Dismissed\" e.g. in cricket + **SIDE**=\"team\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flawless French oddly cheeky to conceal (7)","output":"### Answer: PERFECT \n ### Explanation: odd letters from **F**[r]**E**[n]**C**[h] concealed in **PERT**=\"cheeky\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cycle around a bit: it's cloudless (5)","output":"### Answer: CLEAR \n ### Explanation: a bit of \/ hidden inside: [Cy]**CLE AR**[ound]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Across the pond Sam is one of the family (5)","output":"### Answer: UNCLE \n ### Explanation: and referring to 'Uncle Sam' of the United States\/\"across the pond\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's left being embraced by 007 at end of movie? (6)","output":"### Answer: BLONDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One's left being embraced by 007 at end of movie?\n**L** (left) inside James **BOND**=\"007\u2033 + end letter of [movi]**E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One in a class to recall skipping RE (6)","output":"### Answer: MEMBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One in a class\n[RE]**MEMBER**=\"recall\", minus \"RE\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ice to glide audibly (4)","output":"### Answer: FLOE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ice\nhomophone\/\"audibly\" of 'flow'=\"glide\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek character, first to get into row, a barbarian! (10)","output":"### Answer: PHILISTINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: barbarian\n**PHI**=\"Greek\" alphabet letter\/\"character\" + **IST**=1st=\"first\" inside **LINE**=\"row\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Respect with love to the fore? There's some resistance (6)","output":"### Answer: OHMAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: some resistance\nthe Ohm is the unit of electrical resistance\n **HOMAGE**=\"Respect\", with the O=\"love\" moved to the front\/\"fore\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Noted person about to be given honour \u2014 affected type (8)","output":"### Answer: COMPOSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Noted person\n=a person associated with musical notes i.e. \"Noted\"\n **C**=circa=\"about\" + **OM** (Order of Merit)=\"honour\" + **POSER**=\"affected type\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Epic team's playing \u2014 its multidimensional (5-4)","output":"### Answer: SPACE-TIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: multidimensional \n(Epic team's)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Adult in employment suffering setback \u2014 one giving away a basic right (4)","output":"### Answer: ESAU \n ### Explanation: Definition: one giving away a basic right\nin the Bible, Esau gives away his birthright\/inheritence\n **A** (adult) inside **USE**=\"employment\" reversed\/\"suffering setback\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Multitude in hurry, very cramped (4)","output":"### Answer: HIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Multitude\n**HIE**=\"hurry\", with **V** (very) inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Big chaps set about ending in various theatre roles (9)","output":"### Answer: STRAPPERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Big chaps\nreversal\/\"set about\" of: ending letter of [variou]**S** + **REP** (repertory theatre) + **PARTS**=\"roles\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Number to sing \u2014 something positive or negative? (8)","output":"### Answer: TRILLION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Number\n**TRILL**=\"sing\" + **ION**=a charged particle=\"something positive or negative\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One who was well known I caught entering city (6)","output":"### Answer: YORICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: One who was well known\nHamlet doesn't quite say 'Alas poor Yorick, I knew him well', but the misquote is familiar and helps with the 'definition'\n **I** + **C** (caught, criket abbr.); both inside **YORK**=\"city\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beetles wandering round in cooler peat (10)","output":"### Answer: COLEOPTERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beetles\n(cooler peat)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No end of bother in economic collapse \u2014 what's missing in it? (4)","output":"### Answer: CASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: what's missing in it\n**C**[r]**ASH**=\"economic collapse\" without the end of [bothe]r"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Give new order to\u00a0seaside town? (6)","output":"### Answer: RESORT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Give new order to\nfirst def as in **RE**\u2013**SORT**=sort again=\"Give new order to\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keep from harm in brilliant finish (6)","output":"### Answer: DEFEND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Keep from harm\n**DEF**=hip-hop slang for excellent\/\"brilliant\" as in Def Jam Recordings + **END**=\"finish\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short beauty given hotel work as porter (7)","output":"### Answer: BELLHOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: porter\n**BELL**[e]=\"beauty\" short one letter + **H** (hotel) +** OP**=\"work\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Co-operative stores such an entertaining experience (5)","output":"### Answer: OPERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: entertaining experience\ncontained within [Co-]**OPERA**[tive]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most idiotic to cook food on street (7)","output":"### Answer: DOPIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most idiotic\n**DO**=\"cook\" + **PIE**=\"food\" + **ST** (street)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Puzzle imagined to be tricky \u2014 not the first or last (6)","output":"### Answer: ENIGMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Puzzle\n([i]magine[d])*; with the first and last letters removed from the anagram fodder"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Toast Shakespeare's character with drink (7,2)","output":"### Answer: BOTTOMS UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Toast\n**BOTTOM**=\"Shakespeare's character\" from\u00a0*A Midsummer Night's Dream* + **SUP**=\"drink\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Piece of music making man money, we hear (7)","output":"### Answer: RONDEAU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Piece of music\n**RON**=\"man\" + homphone\/\"we hear\" of 'dough'=\"money\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Situation in travelling show, including naughty men's act (13)","output":"### Answer: CIRCUMSTANCES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Situation\n**CIRCUS**=\"travelling show\" around (men's act)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: People going underground badly restricted \u2014 they grumble (9)","output":"### Answer: CAVILLERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: they grumble\n**CAVERS**=\"People going underground\", around **ILL**=\"badly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time to get around bar, sloshing port (7)","output":"### Answer: HARBOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: port\n**HOUR**=\"Time\" around (bar)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's in saliva to break up meal, say (7)","output":"### Answer: AMYLASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: What's in saliva to break up meal, say\n=a protein that helps to break carbohydrates into sugar\n (meal say)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sports field in service, or put out of action? (7)","output":"### Answer: RECUSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: put out of action\nREC=recreational ground=\"Sports field\" + USED=\"in service\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Captains will have this fish aboard ship (6)","output":"### Answer: KIPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: this fish\n\"Captains\" would be 'skippers', or **KIPPER** inside SS=\"ship\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What scoundrel turns up in something frilly? (5)","output":"### Answer: RUCHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: something frilly\n=a frill of lace or another fabric\n **EH**=\"What?\" + **CUR**=\"scoundrel\"; all reversed\/\"turns up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Holding fast, he deployed cunning (7,2,4)","output":"### Answer: SLEIGHT OF HAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: cunning\nanagram of (Holding fast he)*, with anagram indicator \"deployed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Teach form cooking, domestic science (9)","output":"### Answer: HOMECRAFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: domestic science\n(Teach form)*, with anagram indicator \"cooking\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One has to be introduced to good king's benefactor (5)","output":"### Answer: GIVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: benefactor\n**I'VE**=\"One has\", inside\/\"introduced to\": **G** (good) + **R** (Rex, \"king\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Milksop associate of gangster 'Y'? (5)","output":"### Answer: MOLLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Milksop\n=someone overly pampered as in 'molly-coddled'\n **MOLL**\u00a0is a US term for a gangster's girlfriend or \"associate\" + **Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Southern plonk promotion: 'It ignites!' (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SPARK PLUG \n ### Explanation: Definition: It ignites!\n**S** (Southern) + **PARK**=place or put something down=\"plonk\" + **PLUG**=advertisement or \"promotion\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vigilant Busby's situation? (2,5)","output":"### Answer: ON GUARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vigilant\n\"Busby\" is informally used to refer to a bearskin hat, which might be seen **ON** a **GUARD** as a military headdress"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Defector's case dismissed \u2014 exercise privilege, ultimately (7)","output":"### Answer: ESCAPEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Defector\n(case)* with anagram indicator \"dismissed\"; plus **PE** (Physical Education=\"exercise\") + the ultimate letter in [privileg]**E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lands in protest at establishment (7)","output":"### Answer: ESTATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lands\nhidden letters inside [prot]**EST AT ES**[tablishment]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Acorns provided by strong breed of dog? (7)","output":"### Answer: MASTIFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: breed of dog\n**MAST**=tree fruits including \"Acorns\" + **IF**=\"provided [that]\" + **F** (forte, \"strong\" in music)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rower is on potty \u2014 nothing to be alarmed about (2,7)","output":"### Answer: NO WORRIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: nothing to be alarmed about\n(Rower is on)*, with anagram indicator \"potty\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Involved in pricing product of castor oil seeds (5)","output":"### Answer: RICIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: product of castor oil seeds\nHidden letters inside [p]**RICIN**[g]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sense drunk needs a fresh start (5)","output":"### Answer: SIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sense\n[T]**IGHT**=intoxicated=\"drunk\", with a new starting letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Just some toffees? I'm pleading absolute property ownership! (3,6)","output":"### Answer: FEE SIMPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: absolute property ownership\n=unconditional inheritance or ownership of property\n Hidden inside i.e. \"some\" of [tof]**FEES I'M PLE**[ading]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bone cleaner's handy weapon (13)","output":"### Answer: KNUCKLE DUSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: handy weapon\n=a weapon worn on the hands\n **KNUCKLE**=\"Bone\" + **DUSTER**=\"cleaner\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fruit fair's conspicuous position (9)","output":"### Answer: LIMELIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: conspicuous position\n**LIME**=\"Fruit\" + **LIGHT**=\"fair\" as in 'fair hair'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mean to get rid of book, being irritable (5)","output":"### Answer: ITCHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: irritable\n**[b]ITCHY**=\"Mean\", getting rid of the **b** for \"book\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Given the ultimate drive, tries reaching England's borders (7)","output":"### Answer: HEARSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Given the ultimate drive\n=as in, the \"ultimate\" or last time someone is driven might be in a hearse\n **HEARS**=\"tries\" in a courtroom; plus the border or outer letters of **E**[nglan]**D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wrath of king during spell without power (7)","output":"### Answer: OUTRAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wrath\n**R** (Rex, \"king\") inside **OUTAGE**=\"spell without power\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Secondary school gives up dance moves (4,5)","output":"### Answer: HIGH KICKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: dance moves\n**HIGH**=\"Sceondary school\" + **KICKS**\u00a0as in 'kicks a habit'=\"gives up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Against getting into Yuletide romance? (5)","output":"### Answer: NOVEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: romance\n**V** (versus, \"Against\") inside **NOEL**=\"Yuletide\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Digitally connect with Bill in America and show contempt? (5,4,4)","output":"### Answer: THUMB ONES NOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: show contempt\n=a signal of disrespect or contempt\n I think \"Digitally connect with Bill\" could indicate **THUMB** (as in a 'digit' to be connected to) **ONE'S NOSE** (as \"Bill\"='nose')\n does \"in America\" indicate that \"Bill\"='nose' is US slang?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gunslinger would have this tense boatyard worker provided with a measure of alcohol (7,6)","output":"### Answer: TRIGGER FINGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gunslinger would have this\n**T** (tense) + **RIGGER**=\"boatyard worker\" + **FINGER**=\"measure of alcohol\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Insect on cacti circling round, right where it's very cold (9)","output":"### Answer: ANTARCTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: here it's very cold\n**ANT**=\"Insect\"; plus (cacti)* with \"circling\" as anagrind, and with \"round\" as a containment indicator for **R** (right)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Canon's in clipper at sea (9)","output":"### Answer: PRINCIPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Canon\n(in clipper)*, with \"at sea\" as anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hull flu invalid gets a lot of booze (7)","output":"### Answer: SKINFUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: a lot of booze\n**SKIN**=outer surface=\"Hull\" + (flu)* with \"invalid\" as anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wrongly interpret popular writer's pen-name, omitting 's' (7)","output":"### Answer: MISREAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wrongly interpret\n**MISS READ**=\"popular writer's pen-name\" , omitting one of the '**S**'s"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not taking drink on this (5)","output":"### Answer: WAGON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not taking drink on this\nbeing 'on the wagon' meaning abstaining from alchohol"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mars journeys must include one (5)","output":"### Answer: RUINS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mars\n\"Mars\" as in 'mar'=spoil=ruin\n **RUNS**=\"journeys\", around **I**=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spirited French not good digesting salmon (9)","output":"### Answer: ALCOHOLIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spirited\nDefinition: as in alcoholic spirits\n [g]**ALLIC**=\"French\" minus G for \"good\"; around **COHO**=species of \"salmon\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In bed, naked woman (4)","output":"### Answer: EDNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: woman\nHidden in [b]**ED NA**[ked]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having second thoughts about toupee, staying at home (5)","output":"### Answer: RUING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Having second thoughts\n**RUG**=slang for \"toupee\", around **IN**=\"at home\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless enthusiasm taxi drivers put into various items (4-1-4)","output":"### Answer: BRIC-A-BRAC \n ### Explanation: Definition: various items\n**BRI**[o]=\"enthusiasm\" without its end letter; **CAB**=\"taxi\" and **RAC** (Royal Automobile Club)=\"drivers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Louis Quinze style, missing nothing on way of working leather (7)","output":"### Answer: MOROCCO \n ### Explanation: Definition: leather\nDefinition: morocco is a type of leather, often goatskin\n **ROC**[o]**CO**=\"Louis Quinze style\" minus O=\"nothing\"; after **MO** (modus operandi)=\"way of working\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drew a short space attached round entrance to cell (7)","output":"### Answer: ENTICED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drew\n**EN**=\"a short space\" in typography; with **TIED**=\"attached\" around the opening letter of **C**[ell]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No citrus flavour before with balsam? Leave well alone! (4,2,7)","output":"### Answer: NOLI ME TANGERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: balsam? Leave well alone!\nDefinition: a Latin phrase meaning 'Touch me not', which is the name of a balsam plant \n **NO LIME TANG ERE**=\"No citrus flavour before\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Makes picture of tourist, one cleaning graffiti perhaps (5,8)","output":"### Answer: PAINT STRIPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one cleaning graffiti perhap\n**PAINTS TRIPPER**=\"Makes picture of tourist\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: These days needing backing to keep daughter in comfort in depressed area (4,3)","output":"### Answer: DEAD SEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: depressed area\nDefinition: the Dead Sea is an area of very low elevation, or \"depressed\"\n **AD** (Anno Domini)=\"These days\" reversed\/\"backing\", around all of:\u00a0**D** (daughter) inside **EASE**=\"comfort\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Encourage to use ears for special understanding (7)","output":"### Answer: INSIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: special understanding \nHomophone\/\"use ears\" of 'incite'=\"Encourage\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stars also wandered, Alpha moving (9)","output":"### Answer: ANDROMEDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stars\nDefinition: Andromeda is the name of a constellation\n **AND**=\"also\" + **ROAMED**=\"wandered\", with the A or \"Alpha\" moving to the end"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chekhov, say, heading off from part of Switzerland (5)","output":"### Answer: ANTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chekhov, say,\nDefinition: Anton Chekhov the Russian playwright\n [c]**ANTON**=\"part of Switzerland\" with the head letter taken off"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Last of the vintage in the shade (4)","output":"### Answer: ECRU \n ### Explanation: Definition: shade\nDefiniton: an off-white colour or \"shade\"\n last letter of [th]**E** + **CRU**=\"vintage\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dance a long way with cry of approval (9)","output":"### Answer: FARANDOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dance\n**FAR**=\"a long way\" + **AND**=\"with\" + **OLE**=\"cry of approval\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A bloody year, with no small ill-feeling (8)","output":"### Answer: ACRIMONY \n ### Explanation: Definition: ill-feeling\n**A** + **CRIM**[s]**ON**=\"bloody\" + **Y** (year), minus S\u00a0(small)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Town official rather a baby? (5)","output":"### Answer: CRIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Town official\na baby would also likely be a CRIER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In building, flagged excessive agent's fee (4,10)","output":"### Answer: HIGH COMMISSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: In building, flagged\nDefinition: an embassy for a Commonwealth country, with their flag on the building\n could also be read as **HIGH**=\"excessive\" + **COMMISSION**=\"agent's fee\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Experimental wear for cold dog? (3,4)","output":"### Answer: LAB COAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Experimental wear\na **LAB**[rador] **COAT** might be suitable for a cold dog"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having washed all over, greeting American (7)","output":"### Answer: CHILEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: American\n**CLEAN**=\"washed\" around **HI**=\"greeting\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scandal man's kept under hat, not causing much damage (4,5)","output":"### Answer: DIRT CHEAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: not causing much damage\nDefinition: \"damage\"='cost' or 'price' e.g. in the phrase 'what's the damage?' when asking for a bill\n **DIRT**=\"Scandal\" + **HE**=\"man\" inside **CAP**=\"hat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Robbed a craftsman, holding up a series of shops (6)","output":"### Answer: ARCADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: series of shops\nhidden and reversed\/\"holding up\" inside [Robb]**ED A CRA**[ftsman]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unrealistic plan to broadcast Saint-Sa\u00ebns clip (7,2,5)","output":"### Answer: CASTLES IN SPAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unrealistic plan\n(Saint-Sa\u00ebns clip)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Northerner in run getting map for one day (9)","output":"### Answer: LAPLANDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Northerner\n**LA**[D]**DER**=\"run\" as in stockings, with one D (day) replaced with **PLAN**=\"map\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's just make-believe, if 12-year-old hides a tablet at church (8)","output":"### Answer: PRETENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's just make-believe\n**PRE-TE**[E]**N**=\"12-year old\" minus E=ecstasy \"tablet\"; plus\u00a0**CE** (Church of England)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: London criminal, one going to pot (3,4)","output":"### Answer: TEA LEAF \n ### Explanation: Definition: London criminal\nDouble Definition: ='thief' in rhyming slang; and something going in a tea pot"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feature of an Everest ascent, in which one may disappear (4,3)","output":"### Answer: THIN AIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: in which one may disappear\nDefinition: a state of nothingness which you can appear from or disappear into\n **THIN AIR** [less oxygen per volume] at high altitude is also a \"Feature of an Everest ascent\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A challenge to include whiskey in selling software (6)","output":"### Answer: ADWARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: selling software\nDefinition: computer software containing advertisements\n **A DARE**=\"A challenge\", around **W** or \"whiskey\" in the phonetic alphabet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In America, start to win game (3-2)","output":"### Answer: GET-GO \n ### Explanation: Definition: In America, start\nDefinition: US phrase for a beginning or \"start\"\n **GET**=\"win\" + **GO**=board \"game\" with black and white stones"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tongue with hot kiss rolling around, love it! (5)","output":"### Answer: XHOSA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tongue\nDefinition: a language or \"Tongue\" in Southern Africa\n **H** (hot) plus\u00a0**X**=\"kiss\" reversed\/\"rolling around\"; plus **O**=\"love\" in tennis + **SA** (Sex Appeal)=\"it\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Covering golf, broadcast outlined distance, one way or another (9)","output":"### Answer: LONGITUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: distance, one way or another\n**G**=\"golf\" in the phonetic alphabet, inside (outlined)* with \"broadcast\" as anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One stranded in Italian restaurant in squalid area east of resort (9)","output":"### Answer: SPAGHETTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: One stranded in Italian restaurant\nDefinition: a single stand of spaghetti\n **GHETTO**=\"squalid area\" to the right\/east of **SPA**=\"resort\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Each foot initially grazed, swore (5)","output":"### Answer: EFFED \n ### Explanation: Definition: swore\nDefinition: as in 'said the F-word'\n initial letters of **E**[ach] **F**[oot] + **FED**=\"grazed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What 18 never wore when singing aloud, in essence? (7)","output":"### Answer: COLOGNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: essence\nDefinition: \"essence\" as in a perfume\n \"when singing aloud\" indicates a homophone for a song title: 'YUL never wore COLOGNE' sounds like 'You'll Never Walk Alone\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artificial satellite along with a \u2014 natural one? (7)","output":"### Answer: MIRANDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: natural one\nDefinition: Miranda is a natural satellite i.e. a moon of Uranus\n **MIR**=Soviet \"Artificial satellite\" + **AND A**=\"along with A\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deborah's king of cinema somewhat conciliatory, ultimately (3)","output":"### Answer: YUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deborah's king of cinema\nDefinition: Deborah Kerr starred in the film\u00a0*The King and I* alongside YUL Brynner\n hidden inside [conciliator]**Y UL**[timately]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cry of frustration, Vulcan finally out of hangar, malfunctioning (5)","output":"### Answer: AARGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cry of frustration\nfinal letter of [Vulca]**n** taken out of (ha**n**gar)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless condiment put on food, jump! (7)","output":"### Answer: SALCHOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: jump\nDefinition: a jump in figure skating\n **SAL**[t]=\"Endless condiment\" + **CHOW**=\"food\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crime rate, regrettably, male issue (7)","output":"### Answer: TREASON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crime\n(rate)* + **SON**=\"male issue\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Catching last of fuzz, howl when that's pulled back? (5)","output":"### Answer: RAZOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Catching last of fuzz, howl when that's pulled back?\nlast letter of [fuz]**Z** caught inside **ROAR**=\"howl\" reversed\/\"pulled back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor in proctologist's area of expertise has little time for hallucinogen (5,4)","output":"### Answer: ANGEL DUST \n ### Explanation: Definition: hallucinogen\nDefinition: a name for the drug PCP\n \"Doctor\" can mean 'to castrate'=**GELD**, inside **ANUS**=\"proctologist's area of expertise' + **T** (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prey dipped into by rorqual's mouth, main diet? (5)","output":"### Answer: KRILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: main diet?\nDefinition: Krill are shrimplike creatures in the \"main\" i.e. the sea, eaten by whales, and rorquals are a type of whale\n **KILL**=\"Prey\" with the opening\/\"mouth\" of **R**[orqual] dipping inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: For example, x and y across primarily, the other going vertically? (4)","output":"### Answer: AXES \n ### Explanation: Definition: For example, x and y\nDefinition can be read &lit given that the primary\/first x-axis goes across and the other y-axis goes vertically\n first letter\/\"primarily\" of **A**[cross] + **SEX**=\"the other\" reversed\/\"going vertically\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guided after party, leaving I supposed (2-6)","output":"### Answer: SO-CALLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: supposed\n**LED**=\"Guided\", after **SOC**[**I**]**AL**=\"party\" with **I** leaving"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ruin\u00a0race (4)","output":"### Answer: DASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ruin\ndouble definition: as in 'dash hopes'; and as a synonym for sprint or rush"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Praise cook having nailed hot drink (8)","output":"### Answer: FLATTERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Praise\n**FRY**=\"cook\" around **LATTE**=\"hot drink\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brief batting appearance (6)","output":"### Answer: INFORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brief\n**IN**=\"batting\" in cricket + **FORM**=\"appearance\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Choice to make between altruism and greed \u2014 that's about right (4,2,4)","output":"### Answer: GIVE OR TAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's about right\nthe phrase can also be read as a choice between giving\/altruism and taking\/greed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Louse up in cake (6)","output":"### Answer: MUFFIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: cake\n**MUFF**=make a mess of, bungle=\"Louse up\" + **IN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seats, say, with black padding \u2014 stuff those in to fill out? (5)","output":"### Answer: CARBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: stuff those in to fill out\nDefinition: eating carbs could lead to gaining weight or 'filling out'\n SEAT is the name of a manufacturer of **CARS**, with **B** (black) inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Defended by judge, other malcontents causing things to bubble up? (10)","output":"### Answer: GEOTHERMAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: causing things to bubble up\nDefinition: Geothermal energy can lead to water, magma etc to bubble up\n hidden in [jud]**GE OTHER MAL**[contents]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A sentry abandoning attempt to consume last bit of Cornish pasty (5)","output":"### Answer: ASHEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: pasty\n**A SEN**[try] abandoning 'try'=\"attempt\"; around last letter of [Cornis]**H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party fringes in torment, ailing badly (8)","output":"### Answer: LITIGANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Party\nDefinition: \"Party\" as in one side of a lawsuit\n (**tt** ailing)*, including the fringes of **t**[ormen]**t** in the anagram fodder**t"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Influential Russian beginning to rule presidentially? (8)","output":"### Answer: RASPUTIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Influential Russian\nDefinition referring to the Russian mystic closely associated with the Romanov dynasty in late imperial Russia\n beginning letter of **R**[ule]; plus **AS PUTIN**=\"presidentially?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reptile in charge, Britain's lowest point? (6,4)","output":"### Answer: LIZARD HEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Britain's lowest point\nDefinition: Lizard Point [not Head?] is the most southern point of mainland Britain \n **LIZARD HEAD** could also mean \"Reptile in charge\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tin hat battered in conflict, people united, eh? (4,2,9)","output":"### Answer: WHAT IN TARNATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: eh?\nDefinition: an exclamation of confusion\/surprise\n (Tin hat)* inside **WAR**=\"conflict\"; plus **NATION**=\"people united\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Book in fact unopened (4)","output":"### Answer: RUTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Book\nDefinition: a book of the Bible\n [t]RUTH=\"fact\" without its opening letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Paul's companion, spineless parasite blowing top (4)","output":"### Answer: LUKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Paul's companion\nDefinition refers to the Christian figures Luke the Evangelist and Paul the Apostle\n [f]**LUKE**=a parasitic worm, with its top\/first letter removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contrary attention-seeker, brunette, after short story for broadcaster (4,5)","output":"### Answer: TALK RADIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: broadcaster\nreverse\/\"Contrary\" of **OI**=attention seeking exclamation + **DARK**=\"brunette\"; all after **TAL**[e]=\"short story\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drunk chose to drink litres (7)","output":"### Answer: PICKLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drunk\n**PICKED**=\"chose\" around **L** (litres)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Help in making out with good girls (7)","output":"### Answer: GLASSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Help in making out\nDefinition: Glasses help you \"make out\"='see' things\n **G** (Good) + **LASSES**=\"girls\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A Tory leader pockets profits? That's touching! (7)","output":"### Answer: AGAINST \n ### Explanation: Definition: touching\n**A** + leading letter of **T**[ory]; all around **GAINS**=\"profits\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dolly left the French in Ilium (7)","output":"### Answer: TROLLEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dolly\n**L** (left) + **LE**=\"the [in] French\"; all inside **TROY**=\"Ilium\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Check when definite (9)","output":"### Answer: ASCERTAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Check\n**AS**=\"when\" + **CERTAIN**=\"definite\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spiritual benefactor that is after information (5)","output":"### Answer: GENIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spiritual benefactor\n**I**.**E**. (id est, that is), after **GEN**=knowledge,\"information\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Light from church beyond hill (5)","output":"### Answer: TORCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Light\n**CH** (church) after **TOR**=\"hill\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lateness of sailors holding banquets (9)","output":"### Answer: TARDINESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lateness\n**TARS**=\"sailors\" around **DINES**=\"banquets\" as a verb"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steak done differently in French city (9)","output":"### Answer: TOURNEDOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Steak\nDefinition: a cut of steak\n (done)* in **TOURS**=\"French city\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Invest in experience without resistance (5)","output":"### Answer: ENDUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Invest\n**ENDU**[r]**E**=\"experience\" minus 'r' for \"resistance\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having second thoughts about one making strides (5)","output":"### Answer: PACES \n ### Explanation: Definition: making strides\n**PS** (postscript)=\"Having second thoughts\"; around **ACE**=\"one\" e.g. in cards"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Winger's distance from the line (5,4)","output":"### Answer: CROWS FOOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: line\n**CROW'S**=\"Winger's\" + **FOOT**=a unit of \"distance\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A city fashionable in the past (7)","output":"### Answer: CHICAGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: A city\n**CHIC**=\"fashionable\" + **AGO**=\"in the past\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Determined effort from exhausted group (4,3)","output":"### Answer: DEAD SET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Determined effort\nDefinition: a prolonged onslaught or effort\n **DEAD**=\"exhausted\" + **SET**=\"group\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nine crashed into obstacle that's forgiving (7)","output":"### Answer: LENIENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: forgiving\n(Nine)* inside **LET**=an \"obstacle\" or obstruction"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Novel Italian church (7)","output":"### Answer: ROMANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Novel\n**ROMAN**=\"Italian\" + **CE** (Church of England)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make believe there's agreement about poem (4-3)","output":"### Answer: PLAY-ACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make believe\n**PACT**=\"agreement\" around **LAY**=\"poem\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opportunist finds sign about heroin (7)","output":"### Answer: CHANCER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Opportunist\n**CANCER**=star \"sign\" around **H** (heroin)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queue getting onto river boat (5)","output":"### Answer: LINER \n ### Explanation: Definition: boat\n**LINE**=\"Queue\" + **R** (river)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Diminished worth of pamphlet during performance (9)","output":"### Answer: DETRACTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Diminished worth\n**TRACT**=\"pamphlet\" inside **DEED**=\"performance\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hit it off\u00a0board (3,2)","output":"### Answer: GET ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hit it off\ndouble definition: hit it off with someone; or board e.g. a bus"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bordering a hypotenuse? (9)","output":"### Answer: ALONGSIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bordering\n**A LONG SIDE**=\"a hypotenuse?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: License prepared to help mum (7)","output":"### Answer: SILENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: mum\n(License)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Toss cape through timidity (7)","output":"### Answer: SHYNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: timidity\n**SHY**=\"Toss\" + **NESS**=headland, \"cape\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seamen fish for friendly greeting (9)","output":"### Answer: HANDSHAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: friendly greeting\n**HANDS**=\"Seamen\" + **HAKE**=\"fish\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One replying to research on study (9)","output":"### Answer: RESPONDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One replying\n**RES** (research) + **PONDER**=\"study\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Classic clay pit disaster (7)","output":"### Answer: TYPICAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Classic\n(clay pit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Religious rite gets agreement out of court (7)","output":"### Answer: UNCTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: eligious rite\n**UNION**=\"agreement\" around **CT** (court)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Calls to give up immorality (5,2)","output":"### Answer: DROPS IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Calls\n**DROP SIN**=\"give up immorality\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Allow conservationists in elite organisation (7)","output":"### Answer: ENTITLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Allow\n**NT** (National Trust, conservationists), inside (elite)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Influence of Tory boor (5)","output":"### Answer: CLOUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Influence\n**C** (Conservative, Tory) + **LOUT**=\"boor\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Warrant officer admits fighting in a crowd (5)","output":"### Answer: SWARM \n ### Explanation: Definition: crowd\n**SM** (Sergeant-Major, a senior warrant officer); around **WAR**=\"fighting\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mountain ledge offering place of refreshment for one (7)","output":"### Answer: SCAFELL \n ### Explanation: definition: a mountain in the Lake District , neighbour to Scafell Pike\n**S**[i]**LL**=\"ledge\" with **CAFE**=\"place of refreshment\" taking the place of the 'i'=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What Mussolini's supporters were to bring about (7)","output":"### Answer: PRODUCE \n ### Explanation: PRO**='in support of' + Mussolini was known as Il **DUCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animals run away, first to last (4)","output":"### Answer: CATS \n ### Explanation: SCAT**=\"run away\", with the first letter S moving to be last"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Displays bowls of healthy breakfast food (10)","output":"### Answer: BRANDISHES \n ### Explanation: BRAN DISHES**=\"bowls of healthy breakfast food\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One acted on making protest (6)","output":"### Answer: OBJECT \n ### Explanation: double definition: as in 'object of investigation'; or as in 'object to the rules'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steamy and hot on the outside, turning purple (8)","output":"### Answer: AMETHYST \n ### Explanation: (steamy h[o]t)*, with \"turning\" as the anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Herald quiet about bad fellow, type falling short (9)","output":"### Answer: PRECURSOR \n ### Explanation: P** (piano)=\"quiet\" + **RE**=\"about\" + **CUR**=\"bad fellow\" + **SOR**[t]=\"type\" falling a letter short"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nasty noise increased for listeners \u2026 (5)","output":"### Answer: GROAN \n ### Explanation: homophone (\"for listeners\") of 'grown'=\"increased\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 with this malfunctioning? (5)","output":"### Answer: ORGAN \n ### Explanation: \u2026a GROAN could be caused by organ malfunction\n(**ORGAN**)* i.e. \"this malfunctioning\" can also create GROAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Magic hospital admitting deficiency (5,4)","output":"### Answer: BLACK ARTS \n ### Explanation: BARTS** (St Bartholomew's)=\"hospital\" in London, around **LACK**=\"deficiency\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A mother with opportunity to get bargain non-alcoholic drink (5,3)","output":"### Answer: ADAM\u2019S ALE \n ### Explanation: definition: a humurous description for water\n**A** + **DAM**=\"mother\" + **SALE**=\"opportunity to get bargain\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Critic beginning to rattle American relations (6)","output":"### Answer: RUSKIN \n ### Explanation: John RUSKIN was an art critic\n**R**[attle] + **US**=\"American\" + **KIN**=\"relations\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What could be seen as my one load of dubious cash? (5,5)","output":"### Answer: FUNNY MONEY \n ### Explanation: In crossword-ese, FUNNY MONEY \"could be seen as\" an instruction to make an anagram of (money)*, which would give \"my one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Control what causes flooding, we say (4)","output":"### Answer: REIN \n ### Explanation: homophone (\"we say\") of 'rain'=\"what causes flooding\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Looking unwell, wanting disease got rid of (7)","output":"### Answer: FLUSHED \n ### Explanation: FLU**=\"disease\" + **SHED**=\"got rid of\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe waste words introducing cross reference (7)","output":"### Answer: SEEPAGE \n ### Explanation: SEE PAGE**=\"words introducing cross reference\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Church given warning signal \u2014 it may contain explosive (7)","output":"### Answer: CHAMBER \n ### Explanation: definition: as in the CHAMBER of a gun\n**CH** (Church) + **AMBER**=\"warning signal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some careless officer found upside down in a ditch (5)","output":"### Answer: FOSSE \n ### Explanation: definition: a word for a ditch or moat\nHidden (\"Some\") and reversed (\"upside down\") in [carel]**ESS OF**[ficer]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bloater's not a bad sea food item (7)","output":"### Answer: LOBSTER \n ### Explanation: (Blo[a]ter)*, with \"not a\" as instruction to remove a letter, and \"bad\" as anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oxford martyr cleared with straight line laid down (6)","output":"### Answer: RIDLEY \n ### Explanation: definition: the Oxford Martyrs were Nicholas **RIDLEY**, Hugh Latimer, and Thomas Cranmer\n**RID**=\"cleared\" + **LEY** as in 'leyline', a \"straight line\" along a track \"laid down\" between two geographical points"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uneasiness I must hide in phoney rhapsody (9)","output":"### Answer: DYSPHORIA \n ### Explanation: I** inside (rhapsody)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Radical Argentinian university associated with a London club (7)","output":"### Answer: CHELSEA \n ### Explanation: definition: a London football club\n**CHE**=\"Radical Argentinian\" + **LSE** (London School of Economics)=\"university\" + **A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: OAP leads conga, having worked out musical instruction (2,4,2,5)","output":"### Answer: DA CAPO AL SEGNO \n ### Explanation: definition: a musical instruction to repeat from the beginning until you reach the sign\n(OAP leads conga)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 150 workers end squatting inside \u2014 demanding types (9)","output":"### Answer: CLAIMANTS \n ### Explanation: CL**=Roman numerals for \"150\" + **ANTS**=\"workers\"; with **AIM**=\"end\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Comedian given stick, loveless greeting (3,4)","output":"### Answer: ROD HULL \n ### Explanation: ROD HULL was a comedian known for performing with his puppet Emu\n**ROD**=\"stick\" + **HULL**[O]=\"greeting\", without 'O'=\"love\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Historian's report of Cumbrian city (7)","output":"### Answer: CARLYLE \n ### Explanation: Thomas CARLYLE was a historian\nhomophone (\"report\") of 'Carlisle'=\"Cumbrian city\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What sounds like traditional office task in Asian town (7)","output":"### Answer: TAIPING \n ### Explanation: TAIPING is a town in Malaysia, and the name of many places in China\nhomophone of (\"sounds like\") 'typing'=\"traditional office task\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Breasts shown by the old woman in old musical (6)","output":"### Answer: MAMMAE \n ### Explanation: MA**=\"old woman\", in **MAME**=\"old musical\" originally starring Angela Lansbury"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tricky situation when energy's lacking in fight (5)","output":"### Answer: SCRAP \n ### Explanation: SCRAP**[e]=\"Tricky situation\", lacking 'e' for \"energy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'e is adept and can be avoided (9)","output":"### Answer: ESCAPABLE \n ### Explanation: E'S=\" 'e is\" + CAPABLE=\"adept\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unhappy Hungarian leaders becoming ascetic (5)","output":"### Answer: SADHU \n ### Explanation: definition: a Hindu ascetic\nSAD=\"Unhappy\" + leading letters of HU[ngarian]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dismissed soldier is bizarre (5)","output":"### Answer: OUTRE \n ### Explanation: OUT=\"Dismissed\" e.g. in cricket; RE (Royal Engineer)=\"soldier\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expenses for excursions catching game (9)","output":"### Answer: OUTGOINGS \n ### Explanation: OUTINGS=\"excursions\" around GO=board game with black and white tiles"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old transport on river beyond the walls (10)","output":"### Answer: EXTRAMURAL \n ### Explanation: EX=\"Old\" + TRAM=\"transport\" + URAL river in Russia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sovereign in charge is unrestricted (4)","output":"### Answer: FREE \n ### Explanation: R [Regina=queen, Rex=king]=\"Sovereign\", inside FEE=\"charge\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Forest guides keep rook within limits (7)","output":"### Answer: RANGERS \n ### Explanation: R (rook, in chess) inside RANGES=\"limits\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Punch hurts during capture (4,3)","output":"### Answer: NAIL SET \n ### Explanation: definition: a tool for 'punching' a [metal] nail into a surface\nAILS=\"hurts\" inside NET=\"capture\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ties up and watches over aggressive dog (7)","output":"### Answer: SECURES \n ### Explanation: SEES=\"watches\" around CUR=\"aggressive dog\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excellent drink taken with army engineers (7)","output":"### Answer: SUPREME \n ### Explanation: SUP=\"drink\" + REME (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rex remains impulsive (4)","output":"### Answer: RASH \n ### Explanation: R (Rex) + ASH=the \"remains\" of something burnt"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Parliament has money for the wine (10)","output":"### Answer: CHAMBERTIN \n ### Explanation: definition: a type of red Burgundy\nCHAMBER=\"Parliament\" + TIN=slang for \"money\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bank clerk losing head conceals reputation of craftsman (9)","output":"### Answer: ENAMELLER \n ### Explanation: [t]ELLER=\"Bank clerk losing head\"; around NAME=\"reputation\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Belts and hosiery (5)","output":"### Answer: SOCKS \n ### Explanation: double definition: the first as in \"Belts\"='hits hard'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poor girl's obsession? (5)","output":"### Answer: THING \n ### Explanation: THIN=\"Poor\" + G (girl)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Study clothes to change the point of delivery (9)","output":"### Answer: READDRESS \n ### Explanation: READ=\"Study\" at university + DRESS=\"clothes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: European (Pole) coming back to run off with someone else (5)","output":"### Answer: ELOPE \n ### Explanation: E (European) + POLE; all reversed\/\"coming back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Insensible jazz fan needs a shot in the arm (9)","output":"### Answer: CATATONIC \n ### Explanation: CAT=slang for a \"jazz fan\" + A TONIC=\"a shot in the arm\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A Frenchman consumes fruit in a his second home in town (4-1-5)","output":"### Answer: PIED-\u00c0-TERRE \n ### Explanation: PIERRE=\"Frenchman\" around DATE=\"fruit\"\nI assume either \"a\" or \"his\" was meant to be deleted"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy gets scoundrel's shoes (7)","output":"### Answer: BROGUES \n ### Explanation: B (Boy) + ROGUE'S=\"scoundrel's\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Card players and coach get on board (7)","output":"### Answer: ENTRAIN \n ### Explanation: E N (East and North, card players in bridge) + TRAIN=\"coach\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Try to get fired (4)","output":"### Answer: SHOT \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Philanthropist has name put in entrance (5)","output":"### Answer: DONOR \n ### Explanation: N (name) in DOOR=\"entrance\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A French woman with a couple of articles to disclose (9)","output":"### Answer: UNSHEATHE \n ### Explanation: UN=\"A\" in French + SHE=\"woman\" + A and THE=\"a couple of articles\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ladies sped off and caused annoyance (10)","output":"### Answer: DISPLEASED \n ### Explanation: (Ladies sped)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Research critical? It's on the up and up (9)","output":"### Answer: RESURGENT \n ### Explanation: RES (Research) + URGENT=\"critical\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor accepts the French exhibition (9)","output":"### Answer: SPECTACLE \n ### Explanation: (accepts)* with \"Doctor\" as anagram indicator; plus LE=\"the\" in French"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Student's small choral composition (7)","output":"### Answer: SCHOLAR \n ### Explanation: S (small) + (choral)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy has song from old capital of Israel (7)","output":"### Answer: SAMARIA \n ### Explanation: SAM=\"Boy\" + ARIA=\"song\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Religious teacher grew dizzy on island (5)","output":"### Answer: SWAMI \n ### Explanation: Definition: a Hindu religious instructor\nSWAM=\"grew dizzy\" + I (island)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Model wearing cape, retreats (5)","output":"### Answer: NESTS \n ### Explanation: definition is \"retreats\" as a plural noun, as in safe places\nModel T as in Ford cars; inside NESS=headland=\"cape\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Request to entertain royal composer (4)","output":"### Answer: BERG \n ### Explanation: Alban BERG the Austrian composer\nBEG=\"Request\" around R (Regina or Rex i.e. \"royal\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Obsessive elf in film (6)","output":"### Answer: PHOBIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Obsessive\nHOB=a fairy creature=\"elf\", inside PIC=\"film\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Domestic servant needed for main site (4,4)","output":"### Answer: HOME PAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: main site\nHOME=\"Domestic\" + PAGE=\"servant\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pub on fire, engulfing end of kitchen where food's served (5,3)","output":"### Answer: SNACK BAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: where food's served\nBAR=\"Pub\", after SACK=\"fire\" around [kitche]N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endure lampoonery, losing heart in the end (6)","output":"### Answer: LASTLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: in the end\nLAST=\"Endure\" + L[ampooner]Y losing its \"heart\" or central letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bloody female constantly making complaint (7,5)","output":"### Answer: SCARLET FEVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: complaint\nSCARLET=\"Bloody\" + F (female) + EVER=\"constantly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gag journalist's initial copy (4)","output":"### Answer: JAPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gag\n\"initial\" letter of J[ournalist] + APE=\"copy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Instant calls blocked by new PM's predecessors (8)","output":"### Answer: MORNINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: PM's predecessors\ndefinition: PM as in afternoon hours\n MO (moment)=\"Instant\" + RINGS=\"calls\" around N (new)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unromantic pal screwed up introductory note (8)","output":"### Answer: PLATONIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unromantic\n(pal)* + TONIC=the first note of a scale=\"introductory note\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Food constituents employees mostly rejected (4)","output":"### Answer: FATS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Food constituents\nmost letters from STAF[f]=\"employees\", reversed\/\"rejected\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Singer from ABBA is tenor? Soprano, surprisingly (4-8)","output":"### Answer: BASS BARITONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Singer\n(ABBA is tenor S)*, where the S is an abbreviation for \"Soprano\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Was inclined to absorb one basic subject? (6)","output":"### Answer: LEARNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Was inclined to absorb one basic subject\nLEANT=\"Was inclined\", around R=\"basic subject\" as in the 'three R's' of reading, writing and arithmetic"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relinquished\u00a0set (4,4)","output":"### Answer: LAID DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relinquished\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remained sober on air, with no backsliding (6,2)","output":"### Answer: STAYED ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Remained\nSTAYED is a homophone\/\"on air\" of 'staid'=\"sober\"; plus NO reversed\/\"backsliding\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mistakes catching Quisling in time (6)","output":"### Answer: ERRATA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mistakes\nRAT=betrayer=\"Quisling\" in ERA=\"time\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Members in suspense when ruling's tricky? (4,10)","output":"### Answer: HUNG PARLIAMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: when ruling's tricky\nPARLIAMENT=\"Members\", who are HUNG=\"in suspense\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Defenders greeted, sloping off from the front (9)","output":"### Answer: BACKSWEPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: sloping off from the front\nBACKS=\"Defenders\" + \"greeted\" is Scots slang for WEPT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He once drove a medic back into jail (6)","output":"### Answer: CABMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: He once drove\nA + MB (Bachelor of Medicine); all reversed\/\"back\" and inside CAN=\"jail\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stalwart Tory earl shunned by Camilla and her old man, mistakenly (6,9)","output":"### Answer: HAROLD MACMILLAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stalwart Tory\nHarold Macmillan was a Tory PM and became the Earl of Stockton\n *Edit thanks to Lord Jim: (Camilla her old man)* minus an 'E' for \"earl\"*\n ~~(Camilla and her old man)* minus the letters from \"earl\"~~"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: MP's car I impolitely pranged (8,6)","output":"### Answer: MILITARY POLICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: MP\n(car I impolitely)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thrash late attendee's bottom (5)","output":"### Answer: PASTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thrash\nPAST=\"late\" + the last\/\"bottom\" letter of [attende]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Facts surrounding past news\u00adpaper scandal that's familiar in SF? (6,4)","output":"### Answer: GOLDEN GATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's familiar in SF\ndefinition: a famous part of San Francisco, a strait spanned by the Golden Gate Bridge\n GEN=\"Facts\" around OLD=\"past\" + -GATE=a suffix used by newspapers to describe scandals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pagan with 500 depressed troops going up gully? (9)","output":"### Answer: INFIELDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: gully\ndefinition: \"gully\" is an infield position in cricket\n INFIDEL=\"Pagan\" with D=Roman numeral for \"500\" pushed down\/\"depressed\"; plus RE (Royal Engineers)=\"troops\" reversed\/\"going up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Last nude sculpted with no particular relish (8)","output":"### Answer: UNSALTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: with no particular relish\n(Last nude)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Apply water to\u00a0cut flowers (5)","output":"### Answer: SPRAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Apply water to\ndouble definition, the second referring to a bouquet\/arrangement of flowers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make fun of wife's parting boob (4)","output":"### Answer: TWIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make fun of\ndefinition: TWIT can mean 'taunt'\n W (wife) inside TIT=\"boob\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top wise man's present in photo: Ivory Coast's borders breached in dubious triumph (7,7)","output":"### Answer: PYRRHIC VICTORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: dubious triumph\n\"Top\"\/'behead' [m]**YRRH**=\"wise man's present\" as in the biblical Magi, inside **PIC**=\"photo\"; plus (Ivory c[oas]t)* with \"breached\" as anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wandering eyes of men only New York must briefly restrain (9)","output":"### Answer: NYSTAGMUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wandering eyes\ndefinition: a condition leading to uncontrolled eye movements\n **STAG**=for \"men only\"; inside **NY** (New York) + **MUS**[t]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Food from Jesus himself (5)","output":"### Answer: SUSHI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Food\nHidden in [Je]**SUS HI**[mself]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Upset voter and the result is obvious (5)","output":"### Answer: OVERT \n ### Explanation: Definition: obvious\n(voter)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stories circulating about current ban (9)","output":"### Answer: OSTRACISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: ban\n(Stories)* around **AC** (alternating \"current\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Readily available tinsel uncovered by a boy (2,6)","output":"### Answer: IN SEASON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Readily available\n[t]**INSE**[L] + **A** + **SON**=\"boy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tell Philistine to banish love that's weak (6)","output":"### Answer: INFIRM \n ### Explanation: Definition: weak\n**INF**-O-**RM**=\"Tell\", with **I**=\"Philistine\" replacing the O=\"love\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pets regularly bite? Avoid! (6)","output":"### Answer: ESCHEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Avoid\nregular letters from [p]**E**[t]**S** + **CHEW**=\"bite\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: So what's new? Court is to exercise discretion (4,4)","output":"### Answer: SHOW TACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: exercise discretion\n(So what)* + **CT** (Court)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Find oneself nothing French to eat cooked outside (9)","output":"### Answer: ORIENTATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Find oneself\n**RIEN**=\"nothing [in] French\"; with (to eat)* outside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party leader pursues old edu\u00adcational institution's growth (5)","output":"### Answer: POLYP \n ### Explanation: Definition: growth\n**P**[arty] after **POLY**=polytechnic=\"old educational institution\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shear\u00a0predator (5)","output":"### Answer: SHARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shear\n*Edit thanks to Hovis in the comments \u2013 S+HARK=S+HEAR*\n double definition, first definition as in 'fleece'\/'swindle'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heading west, not even admitting making a mistake, shows bravado (7-2)","output":"### Answer: DERRING-DO \n ### Explanation: Definition: bravado\nReversal\/\"Heading west\" of **ODD**=\"not even\"; around **ERRING**=\"making a mistake\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Commotion after sticky stuff sent in to fix infernal paving (4,10)","output":"### Answer: GOOD INTENTIONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: infernal paving\ndefinition alludes to 'the road to Hell is paved with GOOD INTENTIONS\"\n **DIN**=\"Commotion\" after **GOO**=\"sticky stuff\"; plus (sent in to)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Him backed around me in one part so comical? (9,5)","output":"### Answer: PANTOMIME HORSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Him backed around me in one part so comical?\nHIM reversed\/\"backed\" around ME; all inside (one part so)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bacon as artist cleared sketches framing the woman (7)","output":"### Answer: RASHERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bacon\n**RA** (Royal Academician)=\"artist\" + **S**[ketche]**S** \"cleared\" of its contents; all around **HER**=\"the woman\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pick up and treat irregular pulse (5,4)","output":"### Answer: HEART RATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: pulse\n**HEAR**=\"Pick up\" + (treat)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Usual big green space or much smaller one (6,2,6)","output":"### Answer: COMMON OR GARDEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Usual\n**COMMON**=\"big green space\" + **OR** + **GARDEN**=\"much smaller one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unmoved by fashionable tailored suit (2,4)","output":"### Answer: IN SITU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unmoved\n**IN**=\"fashionable\" + (suit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Musky product served up in an oriental setting (5)","output":"### Answer: TESLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Musky product\ndefiniton: referring to Elon Musk's Tesla cars\n hidden reversed inside\/\"served up in\": [orient]**AL SET**[ting]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sins of old age were his: terrible sins hidden by king of France (7)","output":"### Answer: ROSSINI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sins of old age were his\n*Sins of Old Age *\u00a0is a set of musical pieces by Rossini\n (sins)* inside **ROI**=\"king\" in French"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A posh term for linguistic faux pas? (5,9)","output":"### Answer: MIXED METAPHORS \n ### Explanation: Definition: linguistic faux pas\nMIXED METAPHORS could be crossword instructions to make an anagram of 'metaphors', giving \"A posh term\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fresh run of paper (9)","output":"### Answer: NEWSPRINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: paper\n**NEW**=\"Fresh\" + **SPRINT**=\"run\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What may replace toes here (8)","output":"### Answer: SHOE TREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: What may replace toes here\ndefinition: a shoe tree takes the place of toes\/feet to maintain the shape of unworn shoes\n (toes here)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mexican American's elegant before a rejection (7)","output":"### Answer: CHICANO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mexican American\ndefinition: US slang for someone of Mexican descent**\n CHIC**=\"elegant\" + **A NO**=\"a rejection\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fast or rising support for everyone, say (7)","output":"### Answer: ALLEGRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fast\n**OR** reversed\/\"rising\"; after\/supporting **ALL**=\"everyone\" + **E.G.**=\"say\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turned up, primarily dropping even knickers (au naturel) (5)","output":"### Answer: NAKED \n ### Explanation: Definition: (au naturel)\nReversal\/\"Turned up\" of the first\/primary letters of **D**[ropping] **E**[ven] **K**[nickers] **A**[u] **N**[aturel]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One may go up in a few ticks (4,4)","output":"### Answer: TIME BOMB \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition \u2013 I'm not sure I've heard of bombs going 'up' rather than 'off'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alluring, one's castle (6)","output":"### Answer: GLAMIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: a castle in Scotland\nGLAM=\"Alluring\" + I'S=\"one's\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plain, nothing to excite cockney (2-6)","output":"### Answer: NO-FRILLS \n ### Explanation: sounds like 'no thrills'=\"nothing to excite\" in a cockney accent"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of chest that may be scraped (6)","output":"### Answer: BARREL \n ### Explanation: reference to the phrase 'scraping the barrel'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Order thesaurus in online form? (5)","output":"### Answer: EDICT \n ### Explanation: E- (prefix indicating 'electronic'\/online) + DICT (dictionary\/thesaurus)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relatives reform, being adaptable (9)","output":"### Answer: VERSATILE \n ### Explanation: (Relatives)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: British legislating blasted for its bad language (12)","output":"### Answer: BILLINGSGATE \n ### Explanation: 'Billingsgate' is a term meaning foul or abusive language\nB (British) + (legislating)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Staying in bed, say, a great honour for a body (5,2,5)","output":"### Answer: LYING IN STATE \n ### Explanation: LYING IN=\"Staying in bed\" + STATE=\"say\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Commonwealth: it could hardly be more distant from Britain (9)","output":"### Answer: AUSTRALIA \n ### Explanation: officially known as The Commonwealth of Australia, and the other side of the world to Britain"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refuse left by dyke builder (5)","output":"### Answer: OFFAL \n ### Explanation: L (left) after OFFA=\"dyke builder\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Giving a signal to be lining up for hearing (6)","output":"### Answer: CUEING \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"for hearing\" of 'queuing'=\"to be lining up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Officer rank needed to win a seat? (8)","output":"### Answer: MAJORITY \n ### Explanation: Major-ity might mean the quality of holding the rank of Major"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Getting to the end of this exhausts one's patience (6)","output":"### Answer: TETHER \n ### Explanation: reference to the phrase 'the end of one's tether'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flag when monarch's aboard ship (8)","output":"### Answer: STREAMER \n ### Explanation: R (Regina, Rex)=\"monarch\" inside STEAMER=\"ship\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sensitive to pain in small boat (6)","output":"### Answer: TENDER \n ### Explanation: double definition: a 'tender' can be a smaller boat that supports\/'tends to' a larger vessel"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Almost making a mess of cake (6)","output":"### Answer: MUFFIN \n ### Explanation: MUFFIN[g]=\"making a mess\" without its last letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Looking offended, finding bit of toenail in small fish (9)","output":"### Answer: BRISTLING \n ### Explanation: T[oenail] in BRISLING=\"small fish\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man forcefully expelling one with ill will (12)","output":"### Answer: MALEVOLENTLY \n ### Explanation: MALE=\"Man\" + V-I-OLENTLY=\"forcefully\" minus I=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some small Amazonian animal (5)","output":"### Answer: LLAMA \n ### Explanation: hidden in [sma]LL AMA[zonian]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alarming to be treated as almost irrelevant (8)","output":"### Answer: MARGINAL \n ### Explanation: (Alarming)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Served in the army? Not one joined (8)","output":"### Answer: SOLDERED \n ### Explanation: SOLD-I-ERED=\"Served in the army\" minus I=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dancing, a girl hadn't to lose all momentum (5,2,1,4)","output":"### Answer: GRIND TO A HALT \n ### Explanation: (a girl hadn't to)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Italian speaking in a whisper (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SOTTO VOCE \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition: an Italian phrase meaning \"in a whisper\", rather than an Italian person whispering"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Respectably neat, is one less likely to be infected? (5-3)","output":"### Answer: CLEAN-CUT \n ### Explanation: a CLEAN CUT\/wound is \"less likely to be infected\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Teacher locked up, being wasted (8)","output":"### Answer: MISSPENT \n ### Explanation: MISS=\"Teacher\" + PENT=\"locked up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Assert a company must employ female (6)","output":"### Answer: AFFIRM \n ### Explanation: A FIRM=\"a company\" around F (female)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One taking piano course? (6)","output":"### Answer: PLAYER \n ### Explanation: P (piano) + LAYER=\"course\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What storms do, circling northern mountains (5)","output":"### Answer: RANGE \n ### Explanation: RAGE=\"What storms do\" around N (northern)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Topping stuff from J Trent's collaborator? (6)","output":"### Answer: THATCH \n ### Explanation: reference to the collaboration beetwen **T**oni** HATCH** and Jackie Trent"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An honoured companion embraced by genial boy (3-5)","output":"### Answer: MAN-CHILD \n ### Explanation: AN + CH (Companion of Honour); all inside MILD=\"genial\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Military activity, trick by soldiers (5)","output":"### Answer: RECON \n ### Explanation: CON=\"trick\" by RE (Royal Engineers)=\"soldiers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A rave at back of room where wine is kept (9)","output":"### Answer: CELLARAGE \n ### Explanation: A + RAGE=\"rave\"; after CELL=\"room\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Officer with gun gets vegetarian dish (9)","output":"### Answer: COLCANNON \n ### Explanation: definition: an Irish dish of mashed potatoes with kale or cabbage\nCOL (Colonel)=\"Officer\" + CANNON=\"gun\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Funny dog in quiet Bedfordshire town devoid of tail (5)","output":"### Answer: PLUTO \n ### Explanation: definition: the Disney cartoon dog\nP (piano)=\"quiet\" + LUTO[n]=\"Bedfordshire town\" missing its tail letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dearie me, I'm so disorganised \u2014 reminders needed! (5-7)","output":"### Answer: AIDES-MEMOIRE \n ### Explanation: (Dearie me I'm so)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing actually to wear? I'd buy a T-shirt, possibly (8,4)","output":"### Answer: BIRTHDAY SUIT \n ### Explanation: (I'd buy a T shirt)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Report about hospital drug (5)","output":"### Answer: BHANG \n ### Explanation: definition: a cannabis drink\nBANG=\"Report\" around H (hospital)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's excellent about politically conservative eccentric? (1,5,3)","output":"### Answer: A RIGHT ONE \n ### Explanation: A ONE=A1=\"excellent\", around RIGHT=\"politically conservative\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English company clamour about minimum of money in budget (9)","output":"### Answer: ECONOMISE \n ### Explanation: E (English) + CO (company) + NOISE=\"clamour\" around M[oney]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artist gloomier after losing love (5)","output":"### Answer: DURER \n ### Explanation: Definition: a German painter\nD[o]URER=\"gloomier\" minus O=\"love\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe needing company to advance money, as you'd say (8)","output":"### Answer: LONESOME \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"as you'd say\" of: 'loan some'=\"advance money\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tot in story is 4 (6)","output":"### Answer: LADDIE \n ### Explanation: 4 as in 4ac MAN-CHILD\nADD=\"Tot\" [up]; inside LIE=\"story\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rat to go off with puss catching nothing (8)","output":"### Answer: TURNCOAT \n ### Explanation: TURN=\"go off\" + CAT=\"puss\" around O=\"nothing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Star keeping very cool when collecting a pat on the back (8)","output":"### Answer: ACCOLADE \n ### Explanation: ACE=\"Star\" around COLD=\"very cool\" around A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant with flowers \u2014 double the number in miraculous wedding location (5)","output":"### Answer: CANNA \n ### Explanation: water was miraculously turned into wine at the Wedding at CANA; with a double N=\"number\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exhausted, I get mood changing \u2014 you must wait a while (3,2,4,4)","output":"### Answer: ALL IN GOOD TIME \n ### Explanation: ALL IN=\"Exhausted\" + (I get mood)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Illegal deal makes revolutionary type march (9)","output":"### Answer: CHAMPERTY \n ### Explanation: definition: an agreement to help fund a lawsuit in return for a share of the proceeds\n(type march)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A cruise ending prematurely, sadly I drowned (6)","output":"### Answer: ICARUS \n ### Explanation: Icarus fell into the sea after flying too close to the sun\n(A cruis[e])"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revolutionary gnome admired, not entirely an evil spirit (6)","output":"### Answer: DAEMON \n ### Explanation: Reversed\/\"Revolutionary\" and hidden\/\"not entirely\" inside [g]NOME AD[mired]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Philosophical theory misrep\u00adresented in simple account (13)","output":"### Answer: CONCEPTUALISM \n ### Explanation: (simple account)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little bits of insect eaten by boys (9)","output":"### Answer: SMIDGEONS \n ### Explanation: MIDGE=\"insect\" inside SONS=\"boys\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spirit is shown by the Guardian boss, it's alleged (8)","output":"### Answer: RUMOURED \n ### Explanation: RUM=\"Spirit\"+ OUR ED (editor)=\"Guardian boss\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Street stuff around England's capital for national hero (2,6)","output":"### Answer: ST GEORGE \n ### Explanation: ST (Street) + GORGE=\"stuff\" [oneself while eating] around E[ngland]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mountaineer's descent needs muscles \u2014 after which rest up (6)","output":"### Answer: ABSEIL \n ### Explanation: ABS=\"muscles\"; plus LIE=\"rest\" reversed\/\"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Body of water in the past flooding half the capital (6)","output":"### Answer: LAGOON \n ### Explanation: AGO=\"in the past\" inside half of LON[don]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Monster in filthy drain (5)","output":"### Answer: HYDRA \n ### Explanation: Hidden in [filt]HY DRA[in]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seafood dish of the month followed by canned soup (7)","output":"### Answer: OCTOPUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seafood dish\n**OCT**[ober]=\"month\" + (soup)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Laver, maybe, put dread into top player (7)","output":"### Answer: SEAWEED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Laver, maybe\nLaver is a type of edible seaweed [and in the surface reading, Rod Laver is a tennis player]\n **AWE**=\"dread\" inside **SEED**=someone put into the upper brackets of a tournament=\"top player\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Southern Native American rock formation (5)","output":"### Answer: SCREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: rock formation\n**S** (Southern) + **CREE**=member of a Native American tribe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Falseness breaks your spirit \u2014 right to be ousted by society (10)","output":"### Answer: SPURIOSITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Falseness\n(your spirit)*, with one **R** (right) replaced with **S** (society)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Equivalent of work pressure, love (4)","output":"### Answer: OPPO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Equivalent of\n=opposite number, counterpart\n **OP**=\"work\" + **P** (pressure) + **O**=zero=\"love\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Battle of Palermo: they lost (11)","output":"### Answer: THERMOPYLAE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Battle\nsite of a famous ancient battle between Greek and Persian forces\n (Palermo they)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Distillation of Attica's list of facts (11)","output":"### Answer: STATISTICAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: of facts\n(Attica's list)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Consider, say, sailors' spells of leave ashore to be overfamiliar (4,9)","output":"### Answer: TAKE LIBERTIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: be overfamiliar\n**TAKE** [as an example]=\"Consider, say\" + **LIBERTIES**=a name for sailors' shore leave"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being short of one million on card game (10)","output":"### Answer: IMPATIENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Being short\n**I**=\"one\" + **M** (million) + **PATIENCE**=\"card game\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Treated like an old convict from East China, end badly (9)","output":"### Answer: ENCHAINED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Treated like an old convict\n(E China end)*, with the first E=\"East\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Protected by a climber, one was in contention (5)","output":"### Answer: IVIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Protected by a climber\n**I VIED**=\"one was in contention\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Volatile market brought about end of the neighbourhood watch member (7)","output":"### Answer: MEERKAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: neighbourhood watch member\nmeerkats have been used as a symbol of neighbourhood watch groups\n (market)* around the end letter of [th]**E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: European city church centre (7)","output":"### Answer: ESSENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: centre\n**ESSEN**=\"European city\" + **CE** (Church of England)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Initially one shilling to enter Elizabeth I's haunt? (6)","output":"### Answer: OBSESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: haunt?\nInitial of **O**[ne]; plus **S** (shilling) inside **BESS**=nickname for Queen Elizabeth I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seaman's sources of unusually strong bones (6)","output":"### Answer: TARSUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: bones\n=bones in the foot\n **TAR'S**=\"Seaman's\" + sources\/initials of **U**[nusually] **S**[trong]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of paretic aid related to minor medical care (10)","output":"### Answer: PAEDIATRIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: minor medical care\n(paretic aid)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small beers, gas and pitch (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SALES TALK \n ### Explanation: Definition: pitch\n**S** (Small) + **ALES**=\"beers\" + **TALK**=\"gas\" as in 'chatter'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like a very small bit of mosaic, but cast (9)","output":"### Answer: SUBATOMIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like a very small bit\n(mosaic but)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Twisted, breezy wife supplants one (4)","output":"### Answer: AWRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Twisted\n**AIRY**=\"breezy\", with **W** (wife) replacing** I**=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Indicator of who'll get in league after mad exploit (4,4)","output":"### Answer: EXIT POLL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Indicator of who'll get in\n**L** (league) after (exploit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Find Pluto cold no more (8)","output":"### Answer: DISCOVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Find\n**DIS**=Roman god of the underworld=\"Pluto\" + **C** (cold) + **OVER**=\"no more\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shed is hosting family game (10)","output":"### Answer: SPILLIKINS \n ### Explanation: Definition: game\nI'd not heard of this game, involving picking up sticks from a pile without disturbing the other sticks\n **SPILL**=\"Shed\" + **IS** around **KIN**=\"family\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bar providing energy (sustained energy), almost other-worldly (9)","output":"### Answer: ESTAMINET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bar\n=a small bar or cafe\n **E** (energy) + **STAMIN**[a]=\"sustained energy, almost\" + **ET** (Extra Terrestrial)=\"other-worldly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Breathes with different rhythm ultimately \u2014 indication of temperature (8)","output":"### Answer: ISOTHERM \n ### Explanation: Definition: indication of temperature\n=a contour line representing a certain level of temperature\n **IS**=exists\/lives=\"Breathes\" + **OTHER**=\"different\" + [rhyth]**M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Stern Bill' \u2014 the bloke's a real pain (8)","output":"### Answer: BACKACHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: real pain\n**BACK**=\"Stern\" of a boat; + **AC** (account)=\"bill\" + **HE**=\"the bloke\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Standard element of McLaren's ignition (6)","output":"### Answer: ENSIGN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Standard\n=a flag\n hidden inside [McLar]**EN'S IGN**[ition]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sound cycle: 'Hawk' (6)","output":"### Answer: PEDDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hawk\nsounds like 'pedal'=\"cycle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go off seat that's lost its top (5)","output":"### Answer: ADDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Go off\n[s]**ADDLE**=\"seat\" without the top letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A threesome firmly quashed \u2014 loser, big time! (7,2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: SLIMMER OF THE YEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: loser, big time!\n\"loser\" as in losing weight\n (A threesome firmly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Particular recollection of cool drinks coming round (7)","output":"### Answer: SPECIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Particular\nreversal\/\"recollection\" of: ICE=\"cool\" with LAPS=\"drinks\" around it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman around hotel bar's one (5)","output":"### Answer: RHODA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Woman\nH (hotel), with ROD=\"bar\" + A=\"one\" going around"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's very small at first, doctor (9)","output":"### Answer: ANATOMIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: doctor\nAN ATOM=\"It's very small\" + IST=1st=\"first\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Traveller in the main story sounding keen to tour India (5,5)","output":"### Answer: PILOT WHALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Traveller in the main\n\"main\" as in the seas\/oceans\n PLOT=\"story\" + WHALE which sounds like 'wail'=\"keen\"; around I (India)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thousands spent by top clubs? (4)","output":"### Answer: SUIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: clubs\n\"clubs\" are a suit in cards\n SU-MM-IT=\"top\", minus the MM which are \"Thousands\" in Roman numerals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mean to temper disc of steel (5-6)","output":"### Answer: CLOSE FISTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mean\n(disc of steel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fashion worth wearing in the event (6,5)","output":"### Answer: HAMMER THROW \n ### Explanation: Definition: event\nHAMMER [into shape]=\"Fashion\" as in 'create'; plus (worth)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rector's away on retreat (4)","output":"### Answer: ROUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: retreat\nR (Rector) + OUT=\"away\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some games of short tennis arranged and unlikely to be changed (3,2,5)","output":"### Answer: SET IN STONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: unlikely to be changed\nSET=\"Some games\" [of tennis]; plus (**o** tennis)*, where the **o** comes from \"of [cut] short\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Did suffer going round in that new red number (9)","output":"### Answer: UNDERWENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Did suffer\nHidden reversed\/\"going round in\": [tha]T NEW RED NU[mber]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Swore what Emirates official did's not right (5)","output":"### Answer: EFFED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Swore\n[R]EFFED=\"what Emirates official did\", i.e. refereed at the Emirates stadium; minus R (right)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Secretly maintain hotel's leafy area (7)","output":"### Answer: HARBOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Secretly maintain\nH (hotel) + ARBOUR=\"leafy area\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old writer involved in problem over collected works (7)","output":"### Answer: OMNIBUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: collected works\nO (Old); plus NIB=\"writer\" inside SUM=maths \"problem\" reversed\/\"over\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fix fight closer to time (6)","output":"### Answer: SCRAPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fix\n\"Fix\" as in 'a tricky situation'\n SCRAP=\"fight\" + the closing letter to [tim]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's smart about working \u2014 I wish it were true (2,4)","output":"### Answer: IF ONLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: I wish it were true\nI=\"One\" + FLY=\"smart\" around ON=\"working\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cattle Mike flogged for financial security (4,6)","output":"### Answer: MEAL TICKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: financial security\n(Cattle Mike)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get to be moralistic when out of power (5)","output":"### Answer: REACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get\n[P]REACH=\"be moralistic\" minus P (power)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Local issue\u00a0that's not serious (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SMALL BEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Local issue\n\"Local\" as in a pub\n =weak beer; or =an unimportant matter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Point out emperor's a god (4)","output":"### Answer: EROS \n ### Explanation: Definition: god\nEROS=Greek god of love\n [N]ERO'S=\"emperor's\", minus N (North)=compass \"Point\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vice beginning to increase in New York \u2014 I'm going! (8)","output":"### Answer: INIQUITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vice\nI[ncrease] + NY (New York), with I QUIT=\"I'm going\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Occasionally subdued after making love below lecturer's room (8)","output":"### Answer: LATITUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: room\nOccasional letters from [s]U[b]D[u]E[d]; after AT IT=\"making love\"; all below L (lecturer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vague about taking sweetheart back, with wife in such a state (10)","output":"### Answer: MIDWESTERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: in such a state\nDIM=\"Vague\" reversed\/\"about\"; plus the heart\/centre of [sw]E[et] + STERN=\"back\", with W (wife) inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Love to impale non-stop, being conscientious (8)","output":"### Answer: THOROUGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: conscientious\nO=\"Love\" inside THROUGH=\"non-stop\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sure old rogue's carrying money to look sexy! (8)","output":"### Answer: SMOULDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: look sexy!\n(Sure old)* around M (money)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Discussion about female in Hackney (6)","output":"### Answer: CONFAB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Discussion\nON=\"about\" + F (female); in CAB=\"Hackney\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: For one promoted, Horace's work rocks (6)","output":"### Answer: GEODES \n ### Explanation: Definition: rocks\nE.G.=\"For one\" reversed\/\"promoted\"; plus ODES=\"Horace's work\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Start, not finish, at site of siege (5)","output":"### Answer: INTRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Start\nIN TRO[y]=\"at site of siege\" in the Trojan War, without the finishing letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beer's always off \u2014 port or spirit? (4)","output":"### Answer: BRIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: spirit\nB[**eer**] minus **e'er**=\"always\"; plus RIO=\"port\" city"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Favour first of entrants in advance (6)","output":"### Answer: BEFORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: in advance\n**BE FOR**=\"Favour\" + first letter of **E**[ntrants]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eagerly grasps hurdle, having landed on bottom (5,2)","output":"### Answer: JUMPS AT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Eagerly grasps\n**JUMP**=\"hurdle\" + **SAT**=\"landed on bottom\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hammer Thor needs taken up (9)","output":"### Answer: SHORTENED \n ### Explanation: Definition: taken up\nas in 'taking up' a trouser hem\n (Thor needs)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arm first to back an argument (5)","output":"### Answer: WORDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: argument\n**S**\u2013**WORD**=\"Arm\" with the first S moved to the back"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Compare Liberal with President Clinton, ultimately (5)","output":"### Answer: LIKEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Compare\n**L** (Liberal) + **IKE**=President Eisenhower + [Clinto]**N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steps taken to bring about downfall? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: RAIN DANCE \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Allocating roles in reconnais\u00adsance, keeping close to suspect (7)","output":"### Answer: CASTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Allocating roles\n**CASING**=\"reconnaissance\" as in 'casing a joint' before a robbery; around the closing letter to [suspec]**T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Assemble\u00a0to conclude\u00a0harvest (6)","output":"### Answer: GATHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Assemble\ntriple definition\n \"conclude\" as in e.g. 'I gather from your tone that\u2026'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Westward retreat after conflict is admonished (6)","output":"### Answer: WARNED \n ### Explanation: Definition: admonished\nreversal\/\"Westward\" of **DEN**=safe place=\"retreat\"; after **WAR**=\"conflict\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dunno what victor does? (5,2)","output":"### Answer: BEATS ME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dunno\nand BEATS ME could also =\"what victor does\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Characters from Kew longed to develop expertise (9)","output":"### Answer: KNOWLEDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: expertise\n(Kew longed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tenor leading performers round Spain shut up in concert hall (5)","output":"### Answer: TACET \n ### Explanation: Definition: shut up in concert hall\n=musical direction indicating that an instrument is to remain silent for a period\n **T** (Tenor) + **ACT**=\"performers\" around **E** [Espa\u00f1a]=\"Spain\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Engaged in ceasefire, ignoring command (5)","output":"### Answer: REIGN \n ### Explanation: Definition: command\nhidden in [ceasefi]**RE IGN**[noring]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Game's left-winger to make complaint (3,6)","output":"### Answer: RED GROUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Game\n=a game bird\n **RED**=political \"left-winger\" + **GROUSE**=\"make complaint\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put one's hand to old hat to register departure (4,3)","output":"### Answer: SIGN OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: egister departure\n**SIGN**=\"Put one's hand to\" + **OUT**=unfashionable=\"old hat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Players leave evacuated fortress (6)","output":"### Answer: CASTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fortress\n**CAST**=\"Players\" + **L**[eav]**E** evacuated of its inner letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sybil's husband in charge of church with ceremonial rights \u2026 (7)","output":"### Answer: BASILIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: of church with ceremonial rights\na basilica is a Roman Catholic Church specifically recognised by the Pope\n **BASIL**=\"Sybil's husband\" in Fawlty Towers ; plus **IC** (in charge)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 fine means of securing congregation (5)","output":"### Answer: FLOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: congregation\n**F** (fine) + **LOCK**=\"means of securing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keeping hospital department in Orient running (9)","output":"### Answer: RETENTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Keeping\n**ENT** (Ear, Nose, Throat)=\"hospital department\"; inside (Orient)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trying case of drug popular in prison (7)","output":"### Answer: JUDGING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trying\nthe \"case\" or outer letters of **D**[ru]**G**, plus **IN**=\"popular\"; all inside **JUG**=slang for \"prison\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor made one cut (5)","output":"### Answer: MOWED \n ### Explanation: Definition: cut\n**MO** (Medical Officer)=\"doctor\" +** WED**=united=\"made one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Killers axing third of villains they haven't met (9)","output":"### Answer: STRANGERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: they haven't met\n**STRANG**\u2013L\u2013**ERS**=\"killers\", removing the third letter of vi-L-lains"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What MP has turned up about good man's proclivities (6)","output":"### Answer: TASTES \n ### Explanation: Definition: proclivities\n**SEAT**=\"What MP has\", reversed\/\"turned up\"; around **ST** (saint)=\"good man\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unusually daring type of dressing (2,4)","output":"### Answer: IN DRAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unusually daring \n(daring)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guardian concocted non-U type of dressing (2,4)","output":"### Answer: IN DRAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: type of dressing\n(Guardian)*, without either U\u2026 gives IN DRAG, but with an extra 'A'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shielding light from poster in exhibition (9)","output":"### Answer: SHADOWING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shielding light from\n**AD**=\"poster\" in **SHOWING**=\"exhibition\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Serving up puff pastry cases closed restaurant (9)","output":"### Answer: TRATTORIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: restaurant\nReversal of **AIR**=\"puff\" + **TART**=\"pastry\"; around **TO**=\"closed\" as in 'pull the door to'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: French man of letters charged and executed on retirement (7)","output":"### Answer: DIDEROT \n ### Explanation: Definition: French man of letters\n**TORE**=rushed, moved quickly=\"charged\" + **DID**=performed=\"executed\"; all reversed\/\"on retirement\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl to stop wearing underwear (6)","output":"### Answer: BRENDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Girl \n**END**=\"stop\" inside **BRA**=\"underwear\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Limit flexible term accommod\u00adated by Devon banker (7)","output":"### Answer: EXTREME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Limit\n(term)* inside **EXE**=a Devon river\/\"banker\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Narrowly avoids\u00a0women's clothing (6)","output":"### Answer: SKIRTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Narrowly avoids\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article removed from shed very slowly (5)","output":"### Answer: LENTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: slowly\nanother musical direction\n 'a'=indefinite \"Article\", removed from **LE**-a-**N TO**=\"shed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Take out\u00a0royal household (5)","output":"### Answer: COURT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Take out\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mead brewed with American and European bean (7)","output":"### Answer: EDAMAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: bean\ndefinition: soy beans, often served in the pod\n (Mead)* + **AM** (American) + **E** (European)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Peculiar dialect used in a Salvat\u00adion Army meeting hall (7)","output":"### Answer: CITADEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Salvat\u00adion Army meeting hall\ndefinition: a name used for some Salvation Army churches\n (dialect)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pattern knitted into popular anorak (4)","output":"### Answer: ARAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pattern knitted\ndefinition: Irish knitwear pattern(s) from the Aran Islands\n hidden inside [popul]**AR AN**[orak]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Free bananas came in savoury paste (10)","output":"### Answer: EMANCIPATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Free\n(came in)* with \"bananas\"=crazy as anagrind; plus **P\u00c2T\u00c9**=\"savoury paste\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clothing from soldier turned up during disorderly retreat (3-3)","output":"### Answer: RIG-OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clothing\ndefinition: an outfit\n **GI**=\"soldier\" reversed\/\"turned up\", inside **ROUT**=\"disorderly retreat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Monkey died in tree (8)","output":"### Answer: TAMARIND \n ### Explanation: Definition: tree\ndefinition: an African fruit tree\n **TAMARIN**=a type of \"Monkey\" + **D** (died)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fruit found by animal in the edges of cultivated wood (9)","output":"### Answer: CHIPBOARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: wood\n**HIP** as in 'rose hip'=\"Fruit\" + **BOAR**=\"animal\"; all inside the outer letters\/\"edges\" of **C**[ultivate]**D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird (chicken) not caught (5)","output":"### Answer: RAVEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bird\nC-**RAVEN**=cowardly, \"chicken\"; minus C (caught, in cricket)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trick where fruit turns into stone (5)","output":"### Answer: STUNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trick\n**NUT**=\"fruit\" reversed\/\"turns\"; inside **ST** (stone, unit of mass)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant in enclosure confused tailless monster (9)","output":"### Answer: PENSTEMON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant\ndefinition: a type of flowering plant\n **PEN**=\"enclosure\" + (monste ~~r~~)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old-time singer and performers meeting retired sailor at end of oratorio (8)","output":"### Answer: CASTRATO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old-time singer\n**CAST**=\"performers\" + **TAR**=\"sailor\" reversed\/\"retired\" + [oratori]**O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note covered in pieces of rice cake (6)","output":"### Answer: ECLAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: cake\n**LA**=musical \"Note\", inside (rice)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vessels seen by navy entering bay for celebration north of the border (5,5)","output":"### Answer: BURNS NIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: celebration north of the border\n**URNS**=\"Vessels\" + **N** (Navy); all inside **BIGHT**=\"bay\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cricketer's garment (4)","output":"### Answer: SLIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cricketer\ndouble definition \u2013 first meaning is a cricket fielding position"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rats in areas of wasteland (7)","output":"### Answer: DESERTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rats\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get furious about 5 being cut (7)","output":"### Answer: SEVERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: cut\n**SEE RED**=\"Get furious\", around **V**=5 in Roman numerals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Muslim ascetic put Queen Victoria's head in bowl (7)","output":"### Answer: DERVISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Muslim ascetic\n**ER** (Elizabeth Regina)=\"Queen\" + **V**[ictoria]; all inside **DISH**=\"bowl\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Setter given books on old West Indian music (5)","output":"### Answer: MENTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: West Indian music\ndefinition: a style of Jamaican folk music\n **ME**=\"Setter\" +** NT** (New Testament)=\"books\" + **O** (old)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mother's store for recycling plastic? (7)","output":"### Answer: MAESTRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: plastic\ndefinition: name of a credit card\n **MA**=\"Mother\" + (store)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Collapsed mine swallowing company's takings (6)","output":"### Answer: INCOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: takings\n(mine)* around **CO** (company)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Food additive in a box ruined meat (9)","output":"### Answer: ASPARTAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Food additive\ndefinition: an artificial sweetener\n **A** + **SPAR**=fight\/practise with another boxer=\"box\" + (meat)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Friendly alliance welcomed by independent enterprise (7)","output":"### Answer: ENTENTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Friendly alliance\nhidden inside [independ]**ENT ENTE**[rprise]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Let a runner go out with drug for rider in last place (8,5)","output":"### Answer: LANTERNE ROUGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: rider in last place\ndefinition: the last-place cyclist in a race\n (Let a runner go)* + **E** (ecstasy)=\"drug\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vice-president holding up English money in show of contrition (9)","output":"### Answer: PENITENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: show of contrition\nMike **PENCE**=US \"Vice-president\"; around a reversal\/\"up\" of: **E** (English) +** TIN**=slang for \"money\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bad-mouth picture put up by Mussolini (7)","output":"### Answer: TRADUCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bad-mouth\n**ART**=\"picture\" reversed\/\"put up\" by Il **DUCE**=\"Mussolini\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cover article supporting nut tree (7)","output":"### Answer: SHEATHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cover\n**THE**=\"article\", after **SHEA**=an African \"nut tree\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fruit containing popular mineral (7)","output":"### Answer: OLIVINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: mineral\n=a type of mineral, usually olive-green\n **OLIVE**=\"Fruit\" around** IN**=\"popular\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alien found under farm building's thatch? (6)","output":"### Answer: BARNET \n ### Explanation: Definition: thatch?\ndefinition: hair \/ a hairstyle**\n ET**\u00a0(Extra Terrestrial), after **BARN**=\"farm building\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fabric in shawl is Lebanese (5)","output":"### Answer: LISLE \n ### Explanation: definition: a type of cotton yarn\n hidden inside [shaw]**L IS LE**[banese]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Searching for diamonds, found 56 in England (7)","output":"### Answer: DELVING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Searching\n**D** (diamonds) + **ENG** (England) around **LVI**=56 in Roman numerals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beginnings of avalanche \u2014 rush back in time to shelter (7)","output":"### Answer: HARBOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: shelter\nfirst letters of **A**[valanche] **R**[ush] **B**[ack]; in **HOUR**=\"time\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Students' union is full of extremely decorative posers (5)","output":"### Answer: NUDES \n ### Explanation: Definition: posers\n**NUS** (National Union of Students) around the extreme letters of **D**[ecorativ]**E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unconscious, if sled crashes in playing areas (9)","output":"### Answer: OUTFIELDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: p\n**OUT**=\"Unconscious\" + (if sled)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chuck senior's fruit? (10)","output":"### Answer: ELDERBERRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: fruit\nthe **ELDER BERRY** might be Chuck Berry 'senior'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Satellite's second leg (4)","output":"### Answer: MOON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Satellite'\n**MO** (moment)=\"second\" + **ON**=\"leg\" side in cricket"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wonderful film 7? (11)","output":"### Answer: MAGNIFICENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wonderful\nreference to the film *The Magnificent Seven"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Makes immortal and gives reality to losing vote (11)","output":"### Answer: ETERNALISES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Makes immortal\n**E**[x]**TERNALISES**=\"gives reality to\", minus the 'x' check mark=\"vote\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It falls slowly to begin with, at present (4)","output":"### Answer: SNOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: It falls\n**S**[lowly] + **NOW**=\"at present\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I crept about, caught by quiet woman being alert (10)","output":"### Answer: PERCEPTIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: alert\n(I crept)* inside **P** (piano)=\"quiet\" + **EVE**=\"woman\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Element of seaming movement with Underwood's first maiden (9)","output":"### Answer: MAGNESIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Element\n(seaming)* + **U**[nderwood] + **M** (maiden, in cricket)\n Derek Underwood was a bowler for England"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They might be shed by tense organs (5)","output":"### Answer: TEARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They might be shed\n**T** (tense) + **EARS**=\"organs\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Group from the '80s and Blur in trouble (7)","output":"### Answer: MADNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Group from the '80s\n=an English band \n (and)* inside **MESS**=\"trouble\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 50+ queens have problems in hosiery (7)","output":"### Answer: LADDERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: problems in hosiery\n**L**=50 in Roman numerals + **ADD**='+' i.e. the plus sign +** ER-S**\u00a0(Elizabeth Regina -s)=\"queens\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps mashed potatoes can be prepared in odd diets (6)","output":"### Answer: DANCES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perhaps mashed potatoes \n\"mashed potatoes\" was a popular dance craze \n (can)* inside odd letters from **D**[i]**E**[t]**S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Posh car carries old princess (2-2-2)","output":"### Answer: LA-DI-DA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Posh\n**LADA**=\"car\" around Princess **DI** (Diana)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vehicle's run times troubled conservationists (10)","output":"### Answer: INSTRUMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vehicle\n=\"Vehicle\" in a general sense of a mechanism or tool\n (run times)* + **NT** (National Trust)=\"conservationists\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird goes savage protecting egg (5)","output":"### Answer: GOOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bird\n(goes)* around **O**=\"egg\" shaped letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strike gold! 1,001 dollars at random (3-2-4)","output":"### Answer: HIT OR MISS \n ### Explanation: Definition: at random\n**HIT**=\"Strike\" + **OR**=\"gold\" in heraldry + **MI**=1,001 in Roman numerals + **SS**==\"dollars\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: God at home with warmer 21? (4)","output":"### Answer: RAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: warmer 21\na 'warmer' form of precipitation compared to 21ac SNOW\n **RA**=Egyptian \"God\" +** IN**=\"at home\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One sees no upset ladies next to king and queen (8)","output":"### Answer: ONLOOKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One sees\nanagram\/reversal of **NO** + **LOO** (the ladies) + **K** (king) + **ER**=\"queen\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ringtones are annoying (8)","output":"### Answer: RESONATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ring\n(tones are)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One small drink during meeting? 500 get wasted (10)","output":"### Answer: DISSIPATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: wasted\n**I**=\"One\" + **S** (small) +** SIP**=\"drink\"; inside **DATE**=\"meeting\"; plus **D**=500 in Roman numerals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sensitive reactions as govern\u00adment moves to the front balconies (9)","output":"### Answer: GALLERIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: balconies\n**ALLER-G-IES**=\"Sensitive reactions\", with the G (government) moving to the front"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worst all over \u2014 upper-class girl kidnapped by parliamentarian (8)","output":"### Answer: PESSIMUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Worst\n=the lowest point\n reversal\/\"over\" of: **U** (upper-class) + **MISS**=\"girl\", both inside** MEP** (Member of the European Parliament)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Went with piece of furniture containing English pine (8)","output":"### Answer: BELONGED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Went with\n**BED**=\"piece of furniture\" around** E** (English) +** LONG**=\"pine [for]\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Introductions to masters in relativity: time's an illusion (6)","output":"### Answer: MIRAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: illusion\nfirst letters from **M**[asters]** I**[n] **R**[elativity] + **AGE**=\"time\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Against suppressing language of poetry (6)","output":"### Answer: VERSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: poetry\n**VS**=versus=\"Against\" around ERSE=Gaelic \"language\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animal caught by doctor (male) (5)","output":"### Answer: CAMEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: A\n**C** (caught, in cricket) + (male)* with \"doctor\" as anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plain wholesome ready-made sandwiches (4)","output":"### Answer: MERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plain\nhidden in (sandwiched inside of\u2026): [wholeso]**ME RE**[ady]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gloomy ruler digesting intellig\u00adence for 22's leading figure (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SADIQ KHAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: 22's leading figure\nSadiq Khan is the Mayor of London i.e. a leader in the UK's CAPITAL city\n **SAD**=\"Gloomy\" + **KHAN**=\"ruler\", around **IQ**=\"intelligence\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Selected work journalist pens in Time (5)","output":"### Answer: OPTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Selected\n**OP** (opus)=\"work\" + **ED** (editor)=\"journalist\"; around **T** (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leader of Sparta is to return, having fed endlessly (5)","output":"### Answer: SIGMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leader of Sparta\nSigma would the first\/leading letter in the Greek spelling of Sparta\n **IS** reversed\/\"to return\" + **G-MA**[n]=\"fed\"=US federal agent, without the end letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kid getting a French tattoo is a poser (9)","output":"### Answer: CONUNDRUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: poser\n**CON**=trick=\"Kid\" + **UN**=\"a [in] French\" + [the beating of a] **DRUM**=\"tattoo\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: People working with 22 in need of money (rupees) (7)","output":"### Answer: BROKERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: People working with 22\nPeople trading in assets i.e. CAPITAL\n **BROKE**=\"in need of money\" + **RS** (rupees)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carmen admits high crime in place promoting 22 (7)","output":"### Answer: AMERICA \n ### Explanation: Definition: place promoting 22\n=a predominantly CAPITAL-ist country\n **AA** (Automobile Association, \"Car\u2026 men\"), around (crime)* with \"high\" as an anagrind similar to 'drunk'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American aboard vessel's reduced fare from Japan (5)","output":"### Answer: SUSHI \n ### Explanation: Definition: fare from Japan\n**US**=\"American\" inside **SHI**[p]=\"vessel\" reduced by one letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queries Hamlet's dithering in 22's place for 22 (3,6,4)","output":"### Answer: THE SQUARE MILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 22's place for 22\n=part of London (the UK CAPITAL) known as a financial district (a place for trading CAPITAL)\n (Queries Hamlet)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Smoke from motor keeps inching around the edges (5)","output":"### Answer: CIGAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Smoke\n**CAR**=\"motor\", around the outer letters\/\"edges\" of** I**[nchin]**G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man's penetrating stare unsettled girl (7)","output":"### Answer: THERESA \n ### Explanation: Definition: girl\n**HE**=\"Man\", in (stare)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Surpass everything, but not entirely great (7)","output":"### Answer: CAPITAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: great\n**CAP IT AL**[L]=\"Surpass everything\", but not the last letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drug affair in 22s (5,4)","output":"### Answer: UPPER CASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 22s\n=CAPITAL letters\n **UPPER**=\"drug\" + **CASE**=\"affair\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vocal opponent of 22 in former European 22 (5)","output":"### Answer: MARKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: former European 22\n=Deutsche **MARKS**, former German currency or CAPITAL\n homophone of 'Marx', an \"opponent of CAPITAL\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Figure captivated by a writer's range (9)","output":"### Answer: APENNINES \n ### Explanation: Definition: range\n=a mountain range in Italy\n **NINE**=\"Figure\" as in 'number'; inside **A PEN'S**=\"a writer's\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Calls for fool to receive smack, finally (4)","output":"### Answer: ASKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Calls f\n**ASS**=\"fool\" around final letter of [smac]**K"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bother checking a soldier's movement (6)","output":"### Answer: ADAGIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: movement\n=in music, a slow movement\n **ADO**=\"Bother\" around **A GI**=\"a soldier\"\n \"checking\" as a containment indicator, I think in the sense of \"restraining\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clothing worn by husband causes outrage (6)","output":"### Answer: SHOCKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: causes outrage\n**SOCKS**=\"Clothing\" around H (husband)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Overwhelm one lady with habit to see men? (8)","output":"### Answer: INUNDATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Overwhelm\n**I**=\"one\" + **NUN**=\"lady with habit\" + **DATE**=\"see men\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stink over news in former European 22 across (4)","output":"### Answer: BONN \n ### Explanation: Definition: former European 22 across\n=former German CAPITAL city\n **BO** (Body Odour)=\"Stink\" + **N N** ('new' twice, or two new-s)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 22 across that's 22 across (8)","output":"### Answer: STERLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: 22 across\ndouble definition: =CAPITAL as in pounds **STERLING** the currency; or =CAPITAL as in 'excellent'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Economist a forger, eating bananas up (4,5)","output":"### Answer: ADAM SMITH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Economist\n**A SMITH**=\"a forger\", around **MAD**=\"bananas\" reversed\/\"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First to catch ball in muddle with love (5)","output":"### Answer: BESOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: muddle with \n**BEST**=\"First\", around **O**=\"ball\"-shaped letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bolt gathered to secure new clock mechanism (10)","output":"### Answer: ESCAPEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: c\n=the mechanism in a clock\/watch that converts e.g. the oscillation of a pendulum into the rotation of the gears\n **ESCAPE**=\"Bolt\" as in 'run away' + **MET**=\"gathered\" around **N** (new)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Period of trouble keeping control of image (5)","output":"### Answer: APRIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Period\n**AIL**=\"trouble\" around **PR** (public relations)=\"control of image\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disinfectant from Spooner's cavernous vessel (5,3)","output":"### Answer: SHEEP DIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disinfectant\n=an insecticidal disinfectant used on sheep\n Spoonerism of 'D-eep Sh-ip', or \"cavernous vessel\"\n Slightly unfortunate re-use of 'ship'='vessel' from 17ac"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hooligan needs drink, always swallowing bitter (8)","output":"### Answer: TEARAWAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hooligan\n**TEA**=\"drink\" +** AY**=\"always\", around **RAW**=\"bitter\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A cut from knife that's sharp (6)","output":"### Answer: CLEVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: sharp\nthe letter 'A' getting cut from **CLE**[A]**VER**=\"knife\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 22 across flew through Taiwan regularly (6)","output":"### Answer: TIRANA \n ### Explanation: Definition: 22 across\n=CAPITAL city of Albania\n **RAN**=\"flew\" inside regular letters from **T**[a]**I**[w]**A**[n]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Curses are oddly dropped where 22 across was once opposed (4)","output":"### Answer: USSR \n ### Explanation: Definition: where 22 across was once opposed\n=former communist [i.e. anti-CAPITAL-ist] country\n odd letters dropped from [C]**U**[r]**S**[e]**S** [a]**R**[e]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Miner hurries over fences in industrial region (4)","output":"### Answer: RUHR \n ### Explanation: Definition: industrial region\n=industrial region in Germany\n reversed\/\"over\" and hidden\/fenced in [Mine]**R HUR**[ries]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Those who dare put on hot band (4)","output":"### Answer: SASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: band\n**SAS**=(Special Air Service, with motto 'Who Dares Wins') + **H** (hot)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Many giving learner advice? Cross about it (8)","output":"### Answer: MULTIPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Many\nL (learner) + TIP=\"advice\"; with MULE=\"Cross\" (as in 'hybrid') around them"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Select smart response, finally putting nothing in (6)","output":"### Answer: CHOICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Select\ndefinition as an adjective meaning 'of superior quality'\n CHIC=\"smart\" + final letter of [respons]E; around O=\"nothing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heartless type shot big game (4)","output":"### Answer: TEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: big \ndefinition as in a 'Test Match'\n T[yp]E S[ho]T, \"Heartless\" i.e. with the inner letters removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Resort to guessing just a little bit (10)","output":"### Answer: SUGGESTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: just a little bit\ndefinition as in e.g. a 'suggestion \/ hint of chocolate flavour'\n Anagram\/\"Re-sort\" of (to guessing)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In hot spots, supported by fellow not offering 8 9 (6)","output":"### Answer: HOBSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: fellow not offering 8 9\n'Hobson's choice' describes a situation with only one viable option\n HOBS=\"hot spots\" + ON=\"supported by\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Again charge one male among rest (8)","output":"### Answer: REIMPOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Again charge\nI=\"one\" + M (male) inside REPOSE=\"rest\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Apart from some enigmas, understood (7)","output":"### Answer: ASUNDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Apart\nhidden in [enigma]S UNDER[stood]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Name for rich fabric \u2014 could be A, B, C, D, or E (7)","output":"### Answer: BROCADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Name for rich fabric\n(A B C D or E)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I am entering E, say, as rough guess (8)","output":"### Answer: ESTIMATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: rough guess\nI'M=\"I am\", inside E + STATE=\"say\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Evaluate dunces, repeating one part for the fourth time (6)","output":"### Answer: ASSESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Evaluate\nASSES=\"dunces\", plus a fourth repetition of S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put in A, B, C, D, or E, say? I'm naive \u2014 it's wrong (10)","output":"### Answer: VITAMINISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put in A, B, C, D, or E, say\n(I'm naive it's)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Missing some obvious answers (4)","output":"### Answer: SANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Missing\nHidden in [obviou]S ANS[wers]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agree possible sequence of answers for 8, 9, 10 with five options (6)","output":"### Answer: ACCEDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Agree\nA-C-C-E-D-E is a \"possible sequence of answers\" to a multiple choice test with 5 options (letters A to E)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A, B, C etc, as periodically arranged? He and I are with them (8)","output":"### Answer: ELEMENTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: A, B, \nI think this is a double definition:\n A, B, C etc = 'the ABCs' = 'the basics' = ELEMENTS\n He (Helium) and I (Iodine) are ELEMENTS arranged in the periodic table"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 8 in varied menu \u2014 almost get excited (8)","output":"### Answer: NUMEROUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: 8\ndefinition: solution to 8ac, MULTIPLE\n (menu)* + ROUS[e]=\"almost get excited\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Change 10? Don't change it! (4)","output":"### Answer: STET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Don't change it!\ndefinition: an instruction to not make an edit\n anagram\/\"Change\" of solution to 10ac, TEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chooses to get involved, making absurd points (4,2)","output":"### Answer: OPTS IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chooses to get involved\n(points)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ingredient for festive drink in pubs \u2014 they have no 9 (7)","output":"### Answer: BEGGARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: they have no 9\ndefinition referring to 9ac solution CHOICE, as 'beggars can't be choosers'\n EGG=\"Ingredient for festive drink\" as in eggnog; inside BARS=\"pubs\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More bats coming to second team? That is right (8)","output":"### Answer: SCREWIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: More bats\n'bats' as in 'crazy'\n S (second) + CREW=\"team\" + I.E.=\"that is\" + R (right)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They remove unwanted bits as well with most of the selections (10)","output":"### Answer: TOOTHPICKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They remove unwanted bits\nTOO=\"as well\" + most letters of TH[e] + PICKS=\"selections\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Those in cast, otherwise selection of one (6)","output":"### Answer: ACTORS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Those in cas\nNot sure how to parse this \u2013 is it an anagram of (cast + or)* where or=\"otherwise\"?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oddly dynastic head of news\u00adpaper that's also published elsewhere (10)","output":"### Answer: SYNDICATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: also published elsewhere\n(dynastic)* + ED (editor)=\"head of newspaper\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cut up, dug up, subjected to 10 (8)","output":"### Answer: EXAMINED \n ### Explanation: Definition: subjected to 10\n=subjected to TEST\n AXE=\"Cut\" reversed\/\"up\" + MINED=\"dug up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reason for crack \u2014 paper over it in housework? (8)","output":"### Answer: DISUNITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reason for crack\nThe SUN=UK tabloid=\"paper\", plus IT; all inside DIY=\"housework\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person who chooses answers inferior to A, B, C, followed by drink (7)","output":"### Answer: DECIDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Person who chooses\nD,E are the answers after\/below A,B,C in a multiple choice test, plus CIDER=\"drink\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Change to another option, show\u00ading intelligence in school (6)","output":"### Answer: SWITCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Change to another option\nWIT=\"intelligence\" in SCH (school)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: We agree about pressure on European ancestors of ours? (6)","output":"### Answer: APEMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: ancestors of ours?\nAMEN=\"We agree\" around P (pressure) + E (European)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Swing killed a lot in US? All of the above (4)","output":"### Answer: SLEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Swing\nTriple definition:\n =a turn, twist or swing\n =past tense of 'slay'\n =US slang for a large number"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pith extracted from some afore\u00admentioned tropical plant (6)","output":"### Answer: SESAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: tropical plant\n**S**[om]**E** with the inner letters\/pith removed; plus **SAME**=\"aforementioned\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Squeezing hard, give relative a cuddle before beginning on tennis player (4,5)","output":"### Answer: HUGH GRANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: player\n\"player\" meaning 'actor'\n **H** (hard) squeezed into: **HUG GRAN**=\"give relative a cuddle\" + **T**[ennis]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ultimately, Marilyn Monroe had to appear ditzy \u2014 never mind! (2,4,4)","output":"### Answer: NO HARM DONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: never mind\n(n Monroe had)*, where the first 'n' is the ultimate letter of Marilyn"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Earliest of settlers in a mountain range in India, speechless (6)","output":"### Answer: AGHAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: speechless\nthe first\/earliest letter of **S**[ettlers] inside **A** + **GHAT**=Indian word for a mountain pass"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In wretched fashion, baby con\u00adsumed by putting up shelves etc (8)","output":"### Answer: DISMALLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: In wretched fashion\n**SMALL**=\"baby\" inside **DIY**=\"putting up shelves etc\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Birds currently with holy cow aboard ship heading for Egypt (4,5)","output":"### Answer: SNOW GEESE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Birds\n**NOW**=\"currently\" + **GEE**=exclamation of surprise=\"holy cow\"; inside **SS**=\"ship\" + **E**[gypt]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor talks from the rear (4)","output":"### Answer: SPAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Doctor\n**YAPS**=\"talks\" reversed\/\"from the rear\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Light source attached to heel of glass slipper? (4)","output":"### Answer: SLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: slipper?\n**LED** (Light Emitting Diode)=\"Light source\"; after the last letter\/heel of [glas]**S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refuse to welcome tourists regularly coming back for cake (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SWISS ROLL \n ### Explanation: Definition: cake\n**SWILL**=\"Refuse\" as a noun; around regular letters from [t]**O**[u]**R**[i]**S**[t]**S** reversed\/\"coming back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lady left out of legion (8)","output":"### Answer: COUNTESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lady\n**COUNT**[L]**ESS**=\"legion\" minus L (left)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Touring subcontinental state, antelope that's a bit petrified (3,3)","output":"### Answer: BOG OAK \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's a bit petrified\n=oak that has been preserved in peat\n **BOK**=\"antelope\" around **GOA**=\"subcontinental state\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink from river after red, black and yellow creature? (6,4)","output":"### Answer: GINGER BEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drink\n**GINGER**=\"red\" + **BEE**=\"black and yellow creature\"; with **R** (river) afterwards"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A clear desert (4)","output":"### Answer: ARID \n ### Explanation: Definition: desert\n**A** + **RID**=\"clear\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trapper's cry when cuppa arrived? (6)","output":"### Answer: GOTCHA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trapper's cry\nor, **GOT CHA** with 'cha'=\"tea\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Might one identify paper as shabby? (6)","output":"### Answer: RAGTAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: shabby\n**RAG**=[news]paper, with **TAG**=something used as identification"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weapon wounded one of the gendarmes? (4,3)","output":"### Answer: STUN GUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Weapon\n**STUNG**=\"wounded\" + **UN**=\"one\" in French i.e. as spoken by the gendarmerie [armed police]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stress-free character seemingly calm, having walked away initially (5)","output":"### Answer: SCHWA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stress-free character\n=an unstressed vowel sound\n initial letters from **S**-eemingly** C**-alm **H**-aving **W**-alked **A**-way"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aquatic mammal with 9, everyone said? (7)","output":"### Answer: MANATEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Aquatic mamma\nwith HUGH (solution to 9 ac), a homophone 'Hugh-Manatee' of 'humanity'=\"everyone\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One having taken another fish, also hooked up (9)","output":"### Answer: KIDNAPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One having taken another\n**KIPPER**=\"fish\", with **AND**=\"also\" on the inside\/\"hooked\" and reversed\/\"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cricket side in match with a certain pitch (7)","output":"### Answer: TONALLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: with a certain pitch\n**ON**=leg side in cricket; inside **TALLY**=\"match\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jouster on Shetland pony for hours after work? (9)","output":"### Answer: WEEKNIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: hours after work?\n**WEE KNIGHT**=\"Jouster on Shetland pony\u2026?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pack including second two cards \u2014 one's worn (7,6)","output":"### Answer: SMOKING JACKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: one's worn\n**SET**=\"Pack\", around **MO**=moment=\"second\" plus **KING** and **JACK**, two playing cards"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek character more intoxic\u00adated, we hear, in region of the far north (7)","output":"### Answer: SIBERIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: in region of the far north\nhomophone of 'Psi beerier', where Psi is a letter of the Greek alphabet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Incompetent husband dealing with dirt, so he has to get wife in for chore (7,3,10)","output":"### Answer: LOADING THE DISHWASHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: chore\n**H** for \"husband\" as part of anagram fodder in (**H** dealing dirt so he has)*, around** W** (wife)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look inside someone's ear, chortling (6)","output":"### Answer: SEARCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Look\nHidden inside [someone']**S EAR CH**[ortling]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Needing support, being half unpinned (3-6)","output":"### Answer: ONE-LEGGED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Needing support\n'pin'='leg', so \"half unpinned\"='missing one of two legs'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Behave badly, as a court's risen (3,2)","output":"### Answer: ACT UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Behave badly\n**A** + **CT** (court) + **UP**=\"risen\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aggressive music links criminal groups and army (7)","output":"### Answer: GANGSTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Aggressive music\n=a style of rap music\n **GANGS**=\"criminal groups\" + **TA** (Territorial Army)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Argued shiftily about pressure to improve (7)","output":"### Answer: UPGRADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: improve\n(Argued)* around **P** (pressure)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Valueless river? (4)","output":"### Answer: OUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: river\n=river in Yorkshire\n **O**='zero' **USE** i.e. 'valueless'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One suggesting to settle area away from the coast (10)","output":"### Answer: HINTERLAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: area away from the coast\n**HINTER**=\"One suggesting\" + **LAND**=\"settle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Puzzle no more? (7)","output":"### Answer: NONPLUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Puzzle\n'non-plus' could mean \"no more\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Whiskey for French royalty (7)","output":"### Answer: BOURBON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Whiskey\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unedifying attitude that may set teeth on edge (4,6)","output":"### Answer: SOUR GRAPES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unedifying attitude\nwith a reference to the unpleasant sensation from literal sour grapes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird tucked into garibaldi biscuit (4)","output":"### Answer: IBIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bird\nhidden inside garibald-**I BIS**-cuits"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One barely attends to the flock (7)","output":"### Answer: SHEARER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One barely attends to the flock\nI think this is a cryptic def with 'barely' referring to the sheep being left bare\/uncovered after shearing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: His law I translated into a foreign language (7)","output":"### Answer: SWAHILI \n ### Explanation: Definition: a foreign language\n(His law I)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vessel from which a thousand eat (5)","output":"### Answer: KETCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vessel\n=a type of sailing vessel\n **K **(kilo, thousand) + **ETCH**=corrode=\"eat\" away"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Popular girl breaking into number in which all join (9)","output":"### Answer: SINGALONG \n ### Explanation: Definition: in which all join\n**IN**=\"Popular\" + **GAL**=\"girl\" inside **SONG**=\"number\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In the interests of virtue, I'm getting impatient (3,8,4)","output":"### Answer: FOR GOODNESS SAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: I'm getting impatient\n\"In the interests of virtue\" would be a more literal reading of the phrase"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet's game said to be taking place (8)","output":"### Answer: TENNYSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poet\nhomophone\/'said' of 'tennis'=\"game\"; plus **ON**=\"taking place\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unthinkable, a short part for the lead (5)","output":"### Answer: LEASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: lead\nhidden in Unthinkab-**LE A SH**-ort"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Virginian regularly picking up formal clothes for a saint (8)","output":"### Answer: IGNATIUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: saint\nregular letters from [V]**I**[r]**G**[i]**N**[i]**A**[n] + **SUIT**=\"formal clothes\" reversed\/\"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Commercial deserved tweak (6)","output":"### Answer: ADJUST \n ### Explanation: Definition: tweak\n**AD**=\"Commercial\" + **JUST**=\"deserved\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Such a dog may be put down as hairy (9)","output":"### Answer: DANGEROUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Such a dog may be put down\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: From nothing, a power unit raised capital (6)","output":"### Answer: OTTAWA \n ### Explanation: Definition: cap\n=capital city of Canada\n **O**=\"nothing\"; plus **A** + **WATT**=\"power unit\" reversed\/\"raised\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To try new activities somehow was depressing? No (6,4,5)","output":"### Answer: SPREAD ONES WINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: To try new activities\n(was depressing no)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: System of rule in chaos \u2014 go charily (9)","output":"### Answer: OLIGARCHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: System of rule\n(go charily)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unfinished game receives not so much approval (8)","output":"### Answer: BLESSING \n ### Explanation: Definition: approval\n**BING**[o]=\"Unfinished game\", around **LESS**=\"not so much\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's rung Robert, not yet eighteen (3,5)","output":"### Answer: BOB MINOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: One's rung\n=a type of sequence in bell-ringing\n \"Robert\" + **MINOR**=\"not yet eighteen\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Familiar with being roughly ousted (4,2)","output":"### Answer: USED TO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Familiar with\n(ousted)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not safe in a tight skirt (2,4)","output":"### Answer: AT RISK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not safe\n**A** + (skirt)*, where \"tight\" meaning 'drunk' is the anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Obese Bert bringing about demise (5)","output":"### Answer: FATAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: bringing about demise\n**FAT**=\"Obese\" + **AL**=short for Albert=\"Bert\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loyal support? Alas, I scam everyone (6,7)","output":"### Answer: YEOMAN SERVICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Loyal support\ndefinition: a phrase meaning dependable support\n (I scam everyone)*, with \"Alas\" working as an anagram indicator, similar to 'sadly'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spray blue rinse all over the place (9)","output":"### Answer: NEBULISER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spray\ndefinition: a device that sprays a fine mist\n (blue rinse)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Book ban rescinded by one leader of congregation (5)","output":"### Answer: RABBI \n ### Explanation: Definition: leader of congregation\n**B** (book) + **BAR**=\"ban\", all reversed\/\"rescinded\"; plus **I**=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Never has waist doubled? Not that old! (5)","output":"### Answer: NEWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not that \n**NE****V****ER**, doubling the **VV **making a **W**, with \"waist\" indicating a 'middle' letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man impressed to have left sport, quiet epic hero (9)","output":"### Answer: GILGAMESH \n ### Explanation: Definition: epic hero\nreferring to the ancient poem *The Epic of Gilgamesh* \n **GI** (soldier, someone \"impressed\" i.e. pressed into military service) + **L** (left) + **GAME**=\"sport\" +** SH**=\"[be] quiet\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bad-tempered Greek that hurt you early on (7)","output":"### Answer: GROUCHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bad-tempered\n**GR **(Greek) + **OUCH**=\"that hurt\" + **Y**[ou]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shine, having first to break depression (7)","output":"### Answer: GLISTEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shine\n**IST**=1st=\"first\", breaking into **GLEN **i.e. a \"depression\" between hills"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Male caught in snare uncon\u00adscious, going to expire (4,3)","output":"### Answer: TIME OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: expire\n**M **(Male) inside **TIE**=\"snare\" and **OUT**=\"unconscious\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bone is hard? I'm pondering (7)","output":"### Answer: STERNUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bone\n**STERN**=\"hard\" + **UM**=\"I'm pondering\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Equitable dealings out of order in this business meeting (5,4)","output":"### Answer: TRADE FAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: business meeting\n**FAIR TRADE**=\"Equitable dealings\", with the word order changed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man of note fell a minute short, say (5)","output":"### Answer: GRIEG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Man of note\nreferring to musical notes, and Edvard Grieg the composer \n **GRI**[**M**]=\"fell\" meaning dire\/dreadful, shortened by a **M** (minute); plus **E.G.**=\"say\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman not entirely like the others? (5)","output":"### Answer: NORMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Woman\n**NORMA**[L]=\"like the others\", cut short\/\"not entirely\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not to one's taste and bad for one: two severe blows (9)","output":"### Answer: OVERSWEET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not to one's taste and bad for one\n(two severe)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: So enthusiastic, corruptly agree best contract (5,2,6)","output":"### Answer: EAGER TO PLEASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: So enthusiastic\n(agree)* + **TOP**=\"best\" + **LEASE**=\"contract\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scope to jog over cell (5,4)","output":"### Answer: ELBOW ROOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scope\n**ELBOW**=\"jog\" as in to nudge somebody; plus **ROOM**=\"cell\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relating to large masses may be called wisdom (5)","output":"### Answer: MOLAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relating to large masses\nmy first thought was of atoms and molecules \u2013 checking Chambers, \"Relating to large masses\" is listed as a definition of MOLAR \nsecond definition refers to 'wisdom' teeth i.e. some of the 'molars'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is the rest of the head straight in this bunch? (7)","output":"### Answer: NOSEGAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: bunch\nif a **NOSE** is **GAY**, the rest of the head might be straight"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old lawman to carry personal protection (7)","output":"### Answer: EARPLUG \n ### Explanation: Definition: personal protection\nWyatt **EARP **is the Old West lawman ; plus **LUG**=\"carry\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reveals it to be flexible (9)","output":"### Answer: VERSATILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: flexible\n(Reveals it)* \u2013 I think \"flexible\" is also the anagrind"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rope caught by type of seaman (5)","output":"### Answer: CABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rope\n**C** (caught, cricket abbreviation); **ABLE** as in 'able seaman'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A particular dark time to sustain a casual relationship (3-5,5)","output":"### Answer: ONE-NIGHT STAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: casual relationship\n**ONE NIGHT**=\"A particular dark time\" + **STAND**=\"sustain\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arrogant greeting good worker could eventually deny (4,3,6)","output":"### Answer: HIGH AND MIGHTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arrogant\n**HI**=\"greeting\" + **G** (good) + **HAND**=\"worker\" + **MIGHT**=\"could\" + last letter of [den]**Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Join in as craftsman took a meal (9)","output":"### Answer: COOPERATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Join in\n**COOPER**=\"craftsman\" + **ATE**=\"took a meal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Miniaturised state introduces new poor quality of sound reproduction (9)","output":"### Answer: TINNINESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: poor quality\n**TININESS**, as in being tiny=\"Miniaturised state\", around **N **(new)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What may make one warm? (4,3)","output":"### Answer: THAW OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: warm\n**THAW OUT** in a crossword clue could indicate\/\"make\" an anagram of THAW, giving \"What\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wait in court, present at table (5,2)","output":"### Answer: SERVE UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: present at table\n\"present\" as a verb in the definition, presenting a meal\n **SERVE**=\"Wait\" + **UP**=\"in court\" e.g. somebody being 'up for robbery'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hearing defective behind area in courtyards (5)","output":"### Answer: ATRIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: courtyards\n**TRIA**[L]=court \"Hearing\", \"defective\"\/incomplete with a missing last letter; all after **A** (area)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Father and Son: son goes off to be an author (5)","output":"### Answer: GOSSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Father and Son\n*Father and Son * is an autobiographical memoir by Edmund Gosse with a focus on his relationship with his father Philip Henry Gosse\n (**s** goes)*, with the **s **short for \"son\", and \"off\" as anagrind"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prime Minister's penultimate press inquiry? Not so (6)","output":"### Answer: ELEVEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prime\ndefinition: a prime number\n penultimate letter of [Minist]**E**[r] + **LEVE**[**so**]**N**=\"press inquiry\" into the phone hacking scandal minus \"**so**\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creation of independent Great Britain stops crash (3,4)","output":"### Answer: BIG BANG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Creation\n**I **(independent) + **GB** (Great Britain); inside\/stopping **BANG**=\"crash\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beer in can? That's a keeper (9)","output":"### Answer: CASTELLAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: keeper\ndefinition: someone in charge of a castle, part of which is a keep\n **STELLA **[Artois]=brand of \"Beer\"; inside **CAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pressed oil with a bit of vitamin E from this (5)","output":"### Answer: OLIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: from this\n(oil)*; plus a bit of **V**[itamin] + **E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heads of vermin on mat? Incriminate the cat (5)","output":"### Answer: VOMIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: cat\n\"cat\" can mean 'vomit' as a verb\n first letters\/heads of **V**[ermin] **O**[n] **M**[at] **I**[ncriminate] **T**[he]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fan of Spice Girl's biscuit? (6,3)","output":"### Answer: GINGER NUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: biscuit\n'Ginger Spice' was one of the Spice Girls, and one of her fans might be a GINGER NUT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sounds upset over special meeting (7)","output":"### Answer: SESSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: meeting\n**NOISES**=\"sounds\", reversed\/upset, and around\/over **S** (special)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exhibits left onboard (6)","output":"### Answer: SPORTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exhibits\n**PORT**=\"left\" side; in a **SS **(steamship) i.e. \"onboard\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Completes building site at college (4,2)","output":"### Answer: TIES UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Co\n(site)*, plus **UP**=\"at college\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He removes coats \u2014 hers are worn (7)","output":"### Answer: SHEARER \n ### Explanation: Definition: He removes coats\n(hers are)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Horrible to behold: a book about Hamas extremists (9)","output":"### Answer: LOATHSOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Horrible\n**LO**=\"behold\" as an exclamation; **A TOME**=\"a book\" around the outer\/extreme letters of **H**ama**S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cleans with powders (5)","output":"### Answer: DUSTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cleans\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: German god, now retired, receives thanks (5)","output":"### Answer: WOTAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: German god\na name for the Germanic god Odin\n **NOW** reversed\/retired; around **TA**=\"thanks\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: According to Spooner, Toynbee cuts sweets (9)","output":"### Answer: LOLLIPOPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: sweets\nPolly Toynbee writes for the Guardian; so a Spoonerism of 'Polly Lops'=\"Toynbee cuts\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Singers' covers on the radio (7)","output":"### Answer: RAPPERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Singers\nhomophone\/\"on the radio\" for 'wrappers'=\"covers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Demolished flats? (6)","output":"### Answer: LEVELS \n ### Explanation: Definition: flats\nI'm not sure exactly how this works \u2013 is it meant to be \"Demolishe**s**\"?\n 'flats' and 'levels' can both refer to level areas of land"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hides from Shakespeare the origins of Cleopatra and Anthony in seven plays (7)","output":"### Answer: ENCAVES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hides from Shakespeare\n'encave' is a word used by Shakespeare meaning to hide e.g. in a cave\n the first letters\/origins of **C**[leopatra] and **A**[nthony] inside (seven)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mopes about in Surrey (5)","output":"### Answer: EPSOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: in Surrey\n(Mopes)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wiring set circle in motion (9)","output":"### Answer: ELECTRICS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wiring\n(set circle)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boycott admires new openers like crazy (7)","output":"### Answer: BANANAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: crazy\n**BAN**=\"Boycott\" + the first letters\/openers of **A**[dmires] **N**[ew] + **AS**=\"like\"\n the surface refers to Geoffrey Boycott, a former opening batsman for the England cricket team"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tory MP keeps Labour leader on hand (5)","output":"### Answer: GLOVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: on hand\nMichael **GOVE**=\"Tory MP\", around **L**[abour]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One who turns away a relation in trouble? (9)","output":"### Answer: ALIENATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: One who turns away\n**A** + (relation)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Visitors blast around top exhibition on Sunday (6)","output":"### Answer: GUESTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Visitors\n**GUST**=\"blast\", around the top of **E**[xhibition]; plus **S** (Sunday)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Amazing goals! Newcastle's first catchphrase (6)","output":"### Answer: SLOGAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: catchphrase\n(goals)* + **N**[ewcastle]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lumbar puncture for American applicants, annoyed when giving up cocaine (6,3)","output":"### Answer: SPINAL TAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lumbar puncture for American\n(appli**c**ants)*, minus **c** for cocaine"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finished going up road, I have top gear (9)","output":"### Answer: OVERDRIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: top gear\n**OVER**=\"Finished\" + reversed\/\"going up\" **RD** (road) + **I'VE**=\"I have\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nations sleep badly \u2014 overwork? (7)","output":"### Answer: PEOPLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nations\n(sleep)* around\/over **OP**=\"work\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English students enter text on perfumes (6)","output":"### Answer: SMELLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: perfumes\n**E** (English) + **L** (Learner, student) + **L** (another student); inside **SMS**=\"text\" message from a mobile phone"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Takes test again about society's struggles (7)","output":"### Answer: RESISTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: struggles\n**RESITS**=\"Takes test again\" around **S** (society)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Start to float down river? (6)","output":"### Answer: FLOWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: river\ndefinition: a river flows, it is a flow-er\n **F**[loat] + **LOWER**=\"down\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ancient enclosure for chicken raising, say (5)","output":"### Answer: HENGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ancient enclosure\n**HEN**=\"chicken\"; plus reversal\/\"raising\" of **E**.**G**.=\"say\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gem traced using Stoke-on-Trent city postcode (5)","output":"### Answer: STONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gem\nST1 or **ST** **ONE** might be the postcode"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Meaningful nudge from flam\u00adboyant bird with hat on (5,4)","output":"### Answer: BROAD HINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Meaningful nudge\n(bird hat on)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party organiser needing wife's help in public at first (4)","output":"### Answer: WHIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Party organiser\ndefinition: a political party official\n first letters of **W**[ife's] **H**[elp] **I**[n] **P**[ublic]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Particularly rich passage from 26? (5)","output":"### Answer: LYRIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Particularly rich passage from 26?\nreferring to 26=POET\n hidden in [Particular]**LY RIC**[h]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dishes made from very high game (4,5)","output":"### Answer: SOUP BOWLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dishes\n**SO**=\"very\" + **UP**=\"high\" + **BOWLS**=\"game\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old-fashioned, essentially dull dance (3,4)","output":"### Answer: PAS SEUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: dance\ndefinition: a dance for one person\n **PASSE**=pass\u00e9=\"Old-fashioned\"; plus the core\/essentials of [d]**UL**[l]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Henry longed to get married (7)","output":"### Answer: HITCHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: married\n**H** (Henry, unit of electrical inductance) + **ITCHED**=\"longed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Long-distance supplier of Meals on Wheels? (10,3)","output":"### Answer: RESTAURANT CAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Long-distance supplier of Meals on Wheels?\ncryptic definition, referring to a carriage serving meals on a [long-distance] train journey\n could be broken down into **RESTAURANT**=\"supplier of Meals\" + **CAR**=\"Wheels\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very much affected, as are one's neighbours (6,7)","output":"### Answer: BESIDE ONESELF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Very much affected\none's neighbours are also beside (next door to) oneself"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Able seaman's leader knocked off (7)","output":"### Answer: SKILLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Able\nleading letter of **S**[eaman] + **KILLED**=\"knocked off\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A painful affliction regularly hits rodents (7)","output":"### Answer: AGOUTIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: rodents\nan agouti is a rodent \n **A** + **GOUT**=\"painful affliction\" + regular letters from [h]**I**[t]**S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More artful hosts aren't com\u00admonly of better character (9)","output":"### Answer: SAINTLIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: of better character\n**SLIER**=more sly=\"More artful\"; hosting\/going around **AIN'T**=\"aren't\" when speaking \"commonly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Believer cheers after god succeeded (5)","output":"### Answer: RASTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Believ\n**TA**=thankyou=\"cheers\"; after **RA**=Egyptian \"god\" + **S** (succeeded)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer's moggy perhaps given nothing to eat (4)","output":"### Answer: POET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Writer\n**PET**=\"moggy perhaps\", around\/eating **O**=\"nothing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Playing extra beat, a consequence of overassessment? (3,6)","output":"### Answer: TAX REBATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: consequence of overassessment\na consequence of being asked to pay too much tax i.e. \"overassessment\"\n (extra beat)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rough hop over grassland (8)","output":"### Answer: BALLPARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rough\n**BALL**=dance party=\"hop\" + **PARK**=\"grassland\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brutes turn up on brief vacation (5)","output":"### Answer: OGRES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brutes\n**GO**=\"turn\" reversed\/up; plus **RES**[t]=\"brief vacation\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Could it make duos celebrate end of alliance? (6,8)","output":"### Answer: DECREE ABSOLUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: end of alliance\ndefinition: a legal document that ends a marriage\n (duos celebrate)*,\u00a0*plus [allianc]**E*** \u2013\u00a0*edit thanks to Dr. WhatsOn and Dave Ellison"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Provincial half of army behind endless abuse (7)","output":"### Answer: INSULAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Provincial\nthe first half of **AR**[my]; behind **INSUL**[t]=\"endless abuse\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mention not getting a rise, masking pained expression (5,2)","output":"### Answer: TOUCH ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mention\n**NOT **reversed upwards\/\"getting a rise\"; around **OUCH**=\"pained expression\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: US author may finally retire (9)","output":"### Answer: HAWTHORNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: US author\nUS author Nathaniel Hawthorne \n the \"may\" flower is a name for the **HAWTHORN** flower; plus the final letter of [retir]**E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where Pedro gets drinks bill when work's over? (6)","output":"### Answer: POSADA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where Pedro gets drinks\ndefinition: an inn in Spanish-speaking countries\n **AD**=\"bill\" + **AS**=\"when\" + **OP**=\"work\"; all reversed\/\"over\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bluecoat scores badly in showjumping event, say (8,6)","output":"### Answer: OBSTACLE COURSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: showjumping event, say\n(Bluecoat scores)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Decline to accept one shilling for fund (9)","output":"### Answer: SUBSIDISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fund\n**SUBSIDE**=\"Decline\" around both: **I**=\"one\" + **S** (shilling)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unseemly male exploit's begin\u00adning behind the scenes (8)","output":"### Answer: OFFSTAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: behind the scenes\n**OFF**=\"Unseemly\" + **STAG**=\"male\" + **E**[xploit's] beginning letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artist's father a good person, I admitted (7)","output":"### Answer: DADAIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Artist'\n**DAD**=\"father\" + **A** + **ST** (saint, good person); going around **I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A great talker, Irish sailor recalled boring old times (7)","output":"### Answer: ORATRIX \n ### Explanation: Definition: A great talker\n**IR** (Irish) + **TAR**=\"sailor\"; both reversed\/\"recalled\", and going inside\/\"boring\" into: **O** (old) + **X** (times, as in 2\u00d74 is 'two times four')"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Squanders benefit on drink (4,2)","output":"### Answer: USES UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Squanders\n**USE**=\"benefit\" + **SUP**=\"drink\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Coverage of seed trial, part one? (5)","output":"### Answer: TESTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Coverage of seed\ndefinition: the outer coating of a seed\n **TEST A** could be the first part of a trial, followed by tests B, C, etc"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rich source, fish served with last drops of sardine oil (2,6)","output":"### Answer: EL DORADO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rich source\n=a fabled place of enormous wealth\n **DORADO**=\"fish\" ; after the last letters of [sardin]**E** [oi]**L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stick securing old, hollowed out puppet (6)","output":"### Answer: POODLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: puppet\n= a lackey, a servile follower\n **POLE**=\"Stick\", around **O**[L]**D** hollowed out"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish, a freak doing the backstroke? (4)","output":"### Answer: TUNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fish\n**A NUT**, reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In death, evoke praise (10)","output":"### Answer: FELICITATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: praise\n**FATE**=\"death\" around **ELICIT**=\"evoke\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: OK to put away bed and lie around? (6)","output":"### Answer: EDIBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: OK to put away\n(bed lie)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two things smoked, queer fish (8)","output":"### Answer: CRACKPOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: queer fish\n\"queer fish\" is slang for a person with odd behaviour\n **CRACK** and **POT**, as in cocaine and marijuana, are both smoked"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: My Lord has invested currency \u2014 big fish (7)","output":"### Answer: GRANDEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: big fish\n**GEE** as an exclamation=\"My Lord\", around **RAND**=South African \"currency\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deep, deep fish (3,4)","output":"### Answer: SEABASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: fish\n**SEA**=[the] \"Deep\" + **BASS**=\"deep\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish good with two fish (8)","output":"### Answer: GRAYLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fish\n**G** (good) + **RAY** (a fish) + **LING** (a second fish)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Croatian boxers reportedly bringing carp (5,5)","output":"### Answer: SPLIT HAIRS \n ### Explanation: Definition: carp\n\"carp\" as in 'nag about trivialities'\n **SPLIT** is a Croation city; and **HAIRS** is a homophone of 'hares', animals that box each other=\"boxers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stonefish? (4)","output":"### Answer: ROCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stone\ndouble definition, \"Stone\" or \"fish\" \u2013 rock fishes include a variety of species that live among rocks"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish not a sausage male's thrown back (6)","output":"### Answer: MARLIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fish\n**NIL**=\"not a sausage\" + **RAM**=\"male\"; all thrown back i.e. reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Transport used on street, most reliable (8)","output":"### Answer: SOUNDEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: most reliable\nanagram of (used on)*, plus **ST** (street)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish get into difficulties (8)","output":"### Answer: FLOUNDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fis\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little bit of Africa to investigate, travelling north (4)","output":"### Answer: IOTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lit\nhidden in [Afric]**A TO I**[nvestigate], reversed upwards\/\"travelling north\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Draw spirit miles up (6)","output":"### Answer: RAFFLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Draw\n**ELF**=\"spirit\" + **FAR**=\"miles\"; all reversed\/\"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish ball with different starter (7)","output":"### Answer: POLLOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fish\n[b]**OLLOCK**=\"ball\", with a different starting letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contemporary scholar gathering speed (5-3)","output":"### Answer: SPACE-AGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Contemporary\n**SAGE**=\"scholar\" around **PACE**=\"speed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Temporary office left, using this handle over ditch (10)","output":"### Answer: PORTAKABIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Temporary office\n**PORT**=\"left\"; plus **AKA** (also known as)=\"using this handle\"; plus **BIN**=throw away=\"ditch\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drinking litres, bum virtually drunk (6)","output":"### Answer: BLOTTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: drunk\n**L** (litres); inside **BOTTO**[m]=\"bum\", with \"virtually\" as in 'almost' indicating the removal of the last letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ladies scantily dressed, Barbra Streisand's initials covering her topless picture (5,5)","output":"### Answer: BUNNY GIRLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ladies scantily dressed\n**B**[arbara] **S**[treisand]; around [F]**UNNY GIRL** =film\/\"picture\" starring Barbara Streisand, with the top letter removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Realisation, where I happen to change personality, ultimately (8)","output":"### Answer: EPIPHANY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Realisation\n(I happen)*; plus the ultimate letter of [personalit]**Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish is covered in cream after gutting error (8)","output":"### Answer: SOLECISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: error\n**SOLE**=\"Fish\" +** IS** inside **C**[rea]**M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: V fishy stain under unopened receptacle (7)","output":"### Answer: AGAINST \n ### Explanation: Definition: V\ndefinition: \"V\" as in versus\n (stain)*; under [b]**AG**=\"receptacle\" without its opening letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kipper in front, farewell forever seafood sandwiches! (3,3,6)","output":"### Answer: RIP VAN WINKLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kipper\ndefinition: a fictional character who slept\/'kipped' for a long time\n **VAN**=vanguard, \"front\"; sandwiched inside: **RIP** (rest in peace)=\"farewell forever\", and **WINKLE**=\"seafood\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Come to understand thread about European Union (4,2)","output":"### Answer: WISE UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Come to understand\n**WISP**=\"thread\" around **EU** (European Union)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish bleeding briefly (4)","output":"### Answer: RUDD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fish\ndefinition: the red-eye fish\n **RUDD**[y]=\"bleeding\", cut short"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Misguided betrothal to wet bedfellow? (3-5,6)","output":"### Answer: HOT-WATER BOTTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: bedfellow\n(betrothal to wet)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jumped in meadow for exercises (5)","output":"### Answer: LEAPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jumped\n**LEA**=\"meadow\" + **PT** (physical training)=\"exercises\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Defection by saint who gets answer in a bunch of flowers (8)","output":"### Answer: APOSTASY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Defection\n**ST** (saint) + **A** (answer); inside **A POSY**=\"a bunch of flowers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strange Greek lemon's a hybrid (7)","output":"### Answer: MONGREL \n ### Explanation: Definition: hybrid\n(Gr lemon)*; using Gr. as an abbreviation for \"Greek\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chap beginning to imbibe cocktail (7)","output":"### Answer: MARTINI \n ### Explanation: Definition: cocktail\n**MARTIN**=male name=\"Chap\" + the beginning letter of **I**[mbibe]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Proper outfit to go with odd hats? (5)","output":"### Answer: RIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Proper\n**RIG**=\"outfit\" + odd letters from **H**[a]**T**[s]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Volte-face occasioned by spell of dizziness linked to drinks ordered from the bar (9)","output":"### Answer: TURNROUND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Volte-face\n**TURN**=\"spell of dizziness\" + **ROUND**=\"drinks ordered from the bar\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Truth and openness initially is displayed by every Irish prime minister (9)","output":"### Answer: TAOISEACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Irish prime minister\ninitials of** T**[ruth] **A**[nd] **O**[penness] +** IS** + **EACH**=\"every\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Complaining re Erica's inclusion as a feminist writer (5)","output":"### Answer: GREER \n ### Explanation: Definition: feminist writer\nGermaine Greer is the writer \n hidden in [Complainin]**G RE ER**[ica]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old Frenchman to chuck out retro American vehicle (7)","output":"### Answer: OMNIBUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: vehicle\n**O** (old) + **M** (monsieur, Frenchman) + **BIN**=\"chuck out\" reversed\/\"retro\" + **US**=\"American\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lecturer going to a talk about new Australian food (7)","output":"### Answer: LASAGNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: food\n**L** (lecturer) + **A** + **GAS**=\"talk\" reversed\/\"about\" + **N** (new) + **A** (Australian)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scare cook contracted to produce snail on the menu (8)","output":"### Answer: ESCARGOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: snail on the menu\n(Scare)* + **GOT** [e.g as in caught a disease]=\"contracted\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recipe with stirred oats for lunch on Sunday? (5)","output":"### Answer: ROAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: lunch on Sunday\n**R** (recipe) + (oats)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor stupidly cuts organ with piles (7,7)","output":"### Answer: PLASTIC SURGEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Doctor\n(cuts organ piles)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Somehow halt Mo Farah before end of modern running event (4-8)","output":"### Answer: HALF-MARATHON \n ### Explanation: Definition: running event\n(halt Mo Farah)* + end letter of [moder]**N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sequence observed in perfect rainbow (5)","output":"### Answer: TRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sequence\nhidden in [perfec]**T RAIN**[bow]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Complaint about Iris Murdoch's last tart (9)","output":"### Answer: ARTHRITIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Complaint\n(Iris h tart)*, where the h is the last letter of [Murdoc]h"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finally solve Paul's 'Alien with an American shoulder piece' (7)","output":"### Answer: EPAULET \n ### Explanation: Definition: American \nUS spelling of 'epaulette'\n final letter from [solv]**E** + **PAUL** + **ET** (extraterrestrial)=\"Alien\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mistake involving a flower (7)","output":"### Answer: BLOOMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mistake\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mongolian warrior giving thanks to sailor (5)","output":"### Answer: TATAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mongolian warrior\n**TA**=\"thanks\" + **TAR**=\"sailor\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Languor shown as female setter ruined duet (9)","output":"### Answer: LASSITUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Languor\n**LASS**=\"female\" +** I**=\"setter\" + (duet)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nicer information about pictures of childcare facility (12)","output":"### Answer: KINDERGARTEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: childcare facility\n**KINDER**=\"Nicer\" + **GEN**=\"information\" around **ART**=\"pictures\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant found in bog round Sellafield (9)","output":"### Answer: GROUNDSEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant\nhidden in [bo]**G ROUND SEL**[lafield]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hospital doctor's a record holder (9)","output":"### Answer: REGISTRAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hospital doctor\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spear featuring in Anglo-Saxon epic given to Icelandic leader (7)","output":"### Answer: ASSAGAI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spear\n**AS** (Anglo-Saxon) + **SAGA**=\"epic\" + **I**[celandic]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Breath exhaled from a lush, drunk after swallowing vermouth (7)","output":"### Answer: HALITUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Breath exhaled\n(a lush)*; around **IT**=\"vermouth\" as in 'gin and it'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Watering holes draw in European animals (5)","output":"### Answer: BEARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: animals\n**BARS**=\"Watering holes\" around **E** (European)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Serious consequence of snog at last party (5)","output":"### Answer: GRAVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Serious\nlast of [sno]**G** + **RAVE**=\"party\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cola formula, almost pure drink (7)","output":"### Answer: ALCOHOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\n(Cola)* + **HOL**[y]=\"almost pure\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spread butter, with end of knife that's used to deliver liquid (7)","output":"### Answer: BURETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: used to deliver liquid\n(butter)* + [knif]**E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'K' is wrestling with Pat (sumo) (9)","output":"### Answer: POTASSIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: K\nK is the chemical symbol for Potassium\n (is Pat sumo)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Announced fruit's value (5)","output":"### Answer: GAUGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: value\nhomophone\/\"Announced\" of 'gage'=\"fruit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's taken by Mark, perhaps, to be a metalloid (8)","output":"### Answer: ANTIMONY \n ### Explanation: Definition: metalloid\n**I'M**=I am=one is=\"One's\"; inside **ANTONY**=\"Mark, perhaps\" as in Mark Antony the Roman general"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Support needed to hold C sharp (4)","output":"### Answer: ACID \n ### Explanation: Definition: s\n**AID**=\"Support\", around **C"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Talk drugs, mustard and marsh, say? (5)","output":"### Answer: GASES \n ### Explanation: Definition: mustard and marsh, say\ndefinition referring to e.g. mustard gas and marsh gas\n **GAS**=\"Talk\" + **E'S**=\"drugs\" as in e for 'ecstasy'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fancy doorbell, but not a respectable place (8)","output":"### Answer: BORDELLO \n ### Explanation: Definition: not a respectable place\n(doorbell)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stage broadcast worry (5)","output":"### Answer: PHASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stage\nhomophone\/\"broadcast\" of 'faze'=\"worry\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Instant cure-all, possibly composed of tiny pieces (9)","output":"### Answer: MOLECULAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: of tiny pieces\n**MO**=moment=\"Instant\" + (cure all)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: River transport laboratory item (4,4)","output":"### Answer: TEST TUBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: laboratory item\nthe **TEST** is a river in Hampshire; plus **TUBE**=London Underground=\"transport\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sharp cousin, several times removed, biting head off fellow (2,5)","output":"### Answer: IN FOCUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sharp\n(cousin)* around the head of **F**[ellow]\n \"removed\" is the anagrind as in re-moved"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Titled person on revolving bar (7)","output":"### Answer: COUNTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: bar\n**COUNT**=\"Titled person\"; plus **RE**=about=\"on\" reversed\/\"revolving\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Band's jacket recommendation? Not black (4)","output":"### Answer: BLUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Band\nBlur is an English rock band\n **BLUR**[b]=\"jacket recommendation\", minus b[lack]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hybrid court (8)","output":"### Answer: COMPOUND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hybrid\ndouble definition: something made of multiple parts; or an enclosed space"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vehicle carrying Latin duo (6)","output":"### Answer: COUPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: duo\n**COUPE**=\"Vehicle\" around L (Latin)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Iris affected with bust and shoulder inflammation (8)","output":"### Answer: BURSITIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: shoulder inflammation\n=a swelling around joints such as the shoulder\n (Iris bust)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sing about high priest's balloon content? (6)","output":"### Answer: HELIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: balloon content\n**HUM**=\"Sing\" around **ELI**=\"high priest\" in the Bible"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thumb stuck under a basic building block? (4)","output":"### Answer: ATOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: basic building block\n**TOM** Thumb the fairy tale character; under\/after **A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's probably not good to eat nasty people with a utensil (9)","output":"### Answer: TOADSTOOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's probably not good to eat\n**TOADS**=\"nasty people\" +\u00a0**TOOL**=\"utensil\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: All right at start of cruise, for example, to go round the Lizard? (5)","output":"### Answer: GECKO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lizard\n**OK**=\"All right\" + **C**[ruise] +\u00a0**E.G.**=\"for example\"; all reversed\/\"to go around\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Head appearing on large English coin (5)","output":"### Answer: NOBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: coin\n=a type of gold coin\n **NOB**=\"Head\" + **L** (large) + **E** (English)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wood to sell back disco? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: GOLF CLUB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wood\na \"Wood\" is a type of golf club\n **FLOG**=\"sell\" reversed\/\"back\"; plus **CLUB**=\"disco\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'To the bride', perhaps, in German (Browning) (8)","output":"### Answer: TOASTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Browning\n**TOAST**=\"'To the bride', perhaps\" + **IN** + **G** (German)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chemist and singer residing in the outskirts of Darwin (6)","output":"### Answer: DALTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chemist\nJohn Dalton \n **ALTO**=\"Singer\" in the outer letters of** D**[arwi]**N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Term for each moon day (6)","output":"### Answer: PERIOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Term\n**PER**=\"for each\" + **IO**=\"moon\" of Jupiter + **D** (day)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plan to acquire curling rink, including wide, controversial shoulder protection (4,4)","output":"### Answer: MINK WRAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: controversial shoulder protection\n**MAP**=\"Plan\" around (rink)* around **W** (wide, cricket abbreviation)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Was a killer from Isleworth? (4)","output":"### Answer: SLEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Was a killer\nhidden in [I]**SLEW**[orth]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Barista's warning police still? (7)","output":"### Answer: MUGSHOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: police \n\"still\" as in a photograph\n **MUG**'**S** **HOT**=\"Barista's warning\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tendentious bid may be put forward after no end of hesitation (7)","output":"### Answer: DOUBLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tendentious bid may be\na bid in bridge might be 'doubled' if the opposing team believe it can be beaten. \"Tendentious\" as in 'disagreed with'\n **LED**=\"put forward\"; after **DOUB**[t]=\"hesitation\" with no end letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Land one, punching Hilary (5)","output":"### Answer: BENIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Land\n**I**=\"one\", punching inside Hilary **BENN**, the Labour party politician"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be wildly excited putting pineapple to mouth (2,7)","output":"### Answer: GO BANANAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Be wildly excited\n**ANANAS**=genus of plants containing the \"pineapple\"; after **GOB**=\"mouth\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As naval fighter, put on a shade of blue (10)","output":"### Answer: AQUAMARINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: shade of blue\n**QUA**=Latin for 'in the capacity of' or \"As\"; **MARINE**=\"naval fighter\"; all after **A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless ring makes a measure of sound (3)","output":"### Answer: BEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: measure of sound\na decibel is a tenth of a bel\n **BEL**[L]=\"Endless ring\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The French please with a mixture of tulips and violas (3,4,5)","output":"### Answer: S\u2019IL VOUS PLAIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: The French please\n=\"The French [phrase for] please\"\n (tulips violas)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What Midas was given, extremely sensibly hidden, so long ago (7,5)","output":"### Answer: DONKEYS YEARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: long ago\nin Greek mythology, King Midas had **DONKEY EARS** [and tried to hide them]; around the extremes of **S**[ensibl]**Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fear wife's stuck in casualty (3)","output":"### Answer: AWE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fear\n**W** (wife) inside **A**&**E** (Accident & Emergency)=\"casualty\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Solicit a few pounds for Audrey's husband (10)","output":"### Answer: TOUCHSTONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Audrey's husband\nAudrey and Touchstone marry in Shakespeare's *As You Like It*\n **TOUCH**=\"Solicit\"; plus **STONE**=14 pounds in imperial measurements"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Popular edition getting everything topsy-turvy (9)","output":"### Answer: INVERSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: everything \n**IN**=\"Popular\" + **VERSION**=\"edition\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Penny in old money chucked back by such a fool (5)","output":"### Answer: APRIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: such a fool\nreferring to the April Fools' Day traditions\n **P** (Penny); inside **LIRA**=former Italian currency=\"old money\" reversed\/\"chucked back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Commonly, money (apart from euro) is thin (7)","output":"### Answer: THREADY \n ### Explanation: Definition: thin\n**TH**[**E**]** READY**=slang for cash=\"Commonly, money\", minus **E** for \"euro\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As soon as clocked in at work\u00adplace, given a hearing (2,5)","output":"### Answer: ON SIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: As soon as clocked\n\"clocked\" meaning \"seen\"\n homophone\/\"given a hearing\" of: 'on site'=\"at workplace\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Comic character who lacked a head for speaking (2,4)","output":"### Answer: MR BEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Comic character\nRowan Atkinson's famous character \n homophone\/\"for speaking\" of: 'missed a bean'=\"lacked a head\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Our crossword is a type one gets into (6)","output":"### Answer: GENIUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Our crossword\nthe Genius is a monthly Guardian crossword\n **GENUS**=\"type\", with **I**=\"one\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cleverly hide man and servant (10)","output":"### Answer: HANDMAIDEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: servant\n(hide man and)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Milne's one was doubly good (5)","output":"### Answer: TIGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Milne's one was doubly good\ndoubling the G (good) gives TIGGER, the tiger in A A Milne's *Winnie the Pooh *books"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be tenured, potentially offering security (9)","output":"### Answer: DEBENTURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: security\na type of financial security\n (Be tenured)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With speech, makes pots (4)","output":"### Answer: URNS \n ### Explanation: Definition: pots\nhomophone\/\"With speech\" of: 'earns'=\"makes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vikings used this pine club with a hole in it (8)","output":"### Answer: LONGBOAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vikings used this\n**LONG**=yearn=\"pine\" + **BAT**=\"club\" with **O**=\"hole\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fail to keep up in time? Wretched! (8)","output":"### Answer: DESOLATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wretched\n**LOSE**=\"Fail\", kept reversed\/\"up\" in **DATE**=\"time\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show off injuries from high-speed transport (6,4)","output":"### Answer: SPORTS CARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: high-speed transport\n**SPORT SCARS**=\"Show off injuries\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bombs huge town all round: that makes things sticky (9)","output":"### Answer: VISCOSITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: that makes things sticky\n**VIS**=V1s=\"Bombs\" ; plus **OS** (oversize)=\"huge\" inside **CITY**=\"town\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Visionary site laid out (8)","output":"### Answer: IDEALIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Visionary\n(site laid)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quick look as soon as finished (4-4)","output":"### Answer: ONCE-OVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quick look\n**ONCE OVER**=\"as soon as finished\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rotter's love, great mistake (6)","output":"### Answer: TOERAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rotter\n(O great)*; where O=zero=\"love\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fan of one of Europe's currencies almost pocketed each (6)","output":"### Answer: ZEALOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fan\n**ZLOT**[y]=\"almost\" the currency of Poland; pocketing **EA**. (each)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country's pro-Labour slogan? (5)","output":"### Answer: CONGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Country\n**CON GO** as in 'Conservative Party, go away' could be a \"pro-Labour slogan\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In a cell, what carries information regularly from Miranda (4)","output":"### Answer: MRNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: In a cell, what carries information\n=Messenger RNA \n regular letters from **M**[i]**R**[a]**N**[d]**A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poor, poor lady's taken in by unelected scientist? (5,3)","output":"### Answer: BADLY OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poor\n(lady); inside **BOFF**[in]=\"scientist\", with \"unelected\"=>'not in'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artificial intelligence, holding degree: key to manufacturing old computers (5)","output":"### Answer: ABACI \n ### Explanation: Definition: old computers\n**AI **(Artificial Intelligence); around **BA **(Bachelor of Arts)=\"degree\" plus the centre\/key of [manufa]**C**[turing]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most irritable clergyman grasps 1 + 100 + 1000 + 50 (10)","output":"### Answer: PRICKLIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most irritable\n**PRIEST**=\"clergyman\", around **I C K L** \u2013 ICL as Roman numerals for 1, 100, and 50 around K\/kilo for 1000"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Salesman returns carrying fish and device for removing skin (6)","output":"### Answer: PEELER \n ### Explanation: Definition: device for removing skin\n**REP**=\"Salesman\" reversed around **EEL**=\"fish\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Engaged? Let's dine out (8)","output":"### Answer: ENLISTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Engaged\n(Let's dine)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldier on after cutting tail from monster (7)","output":"### Answer: DRAGOON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Soldier\n**ON**; after **DRAGO**[n]=\"monster\" missing its end letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small, small net captures unknown eccentric barber (7,4)","output":"### Answer: SWEENEY TODD \n ### Explanation: Definition: barber\n=the fictional murderous London barber \n **S **(small) + **WEE**=\"small\" + **NET** around **Y**=maths variable=\"unknown\" + **ODD**=\"eccentric\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: During Christmas, to donate, give an extinct mammal (8)","output":"### Answer: MASTODON \n ### Explanation: Definition: extinct mammal\nhidden in [Christ]**MAS TO DON**[ate]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Noisy disagreement heard in fifth farm building? (6)","output":"### Answer: BARNEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Noisy disagreement\n=slang for a loud quarrel\n homophone of 'BARN E' which might be the fifth farm building after barns A, B, C, and D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heavy rain could possibly run into chest (10)","output":"### Answer: CLOUDBURST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Heavy rain\n(could)* + **R** (run, cricket abbreviation) inside **BUST**=\"chest\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How to get down from a whale? (4)","output":"### Answer: BLUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: down\nBLUE=sad=\"down\"; and referring to the blue whale"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man is 25, single and collects books (5)","output":"### Answer: BOBBY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Man\n25 down is BOYS, made single to give **BOY**; and around **B B** (short for book, twice)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kill weed accidentally? It's edible (4,4)","output":"### Answer: WILD LEEK \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's edible\n(Kill weed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boast about European Union, right, for one could wreck things (8)","output":"### Answer: SABOTEUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: one could wreck things\n(Boast)* + **EU** (European Union) + **R **(right)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Walk quietly on 17 ground (4)","output":"### Answer: PLOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Walk\n**P** (piano, quietly) + (old)*, where OLD is from 17 down, and \"ground\" is the anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Metal flying machine loses height (6)","output":"### Answer: COPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Metal\n**C**[h]**OPPER**=helicopter=\"flying machine\", minus h for height"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dignitary has fine, fine diamonds gold-plated (7)","output":"### Answer: OFFICER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dignitary\n**F F** (fine, fine) + **ICE**=\"diamonds\"; all inside **OR**=\"gold\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spy knows Russian ambassador never starts revolution (4)","output":"### Answer: NARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spy\nthe starting letters to **K**[nows] **R**[ussian] **A**[mbassador]** N**[ever]; reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In 25, that's fighting over English clothes (10)","output":"### Answer: LADIESWEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: c\n**LADS**=BOYS=25 down; around **I.E.**=that is=\"that's\"; plus **WAR**=\"fighting\" around **E** (English)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's cryptic woman's paper (6)","output":"### Answer: TISSUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: paper\n(it's)*, plus **SUE**=\"woman\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They illuminate gentle origins of some plants (5,5)","output":"### Answer: LIGHT BULBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They illuminate\n**LIGHT**=\"gentle\" + **BULBS**=\"origins of some plants\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Act with mistakes when naked (3)","output":"### Answer: LAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Act\ndefinition as in an Act of Parliament\n [f]**LAW**[s]=\"mistakes\", made \"naked\" by removing its outer letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aged around 500,500? (3)","output":"### Answer: OLD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Aged\naround 50**\/**0,**\/**500 => around \"50\", \"0\" and \"500\" => around **L**, put an **O** and a **D**\n where L and D are Roman numerals for 50 and 500"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Performs shoots (8)","output":"### Answer: EXECUTES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Performs\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps Julie wanders about (7)","output":"### Answer: ANDREWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perhaps Julie\nJulie Andrews the actress and singer \n (wanders)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They're creatively said \u2014 line's blown initially (2-4)","output":"### Answer: AD-LIBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They're creatively said\n(said L b)*, where \"creatively\" is the anagram indicator, and the L and b come from L[ine's] b[lown]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Find courage in drink (6)","output":"### Answer: BOTTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: courage\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Young men or unruly yobs? (4)","output":"### Answer: BOYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Y\n(yobs)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Account of Liberals making a comeback (4)","output":"### Answer: BILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Account\n**L LIB** (two abbreviations for Liberal i.e. two \"Liberals\"), reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: South African (half-cut) visits Sark etc, receiving cheers (also half-cut) for vegetable (8)","output":"### Answer: ZUCCHINI \n ### Explanation: Definition: vegetable\n**ZU**[LU]=\"South African (half-cut)\"; plus **CI** (Channel Islands)=\"Sark etc\" around **CHIN**-[chin]=a toast=\"cheers (also half-cut)\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Planet-beater, head to tail (5)","output":"### Answer: EARTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Planet\n**HEART**=\"beater\", with the \"head\" letter moving to the \"tail\" of the word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ring animal back, alright? (4)","output":"### Answer: OKAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: alright\n**O**=circle=\"Ring\"; plus **YAK**=\"animal\" reversed\/\"back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant tool for gardener getting quiet leg-over (10)","output":"### Answer: NIPPLEWORT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant\n**TROWEL**=\"tool for gardener\" + **P **(piano)=\"quiet\" + **PIN**=\"leg\"; all reversed\/\"over\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Born villain's dialect? (6)","output":"### Answer: BROGUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: dialect\n**B **(born) + **ROGUE**=\"villain\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having coat on boat, catching river fish (8)","output":"### Answer: MACKEREL \n ### Explanation: Definition: fish\n**MAC**=\"coat\" + **KEEL**=\"boat\" around **R** (river)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trick and joke, reportedly, with clog (7)","output":"### Answer: CONGEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: clog\n**CON**=\"Trick\" +** GEST**=homophone of 'jest'=\"joke, reportedly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fabric persona non grata's getting time after time (7)","output":"### Answer: TEXTILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fabric\n**EXILE**=\"persona non grata\", around **T** (time); and all after **T** (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ghostly second muscle wanting nothing (8)","output":"### Answer: SPECTRAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ghostly\n**S** (second) + **PECT**[o]**RAL**=\"muscle\", missing\/\"wanting\" a O=\"nothing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Preparing to play with erotic writer, pull out (6)","output":"### Answer: TUNING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Preparing to play"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unknown pianist hugging unknown tree (5-5)","output":"### Answer: YLANG YLANG \n ### Explanation: Definition: tree"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part \u2014 of backward Time Lord? (4)","output":"### Answer: ROLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part\nhidden inside [part of] \"Tim**E LOR**d\", reversed\/\"backward\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dance and drink to sailor's return (5)","output":"### Answer: RUMBA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dance\n**RUM**=\"drink\" + reversal\/\"return\" of** AB**=\"sailor\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: RADA 5, surprisingly, aboard floating zoo with one of its occupants? (8)","output":"### Answer: AARDVARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: one of its occupants?\nanagram of **RADA** with **V**=\"5\" in Roman numerals\"; plus **ARK**=\"floating zoo\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cowboy giving some of his money to a bounder (8)","output":"### Answer: BUCKAROO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cowboy\n**BUCK**=\"money\" + **A** + [kanga]**ROO**=\"bounder\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Read the future \u2014 frightening, empty (4)","output":"### Answer: SCRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Read the future\n**SC**[a]**RY**=\"frightening\" with its centre empty"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Intended fund to have name excised (6)","output":"### Answer: FIANC\u00c9 \n ### Explanation: Definition: Intended\n**FI**[n]**ANCE**=\"fund\" as a verb; with n for \"name\" removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vacuum-maker finds first-rate Bottom cradling head of Puck (3-4)","output":"### Answer: AIR-PUMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vacuum-maker\nAir pumps can be used to create vacuums\n**AI**=A1=\"first-rate\" + **RUMP**=\"Bottom\" around **P**[uck]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Film the French keeping distance from film (8)","output":"### Answer: PELLICLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: film\ndefinition: a thin membrane or film\n**PIC**=movie=\"Film\" + **LE**=\"the [in] French\"; around **ELL**=a unit of \"distance\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bullied ex-PM husbanding rhythm and energy (10)","output":"### Answer: BROWBEATEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bullied\nGordon **BROWN**=\"ex-PM\", around **BEAT**=\"rhythm\" and **E** (energy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fee for one being looked after (6)","output":"### Answer: CHARGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fee\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cutting back on concerts in system that favours fat cats? (3,7)","output":"### Answer: GIG ECONOMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: system that favours fat cats\nthe phrase could also be read as 'being economical with music gigs'=\"Cutting back on concerts\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Homeless animal's style of singing captivates carrier (5,3)","output":"### Answer: STRAY CAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Homeless animal\n**SCAT**=\"style of singing\" around **TRAY**=\"carrier\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Letter to innkeeper (8)","output":"### Answer: LANDLORD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Letter to innkeeper\n\"Letter\" meaning a person letting out a space to another, rather than a written message"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unhygienic person strangely able to get cigarette out (7)","output":"### Answer: FLEABAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unhygienic person\n(able)*; with **FAG**=\"cigarette\" outside it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mate's essay is far from great (6)","output":"### Answer: PALTRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: far from great\n**PAL**=\"Mate\" + **TRY**=\"essay\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rows about origin of ginger cats (6)","output":"### Answer: TIGERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: cats\n**TIERS**=\"Rows\" around **G**[inger]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party's not initially serious (4)","output":"### Answer: RAVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Party\n[g]**RAVE**=\"serious\" without the first initial"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perform decisively in shabby affair (4,8)","output":"### Answer: MEAN BUSINESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perform decisively\n**MEAN**=\"shabby\" + **BUSINESS**=\"affair\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing to salute in officers' camp? (5)","output":"### Answer: OFLAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: officers' camp\ndefinition: a prisoner of war camp for officers\n**O FLAG**='zero\/no flag'=\"Nothing to salute?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fine clues sold for a pound (9)","output":"### Answer: CLOUDLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fine\n(clues sold)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Desperately anxious, pointing cryptically to knee? (3,4)","output":"### Answer: MAD KEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Desperately anxious\n'mad' could be a cryptic instruction to find an anagram, so 'mad keen' could indicate \"knee\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poacher in river or lake breaking heart (7)","output":"### Answer: TICKLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poacher in river\ndefinition: trout tickling can be used to poach fish\n**L** (lake) breaking into **TICKER**=\"heart\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Around Stoke, nasty trace from this source of industrial pollution (10)","output":"### Answer: SMOKESTACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: source of industrial pollution\n**SMACK**=a tinge or \"trace\"; around (Stoke)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cautious and tired, losing energy (4)","output":"### Answer: WARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cautious\n**W**[e]**ARY**=\"tired\", losing e (energy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Responsibility for tax (4)","output":"### Answer: DUTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Responsibility\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brief topic set out in cable (5,5)","output":"### Answer: FIBRE OPTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: cable\n(Brief topic)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Female, a gem that cheat pulls (4,3)","output":"### Answer: FAST ONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: that cheat pulls\ndefinition: 'pulling a fast one' is something that a cheat does\n**F** (female) + **A** + **STONE**=\"gem\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A class act (7)","output":"### Answer: PERFORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: act\n**PER**=\"A\" as in 'once a day' + **FORM**=\"class\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Offer by Conservative candidate (9)","output":"### Answer: CONTENDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: candidate\n**TENDER**=\"Offer\", after **CON** (Conservative)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Don't insist on greeting being heard (5)","output":"### Answer: WAIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Don't insist on\nhomophone of 'wave'=\"greeting\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flyer, insured for a crash, works easily (4-8)","output":"### Answer: USER-FRIENDLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: works easily\n(Flyer insured)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clumsy admiral to get transferred (9)","output":"### Answer: MALADROIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clumsy\n(admiral to)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish certainly around island (8)","output":"### Answer: ANGLESEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: island\n**ANGLE**=\"Fish\" as a verb; **YES**=\"certainly\" reversed\/\"around\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Forbid eating firm meat (5)","output":"### Answer: BACON \n ### Explanation: Definition: meat\n**BAN**=\"Forbid\" around **CO** (company, \"firm\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Zippy little number to bear evidence of damage (6,3)","output":"### Answer: SPORTS CAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Zippy little number\n**SPORT SCAR**=\"bear evidence of damage\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Indicate agreement with reserve, there's nothing doing (2,4)","output":"### Answer: NO DICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: nothing doing\n**NOD**=\"Indicate agreement\" + **ICE**=coldness of manner, \"reserve\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Period charm (5)","output":"### Answer: SPELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Period\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: World of society in care of doctors (6)","output":"### Answer: COSMOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: World\n**S** (society) inside **C\/O**=\"care of\" +** MOS** (Medical Officers, \"doctors\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: For one fishing, nothing right in salmon river (6)","output":"### Answer: OSPREY \n ### Explanation: Definition: For one fishing\n**O**=zero, \"nothing\"; plus **R** (right) inside **SPEY**=river in Scotland known for salmon fishing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rabbit hoping to avoid duck? (4-5)","output":"### Answer: TAIL-ENDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rabbit hoping to avoid duck\ndefinition: a cricketer low down the batting order\nin cricket, \"Rabbit\" means someone not good at batting, and a \"duck\" means getting out without scoring a run"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer on computer matters, unknown expert (9)","output":"### Answer: AUTHORITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: expert\n**AUTHOR**=\"Writer\" + **IT** (Information Technology)=\"computer matters\" + **Y**=\"unknown\" variable in maths"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Men supporting bachelor disputed something for wedding? (8)","output":"### Answer: BORROWED \n ### Explanation: Definition: s\ndefinition as in 'something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue\"\n**OR **(other ranks, military \"men\") after **B** (bachelor); plus **ROWED**=had a row=\"disputed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spoil appearance of part of the cafe, disabled needing a lift (6)","output":"### Answer: DEFACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spoil appearance\nhidden inside\/\"part of\" [th]**E CAFE D**[isabled]; and reversed\/\"needing a lift\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slicing tops off salad plant is burden (6)","output":"### Answer: CUMBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: burden\n[cu]**CUMBER**=\"salad plant\" with the top letters cut off"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put a fold in party clothes (3-3)","output":"### Answer: DOG-EAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put a fold in\n**DO**=\"party\" + **GEAR**=\"clothes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Partly fills in useless hole in the head (5)","output":"### Answer: SINUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: hole in the head\nhidden in [fill]**S IN US**[eless]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contract is in wallet (5)","output":"### Answer: PURSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Contract\ndouble definition: \"Contract\" as in 'purse one's lips'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They may draw diners in and earn some cash, totally without tips (6)","output":"### Answer: AROMAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They may draw diners in\n[e]**AR**[n] [s]**OM**[e] [c]**AS**[h], without their outer letters\/\"tips\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Less than striking action in game's nadir (2-4)","output":"### Answer: GO-SLOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Less than striking action\ndefinition: industrial \"action\" where workers reduce their output, rather than going on strike\n **GO'S**=\"[the board] game's\" + **LOW**=\"nadir\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Holy, as reflected by almost all doctrine (6)","output":"### Answer: SACRED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Holy\n**AS** reversed\/reflected; plus almost all letters of **CRE**[e]**D**=\"doctrine\"\n *Edit: grantinfreo suggests the neater **CRED**[o]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relating to the elements, reach\u00ading exciting conclusions once carbon's extracted (8)","output":"### Answer: CLIMATIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relating to the elements\n**CLIMA**[c]**TIC**=\"reaching exciting conclusions\"; with C for \"carbon\" removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Draw, as rule, after switching sides (4)","output":"### Answer: LURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Draw\n**RULE**, with R and L (right and left, \"sides\") switching places"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mastered an amended part of commercial vocabulary (5,5)","output":"### Answer: TRADE NAMES \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of commercial vocabulary\n(Mastered an)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Centres of population, as found in the rest of the across answers (5,6)","output":"### Answer: INNER CITIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Centres of population\ncity names are found inside the across answers \u2013 see grid pictured"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Equivalent of money, including capital, that is at the upper limit of growth (10)","output":"### Answer: TIMBERLINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: upper limit of growth\ndefinition: a treeline, the edge of where trees are growing\n **TIME** is money, proverbially; around **BERLIN**=\"capital\" city"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Letters regularly falling out of mailbags, unfortunately (4)","output":"### Answer: ALAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: unfortunately\nregular letters removed from [m]**A**[i]**L**[b]**A**[g]**S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Starting to create family in which you are reportedly growing up (8)","output":"### Answer: MATURING \n ### Explanation: Definition: growing up\n**MATING**=\"Starting to create family\"; around **U R**=homophones of 'you' and 'are'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seabird needed by grateful mariner (6)","output":"### Answer: FULMAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seabird\nhidden in [grate]**FUL MAR**[iner]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vocal performance in opera included by impresario sometimes (6)","output":"### Answer: ARIOSO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vocal performance in opera\ndefinition: a type of solo vocal pieces\n hidden in [impres]**ARIO SO**[metimes]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soon switched my name, such as Brendan (6)","output":"### Answer: ANONYM \n ### Explanation: Definition: name, such as Brendan\ndefinition: another word for pseudonym\n **ANON**=\"Soon\" + **MY** reversed\/switched"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Number of characters in Romeo and Juliet older than Juliet? Just so (8)","output":"### Answer: FOURTEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: older than Juliet? Just so\nJuliet is 13 in the Shakespeare play\n there are **FOURTEEN** letters\/characters in the phrase \"Romeo and Juliet\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outlaw said in France to be gang member (6)","output":"### Answer: BANDIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: gang member\n**BAN**=\"Outlaw\" as a verb; **DIT**=French past participle of 'dire'\/'to say'=\"said in France\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of scale that is least likely to collapse (8)","output":"### Answer: SOLIDEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: least likely to collapse\n**SOL**=\"Part of [musical] scale\" + **ID EST**=i.e.=\"that is\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A large group of hunters ending off a domesticated mammal (6)","output":"### Answer: ALPACA \n ### Explanation: Definition: domesticated mammal\n**A** + **L** (large) + **PAC**[k]=\"group of hunters\" with the end letter off + **A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cooling system in a vehicle that's helpful for summer? (6)","output":"### Answer: ABACUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's helpful for summer\ndefinition: \"summer\" as in someone doing sums\n **A**\/**C** (air conditioning)=\"Cooling system\"; in **A BUS**=\"a vehicle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Apply bleach when covering it (6)","output":"### Answer: WHITEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Apply bleach\n**WHEN** around **IT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Almost fight over articles about cold fatty snack (11)","output":"### Answer: SCRATCHINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: fatty snack\ndefinition: as in pork scratchings\n **SCRA**[p]=\"Almost fight\" + **THINGS**=\"articles\" around **C** (cold)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rise late, perhaps \u2014 or before all the others (8)","output":"### Answer: EARLIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: before all the others\n(Rise late)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Allowing to get licence, finally, and catch fish (8)","output":"### Answer: ENABLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Allowing\nfinal letter of [licenc]**E **+ **NAB**=\"catch\" +** LING**=type of \"fish\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Producer of drone group of spies used to trap villain (6)","output":"### Answer: CICADA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Producer of drone\nin definition, \"drone\" as in a buzzing noise\n **CIA**=\"group of spies\" around **CAD**=\"villain\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It spells end of vegetation, when put on a tree (6)","output":"### Answer: NAPALM \n ### Explanation: Definition: It spells end of vegetation, when put on a tree\ndefinition: a chemical weapon effective at clearing vegetation\n end letter of [vegetatio]**N** + **A PALM**=\"a tree\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Virus that is pierced by old medical instrument (6)","output":"### Answer: BOUGIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: medical instrument\ndefinition: a thin cylinder used in surgery\n **BUG**=\"Virus\" plus **I.E.**=\"that is\"; and around **O** (old)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Initially formed euphemism from guy mostly concealing name (6)","output":"### Answer: EFFING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Initially formed euphemism\n**EFFIG**[y]=\"guy mostly\"; around **N** (name)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lie initially told every second by party supporter (4,5)","output":"### Answer: TALL STORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lie\nT[old] + ALL=\"every\" + S (second) + TORY=\"party supporter\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lie told for whom in France? (5)","output":"### Answer: PORKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lie\nhomophone\/\"told\" of: 'pour qui'=\"for whom\" in French"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Witch hunt based on lie under oath: say that's not right (5)","output":"### Answer: PURGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Witch hunt\nPURGE[r] is a homophone\/\"say\" of 'perjure'=\"lie under oath\", minus the final r (right)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How to counter lies online in a climate when facts are deemed unimportant (4-5)","output":"### Answer: POST-TRUTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: a climate when facts are deemed unimportant\nPOST [as in submit to an online forum] TRUTH could be a way \"to counter lies online\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where you might fabricate truth, or the end of reality (7)","output":"### Answer: FACTORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where you might fabricate\nFACT=\"truth\" + OR + [realit]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Corrupt imprisoned politician expelled, losing nothing, is one in the know (7)","output":"### Answer: INSIDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one in the know\n(imprisoned)*, minus MP=\"politician\" and also minus O=\"nothing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Positioned with prejudice \u2026 Boatman is excluded (5)","output":"### Answer: BASED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Positioned\nB[i]ASED=\"with prejudice\", minus I=\"Boatman\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gathering for church service with uncrowned head of state (7)","output":"### Answer: MASSING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gathering\nMASS=\"church service\" + [k]ING=\"uncrowned head of state\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Replace sound of funky drum\u00adbeat with a master track's first cut (5)","output":"### Answer: REDUB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Replace sound\n(drumbeat)*, minus the first letters of 'a m[aster] t[rack]'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stars from the French movie finally to confront awful lies (7)","output":"### Answer: \u00c9TOILES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stars from the French\n[movi]E + TO + (lies)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attitudes fixed in time, oddly in dissent (7)","output":"### Answer: MINDSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Attitudes\nI think this is: MIN (minute)=\"time\" + odd letters from D[i]S[s]E[n]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boatman, shouldering hod etc, I rebuilt shared house (9)","output":"### Answer: COHABITED \n ### Explanation: Definition: shared house\nAB=sailor=\"Boatman\"; inside (hod etc I)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leader of Parliament adopts untruths and fancy footwork (5)","output":"### Answer: PLI\u00c9S \n ### Explanation: Definition: fancy footwork\na pli\u00e9 is a knee bend in ballet\nP[arliament] + LIES=\"untruths\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bullish attitude to truth: you are allegedly excluded (3-2)","output":"### Answer: CAN-DO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bullish attitude\nCANDO[ur]=\"truth\" minus 'u r'=\"you are\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Club act has change of heart: he's involved in scam (9)","output":"### Answer: TRUNCHEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Club\nTURN=\"act\", with the order of \"heart\" letters U and R changed around; plus HE inside CON=\"scam\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blow a high note: put in valve (8)","output":"### Answer: STOPCOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: valve\nSOCK=a punch=\"Blow\"; with TOP C=\"high note\" put inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cycle rickshaw carrying dean, say (6)","output":"### Answer: CLERIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: dean, say\nhidden in [Cy]CLE RIC[kshaw]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As one seen circling a star is con\u00addemned as idolater (10)","output":"### Answer: ASTEROIDAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: As one seen circling a star\n(as idolater)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Firm without any deceit to speak of generates yield (6)","output":"### Answer: COMPLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: yield\nCOMP[any]=\"Firm\", minus \"any\", plus LY as a homophone of 'lie'=\"deceit to speak of\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old clothing for young goyim, regularly seen on the cricket field (8)","output":"### Answer: GYMSLIPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old clothing for young\nregular letters from G[o]Y[i]M + SLIPS=fielders in a cricket team"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pants on fire, missing point of argument (4)","output":"### Answer: SPAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: argument\n(Pants)*, minus N (north)=\"point\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Underdog, abused but connected to reality (8)","output":"### Answer: GROUNDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: connected to reality\n(Underdog)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something read in Deuteronomy? This is not true (4)","output":"### Answer: MYTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: not true\nhidden in [Deuterono]MY TH[is]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lie about moral strength (5)","output":"### Answer: FIBRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: moral strength\nFIB=\"Lie\" + RE=\"about\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quail flock found in tight plastic binding (10)","output":"### Answer: SHRINKPACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: tight plastic binding\nSHRINK [from sth]=\"Quail\" + PACK=\"flock\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Give the lie to root in U-turn (5)","output":"### Answer: REBUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Give the lie to\nTUBER=\"root\" reversed\/\"in U-turn\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Freeing from fear of old truth in government (8)","output":"### Answer: SOOTHING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Freeing from fear\nSOOTH=\"old [word for] truth\" + IN + G (government)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Falsify view of security service on country (8)","output":"### Answer: MISSTATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Falsify view\nMI'S (Military Intelligence's)=\"of security service\"; plus STATE=\"country\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fabricated clue for a cheese (4-2)","output":"### Answer: MADE-UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fabricated\nMADE-UP in a cryptic clue could indicate a reversal of MADE, giving EDAM cheese"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Despicable types of false witness wasting time (6)","output":"### Answer: SWINES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Despicable types\n(witness)* minus T (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Either way, it's a mistake (4)","output":"### Answer: BOOB \n ### Explanation: Definition: a mistake\nas a palindrome, BOOB reads the same 'either way'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drunk son serving wine bottles (9)","output":"### Answer: PLASTERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drunk\nS (son); bottled inside PLATE=a \"serving\" of food + RED=\"wine\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man entering pub's rejected treatment (5)","output":"### Answer: REHAB \n ### Explanation: Definition: treatment\nHE=\"Man\" inside BAR=\"pub\"; all reversed\/\"rejected\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hit ten? Dua Lipa sings part on piano (10,5)","output":"### Answer: SUSTAINING PEDAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: part on piano\n(ten Dua Lipa sings)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Half of inked design around middle of her nipple (4)","output":"### Answer: TEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: nipple\nTAT[too]=\"Half of inked design\", around middle of [h]E[r]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shout was one of hers coming back: worried, heading to scary howls (8)","output":"### Answer: ULULATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: howls\n\"Shout\" was a hit single for LULU reversed\/\"back\"; plus ATE=\"worried\" as in 'what's eating you?'; plus head of S[cary]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Got it: Prince, with reference to Virginia, lied terribly (9)","output":"### Answer: PREVAILED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Got it\nP (Prince) + RE=\"with reference to\" + VA (Virginia) + (lied)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suspect Harry is holding back in Scotland Yard (5)","output":"### Answer: DODGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Suspect\nDOG=to harass=\"Harry\" around the back of [Scotlan]D; plus Y (yard)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Resists American money (5)","output":"### Answer: BUCKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Resists\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appreciates marks on wicket, batting first (9)","output":"### Answer: INCREASES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Appreciates\nin cricket, CREASES=\"marks on wicket\", and IN=\"batting\" put first"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Floods where Moses was found (8)","output":"### Answer: INRUSHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Floods\nin the Bible, Moses was found IN RUSHES on the banks of the Nile river"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Early victim of some Bible-basher turned back (4)","output":"### Answer: ABEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Early victim of some Bible-bash\nAbel was killed by Cain in the Bible\n hidden\/\"some\" reversed\/\"turned back\" inside [Bib]LE BA[sher]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hotel's crap iron's rubbish for folds \u2026 (8,7)","output":"### Answer: HOSPITAL CORNERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: folds\ndefinition: a way of folding sheets under a mattress\n (Hotel's crap iron's)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 iron, not working over fold, to turn red, perhaps? (5)","output":"### Answer: RIPEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: turn red, perhaps\nIR[on], minus the 'on'=\"working\" and reversed\/\"over\"; plus PEN=enclose=\"fold\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Another to court men one takes out (9)","output":"### Answer: EXTRACTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: one takes out\nEXTRA=\"Another\" + CT (court) + OR (other ranks, military \"men\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Submit shortly after sex (5)","output":"### Answer: POSIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Submit\na shortening of POS[t]=\"after\"; plus IT=\"sex\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: While embracing model escort is in danger (2,5)","output":"### Answer: AT STAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: in danger\nAS=\"While\" around \"model\" T; plus TAKE=\"escort\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mouth of river feeding water supply (4)","output":"### Answer: TRAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mouth\nR (river) inside TAP=\"water supply\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Buzz Aldrin not half getting acceleration due to gravity (4)","output":"### Answer: RING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Buzz\n[Ald]RIN without the first half; plus G=gravitational~~ constant~~ acceleration in physics=\"acceleration due to gravity\"\u00a0*Edit thanks to pavement in the comments"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slip into supermarket for reduction: avoid one with bill (6,4)","output":"### Answer: DONALD DUCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: one with bill\nDON=\"Slip into\" some clothes; ALD[i]=\"supermarket\" reduced; DUCK=\"avoid\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guy, large one having scales go up on this? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: ROPE LADDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: go up on this\nROPE=\"Guy\" + L (large) + ADDER=\"one having scales\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With cases of holiday diarrhoea, tandoori ultimately contained tapeworm larva (7)","output":"### Answer: HYDATID \n ### Explanation: Definition: tapeworm larva\n\"cases\" or outer letters of H[olida]Y D[iarrhoe]A T[andoor]I, plus the ultimate letter of [containe]D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sell-by date's close: US shifting targets (9)","output":"### Answer: BULLSEYES \n ### Explanation: Definition: targets\n(Sell by [dat]e US)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Join masses dancing for music performance (3,7)","output":"### Answer: JAM SESSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: music performance\n(Join masses)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poor English grade after that subject is not taught (10)","output":"### Answer: ILLITERATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: is not taught\nILL=\"Poor\"; plus E (english) + RATE=\"grade\" both after IT=the thing referred to as 'that'=\"that subject\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supplier protecting this writer, following book launch, primarily (9)","output":"### Answer: PUBLISHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Supplier protecting this writer, following book launch, primarily\nPUSHER=\"Supplier\" around all of: I=\"this writer\" after B[ook] L[aunch]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gets into a ball with corkscrew and drink (5,2)","output":"### Answer: CURLS UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gets into a ba\nCURL=\"corkscrew\" + SUP=\"drink\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Field for guinea pig? (7)","output":"### Answer: SUBJECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Field\ndouble definition: an area of expertise; or a test subject"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No-hoper is more relaxed with one round to go (5)","output":"### Answer: LOSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: No-hoper\nLO[o]SER=\"more relaxed\", with a round 'o' to go away"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Droppings from small animal (4)","output":"### Answer: SCAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Droppings\nS (small) + CAT=\"animal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Live on a field (4)","output":"### Answer: AREA \n ### Explanation: Definition: field\n[we] ARE=[we] \"Live\"; plus A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Noticed poles impeding top player (6)","output":"### Answer: SENSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Noticed\nNS (North & South \"poles\") inside SEED=\"top player\" in e.g. a tennis tournament"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Train sailor to grasp gallons and miles in Arabic maths (8)","output":"### Answer: ALGORISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arabic maths"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It justifies a game I introduced to Georgia (8)","output":"### Answer: APOLOGIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: It justifies\ndefinition: an argument in defence of a position\nA + POLO=\"game\" + I inside GA (Georgia, US state)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old cross hides another one that's worn (6)","output":"### Answer: OXFORD \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's worn\ndefinition: an 'Oxford' is a style of shoe\nO (old) + FORD=\"cross [a river]\"; with X=\"another [cross]\" hiding inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Support film about extremely serious lady of letters (12)","output":"### Answer: POSTMISTRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: lady of letters\nPOST=e.g. a pole used for \"Support\" + MIST=thin layer=\"film\" + RE=\"about\" + S[eriou]S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anyone can edit this when it's keyed in at the start (4)","output":"### Answer: WIKI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Anyone can edit this"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A murder suspect finally admits items in hearing (8)","output":"### Answer: EARDRUMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: items in hearing\n(A murder)*, with \"suspect\" as in 'odd' as an anagrind; plus final letter of [admit]S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cleaners collect award for bar's accommodation (8)","output":"### Answer: CHAMBERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: bar's accommodation\ndefinition: rooms used by barristers\nCHARS=\"Cleaners\" around MBE (Member of the\u2026 British Empire)=\"award\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Owner-occupier's about to secure centre (4)","output":"### Answer: CORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: centre\nhidden\/secured inside [Own]ER OC[cupier], reversed\/\"about\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Audiences encourage junior theatre employee (5,7)","output":"### Answer: HOUSE SURGEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: junior"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Latin law primarily explains Middle East language unit (6)","output":"### Answer: LEXEME \n ### Explanation: Definition: language unit \ndefinition: a word or phrase as a unit of vocabulary\nLEX=\"Latin [for] law\" + first letters of E[xplains] M[iddle] E[ast]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English teacher blocks new idea for hymn (4,4)","output":"### Answer: DIES IRAE \n ### Explanation: Definition: hymn\ndefinition: a Latin hymn\nE (English) + SIR=\"teacher\"; all inside (idea)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left son in to inspire French publisher (8)","output":"### Answer: LAROUSSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: French publisher\ndefinition: a French publisher known for their dictionaries\nL (Left); plus S (son) inside AROUSE=\"inspire\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little brown jug for Guinness, say (6)","output":"### Answer: BREWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Guinness, say\ndefinition: as in the brand of beer\nBR[own]=\"Little brown\" + EWER=\"jug\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show wrong sign in European river (4)","output":"### Answer: EXPO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Show\nX=a cross e.g. marking an incorrect answer=\"wrong sign\"; inside E (European) + PO=\"river\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Theory of self very much limits one's morals at first (9)","output":"### Answer: SOLIPSISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Theory of self\nSO=\"very much\" + LIPS='edges' or 'rims'=\"limits\" + I'S=\"one's\" + M[orals]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Detective gets rough synopsis (6)","output":"### Answer: DIGEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: synopsis\nDI (Detective Inspector) + (gets)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Johnson's self-assessment: he's glad to work with 14 (1,8,6)","output":"### Answer: A HARMLESS DRUDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Johnson's self-assessment\nSamuel Johnson defined 'lexicographer' as: *'a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words'*\n(He's glad EARDRUMS)*, using the solution to 14ac as part of the fodder"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Word list fool set up in delight (8)","output":"### Answer: GLOSSARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Word list\nASS=\"fool\", reversed\/\"up\" inside GLORY=\"delight\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Send on tablet stolen from joint (5)","output":"### Answer: REFER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Send on\ne=ecstasy \"tablet\"; removed from R[e]EFER=\"joint\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lock minutes in small cupboard as reading aid (6,4)","output":"### Answer: STRESS MARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: reading aid\ndefinition: a mark used to show that a syllable should be stressed\nTRESS=\"Lock\" of hair, plus M (minutes); all inside S (small) + ARK=\"cupboard\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deft old secretary HM enlisted shows patience with capital, maybe (5,5)","output":"### Answer: LIGHT OPERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: patience with capital, maybe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arcane ceremony involves topless runner-up (9)","output":"### Answer: RECONDITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arcane\nRITE=\"ceremony\" around [s]ECOND=\"topless runner-up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dramatist's The Old Weavers (8)","output":"### Answer: WEBSTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dramatist's"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Right note upset acoustic device (6)","output":"### Answer: REVERB \n ### Explanation: Definition: acoustic device\nR (Right) + BREVE=\"note\" reversed\/\"upset\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American shorthand fast enough? Not entirely (5)","output":"### Answer: STENO \n ### Explanation: Definition: American shorthand\ndefinition: informal US word for stenography i.e. shorthand\nhidden in [fa]ST ENO[ugh]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Check out ancient coin in church (4)","output":"### Answer: CASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Check out\ndefinition: as in 'casing a home' before a burglary\nAS=a Roman coin; inside CE (Church of England)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criticise German in crumbling paradise (9)","output":"### Answer: DISPARAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Criticise\nG (German) inside (paradise)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cracked globe returned by King Edward, initially (5)","output":"### Answer: BROKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cracked\nORB=\"globe\", reversed\/returned; plus K[ing] E[dward]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Acclaim unlimited rations, following boundless love (7)","output":"### Answer: OVATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Acclaim\n[r]ATION[s] after [l]OV[e]; with outer letters (i.e. the 'limits' or 'bounds') removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Muscles in short time before additional message (7)","output":"### Answer: TRICEPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Muscles\nTRICE=\"short time\"; PS (post script)=\"additional message\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strict doctor with papers (5)","output":"### Answer: RIGID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Strict\nRIG=falsify, tamper with results=\"doctor\"; plus ID (identification papers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plot everything with setter surrounded by books about religion (9)","output":"### Answer: ALLOTMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plot\nALL=\"everything\"; plus ME=\"setter\" inside OT and NT (Old Testament and New Testament)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bury substitute \u2014 talented and transposable (15)","output":"### Answer: INTERCHANGEABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: transposable\nINTER=\"Bury\" + CHANGE=\"substitute\" + ABLE=\"talented\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unusual foresight is a bonus not to be questioned (4,5)","output":"### Answer: GIFT HORSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: bonus not to be questioned\nfrom the idiom of 'don't look a gift horse in the mouth'\n(foresight)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Collapse of square block (5)","output":"### Answer: SLUMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: C\nS (square) + LUMP=\"block\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Superficial sea foam expert (7)","output":"### Answer: SURFACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Superficial\nSURF=\"sea foam\" + ACE=\"expert\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mobilises right supporters (7)","output":"### Answer: RALLIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mobilises\nR (right) + ALLIES=\"supporters\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gather in the morning on a ship (5)","output":"### Answer: AMASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gather\nAM=\"in the morning\" + A + SS (steam ship)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: School has nothing certain to provide tranquillity (9)","output":"### Answer: COMPOSURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: tranquillity\nCOMP (comprehensive)=\"School\" + O=zero=\"nothing\" + SURE=\"certain\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Putting off engineer undoing jar (10)","output":"### Answer: ADJOURNING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Putting off\n(undoing jar)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Key language for gastropod (8)","output":"### Answer: ESCARGOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: gastropod\nESC (Escape key on a computer keyboard) + ARGOT=\"language\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Travelled along runway to charge bomb (6)","output":"### Answer: TAXIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Travelled along runway\nTAX=\"charge\" + IED (improvised explosive device)=\"bomb\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Baby finally, by daybreak, dropping head to show sign of tiredness (4)","output":"### Answer: YAWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: sign of tiredness\nfinal letter from [Bab]Y + [d]AWN=\"daybreak, dropping head\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Money covering up steps to produce plague (10)","output":"### Answer: PESTILENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: plague\nPENCE=\"Money\" around STILE=\"steps\" over a wall or a fence"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink drunk in haste containing boron (8)","output":"### Answer: ABSINTHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drink\n(in haste)* around B (chemical symbol for Boron)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stick around to get love present (6)","output":"### Answer: COHERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stick\nC (circa, approximately\/around) + O=zero=\"love\" + HERE=\"present\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rising canal reveals God (4)","output":"### Answer: ZEUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: God\nreversal\/\"Rising\" of the SUEZ canal"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loathing of treated carbon here? (10)","output":"### Answer: ABHORRENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Loathing\n(carbon here)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Made uninvited use of resorts in the elevated Kalahari, perhaps (10)","output":"### Answer: TRESPASSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Made uninvited use\nSPAS=\"resorts\" inside DESERT=\"Kalahari, perhaps\" reversed\/\"elevated\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tries again to get European train (8)","output":"### Answer: REHEARSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: train\nRE-HEARS=\"Tries again\" as in hearing a trial at court; plus E (European)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bouquet arranged around paper shop (8)","output":"### Answer: BOUTIQUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: shop\n(Bouquet); around I, the name of a British newspaper"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Official document the French sent up (6)","output":"### Answer: FORMAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Official\nFORM=\"document\"; plus LA=\"the [in] French\" reversed\/\"sent up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unhealthy looking bird, having lost a wife (6)","output":"### Answer: SALLOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unhealthy\nS[w]ALLOW=\"bird\", losing w (wife)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small pale bird (4)","output":"### Answer: SWAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: bird\nS (Small) + WAN=\"pale\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revolutionary upmarket housing swindle (4)","output":"### Answer: RAMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: swindle\nRAMP is a verb meaning 'swindle'\nhidden\/housed inside [u]PMAR[ket] reversed\/revolutionary"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regular join should include one? (7)","output":"### Answer: SOLDIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Regular\nSOLDER=\"join\", around I=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Rotting food swindle' admits \u00e9picier, finally, in the middle of Paris (7)","output":"### Answer: CARRION \n ### Explanation: Definition: 'Rotting food\nCON=\"swindle\", around [\u00e9picie]R inside the middle letters of [P]ARI[s]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Advantage of wife leaving club (4)","output":"### Answer: EDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Advantage\n[w]EDGE=golf \"club\", minus w (wife)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Legendary ruler giving away universal ring case for scarab, say (9)","output":"### Answer: ARTHROPOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: scarab, say\nKing ARTH[u]R=\"Legendary ruler\", minus u (universal); plus O=circle=\"ring\" + POD=\"case\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Como is too wet in the middle! (5)","output":"### Answer: MOIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: wet\nhidden in the middle of [Co]MO IS T[oo]\n Como is a lake in Italy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conflict causes female to lose stone at first, getting lighter (8)","output":"### Answer: MISMATCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Conflict\nMIS[s]=\"female\" minus s[tone]; plus MATCH=\"lighter\" i.e. something used to light fires"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They have nothing to do with Eric introducing elements of a deal? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: IDLE HANDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They have nothing to do\nEric IDLE the comedian ; plus HANDS of playing cards given out by a dealer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ex-PM, having been given a roasting? (5)","output":"### Answer: BROWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ex-PM\nex-Prime Minister Gordon Brown ; and a second definition\/indication referring to browning food through cooking"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Free entry of one into Grexit arrangement has advantage, initially (2,6)","output":"### Answer: EX GRATIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Free\n=given voluntarily\n ~~I~~ A=\"one\" entering into (Grexit)*; plus A[dvantage] \u2013\u00a0*edit thanks to DaveinNCarolina"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No builder's storeyed construct\u00adion should be by river (9)","output":"### Answer: DESTROYER \n ### Explanation: Definition: No builder\n(storeyed)* plus R (river)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A consummate example \u2014 end of argument! (3,4,4)","output":"### Answer: THE LAST WORD \n ### Explanation: Definition: A consummate example\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No good entering antelope country (7)","output":"### Answer: ENGLAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: country\nNG (no good, e.g. describing a filmed scene that gets cut); inside ELAND=\"antelope\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suitable travel make-up (4)","output":"### Answer: GOOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Suitable\nGO=\"travel\"; plus DO=\"make\" reversed\/\"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Publicity she wrongly associated with Brummie's sticker (8)","output":"### Answer: ADHESIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: s\nAD=\"Publicity\" + (she)* + I'VE=\"Brummie [has]\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Ratio of a right angle bearing' \u2014 jargon! (6)","output":"### Answer: SECANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ratio\ndefinition: in trigonometry, the ratio of the length of a right-angled triangle's hypotenuse over the length of the adjacent side\n SE (South East, \"bearing\") + CANT=\"jargon\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tabloid turned up with: 'Ron is terribly camp' (8)","output":"### Answer: GARRISON \n ### Explanation: Definition: camp\nRAG=\"Tabloid\" reversed\/\"turned up\"; plus (Ron is)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'King George', a soft old man's tipple (6)","output":"### Answer: GRAPPA \n ### Explanation: Definition: tipple\nGR (George Rex, King George) + A + P (piano, soft) + PA=\"old man\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English writer makes US president (silly cow!) cross (4,5,4)","output":"### Answer: FORD MADOX FORD \n ### Explanation: Definition: English writer\ndefinition: an English writer and poet \n Gerald FORD=\"US president\" + MAD=\"silly\" + OX=\"cow\" + FORD=\"cross\" as in crossing a river"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fleeting romp turned into weeping (9)","output":"### Answer: TEMPORARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fleeting\n~~ROMP reversed\/\"turned\"~~ (romp)* inside TEARY=\"weeping\" \u2013\u00a0*edit thanks to Beobachterin"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Large asteroid sequence broadcast (5)","output":"### Answer: CERES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Large asteroid\nCeres is the largest of the asteroids\n homophone\/\"broadcast\" of 'series'=\"sequence\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Support (very Parisian) inserted in wobbly bust (8)","output":"### Answer: BUTTRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Support\nTRES=tr\u00e8s=\"very\" in French; inside (bust)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: You wouldn't expect this bend on trip (8)","output":"### Answer: WINDFALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: You wouldn't expect this\nWIND as in a winding river=\"bend\" + FALL=\"trip\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dwelling briefly on final answer (6)","output":"### Answer: RESULT \n ### Explanation: Definition: answer\nRES (residence, Dwelling) + ULT (ultimate, final)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worn inside the woman's waders (6)","output":"### Answer: HERONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: waders\nON=\"Worn\" (referring to clothes); inside HERS=\"the woman's\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer's pulse (4)","output":"### Answer: DAHL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Writer\nRoald Dahl the writer ; DAHL also refers to pulses such as lentils"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Peel, elected after resistance, died (4)","output":"### Answer: RIND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Peel\nIN=\"elected\" after R (resistance); plus D (died)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ordered the two cars -\u2014 actor needs to get into one (9)","output":"### Answer: CHARACTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: actor needs to get into one\n(the car car)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Run after one foreign friend or another (5)","output":"### Answer: AMIGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: another\ndefinition: another foreign word for \"friend\"\n GO=\"Run\"; after AMI=\"foreign [French word for] friend\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Benefits from fermented drinks (5)","output":"### Answer: SAKES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Benefits\ndouble definition: as in 'for their sake'; and as in the Japanese alcoholic drink"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Killer fish, nasty type (9)","output":"### Answer: GARROTTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Killer\nGAR=\"fish\" + ROTTER=\"nasty type\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: So-called dramatist's unusual breadth (3,4)","output":"### Answer: THE BARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: So-called dramatist\ndefinition: referring to Shakespeare's nickname\n (breadth)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Section of regiment old officer reprimanded (4,3)","output":"### Answer: TOLD OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: reprimanded\nhidden in [regimen]T OLD OFF[icer]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like tragic Shakespearean couple, they're matched in 26 (5,3,5)","output":"### Answer: BLACK AND WHITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like tragic Shakespearean couple\nthe Shakespearean couple is Othello and Desdemona, contrasted in the play e.g. as a 'black ram' and a 'white ewe'\n the connection to 26ac CHESS is in reference to the black and white pieces of the board game"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wrongly recasts one in role of Desdemona, say (7)","output":"### Answer: ACTRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: one in role of Desdemona, say\n(recasts)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Famous actor, one found in more demanding title role? (7)","output":"### Answer: OLIVIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Famous actor\nthe famous actor is Laurence Olivier who played the title role in the National Theatre's\u00a0*Othello*\n I=\"one\" inside OLIVER Twist who famously asks for 'more' i.e. is \"more-demanding\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record our scene, omitting everything within formal speech (9)","output":"### Answer: DISCOURSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: formal \nDISC=a CD or music \"Record\"; plus OUR; plus S[cen]E omitting everything within"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of which, essentially, that's like Othello in certain ways (5)","output":"### Answer: CHESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's like Othello in certain ways\nlike the board game Othello, Chess is a two player game between 'black' and 'white'\n hidden inside [whi]CH ESS[entially]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He composed short part of speech I had misdirected (5)","output":"### Answer: VERDI \n ### Explanation: Definition: He composed\nVER[b]=\"short part of speech\"; plus I'D=\"I had\" reversed\/misdirected"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Officer, in short, not wrong about one sharing authority (9)","output":"### Answer: COLLEGIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: sharing authority\nCOL[onel]=\"Officer, in short\"; plus LEGAL=\"not wrong\" around I=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Both couples in cast switched parts of play (4)","output":"### Answer: ACTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: parts of play\nboth \"couples\" or pairs of letters C&A and then S&T are switched around\/reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some yarn that is making small piece of cloth (6)","output":"### Answer: HANKIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: small piece of cloth\nHANK=\"Some yarn\" + I.E.=\"that is\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strike, subject to restraint, likely to collapse (10)","output":"### Answer: RAMSHACKLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: likely to collapse\nRAM=\"Strike\" + SHACKLE=\"subject [someone] to restraint\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person that's good and mature presented in theatre (6)","output":"### Answer: STAGED \n ### Explanation: Definition: presented in theatre\nST (saint, \"Person that's good) + AGED=\"mature\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pair delivered speech, appropriately shared (8)","output":"### Answer: PRORATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: appropriately shared\nPR (short for pair) + ORATED=\"delivered speech\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's taken over a board game -\u2014 Othello he couldn't stand (4)","output":"### Answer: IAGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Othello he couldn't stand\nIago is the antagonist in *Othello*, plotting to destroy Othello\n I=\"one\" + A + GO=another \"board game\" with black and white pieces"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top performers, some Adonis outrivalled, flipped (8)","output":"### Answer: VIRTUOSI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Top performers\nhidden\/\"some\" and reversed\/\"flipped\" in [Adon]IS OUTRIV[alled]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tie up one of the conquerors of 23 (4)","output":"### Answer: MOOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tie up\ndouble definition: to moor a boat; and referring to Moors conquering the Iberian peninsula\n Othello is referred to as\u00a0\"the Moor\" by other characters in the play"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of leg the person speaking in a part raised (5)","output":"### Answer: TIBIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of leg\nI=\"the person speaking\"; inside A BIT=\"a part\" reversed\/\"raised\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bass wiped with cloth, cooked (3-7)","output":"### Answer: LOW-PITCHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bass\n(wiped cloth)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: French poet's always less restrained (5)","output":"### Answer: FREER \n ### Explanation: Definition: less restrained\nFR (French) + E'ER=poetic form of 'ever'=\"poet's always\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creative skill from excited star, I hear (8)","output":"### Answer: ARTISTRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Creative skill\n(star I)*; plus TRY=\"hear\" a case in court"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some in crew translated play? That's not realistic (8)","output":"### Answer: ABSTRACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: not realistic\nAB'S=sailors=\"Some in crew\" + TR (translated) + ACT=\"play\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Work of 28, or of 13 across, but less hard (6)","output":"### Answer: OTELLO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Work of 28\ndefinition: Verdi's opera\n The Bard i.e. Shakespeare wrote OT[h]ELLO, minus the 'h' for \"hard\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left initially from part of Africa for part of Europe (6)","output":"### Answer: IBERIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of Europe\nL (left) removed from [L]IBERIA=\"part of Africa\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Raised support without very noted portrayer of Desdemona, say (4)","output":"### Answer: DIVA \n ### Explanation: Definition: noted portrayer of Desdemona, say\ndefinition: a well known or \"noted\" performer\n AID=\"support\" reversed\/\"Raised\"; around V (very)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Miss Shakespearean title role -\u2014 endlessly upset (4)","output":"### Answer: OMIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Miss\nTIMO[n] of Athens is the \"Shakespearean title role\", with its end letter removed, and reversed\/\"upset\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second type of material used in fateful 2 (4)","output":"### Answer: SILK \n ### Explanation: Definition: material used in fateful 2\nin *Othello*, a silk handkerchief is used by Iago to turn Othello against Desdemona\n S (second) + ILK=\"type\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sequence from The Cameraman rewound for club (4)","output":"### Answer: MACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: club"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appear lately to be untruthful in report? (3,2,5)","output":"### Answer: LIE IN STATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Appear lately\nin definition: \"lately\" as in 'late'=dead\n**LIE**=\"be untruthful\" + **IN** + **STATE**=\"report\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Invader's leader lost, missing the Italian beers (6)","output":"### Answer: LAGERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: beers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Next hopeless job candidate, parts of bio absent, not hired at last (8)","output":"### Answer: ADJACENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Next\nanagram\/\"hopeless\" of (job candidate)*; minus four letters, from \"bio\" and the last of [hire]d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is livid to watch The Saphead (7)","output":"### Answer: SEETHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Is livid"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Material United Artists may argue lacks global appeal, missing their premieres (7)","output":"### Answer: AMALGAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Material United"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A cook embraces pepper crust method (8)","output":"### Answer: APPROACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: method\n**A** + **POACH**=\"cook\"; around the outside\/crust of **P**[eppe]**R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Just a rotation in a crop (6)","output":"### Answer: BARELY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Just\n**BARLEY**=crop; with two letters L and E rotated\/reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Balanced matches, playing soccer where clubs cut grass back (5,5)","output":"### Answer: SCORE DRAWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Balanced matches\nanagram\/playing of (soccer)*, minus\/cutting C (clubs, as in cards); plus **SWARD**=\"grass\" reversed\/\"back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sell hard One Week (4)","output":"### Answer: HAWK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sell"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Try South Africa, as briefly suggested (5)","output":"### Answer: ESSAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Try\nsounds like 'S A', or South Africa for short"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Articles drawn from Cairo and Tehran read back in persuasive speech (8)","output":"### Answer: RHETORIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: persuasive speech\nA and AN are articles, removed from **C**[a]**IRO **and **TEHR**[an]; all reversed\/\"read back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Till unlimited crop etc, save water (8)","output":"### Answer: ROTAVATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: T\nlimits or outer letters removed from [c]**RO**[p] [e]**T**[c] [s]**AV**[e] [w]**ATE**[r]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conscious of beginning with conception, then aftermath (4-5)","output":"### Answer: WIDE-AWAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Conscious\nbeginning of **W**[ith] + **IDEA**=\"conception\" + **WAKE**=\"aftermath\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Offensive posters prompted by promenade cycling (6)","output":"### Answer: TROLLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Offensive posters\n**STROLL**=\"promenade\", with the first letter cycled to the end"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of our Channel diplomacy's ending again, amid shifting blame (4,3)","output":"### Answer: LYME BAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of our Channel\ndefinition: an area of the English Channel\n[diplomac]**Y**, and **Y **again; mixed in with (blame)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pest from the West: part of picture, one about Boatman (4)","output":"### Answer: PAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pest"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Railcar put in motion \u2014 not at all like The General (10)","output":"### Answer: PARTICULAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: not at all like The General"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Submit reward for audience initiative (10)","output":"### Answer: ENTERPRISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: initiative\n**ENTER**=\"submit\" + homophone of 'prize'=\"reward for audience\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not a fan of Sherlock Jr \u2014 or my aim, it is not true! (3,8)","output":"### Answer: JIM MORIARTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not a fan of Sherlock"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Venerable in middle age (3)","output":"### Answer: ERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: age\nmiddle letters of [Ven]**ERA**[ble]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Admits every wrongdoing involving heartless outlaw (6,2)","output":"### Answer: ALLOWS IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Admits\n**ALL SIN**=\"wrongdoing\" around **O**[utla]**W"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old readers embracing comic art at The Playhouse? (7)","output":"### Answer: THEATRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: The Playhouse"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steamboat Bill once passed after ending up with King Edward's crown on board (6)","output":"### Answer: PACKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Steamboat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Funny rebuke about person who did good work a hundred years ago, a comic genius (6,6)","output":"### Answer: BUSTER KEATON \n ### Explanation: Definition: years ago, a \nBuster Keaton was a comic actor \"years ago\" in the silent film era\nanagram\/\"Funny\" of (rebuke)*, around **ST** (saint, \"person who did good work\") +** A** + **TON**=\"hundred\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What you'll see in a diary, regularly ending in darkness (4)","output":"### Answer: DAYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: What you'll see in a diary,\nregular letters from **D**[i]**A**[r]**Y**; plus the ending of [darknes]**S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Try for goal, not starting to laugh (4)","output":"### Answer: HOOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: laugh\n[s]**HOOT**=\"try for goal\" minus the starting letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As fruit divided by fifty, multiply by a smaller figure? (9)","output":"### Answer: QUADRUPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: multiply by a smaller figure\nQUA=\"As\" (from Latin) + DRUPE=\"fruit\" around L=\"fifty\" in Roman numerals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where my letters are delivered in volume (4)","output":"### Answer: TOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: volume\n\"my letters are delivered\" TO ME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small warship has rust: order reversed for large transporter (8)","output":"### Answer: MOTORBUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: large transporte\nSUB[marine]=\"warship\", shortened\/\"Small\"; plus ROT=\"rust\" + OM (Order of Merit); all reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Paul, have some respect! (6)","output":"### Answer: REVERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Paul\nreferring to Paul Revere, the famous figure from the American Revolution"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lovely girl briefly going after blackguard, immature creature (6)","output":"### Answer: CADDIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: immature creature\ndefinition: the larva of a caddis fly\n DIS[h]=\"Lovely girl briefly\"; after CAD=\"blackguard\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Open a joint in retreat for prince (8)","output":"### Answer: MAHARAJA \n ### Explanation: Definition: prince\nAJAR=\"Open\" + A + HAM=\"joint\"; all reversed\/\"in retreat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Day service detailed, guide on the way (6)","output":"### Answer: SATNAV \n ### Explanation: Definition: guide on the way\nSAT[urday] + NAV[y]=\"service detailed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After recent arrival, gas of any kind cut (8)","output":"### Answer: NEONATAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: After recent arrival\nNEON=\"gas\" + AT AL[L]=\"of any kind\" cut short"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two of eight, perhaps, heading for unrest in October after revolution (4,4)","output":"### Answer: CUBE ROOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Two of eight, perhaps,\ndefinition: 2 is the cube root of 8\n the heading of U[nrest] inside an anagram of (October)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person feeding baby with endless maggots, say, in Asian city (6)","output":"### Answer: MUMBAI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Asian city\nMUM=\"Person feeding baby\"; with endless BAI[t]=\"maggots, say\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leaden pots equally oleaginous (6)","output":"### Answer: GREASY \n ### Explanation: Definition: oleaginous\nGREY=\"Leaden\"; going around\/\"pots\" AS=\"equally\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cuckoo isn't on middle of wild plant (6)","output":"### Answer: INSTIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: plant\n\"Cuckoo\" as in 'crazy' indicates anagram of (isn't)*; plus middle letters of [w]IL[d]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's impossible to communic\u00adate why Paul has across and down solutions, but not laterally? (1,4,3,1,4,2,8)","output":"### Answer: I CANT GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's impossible to communic\u00adate\nwith a second, indirect\/cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bad average (4)","output":"### Answer: MEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bad\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Single, over fifty: desperate (5-4)","output":"### Answer: FORTY-FIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sing\ndefinition: 'Single' as in a song released on a FORTY-FIVE gramophone record\n anagram of (over fifty)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cut doctor out in session of enquiry? (5)","output":"### Answer: QUOTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cut\n\"doctor\" indicates anagram of (out)*; inside Q&A=\"session of enquiry\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Puzzle solver (5)","output":"### Answer: REBUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Puzzle\n=a type of visual puzzle; =Inspector Rebus from the Ian Rankin books"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Early visitor to house after castle, say (7)","output":"### Answer: POSTMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Early visitor to house\nPOST=\"after\"; MAN=chess piece=\"castle,say\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ticklish case in infectious air? One going underground (9)","output":"### Answer: EARTHWORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: One going underground\nouter letters\/\"case\" of T[icklis]H; inside EARWORM=a catchy song=\"infectious air\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article on wine container served up in restaurant (7)","output":"### Answer: TAVERNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: restaurant\nAN=\"Article\" + RE=\"on\" + VAT=\"wine container\"; all reversed\/\"served up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One Spaniard carrying another pot (9)","output":"### Answer: MARIJUANA \n ### Explanation: Definition: pot\nMARIA=\"One Spaniard\" carrying JUAN=\"another\" Spaniard"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cornucopia, a pastry affair (9)","output":"### Answer: ABUNDANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cornucopia\nA BUN DANCE=\"a pastry affair\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing in game five, call for mark added to score? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: VIOLA CLEF \n ### Explanation: Definition: mark added to score\ndefinition: \"score\" as in sheet music\n O=\"Nothing\"; inside anagram\/\"game\" of (five call)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vertical part shown, cannot reveal side (7)","output":"### Answer: EVERTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: side\ndefinition: as in the football team \n Hidden in\/\"part\" of [can]NOT REVE[al]; and reversed\/\"Vertical\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extra juicy shocker about leaders of trade and industry (7)","output":"### Answer: TASTIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Extra juicy\nTASER=\"shocker\" around leading letters of T[rade] and I[ndustry]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Joiner turned up with three experts (7)","output":"### Answer: MAESTRI \n ### Explanation: Definition: experts\nSEAM=\"Joiner\" reversed\/\"turned up\"; plus TRI=\"three\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cash that goes by boat or train? (5)","output":"### Answer: GRAVY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cash that goes by boat or train\nas in \"gravy boat\" or \"gravy train\"=easy source of money"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kid was rocking, did you say? (5)","output":"### Answer: SUEDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kid\ndefinition as in 'kidskin' or kid leather\n homophone of 'swayed'=\"was rocking\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Senior officer found with drug in empty shed is investigated (6)","output":"### Answer: SCOPED \n ### Explanation: Definition: investigated\nCOP=[Senior?] \"officer\" + E (ecstasy); inside S[he]D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New price includes chemist's third formula (6)","output":"### Answer: RECIPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: formula\nanagram of (price)* around third letter of [ch]E[mist]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passionate Australian given another room with American (7)","output":"### Answer: AMOROUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Passionate\nA (Australian) + (room)* + US=\"American\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Firm agreement (7)","output":"### Answer: COMPACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Firm\ndouble definition: \"Firm\" as in solid or dense"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regimen is proven to regenerate flower (7,8)","output":"### Answer: EVENING PRIMROSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: flower\nanagram of (Regimen is proven)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Play bagging nation's first award for excellence on Broadway (4)","output":"### Answer: TONY \n ### Explanation: Definition: award for excellence on Broadway\nTOY=\"Play\" as a verb; around N[ation]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: People injured by throwaway garments? (10)","output":"### Answer: CASUALTIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: People injured\nCASUAL TIES=\"throwaway garments\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place where meat gets cooked in mould is beside small lake (10)","output":"### Answer: ROTISSERIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Place where meat gets cooked\nROT=\"mould\" + IS + S (small) + ERIE=\"lake\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Commotion caused by heads of state talking in riddles (4)","output":"### Answer: STIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Commotion\nfirst letters\/\"heads\" of S[tate] T[alking] I[n] R[iddles]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alien contrives to secure a spell in the military (8,7)","output":"### Answer: NATIONAL SERVICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: spell in the military\n(Alien contrives)* around A\ndo \"Alien\" and \"contrives\" act as anagram indicators for each other here?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revered former editor pinching a large journalist's bottom (7)","output":"### Answer: EXALTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Revered\nEX=\"former\" + ED (editor) around: A + L (large) + [journalis]T 's last letter\/bottom"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Retiring Queen and followers prepare for alternative employment (7)","output":"### Answer: RETRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: prepare for alternative employment\nER (Elizabeth Regina)=\"Queen\" reversed\/\"Retiring\"; plus TRAIN=\"followers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heavy drinking session sees new head of department drowning in ale (6)","output":"### Answer: BENDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Heavy drinking session\nN (new) + D[epartment]; all inside BEER=\"ale\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revolutionary coming back to eat pub grub? (6)","output":"### Answer: DINNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: grub\nRED=\"Revolutionary\" reversed\/\"coming back\"; around INN=\"pub\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop king and fool becoming bound together (5-4)","output":"### Answer: CLOSE-KNIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: bound togethe\nCLOSE=\"Stop\" + K (king) + NIT=\"fool\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Verbose professional listened to short musical phrases (6)","output":"### Answer: PROLIX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Verbose\nPRO (professional) + homophone\/\"listened to\" of 'licks'=\"short musical phrases\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Specify putting giants' pants in river (9)","output":"### Answer: DESIGNATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Specify\n(giants)* with \"pants\" as the anagram indicator; inside DEE=\"river\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bishop adopting star competitor (5)","output":"### Answer: RACER \n ### Explanation: Definition: competitor\nRR (Right Reverend)=\"Bishop\" around ACE=\"star\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put in an appearance outside retro car plant (8)","output":"### Answer: CAMOMILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: plant\nCAME=\"Put in an appearance\"; around LIMO=\"car\" reversed\/retro"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short coat given to old philosopher (5)","output":"### Answer: PLATO \n ### Explanation: Definition: philosopher\nPLAT[e]=\"coat\" with a layer of metal; plus O (old)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nerve gas makes a chap a goner, unfortunately (5,6)","output":"### Answer: AGENT ORANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nerve gas\nA GENT=\"chap\" + (a goner)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Troy's first prophet turned up to encourage woodworker (4,7)","output":"### Answer: TREE SURGEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: woodworker\nT[roy] + SEER=\"prophet\" reversed\/\"turned up\" + URGE ON=\"encourage\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Without cover, nudes ruin broadcast (9)","output":"### Answer: UNINSURED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Without cover\n(nudes ruin)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fancy popular gallery having racist leader in charge! (9)","output":"### Answer: INTRICATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fancy\nIN=\"popular\" + TATE=\"gallery\" around: R[acist] + I\/C (in charge)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Various roads set out (8)","output":"### Answer: ASSORTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Various\n(roads set)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brother returned short letter to person from Brest (6)","output":"### Answer: BRETON \n ### Explanation: Definition: person from Brest\nBrest is a port in Brittany\nBR (Brother) + NOTE=\"short letter\" reversed\/\"returned\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sign made by team leader at sporting event (5)","output":"### Answer: TRACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sign\nT[eam] + RACE=\"sporting event\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dared tangle with a snake! (5)","output":"### Answer: ADDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: snake\n(Dared)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Road touring date snapped up by rock group \u2014 good place to make money (2,6)","output":"### Answer: EL DORADO \n ### Explanation: Definition: good place to make money\ndefinition: a mythical place of wealth\n (road)* with \"touring\" as anagram indicator, plus D (date); all inside ELO=\"rock group\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: City imports drugs (not ecstasy) as a treatment for shaking (1-4)","output":"### Answer: L-DOPA \n ### Explanation: Definition: treatment for shaking\ndefinition: an amino acid used for treatment of conditions including Parkinson's \n LA (Los Angeles)=\"City\", around DOP[e]=\"drugs\" minus e for \"ecstasy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In need of something on top for congestion etc? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: HEAD COLD \n ### Explanation: Definition: congestion etc\nif your HEAD is COLD, you might be in need of a hat or something else worn \"on top\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Straining to airlift bananas at end of season (10)","output":"### Answer: FILTRATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Straining\n(to airlift)* with anagram indicator \"bananas\" as in 'crazy'; plus end of [seaso]N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bar accommodating one hundred runners at the start (6)","output":"### Answer: POLICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: runners at the start\ndefinition: The Bow Street Runners was an early police force \n POLE=\"Bar\" around I=\"one\" and C=\"hundred\" in Roman numerals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Virgin's rejected a factual programme (8)","output":"### Answer: NEWSCAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: factual programme\nNEW=\"Virgin\" + 'S + CAST=\"rejected\" as in 'cast aside'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Casually jilted outside entrance to synagogue, Dutch style (2,5)","output":"### Answer: DE STIJL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dutch style\ndefinition: a Dutch art movement \n (jilted)* around S[ynagogue]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Court getting the king's mistress to return warm wear (7)","output":"### Answer: WOOLLEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: warm wear\nWOO=\"Court\" + reversal\/return of NELL Gwyn, mistress of Charles II"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Singer, performing as well as ever, about to make a comeback (8)","output":"### Answer: INFORMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Singer\ndefinition: \"Sing\" as in talking to the authorities to inform on others\n IN FORM=\"performing as well as ever\"; plus RE=\"about\" reversed\/making a comeback"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In earnest, one snatched weights (6)","output":"### Answer: STONES \n ### Explanation: Definition: weights\nHidden in [earne]ST ONE S[natched]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Acute and visible sort of flu (10)","output":"### Answer: INSIGHTFUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Acute\nIN SIGHT=\"visible\" + (flu)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pound piano after yank stops short (4)","output":"### Answer: PULP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pound\nP (piano) after PUL[L]=\"yank stops short\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A French designer with back to front means of communication (5)","output":"### Answer: RADIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: means of communication\nA + DIOR=\"French designer\", with the last letter R moved to the front"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Example of accepted position (8)","output":"### Answer: INSTANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Example\nIN=\"accepted\" + STANCE=\"position\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A seventh rather flat sporting representative going on record (4,4)","output":"### Answer: BLUE NOTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: A seventh rather flat\ndefinition: a musical note e.g. a seventh, played lower than it would be in a major scale\n BLUE=\"sporting representative\" at e.g. Oxbridge; plus NOTE=\"record\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rabbit on the breakfast menu? (6)","output":"### Answer: WAFFLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rabbit\ndouble definition: to talk\/chatter; and a food item"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Staggeringly wealthy? (7)","output":"### Answer: ROLLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Staggeringly\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Back massage, skirting large unclear spot (4)","output":"### Answer: BLUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: unclear spot\nRUB=\"massage\" reversed\/\"Back\" and around L (large)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bridge player initially breaking into clubs \u2014 I say, hearts overlooked! (10)","output":"### Answer: PONTICELLO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bridge\ndefinition: the bridge on a stringed instrument such as a violin\n P[layer]; plus (into)* with \"breaking\" as anagrind\"; plus C (clubs); plus [h]ELLO=exclamation of surprise='I say!' minus H (hearts)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Enjoying a certain 15 minutes of Camus' unopened novel? (6)","output":"### Answer: FAMOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Enjoying a certain 15 minutes\ndefinition referring to the idea of 15 minutes of fame\n (of amus)* with \"novel\" as anagrind, and \"unopened\" indicating removal of the first of [C]amus"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cares halved at first? Can't decide (2,3,5)","output":"### Answer: IN TWO MINDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Can't decide\nMINDS=\"Cares\"; with IN TWO=\"halved\" going first"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Question authority (3)","output":"### Answer: WHO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Question\ndouble def: interrogative pronoun; World Health Organisation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stuff that's promised for tomorrow? (3)","output":"### Answer: JAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stuff\n\"Stuff\"=\"Jam\" as in a verb meaning 'pack tightly [into something]'\n and referring to a phrase from Lewis Caroll: \"jam tomorrow and jam yesterday \u2013 but never jam today\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make-up book is in the centre, miss (8)","output":"### Answer: EYEBLACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make-up\ndefinition: a term for mascara\n B (book) inside: EYE [e.g. of a storm]=\"centre\" plus LACK=\"miss\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jacques Tati's film business (7)","output":"### Answer: TRAFFIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: J\ndouble definition: a film ; or commerce\/trade"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Name, or any other group of 9 (6)","output":"### Answer: NONARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: group of 9\n(N or any)*, with \"other\" as anagrind and N from \"Name\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ostentatious display of band to secure record backing (6)","output":"### Answer: SPLASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Os\nSASH=\"band\" around LP=music \"record\" reversed\/\"backing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soho open-air boxing ring (4)","output":"### Answer: HOOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: ring\nHidden\/boxed inside [So]HO OP[en-air]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remit to embrace latitude and freedom of movement (4)","output":"### Answer: PLAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: freedom of \nPAY=\"Remit\" around L (latitude)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Comedian taken in by old Americans working together (2,7)","output":"### Answer: IN CAHOOTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: working together\nHOOT=amusing person=\"Comedian\", inside INCAS=\"old Americans\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What a surprise, mother sounding so savoury (5)","output":"### Answer: UMAMI \n ### Explanation: Definition: savoury\nhomophone of 'ooh, mummy'=\"What a surprise, mother\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mistake if Ireland abandons this African native (7)","output":"### Answer: GIRAFFE \n ### Explanation: Definition: African native\nif IR (Ireland) leaves, GAFFE=\"mistake\" remains"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Variation in same key will make it really dark (3,4)","output":"### Answer: EYE MASK \n ### Explanation: Definition: will make it really dark\nanagram\/\"Variation in\": (same key)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Harmony is essential to lounge suite's style (5)","output":"### Answer: UNITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Harmony\ncentral\/\"essential\" letters from [lo]UN[ge] [su]IT[e's] [st]Y[le]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Obviously in the wrong when returning gifted wine (3-6)","output":"### Answer: RED-HANDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Obviously in the wrong\nHANDED RED=\"gifted wine\", with the words reversed\/\"returning\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Decimal-based code embedded in old tablets (3,12)","output":"### Answer: TEN COMMANDMENTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Decimal-based code embedded in old tablets\ncryptic definition, with the surface hinting at programming code on computing tablets"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Understand when I seem confused about route (9)","output":"### Answer: EMPATHISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Understand\nanagram\/\"confused\" of (I seem)* around PATH=\"route\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Black bishop captured in strata\u00adgem to move more material (5)","output":"### Answer: SABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Black\nB (bishop) inside SALE=\"strategem to move more material\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Silly sort bearing crown (7)","output":"### Answer: AIRHEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Silly sort\nAIR=a person's manner or \"bearing\" + HEAD=\"crown\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What timber merchants offer for revised trading terms (3,4)","output":"### Answer: NEW DEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: revised trading terms\n\"What timber merchants offer\" can also give NEW DEAL, as 'deal' is a type of wood"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old style readers enjoy these rather obvious openings (5)","output":"### Answer: RETRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old style\nopening letters to R[eaders] E[njoy] T[hese] R[ather] O[bvious]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Come back as Nigeria is regenerated (4,5)","output":"### Answer: RISE AGAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Come back\nanagram of (as Nigeria)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Large nudist dancing removes article \u2014 and gets put out (10)","output":"### Answer: DISGRUNTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: put out\nanagram\/\"dancing\" of (Large nudist)*, minus one letter A=\"article\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Insect offspring devouring core of rising taproot (8)","output":"### Answer: SCORPION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Insect\nnot sure about this definition\n SCION=\"offspring\" around the centre\/\"core\" of [ta]PRO[ot] reversed\/\"rising\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Your leader supports action to make capital that's dubious (6)","output":"### Answer: SHIFTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: dubious\nleading letter of Y[our], under\/supporting: SHIFT=[on a computer keyboard] \"action to make capital\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A few invest nothing in a common kind of enterprise (4)","output":"### Answer: SOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: A few\nO=\"nothing\" in SME (Small and Medium Enterprises)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finish replacing information in a discipline showing effective control (10)","output":"### Answer: ASCENDENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: ffective control\nEND=\"Finish\" replacing I=\"information\" in A SC[I]ENCE=\"a discipline\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not enthused by abstract mural surrounding gardens (8)","output":"### Answer: LUKEWARM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not enthused\nanagram\/\"abstract\" of (mural)*, around KEW Gardens in London"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look over firm without starting false rumour (6)","output":"### Answer: CANARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: false rumour\n[s]CAN=\"Look over\" and [h]ARD=\"firm\", without their starting letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cooler trouser cut (4)","output":"### Answer: NICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cooler\ntriple definition: NICK can mean jail=\"Cooler\", or steal=\"trouser\", or scratch=\"cut\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They wanted to stay, but accept democratic surpluses (10)","output":"### Answer: REMAINDERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: surpluses\nREMAINERS wanted to stay in the European Union; around D (democratic)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Theme park reportedly doesn't go down in Scotland? (10)","output":"### Answer: DISNEYLAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Theme park\nhomophone of 'disna land', where 'disna' means 'does not' in Scots"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exact time when sentence ends (2,3,3)","output":"### Answer: ON THE DOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exact time\na sentence also ends ON THE DOT, as in a full stop"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One doesn't react, for example, in Eugene O'Neill's piece (5,3)","output":"### Answer: NOBLE GAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: One doesn't react\nan example of a NOBLE GAS is 'neon', or a piece of [Euge]NE O'N[eill]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless number admire bandit at sea (6)","output":"### Answer: PIRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: bandit at sea\nPI=\"Endless number\", as the digits of pi are infinitely 'unpredictable'; plus RATE=\"admire\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Broadcast Derby? Big deal! (2,4)","output":"### Answer: SO WHAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Big deal\nSOW=\"Broadcast\" + HAT=\"Derby\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A gang losing wide piece of territory (4)","output":"### Answer: ACRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: piece of territory\nA CRE[w], losing w for \"wide\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Curious how system creates stem (4)","output":"### Answer: NOSY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Curious\napplying \"NO SY\" to [sy]stem creates \"stem\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Let go of everything, including WPC's protection (8)","output":"### Answer: FIREWALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: PC's protection\ndefinition is \"PC's protection\" as in a computer's protection from network attacks\n FIRE ALL=\"Let go of everything\" around the W from WPC, with the remaining letters belonging to the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Returning live president's vehicles (1-5)","output":"### Answer: E-BIKES \n ### Explanation: Definition: vehicles\nBE=exist=\"live\" reversed\/returning; plus IKE'S=Eisenhower's=\"president's\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Determined to hide kiss in explicit message (4)","output":"### Answer: SEXT \n ### Explanation: Definition: explicit message\nSET=\"Determined\" around X=symbol for a \"kiss\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unfortunate snag in camp grooming activity (10)","output":"### Answer: MANSCAPING \n ### Explanation: Definition: grooming activity\nanagram\/\"Unfortunate\" of (snag in camp)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Characters covered in lava: perspiring, but they aren't exactly smoking (6)","output":"### Answer: VAPERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: they are\nLetters\/characters hidden in [la]VA PERS[piring]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sharing one's thoughts with cute touch, briefly (8)","output":"### Answer: TWEETING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sharing one's thoughts\nTWEE=\"cute\" + TING[e]=\"touch, briefly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Believer in fake news article, Republican keeping dull routine (7)","output":"### Answer: TRUTHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Believer in fake news\nTHE=definite \"article\" + R (Republican); around RUT=\"dull routine\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mass of waste paper cut by a composer (7)","output":"### Answer: FATBERG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mass of waste\ndefinition: a mass of waste items flushed into a sewer system\n *FT (Financial Times, paper) around A; plus Alban BERG=\"composer\" \u2013 edit thanks to Beobachterin"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refuse further contact with a foreign fellow in red pants (8)","output":"### Answer: UNFRIEND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Refuse further contact with\nUN=\"a\" in French i.e. \"foreign\"; plus F (fellow); plus (in red)* with \"pants\" as anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nationalist policy from monarch getting in scrap (6)","output":"### Answer: BREXIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nationalist policy\nREX=king, \"monarch\"; inside BIT=\"scrap\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One new chronicle with current text, like the across answers here (10)","output":"### Answer: NEOLOGISMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: like the across answers here\nanagram\/\"new\" of (One)*; plus LOG=\"chronicle\"; plus I=symbol for electric \"current\"; plus SMS=\"text\" message"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very extensive, nameless posts online (4)","output":"### Answer: VLOG \n ### Explanation: Definition: posts online\nV (very) + LO[n]G=\"extensive\" minus 'n' i.e. \"nameless\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man United star that is as Aeneas to Achates (6)","output":"### Answer: BESTIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Aeneas to Achates\ndefinition: a best\/close friend\n George BEST=\"Man United star\" ; plus I.E.=\"that is\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Musical cycle has style and contemporary sound (8)","output":"### Answer: RINGTONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: contemporary sound\nreferring to Wagner's RING cycle; plus TONE=\"style\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dog in cable host's opening show (8)","output":"### Answer: WIREHAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dog\nWIRE=\"cable\" + H[ost]'s opening letter + AIR=broadcast=\"show\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fast, but not when in France! (4)","output":"### Answer: LENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fast\ndefinition: a Christian period of fasting\n LENT means 'slow' i.e. 'not fast' in French"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek island with quiet ambiance \u2014 not half! (6)","output":"### Answer: PATMOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Greek island\nP (piano)=\"quiet\" + ATMOS[phere]=\"ambiance \u2013 not half\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time to invest in kites \u2014 they're seen in the sky (7)","output":"### Answer: PLANETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: they're seen in the sky\nT (time) inside PLANES=known in slang as \"kites\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Funny hue by red borders of reseda plant genus (8)","output":"### Answer: HEUCHERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: plant genus\n(hue)*, with \"Funny\" as anagram indicator; CHE=the revolutionary \"red\"; plus the outer letters of R[esed]A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make invalid's absorbing phrase open to debate (10)","output":"### Answer: DISPUTABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: open to debate\nDISABLE=\"Make invalid\", around PUT=express=\"phrase\" as in 'put it politely'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keep writing about new standard (6)","output":"### Answer: PENNON \n ### Explanation: Definition: standard\nPEN ON=\"Keep writing\", around N (new)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put in grinding toil with hard calculus (10)","output":"### Answer: ENTEROLITH \n ### Explanation: Definition: calculus\ndefinition: \"calculus\" meaning a stone created in organs such as the kidney\n ENTER=\"Put in\" + (toil)* with \"grinding\" as anagrind + H (hard)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Efforts of heartless foes seizing empty Reichstag (8)","output":"### Answer: ENERGIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Efforts\nENE[m]IES=\"heartless foes\" around empty R[eichsta]G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Descartes's logical bit of algebra is on news (8)","output":"### Answer: RAISONN\u00c9 \n ### Explanation: Definition: Descartes's logical\ndefinition: French for \"logical\"\n hidden in [algeb]RA IS ON NE[ws]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shot as a dart from Caesar heavenwards (2,5)","output":"### Answer: AD ASTRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: from Caesar \ndefinition: 'to the stars' in Latin\n (as a dart)* with \"Shot\" as anagrind"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Required for reporter, any editors (6)","output":"### Answer: NEEDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Required\n'N E' spoken as single letters is a homophone\/\"for reporter\" of \"any\"; plus ED and ED=\"editors\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailors thus about to enter Rolls (6)","output":"### Answer: BOSUNS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sailors\nSO=\"thus\" reversed\/\"about\" and inside BUNS=\"Rolls\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mark an X in 18 consecutive letters brought up (4)","output":"### Answer: VOTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mark\nthere are 18 consecutive letters going from 'E to V'; reversed\/\"brought up\" to give V OT E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trigger strikes, sharp! (4-5)","output":"### Answer: KICKSTART \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trigg\nKICKS=\"strikes\" + TART=\"sharp\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink was revolting (4)","output":"### Answer: ROSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drink\ndouble definition: ros\u00e9 wine; and to rise up in protest\/revolt"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poison some drinking water (8)","output":"### Answer: PARAQUAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poison\ndefinition: a herbicide\n PART=\"some\" around AQUA=\"water\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: National hero? Flipping hell! (3,3)","output":"### Answer: RED RUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: National hero\ndefinition: the Grand National winner \n reversal\/\"Flipping\" of MURDER=\"hell\"='a terrible experience' as in 'the traffic was murder\/hell'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: African dish put away, returned filled with drink (6)","output":"### Answer: TAGINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: African dish\nEAT=\"put away\" reversed\/\"returned\" and around GIN=\"drink\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Port added to wine container subject to legal constraint (4,4)","output":"### Answer: BIND OVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: subject to legal constraint\ndefinition: to subject someone to a type of court order\n DOVER=\"port\" city; after BIN=\"wine container\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: While shelter quiet, silent in the dormitory? (6)","output":"### Answer: ASLEEP \n ### Explanation: Definition: silent in the dormitory?\nAS=\"While\" + LEE=\"shelter\" + P (piano, quiet)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Smuggled in by con, drink for passing round (8)","output":"### Answer: SKIRTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: passing round\nSTING=a deception=\"con\" around KIR=a type of cocktail=\"drink\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Theatrical warning to Scottish clan? (8)","output":"### Answer: CAMPBELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scottish clan?\nCAMP=\"Theatrical\" + BELL=\"warning\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Play against work model (6)","output":"### Answer: OPPOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Play against\nOP=\"work\" + POSE=\"model\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Member's problem when drink on the counter swiped by Trojan king (8)","output":"### Answer: PRIAPISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Member's problem\ndefinition: \"Member\" as euphemism for 'penis'\n SIP=\"drink\" reversed\/\"on the counter\" and inside PRIAM=\"Trojan king\" during the Trojan War"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop and drink (6)","output":"### Answer: SCOTCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stop\ndouble definition: to put an end to something; and Scotch whisky"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Still creator appeared with artist (6)","output":"### Answer: CAMERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Still creator\ndefinition: a camera creates photographic stills\n CAME=\"appeared\" + RA (Royal Academician, artist)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet love in grey consumed by drink (8)","output":"### Answer: ADORABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sweet\nO=\"love\" in DRAB=\"grey\"; all inside ALE=\"drink\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lover tied knot, did you say? (4)","output":"### Answer: BEAU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lover\nhomophone\/\"did you say?\" of 'bow'=\"tied knot\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exhaustion experienced when observing fine English school dons (9)","output":"### Answer: EYESTRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exhaustion experienced when observing\nYES=\"fine\", inside\/donning: E (English) + TRAIN=\"school\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kind of nut inspiring a marsupial (5)","output":"### Answer: KOALA \n ### Explanation: Definition: marsupial\nKOLA=a West African \"Kind of nut\", around A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Insects after drink in drinking vessel (7)","output":"### Answer: CHALICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: d\nLICE=\"Insects\" after CHA=\"drink\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relish drink (5)","output":"### Answer: SAUCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relish\ndouble definition: a sauce or flavour added to food; and slang for alcoholic drink"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vehicle taking basic route round university, American (7)","output":"### Answer: AUTOBUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vehicle\ngoing from A TO B=\"basic route\", around U (university); and plus US=\"American\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second character from Strangers on a Train cast as film maker (9)","output":"### Answer: TARANTINO \n ### Explanation: Definition: film maker\nsecond letter from [s]T[rangers]; plus (on a train)* with \"cast\" as anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Die horribly in defeat \u2014 or survive (4,3)","output":"### Answer: RIDE OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: survive\n(Die)* with \"horribly\" as anagrind; inside ROUT=\"defeat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cooks entertaining drinker, oddly lacking drinks (9)","output":"### Answer: SAUTERNES \n ### Explanation: Definition: drinks\ndefinition: a type of French wine\n SAUT\u00c9S=\"Cooks\" around d**R**i**N**k**E**r missing its odd letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One packed in best bag for flight (9)","output":"### Answer: STAIRCASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: flight\nI=\"One\" inside STAR=\"best\" + CASE=\"bag\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Base where drink held up by head (9)","output":"### Answer: PREDICATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Base\nCIDER=\"drink\" inside\/\"held\" and reversed\/\"up\" in PATE=\"head\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink drunk by myself, drunk? That's flat! (7)","output":"### Answer: PLATEAU \n ### Explanation: Definition: flat\nTEA=\"Drink\", inside\/\"drunk by\" an anagram of (Paul)*=\"myself, drunk?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink \u2014 rest quaffing another one? (7)","output":"### Answer: LIMEADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drink\nLIE=\"rest\" around MEAD=\"another [drink]\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A raptor and a parrot remarkably commensurate (3,4)","output":"### Answer: PRO RATA \n ### Explanation: Definition: commensurate\nanagram\/\"remarkably\" of either (A raptor)* or (a parrot)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Overweight porter (5)","output":"### Answer: STOUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Overweight\ndouble definition: fat; or a type of beer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mark somewhere in Central America (5)","output":"### Answer: COLON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mark\ndouble definition: a punctuation mark; and the city of Col\u00f3n in Panama, Central America"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Landing ground needs helium for large computer (7)","output":"### Answer: HELIPAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Landing ground\nHE (Helium) + L (large) + IPAD=\"computer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pastry with extremely sweet, coarse caramel base (7)","output":"### Answer: STRUDEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pastry\nthe extreme letters of S[wee]T + RUDE=\"coarse\" + [carame]L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Japanese assassin held in Benin jail (5)","output":"### Answer: NINJA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Japanese assassin\nhidden in [Be]NIN JA[il]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nasty man leaving those left behind to protect dog (9)","output":"### Answer: REPUGNANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nasty\nRE[m]NANT=\"those left behind\" minus 'm' for \"man\"; around PUG=\"dog\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New brewery tsar dismissing English version of fruity beer (10)","output":"### Answer: STRAWBERRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: v\nanagram\/\"New\" of (brewery tsar)*, minus an 'E' for \"English\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Type of water bath (4)","output":"### Answer: FONT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Type\ndouble definition: a print\/computer font; or a church font"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inclined not to marry (6-6)","output":"### Answer: SINGLE-MINDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inclined not to marry\ncryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Run away without paying for excellent piece of cheesy snack (5,7)","output":"### Answer: WELSH RAREBIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: cheesy snack\nWELSH=\"Run away without paying\" + RARE=\"excellent\" + BIT=\"piece\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Twist lid of tea container (4)","output":"### Answer: TURN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Twist\nfirst letter\/\"lid\" of T[ea] + URN=\"container\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remembers spiritual lessons with short prayers (10)","output":"### Answer: RECOLLECTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Remembers\nRE (Religious Education, \"spiritual lessons\") + COLLECTS=a type of \"short prayers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Setter taking risk dancing in sweet garment (9)","output":"### Answer: MINISKIRT \n ### Explanation: Definition: garment\nI=\"Setter\" + anagram\/\"dancing\" of (risk)*; all inside MINT=\"sweet\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drawer behind counter containing wide fabric (5)","output":"### Answer: TWILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: fabric\nTILL=\"Drawer behind counter\" around W (wide, cricket abbreviation)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One who's left work about to go to Scottish island (7)","output":"### Answer: RETIREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One who's left work\nRE=\"about\" + TIREE=\"Scottish island\" in the Inner Hebrides"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Non-stop part of pretend lesson (7)","output":"### Answer: ENDLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Non-stop\nhidden in [pret]END LESS[on]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trusty hen's first over place to hatch eggs (6)","output":"### Answer: HONEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trusty\nH[en] + ~~ON=\"over\"~~ *O (over, cricket)* + NEST=\"place to hatch eggs\"\u00a0*\u2013 edit thanks to brojo\u00a0"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 8 at which siren destroyed ships (6)","output":"### Answer: LINERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: ships\nL (Latitude, 8dn) + anagram\/\"destroyed\" of (siren)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beginning of popular poem by Welsh conservative writer (10)","output":"### Answer: PLAYWRIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: writer\nP[opular] + LAY=\"poem\" + W (Welsh) + RIGHT=\"conservative\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Terrible setting for end of boring requiem (5)","output":"### Answer: DIRGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: requiem\nDIRE=\"Terrible\" around the end of [borin]G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Replace foreign reps wearing soft leather fabric (9)","output":"### Answer: SUPERSEDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Replace\nanagram\/\"foreign\" of (reps)* inside SUEDE=\"soft leather fabric\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Breeze from the south crossing German capital (4)","output":"### Answer: RIGA \n ### Explanation: Definition: ca\ndefinition: capital of Latvia\n AIR=\"breeze\" reversed\/\"from the south\"; around G (German)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cop given nuts spitting out large stones (8)","output":"### Answer: DIAMONDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: stones\nDI (Detective Inspector, \"Cop\") + A[L]MONDS=\"nuts\" minus L (large)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Allowance got by lecturer before head of technology leaves position (8)","output":"### Answer: LATITUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Allowance\nL (lecturer) + AT[t]ITUDE=\"position\" minus t[echnology]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turned on cash register contain\u00ading note with forged date (10)","output":"### Answer: TITILLATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Turned on\nTILL=\"cash register\" around TI=musical \"note\"; plus anagram\/\"forged\" of (date)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Write to male exposed as love cheat (3-5)","output":"### Answer: TWO-TIMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: love cheat\nanagram\/\"exposed\" of (Write to m[ale])"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Instrument at home in dark red cover (8)","output":"### Answer: CLARINET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Instrument\nIN=\"at home\" inside CLARET=\"dark red\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer cries afresh about book (6)","output":"### Answer: SCRIBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Writer\nanagram\/\"afresh\" of (cries)* around B (book)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Devotional songs sung by priest and son getting donations for the needy (6)","output":"### Answer: PSALMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Devotional son\nP (priest) + S (son) + ALMS=\"donations for the needy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eager to join TV phone-in broadcast via the bush telegraph (2,3,9)","output":"### Answer: ON THE GRAPEVINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: via the bush telegraph\ndefinition: both are expressions about information spreading through rumour\n anagram\/\"broadcast\" of (Eager TV phone-in)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Addict's escort has no heroin (4)","output":"### Answer: USER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Addict\nUS[h]ER=\"escort\" minus 'h' for \"heroin\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Crumbling gable' artist's symbolic subject (7)","output":"### Answer: ALGEBRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: symbolic subject\nanagram\/\"Crumbling\" of (gable)* + RA (Royal Academician, \"artist\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spot storyline with school setting (7)","output":"### Answer: SPLOTCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spot\nPLOT=\"storyline\", inside SCH (school)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Living accommodation north of the border (5)","output":"### Answer: MANSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Living accommodation north of the border\ncryptic definition: a church minister's residence, especially in Scotland i.e. \"north of the border\"\n a \"Living\" is a church term referring to a minister's parish"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First-rate access to attic? (3-6)","output":"### Answer: TOPFLIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: First-rate\na TOP FLIGHT of stairs could also indicate \"access to attic?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Secret hero, roughly sixty (10)","output":"### Answer: THREESCORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: sixty\nanagram\/\"roughly\" of (Secret hero)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Figure from report incomplete (4)","output":"### Answer: STAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Figure\nSTAT[e]=\"report\", \"incomplete\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Draw with number one in league to regain control (4,7,8)","output":"### Answer: PULL ONESELF TOGETHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: regain control\nPULL=\"Draw\" + ONESELF=\"number one\" + TOGETHER=\"in league\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unit at large performing survey (11)","output":"### Answer: TRIANGULATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: surve\nanagram\/\"performing\" of (Unit at large)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rod's tipple laced with unknown ingredient (4)","output":"### Answer: AXLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rod\nALE=\"tipple\", around X=\"unknown ingredient\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lots such as furniture maker might bid for? (1,5,4)","output":"### Answer: A GREAT DEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lots\ndefinition: \"Lots\" as in a large quantity\n DEAL is also a type of wood, and therefore might be of interest to furniture makers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Canadian water hounds worried by horse (6,3)","output":"### Answer: HUDSON BAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Canadian water\ndefinition: inland sea in northeastern Canada\n anagram\/\"worried\" of (hounds)*; plus BAY=\"horse\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worker using kitchen roller about to leave (5)","output":"### Answer: BAKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Worker using kitchen\nB[re]AKER=a large sea wave=\"roller\", with RE=\"about\" leaving"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Immense distance once covered by rodents from the East (7)","output":"### Answer: STELLAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Immense\nELL=old unit of measurement=\"distance, once\"; inside RATS=\"rodents\" reversed\/\"from the East\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Times added to article about Queen using such means (7)","output":"### Answer: THEREBY \n ### Explanation: Definition: using such means\nBY=\"Times\" as in multiplication e.g. 'two by two is four'; after THE=definite \"article\"; all around ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"Queen\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Acknowledges obsolete currency in islands (6)","output":"### Answer: ADMITS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Acknowledges\nDM (Deustche Mark, \"obsolete currency\") inside AITS=eyots=small \"islands\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Groups retrospectively brought in by fare negotiators (6)","output":"### Answer: GENERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Groups\nreversed\/\"retrospectively\" and hidden \"in\" [f]ARE NEG[otiators]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dealing with buzzers sounding alert \u2014 I'm scared to enter (10)","output":"### Answer: BEEKEEPING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dealing with buzzers\nBEEPING=\"sounding [an] alert\"; with EEK=\"I'm scared\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lark averse to cold? (5)","output":"### Answer: ANTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lark\nANTI=\"averse to\" + C (cold)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stratford flower seller, America's rising star (9)","output":"### Answer: SUPERNOVA \n ### Explanation: Definition: star\nAVON=\"Stratford flower\/river\" + REP=\"seller\" + US=\"America\"; all reversed\/\"rising\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two gents on air possibly a wonderful thing (4)","output":"### Answer: LULU \n ### Explanation: Definition: wonderful thing\ndefinition: an exceptional example of something\n homophone\/\"on air\" of 'loo loo'=\"Two gents\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mimic successfully adopting new technology to get on (3,2,3)","output":"### Answer: HIT IT OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: get on\nHIT OFF=\"Mimic successfully\" around IT (information technology, \"new technology\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cat beetled off before one's very eyes (10)","output":"### Answer: DETECTABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: before one's very eyes\nanagram\/\"off\" of (Cat beetled)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lie about secure provision for the smarter patrons? (6,3)","output":"### Answer: LOUNGE BAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: provision for the smarter patrons\ndefinition: a more luxurious\/fashionable i.e. \"smarter\" part of a pub\n LOUNGE=\"Lie about\" + BAR=\"secure\" as in 'bar the doors'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Joins embassy staff (8)","output":"### Answer: ATTACHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Joins\ndouble definition: 'attaches' vs 'attach**\u00e9**s'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get caught after police knock off (8)","output":"### Answer: DISLODGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: knock off\nLODGE=\"Get caught\" as in 'food lodged in the throat'; after DIS (Detective InspectorS, \"police\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shout down my left ear at first (6)","output":"### Answer: HECKLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shout down\nHECK=\"my!\"=exclamation of shock; plus first letters of L[eft] E[ar]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conservative needs unusual sensitivity, ousting almost all ministers (6)","output":"### Answer: CLERGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: ministers\nC [Conservative] + [al]LERGY=\"unusual sensitivity\" minus al[l]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anguish at heart of alien realm (5)","output":"### Answer: EGYPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: realm\nGYP=\"Anguish\" inside\/\"at heart of\" ET (extra-terrestrial, \"alien\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fine bird, one for the table (4)","output":"### Answer: FOWL \n ### Explanation: Definition: one for the table\nF (fine) + OWL=\"bird\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Order sponge that's cut or a piece of cake inside cafe (6,5)","output":"### Answer: GREASY SPOON \n ### Explanation: Definition: cafe\nAnagram\/\"Order\" of (spong[e] or)* with \"sponge\" cut short; with EASY=\"piece of cake\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hospital patient's heart to pound; one in bed, perhaps is not so flat (7)","output":"### Answer: HILLIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: not so flat\nH (Hospital) + the \"heart\" or central letter of [pat]I[ent] + L (*Libra*, pound weight) + LIER=\"one in bed, perhaps\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink running water with live newt further up (4,3)","output":"### Answer: BEEF TEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drink\ndefinition: a hot beef broth\n EA=river or \"running water\"; with BE=\"live\" and EFT=\"newt\" before it\/\"further up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Harry Potter cast shortly watching one (9)","output":"### Answer: SPECTATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: watching one\nAnagram \u2013 \"Harry\" as in 'destroy' \u2013 of (Potter cas[t])* shortened by a letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stopped in Australia, mostly at large houses (5)","output":"### Answer: FROZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stopped\nFRE[e]=\"mostly at large\", housing OZ=\"Australia\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Silly me loves writing puzzles after vacation! (4)","output":"### Answer: OOPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Silly me\nO O=two zeros or \"loves\"; plus P[uzzle]S vacated of its contents"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cold-blooded American being busy leader (10)","output":"### Answer: COPPERHEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cold-blooded American\ndefinition: an American type of snake\n \"busy\"=detective=COPPER + HEAD=\"leader\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Does one tend to watch hot girls soon to get stripped off (10)","output":"### Answer: HOROLOGIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Does one tend to watch\ndefinition: someone who might \"tend to\"\/service a \"watch\"\n anagram\/\"off\" of (hot girls [s]oo[n])*, with \"soon\" stripped of its outer letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old designer leaving Italy to make scent for Americans (4)","output":"### Answer: ODOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: scent for Americans\nAmerican spelling of 'odour'\n O (Old) + DIOR=\"designer\", leaving out I (Italy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Female, not in dresses, stuns (5)","output":"### Answer: ROCKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: stuns\n[F]ROCKS=\"dresses\" minus F (Female)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With a better argument, American Mancini ultimately pens 'keep Moon River' (1,8)","output":"### Answer: A FORTIORI \n ### Explanation: Definition: With a better argument\nA (American) + ultimate letter of [Mancin]I; around FORT=\"keep\" + IO=\"Moon\" of Jupiter + R (River)\n the song *Moon River* was composed by the American Henry Mancini"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top journalist hiding page that's filled out (7)","output":"### Answer: PLUMPED \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's filled out\nPLUM=excellent=\"Top\" + ED (editor, journalist); around P (page)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Limited time to cut song during album set back (7)","output":"### Answer: PARTIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Limited\nT (time) inside ARIA=\"song\"; all inside LP=\"album\" reversed\/\"set back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Minor actor helping to win Oscar for project (11)","output":"### Answer: EXTRAPOLATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: project\nEXTRA=\"Minor actor\" + PLATE=\"helping\" of food, around O (Oscar, phonetic alphabet)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Badger poacher with gun dealt reward at the end (6,9)","output":"### Answer: GOLDEN PARACHUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: reward at the end\ndefinition: a generous payment to a worker who is being dismissed\n Anagram\/\"Badger\" as in 'pester'\/'disturb' of (poacher gun dealt)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Live in sun during retirement (5)","output":"### Answer: EXIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Live\nS (sun) inside EXIT=\"retirement\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keep to right entering last passage (7)","output":"### Answer: STRETTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: last \ndefinition: a type of musical passage, often at the end of a movement\n STET=editor's instruction to \"Keep\" rather than delete; plus TO; with R (right) entering inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very neat in retrospect after biro's beginning to dry out (5,2)","output":"### Answer: SOBER UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: dry out\nSO=\"Very\" + PURE=\"neat\" as in 'neat vodka' reversed\/\"in retrospect\" and after B[iro]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Topless shoot that's red hot (4,4)","output":"### Answer: OPEN FIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's red hot\ndefinition: an exposed fire\n OPEN=uncovered=\"Topless\" + FIRE=\"shoot\" a weapon"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Region died: toxin released poisonous gas (8,7)","output":"### Answer: NITROGEN DIOXIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: poisonous gas\nAnagram\/\"released\" of (Region died toxin)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Massaging sporty hip, yeah? (13)","output":"### Answer: PHYSIOTHERAPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Massaging sporty hip, yeah\nAnagram\/\"Massaging\" (sporty hip yeah)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Film in April, May and June? (8,5)","output":"### Answer: CALENDAR GIRLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Film\nApril, May, and June are found in a calendar, and are also names for girls"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where desires are titillated by top-shelf bust (8)","output":"### Answer: FLESHPOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where desires are titillated\ndefinition: a place offering entertainment of a sexual nature\n Anagram\/\"bust\" of (top-shelf)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Family man with pretty secretary (7)","output":"### Answer: GRANDPA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Family man\nGRAND=\"pretty\" + PA (personal assistant, secretary)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sign accordingly giving envelope for my foreign letter (7)","output":"### Answer: SCORPIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sign\nSO=\"accordingly\" around\/enveloping: COR=exclamation of surprise=\"my!\" + PI=\"foreign letter\" from the Greek alphabet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arrival by alien going around Earth (5)","output":"### Answer: TERRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Earth\nARR (Arrival) + ET (extra-terrestrial, alien); all reversed\/\"going around\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Forced to serve jam and egg crackers (5-6)","output":"### Answer: PRESS-GANGED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Forced to serve\nPRESS=\"jam\"; plus anagram\/\"crackers\" of (and egg)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stream barred return of predatory beast (7)","output":"### Answer: OUTFLOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stream\nOUT=excluded=\"barred\" + reversal\/\"return\" of WOLF=\"predatory beast\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artist and writer among group trying not to drink coffee, potentially (7)","output":"### Answer: ARABICA \n ### Explanation: Definition: c\ndefinition: a type of coffee plant\/bean\n RA (Royal Academician, \"Artist\") + BIC=pen=\"writer\"; all inside AA (Alcoholics Anonymous, \"group trying not to drink\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Corps put faith in security (4,5)","output":"### Answer: UNIT TRUST \n ### Explanation: Definition: security\ndefinition: a type of investment fund or financial \"security\"\n UNIT=\"Corps\" + TRUST=\"faith\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: False teeth regularly scrubbed fast (5)","output":"### Answer: FLEET \n ### Explanation: Definition: fast\nregular letters removed\/\"scrubbed\" from \"F[a]L[s]E [t]E[e]T[h]\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen to withdraw for this reason? (4)","output":"### Answer: ERGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: for this reason?\nER (Elizabeth Regina, \"Queen) + GO=\"withdraw\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Highly awed seamen ran into harbours (4-6)","output":"### Answer: STAR-STRUCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Highly awed\nTARS=\"seamen\" harboured inside STRUCK=\"ran into\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rough sketches outlining germ warfare devices of 1940s (10)","output":"### Answer: DOODLEBUGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: warfare devices of 1940s \ndefinition: a type of bomb in WWII\n DOODLES=\"Rough sketches\" around BUG=\"germ\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go out to lunch when retired (4)","output":"### Answer: STAB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Go\ndefinition: as in 'have a go\/stab\/try at something'\n BATS=crazy=idiomatic meaning of \"out to lunch\" reversed\/\"retired\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe sharper children worry (5)","output":"### Answer: CHEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maybe sharper\ndefinition: a card sharper is a type of cheat\n CH (children) + EAT=upset=\"worry\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most brawny supplier in business grabs last of range (9)","output":"### Answer: STOCKIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most brawny\nSTOCKIST=\"supplier in business\" around last of [rang]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: False clone claiming ambassador's rank (7)","output":"### Answer: ECHELON \n ### Explanation: Definition: rank\nanagram\/\"False\" of (clone)*; around HE (His\/Her Excellency, \"ambassador\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fancy tie? Here's one in hand for Democrat to wear (7)","output":"### Answer: BANDANA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fancy tie\na BANANA can be called one 'finger' from a \"hand\"\/bunch; around D (Democrat)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inmate welcoming Oscar back after recital here? (7,4)","output":"### Answer: READING GAOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: here\nOscar Wilde was incarcerated in Reading Gaol\n LAG=\"Inmate\" around O (Oscar in the phonetic alphabet), reversed\/\"back\"; and after READING=\"recital\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Assembling, as partners may be, on green? (7,8)","output":"### Answer: PUTTING TOGETHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Assembling\ngolf partners might be making putts together on the green"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brilliant display mounted in oriental centre (5)","output":"### Answer: ECLAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brilliant display\nreversed\/\"mounted\" and inside [orien]TAL CE[ntre]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Handyman's powder spotted above shower (7)","output":"### Answer: SAWDUST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Handyman's powder\nSAW=\"spotted\" + DUST=sprinkle=\"shower\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leaders in acoustics designed more suitable connector (7)","output":"### Answer: ADAPTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: connector\nleading letters of A[coustics] D[esigned] + APTER=\"more suitable\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unauthorised artwork revolutionary provided in strongly Labour newspaper (8)","output":"### Answer: GRAFFITI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unauthorised artwork\nreversal\/\"revolutionary\" of IF=\"provided\" in GRAFT=\"strongly Labour\"; plus I=\"newspaper\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Made mad excursion, when put off by everyone (6,2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: DRIVEN UP THE WALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Made mad\nDRIVE=\"excursion\" + anagram\/\"off\" of (when put)* + ALL=\"everyone\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mass publication (6)","output":"### Answer: VOLUME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mass\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note-writer's favourable report on Simpson Jr? (6)","output":"### Answer: BARTOK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Note-writer\ndefinition: B\u00e9la Bart\u00f3k the Hungarian composer\/\"Note-writer\"\n BART [is] OK would be a favourable report on \"Simpson Jr\" from *The Simpsons"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Case for money secured by First Lord of Admiralty primarily for small 12 (8)","output":"### Answer: FLOTILLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: small 12\ndefinition: a small FLEET\n TILL=\"Case for money\"; inside F[irst] L[ord] O[f] A[dmiralty]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Invoice in pouch-like holder, with penny change (6)","output":"### Answer: DOCKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Invoice\nPOCKET=\"pouch-like holder\", with P for \"penny\" changing to D for denarius=former abbreviation for \"penny\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dog's home supported by judge in Ulster (7)","output":"### Answer: BASENJI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dog\nBASE=\"home\" + J (judge) inside NI (Northern Ireland, \"Ulster\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Portable bed intended for nursery? (7)","output":"### Answer: GROWBAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Portable bed intended for nursery?\ncryptic definition, referring to a nursery where plants are grown \u2013 a growbag is a portable tray\/bed for plants"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Risk taken by fish shop (6)","output":"### Answer: BETRAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: shop\ndefinition: \"shop\" is a verb meaning to inform on someone\n BET=\"Risk taken\" + RAY=\"fish\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Family lawyer of sorts? (5)","output":"### Answer: KINDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: of sorts?\nKIN=\"Family\" + DA (District Attorney, \"lawyer\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'm fed up with the wet country (7)","output":"### Answer: BAHRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: co\nBAH=exclamation meaning \"I'm fed up\" + RAIN=\"the wet\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American drink in French house (7)","output":"### Answer: BOURBON \n ### Explanation: Definition: American drink\nBourbon whiskey; or the Bourbon dynasty"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spooner's man with a beard in prayer? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: HAIL MARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: prayer\nSpoonerism of 'male, hairy'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gone to collect windcheater, finally given a coat (9)","output":"### Answer: VARNISHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: given a coat \nVANISHED=\"Gone\" around final letter of [windcheate]R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Notice rifle shot (5)","output":"### Answer: FLIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Notice\nanagram\/\"shot\" of (rifle)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pay people running competition? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: FOOT RACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: unning competition\nFOOT=\"Pay\" a bill; plus PEOPLE=\"race\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Range one voluntarily holds back (4)","output":"### Answer: OVEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: R\nhidden\/\"holds\" reversed\/\"back\" inside [o]NE VO[luntarily]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A tree drops on author (5)","output":"### Answer: ADAMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: author\ntoday's theme authors are Douglas ADAMS and Richard ADAMS\n A + DAMS[on]=\"tree drops on\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Taken before lunch, stuff including black seafood (8)","output":"### Answer: CRABMEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: seafood\nCRAM=\"stuff\" around B (black); put in front of\/\"taken before\" EAT=\"lunch\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creation of 16 across in shade of tree? (5)","output":"### Answer: HAZEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Creation of 1\ntriple definition: a character in *Watership Down*; a colour; a tree"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Measure of cycles is very painful, reportedly? (9)","output":"### Answer: MEGAHERTZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: Measure of cycles\ndefinition: a unit of frequency\n sounds like 'mega hurts'=\"is very painful\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bloke having lemon sole in the end (4)","output":"### Answer: DUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bloke\nDUD=\"lemon\"=a defective item; plus [sol]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Space vacated after journey including a trek (7)","output":"### Answer: TRAIPSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: trek \nS[pac]E vacated of its inner letters; after TRIP=\"journey\" around A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spanish drink \u2014 it's okay for the French (4)","output":"### Answer: CAVA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spanish drink\n'\u00e7a va' is a French phrase that can mean \"it's okay\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Singin' about a creation of 16 across (8)","output":"### Answer: TRILLIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: creation of 16 across\na character from *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy*\n TRILLIN'=Singin', around A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creation of 16 across, money (6)","output":"### Answer: SILVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Creation of 16\ndouble definition, a character from *Watership Down"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make bombs to defend old game (8)","output":"### Answer: DOMINOES \n ### Explanation: Definition: game\nDO=\"Make\" + MINES=\"bombs\" around O (old)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A day daughter enters payment for creation of 16 across (6,4)","output":"### Answer: ARTHUR DENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: creation of 16 across\na character from *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy*\n A; plus THUR=Thursday=\"day\" + D (daughter) both inside RENT=\"payment\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creation of 16 across, cross monitor (4,7)","output":"### Answer: FORD PREFECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Creation of 16 across\na character from *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy*\n FORD=\"cross\" a river; PREFECT=a school \"monitor\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Telescope on, characteristic rings appear, ultimately (9)","output":"### Answer: REFRACTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Telescope\nRE=about, \"on\"; FACTOR=\"characteristic\" around\/\"rings\" [appea]R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creation of 16 across, money (5)","output":"### Answer: FIVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Creation of 16 across\ndouble definition, a character from *Watership Down"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note obsessive passage (5)","output":"### Answer: CANAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: passage\nC=musical \"Note\" + ANAL=\"obsessive\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Purple: the mast after rigging containing hint of yellow (8)","output":"### Answer: AMETHYST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Purple\nanagram\/\"after rigging\" of (the mast)* around Y[ellow]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Almost twelve taking lift became unconscious (5,3)","output":"### Answer: DOZED OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: became unconscious\nDOZE[n]=\"Almost twelve\" plus DOFF=\"lift\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creation of 16 across, head honcho (6)","output":"### Answer: BIGWIG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Creation of 16 across\ndouble definition, a character from *Watership Down"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Risk a couple of sharp bends, challenging corners (6)","output":"### Answer: HAZARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Risk\nA; plus Z=\"couple of sharp bends\" e.g. in a road; all cornered inside HARD=\"challenging\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Avoid cricketing failure (4)","output":"### Answer: DUCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Avoid\ndouble definition: to move downwards; a score of 0 when batting in cricket"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Proudly show off row of shops (6)","output":"### Answer: PARADE \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sponge ass's back \u2014 pleased expression (6)","output":"### Answer: LOOFAH \n ### Explanation: FOOL=\"ass\" reversed\/\"back\"; plus AH=cry of pleasure=\"pleased expression\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To express disapproval of Mike leads to explosion (4)","output":"### Answer: BOOM \n ### Explanation: BOO=\"express disapproval of\" + M (Mike, phonetic alphabet)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek character nothing short of brave and gallant (10)","output":"### Answer: CHIVALROUS \n ### Explanation: CHI=\"Greek [alphabet] character\" + VAL[o]ROUS=\"brave\" minus 'O'=\"nothing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tell why one is playing well (6)","output":"### Answer: INFORM \n ### Explanation: being IN FORM=\"why one is playing well\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Getting washed and dressed: after work, better to avoid extremes (8)","output":"### Answer: TOILETTE \n ### Explanation: TOIL=\"work\", [b]ETTE[r] minus its outer letters\/\"extremes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doing really well with a spreadsheet? (9)","output":"### Answer: EXCELLING \n ### Explanation: referring to the spreadsheet software Microsoft Excel"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Read endlessly as boss (4)","output":"### Answer: STUD \n ### Explanation: STUD[y]=\"Read endlessly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get rid of bed (4)","output":"### Answer: SACK \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Approve art house I rebuilt (9)","output":"### Answer: AUTHORISE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"rebuilt\" of (art house I)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In bodies a judge addresses damages (8)","output":"### Answer: INJURIES \n ### Explanation: IN + JURIES=\"bodies a judge addresses\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Waddle half back, and don't hurry (6)","output":"### Answer: DAWDLE \n ### Explanation: WAD-DLE with the first half of the letters reversed\/\"back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Less than a storm at sea? That's lucky (4,2,4)","output":"### Answer: JUSTASWELL \n ### Explanation: JUST A SWELL=\"Less than a storm at sea\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Called up to manage golf (4)","output":"### Answer: RUNG \n ### Explanation: RUN=\"manage\" + G (Golf, phonetic alphabet)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New weapon is limited (6)","output":"### Answer: NARROW \n ### Explanation: N (new) + ARROW=\"weapon\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Resolve to belt criminal (6)","output":"### Answer: BOTTLE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"criminal\" of (to belt)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mythical bird? It's found in Arizona (7)","output":"### Answer: PHOENIX \n ### Explanation: double definition \u2013 Phoenix is also the capital city of Arizona"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capital lover and capital love (5)","output":"### Answer: ROMEO \n ### Explanation: definition: \"Capital\" as in 'excellent'\n \nROME=\"Capital\" + O=\"love\" (zero in tennis)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Counting system with a point to it (7)","output":"### Answer: DECIMAL \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition \u2013 with \"point\" referring to a decimal point rather than a purpose"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Giraffes' cousins fine, needing a short wee (6)","output":"### Answer: OKAPIS \n ### Explanation: OK=\"fine\" + A + PIS[s]=\"short wee\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hot meal for this circus artiste? (4-5)","output":"### Answer: FIRE-EATER \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Searched round area frequently visited (7)","output":"### Answer: HAUNTED \n ### Explanation: HUNTED=\"Searched\" around A (area)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eminent inspector with poor suiting dropped (13)","output":"### Answer: DISTINGUISHED \n ### Explanation: DI (Detective Inspector) + anagram\/\"poor\" of (suiting)* + SHED=\"dropped\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After short space nobleman and monarch meet (9)","output":"### Answer: ENCOUNTER \n ### Explanation: EN=\"short space\" in typography; COUNT=\"nobleman\"; ER (Elizabeth Regina)=\"monarch\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Painful experience after bathing? (7)","output":"### Answer: SUNBURN \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition referring to sunbathing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spanish gentleman concealed goal stupidly (7)","output":"### Answer: HIDALGO \n ### Explanation: definition: a Spanish nobleman\n \nHID=\"concealed\" + anagram\/\"stupidly\" of (goal)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something considered golden is shut up (7)","output":"### Answer: SILENCE \n ### Explanation: double definition: 'Silence is golden'; and 'Silence\" as a command to \"shut up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As if alternative company could be a complete disaster (6)","output":"### Answer: FIASCO \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"alternative\" of (As if)* + CO (company)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poorest quality terrace put up on street (5)","output":"### Answer: WORST \n ### Explanation: ROW=\"terrace\" reversed\/\"put up\" + ST (street)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seeming to turn old man against old man? (8)","output":"### Answer: APPARENT \n ### Explanation: reversal\/\"turn\" of PA=\"old man\", plus PARENT=\"old man\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheap wedding ring that plays tunes (5,4)","output":"### Answer: BRASS BAND \n ### Explanation: definition: a musical ensemble with brass instruments\n \ncan also be read as a wedding BAND made of BRASS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet things like to embrace detectives and dribble (4,5)","output":"### Answer: ACID DROPS \n ### Explanation: definition: a type of sour boiled sweet\n \nAS=\"like\", around CID (Criminal Investigation Department, \"detectives\") + DROP=\"dribble\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Understanding exercise function requires no energy (10)","output":"### Answer: PERCEPTION \n ### Explanation: PE (Physical Education, \"exercise\") + R-E-CEPTION=\"function\" minus E (energy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crossword started (bloody Brummie!) \u2014 time to have belief (6)","output":"### Answer: CREDIT \n ### Explanation: C[rossword] + RED=\"bloody\" + I=\"Brummie\" + T (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bedding etc unfortunately restricts active lover (8)","output":"### Answer: COVERLET \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"unfortunately\" of (etc)*, around anagram\/\"active\" of (lover)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get high on your own smart performance (3,4)","output":"### Answer: FLYSOLO \n ### Explanation: FLY=\"smart\" + SOLO=\"performance\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sediment area around house (7)","output":"### Answer: GROUNDS \n ### Explanation: double definition: \"Sediment\" as in coffee GROUNDS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird's bill, cornet-shaped (8)","output":"### Answer: ACCENTOR \n ### Explanation: definition: a genus of birds\n \nAC (account, \"bill\"), plus anagram\/\"shaped\" of (cornet)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having a particular way of removing outer bits from crusty larvae (6)","output":"### Answer: STYLAR \n ### Explanation: definition: having a persistent style\n \n\"outer bits\" removed from [cru]STY LAR[vae]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Britten composition found inside Bird's plant (10)","output":"### Answer: MONTBRETIA \n ### Explanation: definition: a type of plant in the iris family\n \nanagram\/\"composition\" of (Britten)* inside MOA=type of \"Bird\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chamber is consequently filled by island lake (4)","output":"### Answer: SILO \n ### Explanation: SO=\"consequently\" filled by I (island) and L (lake)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Withdraw, carrying emptied rifle, being cowardly (8)","output":"### Answer: RECREANT \n ### Explanation: RECANT=\"Withdraw\" around R-IFL-E emptied of inner letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Insubstantial small muscle lacks oxygen (8)","output":"### Answer: SPECTRAL \n ### Explanation: S (small) + PECT-O-RAL=\"muscle\" minus O (oxygen)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Desirable person's improper message about urine container (6)","output":"### Answer: SEXPOT \n ### Explanation: SEXT=\"improper message\" around PO=chamberpot=\"urine container\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appeal to leaders of African tribal region (7)","output":"### Answer: ATTRACT \n ### Explanation: leading letters of A[frican] + T[ribal]; plus TRACT=\"region\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Round book printed on dedicated computer paper (8)","output":"### Answer: OBSERVER \n ### Explanation: definition: the weekly British newspaper\n \nO=\"Round\" + B (book) + SERVER=\"dedicated computer\" providing services within a network"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is the Queen unable to cover an old music stand? (10)","output":"### Answer: CANTERBURY \n ### Explanation: definition: a piece of furniture used to hold sheet music\n \nCAN'T ER BURY=\"Is the Queen unable to cover\", with ER=Elizabeth Regina=\"Queen\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wood and metal off the boat (6)","output":"### Answer: ASHORE \n ### Explanation: ASH=\"Wood\" + ORE=\"metal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Analysis of Pluto zone (10)","output":"### Answer: DISSECTION \n ### Explanation: DIS=Roman name for \"Pluto\", god of the underworld; plus SECTION=\"zone\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Affectedly well-read, or else excited about it (8)","output":"### Answer: LITEROSE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"excited\" of (or else)*; around IT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unmissable date \u2014 and phone not working? (8)","output":"### Answer: DEADLINE \n ### Explanation: DEAD LINE=\"phone not working?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: University, rather unorthodox, that's used by a peer (7)","output":"### Answer: URETHRA \n ### Explanation: definition referring to a pee-r, someone who pees\n \nU (University) + anagram\/\"unorthodox\" of (rather)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dull city centre's gone flashy inside (6)","output":"### Answer: CLOUDY \n ### Explanation: C-it-Y with the centre removed, and with LOUD=\"flashy\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Swipe church sample (6)","output":"### Answer: SWATCH \n ### Explanation: SWAT=\"Swipe\" + CH (church)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lacking source of education, looks up 'beehive' (4)","output":"### Answer: SKEP \n ### Explanation: definition: a type of beehive made of straw\n \nP-E-EKS=\"looks\", reversed\/\"up\", and minus E[ducation]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Compromising exchanges foolishly flirting Fancy-Fancy at first dares to produce (5-4)","output":"### Answer: TRADE-OFFS \n ### Explanation: an anagram\/\"foolishly\u2026 to produce\" of (F F dares to), with the F F coming from F[lirting] F[ancy-Fancy] at first\n \nperhaps also 'exchanges foolishly flirting Fancy-Fancy at first' indicates a TRADE OF F'S?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mind sheikhdom deporting a husband (5)","output":"### Answer: BRAIN \n ### Explanation: B-AH-RAIN=\"sheikdom\", minus A + H (husband)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tried playing record earlier? Rubbish! (9)","output":"### Answer: DISCREDIT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"playing\" of (tried)*; with DISC=\"record\" in front\/\"earlier\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spy No 2 in Slovakia (5)","output":"### Answer: SPOOK \n ### Explanation: POO=\"No 2\" inside SK=\"Slovakia\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moon, showing bum in front of polite society (6)","output":"### Answer: PHOBOS \n ### Explanation: definition: a moon of Mars\n \nHOBO=\"bum\" inside the front letters of P[olite] S[ociety]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Varied the City football team, after first half's reversal (8)","output":"### Answer: ECLECTIC \n ### Explanation: EC (Eastern Central postcode area)=\"the City\" of London; plus CEL-TIC=\"football team\", with the first half of the letters reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Working near the capital (7)","output":"### Answer: TEHERAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: an alternative spelling of Tehran, capital of Iran\n \nanagram\/\"Working\" of (near the)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sexy garments making comeback in popular nightclub? (7)","output":"### Answer: HOTSPOT \n ### Explanation: HOT=\"Sexy\" plus TOPS=\"garments\" reversed\/\"making comeback\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recognises clue about breaks for refuelling (3,5)","output":"### Answer: PITSTOPS \n ### Explanation: SPOTS TIP=\"Recognises clue\", reversed\/\"about\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek character amongst posters becoming pests (6)","output":"### Answer: APHIDS \n ### Explanation: PHI=\"Greek [alphabet] character\", inside ADS=\"posters\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bowler in match between close rivals (5)","output":"### Answer: DERBY \n ### Explanation: double definition: the first as a US term for a \"Bowler\" hat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Places for burying 15s around a fellow doctor (9)","output":"### Answer: CATACOMBS \n ### Explanation: 15=CAT, so 15s=CATS, around A + CO as in 'co-worker'=\"fellow\" + MB (Bachelor of Medicine)=\"doctor\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What most 15s have \u2014 dogs, too! (5)","output":"### Answer: TAILS \n ### Explanation: CATs have TAILS, as do dogs; TAILS is also synonymous with \"dogs\" as in 'follows'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Structure of cell makes criminal groan at lifestyle mag (9)","output":"### Answer: ORGANELLE \n ### Explanation: definition: a type of structure within a cell\n \nanagram\/\"criminal\" of (groan)*; plus ELLE=\"lifestyle mag\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rage consuming one 10 (6)","output":"### Answer: WRAITH \n ### Explanation: 10=SPOOK as in a ghost\n \nWRATH=\"Rage\" around I=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bad clue butchered by editor originally (can be trained) (8)","output":"### Answer: EDUCABLE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"butchered\" of (Bad clue)*; after E[ditor]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Architect agreed with son (6)","output":"### Answer: ROGERS \n ### Explanation: ROGER='okay'=\"agreed\"; plus S (son)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No longer pending? Right, get busy! (7)","output":"### Answer: OFFICER \n ### Explanation: definition: a \"busy\" is a police officer\n \n'on ice'=\"pending, so OFF ICE=\"No longer pending?\"; plus R (right)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Theme involves recipe for a certain degree of latitude? (6)","output":"### Answer: TROPIC \n ### Explanation: definition: the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn are circles of latitude\n \nTOPIC=\"Theme\" around R (recipe)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Roman summer resort of note (first book in series) (6)","output":"### Answer: TIVOLI \n ### Explanation: TI=musical \"note\"; plus VOL I='Volume 1'=\"first book in series\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fashion leaders in Ascot outfits look stunning too (4)","output":"### Answer: ALSO \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Fashion\" of (A o l s)*, the leading letters from \"Ascot outfits look stunning\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cartoon series, a much cooler version of 16 17? (3,3)","output":"### Answer: TOP CAT \n ### Explanation: 16 17 is TOP HAT \u2013 changing the H (hot) to C (cold) gives this \"much cooler version\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Broken hot tap? Best cover item in film (3,3)","output":"### Answer: TOP HAT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Broken\" of (hot tap)*\n \nalso TOP=\"Best\" + HAT=\"cover item\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very small bit of a 15? (4)","output":"### Answer: ATOM \n ### Explanation: A + TOM=cat=15 down"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small child's train? Half of it has defaced LNER glass (8)","output":"### Answer: SCHOONER \n ### Explanation: S (Small) + CHOO-[choo]=half of \"child's train\" + [L]NER losing its front\/face"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A step taken by theme's essential character to become a film star (7)","output":"### Answer: ASTAIRE \n ### Explanation: A + STAIR=\"step\" + middle letter\/\"essential character\" of [th]E[me]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Superhero gets cinema rocking (6)","output":"### Answer: ICEMAN \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"rocking\" of (cinema)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refined what some tenants may do when rent finally gets raised (6)","output":"### Answer: SUBTLE \n ### Explanation: SUBLET=\"what some tenants may do\", with the final letter of ren-T raised up in the order"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Icon sporting a cravat? Not initially (6)","output":"### Answer: AVATAR \n ### Explanation: definition: an avatar may be an icon used as a display picture online\n \nanagram\/\"sporting\" of (a ravat)*, excluding the initial letter of c-ravat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gardener's tool having removed what's on 14, OK to eat outside of beetroot? (6)","output":"### Answer: DIBBLE \n ### Explanation: e-DIBLE=\"OK to eat\", with the first E=\"what's on TOP\" removed, and outside of B[eet\/root] i.e. the 'root' letter of 'b-eet'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wake father \u2014 am getting worried about time (9)","output":"### Answer: AFTERMATH \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"worried\" of (father am)*, around T (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ginger gets glasses at the going rate (5)","output":"### Answer: OOMPH \n ### Explanation: definition: \"Ginger\" as in energy or vitality \nOO=letters looking like a pair of \"glasses\", plus MPH (miles per hour, \"going rate\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rejection of Thatcher that is unlimited (4,3)","output":"### Answer: SINE DIE \n ### Explanation: definition: Latin phrase meaning without a set date \/ indefinitely"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thanks to exercise, looking hot and sweaty but gradually got thinner (7)","output":"### Answer: TAPERED \n ### Explanation: TA=\"Thanks\" plus PE (physical education, \"exercise\") plus RED=\"looking hot and sweaty\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ruling country's in talks (5)","output":"### Answer: UKASE \n ### Explanation: definition: a term for a legal decree, originally used in tsarist Russia \nhomophone\/\"in talks\" of UK's=\"country's\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Under restriction \u2014 swine keeps on vilifying leaders (5,4)","output":"### Answer: BOUND OVER \n ### Explanation: definition: subject to restrictions by a court order \nBOUNDER=\"swine\" around the leading letters of O[n] V[ilifying]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Read nothing \u2014 that, he felt, could be Trump's area of expertise? (3,3,2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: THE ART OF THE DEAL \n ### Explanation: definition: the name of a book [supposedly] by Donald Trump \nanagram\/\"could be\" of (Read O that he felt); where the O is \"nothing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Allen at the start breaks cue and rest (9)","output":"### Answer: REMAINDER \n ### Explanation: starting letter of A[llen] breaking into REMINDER=\"cue\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wine bar stocks old (5)","output":"### Answer: SOAVE \n ### Explanation: SAVE=except=\"bar\", around O (old)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conference venue spitting feathers \u2014 bar knocked back (7)","output":"### Answer: POTSDAM \n ### Explanation: definition: referring to the Potsdam Conference \nMAD=\"spitting feathers\" + STOP=\"bar\" as a verb; all reversed\/\"knocked back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grumble incessantly about watch (7)","output":"### Answer: CHUNTER \n ### Explanation: C (circa, \"about\") + HUNTER=a type of pocket \"watch\" with a case to cover the glass"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beg editor to withdraw material (5)","output":"### Answer: SUEDE \n ### Explanation: SUE=appeal to someone for something=\"beg\"; plus ED (editor) reversed\/\"to withdraw\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Neared solution after official votes (9)","output":"### Answer: REFERENDA \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"solution\" of (Neared)*, after REF=referee=\"official\" in a sports match"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Do no more about problems raised by Queen (4,6)","output":"### Answer: PASS MUSTER \n ### Explanation: PAST=\"no more\" around SUMS=\"problems\" reversed\/\"raised\"; plus ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"Queen\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Time that was gone', as the middle dropped out (5,3)","output":"### Answer: STONE AGE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"out\" of (gone as t[h]e)*, with the \"middle\" letter of \"the\" \"dropped\" \u2013\u00a0*edit thanks to 70SimmeryAxe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show signs of annoyance in bedroom \u2014 useless? (6)","output":"### Answer: BRIDLE \n ### Explanation: BR (abbreviation for bedroom) + IDLE=\"useless\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Book by president is dear (4)","output":"### Answer: BABE \n ### Explanation: definition: a term of endearment \nB (Book) + ABE Lincoln=\"president\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Photograph club athlete (4-6)","output":"### Answer: SHOT-PUTTER \n ### Explanation: SHOT=\"Photograph\" + PUTTER=golf \"club\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mate finally scored during match (8)","output":"### Answer: COMPADRE \n ### Explanation: final letter of [score]D inside COMPARE=\"match\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unprepared stuff the writer's both for and against (6)","output":"### Answer: IMPROV \n ### Explanation: I'M=I am=\"the writer [is]\", plus PRO=\"for\" and V (versus, \"against\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Told off, Charlie kept out of sight (4)","output":"### Answer: CHID \n ### Explanation: C (Charlie in the phonetic alphabet) + HID=\"kept out of sight\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink? Rare politician maintains resistance (6,4)","output":"### Answer: BLOODY MARY \n ### Explanation: definition: a type of cocktail \nBLOODY=\"Rare\" as in a steak; Theresa MAY=UK \"politician\" around R (electrical resistance)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Containing infection initially difficult for leader \u2014 this way's less hassle (6,4)","output":"### Answer: RELIEFROAD \n ### Explanation: definition: an alternative route around a congested area \nanagram\/\"difficult\" of (for leader)*, containing I[nfection] initially"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Present-day worker drops precious recording (8)","output":"### Answer: REINDEER \n ### Explanation: definition: a worker with Santa, delivering presents \nhomophone\/\"recording\" of 'rain'=\"drops\" and of 'dear'=\"precious\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tough no longer playing (8)","output":"### Answer: EXACTING \n ### Explanation: EX-ACTING=\"no longer playing\" roles as an actor"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Count carrying more weight after transitioning (6)","output":"### Answer: MATTER \n ### Explanation: FATTER=\"carrying more weight\", \"after transitioning\" F to M i.e. Female-To-Male"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Start to straighten sheets for escort, as a gentleman does (6)","output":"### Answer: SQUIRE \n ### Explanation: definition: to escort or attend [a lady] \nstart of S[traighten]; plus QUIRE=\"sheets\" of paper"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heard about US writer's affectation (4)","output":"### Answer: POSE \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"Heard\" of Poe's=\"US writer's\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strike during scuffle (4)","output":"### Answer: CUFF \n ### Explanation: hidden in [s]CUFF[le]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slogan here shows big heart protecting society (6,7)","output":"### Answer: BUMPER STICKER \n ### Explanation: BUMPER TICKER=\"big heart\", around S (society)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Content to leave demure aunt terribly flushed, getting changed (9)","output":"### Answer: DENATURED \n ### Explanation: D[emur]E with its \"Content\"\/inside letters leaving; plus anagram\/\"terribly\" of (aunt)*; plus RED=\"flushed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Puzzle from personnel wearing drag (5)","output":"### Answer: THROW \n ### Explanation: definition: THROW=\"Puzzle\" as in to bemuse or perplex\n \nHR (Human Resources, \"personnel\") inside TOW=\"drag\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Still a wizard on the Mac? (5)","output":"### Answer: IMAGE \n ### Explanation: \"Still\" as in a photograph\n \nMAGE=\"wizard\", so it might be iMage \"on the Mac\" with a name in the style of Apple products like iPad, iPhone etc"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hollywood actor's name in school plays (9)","output":"### Answer: NICHOLSON \n ### Explanation: N (name); plus anagram\/\"plays\" of (in school)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loose shingle from a part of these shores (7)","output":"### Answer: ENGLISH \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Loose\" of (shingle)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bobby who managed, 28 after what thief does (6)","output":"### Answer: ROBSON \n ### Explanation: ON=28ac=RUNNING, after ROBS=\"after what thief does\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wrongly call this person strict, not quite keeping two metres apart (7)","output":"### Answer: MISTERM \n ### Explanation: I=\"this person\" + STER[n]=\"strict, not quite\"; all inside two M (metre) letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two six-footers importing reg\u00adular doses of insulin for payee (9)","output":"### Answer: ANNUITANT \n ### Explanation: definition: someone receiving an annuity payment\n \nANT and ANT are \"Two six-footers\" referring to insects having six legs\/feet; around regular letters from [i]N[s]U[L]I[n]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pour in dry white wine, we're told, as and when (2,3)","output":"### Answer: AD HOC \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"we're told\" of 'add hock'=\"Pour in dry white wine\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feature framing ring and choker (5)","output":"### Answer: NOOSE \n ### Explanation: NOSE=\"Feature\" around O=circle shape=\"ring\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The people I survey in Ohio getting shocked (3,6)","output":"### Answer: HOI POLLOI \n ### Explanation: I POLL=\"I survey\" inside anagram\/\"shocked\" of (Ohio)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seeking office, British PM loses European conflict (7,6)","output":"### Answer: RUNNING BATTLE \n ### Explanation: RUNNING=\"Seeking office\", plus B (British), plus Prime Minister Clement ATTLE-E=\"PM\" minus the last E (European)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plot made to work, nurtured by criminal's patient approach? (7,6)","output":"### Answer: BEDSIDE MANNER \n ### Explanation: BED=garden \"Plot\"; plus anagram\/\"to work\" of (made)* inside SINNER=\"criminal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Natasha's heart stolen by guy's divine gift (5)","output":"### Answer: MANNA \n ### Explanation: N[atash]A with inner letters\/\"heart\" taken away; after MAN=\"guy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kiss in film, touching film, one going all the way (9)","output":"### Answer: EXTREMIST \n ### Explanation: X=\"Kiss\" in ET=the Spielberg \"film\"; plus RE=concerning=\"touching\" + MIST=\"film\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Casanova slims down, turning jacket around (7)","output":"### Answer: SEDUCER \n ### Explanation: REDUCES=\"slims down\", with the outer letters\/\"jacket\" R and S switching around"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where Paris was once, without end or beginning (5)","output":"### Answer: INTRO \n ### Explanation: Paris, the character in the Trojan War, was once IN TRO-Y; then the end letter Y is removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: By the way, you'll find one broken and set out (9)","output":"### Answer: KERBSTONE \n ### Explanation: \"By the way\" as in 'at the side of the path'\n \nanagram\/\"out\" of (broken set)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: European runner collects outstanding coat this makes fit (6,7)","output":"### Answer: ROWING MACHINE \n ### Explanation: RHINE=\"European runner [river]\", around both OWING=\"outstanding\" and MAC=\"coat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cher may open this, which prevents issue (6,6)","output":"### Answer: FRENCH LETTER \n ### Explanation: definition: slang for a condom, preventing \"issue\" as in children\n \n\"Cher\" is French for 'Dear\", as in the opening of a letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like sprouts and maize, hot not cold, for a starter (9)","output":"### Answer: GREENHORN \n ### Explanation: GREEN=\"Like sprouts\" plus C-ORN=\"maize\", switching H (hot) for the C (cold)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A star led by stud in dance (5,4)","output":"### Answer: BOSSA NOVA \n ### Explanation: A NOVA=\"A star\"; following BOSS=\"stud\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He speeds round in awfully hard turn northward (7)","output":"### Answer: ROADHOG \n ### Explanation: O=circle=\"round\" inside anagram\/\"awfully\" of (hard)*; plus GO=\"turn\" e.g. in a board game, reversed\/\"northward\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crossword setter's not quite stupid or fabulous (6)","output":"### Answer: MYTHIC \n ### Explanation: MY=\"Crossword setter's\"; plus THIC[k]=\"not quite stupid\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: British rebels rising up in Argentine city (5)","output":"### Answer: ICENI \n ### Explanation: definition: a British tribe that rose up against the Roman Empire\n \nreversed\/\"rising up\" and hidden \"in\" Argent-INE CI-ty"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slave man, one found in auction (5)","output":"### Answer: HELOT \n ### Explanation: HE=\"man\" plus LOT=\"one found in auction\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crafty animal getting last of food (6)","output":"### Answer: SHREWD \n ### Explanation: SHREW=\"animal\" + last letter of [foo]D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Optical illusion created by image moving over river (6)","output":"### Answer: MIRAGE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"moving\" of (image)*, around R (river)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something used by students to study in bed (4)","output":"### Answer: CRIB \n ### Explanation: double [possibly triple?] definition \na CRIB can be a reference used by students; or it can be a child's bed\n \nDoes it also have a meaning equivalent to \"study\"?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Silly me! Heroin taken during voyages in military vessels once (5,5)","output":"### Answer: TROOP SHIPS \n ### Explanation: OOPS=\"Silly me!\" + H (Heroin); both inside TRIPS=\"voyages\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cake that's special gone off (6)","output":"### Answer: SPONGE \n ### Explanation: SP (special), plus anagram\/\"off\" of (gone)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vocalist entertaining a Latin author (8)","output":"### Answer: SALINGER \n ### Explanation: the author is J D Salinger, who wrote *The Catcher in the Rye* \nSINGER=\"Vocalist\" around A + L (Latin)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of year depicted in end of sonnet by old poet (9)","output":"### Answer: TRIMESTER \n ### Explanation: end letter of [sonne]T plus RIMESTER=\"old [word for a] poet\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Goddess heard in place to stable horses (4)","output":"### Answer: MEWS \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"heard\" of 'muse'=\"Goddess\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Course provided by alternative practitioner leaving base close to Oslo (4)","output":"### Answer: PATH \n ### Explanation: homeo-PATH=\"alternative practitioner\"; minus 'home'=\"base\" and the \"close\" i.e. last letter of [Osl]o"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Last warning about women close to retirement getting money for the future (9)","output":"### Answer: ENDOWMENT \n ### Explanation: END=\"Last\" + OMEN=\"warning\" around W (women); plus the close \/ end letter of [retiremen]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Patent obtained by a patient's first carer? (8)","output":"### Answer: APPARENT \n ### Explanation: A + first letter of P[atient] + PARENT=\"carer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attempt to keep one pound in hat (6)","output":"### Answer: TRILBY \n ### Explanation: TRY=\"Attempt\" around: I=\"one\" + LB=\"pound\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relative taking extremely tender stable hand to a safe place (10)","output":"### Answer: STRONGROOM \n ### Explanation: SON=\"Relative\" around the extremes of T[ende]R; plus GROOM=\"stable hand\" as in someone working with horses in stables"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Source of chef's cooking fat causing wind (4)","output":"### Answer: COIL \n ### Explanation: definition: \"wind\" as in a verb meaning to twist around \nfirst letter\/\"Source\" of C-hef, plus OIL=\"cooking fat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former partner playing tune in order to leave the stage (6)","output":"### Answer: EXEUNT \n ### Explanation: EX=\"Former partner\", plus anagram\/\"playing\" of (tune)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One with obsessive interest in the origin of Arabia translated Koran (6)","output":"### Answer: ANORAK \n ### Explanation: first letter\/\"origin\" of A[rabia]; plus anagram\/\"translated\" of (Koran)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fight about retro tool (7)","output":"### Answer: SCRAPER \n ### Explanation: SCRAP=\"Fight\", plus RE=\"about\" reversed\/\"retro\"\u00a0*edit thanks to muffin \u2013 I originally put SCRAPE for \"Fight\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird runs over waste receptacle (5)","output":"### Answer: ROBIN \n ### Explanation: R O (runs, over \u2013 both cricket abbreviations), plus BIN=\"waste receptacle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Twins wrong to take drugs to one appearing in court (7)","output":"### Answer: WITNESS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"wrong\" of (Twins), around ES=\"drugs\" as in 'e' for ecstasy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Naughty child meeting a large American animal (6)","output":"### Answer: IMPALA \n ### Explanation: IMP=\"Naughty child\" + A + L (large) + A (American)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Articles on European Union kept by fellow returning to old seat of learning (9)","output":"### Answer: ATHENAEUM \n ### Explanation: A and THE=indefinite and definite \"Articles\"; plus EU (European Union) inside MAN=\"fellow\" reversed\/\"returning\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fast train meant primarily for Luxembourg's third head of state (7)","output":"### Answer: EMPRESS \n ### Explanation: E-x-PRESS=\"Fast train\", with M as in \"m-eant primarily\" replacing 'x' as in \"Lu-x-embourg's third\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unease caused by Conservative standing in for magnificent leader in enormous country (13)","output":"### Answer: CONSTERNATION \n ### Explanation: m-ONSTER NATION=\"enormous country\", with C (conservative) replacing 'm' as in \"m-agnificent leader\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cops tricked individual supplying class A drug (9)","output":"### Answer: METHADONE \n ### Explanation: MET (Metropolitan Police, \"Cops\"), plus HAD=\"tricked\" as in 'you've been had'; plus ONE=\"individual\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tube for liquid in mine covering domestic source of electricity (7)","output":"### Answer: PIPETTE \n ### Explanation: PIT=\"mine\" around PET=\"domestic\"; plus first letter\/\"source\" of E-lectricity"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tomato spilt on new silken fabric (7)","output":"### Answer: OTTOMAN \n ### Explanation: definition: a variety of corded silk \nanagram\/\"split\" of (Tomato)*, plus N (new)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Toff beat old club on the golf course (7)","output":"### Answer: NIBLICK \n ### Explanation: definition: an old-fashioned type of golf club \nNIB=\"Toff\" plus LICK=\"beat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former president of America consumed by misguided anger (6)","output":"### Answer: REAGAN \n ### Explanation: A (America) inside anagram\/\"misguided\" of (anger)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Experience cold during most of season (5)","output":"### Answer: INCUR \n ### Explanation: C (cold) inside INUR-e=\"most of season\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Free school meal tiny? Rashford's first to get involved (13)","output":"### Answer: COMPLIMENTARY \n ### Explanation: COMP (comprehensive)=\"school\"; plus anagram\/\"involved\" of (meal tiny R)*, with R as \"Rashford's first\"\n Marcus Rashford is known for his campaign for the provision of free school meals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Isn't regularly on guard outside, one's deduced (9)","output":"### Answer: INFERENCE \n ### Explanation: regular letters from I[s]N[t]; plus RE=about=\"on\" with FENCE=\"guard\" outside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'I shall go first!' \u2014 little bossy woman oppressing Vlad, in a manner of speaking (5)","output":"### Answer: IDIOM \n ### Explanation: letter I going first before DOM[inatrix]=\"little bossy woman\" around I=\"Vlad\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Became less ragged after trim (5)","output":"### Answer: EASED \n ### Explanation: T-EASED=\"ragged\" (to rag=to tease, make fun), with the beginning trimmed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Number One hit about Scottish holiday spot \u2014 one providing haven for Paul originally (3,6)","output":"### Answer: TOP BANANA \n ### Explanation: TAN=to beat, \"hit\", around OBAN=\"Scottish holiday\" town, plus A=\"one\"; and all around P[aul]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left and got picked up (7)","output":"### Answer: LEARNED \n ### Explanation: L (Left) + EARNED=\"got\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pussy keeps heading for cream? I'm not sure (7)","output":"### Answer: SCEPTIC \n ### Explanation: a SEPTIC wound might have pus i.e. be pus-sy; around heading of C-ream"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kicks up fuss about energy-saving tariffs (7)","output":"### Answer: CREATES \n ### Explanation: definition: create is slang for 'make a fuss' or 'complain' \nC (circa, about) plus RATES=\"tariffs\" around E (energy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Proposition earth mother prepared to embrace (7)","output":"### Answer: THEOREM \n ### Explanation: E (earth) with anagram\/\"prepared\" of (mother)* around it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: County town near London, home to royalty (9)","output":"### Answer: WATERFORD \n ### Explanation: definition: County Waterford in Ireland \nWATFORD=\"town near London\" around ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"royalty\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl or boy, one's a bit of alright (5)","output":"### Answer: SONIA \n ### Explanation: SON=\"boy\" + I=\"one\" + a bit of A-lright"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bounder stealing note, one for the ladies (5)","output":"### Answer: ROMEO \n ### Explanation: ROO (a kangaroo or \"Bounder\"); around ME=musical \"note\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Support post (9)","output":"### Answer: FOLLOWING \n ### Explanation: double definition: the people that support someone; and \"post\" as in 'after'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Right-wing faction helping \u2026 for payment! (13)","output":"### Answer: CONSIDERATION \n ### Explanation: CON (conservative, \"Right-wing\") + SIDE=\"faction\" + RATION=\"helping\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blur faces but nothing otherwise (9)","output":"### Answer: OBFUSCATE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"otherwise\" of (faces but O)*, with O=zero=\"nothing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reduced clergyman's department finally (5)","output":"### Answer: PARED \n ### Explanation: PA-D-RE=\"clergyman\" with the D (department) moved to the end\/\"finally\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Set off crash dieting (7)","output":"### Answer: IGNITED \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"crash\" of (dieting)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excuses from sweetheart \u2014 and address for woman taking part (7)","output":"### Answer: EXEMPTS \n ### Explanation: EX=Latin for 'out of'=\"from\"; plus sw-E-et=the heart of 'sweet'=\"sweetheart\"; plus MS=\"address for woman\" around PT (part)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Islanders unhappy deporting duke? Wait and see (9)","output":"### Answer: TAIWANESE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"unhappy\" of (wait anD see)*, minus the D for \"duke\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Food that I arranged \u2014 not all of it turned up (5)","output":"### Answer: RAITA \n ### Explanation: hidden reversed\/\"not all of it turned up\" in th-AT I AR-ranged"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Enjoy one's job looking after Charlie \u2014 secure and trouble-free (4,9)","output":"### Answer: LIKE CLOCKWORK \n ### Explanation: LIKE WORK=\"Enjoy one's job\"; around C (Charlie, phonetic alphabet) plus LOCK=\"secure\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attempt to discredit press cameraman \u2014 pigs! (5,8)","output":"### Answer: SMEAR CAMPAIGN \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"press\" of (cameraman pigs)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tricked! Root in middle of house of ill repute! (9)","output":"### Answer: NOTORIOUS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Tricked\" of (Root in)*; plus middle letters of h-OUS-e"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Managed to stop one director touching up another (9)","output":"### Answer: TARANTINO \n ### Explanation: definition: director Quentin Tarantino \nRAN=\"Managed\" inside Jacques TATI=\"director\"; plus ON=\"touching\" reversed\/\"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: So gutted, having killed American \u2014 getting put away (7)","output":"### Answer: SCOFFED \n ### Explanation: definition: \"put away\" as in 'eaten' \nS[i]C=Latin for \"So\" with its insides\/guts removed; plus OFFED=American slang for \"killed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe roofer eating dates is not a great catch! (7)","output":"### Answer: TIDDLER \n ### Explanation: definition: a small fish \nTILER=\"Maybe roofer\" around D (date) and D (date)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rate old Boris \u2014 and for Macron that's upsetting (5)","output":"### Answer: TEMPO \n ### Explanation: O (old) + PM (Prime Minister Boris) + ET (\"and\" in French i.e. \"for Macron\"); all reversed upwards\/\"upsetting\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Children about to pick up a small furry creature (5)","output":"### Answer: STOAT \n ### Explanation: TOTS=\"Children\" reversed\/\"about\", and around A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like the Ancient Mariner's ship, tide- and weather-battered (4,2,3,5)","output":"### Answer: DEAD IN THE WATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like the Ancient Mariner's ship\nreferring to Coleridge's poem \nanagram\/\"battered\" of (tide and weather)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refuse to accept bad copy? Yes man! (9)","output":"### Answer: SYCOPHANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Yes man!\nSHAN'T='shall not'=\"Refuse to\", around anagram\/\"bad\" of (copy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: African mentioning child's foot (5)","output":"### Answer: TUTSI \n ### Explanation: Definition: African\nhomophone\/\"mentioning\" of 'tootsie', a child's word for a foot"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminals being executed? They start off being first rankers (5)","output":"### Answer: ROOKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They start off being first rankers\ndefinition: in chess, rooks start on the first rank of the board \n[c]ROOKS=\"Criminals\", 'beheaded'\/\"executed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One enforcing a go-slow emptied water barrel into reservoir (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SPEED BUMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: One enforcing a go-slow\nPEED=\"emptied water\" + B (barrel); all inside SUMP=\"reservoir\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Character of composition briefly requires pens (8)","output":"### Answer: STYLUSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: pens\nSTYL[e]=\"Character of composition\" shortened\/\"briefly\"; plus USES=\"requires\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: PC in court opened eyes? (4,2)","output":"### Answer: WOKE UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: opened eyes?\nWOKE=aware of social issues=Politically Correct=\"PC\"; plus UP=\"in court\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Private meal changed in second (6)","output":"### Answer: SAPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Private\ndefinition: a soldier involved in engineering \nS-u-PPER=\"meal\" with the second letter changed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Large amount put on paper in set period (4,4)","output":"### Answer: TIME SLOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: set period\nLOT=\"Large amount\", after TIMES=UK news-\"paper\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A month back, foul up badly in it? That's irregular (9)","output":"### Answer: GUERRILLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: irregular\ndefinition: part of an irregular military force \nAUG=August=\"A month\" reversed\/\"back\"; around ERR=\"foul up\" and ILL=\"badly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A lot of insects took to the water to cross river (5)","output":"### Answer: SWARM \n ### Explanation: Definition: A lot of insects\nSWAM=\"took to the water\", around R (river)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Notice a lady is president twice (5)","output":"### Answer: ADAMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: president twice\nJohn Adams and his son John Quincy Adams were US presidents \nAD=advertisement=\"Notice\" + A + MS=\"lady\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish product is ready to drink? (9)","output":"### Answer: ISINGLASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fish product\ndefinition: a type of gelatin made from fish \nIS IN GLASS=\"is ready to drink?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps church support aeronautics, though something hairy (6,8)","output":"### Answer: FLYING BUTTRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perhaps church support\nFLYING=\"aeronautics\" + BUT=\"though\" + TRESS=\"something hairy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl's staidness cracked: maybe a flare-up (8,6)","output":"### Answer: DISTRESS SIGNAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: maybe a flare-up\ndefinition: sending up a flare could act as a distress signal \nanagram\/\"cracked\" of (Girl's staidness)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish (salmon) short of some oxygen, caught by a fleet out of area (7)","output":"### Answer: ANCHOVY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fish\nC-o-HO=species of \"salmon\", minus the first O (oxygen); inside A N-a-VY=\"a fleet\" minus an A (area)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: There's no way to break sinful fraud (9)","output":"### Answer: IMPOSTURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fraud\nO=zero=\"no\" + ST (street)=\"way\"; inside IMPURE=\"sinful\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In football move, run faster to leave United floundering (8)","output":"### Answer: TRANSFER \n ### Explanation: Definition: In football move\ndefinition: a move of a footballer from one club to another \nanagram\/\"floundering\" of (run faster)* minus U (United)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Approval as European joins up (6)","output":"### Answer: ESTEEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Approval\nE (European) plus MEETS=\"joins\" reversed\/\"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Took part, having excellent day \u2014 about time (5)","output":"### Answer: ACTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Took part\nACE=\"excellent\" + D (day); around T (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More than usually insulting, artist chucked press out (7)","output":"### Answer: EXTRUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: press out\nEXT-ra RUDE=\"More than usually insulting\", minus RA (Royal Academician, artist)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After fruit drink, book entertains those who like to wallow (14)","output":"### Answer: HIPPOPOTAMUSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: those who like to wallow\nHIP=\"fruit\" + POP=fizzy \"drink\" + OT (Old Testament, book) + AMUSES=\"entertains\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slip-up on particular area in speech (9)","output":"### Answer: OVERSIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Slip-up\nOVER=\"on\"; plus homophone\/\"in speech\" of 'site'=\"particular area\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet I stuff into ill-fitting suit (8)","output":"### Answer: TIRAMISU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sweet\nI RAM=\"I stuff\", inside anagram\/\"ill-fitting\" of (suit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Overcome impudence that holds state up (7)","output":"### Answer: PREVAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Overcome\nLIP=\"impudence\" around AVER=\"state\"; all reversed\/\"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Before a long time, lake lost because of this? (7)","output":"### Answer: LEAKAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: because of this?\nAGE=\"long time\"; with anagram\/\"lost\" of (lake)* going \"Before\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being extravagant with jewellery all over uniform (6)","output":"### Answer: BLUING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Being extravagant\ndefinition: 'blue' as a verb meaning 'spend recklessly' \nBLING=\"jewellery\" around U (uniform)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sage from Dublin I dropped completely (5)","output":"### Answer: RISHI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sage\na term from Sanskrit, referring to a sage or poet \nI-RISH=\"from Dublin\"; with the first I dropping all the way to the bottom"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Home Office branch last to refurbish fully (2,5)","output":"### Answer: IN DEPTH \n ### Explanation: IN=\"Home\" + DEPT (department, \"Office branch\") + last to refurbis-H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tenor tackling new work gets support in studio (7)","output":"### Answer: MONOPOD \n ### Explanation: definition: a pole used to support cameras [think a tripod but with a single leg]\n \nMOOD=\"Tenor\" around N (new) + OP (opus, \"work\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Et tu Brute? How wrong I was! (6,4,5)","output":"### Answer: FAMOUS LAST WORDS \n ### Explanation: \"Et tu Brute?\" is spoken by Caesar before his death in Shakespeare's *Julius Caesar*\n \n'Famous last words!' is also used as a phrase meaning \"How wrong I was!\" e.g. 'I told them there was no chance of rain \u2013 famous last words!'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Instrument could indicate hail, given another tap (5)","output":"### Answer: CELLO \n ### Explanation: H-ELLO=a way to \"hail\" someone; if the C (cold) tap is switched to H (hot)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bidding hard to relieve pressure in shipping abroad (9)","output":"### Answer: EXHORTING \n ### Explanation: H (hard) replacing P (pressure) in EX-P-ORTING=\"shipping abroad\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old fogey rejected dessert and paid (7,2)","output":"### Answer: SQUARED UP \n ### Explanation: SQUARE=\"Old fogey\"; plus reversal\/\"rejected\" of PUD=\"dessert\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Piece of metal used for part of joint (5)","output":"### Answer: TALUS \n ### Explanation: definition: a part of the ankle\n \nhidden in [me]TAL US[ed]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Base time indicated (5)","output":"### Answer: MEANT \n ### Explanation: MEAN=\"Base\" + T (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird seed with smoother coating (9)","output":"### Answer: SANDPIPER \n ### Explanation: PIP=\"seed\", with SANDER=tool used to make a surface smooth=\"smoother\" around it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Was single potty adequate receptacle for drinker? (9)","output":"### Answer: WINEGLASS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"potty\" of (Was single)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lines adopted by party harden (3,2)","output":"### Answer: DRY UP \n ### Explanation: DUP (Democratic Unionist Party) around RY (railway \"lines\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little-used ruling leading to beneficial qualification (2,4,9)","output":"### Answer: IN GOOD CONDITION \n ### Explanation: IN=belonging to the party in government=\"ruling\" + GOOD=\"beneficial\" + CONDITION=\"qualification\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Husband picked up reference book lacking top cover (7)","output":"### Answer: HATLESS \n ### Explanation: H (Husband); plus homophone\/\"picked up\" of 'atlas'=\"reference book\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gets into line, prepared for a roasting (7)","output":"### Answer: DRESSED \n ### Explanation: \"Gets into line\" gives DRESSE-S\n \n\"prepared for a roasting\" gives DRESSED\n \nit seems that this has been acknowledged as an error by Nutmeg in the Guardian website comments section"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Distinct details about superpower (2,5)","output":"### Answer: INFOCUS \n ### Explanation: INFO=\"details\" + C (circa, \"about\") + US=\"superpower\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: British artist sculpted duke with alarming hat (4,5,6)","output":"### Answer: DAME LAURA KNIGHT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"sculpting\" of (duke alarming hat)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wealthy leader's funny dog caught traitor (9)","output":"### Answer: PLUTOCRAT \n ### Explanation: PLUTO=Disney cartoon \"funny dog\" + C (caught in cricket) + RAT=\"traitor\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Concert venue first to exclude northern orchestra (5)","output":"### Answer: HALLE \n ### Explanation: HALL=\"Concert venue\" + first to E-xclude"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aberrant, erratic emphasis placed on noun (9)","output":"### Answer: MISSHAPEN \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"erratic\" of (emphasis)* + N (noun)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Updated drainage system, reversing initial direction (5)","output":"### Answer: NEWER \n ### Explanation: S-EWER=\"drainage system\", with the initial S (South) reversed into N (North)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Science feature on ancient medicine filling empty pages (8,7)","output":"### Answer: PARTICLE PHYSICS \n ### Explanation: ARTICLE=\"feature\" + PHYSIC=\"ancient medicine\"; all inside empty P-age-S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seemingly removes autograph from drawings (7)","output":"### Answer: DESIGNS \n ### Explanation: 'de-signs' might mean \"removes autograph from\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lengths first spanned by balls (9)","output":"### Answer: DISTANCES \n ### Explanation: IST=1st=\"first\", inside DANCES=\"balls\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Depart suspiciously with Nutmeg's media player (4,5)","output":"### Answer: TAPE DRIVE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"suspiciously\" of (Depart)*; plus I'VE=\"Nutmeg [has]\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maudlin knight hampered by desire to follow mum (7)","output":"### Answer: MAWKISH \n ### Explanation: K (knight) inside WISH=\"desire\"; after MA=\"mum\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brooded quietly at home, cutting grass (7)","output":"### Answer: REPINED \n ### Explanation: P (piano, quietly) + IN=\"at home\"; all inside REED=\"grass\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ball game void without pitch (5)","output":"### Answer: GLOBE \n ### Explanation: G-am-E void of its inside letters; around LOB=throw=\"pitch\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Diocesan council, say, ignoring a show of consent (5)","output":"### Answer: SYNOD \n ### Explanation: S-a-Y ignoring \"a\"; plus NOD=\"show of consent\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fellow leads firm sailor on board (2-5)","output":"### Answer: CO-STARS \n ### Explanation: CO (company, \"firm\") + TAR=\"sailor\" + inside SS (steam ship)=\"on board\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relative size has girl worried (7)","output":"### Answer: LARGISH \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"worried\" of (has girl)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Start to roll a board game's ten-sided die \u2014 set? (5)","output":"### Answer: RADIO \n ### Explanation: start to R-oll + A + DIO=d10=\"ten-sided die\" as used e.g. in Dungeons and Dragons"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excited at nearing country (9)","output":"### Answer: ARGENTINA \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Excited\" of (at nearing)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A fraction enter the inn drunk, then run away (10)","output":"### Answer: NINETEENTH \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"drunk\" of (enter the inn)*, minus the 'r' (cricket abbreviation for \"run\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Learner breaks sports equipment like this? (4)","output":"### Answer: CLUE \n ### Explanation: L (Learner) inside CUE=\"sports equipment\" e.g. in snooker"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Huge shock! Nostromo alien \u2014 can none get lost? (12)","output":"### Answer: ASTRONOMICAL \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"shock\" of (Nostromo alien can), minus the letters from \"none\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some expert activity, right, like hang-gliding? (7,5)","output":"### Answer: EXTREME SPORT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"activity\" of (Some expert)*; plus RT (right)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Took drugs, thought to blow money (4)","output":"### Answer: USED \n ### Explanation: M-USED=\"thought\"; minus M (money)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dessert from South Africa prepared in a globe (10)","output":"### Answer: ZABAGLIONE \n ### Explanation: definition: an Italian dessert made with egg yolks\n \nZA (Zuid Afrika, South Africa); plus anagram\/\"prepared\" of (in a globe)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Art seldom ruined by him? (3,6)","output":"### Answer: OLD MASTER \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"ruined\" of (Art seldom)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Traveller to welcome Terry inside (5)","output":"### Answer: COMET \n ### Explanation: hidden \"inside\" wel-COME T-erry"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excellent! McCartney's being broadcast (7)","output":"### Answer: STELLAR \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"broadcast\" of 'Stella' McCartney, the fashion designer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regular beans with poor diet wants a vitamin! Tempted? (7)","output":"### Answer: ENTICED \n ### Explanation: regular letters from b-E-a-N-s; plus anagram\/\"poor\" of (diet)* around \"vitamin\" C"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trick by one stealing gold crown (6)","output":"### Answer: CORONA \n ### Explanation: CON=\"Trick\" plus A=\"one\"; around OR=\"gold\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chairs in cars (6)","output":"### Answer: SEDANS \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Adult delivery men carry ones defections (10)","output":"### Answer: APOSTASIES \n ### Explanation: A (Adult) + POSTIES=\"delivery men\" around AS=plural of 'a'=\"ones\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Room key (5)","output":"### Answer: SPACE \n ### Explanation: double definition: \"key\" referring to the space bar on a keyboard"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 508 (roughly) reject play on words? Relax! (7,2)","output":"### Answer: LIGHTEN UP \n ### Explanation: \"508\" is split up, with \"50\" giving L in Roman numerals and \"8 roughly\" giving anagram fodder (eight)*\n \nthen PUN=\"play on words\", reversed\/rejected"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Call inquiringly? (4)","output":"### Answer: RING \n ### Explanation: hidden \"**in**-quiringly\" i.e. **in** qui-RING-ly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 1 + 500 + 10 + 50 etc translated into personal speech (8)","output":"### Answer: IDIOLECT \n ### Explanation: I + D (Roman numerals for 1 + 500); IO=10; L (Roman numeral for 50); plus anagram\/\"translated\" of (etc)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wonderful cat, just not ordinary (8)","output":"### Answer: HEAVENLY \n ### Explanation: \"cat\"=vomit=HEAVE + o-NLY=\"just\" minus 'o' for \"ordinary\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shape of diamond strangely alter\u00aded to save money, including copper (7-3)","output":"### Answer: EMERALD CUT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"strangely\" of (altered)*; around M (money) and CU (chemical symbol for \"copper\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Historical role player's career not flourishing (2-7)","output":"### Answer: RE-ENACTOR \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"flourishing\" of (career not)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vague sense to gather up American lubricant (8)","output":"### Answer: NEBULOUS \n ### Explanation: NOUS=\"sense\" around reversal\/\"up\" of LUBE=\"American lubricant\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A shoe size bigger than 9C, say, on conference goer (8)","output":"### Answer: ATTENDEE \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"say\" of 'A 10D'=\"A shoe size bigger then 9C\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Because I'm travelling skywards, the speed of light is enormous (6)","output":"### Answer: COSMIC \n ### Explanation: COS=\"Because\" + I'M reversed\/\"travelling skywards\" + C (the speed of light)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hit sung loudly after dropping out (6)","output":"### Answer: BELTED \n ### Explanation: BELTED \"out\"=\"sung loudly\"; minus the \"out\" to just leave BELTED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's avarice has no end, yes? (5)","output":"### Answer: AGREE \n ### Explanation: A=\"One\" + GREE-d=\"avarice has no end\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Author kept spinning plate (4)","output":"### Answer: DAHL \n ### Explanation: Roald Dahl is the author\n \nHAD=\"kept\" reversed\/\"spinning\"; plus L (learner \"plate\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Husband of Florence? (6)","output":"### Answer: TUSCAN \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition: referring to Florence the city in Tuscany \n\"Husband\" is in the surface to suggest a personal relationship with someone named Florence \u2013 I don't think it adds anything else to the wordplay"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tiny amount of French potage given to prisoner (7)","output":"### Answer: SOUPCON \n ### Explanation: definition: a word from French meaning \"Tiny amount\" \nSOUP=\"potage\" + CON (convict, prisoner)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: While speaking glanced through mail, very important (3-6)","output":"### Answer: RED-LETTER \n ### Explanation: definition: a 'red-letter day' is one with special significance \nhomophone\/\"While speaking\" of 'read'=\"glanced through\"; plus LETTER=\"mail\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Initially heavy duty keeps one sharp (5)","output":"### Answer: HONED \n ### Explanation: initials of H-eavy + D-uty; around ONE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman has a fine bundle of papers (5)","output":"### Answer: SHEAF \n ### Explanation: SHE=\"Woman\" + A + F (fine)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Diamonds, for example, young girl put on smart dress (5,4)","output":"### Answer: MINOR SUIT \n ### Explanation: definition: in card games such as bridge, Diamonds are a MINOR SUIT [as are Clubs, with Spades and Hearts as major suits] \nMINOR=\"young girl\" + SUIT=\"smart dress\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fearful of such a breakdown (7)","output":"### Answer: NERVOUS \n ### Explanation: a second indication\/definition referring the idea of a NERVOUS \"breakdown\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Give the impression of a very quiet listener (6)","output":"### Answer: APPEAR \n ### Explanation: A=\"a\" + PP (pianissimo, music instruction to play very softly=\"very quiet\") + EAR=\"listener\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Detectives chase sailor to a police box (6)","output":"### Answer: TARDIS \n ### Explanation: definition: a time machine in the form of a police box in the Doctor Who series \nDI-S (Detective Inspector-S); after TAR=\"sailor\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Censors prominent headlines (7)","output":"### Answer: BANNERS \n ### Explanation: double definition: people who ban thing i.e. \"Censors\"; and headings e.g. on a website i.e. \"[prominent] headlines\" \nclose to a triple def: BANNER without the S is an adjective meaning 'outstanding' i.e. \"prominent\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Minuscule coals were blown about (5,4)","output":"### Answer: LOWER CASE \n ### Explanation: definition: \"Miniscule\" is term in printing referring to lower case letters \nanagram\/\"blown about\" of (coals were)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A despicable man about to pocket one bit of bling? (5)","output":"### Answer: TIARA \n ### Explanation: A RAT=\"A despicable man\", reversed\/\"about\"; around\/\"to pocket\" I=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Star name, one adopting fashionable diet (5)","output":"### Answer: VEGAN \n ### Explanation: \"fashionable\" is slightly odd to me as part of the definition \nVEGA=\"Star\" in the constellation of Lyra; plus N (name)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Publicly expose talent I've wasted (9)","output":"### Answer: VENTILATE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"wasted\" of (talent I've)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Daughter is to take care of balloon (7)","output":"### Answer: DISTEND \n ### Explanation: D (Daughter) + IS + TEND=\"take care of\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gateman finally grants admission (6)","output":"### Answer: SENTRY \n ### Explanation: final letter to grant-S + ENTRY=\"admission\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Changes at home and goes to bed (5,2)","output":"### Answer: TURNS IN \n ### Explanation: TURNS=\"Changes\" + IN=\"at home\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bog plant in small border (5)","output":"### Answer: SEDGE \n ### Explanation: S (small) + EDGE=\"border\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fabulous time when we were so successful at the Olympics? (3,2,4)","output":"### Answer: AGE OF GOLD \n ### Explanation: second part of the clue referring to gold medals at the Olympics"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is angry, having to move shrub (7)","output":"### Answer: SYRINGA \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"to move\" of (Is angry)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At wedding, one who assists our side and the bride? (5)","output":"### Answer: USHER \n ### Explanation: US=\"our side\" + HER=\"the bride?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cleans out revolting government office (9)","output":"### Answer: CONSULATE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"revolting\" of (Cleans out)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Condition that is barely noticeable (6)","output":"### Answer: NUDITY \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition playing on the meaning of \"bare\" i.e. nude"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: End of play is baffling (6)","output":"### Answer: STUMPS \n ### Explanation: double definition: the first referring to the end of a day of cricket"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agrees law needs modifying to show true value of packet (4,5)","output":"### Answer: REAL WAGES \n ### Explanation: definition: the value of wages adjusted for price inflation \nanagram\/\"needs modifying\" of (Agrees law)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One may be suited by this second short journey through wood (9)","output":"### Answer: PINSTRIPE \n ### Explanation: definition: a pattern used to make suits \nS (\"second\") + TRIP=\"short journey\"; all inside PINE=\"wood\"\n \n\"short\" could instead be indicating a shortening of \"second\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deprived of exciting adverts (7)","output":"### Answer: STARVED \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"exciting\" of (adverts)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aeroplane makes bouncy noise, full of echo (6)","output":"### Answer: BOEING \n ### Explanation: BOING=\"bouncy noise\"; around E (Echo in the phonetic alphabet)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Figure cathedral is majestic (7)","output":"### Answer: STATELY \n ### Explanation: STAT=statistical \"Figure\" + ELY=\"cathedral\" in the city of Ely"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps Russian editor worked hard (6)","output":"### Answer: SLAVED \n ### Explanation: SLAV=\"Perhaps Russian\" + ED (editor)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman is a bit more needy \u2026 (5)","output":"### Answer: RENEE \n ### Explanation: hidden in\/\"a bit\" of: mo-RE NEE-dy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 and a bit distant (5)","output":"### Answer: APART \n ### Explanation: A=\"a\" + PART=\"bit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: High passage diva is struggling with cut (7)","output":"### Answer: VIADUCT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"struggling\" of (diva cut)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's left on, the electricity supply? (7)","output":"### Answer: REMAINS \n ### Explanation: RE=about=\"on\" + MAINS=\"the electricity supply\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bishop isn't dignified gatecrashing function (5,9)","output":"### Answer: SAINT AUGUSTINE \n ### Explanation: referring to Augustine of Hippo \nAIN'T=\"isn't\" + AUGUST=\"dignified\"; all inside SINE=trigonometric \"function\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Under threes dancing round newspaper boss (9)","output":"### Answer: ETHERISED \n ### Explanation: definition: \"Under\" as in unconscious due to an anaesthetic \nanagram\/\"dancing\" of (threes)*, around the 'i' newspaper; plus ED (editor)=[newspaper] boss"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Colourless layer on fringe of arras (5)","output":"### Answer: ASHEN \n ### Explanation: HEN=\"layer\" of eggs; after the \"fringe\" or outer letters of A-rra-S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brainbox outspoken in row (5)","output":"### Answer: SCULL \n ### Explanation: define: to \"row\" a boat \nhomophone\/\"outspoken\" of 'skull'=\"brainbox\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poorly, one way or another? (2,1,3,3)","output":"### Answer: IN A BAD WAY \n ### Explanation: IN A BAD WAY and \"Poorly\" can both be read in two ways i.e. in \"one way or another\": as an adjective as in 'not in good health'; or as an adverb as in [performing] unsatisfactorily"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loose family members one's seen in lodge (9)","output":"### Answer: FREEMASON \n ### Explanation: Freemasons are organised into local units called lodges \nFREE=\"Loose\" + MA and SON=\"family members\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brilliance of recital, cellist making a comeback (5)","output":"### Answer: ECLAT \n ### Explanation: hidden in\/\"of\": reci-TAL CE-llist; and reversed\/\"making a comeback\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chicken backing away from gangster (5)","output":"### Answer: CAPON \n ### Explanation: [AL] CAPON-E is the \"gangster\", with the \"backing\" or last letter E taken away"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: PM's silver ring and Chinese dresses (9)","output":"### Answer: CALLAGHAN \n ### Explanation: James Callaghan was a UK Prime Minister \nAG (chemical symbol for \"silver\"), inside both of: CALL=\"ring\" and HAN=\"Chinese\" ethnic group"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dance groove captured by rockers' material (5,4,5)","output":"### Answer: STRUT ONE\u2019S STUFF \n ### Explanation: RUT=\"groove\", inside [The Rolling] STONES=\"rockers\", plus STUFF=\"material\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A little baby's sallow from a very deep bed (7)","output":"### Answer: ABYSSAL \n ### Explanation: hidden inside\/\"A little\" of: b-ABY'S SAL-low"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dirt Conservative's found in shoe (7)","output":"### Answer: SCANDAL \n ### Explanation: C (Conservative) inside SANDAL=\"shoe\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Service vehicles from Italy, it's said (7)","output":"### Answer: VESPERS \n ### Explanation: definition: an evening prayer service"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wild social do \u2014 put easy chair away (4,5,5)","output":"### Answer: ACID HOUSE PARTY \n ### Explanation: a type of illegal party associated with acid house music \nanagram\/\"away\" of (do put easy chair)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Say back Caesar's last words to Brutus? (5)","output":"### Answer: UTTER \n ### Explanation: reversal of: R=\"Caesa-R's last\" letter; plus ET TU [Brute?] = \"[Caesar's last] words to Brutus\" in Shakespeare's *Julius Caesar"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hands on man's bum during prison time, sent up (9)","output":"### Answer: TRANSMITS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"bum\" of (man's)*, inside STIR=\"prison\" + T (time) all reversed\/\"sent up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldier breaking free is not yielding (5)","output":"### Answer: RIGID \n ### Explanation: GI=\"Soldier\", inside RID=\"free\" as a verb"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steed in novel Emma is to run badly (9)","output":"### Answer: MISMANAGE \n ### Explanation: NAG=\"Steed\", inside anagram\/\"novel\" of (Emma is)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman rejected current husband, getting together with Harry Barker (5,9)","output":"### Answer: IRISH WOLFHOUND \n ### Explanation: IRIS=\"Woman\"; plus reversed\/\"rejected\" FLOW=\"current\" + H (husband); then plus HOUND=\"Harry\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rent out foxy clothes in serious fashion (7)","output":"### Answer: STERNLY \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"out\" of (Rent)*, with SLY=\"foxy\" going around it \/ clothing it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turning up to fix eg mink or fox coats (9)","output":"### Answer: LAMINATES \n ### Explanation: reversal\/\"Turning up\" of all of: SET=\"fix\" plus ANIMAL=\"eg mink or fox\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Many a chronicler shrinks in recital (9)","output":"### Answer: ANNALISTS \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"in recital\" of 'analysts' as in psycho-analysts=\"shrinks\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's purple in bed, if such frolics end in angina (7)","output":"### Answer: FUCHSIA \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"frolics\" of (if such)*; plus end of angin-A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being so might make perform\u00adance of lute fun (7)","output":"### Answer: TUNEFUL \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"performance of\" (lute fun)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is a Liberal permitted to barge in here? (5)","output":"### Answer: CANAL \n ### Explanation: CAN A L (L for Liberal)\u2026?=\"Is a Liberal permitted to\u2026?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where ratings are lost (2,3)","output":"### Answer: AT SEA \n ### Explanation: two definitions\/indications: in the first, a \"rating\" is a sailor"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turned incognito after role, essentially avoided identification (11)","output":"### Answer: RECOGNITION \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Turned\" of (incognito)*; after R-ol-E avoiding\/removing its inside letters\/essence"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: City developer rebuilt our slum (7)","output":"### Answer: ROMULUS \n ### Explanation: Romulus and Remus were the legendary founders of Rome\n \nanagram\/\"rebuilt\" of (our slum)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This will shed light on gang engaged in crime (5-2)","output":"### Answer: SCREW-IN \n ### Explanation: definition: a type of light bulb\n \nCREW=\"gang\" inside SIN=\"crime\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fancy ritzy cars like those in lockdown? (4-5)","output":"### Answer: STIR-CRAZY \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Fancy\" of (ritzy cars)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Took steps to depose king in full (5)","output":"### Answer: PACED \n ### Explanation: PAC-K-ED=\"full\", minus K for \"king\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop weirdo letters (4)","output":"### Answer: POST \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"weirdo\" of (Stop)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second Greek character, intellectual and imposing (10)","output":"### Answer: MONUMENTAL \n ### Explanation: MO (moment)=\"Second\" of time; NU=\"Greek [alphabet] character\"; MENTAL=\"intellectual\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Here is game with drunken groom about to wake up (6,4)","output":"### Answer: GROUSE MOOR \n ### Explanation: definition: Grouse is a \"game\" bird\n \nanagram\/\"drunken\" of (groom)*, around ROUSE=\"wake up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Confront what's been kept under cover during pandemic (4)","output":"### Answer: FACE \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Middle of Viennese bonbons, round and plump (5)","output":"### Answer: OBESE \n ### Explanation: Middle letters from Vienn-ESE BO-nbons, reversed\/\"round\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aide could provide estimate (5,4)","output":"### Answer: ROUGH IDEA \n ### Explanation: \"Rough idea\" could be a crossword clue instruction to make an anagram of (idea)*, or \"Aide\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In a clumsy way, one gets plenty wrong (7)","output":"### Answer: INEPTLY \n ### Explanation: I=\"one\"; plus anagram\/\"wrong\" of (plenty)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Change a sphere into a cube? (7)","output":"### Answer: RESHAPE \n ### Explanation: I think this is an &lit definition, plus both of: anagram\/\"Change\" of (a sphere)*; and also RE=\"into\" + SHAPE=\"a cube?\"\n \nRE=on the topic of=\"into\" as in 'an investigation into the cause of\u2026'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agree with boss to go after desktop when nobody's around (3,4,4)","output":"### Answer: NOD ONE\u2019S HEAD \n ### Explanation: HEAD=\"boss\", going after the top of D-esk i.e. \"desk\/top\" with NO-ONE'S=\"nobody's\" around it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mausoleum feature is yet undecided (7,2,2,4)","output":"### Answer: REMAINS TO BE SEEN \n ### Explanation: Human remains may be seen in a mausoleum"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Missing the odd school disco is a pain (5)","output":"### Answer: COLIC \n ### Explanation: odd letters missing from s-C-h-O-o-L d-I-s-C-o"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Police try to bury dodgy tapes (7)","output":"### Answer: GESTAPO \n ### Explanation: GO=\"try\" around anagram\/\"dodgy\" of (tapes)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Philistine, a broadcaster with the university? Unbelievable! (1,3,3)","output":"### Answer: I ASK YOU \n ### Explanation: I=\"Philistine\" + A + SKY=television \"broadcaster\" + OU (Open University)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Broke in and disturbed Rupert (it's in the papers) (8)","output":"### Answer: IRRUPTED \n ### Explanation: definition: to irrupt is to enter forcibly\n \nanagram\/\"disturbed\" of (Rupert)*, inside ID=identification \"papers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Detectives finding information on bed with rope around its end (3,8,4)","output":"### Answer: NEW SCOTLAND YARD \n ### Explanation: NEWS=\"information\" + COT=\"bed\" + LANYARD=\"rope\" around \"its end\" as in lanyar-D\n \n\u2026or \"its end\" as in the end of \"bed\" i.e. be-D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lacking 19 1 across possibly, apropos the rise of first-rate aria (13)","output":"### Answer: PROSOPAGNOSIA \n ### Explanation: definition: face blindness, an inability to recognise faces\n \nanagram\/\"possibly\" of (apropos)*; plus reversal\/\"rise\" of all of: AI=A1=\"first-rate\" + SONG=\"aria\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pure red tea stirred by a French man or woman (13)","output":"### Answer: UNADULTERATED \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"stirred\" of (red tea)*, after UN=\"a [in] French\", plus ADULT=\"man or woman\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short and sweet, not worth changing, so approved (8)","output":"### Answer: ASSENTED \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"changing\" of (Short and sweet)* minus the letters from \"worth\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Then slowly rue friend welcoming Harry's clue? (5,2,5)","output":"### Answer: MARRY IN HASTE \n ### Explanation: referring to the saying 'Marry in haste, repent at leisure' with 'repent at leisure'=\"slowly rue\"\n \nMATE=\"friend\" around RRY IN HAS\n \nas part of a clue's instructions, putting RRY IN HAS could give HA-RRY-S i.e. \"Harry's\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps Sue overworks (7)","output":"### Answer: OEUVRES \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Perhaps\" of (Sue over)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Constable's disillusioned with sweet king (7)","output":"### Answer: OFFICER \n ### Explanation: OFF=\"disillusioned\" + ICE (a portion of ice cream, or as in 'choc ice' =\"sweet\") + R (Rex, \"king\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Miles commanded English to go for Arthur's traitorous enemy (7)","output":"### Answer: MORDRED \n ### Explanation: definition: a character from Arthurian legend \nM (Miles, unit of distance) + ORD-E-RED=\"commanded\" with the E (English) removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Restaurant's row about turnover (5)","output":"### Answer: DINER \n ### Explanation: DIN=\"row\" + a reversal\/\"turnover\" of RE=\"about\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Putting melted lead in starch is off for the present time (9)","output":"### Answer: CHRISTMAS \n ### Explanation: the lead letter of M-elted is put into (starch is)*, with \"off\" as anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dish that's bound to be revolutionary (6,4)","output":"### Answer: SPRING ROLL \n ### Explanation: SPRING=\"bound\" + ROLL=\"be revolutionary\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink noisily, not softly, and speak without distinction (4)","output":"### Answer: SLUR \n ### Explanation: SLUR-P=\"Drink noisily\" minus P (Piano, \"softly\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Name associated with band at Wells, a remote community (5,7)","output":"### Answer: ALICE SPRINGS \n ### Explanation: definition: a remote town in Australia \nALICE=\"Name associated with band\" (an Alice band is a hair accessory) + SPRINGS=\"Wells\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hymn bringing wonder to good group of people (7,5)","output":"### Answer: AMAZING GRACE \n ### Explanation: AMAZING=\"bringing wonder\" + G (good) + RACE=\"group of people\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brand, possibly unusual for a can, is 'Martyr' (4,2,3)","output":"### Answer: JOAN OF ARC \n ### Explanation: JO=\"Brand possibly\", referring to Jo Brand the comedian ; plus anagram\/\"unusual\" of (for a can)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Promotion of MP with rent-free accommodation (10)","output":"### Answer: PREFERMENT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"accommodation\" of (MP rent free)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Critical conservative capital about to lead uncontrollable movement (9)","output":"### Answer: CLIMACTIC \n ### Explanation: C (conservative) + LIMA=\"capital\" city of Peru + C (circa, \"about\") + TIC=\"uncontrollable movement\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sentry spilled last of the oily liquid (7)","output":"### Answer: STYRENE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"spilled\" of (Sentry)* + last letter of th-E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country hotel's masked ball (7)","output":"### Answer: LESOTHO \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"masked\" of (hotel's)* + O=circle shape=\"ball\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To make over an attractive person is rather eccentric (6)","output":"### Answer: ODDISH \n ### Explanation: DO=\"make\", reversed\/\"over\"; plus DISH=\"an attractive person\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fancy clothes, fashionable, end of line, confiscated by Quaker Elizabeth? (6)","output":"### Answer: FINERY \n ### Explanation: IN=\"fashionable\" + end of lin-E; all inside FRY as in Elizabeth Fry=\"Quaker Elizabeth\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's instrumental in coral gas production (3,7)","output":"### Answer: COR ANGLAIS \n ### Explanation: definition: a woodwind instrument \nanagram\/\"production\" of (in coral gas)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Champion in car, a speed merchant (5)","output":"### Answer: RACER \n ### Explanation: ACE=\"Champion\" in RR (Rolls Royce, \"car\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Puritanical sort of curmudgeon needing internal examination? (9)","output":"### Answer: MORALISER \n ### Explanation: MISER=\"curmudgeon\" around ORAL \n*edit thanks to Simon S and others in comments \u2013 ORAL=\"examination\" with \"internal\" indicating insertion*\n \n~~=\"internal examination?\" \u2013 I think this refers to a medical examination through the mouth~~"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Climber gets talkative with wine (8,4)","output":"### Answer: RAMBLING ROSE \n ### Explanation: RAMBLING=\"talkative\" + ROSE as in ros\u00e9=\"wine\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Misfortune to remove lock? (8)","output":"### Answer: DISTRESS \n ### Explanation: DIS- as a prefix suggesting separation + TRESS=\"lock\" of hair"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A queen embraced by darling Dicky (10)","output":"### Answer: PRECARIOUS \n ### Explanation: A + R (regina, queen); both inside PRECIOUS=\"darling\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wild cat (tiger?) at edge of jungle \u2014 potential killer (9)","output":"### Answer: CIGARETTE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Wild\" of (cat tiger)* + the edge\/end of jungl-E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Before the game, coach takes transport (8)","output":"### Answer: CARJACKS \n ### Explanation: JACKS=\"game\" ; with CAR=\"coach\" going before"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doris's musical disaster at start of the year, taking on lead in Evita (8,4)","output":"### Answer: CALAMITY JANE \n ### Explanation: Doris Day starred in the 1953 musical film *Calamity Jane *[wiki] \nCALAMITY=\"disaster\" + JAN (January, \"start of the year\") + lead letter of E-vita"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put old record in missile and take off (6)","output":"### Answer: DEPART \n ### Explanation: EP (Extended Play musical recording=\"old record\") in DART=\"missile\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plaster crops up on bed almost (6)","output":"### Answer: STUCCO \n ### Explanation: CUTS=\"crops\" reversed\/\"up\" + CO[t]=\"bed almost\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relating to the centre of reorganised state (5)","output":"### Answer: FOCAL \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"reorganised\" of (of)* + CAL (California, US \"state\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excited cry from oaf (5)","output":"### Answer: YAHOO \n ### Explanation: double definition and homonym pair"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I go off pastry sent around by a restaurant (9)","output":"### Answer: TRATTORIA \n ### Explanation: I + ROT=\"go off\" + TART=\"pastry\", all reversed\/\"sent around\"; plus A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Herbivore long ago sorted out grasses, mostly (9)","output":"### Answer: STEGOSAUR \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"sorted\" of (out grasse-s)* without the final 's'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Officers soundly managed area of woodland (5)","output":"### Answer: COPSE \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"soundly\" of 'cops'=\"Officers\" \n*edit thanks to ngaiolaurenson \u2013 added \"managed\" to the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Visionary returns from hearing (7)","output":"### Answer: PROPHET \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"from hearing\" of 'profit'=\"returns\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shows emotion and is destruct\u00adive? Doesn't sound like it (5,2)","output":"### Answer: TEARS UP \n ### Explanation: TEARS UP can also be read as \"is destructive\" with TEARS rhyming with 'pairs'; this doesn't sound the same as TEARS UP=\"Shows emotion\" with TEARS rhyming with 'piers' \none of the homograph pairs mentioned in 31ac"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Despotic leader installed without a break (5)","output":"### Answer: PUTIN \n ### Explanation: PUT IN=\"installed\", with the space\/\"break\" between letters removed to give PUTIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Role in Henry V sounds like something anyone could play (3)","output":"### Answer: NYM \n ### Explanation: Corporal Nym is a character from Shakespeare \nbased just on this clue, NIM might be the answer, but NYM is required to make the HOMO NYM connection work in 28dn"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ruse that helps player secure contract (5)","output":"### Answer: TRICK \n ### Explanation: double definition and homonym pair: second definition refers to winning a 'trick' or round of cards in a game of contract bridge"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Help with 24, a couple of 3 23 (7)","output":"### Answer: SUCCOUR \n ### Explanation: SUCCOUR and SUCKER=24dn are a couple of HOMO PHONES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Audibly, complaint increased in volume (5)","output":"### Answer: GROWN \n ### Explanation: in definition, \"volume\" can refer to size rather than loudness \nhomophone\/\"Audibly\" of 'groan'=\"complaint\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Legal agreements for shrinks (9)","output":"### Answer: CONTRACTS \n ### Explanation: double definition and homograph pair"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Problem for driver scrambling to reverse (9)","output":"### Answer: OVERSTEER \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"scrambling\" of (to reverse)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kind of love that's very open, like 8 and 15 exemplifying 3 7 (5)","output":"### Answer: AGAPE \n ### Explanation: AGAPE is a Greek term for a type of selfless love. I would have pronounced this to roughly rhyme with 'swagger pay' \u2013 checking Chambers, the last syllable sounds like 'pee' \nAGAPE rhyming with 'tape' means \"very open\"\n \nthis is a pair of HOMO GRAPHS, like 8 and 15 \u2013 two words sharing the same spelling (but, in each of these cases, with different pronunciations)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One or more positive responses viewers stated (4)","output":"### Answer: AYES \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"stated\" of 'eyes'=\"viewers\" \n\"One\u2026 positive response[s]\" also indicates A YES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Forcibly removed \u2014 it's all over, one might say (5,3)","output":"### Answer: THREW OUT \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"one might say\" of 'throughout'=\"all over\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Term implying wisdom that's peculiarly man's? I hope so (4,7)","output":"### Answer: HOMO SAPIENS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"peculiarly\" of (man's I hope so)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put under financial pressure, stop being crooked, we hear (8)","output":"### Answer: STRAITEN \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"we hear\" of 'straighten'=\"stop being crooked\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sign of something extra, or amount of gold, announced as incentive (6)","output":"### Answer: CARROT \n ### Explanation: definition: as in the phrase 'carrot or stick' \nhomophone\/\"announced as\" of both 'caret'=proofreading mark to insert something=\"sign of something extra\" and also 'carat'=\"amount of gold\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being governed by chance upset constituents of a Scottish Conservative (10)","output":"### Answer: STOCHASTIC \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"upset constituents\" of (a Scottish)*, plus C (Conservative)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plots to use G sharp in new composition (6)","output":"### Answer: GRAPHS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"new composition\" of (G sharp)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: China's tea with pronounced difference (4)","output":"### Answer: MATE \n ### Explanation: definition: rhyming slang \u2013 'China plate' for MATE \nMATE is also a type of tea, but pronounced to rhyme with 'p\u00e2t\u00e9'\n \none of the homograph pairs mentioned in 31ac"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Diarist has a furtive look, reportedly (5)","output":"### Answer: PEPYS \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"reportedly\" of 'peeps'=\"has a furtive look\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Letters he has put in post to North and South? It's left, if not right (10)","output":"### Answer: HANDEDNESS \n ### Explanation: HANDE='H and E'='the letters in HE'=\"Letters he has\"; plus \nSEND=\"post\", reversed\/\"to north\"; plus\n \nS (South)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fire controller for game (5)","output":"### Answer: POKER \n ### Explanation: double definition and homonym pair"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Male is awfully randy, resulting in this? (8)","output":"### Answer: MISANDRY \n ### Explanation: a pretty loose definition \nM (Male) + IS + anagram\/\"awfully\" of (randy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mocking boy, one I expelled, that's heavily protected (8)","output":"### Answer: IRONCLAD \n ### Explanation: IRON-I-C LAD=\"Mocking boy\", with \"one I\" removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In triumph, one smashes cells, perhaps (6)","output":"### Answer: PHONES \n ### Explanation: definition as in 'cellphones' \nhidden \"In\" triumPH ONE Smashes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shoot, with 26, a pair of 3 23 (6)","output":"### Answer: SUCKER \n ### Explanation: definition: a shoot of a plant \nSUCCOUR=25ac (not 26) and SUCKER are a couple of HOMO PHONES\n \n*edit thanks to Teacow, 25ac not 25dn"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Closing gap, don't stop thug (4)","output":"### Answer: GOON \n ### Explanation: GO ON=\"don't stop\", closing the gap\/space between the two words to make GOON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As example of 3 18, raise back part \u2026 (4)","output":"### Answer: REAR \n ### Explanation: an example of a HOMO NYM pair \u2013 different words sharing the same pronunciation and spelling \nREAR can be a verb=\"raise\"; or a noun=\"back part\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 or put an end to movement out of control (4)","output":"### Answer: SLEW \n ### Explanation: the ellipsis connects this to \"As example of HOMO NYM\" from 28ac \nSLEW=past tense of 'slay'=\"put an end to\"\n \nSLEW can also mean 'to swing round uncontrollably'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Odd job man gives fine perform\u00adance with old tailless mongrel going head over heels (8)","output":"### Answer: FACTOTUM \n ### Explanation: F (fine) + ACT=\"performance\" + O (old); plus MUT[T]=\"tailless mongrel\" reversed\/\"head over heels\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Star carrying animal to old Japanese dictator (6)","output":"### Answer: SHOGUN \n ### Explanation: SUN=\"Star\" around HOG=\"animal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Light close to central current unit (4)","output":"### Answer: LAMP \n ### Explanation: \"close\" or end letter of centra-L + AMP=electrical \"current unit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Late MP ran frantically round independent part of government (10)","output":"### Answer: PARLIAMENT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"frantically\" of (Late MP ran)*; around I (independent)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Introduction to timely subject in paper? (6)","output":"### Answer: TISSUE \n ### Explanation: first letter\/\"Introduction\" to T-imely, plus ISSUE=\"subject\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stand in part of theatre, including nationally acclaimed trio, initially (8)","output":"### Answer: STAGNATE \n ### Explanation: definition: \"Stand\" can mean to remain still or unchanging\n \nSTAGE=\"part of theatre\", around the initials of N[ationally] A[cclaimed] T[rio]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Join priest cutting piece of cake? (6)","output":"### Answer: SPLICE \n ### Explanation: P (priest) cutting into SLICE=\"piece of cake\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man succeeding retired queen as interim ruler (6)","output":"### Answer: REGENT \n ### Explanation: GENT=\"Man\", after ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"queen\") reversed\/\"retired\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Do remote changes to measuring device (8)","output":"### Answer: ODOMETER \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"changes\" of (Do remote)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hand over vessel with metal coating (4,2)","output":"### Answer: TURN IN \n ### Explanation: URN=\"vessel\", with TIN=\"metal\" around it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cleaner hid broken light (10)","output":"### Answer: CHANDELIER \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"broken\" of (Cleaner hid)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One-dimensional retro part of transport infrastructure crossing small space (6)","output":"### Answer: LINEAR \n ### Explanation: reversal\/\"retro\" of all of: RAIL=\"part of transport infrastructure\", going around EN=\"small space\" in typography"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Metal cask German sent abroad (8)","output":"### Answer: TUNGSTEN \n ### Explanation: TUN=\"cask\" + G (German) + anagram\/\"abroad\" of (sent)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A grave is disturbed causing unexpected changes (8)","output":"### Answer: VAGARIES \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"disturbed\" of (A grave is)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Valve in vessels raised angle (8)","output":"### Answer: STOPCOCK \n ### Explanation: POTS=\"vessels\" reversed\/\"raised\"; plus COCK as a verb=\"angle\" as in 'cock one's head'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Basic recycled plates (6)","output":"### Answer: STAPLE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"recycled\" of (plates)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Judge has teatime altered to accommodate beginning of sentencing (8)","output":"### Answer: ESTIMATE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"altered\" of (teatime)*, going around the beginning of S-entencing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Comrade mixes with men, as appropriate (10)","output":"### Answer: COMMANDEER \n ### Explanation: definition: appropriate as a verb\n \nanagram\/\"mixes\" of (Comrade men)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boat detailed to get container for fruit (6)","output":"### Answer: PUNNET \n ### Explanation: PUN-T=\"Boat\" with its 'tail' letter removed i.e. \"de-tailed\"; plus NET=verb meaning 'gain'=\"get\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Surly animal crossing river (6)","output":"### Answer: MOROSE \n ### Explanation: MOOSE=\"animal\", around R (river)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chap tucked into dish, then returned soldier's portable grill (10)","output":"### Answer: SALAMANDER \n ### Explanation: definition: a type of small culinary grill\n \nMAN=\"Chap\" inside SALAD=\"dish\"; plus RE (Royal Engineer, \"soldier\") reversed\/\"returned\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animal heard about 22 down (8)","output":"### Answer: CATHEDRA \n ### Explanation: definition: a bishop's throne\n \nCAT=\"Animal\" + anagram\/\"about\" of (heard)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Check for second time in social media platform for one watching birds (8)","output":"### Answer: TWITCHER \n ### Explanation: CH (Check, in chess), replacing the second T (time) in TWIT-T-ER=\"social media platform\"\n \nthe T being replaced is the third T of the word TWITTER \u2013 perhaps \"second\u2026 **in**\" means the second of the **in**ner T letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Performer in cart is terrific (6)","output":"### Answer: ARTIST \n ### Explanation: hidden in c-ART IS T-errific"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer given one American plant (6)","output":"### Answer: DAHLIA \n ### Explanation: Roald DAHL=\"Writer\" + I=\"one\" + A (American)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bishop's seat moved north-east (6)","output":"### Answer: THRONE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"moved\" of (north)* + E (east)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get rid of slight squint (4)","output":"### Answer: CAST \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Topless dance after separation is out of sentimentality (8)","output":"### Answer: SCHMALTZ \n ### Explanation: [w]ALTZ=\"Topless dance\"; after SCH-**is**-M=\"separation\" with \"**is** out\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Marine in actual trouble (8)","output":"### Answer: NAUTICAL \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"trouble\" of (in actual)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldier's laugh, after knocking back some bubbly (6)","output":"### Answer: GURKHA \n ### Explanation: HA=\"laugh\", after reversal\/\"knocking back\" of KRUG Champagne=\"bubbly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The day before starling went off for good (11)","output":"### Answer: EVERLASTING \n ### Explanation: EVE=\"The day before\"; plus anagram\/\"off\" of (starling)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Early form of atrioventricular valve (5)","output":"### Answer: LARVA \n ### Explanation: hidden in atrioventricu-LAR VA-lve"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Awkward question about a set of mathematical processes (9)","output":"### Answer: EQUATIONS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Awkward\" of (question)*, around A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tense situation for Britain in turmoil around April 5th and September 5th (9)","output":"### Answer: NAILBITER \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"turmoil\" of (Britain)*, around the 5th letter of [Apri]-L and the 5th of [Sept]-E-[mber]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'County sees otherwise' (Times) (5)","output":"### Answer: ESSEX \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"otherwise\" of (sees)*; plus X=\"Times\" as in 2\u00d72='two times two'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dish 2 as our little creation (11)","output":"### Answer: RATATOUILLE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"creation\" of (A A our little)*, with A A indicated as \"2 as\" i.e. 2 letter A's"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bother to reject immorality for God (6)","output":"### Answer: ADONIS \n ### Explanation: definition: a Greek god \nADO=\"Bother\", plus reversal\/\"reject\" of SIN=\"immorality\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Object to Spooner's Le P\u00e9tomane show? (8)","output":"### Answer: ARTEFACT \n ### Explanation: Spoonerism of 'Farty\/Farter Act' \u2013 see on Le P\u00e9tomane"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Laze about in empty Australia bush (6)","output":"### Answer: AZALEA \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"about\" of (Laze)*; inside A-ustrali-A emptied of its inner letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In status quo, talks about hostilities ending helped (8)","output":"### Answer: ASSISTED \n ### Explanation: AS IS=\"In status quo\" + TED=conference series posting online \"talks\" ; around the ending of hostilitie-S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Going down, lands in northern city (10)","output":"### Answer: SUNDERLAND \n ### Explanation: written out vertically\/\"Going down\", the word \"lands\" would be:\n **L**\n **A**\n **N**\n **D**\n **S**\n [a letter] **S** [written] **UNDER** [the letters of] **LAND"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Encourage to go outdoors? He's out, playing and wet! (5-5)","output":"### Answer: HOUSE-TRAIN \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"playing\" of (He's out)*; plus RAIN=\"wet\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sharon as a little mermaid? (5)","output":"### Answer: ARIEL \n ### Explanation: double definition: Ariel Sharon, the former Prime Minister of Israel; and Ariel, Disney's Little Mermaid"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Special artist's event for an old cross-dresser (12)","output":"### Answer: TRANSVESTITE \n ### Explanation: \"old\" is part of the definition as \"cross-dresser\" is now more commonly used \nanagram\/\"Special\" of (artist's event)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Egg en cocotte, missing company, in 20 (9)","output":"### Answer: COURGETTE \n ### Explanation: definition: courgette is an ingredient of RATATOUILLE \nURGE=\"Egg\" as in 'egging someone on'; inside\/\"en\" **co**-COTTE minus **co** for \"company\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2013 a lockdown restaurant offering? (8)","output":"### Answer: TAKEAWAY \n ### Explanation: the initial '-' dash in the clue can be read as a minus sign, i.e. TAKE AWAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The sound of tongues wagging: Orestes losing last couple of offies (6,6)","output":"### Answer: LIQUOR STORES \n ### Explanation: definition: \"offies\" as in off-licence liquor stores \nLIQUORS sounds like 'lickers'=\"The sound of tongues\"; plus anagram\/\"wagging\" of (Orest-es)* not including the last couple of letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unusual case taken by loyal advisor (10)","output":"### Answer: CONSULTANT \n ### Explanation: the \"case\" or outer letters of U-nusua-L; taken into CONSTANT=\"loyal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A male or female court, getting in deep, perhaps not surprising (2,8)","output":"### Answer: AS EXPECTED \n ### Explanation: A + SEX=\"male or female\"; plus CT (court) inside anagram\/\"perhaps\" of (deep)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Goldberg with fianc\u00e9 regularly in 20 (9)","output":"### Answer: AUBERGINE \n ### Explanation: definition: another ingredient of RATATOUILLE \nAU (symbol for \"Gold\") + BERG + regular letters from f-I-a-N-c-E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Here little ones develop in computerisation (5)","output":"### Answer: UTERI \n ### Explanation: hidden in comp-UTERI-sation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How's it going for Champagne and sparkling wine? (4)","output":"### Answer: CAVA \n ### Explanation: CA VA='\u00e7a va?'=\"How's it going?\" as a French greeting that might be spoken in the Champagne province"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Latin clue for a stoic found in this province (4,6)","output":"### Answer: NOVA SCOTIA \n ### Explanation: definition: a Canadian province \nNOVA in Latin means 'new', so NOVA SCOTIA could be part of a crossword \"clue for A STOIC\" as it would indicate an anagram\/'new' of (SCOTIA)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like Nutmeg in character, one's maliciously cast (9)","output":"### Answer: ASPERSION \n ### Explanation: AS=\"Like\", plus I=\"Nutmeg\" inside PERSON=\"character\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One typically grey or chestnut? (5)","output":"### Answer: OLDIE \n ### Explanation: double definition: an older person might have grey hairs; or an old joke"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supporter keeping log to stimulate setter perhaps (7)","output":"### Answer: FIREDOG \n ### Explanation: definition: firedogs are supports for wood in a fireplace\n \nFIRE=\"stimulate\" + DOG=\"setter [as in dog breeds], perhaps\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pleasure boat's working day contributing to a record turnover (7)","output":"### Answer: GONDOLA \n ### Explanation: ON=\"working\" + D (day); inside reversal\/turnover of A LOG=\"a record\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Announcer's fit for office (4)","output":"### Answer: RITE \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"Announcer's\" of 'right'=\"fit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Summary by editor withdrawn (10)","output":"### Answer: ABSTRACTED \n ### Explanation: ABSTRACT=\"Summary\" of a research paper, plus ED (editor)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Possibly bearded lady's outfit for audition? (7)","output":"### Answer: HIRSUTE \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"for audition\" of 'her suit'=\"lady's outfit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's failed to settle crew held interminably at sea (7)","output":"### Answer: WELCHER \n ### Explanation: definition: 'welch' means to fail to settle a debt or a bill\n \nanagram\/\"at sea\" of (crew hel-d)*, \"interminably\" i.e. removing the final 'd' from anagram fodder"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Food item is produced by bachelor in hat (10)","output":"### Answer: COMESTIBLE \n ### Explanation: COMES=\"is produced\" + B (bachelor) inside TILE=slang for \"hat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wide seat in stalls of auditorium (4)","output":"### Answer: SOFA \n ### Explanation: hidden in stall-S OF A-uditorium"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Optimistic attitude further from civilisation in US? (7)","output":"### Answer: UPSTATE \n ### Explanation: definition: away from the major city of a US state\n \nUP=\"Optimistic\" + STATE=\"attitude\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Individual pinching something from the pot? (3,4)","output":"### Answer: TEA LEAF \n ### Explanation: two definitions \u2013 in the first, 'tea leaf' is rhyming slang for 'thief'=\"Individual pinching\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Special long needle (5)","output":"### Answer: SPINE \n ### Explanation: S (Special) + PINE=\"long\" as a verb"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What junkies get without fruit-based vitamin supplements (9)","output":"### Answer: ADDITIONS \n ### Explanation: ADDI-C-TIONS=\"What junkies get\", minus\/without C=\"fruit-based vitamin\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The usual salmon to serve uncouth folk, it's said (3,3,3,6)","output":"### Answer: PAR FOR THE COURSE \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"it's said\" of 'parr for the coarse'=\"salmon to serve uncouth folk\"\n \na parr is a young salmon"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Glyndebourne company's trip putting off posh conductor? (8)","output":"### Answer: OPERATOR \n ### Explanation: Glyndebourne is an opera house, so OPERA TO-U-R=\"Glyndebourne company's trip\", minus U=\"posh\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Satchmo's sort of music needs to speed up (4)","output":"### Answer: TRAD \n ### Explanation: definition: short for traditional jazz, as played by Louis Armstrong or \"Satchmo\"\n \nDART=\"speed\", reversed\/\"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crosby heading off in jet, fit for his performance (8)","output":"### Answer: SINGABLE \n ### Explanation: B-ING Crosby the singer, with the \"heading\" letter B off; inside SABLE=\"jet\" black"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Horseman on vacation kept trousers within reach (6)","output":"### Answer: KNIGHT \n ### Explanation: K-ep-T has its inner letters removed\/vacated, and goes around\/\"trousers\" NIGH=\"within reach\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Royal Navy brought in to subdue everyone in Duchy (8)","output":"### Answer: CORNWALL \n ### Explanation: RN (Royal Navy) inside COW=\"subdue\", plus ALL=\"everyone\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Skilful doctor beginning to operate in island (6)","output":"### Answer: ADROIT \n ### Explanation: DR (doctor) plus the beginning to O-perate; all inside AIT=\"island\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two second-grade ratings normal for such accommodation? (3,3,9)","output":"### Answer: BED AND BREAKFAST \n ### Explanation: normally abbreviated to 'B and B'=\"Two second-grade ratings\" \u2013 as in B grades instead of A, or C, etc"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Amorphous dung heaps not good for spreading (8)","output":"### Answer: UNSHAPED \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"spreading\" of (dun-g heaps)*, without the g for \"good\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Comfortable, attentively awaiting execution (4-2-2)","output":"### Answer: WELL-TO-DO \n ### Explanation: WELL=\"attentively\" as in 'listen well'; plus things on a TO DO list are \"awaiting execution\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Enthralled by Ali's blow artfully done (6,2)","output":"### Answer: HOOKED ON \n ### Explanation: HOOK=\"Ali [the boxer]'s blow\"; plus anagram\/\"artfully\" of (done)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fabric whose reversal's no problem? (6)","output":"### Answer: MUSLIN \n ### Explanation: a reversal gives NIL SUM=\"no [maths] problem\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mountain peak I start to climb, taking step up (3,3)","output":"### Answer: ICE CAP \n ### Explanation: I, plus start to C-limb, plus PACE=\"step\" reversed\/\"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bodega still stocking Italian wine (4)","output":"### Answer: ASTI \n ### Explanation: hidden in Bodeg-A STI-ll"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Serious measure \u2014 key workers are in the dark on this (9,5)","output":"### Answer: GRAVEYARD SHIFT \n ### Explanation: GRAVE=\"Serious\" + YARD=\"measure\" of distance + SHIFT=\"key\" on a computer keyboard"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Needle one fishes out of lake (5)","output":"### Answer: ANGER \n ### Explanation: definition: verb meaning to irritate \nANG-L-ER=\"one fishes\" minus L for \"lake\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blair cracking tedious, off-colour jokes, say (8)","output":"### Answer: RIBALDRY \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"cracking\" of (Blair)* + DRY=\"tedious\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dirty shirt, short and tight (7)","output":"### Answer: TARNISH \n ### Explanation: definition: verb meaning to make something dirty \nanagram\/\"tight\" of (shirt an)*, where the 'an' in the fodder is \"short an-d\"\n \n\"tight\" in the sense of 'drunk' for the anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After firm kiss, groom's dandy (7)","output":"### Answer: COXCOMB \n ### Explanation: CO (company, \"firm\") + X symbol for a \"kiss\" + COMB=to \"groom\" hair"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet stuff husband's culled from Chinese text (5)","output":"### Answer: ICING \n ### Explanation: I C-h-ING, minus h for husband \nthe I Ching is a classic \"Chinese text\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time to study utilitarianism, but it's a grind (9)","output":"### Answer: TREADMILL \n ### Explanation: T (time) + READ [the work of John Stuart] MILL=\"study utilitarianism\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Touring India freely, Bill's worried about a drive (9)","output":"### Answer: LIBIDINAL \n ### Explanation: definition: about a [sex] drive \nanagram\/\"worried\" of (Bill)*; around anagram\/\"freely\" of (India)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Said what diner did, a curvy figure (5)","output":"### Answer: EIGHT \n ### Explanation: definition: as in a figure 8 \nhomophone\/\"Said\" of 'ate'=\"what diner did\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hip backing band in Japan? I'm not sure this is metal (7)","output":"### Answer: NIOBIUM \n ### Explanation: IN=fashionable=\"Hip\", reversed\/\"backing\"; plus OBI=Japanese sash or \"band\"; plus 'UM'=\"I'm not sure\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It helps to recall troops, having gathered round outside (7)","output":"### Answer: MEMENTO \n ### Explanation: MEN=\"troops\", with MET plus O=\"round\" going outside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe Joaquin's steps following hobbling soldier (8)","output":"### Answer: FLAMENCO \n ### Explanation: definition: a Spanish dance, and Joaquin is a Spanish name \nF (following) + LAME=\"hobbling\" + NCO (non-commissioned officer, \"soldier\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arab statesman soon to make a comeback (5)","output":"### Answer: OMANI \n ### Explanation: definition: a man from an Arab state \nIN A MO (in a moment)=\"soon\"; reversed\/\"to make a comeback\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tory in party pamphlet shows what binds us all (6,8)","output":"### Answer: SOCIAL CONTRACT \n ### Explanation: CON (Conservative, \"Tory\") in SOCIAL event=\"party\" plus TRACT=\"pamphlet\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What David achieved with good fortune protecting one colonist (5-7)","output":"### Answer: GIANT-KILLING \n ### Explanation: definition referring to David and Goliath \nG (good) + KILLING=\"fortune\" as in 'make a killing\/fortune from an investment'; around I=\"one\" + ANT=\"colonist\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gold plate shows this, turning up tool (5)","output":"### Answer: AUGER \n ### Explanation: AU (chemical symbol for \"Gold) + REG (registration number for a car)=\"plate shows this\" reversed\/\"turning up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agreed working to fix rug was a bugger! (9)","output":"### Answer: EARWIGGED \n ### Explanation: definition: to 'earwig' can mean 'bug' as in pester \u2013 or 'bug' as in eavesdrop \/ listen into private conversations \nanagram\/\"working\" of (Agreed)*, around WIG=\"rug\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Miss America is alluring, Republican's admitted (3,4)","output":"### Answer: AIR SHOT \n ### Explanation: definition: a missed stroke in e.g. golf \nA (America); plus IS HOT=\"is alluring\" around R (Republican)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conservative perhaps lying over the European disaster (7)","output":"### Answer: DEBACLE \n ### Explanation: C (Conservative) + ABED=\"perhaps lying\" in bed; all reversed\/\"over\" + LE='the' in French=\"the European\" \n*Edit thanks to Apteryx"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: We hear this guy runs his tongue over part of ear (5)","output":"### Answer: HELIX \n ### Explanation: definition: the rim of the ear \nhomophone\/\"We hear\" of 'he licks'=\"this guy runs his tongue over\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Making grooves in material, using blades (9)","output":"### Answer: FURROWING \n ### Explanation: FUR=\"material\" + ROWING=\"using blades [oars]\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scrapper's initial boost when wrestling (12)","output":"### Answer: ABOLITIONIST \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"wrestling\" of (initial boost)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Setter's run in mire and grease, flipping mess! (9)","output":"### Answer: IMBROGLIO \n ### Explanation: I'M=the setter is=\"Setter's\"; plus R (run, cricket) in BOG=\"mire\"; plus OIL=\"grease\" reversed\/\"flipping\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hunk of stewed boar meat with date on top (9)","output":"### Answer: DREAMBOAT \n ### Explanation: definition: an attractive person \nanagram\/\"stewed\" of (boar meat)*; with D (date) on top"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very small number \u2014 very little, minus one million (7)","output":"### Answer: NOMINAL \n ### Explanation: NO (short for \"number\") + MIN-IM-AL=\"very little\" minus IM=1m=\"one million\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: African runner's go in flash car (7)","output":"### Answer: LIMPOPO \n ### Explanation: definition: an African river \nPOP=an attempt=\"go\"; in LIMO=\"flash car\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Roman pair squeezing a medic's feet (5)","output":"### Answer: IAMBI \n ### Explanation: definition: \"feet\" when describing the metre of poetry, as in e.g. iambic pentameter \nII=two or a \"pair\" in Roman numerals; around A + MB (Bachelor of Medicine, \"medic\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Partridge about to seize unknown antelope (5)","output":"### Answer: NYALA \n ### Explanation: ALAN Partridge the comedy character reversed\/\"about\", and around Y=\"unknown\" in a maths equation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fix where water leaves back of instrument, did you say? (6)","output":"### Answer: PICKLE \n ### Explanation: definition: a 'fix' or a 'pickle' means a difficult situation \nthis sounds like 'eau'=\"water' has been taken away from the end of 'piccolo'=\"instrument\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A group of executives, loaded (6)","output":"### Answer: ABOARD \n ### Explanation: A + BOARD=\"group of executives\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Player in cricket side is behind doctor dressed in red (10)","output":"### Answer: TROMBONIST \n ### Explanation: ON='leg side' in cricket + IS; both behind MB (Bachelor of Medicine, \"doctor\"); and all inside TROT=communist=\"red\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flute, lovely rhythm (6)","output":"### Answer: GROOVE \n ### Explanation: I think this is a double definition, not too sure about the \"lovely\" \na \"Flute\" can be a vertical groove in a pillar or column; and a groove can be a pleasant musical rhythm"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trumpet in concert stuffed with filling of long cake? (8)","output":"### Answer: PROCLAIM \n ### Explanation: PROM=\"concert\", around \u00e9-CLAI-r=\"filling of long cake\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dumps like that covered in black containers (9)","output":"### Answer: JETTISONS \n ### Explanation: SO=\"like that\", inside JET=\"black\" + TINS=\"containers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Instrument primarily for incisions, for example (4)","output":"### Answer: FIFE \n ### Explanation: first letters from F-or I-ncisions F-or E-xample"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Black rocks rolling around inside viola, occasionally (4)","output":"### Answer: COAL \n ### Explanation: hidden reversed\/\"rolling around inside\": vio-LA OC-casionally"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fold mat, put away alongside French horn (9)","output":"### Answer: CORRUGATE \n ### Explanation: RUG=\"mat\" + ATE=\"put away\"; both after COR=\"French [word for] horn\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Army units on top defended by engineers (8)","output":"### Answer: PLATOONS \n ### Explanation: TOO=in addition=\"on top\", inside PLANS=\"engineers\" as a verb"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plating hot starter in ravioli, happen to scoff that (6)","output":"### Answer: CHROME \n ### Explanation: H (hot) + starting letter of R-avioli; with COME=\"happen\" going around\/\"to scoff that\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Way off, just terribly constructed? (5-5)","output":"### Answer: JERRY-BUILT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"constructed\" of (ju[st] terribly)*; with the 'st' for 'street'=\"Way\" taken off"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beloved: sound of instrument if given love? (4)","output":"### Answer: BEAU \n ### Explanation: if combined with O=\"love\", this could give the sound 'O-BEAU' or 'oboe'=\"instrument\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Berber outrage, nothing less, outrageous! (6)","output":"### Answer: TUAREG \n ### Explanation: definition: the TUAREG are a group of nomadic Berber clans \nanagram\/\"outrageous\" of ([o]utrage)*, minus the 'o'=zero=\"nothing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheeks blushing still, you adjust minuscule bikini finally (6)","output":"### Answer: GLUTEI \n ### Explanation: final letters of blushin-G stil-L yo-U adjus-T miniscul-E bikin-I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grassland that is south of river toured by twins, say? (7)","output":"### Answer: PRAIRIE \n ### Explanation: I.E.=id est=\"that is\", under\/\"south of\"\u2026 R (river) inside PAIR=\"twins, say\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Partly Hispanic, US-controlled South American city (5)","output":"### Answer: CUSCO \n ### Explanation: hidden in Hispani-C US-CO-ntrolled"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Characters, those with tenants? (7)","output":"### Answer: LETTERS \n ### Explanation: double definition: letters of the alphabet; or those who let out housing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bishop displacing Nazis in instrument for primate (6)","output":"### Answer: BABOON \n ### Explanation: B (Bishop in chess), replacing SS=\"Nazis\" in BA-SS-OON=\"instrument\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cancellation has girl withdraw\u00ad\u00ading, though not initially (9)","output":"### Answer: ANNULLING \n ### Explanation: I think this is: ANN=\"girl\" + P-ULLING without the initial letter \n\u2026not sure if PULLING=\"withdrawing\", or if it should be read as \"with \/ drawing\" and PULLING=\"drawing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kid lies about hostile feeling (7)","output":"### Answer: DISLIKE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"about\" of (Kid lies)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fiddle with old man, Chopin is on piano in fraternity (13)","output":"### Answer: COMPANIONSHIP \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Fiddle with\" (o man Chopin is)* with 'o' for \"old\"; plus P (piano)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Current books on pastry standing in restaurant (9)","output":"### Answer: TRATTORIA \n ### Explanation: AIR=\"current\" + OT (Old Testament, \"books\") + TART=\"pastry\", all reversed upwards\/\"standing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get end of blunt instrument caught up (7)","output":"### Answer: COLLECT \n ### Explanation: end of blun-T + CELLO=\"instrument\" + C (caught, cricket); all reversed\/\"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Precision ultimately lacking in imp\u00adrovised clarinet performance (7)","output":"### Answer: RECITAL \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"improvised\" of (clari-n-et), with the 'n' as the end of \"Precisio-n\" removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This setter is breaking unsuitable lifting instrument (7)","output":"### Answer: TIMPANI \n ### Explanation: I'M=\"This setter is\", inside INAPT=\"unsuitable\" reversed\/\"lifting\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Instrument, one in a lather, according to Spooner (6,4)","output":"### Answer: DOUBLE BASS \n ### Explanation: Spoonerism of BUBBLED ACE=\"one in a lather\", with ACE=\"one\" as in a playing card with one spot"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Explode: instrument going up, by the sound of it? (5)","output":"### Answer: REBUT \n ### Explanation: if reversed\/\"up\", this would give TUBER which is a homophone of 'tuba'=\"instrument\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Platter of fish captivating king and queen (8)","output":"### Answer: TRENCHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Platter\nTENCH=\"fish\" around R (Rex, \"king); plus ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"queen\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hears about hard old stuff that's just been changed slightly (6)","output":"### Answer: REHASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: old stuff that's just been changed slightly\nanagram\/\"about\" of (Hears)* + H (hard)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inspect contents of intravenous cannulas (4)","output":"### Answer: SCAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inspect\nhidden in intravenou-S CAN-nulas"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Court official's relative meaning to meet judge (10)","output":"### Answer: MAGISTRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Court official\nMA=mother=\"relative\" + GIST=\"meaning\" + RATE=\"judge\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seed to pop back into apple (6)","output":"### Answer: PIPPIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: apple\ndefinition: name for a variety of apples \nPIP=\"Seed\" + NIP=\"pop\" reversed\/\"back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sound of awful insects carrying source of terrible disease (8)","output":"### Answer: DIABETES \n ### Explanation: Definition: disease\nDIA is a homophone\/\"Sound of\" for 'dire'=\"awful\" + BEES=\"insects\" around the first letter\/\"source\" of T-errible"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Space close to patient with bad disorder (7)","output":"### Answer: ENTROPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: disorder\nEN=\"Space\" in typography + end letter\/\"close\" of patien-T + ROPY=\"bad\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drug put in lost waste disposal facility (7)","output":"### Answer: ASHTRAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: waste disposal facility\nH (Heroin, \"Drug\") inside ASTRAY=\"lost\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Face-to-face confrontation exposed about women's party (8)","output":"### Answer: SHOWDOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Face-to-face confrontation\nSHOWN=\"exposed\", around: W (women) + DO=\"party\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish found round mostly arid Arctic plain (6)","output":"### Answer: TUNDRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arctic plain\nTUNA=\"Fish\" around DR[y]=\"mostly arid\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant put in place before I initially arrived (10)","output":"### Answer: POINSETTIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant\nSET=\"put\" inside POINT=\"place\"; plus I + the initial of A-rrived"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gag leads to journalist acquiring case of plague (4)","output":"### Answer: JAPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gag\nfirst letters\/\"leads\" to J-ournalist A-cquiring; plus the outer letters\/\"case\" of P-lagu-E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Vote Labour' rejected by chance (6)","output":"### Answer: BALLOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vote\nLAB (Labour) reversed\/\"rejected\" + LOT=destiny=\"chance\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animal food given to so-called religious fellow (8)","output":"### Answer: CHIPMUNK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Animal\nCHIP=\"food\" + MUNK as a homophone\/\"so-called\" of 'monk'=\"religious fellow\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small part of French operation (8)","output":"### Answer: FRACTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small part\nFR (French) + ACTION=\"operation\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Choir leader leaving musical composition without a name (4)","output":"### Answer: ANON \n ### Explanation: Definition: without a name\nleading letter of C-hoir, leaving CANON=\"musical composition\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Healer with false alibi's first name (6)","output":"### Answer: SHAMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Healer\nSHAM=\"false\" + A-libi's first letter + N (name)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Group of soldiers ordered to capture kit (7)","output":"### Answer: BRIGADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Group of soldiers\nBADE=\"ordered\" around RIG=\"kit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wrong spring in lock (8)","output":"### Answer: TRESPASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wrong\nSPA=\"spring\" inside TRESS=\"lock\" of hair"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stolen mobile found after tea dance (10)","output":"### Answer: CHARLESTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: dance\nanagram\/\"mobile\" of (Stolen)*; after CHAR=\"tea\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Set out to catch regular fly (6)","output":"### Answer: TSETSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fly\nanagram\/\"out\" of (Set)*; around a \"regular\" i.e. non-anagram SET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fairy's sea snail is sort of light blue (10)","output":"### Answer: PERIWINKLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: light blue\nPERI=\"Fairy\" in Persian mythology; plus WINKLE=\"sea snail\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kit for rugby player burst tyre (8)","output":"### Answer: PROPERTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kit\nPROP=a position in rugby; plus anagram\/\"burst\" of (tyre)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poisonous compound produced from a synthetic protein (8)","output":"### Answer: ATROPINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poisonous compound\ndefinition: a poisonous alkaloid found in deadly nightshade \nA, plus anagram\/\"synthetic\" of (protein)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bed made up in exotic skin is available to buy immediately (2,5)","output":"### Answer: IN STOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: available to buy immediately\nCOT=\"Bed\" reversed\/\"up\" inside an anagram\/\"exotic\" of (skin)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fastener on a hot-water pipe (6)","output":"### Answer: HOOKAH \n ### Explanation: Definition: water pipe\nHOOK=\"Fastener\" + A + H (hot)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Terrible smoke rising under base of apartment (6)","output":"### Answer: TRAGIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Terrible\nCIGAR=\"smoke\" reversed\/\"rising\", after the end letter\/\"base\" of apartmen-T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crush end of thumb in doorpost (4)","output":"### Answer: JAMB \n ### Explanation: Definition: doorpost\nJAM=\"Crush\" + end letter of thum-B"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lose ground as learner crashes into rear end (9)","output":"### Answer: BACKSLIDE \n ### Explanation: L (learner) inside BACKSIDE=\"rear end\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wag's partner has Italian dress (5)","output":"### Answer: HABIT \n ### Explanation: HAB + IT (Italian) \nWag=singular of WAGs (Wives and Girlfriends), partners of HABs (Husbands and Boyfriends)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country I represented in Nato communications (5)","output":"### Answer: INDIA \n ### Explanation: double definition: second def referring to the letter I spoken aloud as India in the Nato phonetic alphabet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Open and close inside short period (9)","output":"### Answer: OVERNIGHT \n ### Explanation: OVERT=\"Open\" with NIGH=\"close\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Parent of boy who's a rascal? (3)","output":"### Answer: GUN \n ### Explanation: Edit: Hovis has a better explanation \u2013 the parent of a 'son of a gun'=\"rascal\", with 'son' more directly justifying the use of \"Parent\" and \"boy\"*\n cryptic def: a 'young gun' as a \"boy who's a rascal\", and their parent would be a [grown] GUN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bespoke Italian gear for everyone (11)","output":"### Answer: EGALITARIAN \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Bespoke\" of (Italian gear)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Broadcast that is going after voting system \u2014 that's plain (7)","output":"### Answer: PRAIRIE \n ### Explanation: AIR=\"Broadcast\" + I.E.=id est=\"that is\"; after PR (Proportional Representation, \"voting system\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: His involvement in heartless frauds creates divisions (7)","output":"### Answer: SCHISMS \n ### Explanation: HIS inside heartless SC-a-MS=\"frauds\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hired to provide evidence that ladies are being used (7)","output":"### Answer: ENGAGED \n ### Explanation: double definition: the second def referring to 'ENGAGED' signs\/displays that indicate that a toilet (e.g. the \"ladies\") is in use"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Muse endlessly about this, for example (7)","output":"### Answer: PROBLEM \n ### Explanation: definition referring to the clue or the crossword as a problem to solve \nMUS-e endlessly gives MUS, about\/\"reversed\" gives SUM = PROBLEM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seat must have top class cover \u2014 a logical way to think (1,10)","output":"### Answer: A POSTERIORI \n ### Explanation: definition referring to reasoning based on observed facts \nPOSTERIOR=\"Seat\", inside \/ covered by: AI=A1=\"top class\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing is held back in \u2026 (3)","output":"### Answer: NIL \n ### Explanation: hidden and reversed\/\"held back\" in skinf-LIN-t, with the \"\u2026\" linking into the next clue\/solution"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 film by old striker who keeps things tight (9)","output":"### Answer: SKINFLINT \n ### Explanation: SKIN=surface layer=\"film\" + FLINT=\"old striker\" referring to the historic use of flint and steel to create sparks\/flames"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tablets regularly shown in display desk (5)","output":"### Answer: IPADS \n ### Explanation: regular letters taken from d-**I**-s-**P**-l-**A**-y **D**-e-**S**-k"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Half of duo's styles are somewhat shabby (5)","output":"### Answer: DUSTY \n ### Explanation: Half of the words DU-o's and STY-les"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tired chap worried for nothing really (4,5)","output":"### Answer: DIRT CHEAP \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"worried\" of (Tired chap)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Introduce faction in local rising (5,2)","output":"### Answer: BRING UP \n ### Explanation: RING=\"faction\" in PUB=\"local\" reversed upwards\/\"rising\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Untrustworthy type reportedly calls off a solo passage (7)","output":"### Answer: CADENZA \n ### Explanation: definition: a musical passage for a soloist \nCAD=\"Untrustworthy type\" + ENZ sounds like 'ends'=\"reportedly calls off\" + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fellow in house left causing actor to stop performing (5,6)","output":"### Answer: STAGE FRIGHT \n ### Explanation: F (Fellow) in STAGE RIGHT=\"house left\" i.e. to the left, from the audience's point of view"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cut off is suspended once leaders get delayed (7)","output":"### Answer: ISOLATE \n ### Explanation: leading letters from I-s S-uspended O-nce; plus LATE=\"delayed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seedily manipulated protection for viewers (7)","output":"### Answer: EYELIDS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"manipulated\" of (Seedily)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finishes off with single green layer (3)","output":"### Answer: HEN \n ### Explanation: end letters\/\"Finishes\" taken from\/\"off\": wit-H singl-E gree-N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capture spirits of family in the shire (7)","output":"### Answer: BAGGINS \n ### Explanation: definition: the family of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, who live in the Shire in Tolkien's *The Hobbit *and *The Lord of the Rings* \nBAG=\"Capture\" + GINS=alcoholic \"spirits\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Offensive ass may transmit it through biting (7)","output":"### Answer: TETANUS \n ### Explanation: TET referring to the T?t Offensive in the Vietnam War; plus ANUS=\"ass\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aid ship orca damaged, which arouses those chasing it (11)","output":"### Answer: APHRODISIAC \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"damaged\" of (Aid ship orca)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Section of quaysides Palermo erected are out of date (7)","output":"### Answer: ELAPSED \n ### Explanation: Hidden in\/\"Section of\" quaysi-DES PALE-rmo, and reversed upwards\/\"erected\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They need protection perhaps, taking on good deliveries (7)","output":"### Answer: GOOLIES \n ### Explanation: definition: slang for testicles \ntaking on G (good) would make GOO-G-LIES=a type of cricket \"deliveries\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Radio's airtime schedule essentially gets fouled up (7)","output":"### Answer: DIRTIED \n ### Explanation: central letters of\/\"essentially\": ra-DI-o's ai-RTI-me sch-ED-ule"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spin doctor lacking degree becomes university official (7)","output":"### Answer: PROCTOR \n ### Explanation: PR (Public Relations, \"Spin\") + d-OCTOR minus d for \"degree\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Descent described by eagle? (7)","output":"### Answer: LINEAGE \n ### Explanation: described by eagle => eag-L-e => 'L' in 'eage' => L IN EAGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mummy's boy switching tops on delicate fabric cleaner (7)","output":"### Answer: MILKSOP \n ### Explanation: SILK=\"delicate fabric\" + MOP=\"cleaner\", with the top\/first letters switched"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Intelligent dash display (3)","output":"### Answer: FLY \n ### Explanation: triple definition: FLY=knowing=\"Intelligent\"; FLY=move quickly=\"dash\"; FLY e.g. a flag=\"display\" a flag"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Male nickname for female writer and activist (6)","output":"### Answer: SONTAG \n ### Explanation: Susan SONTAG \nSON=\"Male\" + TAG=\"nickname\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stout with energy in significantly reduced supply (8)","output":"### Answer: FEARLESS \n ### Explanation: E (energy) in FAR LESS=\"significantly reduced supply\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Money withdrawn invested in flat power unit (8)","output":"### Answer: MEGAWATT \n ### Explanation: WAGE=\"Money\" reversed\/\"withdrawn\" and inside\/\"invested in\" MATT=\"flat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Munch berries, audibly, as nut? (6)","output":"### Answer: CASHEW \n ### Explanation: CHEW=\"Munch\", which goes around or 'buries'=\"berries, audibly\" the letters of \"AS\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sheets found in bathroom, matter on linen dry (6,6)","output":"### Answer: TOILET TISSUE \n ### Explanation: ISSUE=\"matter\" after TOILE=type of fabric=\"linen\" + TT (teetotal, \"dry\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trace the first nine letters, backwards (4)","output":"### Answer: IOTA \n ### Explanation: \"the first nine letters\" go from A TO I, reversed \"backwards\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Meat-filled bun for beach picnic (8)","output":"### Answer: CLAMBAKE \n ### Explanation: LAMB=\"Meat\" as filling for CAKE=\"bun\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Substance of planet before sun \u2014 Mercury, say? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: ROCK STAR \n ### Explanation: definition referring to Freddie Mercury \nROCK=\"Substance of planet\" + STAR=\"sun\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Partially covered by green, I was screwing back for red, say? (4)","output":"### Answer: WINE \n ### Explanation: Hidden\/\"Partially covered by\" gre-EN I W-as, reversed\/\"screwing back\" \nthe surface describes a situation in snooker, with \"green\" and \"red\" balls and \"screwing back\" as a way to move the cue ball"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lascivious Tory mug, I sense (12)","output":"### Answer: CONCUPISCENT \n ### Explanation: definition: lustful \nCON (Conservative, \"Tory\") + CUP=\"mug\" + I + SCENT=\"sense\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One after crab and lion catching a shrew (6)","output":"### Answer: VIRAGO \n ### Explanation: VIRGO=star sign after Cancer (crab) and Leo (lion); around the letter \"A\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Singer in bar punched, assailant finally arrested (5,3)","output":"### Answer: MARSH TIT \n ### Explanation: MARS=brand of chocolate \"bar\" + HIT=\"punched\" with the final letter of assailan-T inside\/\"arrested\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Things dangling from Biden's trousers, butt tucked in (8)","output":"### Answer: PENDANTS \n ### Explanation: PANTS=\"Biden's\" US word for \"trousers\", with END=\"butt\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unexpected retreat in the south of France? (6)","output":"### Answer: SUDDEN \n ### Explanation: SUD (\"south\" in French) + DEN=\"retreat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Warmer attack (4,4)","output":"### Answer: OPEN FIRE \n ### Explanation: double definition \u2013 referring to a flame, or to the use of firearms"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mark carrying cooker round home? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: TOAST RACK \n ### Explanation: in the definition, \"round\" means a slice of toast or bread \nTRACK=\"Mark\" around OAST=a kiln for hops=\"cooker\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: For no brass instrument, note written up (6)","output":"### Answer: GRATIS \n ### Explanation: in the definition, \"brass\" is slang for 'money' \nSITAR=\"instrument\" + G=musical \"note\"; all reversed\/\"written up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In truth, a parent fine with head of tribe in matriarch: she's remarkable (6,9)","output":"### Answer: FATHER CHRISTMAS \n ### Explanation: F (fine), plus T-ribe inside anagram\/\"remarkable\" of (matriach she's)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cooler dude after royal's bottom cracking princess up (8)","output":"### Answer: ALCATRAZ \n ### Explanation: definition: \"Cooler\" as in a prison \nCAT=\"dude\" after the end\/bottom letter of roya-L; all inside ZARA=\"princess\" reversed\/\"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of ugly sister destroying process (5)","output":"### Answer: LYSIS \n ### Explanation: definition: the breaking down of a cell in biology \nhidden in ug-LY SIS-ter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Going underground, Louis XIV saving skin, almost (10)","output":"### Answer: SPELUNKING \n ### Explanation: Louis XIV was known as the SUN KING, around PEL-t=\"skin, almost\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vehicle with a screw loose on purpose (10)","output":"### Answer: LOCOMOTIVE \n ### Explanation: LOCO=slang for insane=\"with a screw loose\" + MOTIVE=\"purpose\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fascinated, when upset network proved an irritation (9)","output":"### Answer: BEWITCHED \n ### Explanation: reversal\/\"upset\" of WEB=\"network\" + ITCHED=\"proved an irritation\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small department so upset with rivals at the table, resign (4,4)","output":"### Answer: STEP DOWN \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"upset\" of (dept so)*, with dept=\"Small [abbreviated] department\"; plus W and N (West and North, rivals at the table in a game of bridge)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inventor of the wheel earliest of all, for example, rolling round immense stone (6)","output":"### Answer: FERRIS \n ### Explanation: definition referring to the inventor of the Ferris Wheel \nfirst letters\/\"earliest\" of F-or E-xample R-olling R-ound I-mmense S-tone"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leafy vegetable ending in trash breaking heart, say? (5)","output":"### Answer: CHARD \n ### Explanation: ending letter of tras-H inside CARD=\"heart, say\" as in playing cards which are hearts\/spades\/etc"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beat queue, you say, to disappear outside (8)","output":"### Answer: VANQUISH \n ### Explanation: Q U spoken as letters are a homophone\/\"say\" of \"queue, you\"; with VANISH=\"disappear\" outside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: High priest's wit (6)","output":"### Answer: ESPRIT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"high\" of (priest)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Before temperature fell, sun's unnatural (8)","output":"### Answer: STRAINED \n ### Explanation: T (temperature) + RAINED=\"fell\"; with S (sun) going \"Before\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Advanced problem about end of universe (2,4)","output":"### Answer: HI TECH \n ### Explanation: HITCH=\"problem\" around end letter of univers-E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lower reputation extremely likely with empathy (15)","output":"### Answer: UNDERSTANDINGLY \n ### Explanation: UNDER=\"Lower\" + STANDING=\"reputation\" + extreme letters of L-ikel-Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Monster? Bit of a titchy dragon (5)","output":"### Answer: HYDRA \n ### Explanation: hidden in\/\"Bit of\": titc-HY DRA-gon"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like fashion award in Birmingham? (5)","output":"### Answer: ASTON \n ### Explanation: ASTON is a ward i.e. \"a-ward\" in Birmingham \nAS=\"Like\" + TON=\"fashion\", from the French for 'style'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tailored configuration for each issue with faulty Italian OS (15)","output":"### Answer: PERSONALISATION \n ### Explanation: PER=\"for each\" + SON=\"issue\" as in offspring; plus anagram\/\"faulty\" of (Italian OS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After instrument goes from cold to hot, it buzzes (6)","output":"### Answer: HORNET \n ### Explanation: C-ORNET=\"instrument\", with the first letter going from C (cold) to H (hot)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Special sailor's regret? To retire destroyer (8)","output":"### Answer: SABOTEUR \n ### Explanation: S (Special) + AB (able-bodied seaman, sailor); plus RUE=\"regret\" + TO both reversed\/\"retire\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mountain of metal and wood (6)","output":"### Answer: ALPINE \n ### Explanation: definition: \"Mountain\" as an adjective e.g. 'mountain air' \u2013 'alpine' can refer to mountains in general, not just the Alps \nAL (chemical symbol for Aluminium, metal) + PINE=\"wood\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vegas out to employ worker with benefits (8)","output":"### Answer: VANTAGES \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"out\" of (Vegas)*, around ANT=\"worker\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Car takes a right into the drink (7)","output":"### Answer: MARTINI \n ### Explanation: MINI=make of \"Car\"; taking in A + RT (right)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conservative, they say, votes for this after watching TV for too long (6,4)","output":"### Answer: SQUARE EYES \n ### Explanation: SQUARE=traditional, small c \"Conservative\"; plus EYES as homophone\/\"they say\" of 'ayes'=\"votes for\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lasagne's first put into family oven (4)","output":"### Answer: KILN \n ### Explanation: L-asagne inside KIN=\"family\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gorge on cheese (7)","output":"### Answer: CHEDDAR \n ### Explanation: double definition: Cheddar Gorge ; and Cheddar cheese"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Incredibly modest, this group of Christians (10)","output":"### Answer: METHODISTS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Incredibly\" of (modest this)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look, it's Mark! (4)","output":"### Answer: SPOT \n ### Explanation: double definition: =\"Look\" as a verb; =\"Mark\" as a noun, or =\"Mark\" as a verb meaning to notice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: City green (7)","output":"### Answer: LINCOLN \n ### Explanation: double definition: a city in England; or a green colour of dye"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It can be tied then, ie switched, to reinforce (10)","output":"### Answer: STRENGTHEN \n ### Explanation: STRING=\"It can be tied\" + THEN; with \"ie switched\" \u2013 the letter 'i' switched for 'e'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Amazon fish treats cooked under gas (4,6)","output":"### Answer: NEON TETRAS \n ### Explanation: definition: a type of fish found in the Amazon \nanagram\/\"cooked\" of (treats)*; after NEON=\"gas\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: About 150 gatecrash function for kicks (7)","output":"### Answer: RECOILS \n ### Explanation: RE=\"About\"; with IL inside COS=cosine \"function\" \nIL comes from \"150\" split into 1 and 50, I=\"1\u2033 and L=\"50\u2033 in Roman numerals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Following end of chase, evil US criminal is hard to find (7)","output":"### Answer: ELUSIVE \n ### Explanation: end letter of chas-E, plus anagram\/\"criminal\" of (evil US)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flowers share purposes (7)","output":"### Answer: LOTUSES \n ### Explanation: LOT=allotment, \"share\"; plus USES=\"purposes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Catch adult wearing nothing (4)","output":"### Answer: NAIL \n ### Explanation: A (adult) inside NIL=\"nothing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eccentric don put on black tie (4)","output":"### Answer: BOND \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Eccentric\" of (don)*, after B (black)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: File case of overemotional guff (8)","output":"### Answer: FOLDEROL \n ### Explanation: FOLDER=\"File\" + the \"case\" or outer letters of O-veremotiona-L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pigment good in water (5)","output":"### Answer: SEPIA \n ### Explanation: PI (pious, \"good) in SEA=\"water\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New variation, including a hundred old pieces (10)","output":"### Answer: VICTORIANA \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"New\" of (variation)*, around C=\"a hundred\" in Roman numerals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fat queen in store \u2026 (6)","output":"### Answer: LARDER \n ### Explanation: LARD=\"Fat\" + ER=\"queen\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 very different partner in philosophy? (8)","output":"### Answer: THINKING \n ### Explanation: THIN KING as a \"very different partner\" to a \"Fat queen\" from the previous clue for 12ac"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Metal once found in bottom of fruit? (7)","output":"### Answer: PLUMBUM \n ### Explanation: definition: Lead (the metallic element) has chemical symbol Pb, from the Latin PLUMBUM\n \nPLUM BUM=\"bottom of fruit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Laxative one girl fed to another (8)","output":"### Answer: MAGNESIA \n ### Explanation: AGNES=\"one girl\" inside MIA=\"another [girl]\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One banked on needing loco \u2014 did one? (6,6)","output":"### Answer: ENGINE DRIVER \n ### Explanation: definition: someone who might need a loco[motive engine]\n \nRIVER=\"One banked\" as in riverbanks; after anagram\/\"loco\" of (needing)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Serving as correction, speed of light accelerating (10)","output":"### Answer: CHASTENING \n ### Explanation: C=symbol for the \"speed of light\" + HASTENING=\"accelerating\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kick people out, event usually for children (4,4)","output":"### Answer: SACK RACE \n ### Explanation: SACK=\"Kick\u2026 out\" + RACE=\"people\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conclusion can't be reached \u2014 sigh! (2,3,2,5)","output":"### Answer: NO END IN SIGHT \n ### Explanation: SIGHT with NO END becomes SIGH[t]=\"sigh!\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Piano piece, both grand and upright, thrashed out (3,5)","output":"### Answer: THE SHARD \n ### Explanation: definition: a skyscraper designed by architect Renzo \"Piano\"\n \nanagram\/\"out\" of (thrashed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Only items of quality, every one for my pleasure (3,2,3)","output":"### Answer: NOT AT ALL \n ### Explanation: definition: as in a response to a 'thank you'\n \nNO TAT=\"Only items of quality\" + ALL=\"every one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Covered by maid, ledge gathering dust (4)","output":"### Answer: IDLE \n ### Explanation: hidden in ma-ID LE-dge"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Humour, vacuous amusement in setting (7)","output":"### Answer: PLACATE \n ### Explanation: \"vacuous\"\/emptied of inside letters A-musemen-T; inside PLACE=\"setting\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Baltic Sea? No, it turns north (8)","output":"### Answer: ESTONIAN \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"turns\" of (Sea No it)*; plus N (north)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A little sign left in vault (10)","output":"### Answer: SPRINKLING \n ### Explanation: INK=\"sign\" a contract + L (left); all inside SPRING=leap=\"vault\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Preacher's ecclesiastic weapon (6)","output":"### Answer: CANNON \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"Preacher's\" of 'canon'=\"ecclesiastic\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finished nursing little girl, cut (10)","output":"### Answer: DIMINISHED \n ### Explanation: DID=\"Finished\"; around both MINI=\"little\" and SHE=\"girl\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dizzy playing tunes on jazzy day (8)","output":"### Answer: UNSTEADY \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"playing\" of (tunes)*, plus anagram\/\"jazzy\" of (day)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Running water options on craft, type of carrier (8)","output":"### Answer: HANDCART \n ### Explanation: H AND C (Hot and Cold, \"Running water options\") + ART=\"craft\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Teacher in a flap upended coffee-maker (7)","output":"### Answer: BARISTA \n ### Explanation: SIR=\"Teacher\" in A TAB=\"a flap\"; all reversed\/\"upended\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How formula for poison is written in capital city (6)","output":"### Answer: ATHENS \n ### Explanation: Arsenic is a \"poison\" which \"is written\" with chemical symbol As, or A THEN S ('A' then 's')"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little predatory bird, swallow biting leg off (6)","output":"### Answer: EAGLET \n ### Explanation: EAT=\"swallow\" around anagram\/\"off\" of (leg)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reportedly plant weed somewhere in London (4)","output":"### Answer: SOHO \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"Reportedly\" of 'sow'=\"plant\" and 'hoe'=\"weed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Publication not available to carry a declaration of rights (5,5)","output":"### Answer: MAGNA CARTA \n ### Explanation: MAG (magazine, \"Publication\") + NA (or N\/A, not available) + CART=\"carry\" + \"A\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ruler's occult arts (4)","output":"### Answer: TSAR \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"occult\" of (arts)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cowardly eccentric shows caution (6,4)","output":"### Answer: YELLOW CARD \n ### Explanation: YELLOW=\"Cowardly\" + CARD=\"eccentric\" person"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Psychologist given November in prison (4)","output":"### Answer: JUNG \n ### Explanation: N (November in phonetic alphabet), inside JUG=\"prison\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dog with others that pretend to fight (6,6)","output":"### Answer: SHADOW BOXERS \n ### Explanation: SHADOW=follow\/stalk someone=\"Dog\"; BOXERS=breed of dog=\"\u2026others\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cabaret puzzles completely: in what way? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: FLOOR SHOW \n ### Explanation: FLOORS=\"puzzles completely\" + HOW=\"in what way?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hope everyone can contain bug (5)","output":"### Answer: PEEVE \n ### Explanation: hidden in [Ho]-PE EVE-[ryone]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Barge in here perhaps with tin (aluminium) (5)","output":"### Answer: CANAL \n ### Explanation: CAN=\"tin\" + AL (aluminium)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: All numbers from 2 up are impossible to understand (6,3)","output":"### Answer: BEYOND ONE \n ### Explanation: All numbers from 2 up are higher than\/beyond 1"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Civil reactor in more than dangerous state? (12)","output":"### Answer: OVERCRITICAL \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"in\u2026 dangerous state\" of (Civil reactor)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A cat is a tiny little thing (4)","output":"### Answer: ATOM \n ### Explanation: A + TOM=\"cat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supporter chucking coin in the water? (4-6)","output":"### Answer: WELL-WISHER \n ### Explanation: a WELL-WISHER could also be someone throwing a coin into a wishing well"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: River craft have no British cereal (4)","output":"### Answer: OATS \n ### Explanation: B-OATS=\"River craft\", minus B (British)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Coming in ungrammatically is delightful (10)","output":"### Answer: ENTRANCING \n ### Explanation: ENTRANCING could be an ungrammatical way to say 'making an entrance'=\"Coming in\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dressing always fixed by doctor (4)","output":"### Answer: MAYO \n ### Explanation: AY=\"always\" inside MO (medical officer, \"doctor\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wealth perhaps, good and ancient (4)","output":"### Answer: GOLD \n ### Explanation: G (good) + OLD=\"ancient\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ornate chapel prepared for parliamentary term (7,5)","output":"### Answer: ANOTHER PLACE \n ### Explanation: definition: a conventional way to refer to the other house in Parliament, e.g. when talking of the House of Lords while in the Commons \nanagram\/\"prepared\" of (Ornate chapel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Discharged, having only some scarce duties (5)","output":"### Answer: ARCED \n ### Explanation: definition referring to electrical discharges \nhidden in sc-ARCE D-uties"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Such a casual remark: 'Worth moving somewhere else?' (9)","output":"### Answer: THROWAWAY \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"moving\" of (Worth)*; plus AWAY=\"somewhere else\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girlfriend has case for musical instrument (7,3)","output":"### Answer: SQUEEZE BOX \n ### Explanation: definition:a slang term for an accordion \nSQUEEZE=\"Girlfriend\" + BOX=\"case\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Admitted to hotel, deter moving on to rest of Bognor (10)","output":"### Answer: REGISTERED \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"moving\" of (deter)*; after REGIS=\"rest of Bognor\" as in the town of Bognor Regis"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cannot impose change in financial restitution (12)","output":"### Answer: COMPENSATION \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"change\" of (Cannot impose)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: From lover, a heartless lie leads to trouble (10)","output":"### Answer: AFICIONADO \n ### Explanation: \"A\" + FIC-t-ION=\"heartless lie\" + ADO=\"trouble\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How one lost by getting up late? (7,3)","output":"### Answer: COUNTED OUT \n ### Explanation: cryptic def, referring to losing in boxing if you fail to get up before the end of a count"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Are behind working islander (9)","output":"### Answer: HEBRIDEAN \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"working\" of (Are behind)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I had left leading lady with little to do (5)","output":"### Answer: IDLER \n ### Explanation: ID=I'd=\"I had\" + L (left) + ER (Elizabeth Regina, the Queen, \"leading lady\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Secure-sounding Asian (4)","output":"### Answer: THAI \n ### Explanation: homophone of\/\"sounding\" like: 'tie'=\"Secure\" as a verb"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hypocrite pitches right into greedy guts (4)","output":"### Answer: PRIG \n ### Explanation: R (right) inside PIG=\"greedy guts\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quarrelsome European \u2014 he should be expelled by Jordan, for example (9)","output":"### Answer: POLEMICAL \n ### Explanation: POLE=\"European\", and \"**he**\" expelled from MIC-**h**-A-**e**-L as in Michael Jordan the basketball player"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's feeble to accept society at the precise moment for the making of army officers (4,5)","output":"### Answer: WEST POINT \n ### Explanation: definition: the US Military Academy \nWET=\"feeble\" around S (society); plus POINT=\"precise moment\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Protection from influenza, eg isolation (5)","output":"### Answer: AEGIS \n ### Explanation: hidden in influenz-A EG IS-olation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Musical piece from Mediter\u00adranean island with two clubs and a satellite (9)","output":"### Answer: CAPRICCIO \n ### Explanation: definition: a type of musical composition \nCAPRI=\"Mediterranean island\" + C C (two Clubs, in playing cards) + IO=moon of Jupiter=\"satellite\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Big scorer's return holds back north-eastern second team (7)","output":"### Answer: ARSENAL \n ### Explanation: definition: the football team \nBrian LARA the cricketer=\"Big scorer\" reversed\/\"return\" around reversal\/\"back\" of NE (North-Eastern) + S (second)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extended coverage of the 'beer belly' situation (7)","output":"### Answer: OVERLAP \n ### Explanation: a beer belly is situated OVER [a person's] LAP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Light, wind-resistant car \u2014 human peril unlikely (9,4)","output":"### Answer: HURRICANE LAMP \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"unlikely\" of (car human peril)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mercator's occupation long in decline (13)","output":"### Answer: PROJECTIONIST \n ### Explanation: Mercator the cartographer is known for creating a map projection \na PROJECTIONIST is someone who works operating an old-fashioned film projector i.e. \"occupation long in decline\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: House discontentment caused by such a criminal? (7)","output":"### Answer: BURGLAR \n ### Explanation: cryptic def \u2013 \"discontentment\" to be read as 'the removal of contents'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mythical bird caught in low country (7)","output":"### Answer: MOROCCO \n ### Explanation: ROC=\"Mythical bird\" + C (caught, in cricket); all inside MOO=\"low\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rogue nurse's cold treatment not satisfactory at first (9)","output":"### Answer: SCOUNDREL \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"treatment\" of (nurse's cold)*, minus one of the S letters i.e. \"s-atisfactory at first\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Times shock broadcast (4)","output":"### Answer: DAYS \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"broadcast\" of 'daze'=\"shock\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suffering \u2014 Oscar-winning film, by the way, gets another award (9)","output":"### Answer: MARTYRDOM \n ### Explanation: MARTY is the Oscar-winning film; plus RD (road, \"way\") + OM (Order of Merit, \"[another] award\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old rulers' just interjections voiced (8)","output":"### Answer: PHARAOHS \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"voiced\" of both 'fair'=\"just\" and 'oh-s'=\"interjections\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A move to split large South African city (5)","output":"### Answer: LAGOS \n ### Explanation: A GO=\"A move\" inside L (arge) and S (South)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mix online and so spread the North-South divide (5-5,4)","output":"### Answer: MASON-DIXON LINE \n ### Explanation: definition: a line dividing US states into North and South \nanagram\/\"spread\" of (Mix online and so)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hearing aid company chain, Field (7)","output":"### Answer: COCHLEA \n ### Explanation: definition: part of the ear \nCO (company) + CH (chain, unit of length) + LEA=\"Field\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In principle, Prosecco is 'scaly' (7)","output":"### Answer: LEPROSE \n ### Explanation: hidden in principLE PROSEcco"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A clue: pity poor natives of Australia! (9)","output":"### Answer: EUCALYPTI \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"poor\" of (A clue pity)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Theatrical company texted you to appear in A Figure of Speech (6)","output":"### Answer: TROUPE \n ### Explanation: U=\"you\" in phone text messaging, inside TROPE=\"Figure of Speech\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The campaign involved with Roy's film-making (14)","output":"### Answer: CINEMATOGRAPHY \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"involved\" of (The campaign Roy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of company the Queen introduced to Republican politician (9)","output":"### Answer: REPERTORY \n ### Explanation: ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"Queen\"), inside REP (Republican) + TORY=\"politician\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One gets tense before a trans\u00adformed comic character, basically (2,6)","output":"### Answer: AT BOTTOM \n ### Explanation: A=\"One\" + T (tense) + BOTTOM=\"transformed comic character\" in *A Midsummer Night's Dream"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Vibrating device in beard' rumour (7)","output":"### Answer: EARDRUM \n ### Explanation: hidden in b-EARD RUM-our"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Glass element of lock (7)","output":"### Answer: TUMBLER \n ### Explanation: double definition: a drinking glass; or a part of a locking mechanism"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not treated properly, when sleeping round America (6)","output":"### Answer: ABUSED \n ### Explanation: ABED=\"sleeping\" around US=\"America\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Issue country's first sheltered housing local opening (5)","output":"### Answer: CHILD \n ### Explanation: C-ountry's \"first\" letter + HID=\"sheltered\" around L-ocal \"opening\" letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After endless disdain by men, old queen divorces male of the same age (12)","output":"### Answer: CONTEMPORARY \n ### Explanation: CONTEMP-t=\"endless disdain\" + OR (Other Ranks in the military, \"men\") + M-ARY=\"old queen\" getting rid of M (male)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Assign voting to oust leader (5)","output":"### Answer: ALLOT \n ### Explanation: b-ALLOT=\"voting\" minus the leading letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One-time back massage received by game committee (9)","output":"### Answer: POLITBURO \n ### Explanation: I=\"One\" + T=\"time\" + reversal\/\"back\" of RUB=\"massage\"; all inside POLO=\"game\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State modest about turnout? (7)","output":"### Answer: COUNTRY \n ### Explanation: COY=\"modest\" around \"turn \/ out\" as in anagram\/\"out\" of (turn)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On Earth evolution is different (7)","output":"### Answer: ANOTHER \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"evolution\" of (On Earth)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Easy alternative might be a strawberry cream? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: SOFT OPTION \n ### Explanation: could also describe a strawberry flavour option for \"soft\" serve ice cream\n *Edit \u2013 Auriga in the comments points out this this is more likely to refer to soft-centred strawberry cream chocolates"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps they're hot and cold Spanish dishes an adult leaves (4)","output":"### Answer: TAPS \n ### Explanation: TAP-A-S=\"Spanish dishes\" with one of the A (adult) letters leaving"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: People from town in Kent evict established one (4)","output":"### Answer: FOLK \n ### Explanation: FOLK-EST-ONE=\"town in Kent\", minus EST (established) and ONE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Confidential Catholic girl provided current education (10)","output":"### Answer: CLASSIFIED \n ### Explanation: C (Catholic) + LASS=\"girl\" + IF=\"provided\" + I=symbol for electric \"current\" + ED (education)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jamming with Lennon or Clapton, initially the greatest (7)","output":"### Answer: LOCKING \n ### Explanation: initials of L-ennon O-r C-lapton, plus KING=\"the greatest\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sections want heroin to provide dazed conditions (7)","output":"### Answer: TRANCES \n ### Explanation: TRANC-H-ES=\"Sections\", with a lack\/\"want\" of H (heroin)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Piece of seaside rock? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: SAND GRAIN \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition \u2013 surface referring to seaside rock sweets"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ball's on the end of leg, perhaps in suspension (5)","output":"### Answer: LIMBO \n ### Explanation: O=round shape=\"ball\", after the end of LIMB=\"leg, perhaps\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Peter has developed zero applications that are very secure (4,2,6)","output":"### Answer: SAFE AS HOUSES \n ### Explanation: \"Peter\" is slang for a money box or SAFE; plus anagram\/\"developed\" of (has)* + O=\"zero\" + USES=\"applications\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Firm ground flour a little unevenly and left rich (9)","output":"### Answer: COLOURFUL \n ### Explanation: definition: \"rich\" as in vivid, vibrant \nCO (company, \"Firm\") + anagram\/\"ground\" of (flour)* + \"a little\" of U-nevenly + L (left)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing square divides 11 in symbols (8)","output":"### Answer: NOTATION \n ### Explanation: O=\"Nothing\" + T (a T \"square\" is a type of ruler); both inside NATION=\"11\u2033=11ac solution COUNTRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vain politician yet to be ruffled outside (5)","output":"### Answer: EMPTY \n ### Explanation: MP (Member of Parliament, \"politician\"), with anagram\/\"ruffled\" of (yet)* outside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Use soap, OK? Told to remove love spots (5,4)","output":"### Answer: POLKA DOTS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"use\" of (soap OK Told)*, removing one of the O=\"love\" letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Helping short famous person to leave festival (6)","output":"### Answer: RATION \n ### Explanation: CELEB-RATION=\"festival\", minus CELEB, short for celebrity=\"short famous person\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Allegedly, Trump's vulgar (5)","output":"### Answer: ROUGH \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"Allegedly\" of 'ruff' \u2013 to play a trump card in a game such as bridge or whist"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plays down article on consumer electronics trade show (6)","output":"### Answer: DANCES \n ### Explanation: D (down) + AN=indefinite \"article\" + CES (Consumer Electronics Show)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animal Magic presenter seen in most of supermarkets (6)","output":"### Answer: MORRIS \n ### Explanation: Animal Magic was a TV show presented by Johnny Morris \nmost of the letters from MORRIS-ONS, a UK supermarket chain"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Messages Terry in London, for example, over hits (9)","output":"### Answer: TELEGRAMS \n ### Explanation: TEL=short form of the name \"Terry\" used in London + E.G.=\"for example\" + RAMS=\"hits\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Friends say water's rising all around in the usual way (2,2,5)","output":"### Answer: AS IT COMES \n ### Explanation: SITCOM=\"Friends say\" as in the comedy TV show, with SEA=\"water\" reversed\/\"rising\" and going around"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor claims taking both Rennie and Elocon leads to wonders (8)","output":"### Answer: MIRACLES \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Doctor\" of (claims)* around both the first letters\/\"leads\" of R-ennie and E-locon"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Threadlike pastry's extremely seductive (6)","output":"### Answer: FILOSE \n ### Explanation: FILO=type of \"pastry\" + extreme letters of S-eductiv-E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Round, round small crisps (6)","output":"### Answer: DISCOS \n ### Explanation: definition: a brand of disc-shaped crisps \nDISC=\"Round\" + O=\"round\" + S (small)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Measure of malts in Glenfiddich? (6)","output":"### Answer: SINGLE \n ### Explanation: hidden in \/ a \"Measure of\": malt-S IN GLE-nfiddich"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eel caught in drum (5)","output":"### Answer: CONGA \n ### Explanation: homophone (\"caught\" as in 'heard') of a 'conger' eel"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pop tarts and nuggets \u2014 going off starters? (5)","output":"### Answer: TANGO \n ### Explanation: definition: a brand of soft drink or \"Pop\" \nstarting letters from T-arts A-nd N-uggets G-oing O-ff"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thirty seconds initially spent framing paintings of birds (7)","output":"### Answer: MARTINS \n ### Explanation: MIN-ute=half minute=\"Thirty seconds\" + S-pent; around ART=\"paintings\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Almonds one scattered around mountains produce fruit (7,3,6)","output":"### Answer: ORANGES AND LEMONS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"scattered\" of (Almonds one)*; around RANGES=\"mountains\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Church's bouncy castle isn't for grown-ups to enter (5,8)","output":"### Answer: SAINT CLEMENTS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"bouncy\" of (castle isn't)*, with MEN=\"grown-ups\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mates unhappy with Jeremy? They decrease (5,5)","output":"### Answer: STEAM IRONS \n ### Explanation: in definition, \"decrease\" as in de-crease, to remove creases\n \nanagram\/\"unhappy\" of (mates)*, plus Jeremy IRONS the actor"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No 7 assistant (4)","output":"### Answer: AIDE \n ### Explanation: 7dn is GOOD IDEA\n \n\"No 7\" gives 'no good idea', suggesting an anagram\/\"no good\" of (idea)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like the centre of Bordeaux, without barriers and without weapons (11)","output":"### Answer: DEFENCELESS \n ### Explanation: DE is the centre of Bor-DE-aux + FENCELESS=\"without barriers\"\n \n \nI could also see a parsing where DE, FENCELESS is \"Like the centre of Bordeaux\", with 'fenceless' referring to a lack of outer letters \u2013 this would mean that \"without barriers\" becomes part of the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Force two to pick up easily digestible French cheeses (5,6)","output":"### Answer: LIGHT BREEZE \n ### Explanation: definition: in the Beaufort wind force scale, a measure of 2 is described as a LIGHT BREEZE\n \nhomophone\/\"to pick up\", of 'light Bries'=\"easily digestible French cheeses\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Limited containment of bug (4)","output":"### Answer: MITE \n ### Explanation: contained in Li-MITE-d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Waterside dump in London (10)","output":"### Answer: SHOREDITCH \n ### Explanation: SHORE=\"Waterside\" + DITCH=\"dump\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sustenance for worried nit nurse? About time! (9)","output":"### Answer: NUTRIENTS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"worried\" of (nit nurse)*, around T (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inventor's clangers (5)","output":"### Answer: BELLS \n ### Explanation: BELL'S=\"Inventor's\", as in Alexander Graham Bell"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One is overwhelmed by ogre's howls (7)","output":"### Answer: SHRIEKS \n ### Explanation: I=\"One\" inside SHREK=\"ogre\" in the animated comedy films"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Twit's betrayal (7)","output":"### Answer: TREASON \n ### Explanation: \"Twit\" is split into T + wit, or T + REASON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poor treatment partly makes us immigrants rise (6)","output":"### Answer: MISUSE \n ### Explanation: hidden\/\"partly\" and reversed\/\"rise\" in mak-ES US IM-migrants"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trashed uniform adopted by leftie (6)","output":"### Answer: RUINED \n ### Explanation: \"uniform\" is split into uni \/ form, leading to an anagram\/\"form\" of (uni)*; inside RED=\"leftie\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dietitian upset about slimmer's heart scare (10)","output":"### Answer: INTIMIDATE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"upset\" of (Dietitian)*, around heart of sli-M-mer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's a wobbly rooftop step (5)","output":"### Answer: STAIR \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"wobbly\" of (It's a)*; plus roof\/top indicating top or first letter of R-oof"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: India gripped by guns as ritual (9)","output":"### Answer: ORDINANCE \n ### Explanation: I (India in phonetic alphabet), inside ORDNANCE=\"guns\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Even members of yacht team excuse me! (4)","output":"### Answer: AHEM \n ### Explanation: even letters from each of the words in y-A-c-H-t t-E-a-M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Starts to get out of drowning in debt \u2014 expert advice is a useful suggestion (4,4)","output":"### Answer: GOOD IDEA \n ### Explanation: starting letters from G-et O-ut O-f D-rowning I-n D-ebt E-xpert A-dvice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anxious uncertainty getting lift could develop into spitefulness (8)","output":"### Answer: SUSPENSE \n ### Explanation: getting the letters of \"lift\" added to those of SUSPENSE would lead to an anagram of (\"could develop into\") 'spitefulness'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trustworthy English writer turning naughty, led off outside (10)","output":"### Answer: DEPENDABLE \n ### Explanation: E (English) + PEN=\"writer\" + reversal\/\"turning\" of BAD=\"naughty\"; with anagram\/\"off\" of (led)* outside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Schedule inverted by a sod of a troublemaker (8)","output":"### Answer: AGITATOR \n ### Explanation: ROTA=\"Schedule\" reversed\/\"inverted\"; next to A GIT=\"a sod\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record reader and writer (6)","output":"### Answer: STYLUS \n ### Explanation: double definition: first definition referring to a needle on a music record player"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Member of Trinity reported in newspaper (3,3)","output":"### Answer: THE SUN \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"reported\" of 'the Son', member of the Christian Holy Trinity\n \nTHE SON would also fit in the grid, if reading \"Member of Trinity\" as definition with a homophone of 'The Sun'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Taken again by shocker heading north (5)","output":"### Answer: RESAT \n ### Explanation: TASER=\"shocker\" reversed upwards\/\"heading north\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Distant object in game is your debt, according to the 26 of 9 1 across (4,9)","output":"### Answer: FIVE FARTHINGS \n ### Explanation: definition: referring to the lines 'You owe me FIVE FARTHINGS, say the BELLS of SAINT MARTINS'\n \nFAR=\"Distant\" + THING=\"object\"; all in FIVES=a ball \"game\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fancy 22 (6)","output":"### Answer: RELISH \n ### Explanation: double definition: =\"Fancy\" as in to like or enjoy something; and =PICKLE as in a sauce"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lost in forest, one desperate to be out of it (6)","output":"### Answer: STONED \n ### Explanation: definition: STONED as in 'high' i.e. under the influence of drugs \nhidden\/\"Lost\" in fore-ST ONE D-esperate"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dodge 22, briefly (4)","output":"### Answer: SCAM \n ### Explanation: definition: a \"dodge\" can be a trick or swindle \n22 is PICKLE, which can mean a mischievous child or a SCAM-P, shortened\/\"briefly\" to SCAM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Asian film titles in battle (10)","output":"### Answer: VIETNAMESE \n ### Explanation: ET=title of the Spielberg \"film\" + NAMES=\"titles\"; all in VIE=\"battle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trap 22 (6)","output":"### Answer: CORNER \n ### Explanation: double definition: \"Trap\" as a verb; or PICKLE as in a tricky situation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 22: shop's last supply (8)","output":"### Answer: PRESERVE \n ### Explanation: definition: PICKLE as in a way to PRESERVE food \nlast of sho-P + RESERVE=\"supply\" as a noun"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Natural extrovert, you said, ultimately seen in nude, is playful (9)","output":"### Answer: UNSTUDIED \n ### Explanation: ultimate letters of extrover-T yo-U sai-D; all inside anagram\/\"playful\" of (nude is)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cook 22 (4)","output":"### Answer: STEW \n ### Explanation: double definition: 22 is PICKLE as in a tricky situation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stone tossed back by a giant (4)","output":"### Answer: MEGA \n ### Explanation: GEM=\"Stone\" reversed\/\"tossed back\"; plus \"A\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bums of leaders in a 22 (9)","output":"### Answer: FREELOADS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"in a PICKLE\" of (of leaders)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Notice rogue secreting second heart, say (8)","output":"### Answer: EMOTICON \n ### Explanation: definition: a heart is a common example of an EMOTICON \nanagram\/\"rogue\" of (Notice)*; taking in (\"secreting\" as in to keep secret, conceal) MO=moment=\"second\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dip in hole (6)","output":"### Answer: PICKLE \n ### Explanation: double definition: a sauce or \"Dip\"; or a tricky situation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Those with few lines spoiled by a stripe covering fifth of circle (3,7)","output":"### Answer: BIT PLAYERS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"spoiled\" of (by a stripe)*, around the fifth letter of circ-L-e"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Post 22, we hear? (4)","output":"### Answer: JAMB \n ### Explanation: sounds like 'jam', as in a tricky situation or PICKLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Talk ending in sympathy with maker of 'omburgs? (6)","output":"### Answer: YATTER \n ### Explanation: ending of sympath-Y; plus 'ATTER (hatter) as a maker of 'omburgs (Homburg hats)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Verse in South African country reduced by 3\/8ths (6)","output":"### Answer: STANZA \n ### Explanation: S (South) + TANZ-ani-A=\"African country\" reduced by 3 of its 8 letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animal caught, enclosure not closing, bolted cages (7)","output":"### Answer: RACCOON \n ### Explanation: C (caught, cricket abbreviation) + COO-p=\"enclosure not closing\"; all caged inside RAN=\"bolted\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Yellow loser (5)","output":"### Answer: LEMON \n ### Explanation: double definition: LEMON can describe a yellow colour; or slang for an idiot or \"loser\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Children holding minister upside down, separated (7)","output":"### Answer: SEVERED \n ### Explanation: SEED=offspring=\"Children\", around\/\"holding\" REV (reverend, \"minister\") reversed\/\"upside down\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person fixing pot, could be smelly thing with lid lifted (6)","output":"### Answer: TINKER \n ### Explanation: s-TINKER=\"smelly thing\" with top letter or \"lid\" removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second movement (6,3)","output":"### Answer: NUMBER TWO \n ### Explanation: double definition: a deputy or \"Second\"; or a bowel movement"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deny diva, so distraught over wife (7)","output":"### Answer: DISAVOW \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"distraught\" of (diva so)*; plus W (wife)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second arrivals: gather each in skips (13)","output":"### Answer: REAPPEARANCES \n ### Explanation: REAP=\"gather\"; plus EA (short for \"each\") inside PRANCES=\"skips\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 22 in 11 (5,4)","output":"### Answer: TIGHT SPOT \n ### Explanation: double definition: 22 is PICKLE as in a tricky situation; or 11 is CORNER, used figuratively in the same way as TIGHT SPOT, and also similar in a literal sense"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 22 provided, filling baby feeder? (7)","output":"### Answer: MUMMIFY \n ### Explanation: definition: 22 is PICKLE, linked here to the embalming process for mummification \nIF=\"provided\", inside MUMMY=\"baby feeder\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clearly show way out: ask shortly to come in (7)","output":"### Answer: EXPOSIT \n ### Explanation: EXIT=\"way out\", with POS-e=\"ask shortly\" going inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top up, girl in 22 (7)","output":"### Answer: DILEMMA \n ### Explanation: definition: PICKLE as in a tricky situation \nLID=\"Top\" reversed\/\"up\"; plus EMMA=\"girl\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grate 22 (6)","output":"### Answer: SCRAPE \n ### Explanation: double definition: =\"Grate\" as in to make a harsh sound; or PICKLE as in a tricky situation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek character with endless salt served up type of American cuisine (5)","output":"### Answer: CAJUN \n ### Explanation: NU=\"character\"\/letter from the Greek alphabet, plus JAC-k=\"endless salt\" with jack\/salt meaning 'sailor'; all reversed\/\"served up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink drink containing feather (8)","output":"### Answer: TEQUILLA \n ### Explanation: TEA=\"drink\" around QUILL=\"feather\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rewrite other conclusion to unsatisfactory hypothesis (6)","output":"### Answer: THEORY \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Rewrite\" of (other)*; plus unsatisfactor-Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opening to enormous pit in garden (4)","output":"### Answer: EDEN \n ### Explanation: E-normous + DEN=\"pit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ornamental tail of large fabulous bird turned into case (10)","output":"### Answer: DECORATIVE \n ### Explanation: end letter\/\"tail\" of larg-E, plus ROC=\"fabulous bird\" reversed\/\"turned\"; all inside DATIVE=grammatical \"case\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hunt for part of meal (6)","output":"### Answer: COURSE \n ### Explanation: double definition: first definition as a verb meaning to chase after"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clear setter's implicit meaning (8)","output":"### Answer: OVERTONE \n ### Explanation: OVERT=\"Clear\" + ONE as a pronoun=the puzzle \"setter\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At end of break setter's given mostly fried potato in Korean dish (6)","output":"### Answer: KIMCHI \n ### Explanation: brea-K + I'M=I am=\"setter's\" + CHI-p=\"mostly fried potato\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pass on knowledge through group of schoolchildren (6)","output":"### Answer: INFORM \n ### Explanation: IN FORM=\"through group of schoolchildren\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Give more energy to soldiers' attack (8)","output":"### Answer: RECHARGE \n ### Explanation: RE (Royal Engineers=\"soldiers\") + CHARGE=\"attack\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bad gag about a German getting past its best? (6)","output":"### Answer: AGEING \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Bad\" of (gag), around EIN='a' in German"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Throw person in charge a reptile (10)","output":"### Answer: CHUCKWALLA \n ### Explanation: CHUCK=\"Throw\" + WALLA or 'wallah'=someone in charge of a particular duty"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Main part of pencil? (4)","output":"### Answer: LEAD \n ### Explanation: double definition: =\"Main\" as an adjective; and \"part of pencil\" as a noun"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dismantle reins restricting part of Rudolph? (6)","output":"### Answer: ANTLER \n ### Explanation: hidden in Distm-ANTLE R-eins"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Island in Atlantic, originally a British-run territory (8)","output":"### Answer: RHODESIA \n ### Explanation: RHODES=\"Island\" + first letters of\/\"originally\" I-n A-tlantic"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Impasse with lifeless hair (8)","output":"### Answer: DEADLOCK \n ### Explanation: DEAD=\"lifeless\" + LOCK=\"hair\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brand of British vessel (4)","output":"### Answer: BURN \n ### Explanation: definition: burn e.g. with a branding iron\n \nB (British) + URN=\"vessel\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant covering base of wheel in vehicle (6)","output":"### Answer: SLEDGE \n ### Explanation: SEDGE=\"Plant\" around end\/\"base\" of whee-L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish from river eaten by guest on rampage (8)","output":"### Answer: STURGEON \n ### Explanation: R (river) inside anagram\/\"rampage\" of (guest on)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Medical problem damaged hearts without time to get suitable drug (10)","output":"### Answer: HEATSTROKE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"damaged\" of (hearts)* around T (time); plus OK=\"suitable\" + E (ecstasy, \"drug\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chicken caught bird (6)","output":"### Answer: CRAVEN \n ### Explanation: C (caught, cricket abbreviation) + RAVEN=\"bird\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charon moved device for mooring his boat (6)","output":"### Answer: ANCHOR \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"moved\" of (Charon)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disorganised male given tie (10)","output":"### Answer: RAMSHACKLE \n ### Explanation: RAM=\"male\" + SHACKLE=\"tie\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of computer difficult to wear out (8)","output":"### Answer: HARDWARE \n ### Explanation: HARD=\"difficult\" + anagram\/\"out\" of (wear)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fellow endlessly challenging high ranking official (8)","output":"### Answer: MANDARIN \n ### Explanation: MAN=\"Fellow\" + DARIN-g=\"endlessly challenging\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stock of wine offered by merchant on the radio (6)","output":"### Answer: CELLAR \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"on the radio\" of 'seller'=\"merchant\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: End of joke by old king's companion is a gas! (6)","output":"### Answer: ETHANE \n ### Explanation: jok-E + THANE=title granted by a king=\"old king's companion\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American flag over old Spanish kingdom (6)","output":"### Answer: ARAGON \n ### Explanation: A (American) + RAG=\"flag\" + ON=\"over\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's left at the bottom of shelter close to Calais (4)","output":"### Answer: LEES \n ### Explanation: LEE=\"shelter\" + [Calai]-S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mature medic returned for last in series (5)","output":"### Answer: OMEGA \n ### Explanation: definition: last letter of the Greek alphabet \nAGE=\"Mature\" + MO (medical officer); all reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eagle seen in sky holding, for instance, one flower (9)","output":"### Answer: AQUILEGIA \n ### Explanation: AQUILA=Latin for \"Eagle\" and the name of a constellation (\"seen in sky\"); around E.G.=\"for instance\" + I=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Art patron beset by defeats in final trials (4,5)","output":"### Answer: BETA TESTS \n ### Explanation: Henry TATE =\"Art patron\"; inside BESTS=\"defeats\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of speech in dialect, old language (5)","output":"### Answer: HINDI \n ### Explanation: hidden in \"speec-H IN DI-alect\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expert in fix, under threat (7)","output":"### Answer: MENACED \n ### Explanation: ACE=\"Expert\" in MEND=\"fix\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bit of Greek text about a number of Brazilians (7)","output":"### Answer: LAMBADA \n ### Explanation: definition: a Brazilian dance, \"number\" as in a dance \nLAMBDA the Greek letter, around A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Name held by tragic hero \u2014 it ends with delta (5)","output":"### Answer: RHONE \n ### Explanation: the RHONE ends in a river delta where it flows into the Mediterranean \nN (Name) inside anagram\/\"tragic\" of (hero)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extra piece the author put in letter, section of second letter or third (3)","output":"### Answer: PSI \n ### Explanation: definition: a third [letter] in the context of the surface \nPS=postscript=\"Extra piece\u2026 put in letter\", with I=\"the author\"\n \n\"section of second letter\" \u2013 the letters PSI form a section of the Greek letter E-PSI-LON in the grid, with letters from 17ac and 20ac"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recluse's side-splitting joke (5)","output":"### Answer: LONER \n ### Explanation: ONE=\"joke\", as in 'have you heard the one about\u2026', in the middle of L and R (splitting the Left and Right sides)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kind of school mark covering reading and writing, perhaps (7)","output":"### Answer: GRAMMAR \n ### Explanation: GAMMA the Greek letter (\"mark\" as in a symbol), around R (reading); then plus R (writing, perhaps) \u2013 as reading and writing are two parts of 'the three Rs'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Core point rejected in half of Greece (7)","output":"### Answer: ESSENCE \n ### Explanation: NESS=\"point\" reversed\/\"rejected\" in half of [Gre]-ECE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Timeless part of flower as symbol of summer? (5)","output":"### Answer: SIGMA \n ### Explanation: definition: \"summer\" as in someone doing 'sums' in maths, where sigma is used as notation for summation \na flower has a S-T-IGMA, minus the T (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A couple of characters put over edge about orator's tirade (9)","output":"### Answer: PHILIPPIC \n ### Explanation: PHI and PI are a couple of Greek letters\/\"characters\"; around LIP=\"edge\"; plus C (circa, \"about\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Draw representation of Athens in strange hue (9)","output":"### Answer: UNSHEATHE \n ### Explanation: definition: \"Draw\" as in drawing a weapon from its sheath \nanagram\/\"representation\" of (Athens)*, inside anagram\/\"strange\" of (hue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An annoying summer visitor's back in minimalist garment (5)","output":"### Answer: TANGA \n ### Explanation: definition: a type of briefs or bikini bottoms \nA GNAT=\"An annoying summer visitor\", reversed\/\"back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grave situation as doc sees it (4)","output":"### Answer: TOMB \n ### Explanation: TO=from the perspective of, as seen by; MB (Bachelor of Medicine, \"doc\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Investigated and turned up modern colour, then old (4,4)","output":"### Answer: WENT INTO \n ### Explanation: reversal\/\"turned up\" of NEW=\"modern\"; plus TINT=\"colour\" + O (old)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tense, as is pupil in audition (4)","output":"### Answer: TAUT \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"in audition\" of 'taught'=\"as is pupil\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Didn't accept immature setter, say, since second editor intervenes (6,2)","output":"### Answer: PASSED UP \n ### Explanation: PUP=\"immature setter, say\" with \"setter\" as the dog breed; around all of AS=\"since\" + S (second) + ED (editor)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having cut off tails, has to dispose of shellfish (6)","output":"### Answer: MUSSEL \n ### Explanation: MUS-T SEL-L=\"has to dispose of\", with the \"tails\" i.e. final letters removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eg Ajax and Achilles, initially? (5,5)","output":"### Answer: ALPHA MALES \n ### Explanation: the Greek heroes Ajax and Achilles would have their names spelled in Greek with an initial Alpha"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Point in old article showing hidden motivation? (6)","output":"### Answer: AGENDA \n ### Explanation: N (North, \"point\" of the compass) inside AGED=\"old\" + A=indefinite \"article\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exhaust on one vehicle (4)","output":"### Answer: TAXI \n ### Explanation: TAX=\"Exhaust\" + I=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lassie named in second paper or in short periodical (5)","output":"### Answer: MORAG \n ### Explanation: two forms of wordplay: \n1) MO (moment, \"second\") + RAG=\"paper\"\n \n2) OR inside MAG=short for magazine=\"short periodical\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As specially ordered, make scarce culinary treats (5,5)","output":"### Answer: CREAM CAKES \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"As specially ordered\" of (make scarce)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Say OK \u2014 conclusion drawn from one such as Plato (5)","output":"### Answer: AGREE \n ### Explanation: A GREE-k=\"one such as Plato\", with the \"conclusion\" or final letter removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The speaker arranged time before last in series is listed (8)","output":"### Answer: ITEMIZED \n ### Explanation: I=\"The speaker\" + anagram\/\"arranged\" of (time) + ZED=the letter 'z'=\"last in series\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Awful ninnies holding power \u2014 they fall dramatically (8)","output":"### Answer: NINEPINS \n ### Explanation: definition: skittles used in bowling \nanagram\/\"Awful\" of (ninnies)*; around P (power)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old merchant ship making ancient city before day's end (6)","output":"### Answer: ARGOSY \n ### Explanation: ARGOS=\"ancient city\" + the end of da-Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As expressed in Greek, unlimited fame (6)","output":"### Answer: REPUTE \n ### Explanation: PUT=\"expressed\", inside [G]-REE-[k] \"unlimited\" i.e. removing the outer letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Source of shots being set up in part of pub (4)","output":"### Answer: SNUG \n ### Explanation: definition: a small room in a pub \nGUNS=\"Source of shots\", reversed\/\"set up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turn up first part of encyclopaedia, perhaps \u2014 it's very small (4)","output":"### Answer: IOTA \n ### Explanation: reversal\/\"Turn up\" of A TO I (as in from letter A to letter I)=\"first part of encyclopaedia, perhaps\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Letter containing a kind of tea (4)","output":"### Answer: CHAI \n ### Explanation: CHI=Greek \"Letter\", around \"A\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: City enthralled by playwright, Bunting (7)","output":"### Answer: ORTOLAN \n ### Explanation: definition: the ortolan is a bird in the bunting family"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get prepared for publication of Model Scenery (7)","output":"### Answer: TYPESET \n ### Explanation: TYPE=\"Model\" + SET=\"Scenery\" in theatre"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clock ready for money down (4,4)","output":"### Answer: SPOT CASH \n ### Explanation: SPOT=\"Clock\" as in 'observe' or 'notice' + CASH=\"ready\" (slang, 'ready money')"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On edge, having been removed from the bench? (9)","output":"### Answer: UNSETTLED \n ### Explanation: cryptic reference to a SETTLE: a type of long high backed bench"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Total being about four pence, finally (8)","output":"### Answer: ENTIRETY \n ### Explanation: ENTITY=\"being\" around the final letters of fou-R and penc-E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tropical aquatic plant's position (5)","output":"### Answer: LOTUS \n ### Explanation: double definition: the plant, or a sitting pose used in yoga"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show off cr\u00eape, draped round figure (8)","output":"### Answer: PRETENCE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"off\" of (crepe)*, around TEN=\"figure\"='number'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Non-civil English county about to be swept away by lake! (5)","output":"### Answer: SURLY \n ### Explanation: SUR-RE-Y=\"English county\", with RE=\"about\" replaced by\/\"swept away by\" L for \"lake\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heir hit gold (9)","output":"### Answer: SUCCESSOR \n ### Explanation: SUCCESS=\"hit\" + OR=\"gold\" in heraldry"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place a stake by a road retreat (4,4)","output":"### Answer: BACK AWAY \n ### Explanation: BACK e.g. a horse in a race=\"Place a stake\" + A WAY=\"a road\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oil dissolved in low temperature state becomes a finely dispersed substance (7)","output":"### Answer: COLLOID \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"dissolved\" of (Oil)*, inside COLD=\"Low temperature state\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tax haven short of capital \u2014 officer set upon (7)","output":"### Answer: ASSAULT \n ### Explanation: N-ASSAU in the Bahamas=\"Tax haven\", without the capital N; plus LT (lieutenant, \"officer\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exploited by tennis player Chuck, given vaccination? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: DROP SHOT \n ### Explanation: DROP=to abandon=\"Chuck\" + SHOT=\"vaccination\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: French underground force formed by quasi-military leader (6)","output":"### Answer: MAQUIS \n ### Explanation: definition: French resistance fighters during Nazi occupation\n \nanagram\/\"formed by\" (quasi m)*, where the 'm' is from \"m-ilitary leader\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: City's ruination (it's old-fashioned) in a painful condition (8)","output":"### Answer: CYSTITIS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"ruination\" of (City's)*, plus 'TIS=\"it's old-fashioned\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mischief-maker shouted 'fruit tree' (6)","output":"### Answer: MEDLAR \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"shouted\" of 'meddler'=\"Mischief-maker\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Utter 'No more!' (4)","output":"### Answer: DEAD \n ### Explanation: double definition: e.g. 'dead silence'='utter silence'; or no longer alive"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It could accompany light stew? Sense otherwise (9)","output":"### Answer: SWEETNESS \n ### Explanation: definition: 'sweetness and light' accompany each other in an idiomatic phrase\n \nanagram\/\"otherwise\" of (stew Sense)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Might have an obligation to reside in Puerto Rico (5)","output":"### Answer: POWER \n ### Explanation: OWE=\"have an obligation\", inside PR (Puerto Rico)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Snappy as a game of cricket? (5)","output":"### Answer: TESTY \n ### Explanation: reference to TEST matches of cricket, with a -Y suffix to make it an adjective"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hang on \u2014 One Direction's pants! (8)","output":"### Answer: LINGERIE \n ### Explanation: LINGER=\"Hang on\" + I=\"one\" + E (East, \"Direction\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rye, perhaps, welcomes British intellectual (8)","output":"### Answer: CEREBRAL \n ### Explanation: CEREAL=\"Rye, perhaps\", around BR (British)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Try to catch a fish, small fish with no head or tail (6)","output":"### Answer: TICKLE \n ### Explanation: S-TICKLE-BACK=\"small fish\", minus the S=\"head\" letter and minus BACK=\"tail\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Force lock after first sign of sticking (6)","output":"### Answer: STRESS \n ### Explanation: TRESS=\"lock\" of hair; after first letter of S-ticking"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quiet, reticent person has a change of heart (4)","output":"### Answer: CALM \n ### Explanation: CLAM=\"reticent person\", with the middle letters or \"heart\" L and A exchanging positions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plucky player has time to take in a measure of inflation (7)","output":"### Answer: HARPIST \n ### Explanation: HAS + T (time), taking in RPI (Retail Price Index \u2013 it can be used to calculate inflation)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show \u00a31 note in court (7)","output":"### Answer: CONCERT \n ### Explanation: ONCER is slang for a \"\u00a31 note\", inside CT (court)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scream at English nurse: 'Listen to folk here!' (10)","output":"### Answer: HOOTENANNY \n ### Explanation: definition: a party where folk music can be heard\n \nHOOT=\"Scream\" + E (English) + NANNY=\"nurse\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Popular place to wed Irish artist (6)","output":"### Answer: RENOIR \n ### Explanation: RENO is a US city and a \"Popular place to wed\", plus IR (Irish)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A cricket club about to expel individual based on hearing (8)","output":"### Answer: ACOUSTIC \n ### Explanation: A + CC (cricket club) around OUST=\"expel\" + I=\"individual\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish worker hauls in one diamond (9)","output":"### Answer: BRILLIANT \n ### Explanation: definition: 'brilliant' as a noun can mean a brilliant-cut diamond\n \nBRILL=\"Fish\" + ANT=\"worker\", around I=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aching to retain a hundred notes (5)","output":"### Answer: SCORE \n ### Explanation: definition: as in musical notes \/ musical score\n \nSORE=\"Aching\", around C (a hundred in Roman numerals)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good eggs repelled cheat (5)","output":"### Answer: STING \n ### Explanation: definition: 'sting' as a noun can mean a deception, or as a verb can mean to cheat\n \nG (Good) + NITS=\"eggs\"; all reversed\/repelled"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A heavyweight boxer, extremely tidy, ignoring normal scales (9)","output":"### Answer: ATONALITY \n ### Explanation: A + TON=\"heavy weight\" + Muhammad ALI=\"boxer\" + the extreme outer letters of T-id-Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek goddess inspires a bar dance (8)","output":"### Answer: HABANERA \n ### Explanation: HERA=\"Greek goddess\", around A + BAN=\"bar\" as a verb"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Complete one part of play about books (6)","output":"### Answer: INTACT \n ### Explanation: I=\"one\" + ACT=\"part of play\"; both around NT (New Testament, \"books\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pianist father and daughter were backing runner (10)","output":"### Answer: PADEREWSKI \n ### Explanation: PA=\"father\" + D (daughter) + WERE reversed\/\"backing\" + SKI=\"runner\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lift to be arranged at end of dinner (1-3)","output":"### Answer: TBAR \n ### Explanation: definition: a type of ski lift\n \nTBA (to be arranged) + end letter of dinne-R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Advocate getting shot of street obstacle (7)","output":"### Answer: BARRIER \n ### Explanation: BARRI-st-ER=\"Advocate\", minus ST (street)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Musical theatre, at least initially (7)","output":"### Answer: LYRICAL \n ### Explanation: the LYRIC theatre in London + initials of A-t L-east"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A couple regularly query lay (7)","output":"### Answer: AMATEUR \n ### Explanation: A + MATE=\"couple\" as a verb + regular letters from q-U-e-R-y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spiritual number brings in a grand, perhaps (5)","output":"### Answer: PIANO \n ### Explanation: PI (pious, \"Spiritual\") + NO (number); both around \"A\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On radio, avoids current lively pieces (7)","output":"### Answer: SCHERZI \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"On radio\" of 'skirts'=\"avoids\"; plus I=symbol for electrical \"current\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spotted cat circle church group (6)","output":"### Answer: OCELOT \n ### Explanation: O=\"circle\" + CE (Church of England) + LOT=\"group\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Highbrow Charlie Girl I visit briefly (9)","output":"### Answer: CLASSICAL \n ### Explanation: C (Charlie, phonetic alphabet) + LASS=\"Girl\" + I + CAL-[L]=\"visit briefly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Athlete swallows one more fluid (7)","output":"### Answer: RUNNIER \n ### Explanation: RUNNER=\"Athlete\" around I=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ladies and gents engage a new supporter to defend a barman (6,7)","output":"### Answer: JOHANN STRAUSS \n ### Explanation: definition: as in bars of music\n \nJOHNS=toilets, \"Ladies and gents\", around A + N (new); plus TRUSS=\"supporter\" around \"A\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attend new Hamlet, say, hosted by another mad royal (4,2,3)","output":"### Answer: LEND AN EAR \n ### Explanation: N (new) + DANE=\"Hamlet, say\"; all inside King LEAR=\"another mad royal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refrain from painting over articles in Paris (3-2-2)","output":"### Answer: TRA-LA-LA \n ### Explanation: ART=\"painting\" reversed\/\"over\", plus LA and LA: definite articles in French \/ in Paris"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top seed unwise to sacrifice length with racket (7)","output":"### Answer: NOISILY \n ### Explanation: NO I=Number 1=\"Top Seed\" + SILLY=\"unwise\" minus one L (length)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Piece played staccato with no introduction (7)","output":"### Answer: TOCCATA \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"played\" of ([s]taccato)*, without the first letter\/\"introduction\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Home Counties guy across the Channel composed (6)","output":"### Answer: SERENE \n ### Explanation: SE (the South East, \"Home Counties\") + RENE=Ren\u00e9=French name=\"guy across the Channel\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bar last pair, voicing pique all at once (5)","output":"### Answer: TUTTI \n ### Explanation: definition: musical instruction to play\/sing all together\n \nTUTTI-NG=\"voicing pique\", minus the \"last pair\" of letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Apt reading Bond created (10,4)","output":"### Answer: PADDINGTON BEAR \n ### Explanation: Michael Bond wrote the Paddington Bear stories\n \nanagram\/\"created\" from (Apt reading Bond)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cooking range that's popular once more (5)","output":"### Answer: AGAIN \n ### Explanation: AGA=brand of kitchen cooker=\"Cooking range\" + IN=\"popular\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aleksandr, Sergei and Oleg are just pets, I hear (8)","output":"### Answer: MEERKATS \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"I hear\" of 'mere cats'=\"just pets\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Someone sure to succeed but isn't sharp (7)","output":"### Answer: NATURAL \n ### Explanation: double definition: a natural talent; or a natural rather than sharp note in music"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cocktail attachment (7)","output":"### Answer: SIDECAR \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sub edited unfinished column (5)","output":"### Answer: LOCUM \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"edited\" of (colum [n])"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Classmates or upper-class mates? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: PEER GROUP \n ### Explanation: second more cryptic definition, referring to the peerage\/nobility"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wader changes colour (9)","output":"### Answer: TURNSTONE \n ### Explanation: definition: a wading bird\n \nTURNS=\"changes\" + TONE=\"colour\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Earth and lime mixture providing resin (5)","output":"### Answer: ELEMI \n ### Explanation: E (Earth) + anagram\/\"mixture\" of (lime)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Graceful and neat, oddly concealing limb (7)","output":"### Answer: ELEGANT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"oddly\" of (neat)*, around LEG=\"limb\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Novice competitor (7)","output":"### Answer: ENTRANT \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cook lining up initially one type of pasta (8)","output":"### Answer: LINGUINI \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Cook\" of (lining u)*, using only the initial letter of u-p, plus I=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Publicity for Farah? (5)","output":"### Answer: PROMO \n ### Explanation: PRO=in favour of=\"for\" + MO Farah the runner"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Self-centred response from Jill after fall (2,3,5,4)","output":"### Answer: I\u2019M ALL RIGHT JACK \n ### Explanation: definition: an 'I'm all right Jack' attitude is a self-centred attitude\n \nreference to Jack and Jill as a pair from the nursery rhyme"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: All the cops in new uniform? Wrong! (5,7)","output":"### Answer: PLAIN CLOTHES \n ### Explanation: definition: not in uniform\n \nanagram\/\"new\" of (All the cops in)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outline for military service? (5)","output":"### Answer: DRAFT \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Topless Italian has to tickle bottomless numskull (9)","output":"### Answer: IGNORAMUS \n ### Explanation: s-IGNOR=\"Topless Italian\" + AMUS-e=\"tickle bottomless\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First of the girls with simply tailored tunic (7)","output":"### Answer: GYMSLIP \n ### Explanation: G-irls + anagram\/\"tailored\" of (simply)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Work in a supervisory role, like a bishop? (7)","output":"### Answer: OVERSEE \n ### Explanation: a bishop has authority OVER a SEE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's terrible about half of lake having dried out (5)","output":"### Answer: BAKED \n ### Explanation: BAD=\"terrible\" around half of la-KE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Take choir trip to Jerusalem, say (9)","output":"### Answer: ARTICHOKE \n ### Explanation: the Jerusalem artichoke is a root vegetable\n \nanagram\/\"trip\" of (Take choir)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brother who keeps mum (8,4)","output":"### Answer: TRAPPIST MONK \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition with \"keeps mum\" meaning 'stays silent'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Medicare provision originally organised \u2014 it's now or never! (5,4)","output":"### Answer: CARPE DIEM \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"organised\" of (Medicare p), with the p coming from \"p-rovision originally\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deteriorates, as a user may (4,2,3)","output":"### Answer: GOES TO POT \n ### Explanation: a drug user may go to 'pot' as in marijuana"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Isolated rock from Route 51 (7)","output":"### Answer: OUTLIER \n ### Explanation: anagram from (Route LI)*, as LI is 51 in Roman numerals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time for ironing? (7)","output":"### Answer: EVENING \n ### Explanation: second more cryptic definition referring to ironing clothes to even\/smoothen them out"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Backer on the Tube? (5)","output":"### Answer: ANGEL \n ### Explanation: double definition: an angel investor; and the name of a London Underground station"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Calls on head regularly for welcome (5)","output":"### Answer: ALOHA \n ### Explanation: regular letters from c-A-l-L-s O-n H-e-A-d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fancy Prussia suppressing a republic (6)","output":"### Answer: CYPRUS \n ### Explanation: hidden\/suppressed within fan-CY PRUS-sia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bachelor properly in cheerful mode (8)","output":"### Answer: BRIGHTLY \n ### Explanation: B (Bachelor) + RIGHTLY=\"properly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flu panic disrupted a sporting event (3,5)","output":"### Answer: CUP FINAL \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"disrupted\" of (Flu panic)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Desperately hard up in seclusion (6)","output":"### Answer: PURDAH \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Desperately\" of (hard up)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In part of church they are on the phone, talking (4)","output":"### Answer: APSE \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"talking\" of 'apps', which are on [smart]phones"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little picture hardly anyone looks at (5,5)","output":"### Answer: SMALL PRINT \n ### Explanation: SMALL=\"Little\" + PRINT=\"picture\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Potato that is providing iron (6)","output":"### Answer: MASHIE \n ### Explanation: definition: \"iron\" as in a type of golf club\n \nMASH=\"Potato\" + IE (i.e. = id est = \"that is\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charring and giving voice, full of energy (8)","output":"### Answer: SINGEING \n ### Explanation: SINGING=\"giving voice\" around E (energy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Couched again, relax with a little toy bear (8)","output":"### Answer: RESTATED \n ### Explanation: REST=\"relax\" + A + TED=\"little toy bear\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Caribbean food is fairly extensive (6)","output":"### Answer: WIDISH \n ### Explanation: WI (West Indies, \"Caribbean\") + DISH=\"food\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As man, I pardon dreadfully histrionic woman (5,5)","output":"### Answer: PRIMA DONNA \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"dreadfully\" of (man I pardon)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A sound from chick, look! (4)","output":"### Answer: PEEP \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grain: grind it, I say (6)","output":"### Answer: MILLET \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"I say\" of 'mill it'=\"grind it\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Minister's job can be dispiriting (8)","output":"### Answer: EXORCISM \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition \u2013 referring to a church minister and casting out demons\/spirits"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finally overcome resistance to dress in feathers? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: WEAR DOWN \n ### Explanation: WEAR DOWN can also be read to mean \"dress in feathers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Object to being made to go again (6)","output":"### Answer: RESENT \n ### Explanation: or RE-SENT = sent again = \"made to go again\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excited compiler: you earn invitation for the night (4,5,2,4)","output":"### Answer: YOUR PLACE OR MINE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Excited\" of (compiler you earn)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Give new impetus to whistle-blower concerning silence (7)","output":"### Answer: REFRESH \n ### Explanation: REF (sports referee, \"whistle-blower\") + RE=about=\"concerning\" + SH='silence!'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No longer with it perhaps, using broken sentences (9)","output":"### Answer: SENESCENT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"broken\" of (sentences)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dodgy banks covering a large part of Europe (7)","output":"### Answer: BALKANS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Dodgy\" of (banks)*; around A + L (large)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Urge on a naughty child, another one not following (5)","output":"### Answer: IMPEL \n ### Explanation: IMP=\"naughty child\" + EL-f=\"another [naughty child]\" without the 'f' for \"following\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish eggs exhausted oarsmen said to have enjoyed (4,3)","output":"### Answer: HARD ROE \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"said\" of 'hard row', something exhausted oarsmen may have enjoyed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Discover diary not so full? Don't repeat that mistake (5,4,6)","output":"### Answer: LEARN ONE\u2019S LESSON \n ### Explanation: could also be read as 'learn one's [one has] less on'=\"Discover diary not so full\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tony's project Hercules might not have welcomed? (3,6)","output":"### Answer: NEW LABOUR \n ### Explanation: referring to Tony Blair and New Labour; and the story of Hercules who already had 12 Labours to complete"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Circus artiste that can hold her drink? (7)","output":"### Answer: TUMBLER \n ### Explanation: double definition: an acrobatic tumbler, or a drinking glass"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Filth one suffers in prison (7)","output":"### Answer: DUNGEON \n ### Explanation: DUNG=\"Filth\" + anagram\/\"suffers\" of (one)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Removes old Scots in shows (7)","output":"### Answer: DEPICTS \n ### Explanation: or DE-PICTS: DE- as a prefix indicating removal, and PICTS as in the tribes of Celtic people"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Do out in full, as before (5)","output":"### Answer: DITTO \n ### Explanation: DITTO can be abbreviated to \"Do\", so \"Do [written] out in full\" can give DITTO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: River flowing through scrubland where fire started (6)","output":"### Answer: HEARTH \n ### Explanation: R (river) inside HEATH=\"scrubland\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Limited clothing for which most of naked crew laboured (8)","output":"### Answer: NECKWEAR \n ### Explanation: definition: \"Limited\" as in 'only covering part of the body', I think \nanagram\/\"laboured\" of (nake[d] crew)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Famous Egyptian bottles light brown in colour (5)","output":"### Answer: MOUSE \n ### Explanation: hidden in fa-MOUS E-gyptian"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Wrecked boat at sea' framed by artist retrospectively (9)","output":"### Answer: SABOTAGED \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"at sea\" of (boat)*, inside DEGAS=\"artist\" reversed\/\"retrospectively\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leaves for meal here, as char\u00adacters from Dallas bow out (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SALAD BOWL \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"characters [i.e. letters]\u2026 out\" of (Dallas bow)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen admitting age retired to women's quarters (5)","output":"### Answer: HAREM \n ### Explanation: HM (Her Majesty) around ERA=\"age\" reversed\/\"retired\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Complex machinery caught nation's port out (12)","output":"### Answer: CONTRAPTIONS \n ### Explanation: C (caught, cricket abbreviation) + anagram\/\"out\" of (nation's port)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Utilise flexible measures to gain one's ends? (4,3,5)","output":"### Answer: BEND THE RULES \n ### Explanation: I think this is a cryptic definition, with \"flexible\" hinting at bending, and RULES\/rulers as in measuring tools or \"measures\" \nnot sure if there is more wordplay"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Picasso's mate previously netting l million in recession (5)","output":"### Answer: AMIGO \n ### Explanation: I think there is a typo here \u2013 'l' (lower case 'L') instead of 1 (one) \ndefinition: Spanish for 'friend' \/ \"mate\"\n \nAGO=\"previously\", around I + M (million) reversed\/\"in recession\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The authorities collaring lawyer on Calais street wish they hadn't (3,3,3)","output":"### Answer: RUE THE DAY \n ### Explanation: THEY=\"The authorities\" around DA (district attorney, \"lawyer\"); after RUE=\"street\" in French \/ in Calais"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Approaching insolvency: the result of breast reduction op? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: GOING BUST \n ### Explanation: a breast reduction would lead to one's BUST getting smaller \/ GOING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nutmeg's morning reflection on uniform flavour in food (5)","output":"### Answer: UMAMI \n ### Explanation: I'M=\"Nutmeg's\" + AM (morning) all reversed\/\"reflection\"; after U (uniform)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Friendly boss recited contra\u00addictory verse (8)","output":"### Answer: PALINODE \n ### Explanation: definition: a poem where the author retracts a previous sentiment \nhomophone\/\"recited\" of 'pally node'=\"Friendly boss\" \u2013 'node' and 'boss' can both refer to a knob or lump"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shanty sung by sailor not having good time? (6)","output":"### Answer: SEASON \n ### Explanation: SEA SON-G=\"Shanty sung by sailor\", minus G (good)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In under par, but missing one's original place (8)","output":"### Answer: HOMESICK \n ### Explanation: HOME=\"In\" + SICK=\"under par\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queue behind a Parisian who's hooked (8)","output":"### Answer: AQUILINE \n ### Explanation: definition: hooked like an eagle's beak \nLINE=\"Queue\", after A + QUI=French\/Parisian for \"who\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be inclined to stifle Republican's rage (5)","output":"### Answer: TREND \n ### Explanation: TEND=\"Be inclined\" around R (Republican)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trimming faulty tile with NHS emblem (13)","output":"### Answer: EMBELLISHMENT \n ### Explanation: definition: \"Trimming\" as a noun, as in 'with all the trimmings' \nanagram\/\"faulty\" of (tile NHS emblem)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where Cook encountered queen's WWI recruiting officer? (9)","output":"### Answer: KITCHENER \n ### Explanation: definition: reference to Lord Kitchener who appeared on this poster \nKITCHEN=\"Where Cook encountered\" + ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"queen)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ring engineer up in terminus (6)","output":"### Answer: ENGIRD \n ### Explanation: RIG=\"engineer\" reversed\/\"up\" in END=\"terminus\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Design a modern detailed cover for detection gear (6)","output":"### Answer: RADOME \n ### Explanation: definition: a cover for radar equipment \nanagram\/\"Design\" of (a moder[n])*, with \"de-tailed\" indicating removal of the last letter from moder-n"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gave away drinks for all, having sought best price (7,6)","output":"### Answer: SHOPPED AROUND \n ### Explanation: SHOPPED=\"Gave away\" + A ROUND=\"drinks for all\" \nto 'shop' can mean to 'betray' or 'inform on', i.e. 'give away' secrets or 'give [someone] away'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Instrument anxious gardener carries round (4,5)","output":"### Answer: REED ORGAN \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"anxious\" of (gardener)*, around O=\"round\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Joyful kids put these on to celebrate (4,4)","output":"### Answer: GLAD RAGS \n ### Explanation: GLAD=\"Joyful\"; plus RAGS=\"kids\" as verbs meaning 'teases' \/ 'makes fun'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beast set up insubstantial northern empire of old (8)","output":"### Answer: ASSYRIAN \n ### Explanation: ASS=\"Beast\" + reversal\/\"set up\" of AIRY=\"insubstantial\" + N (northern)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Obsession to finish call (4-2)","output":"### Answer: HANG-UP \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prominent ornament I put in last (6)","output":"### Answer: FINIAL \n ### Explanation: definition: an ornament at the top of a spire \nI inside FINAL=\"last\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stockings plugged by posh fashion company (5)","output":"### Answer: HOUSE \n ### Explanation: HOSE=\"Stockings\" around U=\"posh\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Don't split small dead plant (7)","output":"### Answer: HOGWEED \n ### Explanation: HOG=keep for yourself=don't share\/split with others + WEE=\"small\" + D (dead)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Removing wrappers to use gas oven, Lloyd prepared food (7)","output":"### Answer: SAVELOY \n ### Explanation: reference to Harold Lloyd \nouter letters\/\"wrappers\" removed from u-**S**-e g-**A**-s o-**VE**-n L-**LOY**-d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keystone Cops' initial material, worth mining (4)","output":"### Answer: CORE \n ### Explanation: reference to Keystone Cops \nC-ops + ORE=\"material worth mining\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Director mistakenly cut Roach's last saloon number in storage on farm (5,4)","output":"### Answer: DUTCH BARN \n ### Explanation: reference to Hal Roach , founder of Hal Roach Studios \nD (Director) + anagram\/\"mistakenly\" of (cut)* + roac-H + BAR=\"saloon\" + N (number)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keep out of steep enclosure for entry to barbican (5)","output":"### Answer: DEBAR \n ### Explanation: DEAR=\"steep\" (as in high prices), around first letter\/\"entry\" of B-arbican"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In every other Sennett reel, artist begs (8)","output":"### Answer: ENTREATS \n ### Explanation: reference to ~~Mark~~ *Mack *Sennett , founder of Keystone Studios \u2013 *thanks to Hornbeam and drofle for pointing out my typo* \nevery other letter from s-**E**-n-**N**-e-**T**-t **R**-e-**E**-l **A**-r-**T**-i-**S**-t"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clamour for return of Fatty Arbuckle in small part (4)","output":"### Answer: BRAY \n ### Explanation: reference to Roscoe Arbuckle \nreversed\/\"return\" and hidden\/\"in small part\" inside Fatt-**Y ARB**-uckle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poach cycling ducks (5)","output":"### Answer: TEALS \n ### Explanation: definition: a type of duck, as in the bird \n(steal)*, with steal=\"Poach\"\n \n\"cycling\" here may indicate a specific type of anagram, with the letters remaining 'in order' and the first letter moving to the end"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He went from Italy to America by scooter to join fashion house, squandering silver (8)","output":"### Answer: VESPUCCI \n ### Explanation: definition: Amerigo VESPUCCI \nVESP-A=\"Scooter\" + G-UCCI=\"fashion house\", minus the AG (chemical symbol for \"silver\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boatman's following silent film, a universal horror (5)","output":"### Answer: MUMMY \n ### Explanation: definition: *The Mummy * was a 1999 film released by Universal Pictures \nMY=\"Boatman's\", after MUM=\"silent\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drunken parties with pineapple and edam starters as canap\u00e9 (9)","output":"### Answer: APPETISER \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Drunken\" of (parties p e)*, including the starting letters from P-ineapple and E-dam"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Normand \u2014 one in supporting role as a rule (8)","output":"### Answer: NORMALLY \n ### Explanation: reference to Mabel Normand \n*Thanks to AlanC + George+K*: \"Normand\" becomes 'Norm \/ and', so NORM and ALLY=\"one in supporting role\"\n \n~~NORM (short for Normand) + ALLY=\"one in supporting role\"~~"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Athletic Chaplin for head of Disney! (7)","output":"### Answer: LINFORD \n ### Explanation: reference to Charlie Chaplin \nLIN + FOR + D-isney"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clap Purviance, unevenly acting like a goat (7)","output":"### Answer: CAPRINE \n ### Explanation: reference to Edna Purviance \n\"unevenly\" => removing the even letters from **C**-l-**A**-p **P**-u-**R**-v-**I**-a-**N**-c-**E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dance seen in pantomime Our Gang orchestrated originally (4)","output":"### Answer: POGO \n ### Explanation: reference to the Our Gang films by Hal Roach \ndefinition: a dance involving jumping up and down (as if using a pogo stick)\n \nfirst letters of\/\"originally\": P-antomime O-ur G-ang O-rchestrated"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Was absent, yet recast? Not Stan Laurel (5,3)","output":"### Answer: SWEET BAY \n ### Explanation: reference (and in 3dn) to Laurel and Hardy who worked with Hal Roach Studios \ndefinition: a type of laurel tree\n \nanagram\/\"recast\" of (Was absent yet)*, minus the letters of \"Stan\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Communist trap? On the contrary, not Hardy (6)","output":"### Answer: TENDER \n ### Explanation: RED=\"Communist\" + NET=\"trap\", all reversed\/\"On the contrary\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hapless Chase met agents to make cuts (8)","output":"### Answer: MACHETES \n ### Explanation: reference to Charley Chase who worked with Hal Roach Studios \nanagram\/\"Hapless\" of (Chase met)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Buster Keaton missing on second shooting of scene! (6)","output":"### Answer: RETAKE \n ### Explanation: reference to Buster Keaton \n\"Buster\" is split into \"Bust \/ er\", leading to an anagram\/\"Bust\" of (er Keaton)*, minus \"on\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Funny film shortened \u2014 would be, too, if the ending was cut (4)","output":"### Answer: TOON \n ### Explanation: definition: shortened form of 'cartoon' \nif the ending of TOO-N was cut, it \"would be TOO\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: For some, WC Fields blowing his top with hate is outrageous (3,6)","output":"### Answer: THE LADIES \n ### Explanation: reference to WC Fields \ndefinition: WC as in toilets\n \nF-ields, minus the top\/first letter, plus \"hate\", going into an anagram\/\"outrageous\" (ields hate)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Langdon's heart captured by desperate lament (5)","output":"### Answer: DIRGE \n ### Explanation: reference to Harry Langdon \nheart\/central letter of lan-G-don, inside DIRE=\"desperate\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quite forgetting to count (5)","output":"### Answer: TALLY \n ### Explanation: 'to-TALLY'=\"Quite\", minus \"to\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Silent comic ain't curt (8)","output":"### Answer: TACITURN \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"comic\" of (ain't curt)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clue to warming together (3,2,3)","output":"### Answer: ARM IN ARM \n ### Explanation: 'Arm in arm' in a crossword clue could indicate ARM inside WING, giving \"warming\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old Russian clown is said to die (3,3)","output":"### Answer: POP OFF \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"said\" of 'Popov' \u2013 as in Oleg Popov"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Coarse grass laid down and shooting up (6)","output":"### Answer: MARRAM \n ### Explanation: not sure about the wordplay here \u2013 is it just describing MARRAM as a palindrome, reading the same whether 'down' or 'up'?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boatman has appeal but not much (1,3)","output":"### Answer: A BIT \n ### Explanation: AB (able seaman, \"Boatman\") + IT=[sex] \"appeal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Garvin finally accepted in routine, the smallest of the brood (4)","output":"### Answer: RUNT \n ### Explanation: reference to Anita Garvin who worked with Hal Roach Studios \ngarvi-N inside RUT=\"routine\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheer when money added to contract \u2026 (6)","output":"### Answer: PLEASE \n ### Explanation: definition: to please someone \/ to give them cheer \nP (pence, \"money\") + LEASE=\"contract\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 that's out dreaming? (6)","output":"### Answer: ASLEEP \n ### Explanation: '\u2026that' refers back to the answer to the previous clue, PLEASE \n\"out\" indicates an anagram (PLEASE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Furious pace with pilot flying with the speed of light (10)","output":"### Answer: APOPLECTIC \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"flying\" of (pace pilot)*; plus C=\"the speed of light\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A very suspicious type arriving in bearer of gifts: no 26 \u2014 this with 26? (6,7,4)","output":"### Answer: SAVING PRIVATE RYAN \n ### Explanation: one of the films with T[om] HANKS \nA + V (very) + anagram\/\"suspicious\" of (type arriving)*; all inside SAN-TA=\"bearer of gifts', but with \"no\" TA as 'ta'=THANKS=\"26\u2033"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stage empty, this with 26? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: CAST AWAY \n ### Explanation: another T[om] HANKS film \na theatre stage might be empty when the CAST is AWAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's sweet with celery and gin in a salad (9)","output":"### Answer: GLYCERINE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"in a salad\" of (celery gin)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: CIA feels prepared where all evidence is gathered? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: CASE FILE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"prepared\" of (CIA feels)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Overcharge for it, free plastic (9)","output":"### Answer: PROFITEER \n ### Explanation: PRO=\"for\" + anagram\/\"plastic\" of (it free)* \u2013\u00a0*edit thanks to Shirl"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This with 26? A film criminal (8)","output":"### Answer: BIGAMIST \n ### Explanation: BIG is a T[om] HANKS film + A + MIST=a thin layer=\"film\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Teacher content in the end, is one good at multiplication? (6)","output":"### Answer: RABBIT \n ### Explanation: definition: multiplication as in sexual reproduction \nRABBI=\"Teacher\" + conten-T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's never even right in head after left in agony (10)","output":"### Answer: PALINDROME \n ### Explanation: definition: \"never even\" is a PALINDROME \nR (right) in DOME=\"head\" after L (left) in PAIN=\"agony\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: You shouldn't have filled vessels with gas (6)","output":"### Answer: THANKS \n ### Explanation: TANKS=\"vessels\" filled with H (hydrogen \"gas\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drive home last of nails on lock (6)","output":"### Answer: STRESS \n ### Explanation: definition: \"Drive home\" as in 'emphasise' \nnail-S plus TRESS=\"lock\" of hair"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reversal of rule brought into play changed system for online subscribers (7)","output":"### Answer: PAYWALL \n ### Explanation: reversal of LAW=\"rule\" inside anagram\/\"changed\" of (play)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Discontent as 9 rocks catching head of umpire (5)","output":"### Answer: ENNUI \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"rocks\" of (nine)* around U-mpire"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reel showing lead in Garbo embraced by old-timer (7)","output":"### Answer: STAGGER \n ### Explanation: G-arbo in STAGER=an 'old hand' at something"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sensation, this with 26? (6)","output":"### Answer: SPLASH \n ### Explanation: to make a SPLASH \/ cause a sensation; and another T[om] HANKS film"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Use a rich kind of Merlot ultimately \u2014 when bread is served? (9)","output":"### Answer: EUCHARIST \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"kind of\" of (Use a rich)* + merlo-T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Close thought with money helping to support criminal (13)","output":"### Answer: CONCENTRATION \n ### Explanation: CENT=\"money\" + RATION=a \"helping\"; after CON=convict=\"criminal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country in Chad regularly chasing leading actor (5,4)","output":"### Answer: COSTA RICA \n ### Explanation: regular letters from **I**-n **C**-h-**A**-d, after CO-STAR=\"leading actor\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Images in online gallery showing sauce guzzled by bear (4,3)","output":"### Answer: CLIP ART \n ### Explanation: LIP=insolence=\"sauce\" inside CART=carry=\"bear\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Saying something dense, common sense half gone, this with 26? (7,4)","output":"### Answer: FORREST GUMP \n ### Explanation: another T[om] HANKS film \nhomophone\/\"saying\" of 'forest'=\"something dense\" + GUMP-tion=\"common sense half gone\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Set up trap in matching puzzles (7)","output":"### Answer: ENIGMAS \n ### Explanation: reversal\/\"Set up\" of: GIN=\"trap\" in SAME=\"matching\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Antelope children lifted up (3-3)","output":"### Answer: DIK-DIK \n ### Explanation: KID and KID=\"children\" reversed\/\"lifted up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Caller has prisoner finally freed from nick (5)","output":"### Answer: BUGLE \n ### Explanation: prisone-R removed from BU-R-GLE=\"nick\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor can predict one will be clumsy (8-5)","output":"### Answer: ACCIDENT PRONE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Doctor\" of (can predict one)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carpet salesman also on edge (9)","output":"### Answer: REPRIMAND \n ### Explanation: REP=\"salesman\", plus AND=\"also\" after RIM=\"edge\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Try to persuade some regular guests (5)","output":"### Answer: ARGUE \n ### Explanation: hidden\/\"some\" in regul-AR GUE-sts"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Honour a team's first principle (5)","output":"### Answer: AXIOM \n ### Explanation: OM (Order of Merit, \"Honour\"); with A XI (a team of eleven) going first"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Friend not in the church for pseudoscience (9)","output":"### Answer: PALMISTRY \n ### Explanation: PAL=\"Friend\", plus M-in-ISTRY=\"the church\" without \"in\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ignorant French article precedes a fight with Europe (7)","output":"### Answer: UNAWARE \n ### Explanation: UN=\"French [indefinite] article\" + A WAR=\"a fight\" + E (Europe)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Another hearing actual TARDIS oddly stopping (7)","output":"### Answer: RETRIAL \n ### Explanation: REAL=\"actual\", with odd letters from **T**-a-**R**-d-**I**-s inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Naked celeb acted, discovered by director and chosen (7)","output":"### Answer: ELECTED \n ### Explanation: c-ELE-b \"Naked\" without its outer letters; a-CTE-d similarly \"dis-covered\"; plus D (director)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drunk chose to drink lager at first (7)","output":"### Answer: PICKLED \n ### Explanation: PICKED=\"chose\" around L-ager"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mostly pack rupees after liquidating capital (5,4)","output":"### Answer: UPPER CASE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"after liquidating\" of (pac[k] rupees)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Smell carrion meat every now and then (5)","output":"### Answer: AROMA \n ### Explanation: every other letter from c-**A**-r-**R**-i-**O**-n **M**-e-**A**-t"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Volunteers guarding inter\u00adnational artist's jewellery (5)","output":"### Answer: TIARA \n ### Explanation: TA (Territorial Army, \"Volunteers\"); around I (international); plus RA (Royal Academician, \"artist\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldier with drug amongst 11 raving \u2014 forging bond (9)","output":"### Answer: GUARANTEE \n ### Explanation: ANT=\"Soldier\" + E (ecstasy, \"drug\"); all inside anagram\/\"raving\" of 11ac (ARGUE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Meter is broken, coming outside to get plug (13)","output":"### Answer: ADVERTISEMENT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"broken\" of (Meter is)*; with ADVENT=\"coming\" outside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top theatre's first Evita cast to mesmerise (9)","output":"### Answer: CAPTIVATE \n ### Explanation: CAP=\"Top\" + T-heatre + anagram\/\"cast\" of (Evita)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Emu I lift from the bottom entertains hip insider? (5)","output":"### Answer: ILIUM \n ### Explanation: definition: part of the hip bone \nhidden reversed inside e-**MU I LI**-ft"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Test disheartened pupil before English lesson (7)","output":"### Answer: EXAMPLE \n ### Explanation: EXAM=\"Test\" + disheartened P-upi-L + E (English)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small catch when man working on the house accepts direct debit (7)","output":"### Answer: TIDDLER \n ### Explanation: TILER=\"man working on the house\" around DD (direct debit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sensible king swaps sides first, I see (9)","output":"### Answer: REALISTIC \n ### Explanation: King LEAR, swapping sides L (left) for R (right); plus IST=1st=\"first\" + IC=\"I see\" in textspeak"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Evening things out, removing wrinkles at last (5)","output":"### Answer: NIGHT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"out\" of (thing-s)* without the last of wrinkle-s"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Half-heartedly encourage hard nut, struggling during extremely tedious valuable pursuits? (8,5)","output":"### Answer: TREASURE HUNTS \n ### Explanation: REAS-s-URE=\"Half-heartedly encourage\" + H (hard) + anagram\/\"struggling\" of (nut)*; all inside extremes of T-ediou-S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Material for the Guardian, as per PA? (8,5)","output":"### Answer: RECYCLED PAPER \n ### Explanation: in a crossword, RECYCLED PAPER could indicate an anagram of (paper)*, giving \"per PA\" ~~\"as per\"~~\u00a0*edit thanks to Kurukveera"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After reshuffle, Attlee ran for deputy (9)","output":"### Answer: ALTERNATE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"After reshuffle\"; of (Attlee ran)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stolen? I'll walk clear of all charges arising (3-6)","output":"### Answer: ILL-GOTTEN \n ### Explanation: I'LL GO=\"I'll walk\" + reversal\/\"arising\" of NETT=\"clear of all charges\" as in net\/nett profits"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink's rough, reportedly (7)","output":"### Answer: DRAUGHT \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"reportedly\" of 'draft'=\"rough\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Houses preferred by sailors (7)","output":"### Answer: PREFABS \n ### Explanation: PREF (preferred) + ABs=\"sailors\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Phone up after pressure is checked (5)","output":"### Answer: PLAID \n ### Explanation: definition: with a check pattern \nDIAL=\"Phone\" reversed\/\"up\"; after P (pressure)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Panic room beneath sadly unfinished (5)","output":"### Answer: ALARM \n ### Explanation: RM (room), after ALA-s=\"sadly unfinished\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sound out group retreats for the famous (6)","output":"### Answer: CELEBS \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"Sound out\" of 'cell ebbs'=\"group retreats\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cats without a skin retreating inside, where they're never seen (6)","output":"### Answer: CRUFTS \n ### Explanation: definition: Crufts is a dog show\n \nC-a-TS without \"a\"; and with FUR=\"skin\" reversed\/\"retreating\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Just downplay occasional absences (4)","output":"### Answer: ONLY \n ### Explanation: d-O-w-N-p-L-a-Y with occasional letters absent"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Incurred expenditure on behalf of church that's no longer influential (5,5)","output":"### Answer: SPENT FORCE \n ### Explanation: SPENT FOR CE (Church of England)=\"Incurred expenditure on behalf of church\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guide plays her party piece (6)","output":"### Answer: SHERPA \n ### Explanation: hidden in\/a \"piece\" of play-S HER PA-rty"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Socratic version of what 16 across is (8)","output":"### Answer: ACROSTIC \n ### Explanation: 16 across is an ACROSTIC \u2013 it uses first letters of words to make another word\n \nanagram\/\"version\" of (Socratic)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fantastic price made one want to do it now (5,4)","output":"### Answer: CARPE DIEM \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Fantastic\" of (price made)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Raised stink with US Republicans taking North back (4)","output":"### Answer: PONG \n ### Explanation: GOP (Grand Old Party, \"US Republicans\") taking in N (North), and all reversed\/\"back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foremost of keen investors exploiting venture capital (4)","output":"### Answer: KIEV \n ### Explanation: first letters of K-een I-nvestors E-xploiting V-enture"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: By embracing life at sea, it doesn't seem as long! (4,5)","output":"### Answer: TIME FLIES \n ### Explanation: TIMES=\"By\" as in 'three by four is twelve'; around anagram\/\"at sea\" of (life)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not recognising central unit's position during trade (2,6)","output":"### Answer: IN DENIAL \n ### Explanation: the centre of u-NI-t, inside IN DEAL=\"during trade\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Complete brief for substitute (4,2)","output":"### Answer: FILL IN \n ### Explanation: triple definition: to complete as in 'fill in a form'; to brief as in 'fill me in on the details'; to substitute as in 'fill in for someone else'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uses the mic flexibly to provide record of score (5,5)","output":"### Answer: SHEET MUSIC \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"flexibly\" of (Uses the mic)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Judges, for example, to me must be united (4)","output":"### Answer: BOOK \n ### Explanation: definition: Judges is a book of the Bible\n \nuniting 'to me' gives **tome** i.e. a BOOK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plain case has lost ivory top (6)","output":"### Answer: PATENT \n ### Explanation: definition: PATENT as an adjective meaning 'obvious'\n \nPAT-i-ENT=\"case\", losing the top letter of i-vory"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Legendary lover admitted dealing in drugs (6)","output":"### Answer: ISOLDE \n ### Explanation: I SOLD E (ecstasy) could be an admission of drug dealing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman set off in yacht (7)","output":"### Answer: CYNTHIA \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"set off\" of (in yacht)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bet against queen making film (5)","output":"### Answer: LAYER \n ### Explanation: definition: \"film\" as in a thin layer covering a surface\n \nLAY=\"Bet against\" ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"queen\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scoundrel creates wicked home for liberal arts (7)","output":"### Answer: BASTARD \n ### Explanation: BAD=\"wicked\" around anagram\/\"liberal\" of (arts)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slow down \u2014 consider putting in time for golf (6)","output":"### Answer: RETARD \n ### Explanation: RE-g-ARD=\"consider\", with T (time) replacing G (Golf, NATO alphabet)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pays for machine to make furniture (9)","output":"### Answer: FOOTSTOOL \n ### Explanation: FOOTS=\"Pays for\" + TOOL=\"machine\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Material building up as temperature drops (7)","output":"### Answer: SACKING \n ### Explanation: S-t-ACKING=\"building up\" with T (temperature) dropping out"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor made realities go away (13)","output":"### Answer: DEMATERIALISE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Doctor\" of (made realities)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pressure to withdraw conserv\u00adationists? It's happened before (9)","output":"### Answer: PRECEDENT \n ### Explanation: P (Pressure) + RECEDE=\"withdraw\" + NT (National Trust, conservationists)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Monarchy lacks good family relations (7)","output":"### Answer: KINSHIP \n ### Explanation: KIN-g-SHIP=\"Monarchy\", minus g (good)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Film tricks that capture the sound of fox dispatching duck (7)","output":"### Answer: EFFECTS \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"the sound of\" FX, which is F-o-X minus O=\"duck\" (a score of zero in cricket)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record that is covering turf event (7)","output":"### Answer: EPISODE \n ### Explanation: EP (Extended Play, \"Record\") + I.E. (id est, \"that is\") around SOD=\"turf\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Can staff have character that's heartless? (3,3)","output":"### Answer: TIN MAN \n ### Explanation: definition: character from The Wizard of Oz\n \nTIN=\"Can\" + MAN=\"Staff\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Identify first murder victim found by lake (5)","output":"### Answer: LABEL \n ### Explanation: in the Bible Cain slew ABEL=\"first murder victim\"; after L (lake)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The fellow with right awkward clues \u2014 a labouring individual (8)","output":"### Answer: HERCULES \n ### Explanation: reference to the Labours of Hercules \nHE=\"The fellow\" + R (right) + anagram\/\"awkward\" of (clues)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passages in ancient Greek city by lake (6)","output":"### Answer: LARGOS \n ### Explanation: definition: passages of music \nARGOS=\"ancient Greek city\"; after L (lake)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In storm secure a support (8)","output":"### Answer: BALUSTER \n ### Explanation: BLUSTER=\"storm\" around \"A\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good entertainer, American guy who gets in the spirit? The opposite! (11)","output":"### Answer: GHOSTBUSTER \n ### Explanation: definition: someone who 'gets the spirit out' rather than 'gets in the spirit' \nG (Good) + HOST=\"entertainer\" + BUSTER=\"American [word for] guy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Villainous knight brings extra fear, we hear (7)","output":"### Answer: MORDRED \n ### Explanation: definition: a villain in Arthurian legend \nhomophone\/\"we hear\" of 'more dread'=\"extra fear\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plan once again coming from socialist platform? (7)","output":"### Answer: REDRAFT \n ### Explanation: RED=\"socialist\" + RAFT=\"platform\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Front office for countryside activity (11)","output":"### Answer: FORESTATION \n ### Explanation: FORE=\"Front\" + STATION=\"office\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Respect pop singer's shown for old city, a capital (8)","output":"### Answer: HONOLULU \n ### Explanation: HONO-Ur=\"Respect\", with LULU=\"pop singer\" taking the place of Ur=\"old city\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grab fruit that's delicious except for five 'off' bits (6)","output":"### Answer: SCRUMP \n ### Explanation: SCRUMP-tious=\"delicious\" minus five letters \nI think 'off' is used here as a cricket term for the right hand side i.e. remove five letters from the right"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Facing nasty snakes you and I may show timidity (8)","output":"### Answer: WEAKNESS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"nasty\" of (snakes)*, after WE=\"you and I\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bullies offering bribes? (4,2)","output":"### Answer: GETS AT \n ### Explanation: double definition: 'get at' can mean 'attack verbally', and it can mean 'influence through improper means'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Description of big effort in situation with no one at work? (3-3)","output":"### Answer: ALL-OUT \n ### Explanation: ALL OUT could also describe a \"situation with no one at work\" i.e. 'no one is in'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exodus was one of these with surging Red Sea put asunder finally (10)","output":"### Answer: DEPARTURES \n ### Explanation: the Biblical Exodus story includes the crossing of the Red Sea \nanagram\/\"surging\" of (Red Sea put r)*, with the final 'r' from \"asunde-r finally\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sound a group of singers had picked up (8)","output":"### Answer: ACQUIRED \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"Sound\" of 'a choir'd'='a choir had'=\"a group of singers had\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sport and dance curtailed when leg gets crushed (4,4)","output":"### Answer: BALL GAME \n ### Explanation: BALLE-t=\"dance curtailed\" with GAM=\"leg\" crushed\/inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Female promiscuity of blonde bombshell with attempt to cut out wife (8)","output":"### Answer: HARLOTRY \n ### Explanation: Jean HARLOW was an American actress nicknamed 'the Blonde Bombshell' \nHARLO-W + TRY=\"attempt\", minus W (wife)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reluctant man with bad wife, little husband (4)","output":"### Answer: LOTH \n ### Explanation: Biblical reference to Lot's wife who was turned into a pillar of salt for looking back at Sodom \nLOT=\"man with bad wife\" + H (little\/short for \"husband\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sovereign's beginning to appear with piece of regalia for someone in Lusatia (4)","output":"### Answer: SORB \n ### Explanation: definition: a member of the Slavic population of Lusatia \nS-overeign + ORB=\"piece of regalia\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Menials working for Conservative female (10)","output":"### Answer: UNDERCLASS \n ### Explanation: UNDER=\"working for\" + C (Conservative) + LASS=\"female\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regular visitors pretty in colours (8)","output":"### Answer: HABITUES \n ### Explanation: A BIT=\"pretty\" as in 'today is pretty cold'; inside HUES=\"colours\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bad person above all others joins up (8)","output":"### Answer: STINKPOT \n ### Explanation: TOP=\"above all others\" + KNITS=\"joins\"; all reversed\/\"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disturbing judgement that's very loudly introduced (8)","output":"### Answer: RUFFLING \n ### Explanation: RULING=\"judgement\" with FF (fortissimo, music notation)=\"very loudly\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Curved shapes in pollarded trees (6)","output":"### Answer: ARCHES \n ### Explanation: L-ARCHES (a larch is a type of tree) \u2013 to 'pollard' is to cut off the top of a tree, in this case the first letter L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A dog's dinner? (4)","output":"### Answer: CHOW \n ### Explanation: double definition: a type of dog; or food"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A blade used by crew avoiding river animal (4)","output":"### Answer: ANOA \n ### Explanation: definition: a type of buffalo \nAN OAR=\"A blade used by crew\", minus R (river)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bob dreads pageboy? (7)","output":"### Answer: HAIRDOS \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition \u2013 these are three examples of hairstyles"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dish in sink captured by Turner in pictures (7)","output":"### Answer: LASAGNA \n ### Explanation: SAG=\"sink\" inside LANA=\"Turner in pictures\" \u2013 Lana Turner the American actress"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Forced Pat to hurry to catch American stage show (6,9)","output":"### Answer: MADAME BUTTERFLY \n ### Explanation: MADE BUTTER FLY=\"Forced Pat to hurry\", around AM (American) \na 'pat' is a small measure of butter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recipe with the last word in noodles (5)","output":"### Answer: RAMEN \n ### Explanation: R (Recipe) + AMEN=\"the last word\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor Dickens et al snubbing English lecturers? (9)","output":"### Answer: MORALISTS \n ### Explanation: MO (Medical Officer, Doctor) + R-e-ALISTS=realist writers e.g. \"Dickens et al\" minus E (English)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time to block low ball in sporting event (9)","output":"### Answer: MOTOCROSS \n ### Explanation: T (time) inside MOO=\"low\" + CROSS=a pass to the centre e.g. in football=\"ball in\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Piece of cheese, say, and starter from wine list (5)","output":"### Answer: WHEEL \n ### Explanation: W-ine + HEEL=to lean to one side=\"list\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Red ruby uncovered and held by John (5)","output":"### Answer: CUBAN \n ### Explanation: definition: I think this is a reference to socialism in Cuba \nr-UB-y \"uncovered\" i.e. outer letters removed; inside CAN=toilet=\"John\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Egotist from South America thus raced back (9)","output":"### Answer: NARCISSUS \n ### Explanation: S (South) + US (America) + SIC (Latin, thus) + RAN=\"raced\"; all reversed\/\"back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How crow and dove move perhaps or fly sky high? (3,6)","output":"### Answer: EYE RHYMES \n ### Explanation: How\/crow and dove\/move are 'eye rhymes', with similar spellings but different pronunciations \n'fly', 'sky', and 'high' could also be called EYE RHYMES in the sense that they each rhyme with 'eye'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Replayed service absorbing lots of time (5)","output":"### Answer: RERAN \n ### Explanation: RN (Royal Navy, service) around ERA=\"lots of time\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Determined about reaching the top, property tycoon means to be heard (8,7)","output":"### Answer: SPEAKING TRUMPET \n ### Explanation: SET=\"Determined\" around both of: PEAKING=\"reaching the top\" + TRUMP=\"property tycoon\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Idiot and nonchalant revolutionary in old kingdom (7)","output":"### Answer: ASSYRIA \n ### Explanation: ASS=\"Idiot\" + AIRY=\"nonchalant\" reversed\/\"revolutionary"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strippers stagger around clutching nether regions (7)","output":"### Answer: NUDISTS \n ### Explanation: STUN=\"stagger\", reversed\/\"around\" and around\/\"clutching\" DIS=underworld=\"nether regions\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Low sound on beat failing to generate excitement (7)","output":"### Answer: HUMDRUM \n ### Explanation: HUM=\"Low sound\" + DRUM=\"beat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suffering onset of 'twisties' and Simone Biles shows resilience! (15)","output":"### Answer: INDOMITABLENESS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Suffering\" of (T and Simone Biles)* with the T taken from \"onset of T-wisties\" \nthe gymnast Simone Biles mentioned getting the 'twisties' (feeling lost while in the air) during the Tokyo Olympics"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party with little quantity of beer is in order (9)","output":"### Answer: DOMINICAN \n ### Explanation: definition: the Dominican Order of the Catholic Church \nDO=\"Party\" + MINI CAN=\"little quantity of beer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scrubbing away a sea sponge secretion (5)","output":"### Answer: SEBUM \n ### Explanation: SE-a with the \"a\" scrubbed away + BUM=cadge, scrounge=\"sponge\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Diversification of retailers is certainly no lark (4,5)","output":"### Answer: LATE RISER \n ### Explanation: definition: larks are early risers \nanagram\/\"Diversification\" of (retailers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foppish fellow also losing head (5)","output":"### Answer: SWELL \n ### Explanation: definition: 'swell' can mean a dandy \nAS WELL=\"also\", losing its head letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sports gear, if set out, is a sporty adornment (2-6,7)","output":"### Answer: GO-FASTER STRIPES \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"out\" of (Sports gear if set)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: From the deep area near a lake entered by ship (7)","output":"### Answer: ABYSSAL \n ### Explanation: A (area) + BY=\"near\" + A + L (lake); around SS=\"ship\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being a lush country with no king after one fails (9)","output":"### Answer: OENOMANIA \n ### Explanation: definition: a craving for alcohol, a \"lush\" is a drunk \nR-OMANIA=\"country\" minus R (Rex, king); after anagram\/\"fails\" of (one)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Way to get a kitty cat plump (4-5)","output":"### Answer: WHIP-ROUND \n ### Explanation: definition: \"kitty\" as in a pool of money \nWHIP=\"cat\" + ROUND=\"plump\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink bottles different in club (7)","output":"### Answer: CHELSEA \n ### Explanation: definition: a football club \nCHA=\"Drink\" around ELSE=\"different\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tempting figure's about to eat doughnut pieces (7)","output":"### Answer: SONATAS \n ### Explanation: SATAN'S=\"Tempting figure's\", reversed\/\"about\" and around O=letter that looks like a \"doughnut\" shape"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One rambling old US leader appears in 60 Minutes (5)","output":"### Answer: HIKER \n ### Explanation: IKE=Eisenhower=\"old US leader\" inside HR=hour=\"60 Minutes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What you can see in bars, turning up for attack (3,2)","output":"### Answer: SET ON \n ### Explanation: NOTES=\"What you can see in [musical] bars\", reversed\/\"turning up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Another adjustment on TV (5)","output":"### Answer: RESET \n ### Explanation: RE (about, \"on\") + SET=\"TV\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having exchanged parts, withdraw stage curtain (8)","output":"### Answer: BACKDROP \n ### Explanation: DROP BACK=\"withdraw\", with the two parts switching around"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ma's said to groan, troubling helpful neighbours (4,10)","output":"### Answer: GOOD SAMARITANS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"troubling\" of (Ma's said to groan)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Typical report on patient's con\u00addition in absence of coppers? (2,6)","output":"### Answer: NO CHANGE \n ### Explanation: an \"absence of coppers\" i.e. copper coins might be described as NO CHANGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Decadent outdoor celebration after revolutionary force cleared out (6)","output":"### Answer: EFFETE \n ### Explanation: FETE\/f\u00eate=\"outdoor celebration\"; after E-cro-F \u2013 \"force\" reversed\/\"revolutionary\" and \"cleared out\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Motorway pull-ins: troops like to keep fixed watch here (4,5)","output":"### Answer: REST AREAS \n ### Explanation: RE (Royal Engineers, troops) + AS=\"like\", both around STARE=\"fixed watch\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cowboy gear contributing to colossal turnover (5)","output":"### Answer: LASSO \n ### Explanation: hidden\/\"contributing to\" a reversal\/\"turnover\" of col-OSSAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rotating poster with illuminated frame moving back and forth (5)","output":"### Answer: TIDAL \n ### Explanation: reversal\/\"Rotating\" of: AD=\"poster\" inside LIT=\"illuminated\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Burden I bear where fares are collected (4,5)","output":"### Answer: TAXI STAND \n ### Explanation: TAX=\"Burden\" + I + STAND=\"bear\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worker on short holiday showing no interest (6)","output":"### Answer: VACANT \n ### Explanation: ANT=\"Worker\" after VAC[ation]=\"short holiday\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Muscle, bit by ear affecting the mouth (8)","output":"### Answer: PECTORAL \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"by ear\" of 'pecked'=\"bit\"; plus ORAL=\"affecting the mouth\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Everyone here is put on by firm (7,7)","output":"### Answer: PRESENT COMPANY \n ### Explanation: PRESENT=to show, to exhibit=\"put on\" + COMPANY=\"firm\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moving pictures detected evidence of arthritic joints (8)","output":"### Answer: CREPITUS \n ### Explanation: definition: a noise or sensation when one moves a joint \nanagram\/\"Moving\" of (pictures)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mast at sea trapping Nelson's second arm (5)","output":"### Answer: SPEAR \n ### Explanation: SPAR=a pole used in rigging=\"Mast at sea\"; around second letter of [N]-E-[lson]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refreshing change for vegan retiree (12)","output":"### Answer: REGENERATIVE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"change\" of (vegan retiree)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Featured exhibit surveyed with theft in mind (9)","output":"### Answer: SHOWCASED \n ### Explanation: SHOW=\"exhibit\" + CASED=\"surveyed with theft in mind\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opera awkward to cast with only one tenor (5)","output":"### Answer: TOSCA \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"awkward\" of (to cast)*, but only using one 't'\/\"tenor\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pray continue busy meeting, cutting in all over the place (2,2,5)","output":"### Answer: BE MY GUEST \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"all over the place\" of (busy meeting)*, cutting the letters 'in'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brusque king tucking into chop (4)","output":"### Answer: CURT \n ### Explanation: R (Rex, king) inside CUT=\"chop\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where to find information, if at turning between valleys? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: DATA FILES \n ### Explanation: reversal\/\"turning\" of IF AT; inside DALES=\"valleys\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clubman chucking out skinned cat (5)","output":"### Answer: OUNCE \n ### Explanation: OUNCE is a name for the snow leopard \nb-OUNCE-r=\"Clubman chucking out\", \"skinned\" i.e. without the outer letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It relays notes picked up from best-ever actor (6,6)","output":"### Answer: RECORD PLAYER \n ### Explanation: RECORD=\"best-ever\" + PLAYER=\"actor\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Everybody having bottoms raised, hands down (3,4,2)","output":"### Answer: ALL ENDS UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: \"hands down\" as a phrase meaning 'completely' \nALL ENDS UP could also be read as \"Everybody having bottoms raised\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brownie groups bagging pound coins, primarily obsolete currency (9)","output":"### Answer: SIXPENCES \n ### Explanation: Brownies are grouped into SIXES, around PEN=animal enclosure=\"pound\" and C[oins]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I must pack principal luggage for flight (9)","output":"### Answer: STAIRCASE \n ### Explanation: I 'has to go inside'\/\"must pack\" STAR=\"principal\"; plus CASE=\"luggage\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Job avoided by single English worker with dependents (5)","output":"### Answer: CARER \n ### Explanation: CARE[e]R minus a single E[nglish]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Monuments in honour of medics (5)","output":"### Answer: TOMBS \n ### Explanation: [dedicated] TO MBS (Bachelor-S of Medicine)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unwanted discharge upsetting many (4)","output":"### Answer: SNOT \n ### Explanation: reversal\/\"upsetting\" of TONS=\"many\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nick's school loathed bolshy characters (9,4)","output":"### Answer: DOTHEBOYS HALL \n ### Explanation: a school in *Nicholas Nickleby* by Dickens \nanagram using the letters\/characters of (loathed bolshy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crazy money? It's on credit! (8)","output":"### Answer: CRACKERS \n ### Explanation: ACKERS is slang for \"money\"; after CR (credit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Talked about a lift \u2014 making arrangements (6)","output":"### Answer: ARRAYS \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"Talked about\" of 'a raise'=\"a lift\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Act unwisely and get lost (4,2)","output":"### Answer: BEAT IT \n ### Explanation: BE A TIT=\"Act unwisely\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blasted policeman stops old press chief (8)","output":"### Answer: EXPLODED \n ### Explanation: PLOD=\"policeman\" inside EX=\"old\" and ED (editor, \"press chief\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Discussed shrink, for example (6)","output":"### Answer: LESSON \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"Discussed\" of 'lessen'=\"shrink\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dole desperate woman's claimed here? Probably not (2,6)","output":"### Answer: EL DORADO \n ### Explanation: definition: a mythical city of wealth \u2013 perhaps a place where one would be unlikely to be poor \nanagram\/\"desperate\" of (Dole)*; around DORA=\"woman\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old but surprisingly keeping most of hair? Hmm! (8)","output":"### Answer: DOUBTFUL \n ### Explanation: definition: \"Hmm\" as an expression indicating doubt or uncertainty \nanagram\/\"surprisingly\" of (Old but)*; around most of FU[r]=\"hair\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flight instruments I replaced (6)","output":"### Answer: STAIRS \n ### Explanation: SITARS=\"instruments\", with the letter \"I\" re-placed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Correct, sport \u2014 ion is a particle (8)","output":"### Answer: POSITRON \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Correct\" of (sport ion)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Came across reactionary for a moderate (6)","output":"### Answer: TEMPER \n ### Explanation: definition: temper=moderate as a verb \nMET=\"Came across\" reversed\/\"reactionary\"; plus PER=\"for\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Book related in 2, which does cover the basics (6)","output":"### Answer: BIKINI \n ### Explanation: B (Book); plus KIN=\"related\" inside II=Roman numerals for \"2\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Briefly show murderer turned evil (8)","output":"### Answer: DEMONIAC \n ### Explanation: DEMO (demonstrate, \"Briefly show\") + CAIN=Biblical \"murderer\" of Abel, reversed\/\"turned\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Overbearing on film set \u2014 part's recast (4-9)","output":"### Answer: SELF-IMPORTANT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"recast\" of (on film set part)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Elegy awful, Gray initially admitted (5)","output":"### Answer: DIRGE \n ### Explanation: DIRE=\"awful\" around G[ray] \nsurface references *Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard*, a poem by Thomas Gray"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Historian understood country (7)","output":"### Answer: TACITUS \n ### Explanation: definition: a Roman historian \nTACIT=\"understood\" + US=USA=\"country\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What happens during night never brought up (5)","output":"### Answer: EVENT \n ### Explanation: hidden in\/\"during\" nigh-T NEVE-r, reversed\/\"brought up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dirty picture upset Derek to begin with (7)","output":"### Answer: OBSCENE \n ### Explanation: SCENE=\"picture\", with BO \"Derek\" the actress reversed\/\"upset\" in front\/\"to begin with\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Careers masters forced to take care of PE department \u2014 that's not right! (9)","output":"### Answer: STAMPEDES \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"forced\" of (masters)*, around PE D (department); minus the R (right) from the anagram fodder"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shelter with or without husband (7)","output":"### Answer: HARBOUR \n ### Explanation: without H (husband), it is ARBOUR which also means \"shelter\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Song about bloody American upset serviceman? (3,6)","output":"### Answer: LAY READER \n ### Explanation: definition: as in church services \nLAY=\"Song\" + RE=\"about\", plus reversal of both: RED=\"bloody\" + A (American)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cut corners \u2014 someone in charge originally needs to be disciplined (9)","output":"### Answer: ECONOMISE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"needs to be disciplined\" of (someone I C), with \"originally\" specifying the first letters of I-n C-harge"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen to retire February 1st in shock (no alternative) (9)","output":"### Answer: NEFERTITI \n ### Explanation: definition: a queen of Egypt \nanagram\/\"shock\" of (to retire F in)*, only using the \"1st\" letter of F-ebruary; then minus OR=\"alternative\" from the anagram fodder"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trouble inside \u2014 punch unwelcome visitor to house (7)","output":"### Answer: BAILIFF \n ### Explanation: AIL=\"Trouble\" as in 'what troubles\/ails you?\"; inside BIFF=\"punch\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Policy supported by Unionists ready for the future (5,2)","output":"### Answer: LINED UP \n ### Explanation: LINE=\"Policy\" + DUP (Democratic Unionist Party)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Land where people break into song (7)","output":"### Answer: ARMENIA \n ### Explanation: MEN=\"people\" in ARIA=\"song\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English runner participating in Jakarta Marathon (5)","output":"### Answer: TAMAR \n ### Explanation: definition: the Tamar is a river between Devon and Cornwall=\"English runner\" \nhidden in Jakar-TA MAR-athon"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Praise highly, though out of key (5)","output":"### Answer: EXALT \n ### Explanation: EX=\"out of\" + ALT=\"key\" on a computer keyboard"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shattering sort of news (8)","output":"### Answer: BREAKING \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Siren's nose (6)","output":"### Answer: HOOTER \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One takes a little bite, aftertaste coming back (4)","output":"### Answer: GNAT \n ### Explanation: TANG=\"aftertaste\" reversed\/\"coming back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Impound vessel for unpaid work (10)","output":"### Answer: INTERNSHIP \n ### Explanation: INTERN=to confine or imprison=\"Impound\" + SHIP=\"vessel\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bread for example not fresh, but quietly accepted (6)","output":"### Answer: STAPLE \n ### Explanation: definition: a product in regular demand \nSTALE=\"not fresh\", with P (piano, \"quietly\") inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Taking the driving seat, change gear after a short distance (2,6)","output":"### Answer: IN CHARGE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"change\" of (gear)* after INCH=\"a short distance\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tied house right behind field (7)","output":"### Answer: RECTORY \n ### Explanation: definition: a house 'tied' to the position of a rector \nTORY=conservative=\"right\" wing; after REC (recreation ground, \"field\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Son enjoying a spliff, adding more to burn (7)","output":"### Answer: STOKING \n ### Explanation: S (Son) + TOKING=taking a puff of marijuana=\"enjoying a spliff\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A boy's boy? (8)","output":"### Answer: GRANDSON \n ### Explanation: my boy's boy or my son's son would be my GRANDSON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Roughly remove dressing for bad cut (6)","output":"### Answer: ABDUCT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"dressing\" of (bad cut)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moving under, can do circular steps (5,5)","output":"### Answer: ROUND DANCE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Moving\" (under can do)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wicket perhaps finally suggesting skulduggery (4)","output":"### Answer: GATE \n ### Explanation: definition: a wicket is a small gate \nrest of the clue refers to -GATE used as a suffix to suggest skulduggery since the Water-GATE scandal"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Senior cleric taking care of a junior one (6)","output":"### Answer: DEACON \n ### Explanation: DEAN=\"Senior cleric\"; around C\/O (care of)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Music suggested by dejected Royal Navy? (3,5)","output":"### Answer: THE BLUES \n ### Explanation: \"dejected\" can mean 'blue'; \"Royal\" and \"Navy\" are both shades of 'blue' \u2013 together, these three are multiple BLUES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A woman of colour (8)","output":"### Answer: BRUNETTE \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beat time in a trance (4)","output":"### Answer: RAPT \n ### Explanation: RAP=\"Beat\" + T (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eat around six? Wonderful! (6)","output":"### Answer: DIVINE \n ### Explanation: DINE=\"Eat\" around VI=\"six\" in Roman numerals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: European travel: journey is a gratifying experience (3-4)","output":"### Answer: EGO-TRIP \n ### Explanation: E (European) + GO=\"travel\" + TRIP=\"journey\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time-saving hairdo? (5,3)","output":"### Answer: SHORT CUT \n ### Explanation: not quite a double definition \u2013 a way to save time, or a description of a haircut"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Astonished to be punched in the face (10)","output":"### Answer: GOBSMACKED \n ### Explanation: GOB=mouth, so GOB-SMACKED=\"punched in the face\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King looking at what typist is doing (6)","output":"### Answer: KEYING \n ### Explanation: K (King) + EYING=alternative spelling of 'eyeing'=\"looking at\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pretend to be an impresario (3,2,2,3)","output":"### Answer: PUT ON AN ACT \n ### Explanation: an impresario will 'put on'\/organise an act"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One booked into hotel has seen dirt all over the place (8)","output":"### Answer: RESIDENT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"all over the place\" of (seen dirt)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refinements that used to go with smart shirts? (8)","output":"### Answer: NICETIES \n ### Explanation: NICE TIES=things that go with smart shirts"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: From madness, putting out small idiotic remark (7)","output":"### Answer: INANITY \n ### Explanation: IN-s-ANITY=\"madness\" minus 's' (small)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not the ways, we hear, to travel to this island (6)","output":"### Answer: RHODES \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"we hear\" of 'roads' \u2013 not the way to travel to an island"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A writer about myself and distant ancestors (6)","output":"### Answer: APEMEN \n ### Explanation: A + PEN=\"writer\" around ME=\"myself\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good and bad quantity of drink (4)","output":"### Answer: GILL \n ### Explanation: definition: a small measure of liquid \nG (good) + ILL=\"bad\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Councillor's gutted by Oxford's river disaster (6)","output":"### Answer: CRISIS \n ### Explanation: C-ouncillo-R, plus ISIS=a river in Oxford"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moved \u2014 not natural (8)","output":"### Answer: AFFECTED \n ### Explanation: double definition: 'had an [emotional] effect on'; or 'put on as an affectation'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tending to scare off star Liam (8)","output":"### Answer: ALARMIST \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"off\" of (star Liam)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Truncated fancy bra raised temperature (6)","output":"### Answer: ABRUPT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"fancy\" of (bra)* + UP=\"raised\" + T (temperature)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Live within one's means, as a contortionist could (4,4,4)","output":"### Answer: MAKE ENDS MEET \n ### Explanation: a contortionist might make the ends of their body meet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Essential element of Depression: onset of hunger (4)","output":"### Answer: PITH \n ### Explanation: PIT=\"Depression\" + H-unger"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: High earners taking in southern mountain air quality (8)","output":"### Answer: RARENESS \n ### Explanation: definition: rare as in 'not dense', or 'thin' air\n \nanagram\/\"High\" of (earners)* around S (southern)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Son with present (sweet flower) (8)","output":"### Answer: SNOWDROP \n ### Explanation: S (Son) + NOW=the \"present\" + DROP=type of small round \"sweet\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Break small piece off end of thick raised surface (4)","output":"### Answer: KNAP \n ### Explanation: thic-K, plus NAP=\"raised surface\" on cloth"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: East Midlands town doctor set child free (12)","output":"### Answer: CHESTERFIELD \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"doctor\" of (set child free)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Royal house's beginning to encompass university (6)","output":"### Answer: STUART \n ### Explanation: START=\"beginning\" around U (university)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bother an educator and an iconic rebel (8)","output":"### Answer: HEADACHE \n ### Explanation: HEAD (headteacher, \"educator\") + A=\"an\" + CHE=\"iconic rebel\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feathers are better than a baton movement (8)","output":"### Answer: DOWNBEAT \n ### Explanation: DOWN=\"Feathers\" + BEAT=outdo=\"are better than\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uninteresting ladder trial (3,3)","output":"### Answer: DRY RUN \n ### Explanation: DRY=\"Uninteresting\" + RUN=\"ladder\" in e.g. stockings"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eggs, when split by line, part (4)","output":"### Answer: ROLE \n ### Explanation: ROE=\"Eggs\", split by L (line)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old whaler's work: capturing felons in Wash, possibly (9)","output":"### Answer: SCRIMSHAW \n ### Explanation: definition: carving on whalebone\n \n'crim' is short for criminal, so CRIMS=\"felons\" inside anagram\/\"possibly\" of (Wash)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wearing the blue turned up, duck? Figure-hugging! (6)","output":"### Answer: SLINKY \n ### Explanation: SKY=\"the blue\" around reversal\/\"turned up\" of NIL=\"duck\" as in a zero score in cricket"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Immediately when Derby, say, fell (2,3,4,2,1,3)","output":"### Answer: AT THE DROP OF A HAT \n ### Explanation: referring to a Derby as a type of hat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: European region's loud people being grounded (8)","output":"### Answer: FLANDERS \n ### Explanation: F (forte, \"loud\") + LANDERS=\"people being grounded\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In public, a romantic American's billiards shot (5)","output":"### Answer: CAROM \n ### Explanation: hidden in publi-C A ROM-antic"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State means to create a fast road (10)","output":"### Answer: EXPRESSWAY \n ### Explanation: EXPRESS=\"State\" + WAY=\"means\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Move of bishop to China, not a fate that's rectified (10)","output":"### Answer: FIANCHETTO \n ### Explanation: definition: in chess, moving a bishop onto a long diagonal\n \nanagram\/\"rectified\" of (to China fate)*, minus one of the 'a' letters \/ \"not a\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Meadow saffron for the Coventry horsewoman? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: NAKED LADY \n ### Explanation: definition: name of a type of flower\/plant"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One who's been caught arriving with drugs in need of support (8)","output":"### Answer: ARRESTEE \n ### Explanation: ARR (arriving) + E'S=\"drugs\" as 'e'=ecstasy + TEE=\"support\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Newspaper possibly reveals 'Goddess married to heartless youth' (6)","output":"### Answer: HERALD \n ### Explanation: HERA=Greek \"Goddess\" + L[a]D=\"heartless youth\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Proust's character is weak, going in opposite directions (5)","output":"### Answer: SWANN \n ### Explanation: WAN=\"weak\", inside S and N (South and North, opposite directions)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: You once cut many hundreds (4)","output":"### Answer: THOU \n ### Explanation: THOU-sand(s)=\"many hundreds\" cut short"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 12, where two crossings on carpets reversed (8,6)","output":"### Answer: STAMFORD BRIDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chelsea's football ground \nFORD and BRIDGE=\"two crossings\"; after MATS=\"carpets\" reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 12 Paul owned on film (6)","output":"### Answer: ETIHAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Manchester City's football ground \nI=\"Paul\" + HAD=\"owned\"; after ET=\"film\" by Spielberg"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crew member pocketing a charm (4)","output":"### Answer: COAX \n ### Explanation: COX=rowing crew member, around \"A\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Back socialist after U-turn, right-wing politician being offensive (10)","output":"### Answer: DEROGATORY \n ### Explanation: AGO=\"Back\" + RED=\"socialist\", both reversed\/\"after U-turn\"; plus TORY=\"right-wing politician\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dirt, GO? (6)","output":"### Answer: GROUND \n ### Explanation: GO -> G + O -> G + ROUND (describing the letter 'O')"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dark coloured head and forehead on knight (3-5)","output":"### Answer: NUT BROWN \n ### Explanation: NUT=\"head\" + BROW=\"forehead\" + N (knight, in chess notation)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop cutting curly hair daily (3,4)","output":"### Answer: PER DIEM \n ### Explanation: DIE=\"Stop\" inside PERM=\"curly hair\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unknown number visiting away 12 (7)","output":"### Answer: ANFIELD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Liverpool's football ground \nN=\"Unknown number\" inside AFIELD=\"away\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bit stuck in lift that hasn't open\u00aded, one giving the illusion of movement? (2,6)","output":"### Answer: OP ARTIST \n ### Explanation: definition: 'op art' is art that makes use of optical illusions \nPART=\"Bit\" inside [H]OIST=\"lift\" without its opening letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Splash out on Midlands 12 (6,7)","output":"### Answer: LONDON STADIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: West Ham's football ground, formerly known as the Olympic Stadium for London 2012 \nanagram\/\"Splash\" of (out on Midlands)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nasty look securing newspaper worker for Punch (4-6)","output":"### Answer: LEFT-HANDER \n ### Explanation: definition: a strike or 'punch' with the left hand \nLEER=\"Nasty look\" around: FT (Financial Times, newspaper) + HAND=\"worker\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Valley area underneath emptied into rivers (4)","output":"### Answer: RUHR \n ### Explanation: Definition: the Ruhr area in Germany \nU-nderneat-H emptied out, and inside R + R (two rivers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Happy taking flight in one's mind? (8)","output":"### Answer: UPSTAIRS \n ### Explanation: definition as used in informal\/euphemistic phrases to describe someone's intellect e.g. 'not much going on upstairs' \nUP=\"Happy\" + STAIRS=\"flight\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bully races out where it all kicks off? (2,6)","output":"### Answer: AT SOURCE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Bully\" of (races out)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 12 swapping halves in test? (4)","output":"### Answer: AMEX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brighton and Hove Albion's football ground \nEXAM=\"test\", with the first half of letters swapped for the second"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Despicable type almost finished (6)","output":"### Answer: SORDID \n ### Explanation: SOR[t]=\"type almost\" + DID=\"finished\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trouble over sphincter, tender (7)","output":"### Answer: ADORING \n ### Explanation: ADO=\"Trouble\" + RING=\"sphincter\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Raise cube enclosed by layer (8)","output":"### Answer: HEIGHTEN \n ### Explanation: EIGHT=\"cube\" as 'two cubed'=2^3=8; inside HEN=\"layer\" of eggs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brother I see sent up after relative losing head in prison (10)","output":"### Answer: CISTERCIAN \n ### Explanation: definition: member of an order of monks \nI + C (letter phonetically spelled as 'see'), both reversed\/\"sent up\", after [s]ISTER=\"relative losing head\"; all inside CAN=\"prison\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 12 in a word shifting under root vegetable, briefly (6,4)","output":"### Answer: CARROW ROAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Norwich City's football ground \nanagram\/\"shifting\" of (a word)*, after CARRO[t]=\"root vegetable, briefly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Substitute player knocked unconscious, part of boot on youngster's head (10)","output":"### Answer: UNDERSTUDY \n ### Explanation: UNDER=\"knocked unconscious\" + STUD=\"part of boot\" + Y[oungster]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 12: 12 that is with stream (8)","output":"### Answer: EMIRATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arsenal's football ground \nanagram\/'ground' of (i.e. stream)*, where i.e.=\"that is\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lovely tune, ultimately inspiring start of hymn \u2014 listen! (4,4)","output":"### Answer: LOOK HERE \n ### Explanation: LOOKER=\"Lovely\" as a noun meaning an attractive person + [tun]E, and around H[ymn]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Motion's art form \u2014 might that be in him? (6)","output":"### Answer: POETRY \n ### Explanation: reference to Andrew Motion, former Poet Laureate; and reference to the phrase 'poetry in motion'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Table includes boundaries from your old player (6)","output":"### Answer: LYRIST \n ### Explanation: LIST=\"Table\" around outer letters\/\"boundaries\" from Y[ou]R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: About time \u2014 pull in abdomen desperately (one who's trying to look sexy?) (8,6)","output":"### Answer: PLATINUM BLONDE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"desperately\" of (pull in abdomen)*, around T (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl from Welsh valley extremely down about leaving (5)","output":"### Answer: RHODA \n ### Explanation: RHO**nd**DA is a \"Welsh valley\", with the extreme letters of **d**-ow-**n** reversed\/\"about\" and leaving"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Western director screens short story \u2014 never mind (3,5)","output":"### Answer: LET ALONE \n ### Explanation: Sergio LEONE=director of Western films , around TAL[e]=\"short story\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wish to keep going round state capital (7)","output":"### Answer: YEREVAN \n ### Explanation: YEN=\"Wish\" around AVER=\"state\" reversed\/\"going round\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Theatrical friend in hotel, having forgotten new address (7)","output":"### Answer: HORATIO \n ### Explanation: definition: Hamlet's friend in Shakespeare's play \nH (hotel, NATO alphabet) + ORATIO[n]=\"address\" forgetting the 'n' for \"new\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Temper! Losing head a lot (5)","output":"### Answer: OFTEN \n ### Explanation: [s]OFTEN=\"Temper\", losing the first letter\/\"head\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Big game reserve visited by a Member of Parliament? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SUPER BOWL \n ### Explanation: SUB (substitute, \"reserve\" player) around PER=\"a\" as in 'per day'\/'a day', then 'parliament' is the collective noun for owls, so OWL=\"Member of Parliament\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pound's poetry, one admitted, having a lot of charm, initially (9)","output":"### Answer: PULVERISE \n ### Explanation: VERSE=\"poetry\" around I=\"one\"; with PUL[L]=\"a lot of charm\" going in front\/\"initially\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Occupying room as on-off lodger, might you say? (5)","output":"### Answer: MASON \n ### Explanation: definition: reference to a Masonic lodge \nhidden in roo-M AS ON-off"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Excellent beer' in review for Crown and Sceptre? (7)","output":"### Answer: REGALIA \n ### Explanation: AI=A1=\"Excellent\" + LAGER=\"beer\"; all reversed\/\"in review\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Victory? Sore loser back in touch is claiming one \u2026 (7)","output":"### Answer: TRIUMPH \n ### Explanation: [Donald] TRUMP=\"Sore loser\" + the back letter in touc-H; around I=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 bloke's a show-off! Think he could be desperate (5,3)","output":"### Answer: FANCY DAN \n ### Explanation: FANCY=\"Think\", plus a reference to Desperate DAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wife's responsibility mostly to children (5)","output":"### Answer: DUTCH \n ### Explanation: definition: rhyming slang \u2013 short for 'Duchess of Fife' meaning wife \nDUT[y]=\"responsibility mostly\" + CH (children)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feel terrific \u2014 holy orders (not RC) providing a comfortable situation (3,4,2,5)","output":"### Answer: THE LIFE OF RILEY \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"orders\" of (Feel terrific holy)* minus letters RC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Do exercises in bad shape to begin with \u2014 they won't bring much joy (5,7)","output":"### Answer: PARTY POOPERS \n ### Explanation: PARTY=\"Do\", plus PE (physical education, \"exercises\") inside POOR=\"bad\", plus beginning of S-hape"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Romance a special one? Not half! (5)","output":"### Answer: AMOUR \n ### Explanation: A + MOUR-inho=\"special one? Not half!\" referring to football manager Jos\u00e9 Mourinho , known as 'the Special One'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Naive and stupid, snorting cocaine earlier (2,7)","output":"### Answer: IN ADVANCE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"stupid\" of (Naive and)*, around C (cocaine)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aim to have day in American hills (7)","output":"### Answer: UPLANDS \n ### Explanation: PLAN=\"Aim\" + D (day); all in US=\"American\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Neither down about college failure (5-2)","output":"### Answer: BOTCH-UP \n ### Explanation: BOTH UP=\"Neither down\", around C (college)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Liberal entering has been received topless \u2014 he'd get an eyeful! (5)","output":"### Answer: OGLER \n ### Explanation: L (Liberal) inside r-OGER=\"has been received\" in radio communications, without its top letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Assume it's a 'no' for replacement gifts (9)","output":"### Answer: DONATIONS \n ### Explanation: DON=put on=\"Assume\", plus anagram\/\"for replacement\" of (it's a no)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Horny as hell, dropping spades \u2014 it maybe could lead to this (4,2,3,3)","output":"### Answer: ROLL IN THE HAY \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"maybe\" of (Horny as hell it)*, minus a letter S (spades)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Paper on strike cutting the supply (9)","output":"### Answer: TELEGRAPH \n ### Explanation: LEG=\"on\" side in cricket + RAP=\"strike\"; both inside anagram\/\"supply\" of (the)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nudge when maintaining one's balance (9)","output":"### Answer: REMAINDER \n ### Explanation: REMINDER=\"Nudge\" around\u00a0*A=\"one\"*\u00a0~~I=\"one\"~~ *edit thanks to Tim C in the comments"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Helping one ingenue to conceal affair (2,3,2)","output":"### Answer: IN AID OF \n ### Explanation: I=\"one\" + NAIF\/na\u00eff=\"ingenue\" around DO=\"affair\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Use up reserves of energy mating \u2014 stop! (both stripped) (3,4)","output":"### Answer: EAT INTO \n ### Explanation: E (energy) + m-ATIN-g s-TO-p, both stripped of outer letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pub grub like this shouldn't be too fattening (5)","output":"### Answer: LOCAL \n ### Explanation: LO CAL as in 'low calorie' grub might not be too fattening"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mike's gone back in lead perhaps (5)","output":"### Answer: METAL \n ### Explanation: M (Mike, Nato alphabet) + LATE=\"gone\" reversed\/\"back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A lot of meat to keep moist in pan (8)","output":"### Answer: LAMBASTE \n ### Explanation: definition: \"pan\" meaning to criticise harshly\n \na lot of LAM[b]=\"meat\" + BASTE=\"keep moist\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be averse to getting into pedalo at headland (6)","output":"### Answer: LOATHE \n ### Explanation: hidden in peda-LO AT HE-adland"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rabbit or donkey (2,2)","output":"### Answer: GO ON \n ### Explanation: definition: to keep talking\n \nGOON=stupid person=\"donkey\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Counterpart of Dancing Queen? It keeps John twirling (10)","output":"### Answer: EQUIVALENT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Dancing\" of (Queen It)*; around LAV=lavatory=\"John\" reversed\/\"twirling\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldiers at front of unit take seditious action (6)","output":"### Answer: REVOLT \n ### Explanation: RE (Royal Engineers, soldiers) + VOLT=\"unit\" of electric potential"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Informed old coin is found in river to the west (8)","output":"### Answer: EDUCATED \n ### Explanation: DUCAT=\"old coin\" inside DEE=\"river\" reversed\/\"to the west\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oppose always following one Pole, then another (6)","output":"### Answer: NAYSAY \n ### Explanation: AY=\"always\" following the N (North) pole, then AY again following the S (South) pole"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reporter's rising to give agreement (6)","output":"### Answer: ASSENT \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"Reporter's\" of 'ascent'=\"rising\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foreign lady not starting books in a blissful state? (8)","output":"### Answer: IGNORANT \n ### Explanation: definition referring to the phrase 'ignorance is bliss' \/ 'blissful ignorance'\n \ns-IGNORA=Italian \"lady\" without the starting letter + NT (New Testament, \"books\" of the Bible)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Draw in net at sea, getting chill (6)","output":"### Answer: ENTICE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"at sea\" of (net)*, plus ICE=\"chill\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having no character drinking tea loudly, like seven pairs of solutions here (10)","output":"### Answer: ANTONYMOUS \n ### Explanation: ANONYMOUS=\"Having no character\", around T=letter pronounced as 'tea'=\"tea loudly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Come to a stop in lake in Panama, say (4)","output":"### Answer: HALT \n ### Explanation: L (lake) in HAT=\"Panama, say\", as a Panama is a type of hat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Think a lot of diamonds get hidden in a bog (6)","output":"### Answer: ADMIRE \n ### Explanation: D (diamonds, in playing cards) inside A MIRE=\"a bog\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record penned in Brussels is getting English acclaim (8)","output":"### Answer: EULOGISE \n ### Explanation: LOG=\"Record\", inside EU=\"Brussels\" + IS + E (English)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Emperor is to keep sleeping, interrupted by lion (8)","output":"### Answer: NAPOLEON \n ### Explanation: NAP ON=\"keep sleeping\"; around LEO=\"lion\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oscar turned up collar in Scottish resort (4)","output":"### Answer: OBAN \n ### Explanation: Oban is a resort town in Scotland\n \nO (Oscar, NATO alphabet) + NAB=arrest a criminal=\"collar\" reversed\/\"turned up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feature a group of extremists seizing power (6)","output":"### Answer: ASPECT \n ### Explanation: A SECT=\"a group of extremists\", around P (power)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bitter and sour, say, from Left cutting benefits (8)","output":"### Answer: FLAVOURS \n ### Explanation: L (Left) cutting into FAVOURS=\"benefits\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old man perhaps accepting post up in assembly (10)","output":"### Answer: PARLIAMENT \n ### Explanation: PARENT=\"Old man perhaps\", around MAIL=\"post\" reversed\/\"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wife with joint which may be beef (6)","output":"### Answer: WHINGE \n ### Explanation: definition: beef as a noun meaning 'complaint' or a verb meaning 'grumble'\n \nW (Wife) + HINGE=\"joint\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Avoided having erroneous beliefs, losing head (6)","output":"### Answer: ELUDED \n ### Explanation: d-ELUDED=\"having erroneous beliefs\", losing the head letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like the living dead with axes? There's nothing silly about that (10)","output":"### Answer: OXYMORONIC \n ### Explanation: definition: the phrase 'living dead' is oxymoronic, combining contradictory terms\n \nX and Y are \"axes\" as in plural of 'axis' in co-ordinate geometry, with O=zero=\"nothing\" + MORONIC=\"silly\" going around"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Examinations of any sales subject to corruption (8)","output":"### Answer: ANALYSES \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"subject to corruption\" of (any sales)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lacking delicacy, time to be more passive? (8)","output":"### Answer: TACTLESS \n ### Explanation: T (time) + ACT LESS=\"be more passive\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kind of light garment under servant's coat (6)","output":"### Answer: STROBE \n ### Explanation: ROBE=\"garment\" after the outer letters of S-ervan-T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gallivants around playing organs, which will generate issue (6)","output":"### Answer: GONADS \n ### Explanation: in the definition, \"issue\" is in the sense of 'offspring'\n \nGADS=wanders leisurely=\"Gallivants\", around ON=\"playing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stands in line and moves gently around it (6)","output":"### Answer: EASELS \n ### Explanation: L (line) with EASES=\"moves gently\" around it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uttered greeting on horse? (4)","output":"### Answer: HIGH \n ### Explanation: definition: 'high' as in under the influence of a drug \u2013 \"horse\" is slang for heroin\n \nhomophone\/\"Uttered\" of 'hi'=\"greeting\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shortly, Samuel will welcome Sidney back for painful practice (6)","output":"### Answer: SADISM \n ### Explanation: SAM[uel] around SID[ney] reversed\/\"back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Family standard husband abandoned when moving (7)","output":"### Answer: KINETIC \n ### Explanation: KIN=\"Family\" + ET[h]IC=\"standard\", with 'h' for \"husband\" removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boycott a cost rise that's outrageous (9)","output":"### Answer: OSTRACISE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"outrageous\" of (a cost rise)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Enormous honour presented by Home Counties (5)","output":"### Answer: OBESE \n ### Explanation: OBE (Order of the British Empire, \"honour\") + SE (South East of England, \"Home Counties\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boiled rice occasionally described as golden? (5)","output":"### Answer: OLDIE \n ### Explanation: definition referring to the phrase 'golden oldie'\n \nevery second letter from b-**O-**i-**L-**e-**D** r-**I-**c-**E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worried after reports of large scale credit crunch (9)","output":"### Answer: MASTICATE \n ### Explanation: ATE=\"Worried\", after homophone\/\"reports\" of 'mass tick'=\"large scale credit\"\n \n'tick' short for 'ticket', a note of credit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Equipment army used to imprison resistance (3,4)","output":"### Answer: LEG IRON \n ### Explanation: LEGION=\"army\" around R (resistance)\n \ndefinition is a bit loose unless \"\u2026used to imprison\" is included"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'm on licence in various places (6)","output":"### Answer: PASSIM \n ### Explanation: definition: from Latin, a term used to indicate that something can be found throughout a cited text\n \nI'M, after PASS=\"licence\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drunk wife straddled horse? On the contrary (6)","output":"### Answer: STEWED \n ### Explanation: W (wife) and STEED=\"horse\"; \"straddled\u2026? On the contrary\" indicates that STEED goes around W rather than the other way around"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lecturer has staple treatment applied for the inexperienced (1-6)","output":"### Answer: LPLATES \n ### Explanation: L (Lecturer) + anagram\/\"treatment\" of (staple)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Children showing high energy (9)","output":"### Answer: OFFSPRING \n ### Explanation: OFF=\"high\" as in rotten meat + SPRING=liveliness=\"energy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contribution to out-take is reversed! (5)","output":"### Answer: INPUT \n ### Explanation: IN and PUT are opposites of \"out\" and \"take\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First of haunting autumnal images Keats used to write poem (5)","output":"### Answer: HAIKU \n ### Explanation: first letters of H-aunting A-utumnal I-mages K-eats U-sed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sign for dance heads removed, showing lack of insight (9)","output":"### Answer: IGNORANCE \n ### Explanation: heads\/first letters removed from s-IGN f-OR d-ANCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Complex fellow takes fish back into work (7)","output":"### Answer: OEDIPUS \n ### Explanation: definition referring to the idea of an 'Oedipus complex'\n \nIDE=type of \"fish\" reversed\/\"back\" inside OPUS=\"ork\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Consumption makes a comeback during week at Nice (6)","output":"### Answer: INTAKE \n ### Explanation: hidden reversed inside\/\"makes a comeback during\": we-EK AT NI-ce"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird present in plant by lake (4,3)","output":"### Answer: SNOW OWL \n ### Explanation: NOW=\"present\" inside SOW=\"plant\" plus L (lake)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Took out someone a bit past it (5)","output":"### Answer: DATED \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soccer war stirred up by one not moving in field (9)","output":"### Answer: SCARECROW \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"stirred up\" of (Soccer war)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King seen, perhaps, giving party (5,2)","output":"### Answer: KNEES UP \n ### Explanation: K (King), plus NEES UP in a crossword down clue would indicate a reversal of NEES, giving \"seen\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl from the middle of Panama becoming saint (5)","output":"### Answer: NAOMI \n ### Explanation: middle letters from pa-NA-ma bec-OM-ing sa-I-nt"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mad Hatter is taking on top end counsellor (9)","output":"### Answer: THERAPIST \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Mad\" of (Hatter is)*, around end letter of to-P"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rough reportedly served on ship (6)","output":"### Answer: CREWED \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"reportedly\" of 'crude'=\"Rough\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He could kill staff supporting strike (6)","output":"### Answer: HITMAN \n ### Explanation: MAN=\"staff\" after HIT=\"strike\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: German chap was electrocuted \u2014 about time! (9)","output":"### Answer: GOTTFRIED \n ### Explanation: GOT FRIED=\"was electrocuted\", around T (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keep going, having disposed of energy guzzling appliance (7,2)","output":"### Answer: SOLDIER ON \n ### Explanation: SOLD=\"disposed of\", plus E (energy) inside IRON=\"appliance\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fabrications found by Welsh chap in the papers (7)","output":"### Answer: DAILIES \n ### Explanation: LIES=\"Fabrications\" after DAI=Welsh name"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Caption giving information in form of light (6)","output":"### Answer: LEGEND \n ### Explanation: GEN=[gen-eral] \"information\"; inside LED (Light-Emitting Diode)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tough but very much present! (2,5)","output":"### Answer: SO THERE \n ### Explanation: definition: 'Tough!' and 'So there!' are exclamations of defiance\n \nSO=\"very much\" + THERE=\"present\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Secure land abandoned by thousands \u2014 how sad! (3,3)","output":"### Answer: BOO HOO \n ### Explanation: BOO-k=\"Secure\" + HOO-k=\"land\" a fish; each losing a 'k' or 'kilo' i.e. \"thousands\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Large quiet pile with desirable parking (5)","output":"### Answer: PLUMP \n ### Explanation: P (piano. \"quiet\") + LUMP=\"pile\"\n \nPLUM=\"desirable\" + P (parking)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Godfather may be facing extinction (5)","output":"### Answer: PANDA \n ### Explanation: \"Godfather\" is split into: PAN=Greek \"God\" + DA=\"father\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top judges flirt with one of Diana's entourage (7,5)","output":"### Answer: SUPREME COURT \n ### Explanation: COURT=\"flirt\" + SUPREME referencing Diana Ross and The Supremes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Complicated birth involving oxygen and end of term clots (7)","output":"### Answer: THROMBI \n ### Explanation: definition: a type of blood clot \nanagram\/\"Complicated\" of (birth) around O (oxygen) and ter-M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foremost of storytelling authors, keenly ironic (4)","output":"### Answer: SAKI \n ### Explanation: definition: a British writer \nfirst letters of S-torytelling A-uthors K-eenly I-ronic"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Filibustering film style? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: SLOW MOTION \n ### Explanation: \u2026or STOP MOTION? \na filibuster is a way to stall a debate (on a proposal\/motion)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Papers urging revolution in event of the 28 (6,6)","output":"### Answer: PRAGUE SPRING \n ### Explanation: an event of the SIXTIES \nanagram\/\"revolution\" of (Papers urging)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gatepost partners for cruciverbalists (3,3,2)","output":"### Answer: YOU AND ME \n ### Explanation: definition: \"you\" the solver[s] and \"me\" the setter are cruciverbalists \nreference to the phrase '[keep it between] you, me, and the gatepost' to indicate a desire for secrecy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Period when hostilities, inter\u00adrupting aid, end badly (9)","output":"### Answer: EDWARDIAN \n ### Explanation: WAR=\"hostilities\" inside anagram\/\"badly\" of (aid end)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In Los Angeles, hopeless retailer (1-4)","output":"### Answer: E-SHOP \n ### Explanation: hidden in Angel-ES HOP-eless"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Solitude of one very Latin about love (9)","output":"### Answer: ISOLATION \n ### Explanation: I=\"one\" + SO=\"very\" + LATIN around O=zero=\"love\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Introduces 13, with the woman being immoral (6,2)","output":"### Answer: USHERS IN \n ### Explanation: US=\"you and me\" + HER=\"the woman\" + SIN=\"[be] immoral\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dogmas aside? (5,5)","output":"### Answer: FIXED IDEAS \n ### Explanation: 'fixed' could be an anagram indicator, so 'fixed ideas' in a crossword clue could indicate an anagram of (ideas)* giving \"aside\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refuse and return some aviator glasses (4)","output":"### Answer: GROT \n ### Explanation: definition: refuse as in garbage \nreversal\/\"return\" of some of avia-TOR G-lasses"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Over five accessories for this decade (7)","output":"### Answer: SIXTIES \n ### Explanation: SIX=\"Over five\" + TIES=neckties=\"accessories\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shock the French after kick-off? (7)","output":"### Answer: STARTLE \n ### Explanation: LE=\"The [in] French\", after START=\"kick-off\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stale so not broadcast (7)","output":"### Answer: UNAIRED \n ### Explanation: double definition: without ventilation to refresh the air, or not aired on e.g. television"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Say, are you home before midnight, feeling sorry? (5)","output":"### Answer: RUING \n ### Explanation: RU=homophone\/\"Say\" of \"are you\" + IN=\"home\" + mid\/night=middle of ni-G-ht"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fool male with ladies problem \u2026 (7)","output":"### Answer: MISLEAD \n ### Explanation: M (male) + anagram\/\"problem\" of (ladies)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 comedy blood? (6)","output":"### Answer: HUMOUR \n ### Explanation: double definition \u2013 the second refers to 'humours' as types of bodily fluid the theory of humourism"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leaving contentious point on painful condition (6,3)","output":"### Answer: OPTING OUT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"contentious\" of (point)* + GOUT=\"painful condition\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stupid mistake to make bread (7)","output":"### Answer: BLOOMER \n ### Explanation: double definition: a blunder, or a type of loaf"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Measure by sexism? An odd activity! (4,4,5)","output":"### Answer: BODY MASS INDEX \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"activity\" of (by sexism An odd)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Making up is indicated, say after lunchtime (9)","output":"### Answer: ATONEMENT \n ### Explanation: MENT=homophone of 'meant'=\"indicated, say\"; after AT ONE=\"lunchtime\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: His aim's to produce fish (7)","output":"### Answer: SASHIMI \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"to produce\" of (His aim's)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spits blood and isolates? Not a problem! (5,2)","output":"### Answer: LOSES IT \n ### Explanation: definition: to 'split blood' is to be very angry \nanagram\/\"problem\" of (isolates)* minus the 'a'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On the pitch that hurts a long way (3,4)","output":"### Answer: OWN GOAL \n ### Explanation: OW=\"that hurts\" + anagram of (a long)*, with \"way\" as anagram indicator?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aim for wash, spin, dry, yes? Take clothes off! (6)","output":"### Answer: ASPIRE \n ### Explanation: w-**AS**-h s-**PI**-n d-**R**-y y-E-s, with the outer letters\/\"clothes\" taken off"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American exactitude shown in stiff feature (5)","output":"### Answer: RIGOR \n ### Explanation: definition: American spelling of 'rigour' \nI think this is a reference to 'rigor mortis', with \"stiff\" as slang for a dead body"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A great deal contributed within limits of policy (6)","output":"### Answer: PLENTY \n ### Explanation: LENT=\"contributed\" inside outer letters of P-olic-Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Support for young boxer, perhaps (4,2)","output":"### Answer: PROP UP \n ### Explanation: PRO=\"for\" + PUP=puppy=\"young boxer [dog breed], perhaps\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe Saudi theologian in distance, always keeping to the rear (6,9)","output":"### Answer: MIDDLE EASTERNER \n ### Explanation: DD (Doctor of Divinity, theologian) inside MILE=\"distance\", plus E'ER=\"always\" around ASTERN=\"to the rear\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Holidaymaker affected to a greater extent? (6)","output":"### Answer: CAMPER \n ### Explanation: CAMP-ER=more camp, more affected\/deliberately exaggerated"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Move back match official, one refused by coaches previously (8)","output":"### Answer: TRANSFER \n ### Explanation: reversal\/\"back\" of REF (referee, match official); and I=\"one\" leaving TRA-I-NS=\"coaches\", which is put before the other fodder (previously)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Who's last to be welcomed by assembled crewmen? (8)","output":"### Answer: NEWCOMER \n ### Explanation: O=the last of 'wh-O'=\"Who's last\", inside anagram\/\"assembled\" of (crewman)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Case of dirty clothing isn't nice (6)","output":"### Answer: DAINTY \n ### Explanation: \"Case\" or outer letters of D-irt-Y, going around\/\"clothing\" AIN'T=\"isn't\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scandal reflected on a society girl (6)","output":"### Answer: ASTRID \n ### Explanation: DIRT=\"Scandal\" reversed\/\"reflected\", after A + S (society)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nutmeg seen in part of London gym? No chance! (4,4)","output":"### Answer: SOME HOPE \n ### Explanation: ME=\"Nutmeg\" inside SOHO=\"part of London\", plus PE (physical exercise, \"gym\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where VAT requires change of any kind (8)","output":"### Answer: WHATEVER \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"change\" of (Where VAT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He scored 1,000 down under and rivalled their openers (6)","output":"### Answer: MOZART \n ### Explanation: definition: as in musical scores \nM=Roman numeral for \"1,000\" + OZ=Australia=\"down under\" + opening letters of *A-nd* R-ivalled T-heir\u00a0*edit thanks to ngaiolaurenson"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Frame splenetic review of history play (4,4,2,5)","output":"### Answer: LOOK BACK IN ANGER \n ### Explanation: definition: a play by John Osborne \nunsure how to parse this \u2013 \"splenetic review of history\" would make sense to me as LOOK BACK [review of history] IN ANGER [splenetic], so I'm not sure if \"Frame\" is an instruction to put together the other elements or if I'm missing something else"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vet's mask (6)","output":"### Answer: SCREEN \n ### Explanation: double definition: \"Vet\" as a verb as in 'vetted by police'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ladies possibly wanting occupation, I admitted (6)","output":"### Answer: TOILET \n ### Explanation: TO LET=\"wanting occupation\", with I inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mobile hospital covers indep\u00adendent sector institutions (7,7)","output":"### Answer: PRIVATE SCHOOLS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Mobile\" of (hospital covers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eventually finish parody, scratching head (3,2)","output":"### Answer: END UP \n ### Explanation: s-END UP=\"parody\", losing its head letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Proposition from those folk holding Scandinavian capital (7)","output":"### Answer: THEOREM \n ### Explanation: THEM=\"those folk\" around ORE (\u00f6re is Swedish currency or \"Scandinavian capital\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: County ground showing initial score (7)","output":"### Answer: RUTLAND \n ### Explanation: LAND=\"ground\", with RUT=groove=\"score\" put in front because of \"initial\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gives up personal words spoken before sex between married couple (5,4)","output":"### Answer: PARTS WITH \n ### Explanation: PARTS=\"personal words spoken\" by e.g. characters in a play, plus IT=\"sex\" in between W (wife) and H (husband)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tense and terse response to a well-chosen gift? (7,7)","output":"### Answer: PRESENT PERFECT \n ### Explanation: definition: a grammatical tense \n[this] PRESENT [is] PERFECT=\"terse response to a well-chosen gift\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Impressive tactic to overcome disablement (6,6)","output":"### Answer: MASTER STROKE \n ### Explanation: MASTER=\"overcome\" + STROKE=\"disablement\" of neurological function"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Superintendent close to entrance stopping joyrider? (9)","output":"### Answer: CARETAKER \n ### Explanation: the end letter\/\"close\" to entranc-E, inside CAR TAKER=\"joyrider\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Setter's contrarily breaking engagement to take another course (7)","output":"### Answer: DEVIATE \n ### Explanation: I'VE=setter has=\"Setter's\" reversed\/\"contrarily\", inside DATE=\"engagement\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reminder from blokes in feminist campaign truncated (7)","output":"### Answer: MEMENTO \n ### Explanation: MEN=\"blokes\" in ME TO-o=\"feminist movement\" truncated"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Forming bands visible in horizon, almost (5)","output":"### Answer: ZONAL \n ### Explanation: hidden in hori-ZON AL-most"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Playful old chef using lime tips in beer (7)","output":"### Answer: JOCULAR \n ### Explanation: the tips of O-ld C-hef U-sing L-ime, inside JAR=\"[a glass of] beer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jump into suit and dive (4,3)","output":"### Answer: FLEA PIT \n ### Explanation: definition as in a dive bar \nLEAP=\"Jump\" in FIT=\"suit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Walk out in opposition to arrest (3,2)","output":"### Answer: RUN IN \n ### Explanation: \"Walk\" and \"out\" are opposites to RUN and IN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Repair to new roof is a bargain (3,3,3)","output":"### Answer: TWO FOR ONE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Repair\" of (to new roof)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feeling exhausted and isolated (3,2,5)","output":"### Answer: OUT OF TOUCH \n ### Explanation: \u2026TOUCH=\"Feeling\", and \"exhausted\"=[to have run] OUT OF\u2026"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make 25% by getting one over it (4)","output":"### Answer: FOUR \n ### Explanation: the definition could also include the '(4)' \n\"one over\" FOUR is 1\/4 or 25%"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Customised leather rafts sail over the edge, if they're right (4-8)","output":"### Answer: FLAT-EARTHERS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Customised\" of (leather rafts)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It is answered with relief (4,2,6)","output":"### Answer: CALL OF NATURE \n ### Explanation: definition referring to 'relieving oneself'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Demand silence on party money (4)","output":"### Answer: DOSH \n ### Explanation: SH=to shush=\"Demand silence\", after DO=\"party\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ideal power structure embraces force (10)","output":"### Answer: PERFECTION \n ### Explanation: P (Power) + ERECTION=\"structure\" around F (force)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mutated rural mice become erratic (9)","output":"### Answer: MERCURIAL \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Mutated\" of (rural mice)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Europeans make eyepiece with high finish (5)","output":"### Answer: IRISH \n ### Explanation: IRIS=part of eye=\"eye \/ piece\" with the finish of hig-H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fall for rotter in action (7)","output":"### Answer: CASCADE \n ### Explanation: CAD=\"rotter\" in CASE=lawsuit=\"action\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being drug-free, one avoids exploitation (3-4)","output":"### Answer: NON-USER \n ### Explanation: I think the wordplay refers to another meaning of USER as in someone that exploits other people"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clash finished? Not quite and few may understand it (6)","output":"### Answer: JARGON \n ### Explanation: JAR=\"Clash\" + GON[e]=\"finished? Not quite\" \na bit awkward to have both the 1ac\/1dn JARs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old king is engaging with an insider (6)","output":"### Answer: CANUTE \n ### Explanation: CUTE=\"engaging\" with \"AN\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet expressing pain after desire waned (10)","output":"### Answer: LONGFELLOW \n ### Explanation: OW=\"expressing pain\" after LONG=\"desire\" + FELL=\"waned\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relationship formed by medium putting time in for daughter (5)","output":"### Answer: RATIO \n ### Explanation: definition: a mathematical relationship or proportion \nRA-d-IO=\"medium\" with T (time) replacing d (daughter)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Watch Flora dancing without a sequence of steps to follow (4,5)","output":"### Answer: FLOW CHART \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"dancing\" of (Watch Flora)*, minus an 'a'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: School sited between Derby and Oxford, initially (4)","output":"### Answer: ETON \n ### Explanation: the letters 'E to N' or E TO N are between the initials of \"Derby and Oxford\" i.e. letters D and O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One pushing for union member\u00adship expected to bend the knee (8)","output":"### Answer: PROPOSER \n ### Explanation: definition referring to a proposal of marriage (union)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Golden-hearted believer may provide some ideas (8)","output":"### Answer: THEORIST \n ### Explanation: OR='gold', in the heart of THEIST=\"believer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Temptation to clean out account with purchase (10)","output":"### Answer: ATTRACTION \n ### Explanation: A-ccoun-T \"cleaned out\" of its inner letters + TRACTION=\"purchase\" in the sense of 'grip'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Submission issuer occasionally supports to soften things up (9)","output":"### Answer: TENDERISE \n ### Explanation: TENDER=\"Submission\" + occasional letters from I-s-S-u-E-r"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unexpectedly, I came across rogue professor (8)","output":"### Answer: ACADEMIC \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Unexpectedly\" of (I came)* around CAD=\"rogue\" \na second CAD after 27ac"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A ramble up around Stein Head provides variety (3-5)","output":"### Answer: ALL-SORTS \n ### Explanation: A, plus STROLL=\"ramble\" reversed\/\"up\" around the head of S-tein"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bond's capture of copper puts things straight (6)","output":"### Answer: TIDIES \n ### Explanation: TIE'S=\"Bond's\" around DI=Detective Inspector=\"copper\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Herculean chore involves stop at sea (6)","output":"### Answer: ANCHOR \n ### Explanation: hidden in Hercule-AN CHOR-e"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminal attacked one left out (5)","output":"### Answer: FELON \n ### Explanation: FELL ON=\"attacked\" with one L (left) taken out"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Restaurant has a certain atmosphere (4)","output":"### Answer: AURA \n ### Explanation: hidden in Rest-AURA-nt"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party allowed by Yard? That's chicanery! (9)","output":"### Answer: DUPLICITY \n ### Explanation: DUP (Democratic Unionist Party) + LICIT=\"allowed\" + Y (yard)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One banished from historic mansion leaving quietly? (5)","output":"### Answer: EXILE \n ### Explanation: EX (former, \"historic\") + P-ILE=\"mansion\" minus P (piano, \"quietly\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Love, I talk a lot about big beasts (7)","output":"### Answer: NILGAIS \n ### Explanation: definition: large Asian antelopes\n \nNIL=zero=\"Love\", plus I with GAS=\"talk a lot\" about it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fighting security measure, he may leave you spellbound (7)","output":"### Answer: WARLOCK \n ### Explanation: WAR=\"Fighting\" + LOCK=\"security measure\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fire individual that's not succeeded (5)","output":"### Answer: INGLE \n ### Explanation: definition: a fire \/ fireplace\n \nS-INGLE=\"individual\" minus S (short for succeeded as in e.g. royal succession)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drinkers' song from master during boozy birthday (9)","output":"### Answer: DITHYRAMB \n ### Explanation: definition: a hymn to Dionysus, Greek god of wine\n \nM (master) in anagram\/\"boozy\" of (birthday)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'All in at election after touring', as country's leader once reputedly said (1,6,4,1,3)","output":"### Answer: I CANNOT TELL A LIE \n ### Explanation: definition: a quote attributed to George Washington\n \nanagram\/\"after touring\" of (All in at election)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Way to get entitlements? One claimed they're not bent (9)","output":"### Answer: STRAIGHTS \n ### Explanation: ST (Street, \"Way\") + RIGHTS=\"entitlements\" around A=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rank of those originally involved in investigation (5)","output":"### Answer: CASTE \n ### Explanation: T-hose (first letter\/\"originally\") inside CASE=\"investigation\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Why I'm surprised to get backing (4,3)","output":"### Answer: WHAT FOR \n ### Explanation: WHAT=exclamation of surprise + FOR=\"backing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bloke largely innocent, on reflection, but keeping the truth hidden (5-2)","output":"### Answer: COVER-UP \n ### Explanation: COVE=a man, a chap=\"Bloke\" + most of PUR-e=\"largely innocent\" reversed\/\"on reflection\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One successful outcome of trade negotiations \u2014 perfect! (5)","output":"### Answer: IDEAL \n ### Explanation: I=\"One\" + DEAL=\"successful outcome of trade negotiations\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Great man, as Boris really is first! (9)","output":"### Answer: ALEXANDER \n ### Explanation: definition: reference to Alexander the Great\n \nAlexander is Boris Johnson's real first name"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is definite about names (10)","output":"### Answer: IDENTIFIES \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"about\" of (Is definite)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In a diary recalled work meeting one afternoon \u2014 this justifies conduct? (8)","output":"### Answer: APOLOGIA \n ### Explanation: reversed\/\"recalled\" OP=\"work\", inside A LOG=\"a diary\" + I=\"one\" + A (afternoon)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Talk about current lawbreaker at sea (6)","output":"### Answer: PIRATE \n ### Explanation: PRATE=\"Talk\" about I=symbol for electric \"current\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Height of failure? Lie! (8)","output":"### Answer: MISSPEAK \n ### Explanation: MISS PEAK=\"Height of failure\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Yes, seen rarely to possess intelligence \u2014 I can vouch for it (10)","output":"### Answer: EYEWITNESS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"rarely\" of (Yes seen)*, around WIT=\"intelligence\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Starts to prevaricate over man in trouble \u2014 flipping fatty lump (6)","output":"### Answer: LIPOMA \n ### Explanation: starting letters to P-revaricate O-ver M-an; all inside AIL=\"trouble\" reversed\/\"flipping\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In truth, acted deplorably \u2014 it means others shouldn't have to pay the price for you (5,5)","output":"### Answer: DUTCH TREAT \n ### Explanation: definition: splitting the bill for e.g. a meal\n \nanagram\/\"deplorably\" of (In truth acted)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweetheart, continue having drinks outside! We look after the workers (10)","output":"### Answer: BEEKEEPERS \n ### Explanation: definition: referring to worker bees\n \n\"Sweetheart\" => heart of 'sw-E-et', plus KEEP=\"continue\"; with BEERS=\"drinks\" outside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Digital appliance fine (all I need to change) (4,4)","output":"### Answer: NAIL FILE \n ### Explanation: definition: 'digits' as in fingers\n \nanagram\/\"to change\" of (fine all I)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inspector overshadowed in case (half redacted, unfortunately) (8)","output":"### Answer: LESTRADE \n ### Explanation: LEST=\"in case\" + anagram\/\"unfortunately\" of the first half of (reda)* -cted"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brought up rule with listeners (6)","output":"### Answer: REARED \n ### Explanation: R (rule) + EARED=having ears=\"with listeners\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Whip's greeting included warning (6)","output":"### Answer: CAVEAT \n ### Explanation: CAT=cat-o'-nine-tails, a \"Whip\"; around AVE=Latin \"greeting\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old opponent of Tories now highly content? (4)","output":"### Answer: WHIG \n ### Explanation: contained in, part of the \"content\" of: no-W HIG-hly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being worthy of respect? Conservative's looking embarrassed (4)","output":"### Answer: CRED \n ### Explanation: C (Conservative) + RED=\"looking embarrassed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Joint with soft drink brought round: thanks for the snack (9)","output":"### Answer: CHIPOLATA \n ### Explanation: HIP=\"Joint\" with COLA=\"soft drink\" around it; plus TA=\"thanks\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trophy I had as boy archer (5)","output":"### Answer: CUPID \n ### Explanation: CUP=\"Trophy\" + I'D=\"I had\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The nose one looks down? (5)","output":"### Answer: SNOOT \n ### Explanation: double definition: a nose; or a snooty person"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One day this person will be caught out (5,4)","output":"### Answer: APRIL FOOL \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition: a specific \"One day\" of the year, rather than \"One day\" in the future"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fake medic turned away (3)","output":"### Answer: COD \n ### Explanation: DOC=doctor=\"medic\", reversed\/\"turned away\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweeping, managing to cover stretch of river (3-8)","output":"### Answer: FAR-REACHING \n ### Explanation: FARING=\"managing\" around REACH=\"stretch of river\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's beaten by hostile tribe (3,4)","output":"### Answer: WARDRUM \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition: \"beaten\" as in 'struck' rather than 'defeated'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prominent foreigner in the way (7)","output":"### Answer: SALIENT \n ### Explanation: ALIEN=\"foreigner\" in ST (street, \"way\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The start of everything, a very noisy affair? (3,4)","output":"### Answer: BIG BANG \n ### Explanation: a BIG BANG could also mean a loud noise"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quarrelsome when talking in takeaway shop (7)","output":"### Answer: CHIPPIE \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"when talking\" of 'chippy'=\"Quarrelsome\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stick parts of biro delicately together (3)","output":"### Answer: ROD \n ### Explanation: hidden in\/\"parts of\": bi-RO D-elicately"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finished in a group, so left alone (9)","output":"### Answer: ABANDONED \n ### Explanation: DONE=\"Finished\" inside A BAND=\"a group\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Was he just a monk before? (5)","output":"### Answer: PRIOR \n ### Explanation: first definition: someone in charge of a priory of monks"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having lived, died with mark of beating (5)","output":"### Answer: DWELT \n ### Explanation: D (died) + WELT=\"mark of beating\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: All but one of the team drop out of this (5,4)","output":"### Answer: RELAY RACE \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition: All but one of the team stop before the race finishes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Realise Daisy is a source of easy money (4,3)","output":"### Answer: CASH COW \n ### Explanation: CASH=convert into money=\"Realise\" + COW=\"Daisy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tidy home, given command (2,5)","output":"### Answer: IN ORDER \n ### Explanation: IN=[at] \"home\" + ORDER=\"command\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How one might make the bar, panting (3,2,6)","output":"### Answer: OUT OF BREATH \n ### Explanation: in a crossword\/anagram, one might make 'the bar' OUT OF the letters of (BREATH)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The sort of letters one finds in a crossword (7)","output":"### Answer: ANAGRAM \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition: \"sort\" as in 'sorting'\/'arrangement', rather than 'type'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Close and commonly bald (7)","output":"### Answer: AIRLESS \n ### Explanation: h-AIRLESS=\"bald\", \"commonly\" so dropping the 'H'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endlessly chilly in depression (3)","output":"### Answer: COL \n ### Explanation: COL-d=\"Endlessly chilly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Biographical sketch is for dossier (7)","output":"### Answer: PROFILE \n ### Explanation: PRO=\"for\" + FILE=\"dossier\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dance, heartlessly frivolous pleasure (7)","output":"### Answer: DELIGHT \n ### Explanation: D-anc-E without its middle letters\/\"heartlessly\" + LIGHT=\"frivolous\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A good hand graphically represented (11)","output":"### Answer: CALLIGRAPHY \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"re \u2013 presented\" of (graphically)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ship with pirate (7)","output":"### Answer: BRIGAND \n ### Explanation: BRIG=\"Ship\" + AND=\"with\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Serious expert's dissatisfied look (7)","output":"### Answer: GRIMACE \n ### Explanation: GRIM=\"Serious\" + ACE=\"expert\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One picking up scraps in general mess (7)","output":"### Answer: GLEANER \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"mess\" of (general)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Easy shot, we hear, over key stronghold (7)","output":"### Answer: CITADEL \n ### Explanation: CITA- is a homophone\/\"we hear\" of 'sitter'=\"Easy shot\" e.g. in football; plus DEL ('delete' key for a computer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Piece of Bach, perhaps: leave it alone to start with (7)","output":"### Answer: PARTITA \n ### Explanation: PART=to depart=\"leave\" + IT + start of A-lone"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Approve of Red Nose fooling (7)","output":"### Answer: ENDORSE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"fooling\" of (Red Nose)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dorothy comes to a full stop (3)","output":"### Answer: DOT \n ### Explanation: DOT is a short form of Dorothy; \"full stop\" as in a punctuation mark"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Giving Gone Girl new review in his extended period at the top (4,5)","output":"### Answer: LONG REIGN \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"review\" of (Gone Girl n[ew])"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I hear you on the radio (5)","output":"### Answer: ROGER \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition: a way to say 'I hear you' on the radio"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In navy after misfortune blossomed (5)","output":"### Answer: BLOWN \n ### Explanation: Rufus was in the Royal Navy, and was known for including nautical references in his puzzles \nN (navy) after BLOW=\"misfortune\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Do cursory alteration to trousers (9)","output":"### Answer: CORDUROYS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"alteration\" of (Do cursory)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He, as a qualified judge, about to discharge European detained (7)","output":"### Answer: REFEREE \n ### Explanation: Rufus is a qualified football referee \nRE=\"about\" + FREE=\"discharge\" with E (European) inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rosemary, who sings soprano with broadcast choral groups (7)","output":"### Answer: SQUIRES \n ### Explanation: Rosemary Squires the singer \nS (soprano) + homophone of 'choirs'=\"broadcast choral groups'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Devotee starts off filling in easy 9 down (5)","output":"### Answer: FIEND \n ### Explanation: the starting letters of F-illing I-n E-asy N-ine D-own"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What enables one to pinpoint place for doctors (3)","output":"### Answer: GPS \n ### Explanation: GPS devices, or GPs (doctors)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In days before, this was him (5)","output":"### Answer: DANTE \n ### Explanation: Rufus also set crosswords as Dante in the Financial Times \nD (days) + ANTE=\"before\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keep an eye on certain short curtain (7)","output":"### Answer: SURVEIL \n ### Explanation: SUR[e]=\"certain short\" + VEIL=\"curtain\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Joined by crazy admirer (7)","output":"### Answer: MARRIED \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"crazy\" of (admirer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refund so, if his work not this amusing? (4,2,3)","output":"### Answer: FULL OF FUN \n ### Explanation: Re-**FUN**-d is FULL OF **FUN** \u2013 not sure if it's part of the wordplay that the remaining letters spell RED (Rufus is Latin for 'red')"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unfortunately, a gap his retirement left? (5)","output":"### Answer: ALACK \n ### Explanation: A LACK=\"a gap\" \u2013 I think the rest of the surface references Rufus and is not part of the wordplay"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He tricked his way into this 1 (5,6)","output":"### Answer: MAGIC CIRCLE \n ### Explanation: Rufus was a member of this CLUB"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wearing this one looks like nothing on earth (9)","output":"### Answer: SPACESUIT \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reserving energy, switch positions with unique individual (3-3)","output":"### Answer: ONE-OFF \n ### Explanation: ON and OFF are \"switch positions\", around E (energy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: His home game covered by press (10)","output":"### Answer: IRONBRIDGE \n ### Explanation: Rufus lives in Ironbridge, Shropshire \nBRIDGE=card \"game\", with IRON=\"press\" on top"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Puzzle set, turns and hands it over (8)","output":"### Answer: ENTRUSTS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Puzzle\" of (set turns)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contributor to our duplicitous language (4)","output":"### Answer: URDU \n ### Explanation: hidden in o-UR DU-plicitous"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plenty of success in the past, moving round (1,4,3)","output":"### Answer: A GOOD RUN \n ### Explanation: AGO=\"in the past\" + anagram\/\"moving\" of (round)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Raise tender for statue (4)","output":"### Answer: EROS \n ### Explanation: Definition: the name of a statue in Piccadilly Circus, London \nreversal\/\"raise\" of SORE=\"tender\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He was a so-called king (5)","output":"### Answer: RUFUS \n ### Explanation: \"He\" is implicitly Rufus in the context of this puzzle, and RUFUS was also a nickname of William II"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being in drink here admitted him to the 19 1 (10)","output":"### Answer: UNDERWATER \n ### Explanation: Rufus became a member of the Goldfish Club after an underwater escape from a crashed aircraft"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endlessly regular, in his place (5)","output":"### Answer: STEAD \n ### Explanation: surface (and perhaps those of 2dn and 5dn) could reference Vulcan often setting in the Guardian on Mondays, which had been Rufus' regular slot \nSTEAD[y]=\"Endlessly regular\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To block noise, sheriff covering those with these? (8)","output":"### Answer: EARPLUGS \n ### Explanation: Wyatt EARP=\"sheriff\" + LUGS=slang for 'ears' which would be covered with 'these' i.e. EARPLUGS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Successful ditchers preparing big cold flush (8,4)","output":"### Answer: GOLDFISH CLUB \n ### Explanation: an association for those, like Rufus, who have survived after ditching an airplane at sea \nanagram\/\"preparing\" of (big cold flush)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Possible association of his fans, all Tories? (6,4)","output":"### Answer: MONDAY CLUB \n ### Explanation: a political group aligned with the Conservatives \nRufus regularly set puzzles for the Guardian on Mondays"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He was a high-flyer who crashed (6)","output":"### Answer: ICARUS \n ### Explanation: description of both Rufus [see 15dn and 19\/1dn] and Icarus \u2013 which is why Rufus chose Icarus as a pseudonym when setting for the Independent"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Setting not right for celebrity (4)","output":"### Answer: FAME \n ### Explanation: F-r-AME=\"Setting\", minus the 'r' for \"right\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clue originally featured in 1 \u2014 and never again? (4)","output":"### Answer: ONCE \n ### Explanation: C[lue] inside ONE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl, one on thin ice away from the sides (4)","output":"### Answer: KATE \n ### Explanation: s-KATE-r=\"one on thin ice\", without its outer letters\/\"sides\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Covering Virginia with sweat, ultimately perverted royal can (8)","output":"### Answer: LAVATORY \n ### Explanation: anagram\/'perverted\" of (royal)* going around\/\"Covering\" VA (Virginia, US state abbr.) + [swea]-T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Single American woman is out (6)","output":"### Answer: ABROAD \n ### Explanation: A=one, \"Single\" + BROAD=\"American woman\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Story books given to public library, initially (4)","output":"### Answer: PLOT \n ### Explanation: OT (Old Testament, \"books\") after P[ublic] L[ibrary]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pulling leg? One might be used to stick on board (7,3)","output":"### Answer: DRAWING PIN \n ### Explanation: DRAWING=\"Pulling\" + PIN=\"leg\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tone in empty bar: call from landlord to stop drinking outside? (6)","output":"### Answer: TIMBRE \n ### Explanation: B-a-R, with TIME=\"call from landlord to stop drinking\" going \"outside\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grow part of wicket that's wearing at front (8)","output":"### Answer: INCREASE \n ### Explanation: CREASE=\"part of wicket\" in cricket; with IN=\"wearing\" (e.g. 'in a T-shirt') going at the front"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Notes from singers on the radio (7)","output":"### Answer: TENNERS \n ### Explanation: definition as in banknotes \nhomophone\/\"on the radio\" of 'tenors'=\"singers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One with speed wrestling around ring in bout (7)","output":"### Answer: EPISODE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"wrestling\" of (I speed), with I=\"One\"; going around O=\"ring\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Climber, perhaps one following main course to summit, shortly (5,3)","output":"### Answer: SWEET PEA \n ### Explanation: definition: a climbing plant \nSWEET=\"one following main course\" + PEA[k]=\"summit, shortly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: AC\/DC quiet round piano playing piece (6)","output":"### Answer: BISHOP \n ### Explanation: \"AC\/DC\" is slang for BI[sexual], plus SH=shush=\"quiet\" + O=\"round\" + P (piano)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dropped teacup, hard to get replacement (10)","output":"### Answer: PARACHUTED \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"to get replacement\" of (teacup, hard)* \nre-placement as in placing the letters in a new order"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cold butter and jam (4)","output":"### Answer: CRAM \n ### Explanation: C (Cold) + RAM=\"butter\", an animal that head-butts"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Might mark cryptic clues (6)","output":"### Answer: MUSCLE \n ### Explanation: M (mark, former German currency) + anagram\/\"cryptic\" of (clues)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Peter out with Rod and Jack on this? (8)","output":"### Answer: FLAGPOLE \n ### Explanation: in definition, \"Jack\" means a flag. (\"Peter\" can also mean a flag, so possibly also part of a definition?) \nFLAG=to droop, to dwindle away=\"Peter out\" + POLE=\"Rod\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One goes over handy tips to catch train (4,4)","output":"### Answer: NAIL FILE \n ### Explanation: \"handy tips\" referring to nails and fingertips \nNAIL=\"catch\" as in 'nail a criminal' + FILE=\"train\" as in a line or sequence of things"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mould in bread, cut end off crust (4)","output":"### Answer: CAST \n ### Explanation: \"Mould\" as in a template for e.g. ceramics \nCAS[h]=\"bread, cut\" + end off [crus]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A piece of cake from party to go off without lid (6)","output":"### Answer: DODDLE \n ### Explanation: DO=\"party\" + [a]DDLE=\"go off without lid\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Solid may drip when melted (7)","output":"### Answer: PYRAMID \n ### Explanation: \"Solid\" as in a three-dimensional shape \nanagram\/\"melted\" of (may drip)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Djokovic, gutted about stupid visa, ended tennis competition (5,3)","output":"### Answer: DAVIS CUP \n ### Explanation: D[jokovi]C around anagram\/\"stupid\" of (visa)*, plus UP=\"ended\" as in 'your time's up'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prince with monsters making advances (10)","output":"### Answer: PROGRESSES \n ### Explanation: PR (Prince) + OGRESSES=\"monsters\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being off guard, catch a lot on the tube from one sitting (5-5)","output":"### Answer: BINGE WATCH \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"off\" of (Being)* + WATCH=\"guard\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blow cover revealing criminal record (3,5)","output":"### Answer: RAP SHEET \n ### Explanation: RAP=hit=\"Blow\" + (e.g. bed) SHEET=\"cover\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make love with partner after what starts off like mad (8)","output":"### Answer: DOOLALLY \n ### Explanation: DO=\"Make love with\", plus ALLY=\"partner\" after starts of O[ff] L[ike] \n*edited, thanks to Dr. WhatsOn in the comments: DO=\"Make\" + O=\"love\", plus ALLY after L[ike]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short bloke with hard dog (7)","output":"### Answer: MASTIFF \n ### Explanation: MA[n]=\"Short bloke\" + STIFF=\"hard\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wear warm clothes with cuff down? On the contrary (4,2)","output":"### Answer: WRAP UP \n ### Explanation: W (with) + RAP=hit=\"cuff\" + UP=\"down? On the contrary\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shallow vessel to move across under bottom (6)","output":"### Answer: BEDPAN \n ### Explanation: PAN [a camera]=\"move across\", after BED=\"bottom\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Point made with carbon copy (4)","output":"### Answer: CAPE \n ### Explanation: C (carbon) + APE=\"copy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having packed, finally decides to get married (6)","output":"### Answer: STOWED \n ### Explanation: final letter of decide-S + TO + WED=\"get married\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old diary found in one busy Yankee vintner's study (8)","output":"### Answer: OENOLOGY \n ### Explanation: definition: the study of wines\n \nO (Old) + LOG=\"diary\"; all inside anagram\/\"busy\" of (one)* plus Y (Yankee)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scot isn't able to cover first two of Ullapool drains (8)","output":"### Answer: CANNULAE \n ### Explanation: definition: tubes used to drain fluid from the body\n \nCANNAE=\"Scot [word for] isn't able to\", around the first two letters of UL-lapool"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Information on tax swells (6)","output":"### Answer: GENTRY \n ### Explanation: definition: 'swell' is a term for a wealthy person\n \nGEN=\"Information\" + TRY=be burdensome=\"tax\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Driving test on one tank on island with learner (12)","output":"### Answer: MOTIVATIONAL \n ### Explanation: MOT (UK test of vehicle safety) + I=\"one\" + VAT=\"tank\" + IONA=\"island\" in Scotland + L (learner)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pet swallow (4)","output":"### Answer: NECK \n ### Explanation: double definition: to caress; or to swallow a drink"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sibyl's about to down a litre twice \u2014 of these? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: REAL ALES \n ### Explanation: definition: something that could be downed\/drunk\n \n\"Sibyl\"=SEER of Greek legend, reversed\/\"about\" and around\/\"to down\" A + L (litre) twice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Our mum's spiking another mum's whiskey (4,4)","output":"### Answer: SOUR MASH \n ### Explanation: definition: a process used to make whiskey\n \nOUR MA'S=\"Our mum's\" inside SH=be quiet=\"mum\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disclose what boozer often needs? (4)","output":"### Answer: LEAK \n ### Explanation: double definition: to leak information; and a boozer might need to take a leak"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One fights egg producer with rowing team (12)","output":"### Answer: BANTAMWEIGHT \n ### Explanation: BANTAM=\"egg producer\" + W (with) + EIGHT=\"rowing team\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Caught one using tongue to taste spirit (6)","output":"### Answer: LIQUOR \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"Caught\" of 'licker'=\"one using tongue\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cocktail Indian spilt in fast car (3,3,2)","output":"### Answer: GIN AND IT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"spilt\" of (Indian)* inside GT (grand tourer, \"fast car\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Train hooted, skirting theatre punctually (2,3,3)","output":"### Answer: ON THE DOT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Train\" of (hooted)*, around NT (National Theatre)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ravenous guy, empty, wolfs venison that's turned (6)","output":"### Answer: GREEDY \n ### Explanation: G-u-Y emptied out; around DEER=\"venison\" reversed\/\"turned\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: My first drink supplier leaves on time (4)","output":"### Answer: TEAT \n ### Explanation: definition: supplier of milk to a baby\n \nTEA=\"leaves\" + T (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sack producer Marie knew to be dissipated (9)","output":"### Answer: WINEMAKER \n ### Explanation: definition: \"Sack\" is a type of white wine\n \nanagram\/\"dissipated\" of (Marie knew)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thin cover lifted on truck (6)","output":"### Answer: DILUTE \n ### Explanation: LID=\"cover\" reversed\/\"lifted\" + UTE (short for 'utility' vehicle, \"truck\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nine under the table (3,4,3,5)","output":"### Answer: ONE OVER THE EIGHT \n ### Explanation: definition: slang for being very drunk\n \nthe number \"Nine\" is also ONE above EIGHT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Last snifter near Deal, heading north (8)","output":"### Answer: NIGHTCAP \n ### Explanation: NIGH=\"near\" + PACT=\"Deal\" reversed\/\"heading north\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fast over played slowly (5)","output":"### Answer: LENTO \n ### Explanation: LENT=Christian period of \"Fast\" + O (over, cricket)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Barrel seen in depot about new place for empties (7,3)","output":"### Answer: GARBAGE CAN \n ### Explanation: B (Barrel) inside GARAGE=\"depot\", plus CA (circa, \"about\") + N (new)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Estonia's perplexed with old barren state (10)","output":"### Answer: DESOLATION \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"perplexed' of (Estonia old)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not everyone stands up in a church together (3,2,4)","output":"### Answer: ALL AT ONCE \n ### Explanation: NOT ALL=\"Not everyone\" reversed\/\"stands up\" inside A + CE (Church of England)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plastered husband before noon has me blushing (8)","output":"### Answer: HAMMERED \n ### Explanation: H (husband) + AM (before noon) + ME + RED=\"blushing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mixed drink, say, going off without one (6)","output":"### Answer: EGGNOG \n ### Explanation: E.G.=for example=\"say\"; plus anagram\/\"off\" of (GO-**i**-NG)* minus the **i**=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Taste too much? That's out of order (5)","output":"### Answer: TOUCH \n ### Explanation: I think the definition is that 'taste' and 'touch' can both mean 'a trace', 'a small amount'\n \nTO-**O M**-UCH, minus **OM** (\"order\" of Merit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Italian's stopping doctor's tipple (4)","output":"### Answer: MILD \n ### Explanation: definition referring to 'mild ales'\n \nIL=\"The [in] Italian\", inside MD=\"doctor\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: DC current (7)","output":"### Answer: POTOMAC \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition \u2013 a river that flows through Washington D.C."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deprive of an ear, working automatically (7)","output":"### Answer: ROBOTIC \n ### Explanation: ROB=\"Deprive\" + OTIC=\"of an ear\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Difficulty for fishermen? (5)","output":"### Answer: CATCH \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Available for selection as a matter of course (2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: ON THE MENU \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition \u2013 \"course\" as in part of a meal"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Books about prophet revised once as signs at a crossing (7,7)","output":"### Answer: BELISHA BEACONS \n ### Explanation: definition: the amber globe lights indicating zebra crossings in the UK \nB B (Books) around ELISHA=biblical \"prophet\" + anagram\/\"revised\" of (once as)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quarrel as yet unfinished? (2-2)","output":"### Answer: TO-DO \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Domestic having one flickering lantern (8)","output":"### Answer: INTERNAL \n ### Explanation: I=\"one\" + anagram\/\"flickering\" of (lantern)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note, foreign money, brass? Could be (8)","output":"### Answer: MEMORIAL \n ### Explanation: definition: \"brass\" can mean a memorial plate of brass found in churches \nMEMO=\"note\" + RIAL=Iranian currency"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A short jumper, showing style (4)","output":"### Answer: AFRO \n ### Explanation: A + FRO-g=\"short jumper\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rearranged oral inspection looking after children (2,4,8)","output":"### Answer: IN LOCO PARENTIS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Rearranged\" of (oral inspection)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Travel and again back around the Home Counties and then back south for fruit (9)","output":"### Answer: GOOSEGOGS \n ### Explanation: definition: a name for gooseberries \nGO=\"Travel\" \u2026and GO reversed=\"\u2026and again back\" and GO reversed=\"\u2026and then back\", with SE (South East, Home Counties) inside the first reversed GO, and with S (south) at the end"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Approval from two Europeans on board (5)","output":"### Answer: OUIJA \n ### Explanation: OUI [French] + JA [German]=\"Approval from two Europeans\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Confronts son during exam retakes (7)","output":"### Answer: RESISTS \n ### Explanation: S (son) inside RESITS=\"exam retakes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Duck \u2014 plump and very rich (7)","output":"### Answer: OROTUND \n ### Explanation: definition: referring to a voice, \"rich\" in the sense of 'deep' or 'full' \nO=zero, a \"Duck\" in cricket + ROTUND=\"plump\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This convention is full of people, say (4)","output":"### Answer: PACT \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"say\" of 'packed'=\"full of people\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State old raiment is worn out \u2014 by these folk? (15)","output":"### Answer: TATTERDEMALIONS \n ### Explanation: definition: people wearing tattered clothing \nanagram\/\"worn out\" of (State old raiment)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor musical material (6)","output":"### Answer: MOHAIR \n ### Explanation: MO (Medical Officer, Doctor) + HAIR=name of a \"musical\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Transparent cover for her hat? (6)","output":"### Answer: CLOCHE \n ### Explanation: double definition: a [bell-shaped] plastic cover for plants, or a [bell-shaped] woman's hat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ten Arabs concocted arsenic poison (8)","output":"### Answer: RATSBANE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"concocted\" of (Ten Arabs)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Warder released female bird (3-5)","output":"### Answer: BEE-EATER \n ### Explanation: BEE-F-EATER=\"Warder\" of the Tower of London, minus F (female)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: G&S subtitle tip \u2014 often without change (3,4,2,6)","output":"### Answer: THE TOWN OF TITIPU \n ### Explanation: definition: Gilbert and Sullivan's *Mikado *is subtitled *The Town of Titipu* \nanagram\/\"change\" of (tip often without)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Diplomatic officer for local representative, so it's said (10)","output":"### Answer: COUNSELLOR \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"so it's said\" of 'councillor'=\"local representative\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: T Greig's men ordered spice (4,6)","output":"### Answer: STEM GINGER \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"ordered\" of (T Greig's men)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bananas, biscuits and bangers (8)","output":"### Answer: CRACKERS \n ### Explanation: triple definition: 'crazy', biscuits, or fireworks"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Makes fun of member in saloon, drunk (8)","output":"### Answer: LAMPOONS \n ### Explanation: MP (Member of Parliament) in anagram\/\"drunk\" of (saloon)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Forces repaired artwork on wall (6)","output":"### Answer: FRESCO \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"repaired\" of (Forces)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wholly at home, child given love (2,4)","output":"### Answer: IN TOTO \n ### Explanation: IN=\"at home\" + TOT=\"child\" + O=\"love\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eisteddfod winner, dull, turned up (4)","output":"### Answer: BARD \n ### Explanation: definition: an eisteddfod is a festival where bards might compete \nDRAB=\"dull\" reversed\/\"turned up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Transport to hotel with infant, one with large eyes (8)","output":"### Answer: BUSH BABY \n ### Explanation: BUS=\"Transport\" + H (hotel) + BABY=\"infant\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kitten group in a sort of pile (6)","output":"### Answer: ATOMIC \n ### Explanation: reference to the pop music group Atomic Kitten, and an 'atomic pile' is a name for a nuclear reactor"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sleuth of inferior quality concealing hesitation (8)","output":"### Answer: SHERLOCK \n ### Explanation: SHLOCK=\"of inferior quality\" around ER=\"hesitation\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hard mineral in estuary (6)","output":"### Answer: HUMBER \n ### Explanation: the Humber is an estuary in Northern England \nH (Hard) + UMBER=\"mineral\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feeble daughter about to languish (5)","output":"### Answer: DROOP \n ### Explanation: POOR=\"Feeble\" + D (daughter), all reversed\/\"about\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conspiring old American sounds a warning (2,7)","output":"### Answer: IN CAHOOTS \n ### Explanation: INCA=\"old American\" + HOOTS=\"sounds a warning\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Terrified by a concoction for roughage (7,5)","output":"### Answer: DIETARY FIBRE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"concoction\" of (Terrified by a)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Railway showing marvellous film (5,7)","output":"### Answer: GREAT WESTERN \n ### Explanation: GREAT=\"marvellous\" + WESTERN=\"film\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where one could select a banana without thinking about it (3,2,4)","output":"### Answer: OUT OF HAND \n ### Explanation: a 'hand' is a name for a bunch of bananas"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Musician to do a bit better than Queen (5)","output":"### Answer: PIPER \n ### Explanation: PIP=\"do a bit better than\" + ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"Queen\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman fighting retail giant (6)","output":"### Answer: AMAZON \n ### Explanation: double definition: women warriors from Greek myth, and the e-commerce company"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blair on a trip to a hall that's this grand? (8)","output":"### Answer: BARONIAL \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"trip\" of (Blair on a)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Assuming label covers family (6)","output":"### Answer: TAKING \n ### Explanation: TAG=\"label\" around KIN=\"family\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alter vital access to capitals (5,3)","output":"### Answer: SHIFT KEY \n ### Explanation: definition referring to capital letters on a keyboard \nSHIFT=\"Alter\" + KEY=\"vital\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Live on edge nearby (6)","output":"### Answer: BESIDE \n ### Explanation: BE=\"Live\" + SIDE=\"edge\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Farewell poker call? (3,3)","output":"### Answer: SEE YOU \n ### Explanation: SEE YOU could mean to match someone's bet in poker"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Social event with meaning for writer (9)","output":"### Answer: BALLPOINT \n ### Explanation: BALL=\"Social event\" + POINT=\"meaning\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Once upon a time yacht and bike needed to travel (4,2,3,3)","output":"### Answer: BACK IN THE DAY \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"needed to travel\" of (yacht and bike)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A very small amount of sense (5)","output":"### Answer: TOUCH \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spotted puffed-up character on TV (2,6)","output":"### Answer: MR BLOBBY \n ### Explanation: cryptic definition: the TV character covered in yellow spots"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chin rest's alternative name (8)","output":"### Answer: CHRISTEN \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"alternative\" of (Chin rest)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cause extreme panic as throat ceased moving (5,2,5)","output":"### Answer: SCARE TO DEATH \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"moving\" of (throat ceased)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Female I rebuke is impervious to a tongue (9)","output":"### Answer: FIREPROOF \n ### Explanation: definition: a \"tongue\" can mean a jet of flame \nF (Female) + I + REPROOF=\"rebuke\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No rating could be so uneducated (8)","output":"### Answer: IGNORANT \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"could be\" of (No rating)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Resigned cashier's job in bohemian area of Paris (4,4)","output":"### Answer: LEFT BANK \n ### Explanation: LEFT [one's job at a] BANK=\"Resigned cashier's job\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Raise credit in America, a small increase (6)","output":"### Answer: UPTICK \n ### Explanation: UP=\"Raise\" as in 'up the ante' + TICK=slang for \"credit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Complete unknown covering front of robe with flounces (6)","output":"### Answer: FRILLY \n ### Explanation: FILL=\"Complete\" + Y=\"unknown\" around R-obe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having escaped, move smoothly north (5)","output":"### Answer: FLOWN \n ### Explanation: FLOW=\"move smoothly\" + N (north)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small fruit with perfect flavour (9)","output":"### Answer: SPEARMINT \n ### Explanation: S (Small) + PEAR=\"fruit\" + MINT=\"perfect\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Key notes? That's musical (5)","output":"### Answer: ANNIE \n ### Explanation: A (musical \"Key\") + N and N (note, plural) + I.E. (id est, that is, \"That's\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After temperature rises, bear becomes badger (5)","output":"### Answer: HARRY \n ### Explanation: definition as a verb meaning to harass\n \nC-ARRY=\"bear\", with temperature rising from C (cold) to H (hot)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps 2000 or 2020 players struggle to control Real's midfield (4,5)","output":"### Answer: LEAP YEARS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"struggle\" of (players)* around the middle of [R]-EA-[l]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Racing driver, rock singer and holy man drink sparkling water (7)","output":"### Answer: STEWART \n ### Explanation: Jackie Stewart the F1 driver, or Rod Stewart the rock singer\n \nST (saint, holy man) around anagram\/\"sparkling\" of (water)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mother's tough dog (7)","output":"### Answer: MASTIFF \n ### Explanation: MA=\"Mother\" + STIFF=\"tough\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attempt extremely wide yorker at the end to batsman (5)","output":"### Answer: GOWER \n ### Explanation: David Gower, England cricket captain and batsman\n \nGO=\"Attempt\" + extreme\/outer letters of W-id-E + end of yorke-R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Managed to uncover Sinatra? (3)","output":"### Answer: RAN \n ### Explanation: f-RAN-k Sinatra, without the outer\/cover letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guardian article by setter (5)","output":"### Answer: ANGEL \n ### Explanation: AN=\"article\" + GEL=\"setter\" as gels can harden\/'set'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Son attempts to steal 500 Australian trousers (7)","output":"### Answer: STRIDES \n ### Explanation: Australian slang for trousers\n \nS (Son) + TRIES=\"attempts\", around D=\"500\" in Roman numerals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: God to regularly hoover vehicle after parking (7)","output":"### Answer: PHOEBUS \n ### Explanation: a name for Apollo the sun god\n \nregular letters from H-o-O-v-E-r + BUS=\"vehicle\", all after P (parking)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Connolly, try a bit of toast and butter (5,4)","output":"### Answer: BILLY GOAT \n ### Explanation: an animal that head-butts\n \nBILLY Connolly the comedian + GO=\"try\" + A + a bit of T-oast"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tin provided strong smell (5)","output":"### Answer: SNIFF \n ### Explanation: SN=symbol for chemical element \"Tin\" + IF=\"provided\" + F (forte, \"strong\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State dollars get old rope (5)","output":"### Answer: LASSO \n ### Explanation: LA (abbreviation of US state Louisiana) + S and S=dollar signs + O (old)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Watch the Queen on tele, surprisingly a tool for making holes (9)","output":"### Answer: EYELETEER \n ### Explanation: a tool for making eyelet holes\n \nEYE=\"Watch\" + ER (Elizabeth Regina, the Queen); both around anagram\/\"surprisingly\" of (tele)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short dating description: 'wearing thongs (not northern model)' (4)","output":"### Answer: GSOH \n ### Explanation: abbreviation for Good Sense Of Humour on dating profiles\n \nanagram\/\"wearing\" of (thongs)*, minus N (\"northern\") and T (Ford \"model\" T)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King, say, eating good eggs up (6)","output":"### Answer: GEORGE \n ### Explanation: EG=e.g.=\"say\", around G (good) + ROE=\"eggs); all reversed\/\"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Earl employed to cover up one showing signs of old age? (4-6)","output":"### Answer: GREY-HAIRED \n ### Explanation: Earl GREY + HIRED=\"employed\" around A=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inside, check new oil colour (6)","output":"### Answer: VIOLET \n ### Explanation: VET=\"check\" with anagram\/\"new\" of (oil)* inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hypothetical argument about skills with worker (5,3)","output":"### Answer: STRAW MAN \n ### Explanation: ARTS=\"skills\" reversed\/\"about\" + W (with) + MAN=\"worker\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Setter's embracing a royal queen (4)","output":"### Answer: MARY \n ### Explanation: MY=\"Setter's\" around A + R (royal)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attractive motor, no boot, silver interior: \u00a31,000 (8)","output":"### Answer: ENGAGING \n ### Explanation: ENGIN-e=\"motor\" with no end\/\"boot\", and with AG=chemical symbol for \"silver\" inside; then adding G (grand, \u00a31000)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: County furniture (4)","output":"### Answer: BEDS \n ### Explanation: double definition: \"County\" as in Bedfordshire"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stories of elite soldiers capturing a German leader (5)","output":"### Answer: SAGAS \n ### Explanation: SAS=\"elite soldiers\" around A + G-erman"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kraken eats men! So scary, right? (3,7)","output":"### Answer: SEA MONSTER \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"scary\" of (eats men So)*, plus R (right)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Around capitals for students learning lots (and field trips) (5)","output":"### Answer: FALLS \n ### Explanation: reversal\/\"Around\" of the first letters\/\"capitals\" of S-tudents L-earning L-ots A-nd F-ield"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 ? (8)","output":"### Answer: WORDLESS \n ### Explanation: the solution describes the clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Made good wine, drinking up another takes time (8)","output":"### Answer: RESTORED \n ### Explanation: RED=\"wine\" around a reversal\/\"up\" of ROSE (\"another\" wine) around T (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps 11p fur? (6)","output":"### Answer: POTTER \n ### Explanation: Perhaps HARRY POTTER, the fictional wizard\n \nP + OTTER=the aquatic mammal, or its \"fur\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Court jester? (6)","output":"### Answer: BAILEY \n ### Explanation: double definition \u2013 \"jester\" referring to Bill BAILEY the comedian"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ring inventor (4)","output":"### Answer: BELL \n ### Explanation: double definition: the inventor is Alexander Graham Bell"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Young people today go to Magaluf at last (4)","output":"### Answer: YOOF \n ### Explanation: an informal spelling of 'youth'\n \nlast letters of toda-Y g-O t-O magalu-F"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Car made in four dimensions, reportedly (4)","output":"### Answer: FORD \n ### Explanation: spelled as FOR D, which could be spoken aloud as '4D' or \"in four dimensions\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Frenchman's refusal to admit regret back in cell (6)","output":"### Answer: NEURON \n ### Explanation: NON=\"Frenchman's refusal\" around RUE=\"regret\" reversed\/\"back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bloodsucker's taken in current girl (6)","output":"### Answer: LOUISE \n ### Explanation: LOUSE=\"Bloodsucker\" around I=symbol for electric \"current\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dictator managed to infiltrate government department (6)","output":"### Answer: FRANCO \n ### Explanation: RAN=\"managed\" inside FCO (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Common or garden finally entered in journal (8)","output":"### Answer: ORDINARY \n ### Explanation: OR + garde-N inside DIARY=\"journal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminal pockets 1, 15, or what's in all the other across solutions (4)","output":"### Answer: COIN \n ### Explanation: TWOPENCE, or the other coins found in the across clues\n \nCON (convict, criminal) around I=\"1\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Selfish oddball with attempt to oust Conservative (10)","output":"### Answer: EGOCENTRIC \n ### Explanation: E-C-CENTRIC=\"oddball\" with GO=\"attempt\" in place of the first C (Conservative)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps gents love farm animals crossing river in Scottish village (4,1,6)","output":"### Answer: JOHN O GROATS \n ### Explanation: JOHN=toilet=\"Perhaps gents\" + O=\"love\" + GOATS=\"farm animals\" around R (river)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Medic's not worried, consuming new spices etc. (10)","output":"### Answer: CONDIMENTS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"worried\" of (Medic's not)* around N (new)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Notice of passing planet's route not right (4)","output":"### Answer: OBIT \n ### Explanation: O-r-BIT=\"planet's route\" minus r (right)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trains heading for Euston with fees to carry pet (8)","output":"### Answer: EDUCATES \n ### Explanation: E-[uston] + DUES=\"fees\" around CAT=\"pet\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place sandwiches on starter of cucumber chopped in advance (3-3)","output":"### Answer: PRE-CUT \n ### Explanation: PUT=\"Place\" around\/\"sandwiches\" all of: RE=about=\"on\" + C-[ucumber]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Went off south with Guardian compilers' boss? (6)","output":"### Answer: SOURED \n ### Explanation: S (south) + OUR ED=our editor=\"Guardian compilers' boss\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: US animal's odour about to get inhaled by nocturnal creature (6)","output":"### Answer: BOBCAT \n ### Explanation: BO (body odour), plus C (circa, \"about\") inside\/\"inhaled by\" BAT=\"nocturnal creature\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Become leader in take over? Retire first (4,4)","output":"### Answer: TURN INTO \n ### Explanation: leader of T-[ake] plus O (over, cricket), with TURN IN=\"Retire\" first"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor got up and down (6)","output":"### Answer: MOROSE \n ### Explanation: MO (Medical Officer, Doctor) + ROSE=\"got up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At that party hosting group of stars, I'm leaving (6-2)","output":"### Answer: TOODLE-OO \n ### Explanation: TOO=\"At that\" e.g. 'they only had one chance, and a slim one at that'\u2026\n \nplus DO=\"party\" around constellation LEO=\"group of stars\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sound of baby bird or seal (6)","output":"### Answer: SIGNET \n ### Explanation: homophone of 'cygnet'=\"baby bird\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contract ultimately broken? One's fired! (6)","output":"### Answer: NARROW \n ### Explanation: definition: \"Contract\" as a verb\n \n[broke]-N + ARROW=\"One's fired\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Listen in with royal receiving a fake shock (6)","output":"### Answer: EARWIG \n ### Explanation: definition: a verb meaning to eavesdrop\n \nER (Elizabeth Regina, \"royal\") around A; plus WIG=\"fake shock [of hair]\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person sliding down rocked boat, going over stone (11)","output":"### Answer: TOBOGGANIST \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"rocked\" of (boat going)*, plus ST (stone)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chat about decoration that's unimportant (2,6)","output":"### Answer: NOMATTER \n ### Explanation: NATTER=\"Chat\" around OM (Order of Merit, \"decoration\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: WTO wasted old Trump ally's cash (8)","output":"### Answer: TWOPENCE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"wasted\" of (WTO)*, plus Mike PENCE=Donald Trump's Vice President"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Armies swamped by anguish or despair (6)","output":"### Answer: HORDES \n ### Explanation: hidden in anguis-H OR DES-pair"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Picaroon's turned up funky tune for a dance (6)","output":"### Answer: MINUET \n ### Explanation: I'M=\"Picaroon's\" reversed\/\"turned up\" + anagram\/\"funky\" of (tune)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stupid holding court, you said, making general statement (6)","output":"### Answer: DICTUM \n ### Explanation: DIM=\"Stupid\", around all of: CT (court) + U (phonetic spelling of 'you')"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tube is heading north, getting call to leave east (6)","output":"### Answer: SIPHON \n ### Explanation: IS reversed\/\"heading north\" + PHON[E]=\"call\" minus E (east)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little old star, no posh god (6)","output":"### Answer: OSIRIS \n ### Explanation: definition: a god of ancient Egypt\n \nO (old, shortened\/\"Little\") + SIRI-u-S=\"star\" in the constellation Canis Major minus the U (upper-class, \"posh\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crossing the globe, exceedingly word-wise (8)","output":"### Answer: VERBALLY \n ### Explanation: BALL=\"globe\", with VERY=\"exceedingly\" around\/\"Crossing\" it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Takes liberties quietly and then gets back to business (8)","output":"### Answer: PRESUMES \n ### Explanation: P (piano, \"quietly\") + RESUMES=\"gets back to business\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Open up, as you might say, an old letter (6)","output":"### Answer: UNCIAL \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"as you might say\" of 'unseal'=\"Open up [\u2026a letter]\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Snow? All right to seek shelter in church (4)","output":"### Answer: COKE \n ### Explanation: definition: 'snow' and 'coke' are both slang for cocaine\n \nOK=\"All right\" in CE (Church of England)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's spewed out by politicians, ladies and gentlemen? (10)","output":"### Answer: LAVATORIES \n ### Explanation: LAVA is \"spewed out\" + TORIES=\"politicians\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Over and done with computers etc \u2014 too old (4,2)","output":"### Answer: PAST IT \n ### Explanation: PAST=\"Over and done with\" + IT=Information Technology=\"computers etc\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Promoter travels by ship, it's said, to island (8)","output":"### Answer: SALESMAN \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"it's said\" of 'sails'=\"travels by ship\" + [Isle of] MAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Viewer more adventurous \u2014 what's being screened? (8)","output":"### Answer: BEHOLDER \n ### Explanation: BOLDER=\"more adventurous\", with EH='eh?'='what?' inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old-fashioned US politician with something lyrical (6)","output":"### Answer: D\u00c9MOD\u00c9 \n ### Explanation: DEM (Democrat, US politician) + ODE=\"something lyrical\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inflexible, as Stalin once could be (10)","output":"### Answer: NONELASTIC \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"could be\" of (Stalin once)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wife badly affected, just a bit (4)","output":"### Answer: WHIT \n ### Explanation: W (Wife) + HIT=\"badly affected\" in the figurative sense of e.g. 'sales were hit by the bad weather\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conservative lot with love for something inexpensive (6)","output":"### Answer: CHEAPO \n ### Explanation: C (Conservative) + HEAP=\"lot\" + O=\"love\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bits of stone troubling the lions (8)","output":"### Answer: NEOLITHS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"troubling\" of (the lions)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dark liquid that could be cloudier (5,3)","output":"### Answer: CRUDE OIL \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"could be\" of (cloudier)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rock is first thing for teenagers after school (6)","output":"### Answer: SCHIST \n ### Explanation: IS, plus first letter of T-eenagers; all after SCH (school)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guest room rather awkward for baby carrier (9,6)","output":"### Answer: SURROGATE MOTHER \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"awkward\" of (Guest room rather)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To sit down outside wood is most foolish (7)","output":"### Answer: RASHEST \n ### Explanation: REST=\"sit down\" around ASH=\"wood\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What troubles me is adult being affected (9)","output":"### Answer: SIMULATED \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"troubles\" of (me is adult)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One corresponding offers two similar endorsements, one deficient (3-1-3)","output":"### Answer: VIS-\u00c0-VIS \n ### Explanation: VISA VIS[A]=\"two similar endorsements\", with A=\"one\" missing\/deficient"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stir created by retreats with slight confusion at the end (5)","output":"### Answer: ROUST \n ### Explanation: ROUTS=\"retreats\" with the last two letters confused\/switched"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worm is found at foot of a cliff (7)","output":"### Answer: ASCARIS \n ### Explanation: definition: a genus of roundworms\n \nIS, after A SCAR=\"a cliff\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What could become a son's lavish feed? (6,3,6)","output":"### Answer: LOAVES AND FISHES \n ### Explanation: definition: biblical reference to the miracle of Jesus (\"son\" of God) feeding a large crowd with only seven loaves and a few fish\n \nanagram\/\"could become\" of (a son's lavish feed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Absurd English not to be found in our clues, I'd fancy (9)","output":"### Answer: LUDICROUS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"fancy\" of (our clues I'd)*, minus E (English)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quantity of works with no date (7)","output":"### Answer: OPERAND \n ### Explanation: definition: a value\/quantity on which a mathematical operation is performed\n \nOPERA (works, plural of opus) + ND (no date)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Viewer's screen's made of metal with authentic coating (7)","output":"### Answer: RETINAL \n ### Explanation: TIN=\"metal\" with REAL=\"authentic\" around it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sentimental mum with desire to restrict kid, initially (7)","output":"### Answer: MAWKISH \n ### Explanation: MA=\"mum\" + WISH=\"desire\" around K-id"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Past attempt to one's heart's desire (1,4)","output":"### Answer: \u00c0 GOGO \n ### Explanation: AGO=\"Past\" + GO=\"attempt\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Annoying large one, entering place for fight (6)","output":"### Answer: RILING \n ### Explanation: L (large) + I=\"one\", both inside RING=\"place for fight\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turn to corner to fix things (3-3)","output":"### Answer: DOG-EAR \n ### Explanation: DO=\"fix\" + GEAR=\"things\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fury's leader at the end: previously put on ass (6)","output":"### Answer: ONAGER \n ### Explanation: definition: a species of \"ass\" \nR-AGE=\"Fury\" with the \"leader\"\/first letter R moved to the \"end\", and with ON put first\/\"previously\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They're put down on canvas? Beat one's that's run out of craft in the main? (8)","output":"### Answer: OILSLICK \n ### Explanation: definition: \"craft in the main\" referring to a sea vessel \nOILS=\"They're put down on canvas\" for painting + LICK=\"Beat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fully fit (4)","output":"### Answer: WELL \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Frame of other picture shot round island (6,4)","output":"### Answer: PUERTO RICO \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"shot\" of (OR picture)* where OR is the \"Frame\"\/outer letters of o-the-r, plus O=\"round\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ungracefully fleshy: admit being out of shape (3-8)","output":"### Answer: HAM-FISTEDLY \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"out of shape\" of (fleshy admit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Present a fight around that time (10)","output":"### Answer: THEREABOUT \n ### Explanation: THERE=\"Present\" (as opposed to absent) + A BOUT=\"a fight\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Governor-general against boxing legend (4)","output":"### Answer: VALI \n ### Explanation: definition: a term from the Ottoman Empire meaning governor-general \nV (versus, against) + [Muhammad] ALI=\"boxing legend\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Training part that's boring (5,3)","output":"### Answer: DRILL BIT \n ### Explanation: definition: a tool used to bore holes \nDRILL=\"Training\" + BIT=\"part\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some adventure now needed for glory (6)","output":"### Answer: RENOWN \n ### Explanation: hidden\/\"Some\" in adventu-RE NOW N-eeded"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hard men punching to weaken part of the torso (6)","output":"### Answer: THORAX \n ### Explanation: H (Hard) + OR (other ranks, \"men\"), both inside TAX=\"weaken\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Father and I with close acquaintance (6)","output":"### Answer: FRIEND \n ### Explanation: FR (Father) + I + END=\"close\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Whips bloke boxing one with conviction (8)","output":"### Answer: FLAGELLA \n ### Explanation: FELLA=\"bloke\" around LAG=a convict=\"one with conviction\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Open up one with sharp blow (6)","output":"### Answer: UNWRAP \n ### Explanation: UN=dialect for \"one\" as a pronoun + W (with) + RAP=\"sharp blow\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Allow to get into round: it could be for the better (8)","output":"### Answer: ROULETTE \n ### Explanation: definition: \"better\" as in someone who bets or gambles \nLET=\"Allow\" inside ROUTE=\"round\" e.g. a postal delivery round\/route"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps a cockney chicken: we hear one shouting (6)","output":"### Answer: YELLER \n ### Explanation: 'yellow'=cowardly=\"chicken\", perhaps in a cockney accent"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Round Three over, finally getting the bell (6)","output":"### Answer: RINGER \n ### Explanation: RING=circular shape=\"Round\", plus final letters of thre-E ove-R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flamboyant jumper worn by short male (6)","output":"### Answer: ROCOCO \n ### Explanation: ROO=kangaroo=\"jumper\" around COC[k]=\"short male\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clobber in ring? One packing punches around top of ribs (5,6)","output":"### Answer: BOXER SHORTS \n ### Explanation: definition: \"Clobber\" is also slang for clothing \nBOXER=\"One packing\" things into boxes + SHOTS=\"punches\" around the top letter of R-ibs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fury's beginning to swell after punch that's light (8)","output":"### Answer: FLAMBEAU \n ### Explanation: definition: a torch \nbeginning of F-ury, plus BEAU=a dandy or \"swell\" after LAM=\"punch\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant left one at the close to seal a victory (8)","output":"### Answer: LAVENDER \n ### Explanation: L (left) + ENDER=\"one at the close\" around all of A + V (victory)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Long right jabs this close to heavyweight (6)","output":"### Answer: THIRST \n ### Explanation: R (right) inside THIS, plus closing letter of heavyweigh-T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Damaged and knocked out when caught? (6)","output":"### Answer: FLAWED \n ### Explanation: homophone\/\"when caught\" of 'floored'=\"knocked out\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I can't wait for rumble that's taking place (4,2)","output":"### Answer: ROLL ON \n ### Explanation: ROLL=\"rumble\" + ON=\"taking place\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ripped: topless professional fighter in ring (6)","output":"### Answer: TORERO \n ### Explanation: definition: a bullfighter \nTORE=\"Ripped\" + p-RO=\"topless professional\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ministries on casual break (12)","output":"### Answer: INTERMISSION \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"casual\" of (Ministries on)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old-fashioned secretaries not completely prepared (5)","output":"### Answer: PASS\u00c9 \n ### Explanation: PAS (PAs, Personal Assistants)=\"secretaries\" + SE[t]=\"not completely prepared\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supply with gold before beginning to laugh and cry (9)","output":"### Answer: CATERWAUL \n ### Explanation: CATER=\"Supply\" + W (with) + AU (chemical symbol for gold) + L-augh"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flee in small vehicle with rejected agent (7)","output":"### Answer: SCARPER \n ### Explanation: S (small) + CAR=\"vehicle\" + REP=\"agent\" reversed\/\"rejected\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Right to trust missing book provides help (7)","output":"### Answer: RELIEVE \n ### Explanation: R (Right) + b-ELIEVE=\"trust\" missing the b for \"book\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crooks wail about community service? (6,4)","output":"### Answer: SOCIAL WORK \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"about' of (Crooks wail)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regularly applauds bonus (4)","output":"### Answer: PLUS \n ### Explanation: regular letters from a-P-p-L-a-U-d-S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Barely impartial (4)","output":"### Answer: JUST \n ### Explanation: double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Monumental queues forming behind National, endlessly (10)","output":"### Answer: STATUESQUE \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"forming\" of (queues)*, after STAT-e=\"National, endlessly\" with 'state' as an adjective e.g. state pension"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Servant goes after farm animal in frenzy (7)","output":"### Answer: RAMPAGE \n ### Explanation: PAGE=\"Servant\" after RAM=\"farm animal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Apparently removes end from items (7)","output":"### Answer: DETAILS \n ### Explanation: DE-TAILS could mean \"removes end from\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ninety featuring in subtle story published only by us (9)","output":"### Answer: EXCLUSIVE \n ### Explanation: XC=\"Ninety\" in Roman numerals, inside ELUSIVE=\"subtle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A home featured in newspaper is unsteady (5)","output":"### Answer: FAINT \n ### Explanation: A, plus IN=[at] \"home\", both inside FT (Financial Times, \"newspaper\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carefree and pleased to leave fortune to unknown quantity (5-2-5)","output":"### Answer: HAPPY-GO-LUCKY \n ### Explanation: HAPPY=\"pleased\" + GO=\"leave\" + LUCK=\"fortune\" + Y=unknown in mathematics"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Examples of popular positions (9)","output":"### Answer: INSTANCES \n ### Explanation: IN=\"popular\" + STANCES=\"positions\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ship neat rum for player (8)","output":"### Answer: THESPIAN \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"rum\" of (Ship neat)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of core curriculum to come up again (5)","output":"### Answer: RECUR \n ### Explanation: hidden in\/\"Part of\" co-RE CUR-riculum"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bury ready for French to take (9)","output":"### Answer: INTERPRET \n ### Explanation: INTER=\"Bury + PRET=pr\u00eat=\"ready\" in French"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: High quiet stream (6)","output":"### Answer: SHRILL \n ### Explanation: SH=[be] quiet! + RILL=\"stream\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ordinary charge to speak (5)","output":"### Answer: ORATE \n ### Explanation: O (Ordinary) + RATE=\"charge\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fits spring on messaging service (6)","output":"### Answer: SPASMS \n ### Explanation: SPA=\"spring\" + SMS=phone text \"messaging service\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ways of heading off depression before the Sabbath (6)","output":"### Answer: ALLEYS \n ### Explanation: v-ALLEY=\"depression\" with its first letter\/\"heading\" taken \"off\"; plus S (Sabbath)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article in part of electrical system is decaying (9)","output":"### Answer: WITHERING \n ### Explanation: THE=definite \"Article\", in WIRING=\"part of electrical system\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I quit idly, wandering in fluid state (9)","output":"### Answer: LIQUIDITY \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"wandering\" of (I quit idly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Defeat provided by one caught showing great joy (8)","output":"### Answer: BEATIFIC \n ### Explanation: BEAT=\"Defeat\" + IF=\"provided\" + I=\"one\" + C (caught in cricket)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vessel with wine is shaken (6)","output":"### Answer: JARRED \n ### Explanation: JAR=\"Vessel\" + RED=\"wine\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Substitute Queen rested by entrance to zoo (6)","output":"### Answer: ERSATZ \n ### Explanation: ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"Queen\") + SAT=\"rested\" + Z-oo"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leaders of gardeners' and zoologists' unions meet privately to seek a higher offer (6)","output":"### Answer: GAZUMP \n ### Explanation: definition: a seller agreeing to an offer (e.g. on a house) and then accepting or asking for a higher offer\n \nleading letters from G-ardeners' A-nd Z-oologists' U-nions M-eet P-rivately"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little time for tea or coffee (5)","output":"### Answer: MOCHA \n ### Explanation: MO (moment, \"Little time\") + CHA=\"tea\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blue revolutionary left lodge (5)","output":"### Answer: DWELL \n ### Explanation: LEWD=\"Blue\" as in 'blue movie' reversed\/\"revolutionary\" + L (left)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Goddess moves Mars: it blocks Earth (7)","output":"### Answer: ARTEMIS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/'moves\" of (Mars it)*, around E (Earth)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Provoked within view, caught by day (7)","output":"### Answer: INCITED \n ### Explanation: 'incite' is a homophone\/\"caught\" of 'in sight'=\"within view\", plus D (day)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Warnings of broken nose when stealing money (5)","output":"### Answer: OMENS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"broken\" of (nose) around M (money)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps Bell and Edison's financial backers have change of heart (9)","output":"### Answer: INVENTORS \n ### Explanation: INVE-s-TORS=\"financial backers\", switching the central\/\"heart\" letter from 's' to N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Physicist's hesitation with car following reality (bonnet's missing) (10)","output":"### Answer: RUTHERFORD \n ### Explanation: ER=\"hesitation\" + FORD=\"car\", both following after t-RUTH=\"reality\" minus the first letter\/\"bonnet\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Main reason corrupt Reagan's deposed? (3)","output":"### Answer: SEA \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"corrupt\" of (r-eas-on) minus letters 'Ron' as in Ronald Reagan"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It might be slipped into real brew as one likes (12)","output":"### Answer: DISCRETIONAL \n ### Explanation: DISC=\"It might be slipped\" as in a 'slipped disc' injury, plus anagram\/\"brew\" of (into real)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drunk actress grabs thrilling hour entertaining male musical director (6,6)","output":"### Answer: CHORUS MASTER \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Drunk\" of (actress)* around anagram\/\"thrilling\" of (hour)* and around M (male)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article written in ancient Hebrew (3)","output":"### Answer: THE \n ### Explanation: hidden in ancien-T HE-brew"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Workmates pass by 21 in Paris with fevers (10)","output":"### Answer: COLLEAGUES \n ### Explanation: COL=\"pass\" + LE='the'\/21ac in French\/\"in Paris\" + AGUES=\"fevers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A little over 51? That's special powers (9)","output":"### Answer: ABILITIES \n ### Explanation: A BIT=\"A little\", around LI=\"51\" in Roman numerals, plus IE=i.e.=that is=\"That's\", plus S (special)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: God's in a blind rage (5)","output":"### Answer: INDRA \n ### Explanation: hidden in bl-IND RA-ge"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No good holding stew containing pea, say, one in a pod? (7)","output":"### Answer: DOLPHIN \n ### Explanation: a group of dolphins is called a pod\n \nanagram\/\"stew\" of (holdin-g)* minus the 'g' for \"good\", and around P=\"pea, say\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Colour of two wines (4-3)","output":"### Answer: ROSE-RED \n ### Explanation: ros\u00e9 and red wines"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moving down river current on ship (6)","output":"### Answer: ABOARD \n ### Explanation: AB-R-OAD=widespread=\"current\", with the R for \"river\" moving down within the word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top darts score? (6)","output":"### Answer: TWENTY \n ### Explanation: 20 is the number at the top of a darts board"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Setter's second ghost theme? Elgar ultimately promises to be puzzling (10)","output":"### Answer: MYSTERIOUS \n ### Explanation: MY=\"Setter's\" + S (second) + a ghost\/outline of T-hem-E + ultimate letter of Elga-R + IOUS='I owe you-s'=\"promises\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King takes tourist's seat in sturdy boat (5)","output":"### Answer: SKIFF \n ### Explanation: S-t-IFF=\"sturdy\", with K (King) replacing the seat\/last letter of touris-T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I never travel by steamship around new city (9)","output":"### Answer: INVERNESS \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"travel\" of (I never)* + SS (steam ship), and both around N (new)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alleged murderer gets stick (4)","output":"### Answer: CANE \n ### Explanation: sounds like 'Cain', the biblical \"murderer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wandering south with many (8)","output":"### Answer: THOUSAND \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"Wandering\" of (south)*, plus AND=\"with\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Home improvements cover up little \u2014 and not in a good way (8)","output":"### Answer: DISMALLY \n ### Explanation: DIY=\"Home improvements\" around SMALL=\"little\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Family diagrams omit school science (10)","output":"### Answer: KINEMATICS \n ### Explanation: KIN=\"Family\" plus sch-EMATICS=\"diagrams\" minus SCH for \"school\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Asian river snake bites diva in half, close to vein (9)","output":"### Answer: CAMBODIAN \n ### Explanation: CAM=\"river\", plus BOA=\"snake\" around half of DI-va, plus the closing letter of vei-N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Polish guards caught old thieves lobbying leaders in country (8)","output":"### Answer: SCOTLAND \n ### Explanation: SAND=\"Polish\" around leaders of C-aught O-ld T-hieves L-obbying"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spooner's entire factory shouldn't make a big deal from this? (8)","output":"### Answer: MOLEHILL \n ### Explanation: definition referring to the expression 'making a mountain out of a molehill'\n \nSpoonerism of 'whole mill'=\"entire factory\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pioneer surrenders ring to one supplying capital (6)","output":"### Answer: FUNDER \n ### Explanation: F-o-UNDER=\"Pioneer\" giving up O=\"ring\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man, perhaps, is 50+? (6)","output":"### Answer: ISLAND \n ### Explanation: definition referring to the Isle of Man\n \nIS, plus L=\"50\" in Roman numerals\", plus AND=\"+\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Failure of Super League? Football fans to finally riot (5)","output":"### Answer: LOSER \n ### Explanation: anagram\/\"riot\" of (r e l s o)*, the final letters of Supe-R Leagu-E Footbal-L fan-S t-O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strong man's not 'ard (4)","output":"### Answer: RICH \n ### Explanation: RICH-ard=\"man\" minus 'ard"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Standards judged to be sad, then sadder, so to speak? (8)","output":"### Answer: CRITERIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Standar\nhomophone\/\"to speak\" of: 'cry'=\"to be sad\" + 'tearier'=\"sadder\" \nOr could be 'cried'=\"judged to be sad\" with \"Standards\" as definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cross-Channel trip reportedly says 'up yours' to those working the ferries! (5,6)","output":"### Answer: BOOZE CRUISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cross-Channel trip\ndefinition: a trip from the UK across the Channel to France to buy alcohol \nhomophone\/\"reportedly\" of 'boos crews'=\"says 'up yours' to those working the ferries\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Miss trial, or slam into prison with Spooner? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: JUMP BAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Miss trial\nSpoonerism of 'bump jail'=\"slam into prison\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Possible aim of epidural containing last of ethanol, solvent (2,3,5)","output":"### Answer: IN THE BLACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: solvent\ndefinition: not being in debt \nIN THE BACK=\"Possible aim of epidural\" around last of ethano-L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trekker's blessing for start of route, or developing plans for diversion (4,4,3,7)","output":"### Answer: LIVE LONG AND PROSPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trekker's blessing\ndefinition: a famous phrase from Star Trek \nanagram\/\"diversion\" of (r or developing plans)*, with the first r coming from R-oute"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Secrecy ultimately maintained, is able to 'arbour killer (7)","output":"### Answer: CYANIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: killer\nultimate letter of secrec-Y, inside CAN 'IDE=can hide=\"is able to 'arbour\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bloke eating last of butter before cheese (7)","output":"### Answer: GRUY\u00c8RE \n ### Explanation: Definition: cheese\nGUY=\"Bloke\" around butte-R, plus ERE=\"before\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pen witticism, funny phrase I love? (8)","output":"### Answer: APHORISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pen witticism\nanagram\/\"funny\" of (phrase I O)*, with the O=\"love\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Timber turned out beautifully (6)","output":"### Answer: SPRUCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Timber\ndouble definition: a type of tree\/wood (noun), or smart\/smartly dressed (adjective)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Joiner in seat wearing garment, a certain style (5,4,3,5)","output":"### Answer: SHORT BACK AND SIDES \n ### Explanation: Definition: a\ndefinition: a type of haircut \nAND=a word used to join other words=\"Joiner\", inside BACKSIDE=\"seat\"; all inside SHORTS=\"garment\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cold, like a man on board? (8)","output":"### Answer: DRAUGHTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cold\n\"man on board\" could be DRAUGHT-Y, related to draughts, as a man can be a piece on a board for a game of draughts (checkers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unfortunately, cheapest housing no good: significant progress required (4,6)","output":"### Answer: STEP CHANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: significant progress required\nanagram\/\"Unfortunately\" of (cheapest)*, around NG (no good)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old European kingdom, some feel it's a country on the rise (7)","output":"### Answer: CASTILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old European kingdom\nhidden reversed in\/\"some\u2026 on the rise\" of: fe-EL IT'S A C-ountry"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Newspaper, i did you say? (8)","output":"### Answer: OBSERVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Newspaper\n\"i did you say?\" => 'i' sounds like 'eye', an OBSERVER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Potter actor underwater? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: POOL PLAYER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Potter\ndefinition: a player of pool 'pots' balls into pockets \nPLAYER=\"actor\", under POOL i.e. \"underwater?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Source of inspiration, play a villain (6)","output":"### Answer: BEACON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Source of inspiration\nBE A CON=\"play a villain\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Idiot with new pay cut, work up and down (10)","output":"### Answer: NINCOMPOOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Idiot\nN (new) + INCOM-e=\"pay cut\" + OP=\"work\" both reversed\/\"up\" and not reversed\/\"down\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Broadcaster I attack, one in African country (8)","output":"### Answer: DJIBOUTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: African country\nDJ=radio \"Broadcaster\" + I + BOUT=\"attack\" + I=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hectic or excited, skip off (8)","output":"### Answer: RICOCHET \n ### Explanation: Definition: skip off\nanagram\/\"excited\" of (Hectic or)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Was a kipper, when served up, inspiring English type of pizza? (4-3)","output":"### Answer: DEEP-PAN \n ### Explanation: Definition:  type of pizza\nNAPPED=\"Was a kipper\" reversed\/\"served up\", taking in\/\"inspiring\" E (English)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sentence like wordplay? (6)","output":"### Answer: PUNISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sentence\ndefinition: as in a court sentence for a criminal \nPUN-ISH=\"like wordplay?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bound to get journey underway? (6)","output":"### Answer: STRIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bound\nRIDE=\"journey\", under ST (street) i.e. \"under \/ way?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird to smoke at home (6)","output":"### Answer: PUFFIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bird\nPUFF=\"smoke\" + IN=\"at home\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crimes by receivers of stolen goods (8)","output":"### Answer: OFFENCES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crimes\n[Crimes] OF FENCES=[Crimes] \"by receivers of stolen goods\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Couple that are not straight about male's forbidden love (6)","output":"### Answer: BIGAMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: forbidden love\nBI and GAY=\"Couple that are not straight\", around M (male)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Characteristics describing Romeo meeting love rats (8)","output":"### Answer: TRAITORS \n ### Explanation: Definition: rats\nTRAITS=\"Characteristics\" around R (Romeo) after O=\"love\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: PC? Priti Patel's flapping around getting interviewed, for example (4,10)","output":"### Answer: PAST PARTICIPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: interviewed, for example\n*Tramp in the Guardian comments section has clarified that the correct version of the clue is:* \n*\"**PC? Priti Patel's flapping around when interviewed, for example\"*\n \nanagram\/\"flapping\" of (PC Priti Patel)*, around AS=\"when\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Made money on the radio (4)","output":"### Answer: BRED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Made\nhomophone\/\"on the radio\" of 'bread'=slang for \"money\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poke with end of sharp stick (4)","output":"### Answer: PROD \n ### Explanation: Definition: P\nshar-P + ROD=\"stick\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top worker to call teacher (10)","output":"### Answer: RINGMASTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Top worker\nin definition, \"Top\" as in a circus tent \nRING=\"call\" + MASTER=\"teacher\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disintegration after treatment is confusing (14)","output":"### Answer: DISORIENTATING \n ### Explanation: Definition: confusing\nanagram\/\"after treatment\" of (Disintegration)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What for Don Juan stops fights? Bunches of flowers (8)","output":"### Answer: BOUQUETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bunches of flowers\nQUE=\"What\" in Spanish \/ \"for Don Juan\", inside BOUTS=\"fights\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Polish almost off new shoe (4-2)","output":"### Answer: SLIP-ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: s\nanagram\/\"off\" of (Polis-h)* without the h, plus N (new)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They hold Women's Institute meeting with more senior people (8)","output":"### Answer: WIELDERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They hold\nWI (Women's Institute) + ELDERS=\"more senior people\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regular shape in keeping very fit (6)","output":"### Answer: ISOGON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Regular shape\ndefinition: a polygon with all angles equal e.g. a rectangle has all right angles \nIN, around SO=\"very\" + GO=\"fit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More than one local in front of Borstal during discharge (4)","output":"### Answer: PUBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: More than one local\nB-orstal inside PUS=\"discharge\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Following green light turning, hit red light at the back (3,4)","output":"### Answer: FOG LAMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: red light at the back\nfor definition: a car's rear fog lights will be red \nF (Following) + GO=\"green light\" reversed\/\"turning\" + LAMP=\"hit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not able to go one mile to receive inspection for vehicle (8)","output":"### Answer: IMMOTILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not able to go\nI=\"one\" + MILE around MOT=\"inspection for vehicle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In favour of Europe, ultimately still time for planning (11)","output":"### Answer: FORETHOUGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: planning\nFOR=\"In favour of\" + [Europ]-E + THOUGH=\"still\" + T (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Venice trips to see show (6)","output":"### Answer: EVINCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: show\nanagram\/\"trips\" of (Venice)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Axe policeman for smuggling heroin (7)","output":"### Answer: CHOPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Axe\nCOPPER=\"policemen\" around H (heroin)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One hanging poster about product's unmatched quality (9)","output":"### Answer: SUSPENDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One hanging\nSENDER [of a parcel in the post]=\"poster\", around USP (Unique Selling Point, \"product's unmatched quality\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Actor tried playing king for role in theatre? (3,8)","output":"### Answer: ART DIRECTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: role in theatre?\nanagram\/\"playing\" of (Actor tried)*, plus R (Rex, \"king\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like top kisser? Charlie excited on one date, finally has fiddle (6,3)","output":"### Answer: CUPIDS BOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like top kisser\ndefinition: a double curve shape at the top of a person's lips \nC (Charlie) + UP=\"excited\" + I=\"one\" + D (date) + final letter of ha-S + BOW=\"fiddle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Legendary figure to go brown: Greek character around lake getting sun (8)","output":"### Answer: TANTALUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: L\nTAN=\"go brown\" + TAU=Greek letter\/\"character\" around L (lake) + S (sun)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hide round bike sheds, primarily to smoke (7)","output":"### Answer: OBSCURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hide\nO=\"round\" + B-ike S-heds primarily + CURE=\"to smoke\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One holds guy, perhaps, after ten pints knocked back (4,3)","output":"### Answer: TENT PEG \n ### Explanation: Definition: One holds guy\nin definition, \"guy\" as in a rope securing a tent \nEG=e.g.=\"perhaps\", after TEN plus PT (pints) reversed\/\"knocked back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crumbled in golf on series of holes (6)","output":"### Answer: GROUND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crumbled\nG (golf) + ROUND=\"series of [golf] holes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aware of boozer drinking round (2,2)","output":"### Answer: IN ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Aware of\nINN=\"boozer\" around O=\"round\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Value for money, deer hunter's rifle shot? (4,3,4,4)","output":"### Answer: BANG FOR ONE\u2019S BUCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Value for money\nBANG as a \"rifle shot\" when hunting a BUCK=\"deer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A dogma, perhaps, surrounding a US state (7)","output":"### Answer: ALABAMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: US state\nA + LABMA around A \nLABMA given by splitting up \"dog \/ ma\" so LAB (labrador, \"dog\") + MA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cause alarm, as I've done with Du Tompes? (3,3,3,5,3,7)","output":"### Answer: PUT THE CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cause alarm\n'dupe'='pigeon', someone who is the victim of a deception \n\"Du Tompes\" is 'Tom'=CAT, put inside\/among 'Dupes'=PIGEONS\n \n\u2026I initially thought SET instead of PUT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finally, adult and a boy both playing part of first set (4,5)","output":"### Answer: BABY TOOTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of first set\nanagram\/\"playing\" of (t a boy both)*, with the first 't' coming from adul-T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brief flash in long cloud, measure dropping straight down (9)","output":"### Answer: PLUMB LINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: measure dropping straight down\nBLIN-g=\"Brief flash\" inside PLUME=\"long cloud\" \nbling=flash in the sense of ostentatious style\n \n*edit \u2013 Joseph Keith Morgan, Sagittarius and others in comments have pointed out BLIN-k for \"Brief flash\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink way off (5)","output":"### Answer: STOUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drink\nST (street, \"way\") + OUT=\"off\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top president who's become careless? (6,3)","output":"### Answer: SLOPPY JOE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Top\ndefinition: a sloppy joe is a type of sweater \nJOE [Biden]=\"president\", SLOPPY=\"careless\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Phone somewhere in 5 (6)","output":"### Answer: MOBILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Phone\nsecond definition: a city in ALABAMA=5ac"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: My attempt done, mess needs sorting out (8,2)","output":"### Answer: GOODNESS ME \n ### Explanation: Definition: My\ndefinition: \"My\" as an interjection \nGO=\"attempt\" + anagram\/\"sorting out\" of (done mess)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hard to say what is unable to swim and fly? (7,4,3,4)","output":"### Answer: NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hard to say\nneither fish (able to swim) nor fowl (able to fly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Source of mighty growth around university, a Spanish city (1,6)","output":"### Answer: A CORU\u00d1A \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spanish city\nACORN=\"Source of mighty growth\" around U (university) + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweetheart wearing golden jacket (5)","output":"### Answer: GILET \n ### Explanation: Definition: jacket\n\"Sweetheart\" split to give 'heart'\/centre of sw-E-et, inside GILT=\"golden\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Busy working but drinking, say (2,3,2)","output":"### Answer: ON THE GO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Busy\nON=\"working\" + THO=tho'=though=\"but\", around\/\"drinking\" EG=e.g.=\"say\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Idle hands grabbing old tie, lazily (6)","output":"### Answer: LOITER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Idle\ndefinition: \"Idle\" as a verb \nL and R (left and right, \"hands\"), around O (old) plus anagram\/\"lazily\" of (tie)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worker on call in remarkably gutless corporation (4,5)","output":"### Answer: BEER BELLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: corporation\ndefinition: \"corporation\" meaning a large belly \nBEE=\"Worker\", on BELL=\"call\" inside R-emarkabl-Y \"gutless\" without its inside letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note about first of Colts, a shooter (7)","output":"### Answer: MINICAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: shooter\nMINIM=musical \"Note\" around C-olts + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Elderly student spoiling gigolos rotten (13)","output":"### Answer: GERONTOLOGIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Elderly student\nanagram\/\"spoiling\" of (gigolos rotten)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: America and African dictator brought into play after revolution, certainly! (3,4,2)","output":"### Answer: YOU SAID IT \n ### Explanation: Definition: certainly!\nUSA=\"America\" + IDI [Amin]=\"African dictator\", inside TOY=\"play\" reversed\/\"after revolution\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flower that's gold held up by kid (3,4)","output":"### Answer: TEA ROSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flower\nOR=\"gold\" reversed\/\"up\" inside TEASE=\"kid\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Italian tourist destination in Colosseum ultimately saved by the last John Paul? (7)","output":"### Answer: POMPEII \n ### Explanation: Definition: I\n[Colosseu]-M inside POPE [John Paul] II"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wheels covering first of rough terrain in US city (7)","output":"### Answer: ORLANDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: US city\nOO=two circles=\"Wheels\" around R-ough + LAND=\"terrain\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stick gas in middle (6)","output":"### Answer: COHERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stick\nHE (Helium, \"gas\") inside CORE=\"middle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expression of postprandial satisfaction for Shakespearean character (5)","output":"### Answer: BELCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Expression of postprandial satisfaction\n\"postprandial\" means after a meal \nSir Toby BELCH is in Twelfth Night"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reason to restrict availability of alcohol (9)","output":"### Answer: RATIONALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reason\nRATION=\"restrict availability\" + ALE=\"alcohol\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Busy pub talk is essentially quite ordinary (5)","output":"### Answer: USUAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: ordinary\nthe 'essential' or central letters of b-US-y p-U-b t-AL-k"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quiet one moving east carrying a signal (7)","output":"### Answer: SALIENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: signal\ndefinition: \"signal\" meaning 'notable'\n \nSILENT=\"Quiet\" with the I=\"one\" moving one space to the right\/\"east\", around A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Case is plain with ivory top inlaid (7)","output":"### Answer: PATIENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Case\ndefinition: PATIENT as in a medical case\n \nPATENT=obvious=\"plain\" around the top letter of I-vory"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note skin damage \u2014 it's huge, man! (5)","output":"### Answer: TITAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: huge, man\nTI=musical \"Note\" + TAN=\"skin damage\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Initial deal that comes through personal experience (5,4)","output":"### Answer: FIRST HAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: that comes \nFIRST=\"Initial\" + DEAL=\"hand\" of playing cards"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The cool cat a poet made up is absolutely useless (9,6)","output":"### Answer: CHOCOLATE TEAPOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: is absolutely useless\nanagram\/\"made up\" of (The cool cat a poet)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Club rates redesigned so they are easy to understand (9)","output":"### Answer: SCRUTABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: easy to understand\nanagram\/\"redesigned\" of (Club rates)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I leave country hotel to find wine (5)","output":"### Answer: SYRAH \n ### Explanation: Definition: wine\nSYR-i-A=\"country\" with the 'i' leaving, plus H (hotel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A municipality confiscating papers causes bitterness (7)","output":"### Answer: ACIDITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: bitterness\nA + CITY=\"municipality\", around ID=identification \"papers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ulster artist holding lead is just bliss (7)","output":"### Answer: NIRVANA \n ### Explanation: Definition: bliss\nNI (Northern Ireland, Ulster) + RA (Royal Academician, \"artist\"), around VAN=vanguard=\"lead'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tolerate a new wife moving right out (5)","output":"### Answer: ABIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tolerate\nA + B-r-IDE=\"new wife\" with the R (right) moving out"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First officer who looks after himself, primarily? (6,3)","output":"### Answer: NUMBER ONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: F\ntriple definition\n \nfirst definition: e.g. a first officer in the Royal Navy\n \nsecond definition referring to phrase 'looking after number one'\n \nthird definition: when listing things in order e.g. 'number one\u2026 [number two\u2026]'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The facts are these: freewheeling stars will break apart defence (5,5)","output":"### Answer: BRASS TACKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: The facts\nanagram\/\"freewheeling\" of (stars)* inside BACKS=as opposed to 'forwards' in e.g. rugby=\"defence\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weapon some strap to their feet (8)","output":"### Answer: STILETTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Weapon\ndouble definition: a dagger, or a shoe with a high heel"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get moving to improve method of seduction (4,2)","output":"### Answer: COME ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get moving\ntriple definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Direction provided by leaders of Europe at summit talks (4)","output":"### Answer: EAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Direction\nleading letters of E-urope A-t S-ummit T-alks"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It preserves well-concealed architectural feature, they say (4,6)","output":"### Answer: DEEP FREEZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It preserves\nDEEP=\"well-concealed\" + homophone\/\"they say\" of 'frieze'=\"architectural feature\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It is part of nuanced way to explain foreign film (8)","output":"### Answer: SUBTITLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: way to explain foreign film\nIT inside SUBTLE=\"nuanced\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drake rueful for holding up announcement of discovery (6)","output":"### Answer: EUREKA \n ### Explanation: Definition: announcement of discovery\nhidden reversed\/'held up' inside dr-AKE RUE-ful"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fool horse with backwards look (4)","output":"### Answer: CLOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fool\nCOLT=\"horse\", reversing the middle letters to give LO=\"look\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Theatrical fellow houses son in apartment (10)","output":"### Answer: FLAMBOYANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Theatrical\nMAN=\"fellow\" around BOY=\"son\", both inside FLAT=\"apartment\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl who can cast spells? Spooner says it's dull (10)","output":"### Answer: DITCHWATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's dull\nSpoonerism of WITCH DAUGHTER=\"Girl who can cast spells\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One is unlikely to be successful changing our diets (8)","output":"### Answer: OUTSIDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One is unlikely to be successful\ndefinition: in gambling, a contestant with an 'outside chance' i.e. not one of the favourites to succeed\n \nanagram\/\"changing\" of (our diets)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ring round after entrance to find where you can go (8)","output":"### Answer: PORTALOO \n ### Explanation: Definition: where you can go\nO=\"Ring\" + O=\"round\", after PORTAL=\"entrance\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Check on home twice (4,2)","output":"### Answer: REININ \n ### Explanation: Definition: Check\nRE=about=\"on\" + IN IN=\"home\" twice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet shop robbed as regulars left on time (6)","output":"### Answer: SORBET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sweet\nregular letters from S-h-O-p R-o-B-b-E-d, plus T (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Act slowly and prevaricate; initially not what this demanded (4)","output":"### Answer: ASAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: not what this demanded\ninitials of A-ct S-lowly A-nd P-revaricate"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nobody in Rome raised warning (4)","output":"### Answer: NEMO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nobody in Rome\ndefinition: Latin for 'nobody'\n \nOMEN=\"warning\" reversed\/\"raised\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In effect, leads from Tristan and Isolde very emotional after a Wagner piece? (9)","output":"### Answer: OPERATIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: In effect\ndefinition: \"in effect\" in the sense of 'up and running' \nleading letters from T-ristan and I-solde V-ery E-motional, after OPERA=\"a Wagner piece\"\n \n*Tristan and Isolde* is a Wagner opera"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mock exam occasionally set that's tricky (5)","output":"### Answer: TEASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mock\nanagram\/\"that's tricky\" of (e-a- set)*, where e-a- are occasional letters from \"exam\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Back to university following common cold (5)","output":"### Answer: PARKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: c\nuniversit-Y after PARK=\"common\"=as in land open for public use"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shows testicles at the front: small trunks (3,6)","output":"### Answer: TEA CHESTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: trunks\nTEACHES=\"Shows\" + T-esticles + S (small)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exercise to become hard when tender at one time (7)","output":"### Answer: PESETAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: tender at one time\ndefinition: Spanish currency (legal \"tender\") at one time, before the introduction of the Euro \nPE (Physical Education, \"Exercise\") + SET=\"become hard\" + AS=\"when\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Race around motorway? This might catch it (7)","output":"### Answer: DASHCAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: This might catch it \nDASH=\"Race\" + CA (circa, \"around\") + M (motorway)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: About to tackle husband wearing the eau de Cologne? (5)","output":"### Answer: RHINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: eau de Cologne?\ndefinition: the Rhine river flows through Cologne in Germany \nRE (About), around: H (husband) + IN (wearing)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bits in random access for computer (3)","output":"### Answer: MAC \n ### Explanation: Definition: computer\nhidden in rando-M AC-cess"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drugs running in both directions cross county (5)","output":"### Answer: ESSEX \n ### Explanation: Definition: county\ne's=plural of e (ecstasy)=\"Drugs\", \"in both directions\" so ES-SE, plus X=\"cross\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English public school's opening grounds (7)","output":"### Answer: ESTATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: grounds\nE (English) + STATE=\"public\" + S-chool"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mostly shout loudly to get hotel page? This one? (7)","output":"### Answer: BELLHOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: T\nBELLO-w=\"Mostly shout loudly\" around H (hotel), plus P (page)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cleared out jumble sale held by strange number from church (9)","output":"### Answer: JERUSALEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: number from church\ndefinition: the hymn with words by William Blake \"And did those feet in ancient time\u2026\" \nJ-umbl-E cleared out of its inside letters, plus SALE held inside RUM=\"strange\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I do start to see figures (5)","output":"### Answer: ICONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: figures\nI + CON=cheat, deceive=\"do\" + S-ee"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conservative with shock lead (5)","output":"### Answer: CHAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: lead\nC (Conservative) + HAIR=\"shock\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ignore ads: terribly pompous (9)","output":"### Answer: GRANDIOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: pompou\nanagram\/\"terribly\" of (Ignore ads)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Washer might go through this hole in drain (4)","output":"### Answer: SOAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Washe\nO=\"hole\" inside SAP=\"drain\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tries to take in tailor's top suit (6)","output":"### Answer: HEARTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: suit\ndefinition: a suit in playing cards \nHEARS [in court]=\"Tries\" around T-ailor"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relaxed cryptic setter in a state of financial security? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: EASY STREET \n ### Explanation: Definition: s\nEASY=\"Relaxed\", plus anagram\/\"cryptic\" of (setter)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Runs down slope: is step ungainly? (6)","output":"### Answer: PISTES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Runs down slope\nanagram\/\"ungainly\" of (is step)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: That woman at supermarket has Covid; initially family shields like this (8)","output":"### Answer: HERALDIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: family shields like this\nHER=\"That woman\" + ALDI=\"supermarket\" + C-ovid"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chase hard with the rest in front (4)","output":"### Answer: ETCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chase\ndefinition: \"chase\" can mean to engrave metal \nH (hard) with ETC=\"the rest\" in front"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Republican one fires rifles (8)","output":"### Answer: RANSACKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: rifles\nR (Republican) + AN=\"one\" + SACKS=\"fires\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Studies points following detective's case (4)","output":"### Answer: DENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Studies\ndefinition: 'study' as in a room \nN (North and South, compass \"points\") after D-etectiv-E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prince, idiot to break down (5)","output":"### Answer: PARSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: break down\nP (Prince) + ARSE=\"idiot\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time to dump date: kiss at the back for thrills (10)","output":"### Answer: SPELLBINDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: thrills\nSPELL=\"Time\" + BIN=\"dump\" + D (date) + kis-S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Military Intelligence wrong over mistake (3-2)","output":"### Answer: MIX-UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: mistake\nMI (Military Intelligence) + X=cross marking a \"wrong\" answer + UP=at an end=\"over\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Break hip: travel for replacement (8)","output":"### Answer: INTERVAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Break\nIN=fashionable=\"hip\" + anagram\/\"replacement\" of (travel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put out a smiling shot (8)","output":"### Answer: MISALIGN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put out\nanagram\/\"shot\" of (a smiling)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tramp having appropriate hippy place to put money? (6)","output":"### Answer: BUMBAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: hippy place to put money\nBUM=\"Tramp\" + BAG as a verb=take for oneself=\"appropriate\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Curse as Home Office loves to host party? (6)","output":"### Answer: HOODOO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Curse\nHO (Home Office) + O O=\"loves\" around DO=\"party\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailor's flag at sea (4)","output":"### Answer: JACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sailor\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wrap samosa: rice stuffing (4)","output":"### Answer: SARI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wrap\nhidden in samo-SA RI-ce"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Great, no parking! One will charge (4)","output":"### Answer: SUER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One will charge \nSU-p-ER=\"Great\" without p (parking)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bowler's appeal: first wicket! (I've forgotten the name) (7)","output":"### Answer: WHATSIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: I've forgotten the name\nHAT'S=\"Bowler's\" + IT=[sex] \"appeal\"; with W (wicket) first"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Balance for one second on large animal (3,4)","output":"### Answer: SEA LEGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Balance\nEG=e.g.=\"for one\" + S (second); after SEAL=\"large animal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Head of state's love a Shakes\u00adpearean queen rejected (5)","output":"### Answer: OBAMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: H\nO=\"love\", plus A + MAB=\"Shakespearean queen\" of the fairies both reversed\/\"rejected\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clerk's enclosure to woman covering matter (3-6)","output":"### Answer: PEN-PUSHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clerk\nPEN=\"enclosure\" HER=\"woman\" after PUS=\"matter\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Daring Nazis are after fortune hidden in tree (10)","output":"### Answer: PLUCKINESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Daring\ndefinition: \"Daring\" as a noun\n \nSS=\"Nazis\", after LUCK=\"fortune\" inside PINE=\"tree\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As country-lover, Pat protects this small group (4)","output":"### Answer: TRIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: small group\n\"Pat\" goes around TRIO to make 'pa-TRIO-t'=\"country-lover\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pirate, 90, suffering a long time in here? (12)","output":"### Answer: PENITENTIARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: long time in here?\nanagram\/\"suffering\" of (Pirate ninety)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fascinated by second hand (12)","output":"### Answer: PREPOSSESSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fascinated\npre-possessed could also mean \"second hand\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two US states that share a capital (4)","output":"### Answer: RIGA \n ### Explanation: Definition: capital\nRI + GA=Rhode Island and Georgia=\"Two US states\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman's convenience, or inconvenience (10)","output":"### Answer: DISCOMMODE \n ### Explanation: Definition: inconvenience\nDI'S as in Diana's=\"Woman's\" + COMMODE=toilet=\"convenience\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Love to break quickly into a modern industry (9)","output":"### Answer: AEROSPACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a modern industry\nEROS=\"Love\" inside APACE=\"quickly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A good idea's occurred to me \u2014 say yes? No! (1,4)","output":"### Answer: I KNOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: A good idea's occurred to me\nhomophone\/\"say\" of 'aye? No!'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At hotel wonder about vital delivery tracking system (4-3)","output":"### Answer: HAWK-EYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: delivery tracking system\ndefinition: Hawk-Eye is used to track cricket deliveries\n \nH (Hotel) + AWE=\"wonder\" around KEY=\"vital\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rescheduled November replay that all can attend (7)","output":"### Answer: PLENARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: all can attend\nanagram\/\"Rescheduled\" of (N replay)* \u2013 'November' is used as N in the NATO alphabet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shouts of triumph? I made a mistake (6)","output":"### Answer: WHOOPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shouts of triumph\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A master of wine avoiding church counter (6)","output":"### Answer: ABACUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: counter\nA + BAC-CH-US=Roman god of wine=\"master of wine\" minus CH (church)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Explorer's hut revealed a secret (10)","output":"### Answer: SHACKLETON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Explorer\nSHACK=\"hut\" + LET ON=\"revealed a secret\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gimme short recording (3-2)","output":"### Answer: TAP-IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gimme\ndefinition: an easy opportunity e.g. for a goal in football\n \nTAPIN-g=\"recording\" cut short"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some birds go with empty robins' nests for a change (9)","output":"### Answer: SONGSTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Some birds\nanagram\/\"change\" of (go RS nests)*, where 'RS' is R-obin-S emptied out"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lily heading off from old rotten borough (4)","output":"### Answer: ARUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lily\ns-ARUM with head letter taken off"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heavenly round these parts and others (8)","output":"### Answer: ETHEREAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Heavenly\nHERE=\"these parts\", with ET AL=\"and others\" going \"round\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nods, X-ray turning out a gem (8)","output":"### Answer: SARDONYX \n ### Explanation: Definition: gem\nanagram\/\"turning out\" of (Nods X-ray)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Speed up meal cooked and eaten by Aussie (10)","output":"### Answer: STREAMLINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Speed up\nanagram\/\"cooked\" of (meal)* inside STRINE=\"Aussie\" or Australian English"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Promote development of giant site (9)","output":"### Answer: INSTIGATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Promote\nanagram\/\"development\" of (giant site)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Apply to a prince for a chaplain (8)","output":"### Answer: APPROACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Apply to\nA + P (prince) + PRO=\"for\" + A + CH (chaplain)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The way to hold garden tool to deal with this? (8)","output":"### Answer: HEDGEROW \n ### Explanation: Definition: t\nHOW=\"The way\" holding EDGER=\"garden tool [to deal with a hedgerow]\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Informally intend to secure a monitor (6)","output":"### Answer: GOANNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: monitor \ndefinition: a monitor lizard\n \nGONNA=\"intend to\" informally, around A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lyric outside lifted little room (6)","output":"### Answer: LEEWAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: room\nLAY=\"Lyric\" as in a poem, around WEE=\"little\" reversed\/\"lifted\" upward"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Despicable person picking up last bit of pancake (5)","output":"### Answer: CREEP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Despicable person\nCR\u00caPE=\"pancake\", with the last letter E moved up"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Actual existence in county (vote denied) (4)","output":"### Answer: ESSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Actual existence\nESSE-X=\"county\" minus X used to mark a vote"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alas, sad Sid, missing Violet, is full of lust (9)","output":"### Answer: SALACIOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: full of lust\nanagram\/\"sad\" of (Alas)*, plus vi-CIOUS minus 'vi' short for \"Violet\"\n \nSid Vicious was the bassist in the Sex Pistols"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grunge performed by elderly lead with a wheeze (4,4)","output":"### Answer: GOOD IDEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: wheeze\nGOO=\"Grunge\" + DID=\"performed\" + E-lderly + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supportive of political paper? Keep going (8)","output":"### Answer: PROTRACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Keep going\nPRO=\"Supportive of\" + TRACT=\"political paper\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Edit makes cardinal turn? (6)","output":"### Answer: REDACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Edit\nRED=\"cardinal\" (the scarlet of a cardinal's cassock) + ACT=\"turn\" e.g. a 'comedy turn'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Argentina's signature housing grant (6)","output":"### Answer: ASSIGN \n ### Explanation: Definition: g\nhidden in Argentin-A'S SIGN-ature"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Visual aid gets royal person (not king) backing doctrine (5-3)","output":"### Answer: PINCE-NEZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: Visual aid\nP-r-INCE=\"royal person\" minus 'r' (rex, \"king\"), plus ZEN=\"doctrine\" reversed\/\"backing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brave cooks wrapping date exotically, perhaps (6)","output":"### Answer: ADVERB \n ### Explanation: Definition: exotically, perhaps\nanagram\/\"cooks\" of (Brave)*, around D (date)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Too often mistaken for an unimportant event (8)","output":"### Answer: FOOTNOTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: unimportant event\nanagram\/\"mistaken\" of (Too often)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look associated with cunning jumbo? (8)","output":"### Answer: AIRCRAFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: jumbo?\nAIR=\"Look\" + CRAFT=\"cunning\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Substantial magazine piece: 'Put on weight' (6)","output":"### Answer: SPREAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Substantial magazine piece\ndouble definition: a multi-page article, or to become fatter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dish busy playing with ball (8)","output":"### Answer: SYLLABUB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dish\nanagram\/\"playing\" of (busy ball)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regret shoehorning outdated record into lease (6)","output":"### Answer: REPENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Regret\nEP (extended play, \"outdated record\") inside RENT=\"lease\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Powered vehicle of stone bound to lose its rear (3,3)","output":"### Answer: JET SKI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Powered vehicle\nJET=\"stone\" + SKI-p=\"bound\" without its rear letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet has no right to internalise American apprehension (8)","output":"### Answer: SUSPENSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: apprehension\nEdmund SPENSE-r=\"Poet\" without 'r' for \"right\", around US=\"American\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sediment found by the Mexican common weed (9)","output":"### Answer: GROUNDSEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: common weed\nGROUNDS=\"Sediment\" of e.g. coffee + EL=\"the [in] Mexican [Spanish]\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They're bound to work out ref's needing specs ultimately (5)","output":"### Answer: SERFS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They're bound to work\nanagram\/\"out\" of (ref's)*, plus spec-S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tactile, round sort of window (7)","output":"### Answer: LATTICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: sort of window\nanagram\/\"round\" of (Tactile)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Neckwear item, possibly one piercing a nearby feature (5)","output":"### Answer: CHAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Neckwear item\nA=\"one\" inside CHIN=\"nearby [to one's neck] feature\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Above performing with bra on show? Not quite (2,3,2)","output":"### Answer: ON TOP OF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Above\nON=\"performing\", with TOP OF-f=\"with bra on show? Not quite\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hard nut, so sure to get a beating (9)","output":"### Answer: STRENUOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hard\nanagram\/\"to get a beating\" of (nut so sure)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish from dugout gone off (7)","output":"### Answer: GUDGEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fish\nanagram\/\"out\" of (dug)* + anagram\/\"off\" of (gone)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pit workers abandoned short race? (9)","output":"### Answer: ORCHESTRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pit workers\ndefinition refers to an orchestra pit\n \nanagram\/\"abandoned\" of (short race)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Milk producers switched two entries in record \u2014 the woman's deceived at first (5,4)","output":"### Answer: DAIRY HERD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Milk producers\nDIARY=\"record\", switching positions of two of the letters\/\"entries\", HER=\"the woman's\", plus D-eceived"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird book, hardly concise (9)","output":"### Answer: BRAMBLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bird\nB (book) + RAMBLING=\"hardly concise\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State protects forged steel instrument (7)","output":"### Answer: CELESTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: instrument\nCA (California, US \"State\") around anagram\/\"forged\" of (steel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Label attached to a southern county: 'It's saucy!' (7)","output":"### Answer: TABASCO \n ### Explanation: Definition: 'It's saucy!'\nTAB=\"Label\" + A + S (Southern) + CO (county)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To keep down right, ruler has to oust Marxist leader (7)","output":"### Answer: REPRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: To keep dow\nR (right) + E-m-PRESS=\"ruler\" minus M-arxist"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spades used in check for tree product (5)","output":"### Answer: RESIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: tree product\nS (Spades, playing card suit), inside REIN=\"check\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nosy Catalan's casually abandoning pet (5)","output":"### Answer: NASAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nosy\nanagram\/\"casually\" of (Cat-alan's)*, minus the letters of 'cat'=\"pet\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Religious text worthily translated (4,4)","output":"### Answer: HOLYWRIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Religious text\nanagram\/\"translated\" of (worthily)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lusty husband later becoming gross (6)","output":"### Answer: EARTHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: gross\nHEARTY=\"Lusty\", with the H for \"husband\" moved \"later\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bends over in bars (6)","output":"### Answer: STOOPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bends\nO (over, cricket) inside STOPS=prevents=\"bars\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Source of electricity not new in providing illumination (8)","output":"### Answer: LIGHTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: illumination\nLIGHT-n-ING=\"Source of electricity\" minus 'n' for \"new\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kiss a little, turning head away (4)","output":"### Answer: PECK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kiss\ns-PECK=\"a little\", minus the head letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I note holy man is longing to be laughing (2,8)","output":"### Answer: IN STITCHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: laughing\nI + N (note) + ST (saint, holy man) + ITCHES=\"is longing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reckon US author is to marry (7)","output":"### Answer: BETROTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: marry\nBET=\"Reckon\" + Philip ROTH=\"US author\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drug I take during a trip (7)","output":"### Answer: ASPIRIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drug\nI + R, both inside A SPIN=\"a trip\"\n \nR is short for Latin 'recipe'=\"take\", e.g. on a doctor's prescription"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Many a retiree, say, gets a bittern hatchling? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: BABY BOOMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Many a retiree\nbitterns are birds known for making a booming sound"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Zero energy? Source of hydroelectricity (4)","output":"### Answer: NILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Source of hydroelectricity\nNIL=\"Zero\" + E (energy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gold metal reflected information identifying gas (8)","output":"### Answer: NITROGEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: gas\nOR=\"Gold\" + TIN=\"metal\", both reversed\/\"reflected\"; plus GEN=\"information\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Electronic pioneer keeping in farmyard sounds (6)","output":"### Answer: MOOING \n ### Explanation: Definition: farmyard sounds\nMOOG around IN\n \nRobert Moog was a pioneer of electronic music and created the Moog synthesizer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Visiting many places in Canadian province for us (2,4)","output":"### Answer: ON TOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Visiting many places\nONT (Ontario, Canadian province) + OUR=\"for us\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fiddled, printing stuff in 'dead tree' version (8)","output":"### Answer: TINKERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fiddled\nINK=\"printing stuff\", inside anagram\/\"version\" of (d tree)*, with 'd' for \"dead\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Victims of wars less involved with negotiator about end to confrontation (4,11)","output":"### Answer: LOST GENERATIONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Victims of wars\nanagram\/\"involved\" of (less negotiator)*, around confrontatio-N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having determination to show authorship rests between pirate and criminal (2,4,2,2,5)","output":"### Answer: BY HOOK OR BY CROOK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Having determination\n[written] BY HOOK OR BY CROOK=\"authorship rests between pirate and criminal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Experts over piece of meat bringing in one to make ham (10)","output":"### Answer: PROSCIUTTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: ham\nPROS=\"Experts\", plus CUT=\"piece of meat\" around I=\"one\", plus TO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In confusion as to how some tax avoidance schemes operate? (2,1,4)","output":"### Answer: AT A LOSS \n ### Explanation: Definition: In confusion\noperating at a loss (i.e. having no profits to declare) could help reduce tax obligations"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Austrian composer about to enter another European country after upset (4)","output":"### Answer: BERG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Austrian composer\nAlban Berg is the Austrian composer\n \nRE=\"about\", reversed\/\"after upset\", and inside BG (Bulgaria, another European country)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No pottery income redirected, without which there may be some 'accidents'! (10,5)","output":"### Answer: PROTECTION MONEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: without which there may be some 'accidents'!\nanagram\/\"redirected\" of (No pottery income)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Offshore figure, one blocking direct defamation (7,8)","output":"### Answer: CHANNEL ISLANDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Offshore figure\nI=\"one\", inside CHANNEL as a verb=\"direct\" + SLANDER=\"defamation\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Meaning to play guitar for a time \u2014 or a flute? (10)","output":"### Answer: INSTRUMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: flute?\nIN-t-ENT=\"Meaning\", swapping in STRUM=\"play guitar\" for the first 't'=\"time\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put out and mostly worried about bloke (7)","output":"### Answer: EMANATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put out\nEATE-[n]=\"mostly worried\", around MAN=\"bloke\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Board game roundly omitting content that's graphic (4)","output":"### Answer: GORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: graphic\nGO=\"Board game\" + R-oundl-Y without its contents\/inner letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like an expensive car? That's a relief (5)","output":"### Answer: MERCY \n ### Explanation: Definition: relief\nan expensive car might be 'Merc-y', like a Mercedes Benz"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They chase members of burial party? (9)","output":"### Answer: ENGRAVERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: T\ndefinition: \"chase\" means to engrave on metal\n \nmembers of a burial party could be EN-GRAVERS, with en- as a prefix meaning 'cause to be' [in a grave]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stupidly ignore old punter (9)","output":"### Answer: GONDOLIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: punter\nanagram\/\"Stupidly\" of (ignore old)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In opportunity to speak, very very shrewd (5)","output":"### Answer: SAVVY \n ### Explanation: Definition: shrewd\nV+V (very very), inside SAY=\"opportunity to speak\" as in 'have your say'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Academic whistle-blower rejected present (7)","output":"### Answer: PROFFER \n ### Explanation: Definition: present\ndefinition: 'present' as a verb\n \nPROF=\"Academic\" + REF=referee in sports=\"whistle-blower\" reversed\/\"rejected\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Judges' decisions roughly backing principality (4,3)","output":"### Answer: CASE LAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Judges' decisions\nCA (circa, \"roughly\") + WALES=\"principality\" reversed\/\"backing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Church founder has time to visit aristocrat (5)","output":"### Answer: PETER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Church founder\nSaint Peter the Apostle, first Pope of the Catholic Church\n \nT (time) inside PEER=\"aristocrat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not this kind of cap for gangsters? (3)","output":"### Answer: MOB \n ### Explanation: Definition: gangsters\na MOB is a woman's cap\/bonnet, not usually associated with gangsters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not initially alone in fireplace (5)","output":"### Answer: INGLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fireplace\ns-INGLE=\"alone\" without its initial letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ruling knocked up, missing a page (7)","output":"### Answer: REGNANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ruling\np-REGNANT=\"knocked up\" minus p (page)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chinese with painful condition is to spend time relaxing (4,3)","output":"### Answer: HANG OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: spend time relaxing\nHAN=\"Chinese\" ethnic group + GOUT=\"painful condition\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wait and finally get washbasin (5)","output":"### Answer: BIDET \n ### Explanation: Definition: washbasin\nBIDE=\"Wait\" + ge-T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Squad of athletes are tamely beaten (5,4)","output":"### Answer: RELAY TEAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Squad of athletes\nanagram\/\"beaten\" of (are tamely)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ordering a fancy flower for the border (3,6)","output":"### Answer: RIO GRANDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: flower for the border\ndefinition: a flower\/river on the Mexico-USA border\n \nanagram\/\"fancy\" of (Ordering a)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deal with an unexpected pleasure (5)","output":"### Answer: TREAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deal\ndouble definition: first definition as in to negotiate"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small cat is an airy killer (4)","output":"### Answer: SMOG \n ### Explanation: Definition: airy killer\nS (Small) + MOG=\"cat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Squeeze dry, sound as a bell, we hear (5,3)","output":"### Answer: WRING OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Squeeze dry\nhomophone\/\"we hear\" of: 'ring out'=\"sound as a bell\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Literal result of picking the wrong key (4)","output":"### Answer: TYPO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Literal result of picking the wrong key\ncryptic def or maybe double def: \"Literal\" as a noun meaning the misprint of a letter (in a word)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grimaced, working to a tiny fraction of an ounce (8)","output":"### Answer: DECIGRAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: a tiny fraction of an ounce\nanagram\/\"working\" of (Grimaced)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Under stove, no end of abundant mushroom (6)","output":"### Answer: AGARIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: mushroom\nAGA=\"stove\", with RIC-h=\"abundant\" underneath"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Musical improvisation for a WI meeting? (3,7)","output":"### Answer: JAM SESSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Musical improvisation\nthe Women's Institute is associated with jam-making"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Our team looks down on wicked little pest (6)","output":"### Answer: WEEVIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: little pest\nWE=\"Our team\" + EVIL=\"wicked\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Online agent gets notice? (4)","output":"### Answer: ESPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: notice\ndefinition: \"notice\" as a verb\n \nE- as a prefix meaning 'electronic'\/\"Online\" + SPY=\"agent\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pressure on one copying exam questions (5)","output":"### Answer: PAPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: exam questions\nP (Pressure) + APER=\"one copying\", as in 'to ape'='to copy'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps Vietnamese food at the back (3,7)","output":"### Answer: FAR EASTERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perhaps Vietnamese\nFARE=\"food\" + ASTERN=\"at the back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With effect of sun, it grows (5)","output":"### Answer: WHEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: it grows\nW (with) + HEAT=\"effect of sun\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One has an eye for beauty, they say (8)","output":"### Answer: BEHOLDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One has an eye for beauty, they say\ncryptic definition referring to the phrase 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Looked angry as flag finally taken down (8)","output":"### Answer: GLOWERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Looked angry\nfla-G + LOWERED=\"taken down\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Israel's judge sounds a dizzy one (6)","output":"### Answer: GIDEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Israel's judge\ndefinition: a judge in the Old Testament\n \nhomophone of 'giddy one' (or giddy 'un)=\"dizzy one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dictator's extremely tawdry wild speech (6)","output":"### Answer: TYRANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dictator\nextreme letters of T-awdr-Y + RANT=\"wild speech\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small stream not enough for poet (4)","output":"### Answer: BURN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small stream\nnot enough letters to be Robert BURN-s, the poet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fabulous creature still on island (4)","output":"### Answer: YETI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fabulous creature\nYET=\"still\" + I (island)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little child has item to play with (4)","output":"### Answer: MITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Little child\nanagram\/\"to play with\" of (item)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heartlessly allow bird to suffer \u2014 animal! (4,4)","output":"### Answer: WILD BOAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: animal\nanagram\/\"to suffer\" of (al ow bird)*, without the middle letter\/heart of allow"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Divine-like poem one's written during last month (6)","output":"### Answer: DEIFIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Divine-like\nIF=\"poem\" + I=\"one\", both inside DEC (December, \"last month\") \nIf is the title of a poem by Rudyard Kipling"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being shelled, one commando unfortunately gets into difficulty (9)","output":"### Answer: ARMADILLO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Being shelled\ndefinition: a being (a creature) that is shelled \nA=\"one\" + RM (Royal Marine, \"commando\"), plus ILL=\"unfortunately\" inside ADO=\"difficulty\"\n \nILL can be an adverb e.g. 'the rain was ill timed' \/ 'it was unfortunately timed'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A pain in the neck about police officer (5)","output":"### Answer: GARDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: police officer\ndefinition: a police officer in Ireland \nA DRAG=\"A pain in the neck\", reversed\/\"about\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Established diary has entry for November evening, Tory leader admitted (4-8)","output":"### Answer: LONG-STANDING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Established\nLOG=\"diary\" with N (November, phonetic alphabet) entering, plus SANDING=\"evening\" (making a surface more even) around T-ory"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eyes other blokes, discontentedly (4)","output":"### Answer: ORBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Eyes\nO-the-R B-loke-S, with their inner letters\/contents removed i.e. \"discontentedly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird with muscles kept turning round, looking primarily for bouncer (6,4)","output":"### Answer: TENNIS BALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: bouncer\nLINNET=\"Bird\" around ABS=\"muscles\", reversed\/\"turning round\", then plus L-ooking"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort out high night rates (10)","output":"### Answer: STRAIGHTEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sort out\nanagram\/\"high\" of (night rates)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Right to compare with deposed king? (4)","output":"### Answer: LIEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Right\ndefinition: a legal right to hold assets as security on a debt \nLI-k-EN=\"to compare\", minus k for \"king\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Have a go and weigh it! Rival uncertain (4,2,1,5)","output":"### Answer: GIVE IT A WHIRL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Have a go\nanagram\/\"uncertain\" of (weigh it Rival)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Divine creature in Mile End shop not revealing name (5)","output":"### Answer: ERATO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Divine creature\ndefinition: the Muse of lyric poetry in Greek mythology \nend of [Mil]-E, plus RAT O[N]=\"shop\" as in 'betray'\/'inform on' minus N for \"name\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Starts panicking about money and also about drinks (9)","output":"### Answer: SMOOTHIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\nSHIES around: M (money) plus TOO=\"also\" reversed\/\"about\" \nSHIES=\"Starts panicking\" as in a horse shying\/starting when startled"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Believer cross at robbery (6)","output":"### Answer: THEIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Believer\nT + HEIST=\"robbery\" \nT for tau =\"cross\", the tau cross is a T-shaped cross"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Had nothing to do with key getting cut (8)","output":"### Answer: ESCHEWED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Had nothing to do with\nESC=\"key\" on computer keyboards + HEWED=\"cut\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Accept wife's appreciation of music (4)","output":"### Answer: WEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Accept\ndefinition: WEAR meaning to tolerate something \nW (wife) + EAR=\"appreciation of music\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer of letter US prosecutor dismissed (4)","output":"### Answer: LAMB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Writer\ndefinition: Charles Lamb the essayist \nLAMB-DA=\"letter\" in the Greek alphabet, minus DA (District Attorney, \"US prosecutor\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ordered a book about criminal (3,3)","output":"### Answer: BAD LOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: criminal\nTOLD=\"Ordered\" + A + B (book), all reversed\/\"about\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fighting here in North Wales (2,11)","output":"### Answer: AT LOGGERHEADS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fighting\nLoggerheads is village in North Wales"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: That is upsetting about BBC boss \u2014 untouchable but showing nerves (8)","output":"### Answer: EDGINESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: nerves\nIE=i.e.=\"That is\" reversed\/\"upsetting\", and around DG (Director General, \"BBC boss\"), then plus NESS=\"untouchable\" \nEliot NESS was one of the 'Untouchables\", US law enforcement agents during Prohibition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Laminate used for worktops \u2014 police workers supply it (6,4)","output":"### Answer: FORMIC ACID \n ### Explanation: Definition: workers supply it\ndefinition: formic acid is found in ants i.e. \"workers\" that supply it \nFORMICA=\"Laminate used for worktops\" + CID (Criminal Investigation Department, \"police\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe a Guardian feature about German child replaced (10)","output":"### Answer: CHANGELING \n ### Explanation: Definition: child replaced\ndefinition: a fairy substituted for a stolen child \nANGEL=\"Maybe a Guardian\", with CHIN=\"feature\" around it, plus G (German)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Waiting nervously for outcome, swimming not the snooker (2,11)","output":"### Answer: ON TENTERHOOKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Waiting nervously for outcome\nanagram\/\"swimming\" of (not the snooker)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Family spokesman's reckoned he'd be staying with them (5,5)","output":"### Answer: HOUSE GUEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: he'd be staying with them\nHOUSE=\"Family\" + GUEST=homophone\/\"spokesman's\" of 'guessed'=\"reckoned\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Granada finally supply Bieber with a TV contract (10)","output":"### Answer: ABBREVIATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: contract\n[Granad]-A, plus anagram\/\"supply\" of (Bieber a TV)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relationships in trouble over independence issue (8)","output":"### Answer: LIAISONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relationships\nAIL=\"trouble\" reversed\/\"over\" + I (independence) + SONS=\"issue\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Butt of lowbrow gag \u2014 poor fellow (6)","output":"### Answer: WRETCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: poor fellow\nlowbro-W + RETCH=\"gag\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look at half a dozen we sent over (4)","output":"### Answer: VIEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Look\nVI=Roman numerals for 6=\"half a dozen\" + WE reversed\/\"sent over\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Journalist over the pond taken advantage of (4)","output":"### Answer: USED \n ### Explanation: Definition: taken advantage of\nUS ED=US editor=\"Journalist over the pond\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tired wife prepared cake to be eaten by husband and daughter (7)","output":"### Answer: WHACKED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tired\nW (wife), plus anagram\/\"prepared\" of (cake)* inside H (husband) and D (daughter)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Footballer's out wide after fine touches (7)","output":"### Answer: FINGERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: touches\nW-INGER'S=\"Footballer's\", minus W (wide, cricket abbreviation), after F (fine)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Damn rodents! (4)","output":"### Answer: RATS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Damn\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attendant to cook sardines (not in pan) (10)","output":"### Answer: STEWARDESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Attendant\nSTEW=\"cook\" + anagram\/\"pan\" of (sard-in-es)* minus the 'in'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Back in the past I had successful records (4)","output":"### Answer: HITS \n ### Explanation: Definition: successful records\nhidden reversed\/\"Back in\": pa-ST I H-ad"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sang like a pig? (8)","output":"### Answer: SQUEALED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sang\n\"Sang\" in the sense of acting as an informer for the police"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: County ignoring Number 10 about Latin being basic (9)","output":"### Answer: ESSENTIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: basic\nESSE-X=\"County\" minus X=\"Number 10\u2033 in Roman numerals, plus anagram\/\"about\" of (Latin)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Photographs stolen in seconds (5)","output":"### Answer: SHOTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Photographs\nHOT=slang for \"stolen\", in S (second) + S (second)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pick up metal for a bargain (5)","output":"### Answer: STEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: bargain\nhomophone (\"Pick up\" as in 'hear') of 'steel'=\"metal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Work hard in America after start of exam, worried it's complex (9)","output":"### Answer: ELABORATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: complex\nLABOR=\"Work hard in America\" (i.e. not the UK spelling 'labour'), after E-xam, plus ATE=\"worried\" as in 'ate at'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Overconfident people \u2014 Ernie, Ritchie and Fawkes? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: WISE GUYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Overconfident people\nreferring to Ernie WISE, plus Guy Ritchie and Guy Fawkes i.e. two GUYS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wears DayGlo necklaces on vacation (4)","output":"### Answer: DONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wears\nD-aygl-O N-ecklace-S, vacated of their inside letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sportsmen untroubled by heat? (10)","output":"### Answer: QUALIFIERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sportsmen untroubled by heat?\ncryptic definition: sportspeople who had no trouble passing a qualifying heat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arranged for servant's delivery (4)","output":"### Answer: MADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arranged\nhomophone\/\"delivery\" of 'maid'=\"servant\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Victor learned to extract uranium for green stones (7)","output":"### Answer: VERDITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: green stones\nV (Victor, Nato alphabet) + ER-u-DITE=\"learned\" minus U for uranium"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's on the captain to equip team (7)","output":"### Answer: ARMBAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's on the captain\nARM=\"equip\" + BAND=\"team\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Male's acting struggles with screen villains (7)","output":"### Answer: HEAVIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: screen villains\nHE=\"Male\" + A (acting) + VIES=\"struggles\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conservative fool stopped by European lawsuits (5)","output":"### Answer: CASES \n ### Explanation: Definition: lawsuits\nC (Conservative), plus ASS=\"fool\" around E (European)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most convenient direction around? That's south (7)","output":"### Answer: EASIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most convenient\nEAST=\"direction\", around: IE=i.e.=that is=\"That's\" + S (South)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: High flyer is buying limousine, say, for all (6)","output":"### Answer: ICARUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: High flyer\nIS, around: CAR=\"limousine, say\" + U (universal film rating, \"for all\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grandpa entertaining party over sponsor? (9)","output":"### Answer: GODFATHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: sponsor?\nG (Grand, as in a thousand pounds) + FATHER=\"pa\", around DO=\"party\" reversed\/\"over\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Consider secret plan to conceal some money (7)","output":"### Answer: RESPECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Consider\nanagram\/\"plan\" of (secret)*, around P (pence, some money)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Her best lead is lost then found again (2-11)","output":"### Answer: RE-ESTABLISHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: found again\nanagram\/\"lost\" of (Her best lead is)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Celebrity in magazine with diamonds like teeth? (9)","output":"### Answer: ENAMELLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: like teeth?\nNAME=\"Celebrity\" in ELLE=\"magazine\" + D (diamonds, playing card suit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Words of praise for butter I spread (7)","output":"### Answer: TRIBUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Words of praise\nanagram\/\"spread\" of (butter I)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prizefighter is sure rib is cracked (7)","output":"### Answer: BRUISER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prizefighter\nanagram\/\"cracked\" of (sure rib)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aware of melody above noise (5,2)","output":"### Answer: TUNED IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Aware of\nTUNE=\"melody\" + DIN=\"noise\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dismissed one putting on paper clothes (6)","output":"### Answer: OUTFIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: clothes\nOUT (Dismissed e.g. in cricket), plus I=\"one\" inside FT (Financial Times, \"paper\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: March 2nd: class to retire from military service (5)","output":"### Answer: DEMOB \n ### Explanation: Definition: retire from military service\ndefinition: short for 'demobilise' \nDEMO=a demonstration or protest \"March\", plus B=\"2nd class\" (if an 'A' would be first class)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'm out and wandering around top location on Greek island (5,3)","output":"### Answer: MOUNT IDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: top location on Greek island\ndefinition: a mountain on the island of Crete \nanagram\/\"wandering around\" of (I'm out and)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kind of pipe that has distributed H2O over reasonable area (6)","output":"### Answer: HOOKAH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kind of pipe\nanagram\/\"distributed of (HHO)* where HHO=\"H2O\", around OK=\"reasonable\" + A (area)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's a west-facing wine-producing area (4)","output":"### Answer: ASTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: wine-producing area\nreversal\/\"west-facing\" of \"It's a\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rudimentary ways in which chess beginner goes on offensive, capturing rooks one by one (4,6)","output":"### Answer: CART TRACKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rudimentary ways\nC-hess, plus ATTACKS=\"goes on offensive\" around R and another separate R (\"rooks one by one\", R is chess notation for a rook piece)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stay behind with one kept in by staff again (6)","output":"### Answer: REMAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stay behind\nI=\"one\" inside RE-MAN=\"staff again\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Erasing mildly abusive word about a Conservative (8)","output":"### Answer: EFFACING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Erasing\nEFFING=\"mildly abusive word\" around A + C (Conservative)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Politically diverse assembly in no-win situation, liable to fall apart (6)","output":"### Answer: UNTIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: liable to fall apart\nUN (United Nations, \"Politically diverse assembly\"), plus TIED=\"in no-win situation\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Announces conditions (6)","output":"### Answer: STATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Announces\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Liverpool player reportedly was crossing river for epic struggles (4,4)","output":"### Answer: STAR WARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: epic struggle\nI think this is a homophone\/\"reportedly\" of 'Starr' as in Ringo Starr the Liverpool musician\/\"player\", plus WAS around R (river)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Son in scanty clothing \u2014 scanty, indeed (6)","output":"### Answer: SPARSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: scanty, indeed\nS (Son) in SPARE=\"scanty\", with \"clothing\" as an additional containment indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moved suddenly like cat \u2014 concoction with cream secured (10)","output":"### Answer: WHIPLASHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Moved \nin definition, \"cat\" as in cat-o'-nine-tails, a whip \nWHIP=\"concoction with cream\" + LASHED=\"secured\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put hands out for old port (4)","output":"### Answer: DEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put hands out\ndouble definition: dealing hands of playing cards, or Deal the coastal town in Kent"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like court, or something happening there (6)","output":"### Answer: ATRIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like court\ndefintion: like an atrium, and atrium can mean a court, though I associate 'atrial' more with the atria of the heart \nA TRIAL=\"something happening [at court]\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Solicitously enquire about art fakes put out (3,5)","output":"### Answer: ASK AFTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Solicitously enquire about\nanagram\/\"put out\" of (art fakes)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: French philosopher's timeless stuff out of top drawer? Just the opposite (8)","output":"### Answer: ROUSSEAU \n ### Explanation: Definition: French philosopher\nT-ROUSSEAU=\"stuff out of top drawer\", without T for 'time' \n'trousseau'=a bride's collection of clothing, traditionally kept in the bottom drawer (i.e. \"Just the opposite\" to \"out of top drawer\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not liking broadcaster's pronouncement (4)","output":"### Answer: ANTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not liking\nhomophone\/\"pronouncement\" of 'Auntie', as in 'Auntie Beeb' the nickname for the BBC broadcaster in the UK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old American in Tennessee that may be full of beans (3,3)","output":"### Answer: TIN CAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: t\nINCA=\"Old American\" in TN=\"Tennessee\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Assembled portrayal of it, following page just released (8)","output":"### Answer: PHOTOFIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Assembled portrayal\nOF IT, following, P (page) + HOT=\"just released\" (as in hot news, gossip, etc)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not a tie, having broken through for province (4,6)","output":"### Answer: NOVASCOTIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: province\nNO=\"Not a\", plus ASCOT=type of necktie=\"tie\" breaking into VIA=\"through\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Block article's description of a fragmented region (6)","output":"### Answer: BALKAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: description of a \nBALK=\"Block\" + AN=\"article\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A top, not very abbreviated, in cotton fabric (6)","output":"### Answer: AERTEX \n ### Explanation: Definition: cotton fabric\nA + v-ERTEX=\"top\" minus the 'v'=\"very abbreviated\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like you or me, fudged hard option (10)","output":"### Answer: ANTHROPOID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like you or me\nanagram\/\"fudged\" of (hard option)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As tax may be, having set up island \u2014 old money welcome (8)","output":"### Answer: EVADABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: As tax may be\nreversal\/\"set up\" of ELBA=\"island\" + D (abbreviation for 'pence' in old UK money) + AVE=\"welcome\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ostentatiously paraded a call for peace buried by opinion editor (8)","output":"### Answer: SASHAYED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ostentatiously paraded\nA + SH='Shh!'=request for quiet=\"call for peace\", all buried inside SAY=\"opinion\", plus ED (editor)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With no end in sight, ask the man why breather isn't okay? (6)","output":"### Answer: ASTHMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: why breather isn't okay?\nAS-k TH-e MA-n, without their end letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Temperature upset leaders in Haiti and another tropical island (6)","output":"### Answer: TAHITI \n ### Explanation: Definition: tropical island\nT (Temperature\" + HAITI with the two leading letters rearranged\/reversed\/\"upset\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Political allies upset about party? That's a puzzle (6)","output":"### Answer: SUDOKU \n ### Explanation: Definition: That's a puzzle\nUK + US=\"Political allies\" reversed\/\"upset\", and around DO=\"party\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Section in crowd of fans give bowler a lift? (4)","output":"### Answer: DOFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: give bowler a lift?\nin definition, \"bowler\" as in a hat \nhidden in crow-D OF F-ans"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Commonly, chap had a mass of hair slicked back with this (6)","output":"### Answer: POMADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: with this\n*Edit: Widdersbel has a better explanation for the first part of the wordplay: HE'D=he had=\"chap had\", dropping the 'h' as indicated by \"Commonly\"* \nED (short for e.g. Edward, \"chap\") + A MOP=\"a mass of hair\", all reversed\/\"back\"\n \n\"Commonly\" indicates the shortening of Ed-"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: About to make a mistake, wearing sensible white (8)","output":"### Answer: SANCERRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: white\ndefinition: a white wine \nC (circa, \"About\") + ERR=\"to make a mistake\", all inside SANE=\"sensible\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This to eat gives one bellyache (6)","output":"### Answer: GROUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: This to eat\ndouble definition: the game bird, or to grumble"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vigorous, I shake the talc around (8)","output":"### Answer: ATHLETIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vigorous\nI, with anagram\/\"shake\" of (the talc)* around it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Garment that only half suits one (4,2,8)","output":"### Answer: PAIR OF TROUSERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Garment that only half suits one\ncryptic definition: \"half suits\" as in half of a two piece suit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's clear rebel got drunk down here (4,6)","output":"### Answer: BEER CELLAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: down here\nanagram\/\"drunk\" of (clear rebel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One coming from Holland forced to return (4)","output":"### Answer: EDAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: One coming from Holland\nMADE=\"forced\" reversed\/\"to return\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Using head, attack bum (4)","output":"### Answer: BUTT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Using head, attack\ndouble definition: attack with the head, or a person's bottom"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The whole country after one day backing candidate (10)","output":"### Answer: NOMINATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: candidate\nNATION=\"The whole country\", after I=\"one\" plus MON (Monday, \"day\") both reversed\/\"backing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Innovative way to make dog run? (6-8)","output":"### Answer: GROUND-BREAKING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Innovative\nGROUND BREAKING could be a cryptic crossword instruction to make an anagram of (ground)* i.e. a way to make DOG RUN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No danger of fog, it's understood (3,5)","output":"### Answer: ALL CLEAR \n ### Explanation: I wrote this in assuming the def was \"No danger\", but \"No danger of fog\" could indicate ALL CLEAR making the definition \"understood\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Have nothing to do with row about pig (6)","output":"### Answer: DISOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Have nothing to do with\nDIN=\"row\" around SOW=\"pig\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Died, I make quite clear, in great suffering (8)","output":"### Answer: DISTRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: great sufferin\nD (died) + I + STRESS=\"make quite clear\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sly creature in pop song? (6)","output":"### Answer: WEASEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sly creature\nreference to the song \/ nursery rhyme 'Pop! Goes the Weasel\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shakespeare's mistress and attendant (4)","output":"### Answer: PAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: attendant\nMistress Page is a character in Shakespeare's *Merry Wives of Windsor"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps a place in hotel raised charge to stay (7)","output":"### Answer: MOORAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: charge to stay\nE.G.=\"Perhaps\" + A + ROOM=\"place in hotel\", all reversed\/\"raised\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Departs one precise area (8)","output":"### Answer: DISTRICT \n ### Explanation: Definition: area\nD (Departs) + I=\"one\" + STRICT=\"precise\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Different tea interval organised (11)","output":"### Answer: ALTERNATIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Differe\nanagram\/\"organised\" of (tea interval)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pass our flag (6)","output":"### Answer: COLOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: flag\nCOL=Mountain \"Pass\" + OUR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Retired person returning has to go over the same ground (7)","output":"### Answer: RETREAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Retired person returning\ndouble definition: RETREAD as a noun is slang for a retired person returning to work, or as a verb in the second meaning \nI originally thought this was something like RETREAD-ED=replaced the tyres=\"Re-tired\", minus ED=\"person\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Duty officer (9)","output":"### Answer: EXCISEMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Duty officer\ncryptic definition: \"Duty\" as in taxation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A field of runners is so energetic (4,2,5)","output":"### Answer: FULL OF BEANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: energetic\na field of runner beans would also be FULL OF BEANS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One played with infant: kind of mother! (4,5)","output":"### Answer: BABY GRAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: One played\nBABY=\"infant\" + GRAND (as in grand-mother)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supports suggestion not to finish bottom (8)","output":"### Answer: BACKSIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: bottom\nBACKS=\"Supports\" + IDE-[a]=\"suggestion not to finish\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Title character misspelled in our list (7)","output":"### Answer: TROILUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Title character\ndefinition: from the title of Shakespeare's *Troilus and Cressida* \nanagram\/\"misspelled\" of (our list)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of rock, belting out half-ugly noise (7)","output":"### Answer: IGNEOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sort of rock\nanagram\/\"out\" of (ug noise)*, where ug is \"half\" of \"ugly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rod left in rage (6)","output":"### Answer: ANGLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rod\ndefinition: \"Rod\" can be used to mean an angler using a fishing rod \nL (left) in ANGER=\"rage\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As dye plant, use some vanilla (4)","output":"### Answer: ANIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: As dye plant\ndefinition: source of indigo dye \nhidden in v-ANIL-la"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bubbly came in, or a hot drink (9)","output":"### Answer: AMERICANO \n ### Explanation: Definition: hot drink\nanagram\/\"Bubbly\" of (came in or a)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Less cooked, flipped over rump prodded by skewer, finally (5)","output":"### Answer: RARER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Less cooked\nreversal\/\"flipped over\" of REAR=\"rump\", around final letter of skewe-R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Number of suits in outhouse not originally stored away (5)","output":"### Answer: HIVED \n ### Explanation: Definition: stored away\nIV=4 in Roman numerals=\"Number of suits [in playing cards]\", inside s-HED=\"outhouse\" without the first letter\/'origin'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Untutored maverick evicted (6,3)","output":"### Answer: TURNED OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: evicted\nanagram\/\"maverick\" of (Untutored)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sea swell aboard cutter (7)","output":"### Answer: SURGEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: cutter\nSURGE=\"Sea swell\" + ON=\"aboard\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Insect flying without left wing catches head on hatstand (5)","output":"### Answer: APHID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Insect\nr-APID=\"flying\" without the left-most letter, around first letter\/\"head\" of H-atstand"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Roar half-heartedly \u2014 for the next clue? (5)","output":"### Answer: BELOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: the next clue\ndefinition: the next clue printed BELOW this one \nBE-LL-OW=\"Roar\" with half of the middle L's removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 22 across, India, a 22 across (7)","output":"### Answer: NIGERIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: 22 across\ndefinition: a COUNTRY (solution to 22ac) \nNIGER=22ac='country' + I (India, Nato alphabet) + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Music where woman's parts reversed? (7,3,7)","output":"### Answer: COUNTRY AND WESTERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Music\n\"woman's parts\" indicates splitting the word 'w\/oman' into two parts: 'w' AND 'Oman' \n'w' giving WESTERN and 'Oman' giving COUNTRY, so WESTERN AND COUNTRY, then the words are \"reversed\" in order"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 22 across in rift: annoyed about that (9)","output":"### Answer: SINGAPORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 22 across\ndefinition: a COUNTRY \nIN GAP=\"in rift\", with SORE=\"annoyed\" going around"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A team order established principle (5)","output":"### Answer: AXIOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: established principle\nA + XI (eleven, \"team\" in e.g. football) + OM (Order of Merit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A wine came into being (5)","output":"### Answer: AROSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: came into being\nA + ROS\u00c9=\"wine\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Face a Celt screwed up, in a manner of speaking (9)","output":"### Answer: DIALECTAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: in a manner of speaking\nDIAL=\"Face\", plus anagram\/\"screwed up\" of (a Celt)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Change 22 19 14 24 down (4)","output":"### Answer: CASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Change\ndouble definition, including a reference to COUNTRY AND WESTERN STAR Johnny Cash"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 22 19 14 24 down in US city (6)","output":"### Answer: DENVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: 22 19 14 24 down\ndouble definition, including a reference to COUNTRY AND WESTERN STAR John Denver"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Psychic in fear entering water off Marseille? (4-6)","output":"### Answer: MIND-READER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Psych\nIN DREAD=\"in fear\", inside MER=French word for 'sea'=\"water off Marseille?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opening section curtailed for 22 19 14 24 down (6)","output":"### Answer: PARTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: 22 19 14 24 down\ndefinition: reference to COUNTRY AND WESTERN STAR Dolly Parton \nPART ON-e=\"Opening section curtailed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not one's own terrace: dug hole around it (8)","output":"### Answer: BORROWED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not one's own\nROW=\"terrace\", with BORED=\"dug hole\" around it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deplore minimum of gravitas in almost entirely banal 14 (4,4)","output":"### Answer: TRUE GRIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: 14\ndefinition: title of a WESTERN film \nRUE=\"Deplore\" + \"minimum of\"\/'only one letter of' G-ravitas, all inside TRIT-e=\"almost entirely banal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Airliner emptied, a line appearing under drill on a plane, say (8)","output":"### Answer: ARBOREAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: on a plane, say\nfor the definition: 'plane' is a name for a tree of the genus Platanus, so ARBOREAL='on a (for example, plane) tree' \nA-irline-R emptied of its inner letters, plus A + L (line) after BORE=\"drill\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drive round a 22 across (5)","output":"### Answer: SPAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: 22 across\ndefinition: a COUNTRY \nSPIN=\"Drive\" as in 'take the car for a spin', around A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jumble due, bag just put down (10)","output":"### Answer: SUBJUGATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: put down\nanagram\/\"Jumble\" of (due bag just)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 22 across observing king's abdication? Don't hold your breath! (2,3)","output":"### Answer: NO WAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Don't hold your breath!\ndefinition: phrases used to indicate that something is unlikely \nNO-R-WAY=22ac='country', with R (Rex, \"king\") removed\/abdicating"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 12 up for 14 (4,4)","output":"### Answer: HIGH NOON \n ### Explanation: Definition: 14\ndefinition: title of a WESTERN film \nNOON=12 (o'clock), so HIGH NOON=\"12 up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spiv in 22 across doffing cap, reptile (8)","output":"### Answer: ANACONDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: reptile\nCON=swindler=\"Spiv\", inside c-ANADA=22ac='country', minus its top letter\/\"cap\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Islander certain to move when island disappears (6)","output":"### Answer: CRETAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Islander\nanagram\/\"to move\" of (certain)*, minus 'i' for \"island\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 22 19 14 24 down idiotic? (6)","output":"### Answer: TWITTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: 2\ndefinition: reference to COUNTRY AND WESTERN STAR Conway TWITTY \nI've not seen TWITTY as a word, which would make this a double definition\n \nalternatively TWITTY could be 'something that would mean' \"idiotic\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brief spark for a shiner (4)","output":"### Answer: STAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: a shiner\n'start'=\"spark\" e.g. 'the event sparked\/started a debate on\u2026' \nso STAR-t=\"Brief spark\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tree in great danger, ultimately (4)","output":"### Answer: ACER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tree\nACE=\"great\" + ultimate letter of dange-R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 22 across, not a 14 22 across (4)","output":"### Answer: MALI \n ### Explanation: Definition: 22 across\ndefinition: a COUNTRY \nMAL-AW-I=22ac='country', minus A W (not A W-[estern] \/ \"not a 14[across]\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Essentially alters fake ivories, smuggling in article (9)","output":"### Answer: DENATURES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Essentially alters\nDENTURES=\"fake ivories\", around A=indefinite \"article\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Whopping G&T Scot tucks into (5)","output":"### Answer: GIANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Whopping\nIAN=\"Scot\" inside G & T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some in pride twirling crude capes (9)","output":"### Answer: LIONESSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Some in prid\nreversal (or anagram)\/\"twirling\" of OIL=\"crude\" + NESSES=promontories=\"capes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two players about to strike ball on table (5)","output":"### Answer: WHITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: ball on table\ndefinition: a WHITE cue ball in snooker, pool, etc \nW+E (West and East, \"Two players\" in bridge), around HIT=\"strike\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bravo \u2014 just dazzling! (6)","output":"### Answer: BRIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: dazzling!\nB (Bravo, Nato alphabet) + RIGHT=\"just\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Antipathy from states about to besiege India (8)","output":"### Answer: AVERSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Antipathy\nAVERS=declares=\"states\" + ON=\"about\", both around I (India, Nato alphabet)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gracious after country gent wastes energy wriggling (7)","output":"### Answer: SQUIRMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: wriggling\nMY=exclamation of surprise=\"Gracious\", after SQUIR-e=\"country gent\" minus 'e' for \"energy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dotty, with drop of sherry drunk (7)","output":"### Answer: SPOTTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dotty\nonly one letter\/a \"drop of\" S-herry, plus POTTED=slang for \"drunk\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two servings of cooked meat, one from the same side (8)","output":"### Answer: TEAMMATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: one from the same side\ntwo different anagrams\/\"cooked\" of (meat)*, one after the other"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Happen to find compiler black demure clothes (4,2)","output":"### Answer: COME BY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Happen to find\nME=\"compiler\" + B (black), both clothed inside COY=\"demure\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grace shown by opener bagging a couple of fifties (5)","output":"### Answer: KELLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grace\ndefinition: Grace KELLY the actress \nKEY=door \"opener\", around a couple of L's, which are \"fifties\" in Roman numerals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Protecting the earth, driver perhaps in leafy area (9)","output":"### Answer: GREENWOOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: leafy area\ndefinition: a forest or wood when the leaves are green \nGREEN=\"Protecting the earth\" + WOOD=golf club=\"driver perhaps\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criticise what rapper does? (5)","output":"### Answer: KNOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cri\ndouble definition \u2013 second definition using 'rap' to mean 'strike'\/knock"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fuzz finally stops free dope supply \u2014 it's put on ice (4-5)","output":"### Answer: DEEP-FROZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: put on ice\nfinal letter of fuz-Z, inside anagram\/\"supply\" of (free dope)* \n'supply' is anagram indicator as a form of 'supple'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: European monarch twice hosts one stranger (6)","output":"### Answer: EERIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: stranger\nE (European), plus ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"monarch\") twice, around I=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Childminder again skinned Australian fish (8)","output":"### Answer: NANNYGAI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Australian fish\nNANNY=\"Childminder\" + a-GAI-n without its outer letters\/\"skinned\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It could enlarge bags of spice emptied in buffet (6)","output":"### Answer: GUSSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: It could enlarg\nS-pic-E emptied of its inner letters, inside GUST=\"buffet\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ground near the capital (7)","output":"### Answer: TEHERAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: capital\nanagram\/\"Ground\" of (near the)* \n\"Ground\" is an anagram indicator as in a past tense of 'grind'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fellow is hesitantly nurturing dreams (6)","output":"### Answer: WISHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: dreams\nhidden\/nurtured inside fello-W IS HES-itantly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Love movie nobody catches involving pair exclusively (3-2-3)","output":"### Answer: ONE-TO-ONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: nvolving pair exclusively\nO=zero=\"Love\", plus ET=\"movie\" caught inside NO-ONE=\"nobody\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's up with politician getting illegal substance? (4)","output":"### Answer: HEMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: illegal substance?\nEH=exclamation meaning \"What [?]\" reversed\/\"up\", plus MP (Member of Parliament, \"politician\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's said playing snooker is the Brits' forte? (8)","output":"### Answer: QUEUEING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brits' forte?\nhomophone\/\"It's said\" of 'cue-ing'=\"playing snooker\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Off one's head, swallowing drug or alcoholic drink (4)","output":"### Answer: MEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: alcoholic drink\nMAD=\"Off one's head\", around E (ecstasy, \"drug\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Overworked miner with two shifts (4-4)","output":"### Answer: TIME-WORN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Overworked\nanagram\/\"shifts\" of (miner two)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dog to slip inside bank (7)","output":"### Answer: TERRIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dog\nERR=\"slip\" inside TIER=\"bank\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Intent to do harm, one caught punching guy (6)","output":"### Answer: MALICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Intent to do harm\nI=\"one\" + C (caught, in cricket), both inside MALE=\"guy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Business securing great deal in budget (6)","output":"### Answer: CHEAPO \n ### Explanation: Definition: budget\nCO (Company, \"Business\"), around HEAP=\"great deal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Medal of British and French football side (6)","output":"### Answer: BRONZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Meda\nBR (British) + ONZE=French for 'eleven'=\"French football side\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Frenchman and German carrying uniform for unprincipled figure? (8)","output":"### Answer: RENEGUER \n ### Explanation: Definition: unprincipled figure?\nRENE=Ren\u00e9=\"Frenchman\" + GER (German) around U (Uniform, Nato alphabet)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Limit leading posters for despicable sorts (5)","output":"### Answer: TOADS \n ### Explanation: Definition: despicable sorts\nI think this is TO-p=\"leading\", limited to its first letters, plus ADS=\"posters\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very positive man serving from the East in hotels (4)","output":"### Answer: HIGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Very positive\nGI (US soldier, \"man serving\"), reversed\/\"from the East\", inside two H's (Hotel, Nato alphabet)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Only alarm replaced around 5th of October in unusual fashion (10)","output":"### Answer: ABNORMALLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: in unusual fashion\nanagram\/\"re-placed\" of (Only alarm)*, around the fifth letter of octo-B-er"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'm bowled over by craze which deceives viewers (6)","output":"### Answer: MIRAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: which deceives viewers\nI'M reversed\/\"bowled over\", plus RAGE=\"craze\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: European recalled study about Czech, say, enduring oppression? (8)","output":"### Answer: ENSLAVED \n ### Explanation: Definition: enduring oppres\nE (European), plus DEN=\"study\" reversed\/\"recalled\" around SLAV=\"Czech, say\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ingenuity shown by relative, it's said, in festival (7)","output":"### Answer: WHITSUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: festival\nhomophones\/\"it's said\" of 'wit'=\"Ingenuity\" and 'son'=\"relative\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Those with mates passed around note giving periods of opportunity (7)","output":"### Answer: WINDOWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: periods of opportunity\nWIDOWS=\"Those with mates [who have] passed\", around N (note)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Western news chief given new cracking accommodation for events before receptions? (8)","output":"### Answer: WEDDINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: events before receptions?\nW (Western) + ED (editor, \"news chief\"), plus N (new) cracking into DIGS=\"accommodation\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Backing for American bank without doubt (6)","output":"### Answer: SURELY \n ### Explanation: Definition: without doubt\nreversal\/\"Backing\" of US=\"American\", plus RELY=\"bank\" as in to 'rely\/bank on'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revered figure penning line with series of postings? That's valuable material (4,6)","output":"### Answer: GOLD THREAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: valuable material\nGOD=\"Revered figure\" around\/\"penning\" L (line), plus THREAD=\"series of postings\" as in a thread of online comments \nI may be reading too much into the surface: Larkin penned a line at the end of *Aubade* about postmen going from house to house, a \"series of postings\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One seeking revolution rejected wrong in courts (4)","output":"### Answer: TROT \n ### Explanation: Definition: One seeking revolution\ndefinition: a follower of Trotskyism \nreversal\/\"rejected\" of TORT, a legal term for a 'wrong'=\"wrong in courts\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First of visitors obscuring entrance in pub is outspoken (5)","output":"### Answer: VOCAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: outspoken\nV-isitors, replacing\/covering over\/\"obscuring\" the first letter of L-OCAL=\"pub\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hint for one's confidant (8)","output":"### Answer: INTIMATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hint\ndouble definition: as a verb, and as a noun"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very bad criminal hid silver with no end of liquor (8)","output":"### Answer: DEVILISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Very bad\nanagram\/\"criminal\" of (hid silver)*, minus liquo-R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sound of indifference about small network (4)","output":"### Answer: MESH \n ### Explanation: Definition: network\nMEH as an exclamation=\"Sound of indifference\", around S (small)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Graduate in French department has work for early morning (6)","output":"### Answer: AUBADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: work for \nBA (Bachelor of Arts, \"Graduate\"), in AUDE=an area in Southern France=\"French department\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Manage to probe corrupt deal somewhere in West Sussex (7)","output":"### Answer: ARUNDEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: s\nRUN=\"Manage\", probing into an anagram\/\"corrupt\" of (deal)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Controversy in Scottish city after dumping fish (4)","output":"### Answer: STIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Controversy\nSTIR-ling=\"Scottish city\", minus 'ling'=\"fish\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Embarrassed North American sadly overturned portable stove (10)","output":"### Answer: SALAMANDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: portable stov\nRED=\"Embarassed\" + N AM (North American) + ALAS=\"sadly\", all reversed\/\"overturned\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tragic female's drug dealing admission? (6)","output":"### Answer: ISOLDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tragic female\nI SOLD E=I sold ecstasy=\"drug dealing admission\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One who's learned independently about tuition regularly played a dramatic role (10)","output":"### Answer: AUTODIDACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: One who's learned independently\nA (About) + regular letters from t-U-i-T-i-O-n + DID ACT=\"played a dramatic role\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scottish short story writer missing area gets to go downhill? (3)","output":"### Answer: SKI \n ### Explanation: Definition: go downhill?\nSaki is the \"short story writer\", so S-a-KI minus 'a' for \"area\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vase concealed by furniture (3)","output":"### Answer: URN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vase\nhidden in f-URN-iture"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dramatist, one inventing a plot, reported for youthful indiscretions? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: WILD OATS \n ### Explanation: Definition: youthful indiscretions\nhomophone\/\"reported\" of 'Wilde' + 'Oates' \nOscar Wilde the dramatist, and Titus Oates who 'invented'\/fabricated the existence of a 'Popish Plot'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Australian unusually cites creed's opening, being of austere outlook (7)","output":"### Answer: ASCETIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: being \nA (Australian) + anagram\/\"unusually\" of (cites)* + C-reed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mature circle disowning Republican (6)","output":"### Answer: EVOLVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mature\nR-EVOLVE=\"circle\" as a verb, minus the R (Republican)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Almost realise romantic acquaintance is unexciting (6)","output":"### Answer: SEDATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: unexciting\nSE-e=\"Almost realise\" + DATE=\"romantic acquaintance\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Transport by road to drop a large ship's frame in port (4)","output":"### Answer: HULL \n ### Explanation: Definition: ship's frame\ntwo definitions, \"ship's frame\" or the port city, as well as the wordplay: H-a-UL=\"Transport by road\" minus \"a\", plus L (large)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place to put stiff and heavy book, not English book (4)","output":"### Answer: TOMB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Place to put stiff\nTOM-E=\"heavy book\", not with E (English) but with B (book) instead"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's wrong \u2014 it's wrong to be seized by force (7)","output":"### Answer: MISTAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's wrong\nanagram\/\"wrong\" of (it's)*, inside MAKE=\"force\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dog's on master's lead for a fixed period (3,4)","output":"### Answer: SET TERM \n ### Explanation: Definition: fixed period\nSETTER=\"Dog\" + M-aster"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Going to try to get girl back (5)","output":"### Answer: GONNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Going to\nGO=\"try\" + reversal\/\"back\" of ANN=\"girl\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In manner and in essence, it's lust (9)","output":"### Answer: RANDINESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: lust\nhidden in manne-R AND IN ESS-ence"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Miscalculation, as one can put back clerical position (10)","output":"### Answer: INACCURACY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Miscalculation\nI=\"one\" + reversal\/\"back\" of CAN + CURACY=\"clerical position\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soprano needs backing of beatbox (when given space) (4)","output":"### Answer: SPAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: box\n\"when given space\" is an instruction to split \"beatbox\" into beat + box\n \n\"box\" is the definition\n \nS (Soprano) + reversal\/\"backing\" of RAP=\"beat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make hanging smoother? That was bad for international relations (4,7)","output":"### Answer: IRON CURTAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: That was bad for international relations\nIRON=\"Make\u2026 smoother\" + CURTAIN=something \"hanging\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Own up to being beaten by cranky meat diet fad (5,6)","output":"### Answer: ADMIT DEFEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Own up to being beaten\nanagram\/\"cranky\" of (meat diet fad)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plonker gets winter sports gear back to front? No, other way round (4)","output":"### Answer: KISS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plonker\ndefinition: a plonker is a large kiss\n \nSKIS=\"winter sports gear\", with 'front to back' moving the first S to the end"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Possibly yielding to a sincere rancher (10)","output":"### Answer: ESTANCIERO \n ### Explanation: Definition: rancher\ndefinition: a cattle farmer\n \nanagram\/\"Possibly yielding\" of (to a sincere)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tip: solution to this clue is 'warning device' (4,5)","output":"### Answer: TAIL LIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: warning device\nTAIL=\"Tip\" + LIGHT=solution to a crossword clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailor beset by bad luck without a cent acquires capital (5)","output":"### Answer: KABUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: capital\nAB (able-bodied seaman, \"Sailor\"), inside anagram\/\"bad\" of (luck)* minus 'c' for \"cent\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A little port tipped into wine, is less capacity than you might like (4,3)","output":"### Answer: PINT POT \n ### Explanation: Definition: less capacity than you might like\nPT (\"A little\"\/short for \"port\"), reversed\/\"tipped\" inside PINOT=\"wine\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bell family, say, turned against Romeo (7)","output":"### Answer: CLANGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bell\nCLAN=\"family\" + E.G.=\"say\" reversed\/\"turned\" + R (Romeo, NATO alphabet)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Minute gee-gee? That is a cat! (6)","output":"### Answer: MOGGIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: cat\nMO=moment=\"Minute\" as in 'just a mo \/ just a minute', + GG=\"gee-gee\" + I.E.=id est=\"That is\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bananas used with an indulgent treat (6)","output":"### Answer: SUNDAE \n ### Explanation: Definition: i\nanagram\/\"Bananas\" of (used an)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disorderly types randomly crash trains \u2014 not right (10)","output":"### Answer: ANARCHISTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disorderly types\nanagram\/\"randomly\" of (crash trains)*, minus an 'r'=\"right\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feature of the French Revolution, being decapitated? Wrong (5)","output":"### Answer: ERROR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wrong\n[the Reign of] T-ERROR=\"Feature of the French Revolution\", losing its head\/first letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dynasty Ride \u2014 is that one from Schubert? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: SONG CYCLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: one from Schubert?\nSchubert wrote a number of song cycles\n \nSONG=imperial dynasty of China + CYCLE=\"Ride\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Journey is a dopey thing to do (4)","output":"### Answer: TRIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Journey\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former representative and city Republican confiscates Ecstasy specimen (8)","output":"### Answer: EXEMPLAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: specimen\nEX=\"Former\" + MP (Member of Parliament, \"representative\") + LA (Los Angeles, \"city\") + R (Republican); all around E (Ecstasy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note on career that doesn't read right (8)","output":"### Answer: MISPRINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: that doesn't read right\nMI=\"Note\" as in do-re-mi + SPRINT=\"career\" in the sense of 'move quickly'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seabird's bow and nervous response upset other birds (6,4)","output":"### Answer: ARCTIC SKUA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seabird\nARC=\"bow\" + TIC=\"nervous response\" + reversal\/\"upset\" of AUKS=\"other birds\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Failure to notice a number of balls put on view (9)","output":"### Answer: OVERSIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Failure to notice\nOVER=\"a number of balls\" in cricket + SIGHT=\"view\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pots (as we might put it) are something useful in baseball (8)","output":"### Answer: BACKSTOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: something useful in baseball\ndefinition: a barrier behind the home plate in baseball\n \nBACKSTOP in a crossword clue\/\"as we might put it\" could indicate a reversal\/\"back\" of STOP, giving \"Pots\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It excludes nothing, a spacecraft's task? (8)","output":"### Answer: OMISSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: It excludes\nO=\"nothing\" + MISSION=\"a spacecraft's task\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Here you can drop off surveillance device, sucker! (6)","output":"### Answer: BEDBUG \n ### Explanation: Definition: sucker\nBED=\"Here you can drop off\" + BUG=\"surveillance device\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Primate's boob (6)","output":"### Answer: HOWLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Primate\ndouble definition: a howler monkey, or a blunder"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Silly action of political party, welcoming back international terrorist leaders (5)","output":"### Answer: ANTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Silly action\nANC (African National Congress, \"political party\") around\/\"welcoming\" a reversal\/\"back\" of I-nternational + T-errorist"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Young slender person? Drink up! (4)","output":"### Answer: SLIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Young slender person\nreversal\/\"up\" of PILS=type of lager=\"Drink\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reject container of rice pudding this person put away (9)","output":"### Answer: REPUDIATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reject\ncontainer\/outer letters of R-ic-E + PUD=\"pudding\" + I ATE=\"this person put away\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Both walls of pagoda one found in China? (5)","output":"### Answer: PANDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: one found in China?\n**P** AND **A**=walls\/outer letters of **P**agod**A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A foreign affair involving drugs is not sensible! (9)","output":"### Answer: UNFEELING \n ### Explanation: Definition: not sensible!\nUN=\"A\" in French=\"A foreign\" + FLING=\"affair\" around E+E (ecstasy, \"drugs\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shame this could make Clara Lara or Bill ill (4,2,4)","output":"### Answer: LOSS OF FACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shame\nlosing their face\/first letter would make \"Clara\" into \"Lara\" or \"Bill\" into \"ill\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman crossing over platform, say (4)","output":"### Answer: SHOE \n ### Explanation: Definition: platform, say\nSHE=\"Woman\" around O (\"over\", cricket)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Much ado in state east of China (7)","output":"### Answer: PALAVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Much ado\nAVER=declare=\"state\" to the right\/east of PAL=\"China\" as rhyming slang='china plate'='mate'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clear out housing area with representative cleaning product (7)","output":"### Answer: SHAMPOO \n ### Explanation: Definition: cleaning product\nSHOO=\"Clear out\" around A (area) + MP (Member of Parliament, \"representative\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mean Scottish eminence about to smoke pot (7)","output":"### Answer: BETOKEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mean\ndefinition: \"mean\" as in 'indicate' or 'signify' \nBEN=Scottish word for mountain\/\"eminence\", around TOKE=\"smoke pot\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Initiator of profound change in fashion earlier (7)","output":"### Answer: PREFORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: fashion earlier\nP-rofound + REFORM=\"change\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What Alain-Fournier pens inside story (4)","output":"### Answer: INFO \n ### Explanation: Definition: inside story\nhidden\/penned inside Ala **IN-FO** urnier"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lover of metal car was made to conserve energy at first (10)","output":"### Answer: HEADBANGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lover of metal\nin definition, \"metal\" the genre of music \nBANGER=[an old] \"car\", with HAD around E (energy) going in front\/\"first'\n \nI think this is HAD=\"was made\" as in 'I had to attend'\/'I was made to attend'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gibbon, eg this wild one grabbed by tailless ape (9)","output":"### Answer: HISTORIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gibbon, eg\ndefinition: Edward Gibbon wrote *History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire* \nanagram\/\"wild' of (this)*, plus I=\"one\" inside ORAN-g=\"tailless ape\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Setter's perhaps half-straight feet? (5)","output":"### Answer: IAMBI \n ### Explanation: Definition: feet?\ndefinition: \"feet\" as part of the metre of poetry \nI AM=setter is=\"Setter's\", with \"perhaps half-straight\" meant to indicate BI (bisexual)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In recital, Frost or Pound will do this with sound (5)","output":"### Answer: RHYME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pound will do this with sound\n*edit thanks to Shirl in the comments: for the definition, 'Pound' rhymes with 'sound'*\n definition: Ezra Pound used rhyme in [some of] his poetry \nhomophone\/\"In recital' of 'rime'=\"Frost\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mount Etna is on ground beside river (9)","output":"### Answer: ROSINANTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mount\ndefinition: an old worn-out horse, from the name of Don Quixote's horse \nanagram\/\"ground\" of (Etna is on)*, next to R (river)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some merrymaking in bar, whirling around (5)","output":"### Answer: REVEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Some merrymaking\nLEVER=\"bar\" reversed\/\"whirling around\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheese and wine, you heard, is in season (4,5)","output":"### Answer: PORT SALUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: C\nPORT=\"wine\", plus U=pronounced as 'you'=\"you heard\" inside SALT=add salt to food=\"season\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dissident Russian party rigged votes? Heavens! (10)","output":"### Answer: DOSTOEVSKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dissident Russian\nDO=\"party\" + anagram\/\"rigged\" of (votes)* + SKY=\"Heavens\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A pair of queens to keep providing a water source (7)","output":"### Answer: AQUIFER \n ### Explanation: Definition: water source\nA + QU and ER (both meaning 'queen') around IF=\"providing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Associate of blind maestros getting scores out (7)","output":"### Answer: EFFACES \n ### Explanation: Definition: scores out\nin definition, \"score\" as in making scratch marks on top of something \nEFF + ACES=\"maestros\"\n \n'eff and blind' is a phrase meaning 'use expletives'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Zest coming from wee drop of Laphroaig (4)","output":"### Answer: PEEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Zest\nPEE=\"wee\" + L-aphroaig"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No outspoken nag's comment (5)","output":"### Answer: NEIGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: nag's comment\nhomophone\/\"outspoken\" of 'nay'=\"No\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Low German novel is something to entice a swimmer (9)","output":"### Answer: ANGLEWORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: something to entice a swimmer\nanagram\/\"novel\" of (Low German)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Husband returns in vehicle, running financial fraud (3,7)","output":"### Answer: TAX EVASION \n ### Explanation: Definition: financial fraud\nSAVE=\"Husband\" reversed\/\"returns\" in TAXI=\"vehicle\" + ON=\"running\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Penguin, say, right behind blue ship at sea (9)","output":"### Answer: PUBLISHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Penguin\nR (right) behind anagram\/\"at sea\" of (blue ship)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tiller of vessel touring miles behind lake (9)","output":"### Answer: PLOUGHMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tiller\nPAN=\"vessel\" around: M (miles) after LOUGH=\"lake\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At last climate denier wobbles, being less secure (7)","output":"### Answer: NEEDIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: less secure\nanagram\/\"wobbles\" of (e denier)*, with the first 'e' coming from climat-e"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fussy people with power biting insect's head off! (7)","output":"### Answer: PEDANTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fussy people\nP (power) + r-ED ANT'S=\"biting insect's\" with the head letter taken off"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Proverbial drinker with yen for rum (5)","output":"### Answer: FISHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: rum\ndefinition: \"rum\" as in 'odd' or 'strange' \nFISH + Y (yen)\n \nProverbially, one might 'drink like a FISH'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More dough that's flatter, but not soft (5)","output":"### Answer: RAISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: More dough\ndefinition as in getting a raise or getting more dough\/money at one's job \np-RAISE=\"flatter\", minus p (piano, quiet or \"soft\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Guardian installing fine new kind of PC? (4)","output":"### Answer: WOKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: new kind of PC?\ndefinition: aware of social and political issues \nWE=\"The Guardian\" around OK=\"fine\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hurt woman with silver piercing, (6)","output":"### Answer: DAMAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hurt\nDAME=\"woman\", with AG (chemical symbol for silver) inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hide bay rum unfinished before start of prohibition (5,2)","output":"### Answer: COVER UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hide\nCOVE=\"bay\" + RU-m + P-rohibition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anyone can enjoy this ratio? (4-2-3)","output":"### Answer: FREE-TO-AIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Anyone can enjoy this\nin a crossword clue, 'free to air' could indicate an anagram\/'free' of (to air)* leading to \"ratio\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Awful vote against boxing disheartened sport (5)","output":"### Answer: NASTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Awful\nNAY=\"vote against\", around\/\"boxing\" S-por-T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regularly burnished gemstones, essentially yet to be mounted (5)","output":"### Answer: UNSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: yet to be mounted\nregular letters from b-U-r-N-i-S-h-E-d, plus the centre\/essence of gems-T-ones"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This writer will lobby doctor to start place for exercises (5,4)","output":"### Answer: DRILL HALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: place for exercises\nI'LL=\"This writer will\" + HALL=\"lobby\", with DR (doctor) at the start"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article about reconfigured IBM laptop originally offering digital protection (7)","output":"### Answer: THIMBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: digital protection\nin definition, 'digit' as in finger \nTHE=definite \"Article\" around: anagram\/\"reconfigured\" of (IBM)* plus L-aptop"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Counter everything during my arrest (6)","output":"### Answer: COLLAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: arrest\nreverse\/\"Counter\" of ALL=\"everything\", inside COR=exclamation of surprise=\"my\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Space base has small plants (6)","output":"### Answer: EMBEDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: plants\nEM=typographical \"Space\" + BED=\"base\" + S (small)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suffering from interminable preoccupation is hard (7)","output":"### Answer: ANGUISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Suffering\nANGU + IS + H (hard) \n'hang-up'=\"preoccupation\", and \"interminable\" meaning to get rid of both end letters to get ANGU"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Directly opposed support for endangered species (5,4)","output":"### Answer: POLAR BEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: endangered species\nPOLAR=\"Directly opposed\" + BEAR=\"support\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Advertise scent (5)","output":"### Answer: TRAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Advertise\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Degenerate men get revolver (5)","output":"### Answer: ROTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: revolver\nROT=\"Degenerate\" as a verb + OR (other ranks, soldiers=\"men\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One readily admits graduates' complete failure \u2014 making university embarrassed, initially (6-3)","output":"### Answer: MASTER-KEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: One readily admits\nMAS (MasterS of Arts, \"graduates) + T-u-RKEY=\"complete failure\", swapping **u** for **E** (making **u**-niversity into **E**-mbarassed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little child's line on, say, Sweeney TV show (7)","output":"### Answer: TODDLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Little child\nL (line) after TODD=\"say, Sweeney\", then ER=\"TV show\" \nreference to Sweeney Todd the fictional murderous barber"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Encourage doctor to wipe out source of salmonella (4,2)","output":"### Answer: URGEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Encourage\n**s**-URGEON=\"doctor\" minus **s**-almonella"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Handy fencing manual occasionally gives a pre-set option (7)","output":"### Answer: DEFAULT \n ### Explanation: Definition: pre-set option\nDEFT=\"Handy\" around\/\"fencing\" occasional letters from m-A-n-U-a-L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Events made less commercial with French and Saunders' backing (5)","output":"### Answer: MEETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Events\nM-**ad**-E minus\/less **ad**[vert]=\"commercial\", plus ET=\"French [for] and\", plus [Saunder]-S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Successfully book in a restaurant that's accessible (3-2-4)","output":"### Answer: GET-AT-ABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: accessible\nGET A TABLE=\"Successfully book in a restaurant\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Medical emergency vehicle to help overturned motor with support (7,6)","output":"### Answer: CARDIAC ARREST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Medical emergency\nCAR=\"vehicle\" + AID=\"help\" reversed\/\"overturned\" + CAR=\"motor\" + REST=\"support\" as a noun e.g. 'foot rest'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mercenary guerrilla never bottles uprising (5)","output":"### Answer: VENAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mercenary\nhidden\/bottled reversed\/\"uprising\" inside guerri-LA NEV-er"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One with faith in artist putting time into expedition (9)","output":"### Answer: RASTAFARI \n ### Explanation: Definition: One with faith\nRA (Royal Academician, \"artist\"), plus T (time) inside SAFARI=\"expedition\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Corrupt play a disc for this? (6)","output":"### Answer: PAYOLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: this\nPAYOLA means paying for radio airplay (or e.g. paying streaming services for songs to be featured on playlists \/ boosted on recommendation algorithms) \nanagram\/\"Corrupt\" of (play a O)*, with O=circular letter=\"disc\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ship's padre meets lad at sea (6,7)","output":"### Answer: PADDLE STEAMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ship\nanagram\/\"at sea\" of (padre meets lad)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Given up \u2014 I'm one to leave military body with honour in retirement (9)","output":"### Answer: IMMOLATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Given up\ndefinition: 'given up' as in 'offered up' as a sacrifice \nI'M, plus reversal\/\"in retirement\" of DETA-i-L plus OM (Order of Merit, \"honour\")\n \n'detail'=\"military body\", minus I=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fibber describing golf \u2014 and somehow they can make a huge distance (5,4)","output":"### Answer: LIGHTYEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: huge distance\nLIAR=\"Fibber\" around: G (golf, NATO alphabet) plus anagram\/\"somehow\" of (they)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vacuous Carry On Henry's opening is carefree (7)","output":"### Answer: HALCYON \n ### Explanation: Definition: carefree\nC-arr-Y + ON; with HAL=short for \"Henry\" at the beginning \/ \"opening\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Three fifths of Spice Girls' focus on sex's inner meaning (6)","output":"### Answer: SPIRIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: inner meaning\nthree of the five letters from SPI-ce, plus centre\/\"focus\" of gi-R-ls, plus IT=slang for \"sex\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After game, gunners left country (5)","output":"### Answer: RURAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: country\nRU (Rugby Union, \"game\") + RA (Royal Artillery, \"gunners\") + L (left)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Joint account's now key \u2014 loan's expensive, first of all (5)","output":"### Answer: ANKLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Joint\nfirst letters of A-ccount's N-ow K-ey L-oan's E-xpensive"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Food processor that is broken by small people (8)","output":"### Answer: COLONISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: people\ndefinition: \"people\" as a verb meaning 'occupy', 'inhabit' \nCOLON=\"Food processor\", plus IE=id est=\"that is\" around S (small)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Final letters backed wise work plan (6)","output":"### Answer: OMEGAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Final letters\nreversal\/\"backed\" of: SAGE=\"wise\" + MO (modus operandi, way of working or \"work plan\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet joins volunteers providing cover for knight (6)","output":"### Answer: TABARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: cover for knight\nBARD=\"Poet\" after TA (Territorial Army, \"volunteers\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sign of distress as fall follows sprint (8)","output":"### Answer: TEARDROP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sign of distress\nDROP=\"fall\" after TEAR=\"sprint\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek letter in religious painting, not the consonant (3)","output":"### Answer: ETA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Greek letter\nPI+ETA=\"religious painting\", which is two Greek letters, with PI the consonant to be removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Possible need for invalid inferior writer switching contents (6)","output":"### Answer: BEDPAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Possible need for invalid\nBAD=\"inferior\" + PEN=\"writer\", with their inner letters\/\"contents\" switched around"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unusually veracious, apart from one piece that's bad for circulation (8)","output":"### Answer: VARICOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: bad for circulation\nanagram\/\"Unusually\" of (veracious)*, minus one of its letters\/pieces"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deny having daughter's ring put in a car? (7)","output":"### Answer: DISAVOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deny\nD IS=daughter is=\"daughter's\" + O=\"ring\" inside A VW=a Volkswagen=\"a car\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deployed joint force European commanded, holding weapon (7)","output":"### Answer: ELBOWED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deployed j\nE (European) + LED=\"commanded\" around BOW=\"weapon\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Willing to admit nothing after the atom disintegrated (2,4,2)","output":"### Answer: AT HOME TO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Willing to admit\nO=\"nothing\" after anagram\/\"disintegrated\" of (the atom)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Neither posted nor moved? (6)","output":"### Answer: UNSENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Neither posted nor moved\ndouble definition, =not posted, or =not moved (to emotion)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Valley's width in metric unit (3)","output":"### Answer: CWM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Valley'\nW (width) in CM=centimetre=\"metric unit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second question in 30 \u2014 answer's 'trees' (8)","output":"### Answer: SEQUOIAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: trees\nS (Second), plus Q (question) inside EUOI=\"30\u2033 down, plus A'S (answer'S)\n *edit thanks to Crispy to add the last S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A youth going on lake for sail (6)","output":"### Answer: LATEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: sail\ndefinition: a triangular sail \nA TEEN=\"A youth\" after L (lake)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nasty person curate had to endure? Not entirely (3,3)","output":"### Answer: BAD EGG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nasty person\na 'curate's egg' is something that is a mix of good and bad, so \"Not entirely\" BAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's old in phony antique? Solve that! (8)","output":"### Answer: EQUATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Solve that\nO (old) in anagram\/\"phony\" of (antique)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State we hear spelt without consonants? (4)","output":"### Answer: IOWA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stat\nIOWA is pronounced with only vowel sounds \u2013 not sure if there's more to the wordplay \n*edit thanks to jillfc: spelling out IOWA as 'I O double U A' can be heard as only vowels"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tiny bit in audiotape (4)","output":"### Answer: IOTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tiny bit\nhidden in aud-IOTA-pe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ordered Democratic president outside (6)","output":"### Answer: BIDDEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ordered\nD (Democratic) with BIDEN=\"president\" outside it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Once a TV broadcast is ready, used in some countries (7)","output":"### Answer: CENTAVO \n ### Explanation: Definition: ready, used in some countries\nin definition, \"ready\" meaning 'cash' \nanagram\/\"broadcast\" of (Once a TV)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like solo organ performance in audition (8)","output":"### Answer: MONAURAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like solo \ndefinition: meaning 'of a single ear', so \"Like solo organ\" \nand\/or whole clue as definition, with \"audition\" meaning 'hearing'\n \nNot sure if there's another reading of wordplay here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Comedians disturbed about upper-class lying (10)","output":"### Answer: MENDACIOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: lying\nanagram\/\"disturbed\" of (Comedians)*, around U=\"upper-class\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In heartless prison, I lowered blind (8)","output":"### Answer: JALOUSIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: blind\ndefinition: a window blind \nJAIL-h-OUSE=\"prison\", minus the 'h' for \"heart\", and with the letter I lowered a few places"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Start to grow capital, having got rid of a pest (3)","output":"### Answer: BUD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Start to grow\nBUD-a-pest=\"capital\" city"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Delivery info initially upset person (3)","output":"### Answer: BOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: person\nDOB (Date of Birth, \"Delivery [of a baby] info initially\"), reversed\/\"upset\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pitch checker's routine nap disturbed (5,5)","output":"### Answer: PIANO TUNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pitch checker\nanagram\/\"disturbed\" of (routine nap)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wear thin, possibly becoming bare (2,3,3)","output":"### Answer: IN THE RAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: bare\nanagram\/\"possibly\" of (Wear thin)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Holes launches (8)","output":"### Answer: OPENINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Holes\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What I must have, but not in that case (3)","output":"### Answer: DOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: What I must have, but not in that case\na letter 'i' must have a dot, when not (as \"that\" one in the clue) in upper case"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sections of vessels with three parts removed (7)","output":"### Answer: FOCSLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sections of vessels\na spelling of 'FO-**re-**C-**a-**S-**t**-LES' with three parts of the longer word removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's German city got that Irish quarter hasn't? (6)","output":"### Answer: UMLAUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: What's German city got that Irish quarter hasn't?\nthe German city M\u00fcnster has an UMLAUT, unlike the Irish province Munster"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Female contributing to the website we've viewed regularly (3)","output":"### Answer: EWE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Female\nhidden at regular intervals in th-E WE-bsit-E WE-ve vi-EWE-d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dance costume pronounced excessively dated (4)","output":"### Answer: TUTU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dance costum\nhomophone\/\"pronounced\" of 'too-too', a \"dated\" expression meaning \"excessively\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Frenzied expression as English promise to pay up (4)","output":"### Answer: EUOI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Frenzied expression\nE (English), plus reversal\/\"up\" of IOU=\"promise to pay\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Well-turned-out son right to wear brownish-purple (6)","output":"### Answer: SPRUCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Well-turned-out\nS (son) + R (right) inside PUCE=\"brownish-purple\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Has sex with fashionable sort of girl in a small room (6)","output":"### Answer: BEDSIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: small room\nBEDS=\"Has sex with\" + IT=\"fashionable\" as in 'it girl'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boast about what one is wearing (4)","output":"### Answer: GARB \n ### Explanation: Definition: what one is wearing\nBRAG=\"Boast\" reversed\/\"about\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rudolph's charity event? (3,4,3)","output":"### Answer: RED NOSE DAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: charity event\nan event for the British charity Comic Relief, and a reference to Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hope for one to compete, collecting right uniform (6)","output":"### Answer: VIRTUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: H\nHope is one of three Christian virtues: hope, charity and faith \nVIE=\"compete\" around both: RT (right) + U (uniform, NATO alphabet)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: School task carried out in prison yard? (8)","output":"### Answer: EXERCISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: School task\ndouble definition: e.g. a written exercise for school, or physical exercise in the prison yard"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inject copper into misshapen toenail (9)","output":"### Answer: INOCULATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inject\nCU (symbol for copper) inside anagram\/\"misshapen\" of (toenail)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A lady with a title shortly gets a man's name (4)","output":"### Answer: ADAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: man's name\nA DAM-e=\"A lady with a title\", shortened to lose the last 'e'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where is the fuel for army vehicle? (4)","output":"### Answer: TANK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where is the fuel\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A diary, any sort, one saves up for (1,5,3)","output":"### Answer: A RAINY DAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: one saves up for\nanagram\/\"sort\" of (A diary any)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Insignificant people, evidence of their murder missing? (8)","output":"### Answer: NOBODIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Insignificant people\n'no bodies' could describe missing \"evidence of murder\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Showing very unfriendly manner on small island (6)","output":"### Answer: SICILY \n ### Explanation: Definition: island\nICILY=\"Showing very unfriendly manner\", after S (small)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attractive young mother's crummy rhymes (5,5)","output":"### Answer: YUMMY MUMMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Attractive young mother\ntwo words that rhyme with 'crummy'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One longing aloud for a patch of ground (4)","output":"### Answer: ACRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a patch of ground\nhomophone\/\"aloud\" of 'acher', someone who aches =\"One longing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not letting anyone see one's heavy defeat (6)","output":"### Answer: HIDING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not letting anyone s\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Careerist, yes, with something in the oven (6)","output":"### Answer: YUPPIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Care\nYUP=\"yes\" + PIE=\"something in the oven\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Big beast is alone, sadly (3,4)","output":"### Answer: SEA LION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Big beast\nanagram\/\"sadly\" of (is alone)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To steal books is a mindless thing (5)","output":"### Answer: ROBOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: a mindless thing\nROB=\"To steal\" + OT (Old Testament, \"books\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wow! Little girl makes university (7)","output":"### Answer: CORNELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: university\nCOR=\"Wow!\" + NELL=short form of Eleanor=\"Little girl\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'e runs \u2014 taking the girl with him? (6)","output":"### Answer: ELOPES \n ### Explanation: Definition: taking the girl with him?\n'E + LOPES=\"runs\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: School event giving rise to much talk? (6,3)","output":"### Answer: SPEECH DAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: School event\na SPEECH DAY an annual event at some schools, and the name suggests that there might be speeches\/\"much talk\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Break matron's little window (7)","output":"### Answer: TRANSOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: little window\nanagram\/\"Break\" of (matron's)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vet's demeanour strangely enterprising (13)","output":"### Answer: ADVENTURESOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: enterprising\nanagram\/\"strangely\" of (Vet's demeanour)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Study put together followed the rules (9)","output":"### Answer: CONFORMED \n ### Explanation: Definition: followed the rules\nCON=\"Study\" as a verb + FORMED=\"put together\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sacred syllable, in a sense, is more than one can take (3,4)","output":"### Answer: TOO MUCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: is more than one can take\nOM=\"Sacred syllable\" in Hinduism, inside TOUCH=\"a sense\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tell me, is that believable? (1,3,3)","output":"### Answer: I ASK YOU \n ### Explanation: Definition: is that believable?\nan exclamation of surprise \u2013 or could be read more literally as a request to \"Tell me\" something"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Glare at criminal evading capture (2,5)","output":"### Answer: AT LARGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: evading capture\nanagram\/\"criminal\" of (Glare at)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feminist term used in swimming (6)","output":"### Answer: WIMMIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feminist term\na spelling of 'women' that omits 'men' \nhidden in s-WIMMIN-g"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fellow covering miles is a winner (5)","output":"### Answer: CHAMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: winner\nCHAP=\"Fellow\" around M (miles)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After mistake on circuit, pressure for F1 starter (6)","output":"### Answer: BISHOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: F1 starter\nin chess, White's kingside bishop piece starts at F1 (column F, row 1 of the board) \nBISH=slang for a blunder=\"mistake\" + O=circle shape=\"circuit\" + P (pressure)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Meat from sheep I finished first (8)","output":"### Answer: PASTRAMI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Meat\nRAM=\"sheep\" + I, with PAST=\"finished\" going first"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Indigo for a chess computer (4,4)","output":"### Answer: DEEP BLUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Indigo\ndouble definition \u2013 Deep Blue the chess computer played against then reigning world champion Garry Kasparov"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rural cottage is this writer's bolthole? (6)","output":"### Answer: ALCOTT \n ### Explanation: Definition: this writer\nLouisa May Alcott wrote *Little Women* \nhidden in rur-AL COTT-age"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Care to relax, after putting energy into a comic song (7,5)","output":"### Answer: AMAZING GRACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: song\nanagram\/\"to relax\" of (Care)*, after ZING=\"energy\" in A MAG[azine]=\"a comic\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: For her, partner (not male) not available (4)","output":"### Answer: ANNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: For her\nm-AN=\"partner\" [for her], minus 'm' for \"male\", plus N\/A=\"not available\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Upset voter stumbles against ballot box (8)","output":"### Answer: OVERTURN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Upset\nanagram\/\"stumbles\" of (voter)* + URN=\"ballot box\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reduce studies in first chapter? (8)","output":"### Answer: CONDENSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reduce\nDENS=\"studies\" [as in rooms], inside C ONE=Chapter One=\"first chapter\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One goes round castle, treading nothing into carpet (4)","output":"### Answer: MOAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: O\nO=\"nothing\" inside MAT=\"carpet\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What did you say, you tosser? (5,2,5)","output":"### Answer: HEADS OR TAILS \n ### Explanation: Definition: What did you say, you tosser?\ncryptic definition, referring to a tossing of a coin"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tore off from opera, back at top speed to dance (6)","output":"### Answer: CAVORT \n ### Explanation: Definition: dance\n[IL] TROVA-tore=Verdi \"opera\", minus the 'tore' and reversed\/\"back\", after C=speed of light=\"top speed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Partnership lacking say in loyalty (8)","output":"### Answer: ALLIANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Partnership\nALL-EG-IANCE=\"loyalty\", minus EG=e.g.=\"say\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Without imagination, super\u00admarket replaces legend's recipe (8)","output":"### Answer: STOLIDLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Without imagination\nLIDL=\"supermarket\", replacing 'r' (recipe) in STO-r-Y=\"legend\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deer turns over something with one foot (6)","output":"### Answer: WAPITI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deer\nWAPITI is a name for elk \nreversal\/\"turns over\" of IT=\"something\" + I=\"one\" + PAW=\"foot\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In the country I am an unknown animal (4)","output":"### Answer: IBEX \n ### Explanation: Definition: anima\nI BE=\"I am\", \"In the country\" e.g. as said by someone in the West Country, plus X=\"unknown\" in maths"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Random bloke caught out over pitfall (9)","output":"### Answer: HAPHAZARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: R\nc-HAP=\"bloke\", minus 'c' for \"caught\" (cricket abbr.), plus HAZARD=\"pitfall\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Send fruitlessly from here to post in this box (6)","output":"### Answer: PILLAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: i\nreference to the phrase 'from pillar to post' to describe moving back and forth aimlessly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appoint entirely unsatisfactory diplomat (15)","output":"### Answer: PLENIPOTENTIARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: diplomat\nanagram\/\"unsatisfactory\" of (Appoint entirely)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Glittering, like part of American flag (8)","output":"### Answer: SPANGLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Glittering\nthe American flag is known as the Star SPANGLED Banner"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trainspotter losing head \u2014 it's like a sieve (5)","output":"### Answer: RICER \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's like a sieve\ndefinition: a device used to e.g. press potatoes through holes to make mash \nG-RICER is slang for a \"Trainspotter\", minus the head letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Went to see a fellow motoring enthusiast to give a bit of a hand (10)","output":"### Answer: METACARPAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: bit of a hand\nMET A CAR PAL=\"Went to see a fellow motoring enthusiast\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bigoted, enjoying the bilingual harangue (10)","output":"### Answer: INTOLERANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bigoted\nINTO=\"enjoying\" + LE=\"the [in French]\" + RANT=\"harangue\" \nnot sure if \"bilingual\" is an instruction to translate into a second language other than English, or if it is a reference to LE meaning \"the\" in Italian as well as French"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I mark the moment the paper is on the carpet \u2014 picked up quietly (4-5)","output":"### Answer: TIME STAMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: I mark the moment\nTIMES=\"[news]paper\" + MAT=\"carpet\" reversed vertically\/\"picked up\" + P (piano, \"quietly\") \na second use of MAT=\"carpet\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rare single: not running in between (8)","output":"### Answer: UNWONTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rare\nUNWED=\"single\", with anagram\/\"running\" of (not)* inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bat showing determination on old wicket (6)","output":"### Answer: WILLOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bat\nWILL=\"determination\" + O (old) + W (wicket, cricket abbr)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be out of sleeping bag? That's odd (5)","output":"### Answer: DROLL \n ### Explanation: Definition: odd\nBe-DROLL=\"sleeping bag\", minus the \"Be\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small incision in tail (4)","output":"### Answer: SCUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: tail\ndefinition: a short tail of e.g. a rabbit or deer \nS (small) + CUT=\"incision\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Posh bloke is a Tory bastard? Not unknown (6)","output":"### Answer: ARISTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Posh bloke\nanagram\/\"bastard\" of (is a Tory)*, minus letter 'y'=\"unknown in maths"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Usual performance quietly meets with approval (6)","output":"### Answer: SHTICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Usual performance\nSH=\"quietly\" as an instruction to hush, plus TICK=\"approval\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Changed key before end of ballad (7)","output":"### Answer: ALTERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Changed\nALT=\"key\" on computer keyboard + ERE=\"before\" + end of balla-D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant roses at front except in centre (7)","output":"### Answer: RHUBARB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant\nR-oses at front + BAR=\"except\" inside HUB=\"centre\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Big Tech (and Ted's dosh) could possibly bring material success (3,5,7)","output":"### Answer: THE BITCH GODDESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: material success\ndefinition: \"material success\", as an object of worship \nanagram\/\"possibly\" of (Big Tech Ted's dosh)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good book plausible on the surface (4)","output":"### Answer: GLIB \n ### Explanation: Definition: plausible on the surface\nG (Good) + LIB (liber, Latin for \"book\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sure to make a move after trick one's played (10)","output":"### Answer: CONCERTINA \n ### Explanation: Definition: one's played\nCERT-**A**-IN=\"Sure\", \"to make [the letter] **A** move\" to the end, after CON=swindle=\"trick\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Invaders ignoring rule left with ground unclaimed (2-4-4)","output":"### Answer: NO-MAN\u2019S-LAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: ground unclaimed\nNO-r-MANS=\"Invaders\", ignoring 'r' for \"rule\" in law, plus L (left) + AND=\"wiith\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Idiot holding back star pupil? On the contrary (4)","output":"### Answer: PRAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Idiot\non the contrary, it is the s-TAR P-upil holding the PRAT inside and reversed\/\"back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steal script craftily when Charles is inside dressing (8,7)","output":"### Answer: STICKING PLASTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: dressing\nanagram\/\"craftily\" of (Steal script)*, with KING=\"Charles\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doubly small for a defender (7)","output":"### Answer: SWEEPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: defender\nS (small) + WEE (a second\/double \"small\") + PER=\"for a\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Want to carry gun but denied (7)","output":"### Answer: NEGATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: denied\nNEED=\"Want\" around GAT=Gatling \"gun\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chance to wear revolutionary dress (6)","output":"### Answer: CLOTHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: dress\nLOT=fate=\"Chance\" inside CHE (Guevara)=\"revolutionary\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stay on team (6)","output":"### Answer: RESIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stay\nRE=about=\"on\" + SIDE=\"team\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rare element of sexual excite\u00adment with female \u2014 I'm keeping out, essentially (9)","output":"### Answer: RUTHENIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rare element\nRUT=\"sexual excitement\" + HEN=\"female\" + I'M around the centre\/essential part of o-U-t"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldiers arrested by police officers around base (6)","output":"### Answer: SORDID \n ### Explanation: Definition: base\nOR (other ranks, \"soldiers\"), inside \"police officers\" DI (Detective Inspector) + DS (Detective Sergeant) both reversed\/\"around\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Getting on coach is traditional (3-6)","output":"### Answer: OLD-SCHOOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: traditional\nOLD=\"Getting on\" + SCHOOL=\"coach\" as a verb"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Child's yellow \u2014 doctors gathering round (5)","output":"### Answer: SPROG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Child\nOR=gold colour=\"yellow\" inside GPS (General Practitioner-S, doctors), all reversed\/\"round\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Roars during day end squabbling (8)","output":"### Answer: THUNDERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Roars\nanagram\/\"squabbling\" of (end)*, inside\/\"during\" THURS=\"day\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Desperately want to be in Conservative Party? (5)","output":"### Answer: CRAVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Desperately want\nC (Conservative) + RAVE=\"Party\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Makes an enemy of worker and worries deeply (11)","output":"### Answer: ANTAGONISES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Makes an enemy of\nANT=\"worker\" + AGONISES=\"worries deeply\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dirty resort has improved on the surface (11)","output":"### Answer: BESPATTERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dirty\nSPA=\"resort\" inside BETTERED=\"improved\" \n\"on the surface\" as a containment indicator, a bit like 'covering'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bothered by independence, right \u2014 judged it to be divisive (9)","output":"### Answer: IRRITATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bothered\nI (independence) + R (right) + RATED=\"judged\" divided by IT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Advice about protecting endlessly vulnerable \u2014 it's a nasty place (8)","output":"### Answer: SNAKEPIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: a nasty place\nTIPS=\"Advice\" reversed\/\"about\", around NAKE-d=\"endlessly vulnerable\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Polluted river in which crew's emptied effluents (6)","output":"### Answer: GANGES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Polluted river\nGANG=\"crew\" + E-ffluent-S emptied out \n\"crew's\"='crew has'='crew plus\u2026'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dancing ladies beginning to strip off \u2014 this couldn't be better (5)","output":"### Answer: IDEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: this couldn't be better\nanagram\/\"Dancing\" of (ladies)*, with the beginning of S-trip taken off"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Square up over drinker's last bottle (5)","output":"### Answer: NERVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: bottle\nEVEN=\"Square\" reversed\/\"up\" around drinke-R \neven=square as in 'we're even\/square'='we don't owe each other anything'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expecting Jo to leave me too! (2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: IN THE CLUB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Expecting\ndefinition: slang for being pregnant\n \njo-IN THE CLUB=\"me too!\", minus \"Jo\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sharp edges taken off stone slab (4)","output":"### Answer: ABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sharp\nt-ABLE-t=\"stone slab\" minus the edge letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Earnings drained after tax returns in future? (5)","output":"### Answer: TENSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: future?\nE-arning-S drained of inner letters + NET=\"after tax\", all reversed\/\"returns\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sense entertaining game has new pre-match fun (4,5)","output":"### Answer: STAG NIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: pre-match fun\nin definition, \"match\" as in a marriage\n \nSIGHT=\"Sense\", around: TAG=playground chasing \"game\" + N (new)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Great setter's about to eat eg almond trifle (7)","output":"### Answer: MINUTIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: trifle\nAI=A1=top quality=\"Great\" + I'M=setter is=\"setter's\", reversed\/\"about\" and around\/\"to eat\" NUT=\"eg almond\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inexperience in cabinet periodically holding review (7)","output":"### Answer: NAIVETE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inexperience\ni-**N** c-**A**-b-**I**-n-**E**-t, around VET=\"review\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relinquish control of car, following shock (4,1,4,4)","output":"### Answer: TAKE A BACK SEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relinquish control\nSEAT the \"car\" manufacturer, after TAKE ABACK=\"shock\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Defeat of king's son nurtured by partner (9,4)","output":"### Answer: SMOTHERED MATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Defeat of king\ndefinition: in chess, a type of checkmate where a player's king cannot escape due to their own pieces\n \nS (son) + MOTHERED=\"nurtured\" + MATE=\"partner\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pair trained Manx cat, a divine male (7)","output":"### Answer: PRIAPUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: divine male\ndefinition: a god in Greek mythology\n \nanagram\/\"trained\" of (Pair)*, plus PUS-s='tailless puss'=\"Manx cat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: White Russian dresses in clothing from Tashkent (7)","output":"### Answer: TSARIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: White Russian\ndefinition: referring to the White Army (opposed to the Red Army) in the Russian Revolution\n \nSARIS=\"dresses\" in the outer letters\/\"clothing\" of T-ashken-T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ring fan, say, of inaner plays by comedian (9)","output":"### Answer: WAGNERIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rin\ndefinition refers to Wagner's *Ring* cycle\n \nanagram\/\"plays\" of (inaner)*, after WAG=\"comedian\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State, but not North American state (5)","output":"### Answer: INDIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: state\nINDIA-NA=US \"State\", minus NA (North American)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Which side of shoe is uncomfortable? (4)","output":"### Answer: SORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: uncomfortable\nWhich side of the word **s**-ho-**e**, **S **OR** E**?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hybrid lingo succeeded with fresh hip slang (9)","output":"### Answer: SPANGLISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hybrid lingo\nS (succeeded) plus anagram\/\"fresh\" of (hip slang)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where art is shown, including this person's bosom (8)","output":"### Answer: INTIMATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: bosom\ndefinition: \"bosom\" as an adjective meaning 'close' or intimate\n \nart is shown IN [the] TATE , around I'M=this person is=\"this person's\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Muses, say, about part of joint (5)","output":"### Answer: TENON \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of joint\ndefinition: 'mortise and tenon' is a type of joint in woodworking\n \nreversal\/\"about\" of NONET=group of 9, such as the Greek Muses"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hypothesised issue for girl providing treacle? (7,7)","output":"### Answer: ELECTRA COMPLEX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hypothesised issue for girl\ndefinition: a concept in Jungian psychology, a female equivalent of the Oedipus complex\n \nin a crossword clue, COMPLEX could be an indicator to make an anagram of (Electra)*, providing \"treacle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Notes introducing opening of Salome or Sadko around this building? (2,5)","output":"### Answer: LA SCALA \n ### Explanation: Definition: this building?\ndefinition: an opera house in Milan\n \nLA and LA=\"Notes\", around S (opening of Salome or Sadko) plus CA (circa, \"around\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trump clan rejected countercultural figure (7)","output":"### Answer: BEATNIK \n ### Explanation: Definition: countercultural figure\nBEAT=\"Trump\" + KIN=\"clan\" reversed\/\"rejected\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where supertanker may dock by area for old weapon (3,6)","output":"### Answer: BIG BERTHA \n ### Explanation: Definition: old weapon\ndefinition: a German artillery gun used in WWI\n \na supertanker may need a BIG BERTH to dock, plus A (area)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eastern racecourse, not a current course (6)","output":"### Answer: ENTREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: course\nE (Eastern) + a-i-NTREE=\"racecourse\" minus 'a i'=\"a current\" with 'i'=symbol for electric current"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Banged up lead criminal in cartel for illegal activity (7,7)","output":"### Answer: INSIDER DEALING \n ### Explanation: Definition: i\nINSIDE=sent to prison=\"Banged up\", plus anagram\/\"criminal\" of (lead)* inside RING=\"cartel\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nobel Peace Prize winner showing affection to head of state once (9)","output":"### Answer: KISSINGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nobel Peace Prize\ndefinition: Henry Kissinger was awarded a Nobel Prize for his role in the Paris Peace Accords to end the Vietnam War\n \nKISSING=\"showing affection\" + ER (Elizabeth Regina)=head of state, once"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prickly complaint from Australian ambassador with rubbish sandwiches (4,4)","output":"### Answer: HEATRASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prickly complaint\nA (Australian), sandwiched by HE (His\/Her Excellency, \"ambassador\") and TRASH=\"rubbish\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Group on the pull up north thus stripped off? Heavens! (7)","output":"### Answer: HUSKIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Group on the pull up north\ndefinition: dogs used to pull sleds in Northern regions of the world\n \nt-HU-s stripped of outer letters + SKIES=\"Heavens\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Staff answer about fan turning up in the Albert Hall, say (7)","output":"### Answer: ROTUNDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Albert Hall, say\ndefinition: a round building with a dome\n \nROD=\"Staff\" + A (answer), around NUT=as in 'a football nut'=\"fan\" reversed\/\"turning up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vessel filled with hock for fathers (6)","output":"### Answer: SPAWNS \n ### Explanation: Definition: f\nSS (steam ship, \"Vessel\"), around PAWN=to deal with a pawnbroker=\"hock\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tree dweller knocked over weird nifty houses (5)","output":"### Answer: INDRI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tree dweller\ndefinition: a type of lemur\n \nhidden\/'housed' in we-IRD NI-fty reversed\/\"knocked over\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Punishment \u2014 motive sought? (4,3)","output":"### Answer: WHAT FOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Punishment\ndouble definition, 'to give them what for' and asking 'what for?'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time in government reduced for good measure in small county (7)","output":"### Answer: RUTLAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: sm\nT (Time) in RUL-e=\"government reduced\" + AND='in addition'=\"for good measure\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wet academic having removed cap (5)","output":"### Answer: RAINY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wet\nb-RAINY=\"academic\" minus the first letter\/\"cap\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Answer I see Church retracted (4)","output":"### Answer: ECHO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Answer\nOH=\"I see\" + CE (Church of England), all reversed\/\"retracted\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Talk after company and party, going their different ways, team up (11)","output":"### Answer: COLLABORATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: team up\nORATE=\"Talk\", after CO (company) plus BALL=\"party\" reversed or going the other way"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where caps are when begging? (2,4,5)","output":"### Answer: ON ONE\u2019S KNEES \n ### Explanation: Definition: when begging\nreference to kneecaps"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Load boat (4)","output":"### Answer: RAFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Load\ndouble definition: \"Load\" meaning a large amount of something"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A strong tea felt wrong after cold milky drink (5,5)","output":"### Answer: CAFFE LATTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: milky drink\nA + F (forte, \"strong\") + anagram\/\"wrong\" of (tea felt)*; all after C (cold)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Collapsed, due to failing after adverse criticism (6,3)","output":"### Answer: FLAKED OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Collapsed\nanagram\/\"failing\" of (due to)*, after FLAK=\"adverse criticism\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminally stupid? Very close (5,2,7)","output":"### Answer: THICK AS THIEVES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Very close\nalternative reading with 'thick' as in \"stupid\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outspoken shark hunter (7)","output":"### Answer: CHEETAH \n ### Explanation: Definition: hunter\nhomophone\/\"Outspoken\" of 'cheater'=\"shark\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dish in sink blocking channel (7)","output":"### Answer: LASAGNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dish\nSAG=\"sink\" inside LANE=\"channel\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Possible tool used by belligerent European city? (6)","output":"### Answer: WARSAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: European city\na WAR SAW might be a tool (saw as in a serrated cutting tool) used by the belligerent"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: For example, lady is filling box having discarded wrapping (6)","output":"### Answer: ARISTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: For example, lady\nIS, filling inside c-ARTO-n=\"box\" with the outer letters\/\"wrapping\" discarded"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Circular snares trap bird (10)","output":"### Answer: FLYCATCHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: bird\nFLYER=\"Circular\", around CATCH=\"trap\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cook in oven after second in fridge (5)","output":"### Answer: ROAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cook\nOAST is an \"oven\" used for drying hops, after second letter of f-R-idge"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Authorised measure preceding bitter explanation (9)","output":"### Answer: RATIONALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: explanation\nRATION=allocated quantity=\"Authorised measure\" + ALE=\"bitter\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excursion set in motion (4)","output":"### Answer: TRIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Excursion\ndouble definition: \"set in motion\" as in to trip\/trigger e.g. an alarm"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Champion almost entirely consuming a drink (8)","output":"### Answer: ADVOCAAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\nADVOCAT-e=\"Champion almost entirely\", around A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: See record again (8)","output":"### Answer: DISCOVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: See\nDISC=music recording=\"record\" + OVER=\"again\" as in 'do it over'\/'do it again'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminals slow to break into American offices abroad (10)","output":"### Answer: CONSULATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: offices abroad\nCONS=convicts=\"Criminals\" + LATE=\"slow\" inside US=\"American\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look at a film with a theme that's controversial \u2014 as, say, a 23 11? (4,1,4,2,1,5)","output":"### Answer: LIKE A MOTH TO A FLAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: as, say, a 23 11?\ndefinition: as if fatally attracted to something \u2013 23 11 being FATAL ATTRACTION \nanagram\/\"controversial\" of (Look at a film + a theme)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Awful short white skirts provid\u00aded, one under coat of raver (8)","output":"### Answer: HORRIFIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Awfu\nHOC-k=\"short white\", around\/\"skirts\" all of: IF=\"provided\" + I=\"one\" after R-ave-R \n'hock' is a term for German white wine"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: See-through underwear in series beginning to split, check trousers (6,4)","output":"### Answer: STRING VEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: See-through underwear\nSTRING=\"series\", plus VET=\"check\" around\/\"trousers\" S-plit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Taunt Dickens over love that's vacuous (6)","output":"### Answer: HECKLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Taunt\nHECK=\"Dickens\" as in 'what the heck?'\/'what the Dickens?', plus L-ov-E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Calamitous drawing in picture (5,10)","output":"### Answer: FATAL ATTRACTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: picture\ndefinition: title of a film \/ \"picture\" \nFATAL ATTRACTION=\"Calamitous drawing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foul group seizes lithium (7)","output":"### Answer: SQUALID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Foul\nSQUAD=\"group\" around LI (chemical symbol for lithium)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blockhead has defaced boarding cards (7)","output":"### Answer: JACKASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blockhead\nh-AS \"de-faced\" i.e. with the first letter\/'face' removed; inside JACKS=[playing] CARDS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Picked up next to popular bar (5)","output":"### Answer: INGOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: bar\nGOT=\"Picked up\" after IN=\"popular\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cook, with endlessly wealthy fool in charge (9)","output":"### Answer: FRICASSEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cook\nRIC-h=\"endlessly wealthy\" + ASS=\"fool\"; all inside FEE=\"charge\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thrash repulsive criminal (9)","output":"### Answer: PULVERISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thrash\nanagram\/\"criminal\" of (repulsive)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artist wanting cash (not yen) before start of task (5)","output":"### Answer: MONET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Artist\nMONE-Y=\"cash\" minus 'Y' for \"yen\", plus T-ask"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excitement of American after short drink (5)","output":"### Answer: DRAMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Excitement\nA (American) after DRAM=\"short drink\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Free old individual facing charge (9)","output":"### Answer: EXONERATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Free\nEX=\"old\" + ONE=\"individual\" + RATE=\"charge\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Annual check by male with a card showing signs of wear (4-5)","output":"### Answer: MOTHEATEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: showing signs of wear\nMOT (Annual check of vehicle safety in the UK) + HE=\"male\" + A TEN=\"a [playing] card\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deputy taking credit for cleanse (5)","output":"### Answer: SCRUB \n ### Explanation: Definition: cleanse\nSUB=substitute=\"Deputy\", around CR (credit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nearly time \u2014 time to sleep? (5)","output":"### Answer: NIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: time to sleep?\nNIGH=\"Nearly\" + T (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some warn about embracing international philanderer (9)","output":"### Answer: WOMANISER \n ### Explanation: Definition: philanderer\nanagram\/\"about\" of (Some warn)*, around I (international)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Study melting mess (9)","output":"### Answer: CONFUSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: mess\nCON=\"Study\" as a verb + FUSION=\"melting\" \n'melting' is one definition for 'fusion' in Chambers \u2013 I hadn't thought of them as equivalent"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Head of couture to demolish fashion (5)","output":"### Answer: CRAZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fashion\nC-outure + RAZE=\"demolish\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Colder liquid initially placed in cup (7)","output":"### Answer: BLEAKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Colder\nL-iquid, inside BEAKER=\"cup\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Views small supplies not starting (7)","output":"### Answer: SURVEYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vie\nS (small) + p-URVEYS=\"supplies not starting\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Son kissed and lapsed morally? (7)","output":"### Answer: SLIPPED \n ### Explanation: Definition: lapsed morally?\nS (Son) + LIPPED=\"kissed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A French worker hides bitterness \u2014 it's not chivalrous (9)","output":"### Answer: UNGALLANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: not chivalrous\nUN=\"A [in] French\" + ANT=\"worker\" around GALL=\"bitterness\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left two articles in machine (5)","output":"### Answer: LATHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: machine\nL (Left) + A and THE=\"two articles\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shy daughter has condition suitable to involve study (9)","output":"### Answer: DIFFIDENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shy\nD (Daughter) + IF (condition) as in 'that's a big if' + FIT=\"suitable\" around DEN=\"study\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Juliet has posh cool drink (5)","output":"### Answer: JUICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\nJ (Juliet, NATO alphabet) + U (upper-class, \"posh\") + ICE=\"cool\" as a verb"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dour church with no branches? (9)","output":"### Answer: CHARMLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dour\nCH (church) + ARMLESS=\"with no branches?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vehicles caught leaving concerning crime (5)","output":"### Answer: ARSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: crime\nc-ARS=\"Vehicles\" with c (caught, cricket abbreviation) leaving + ON=\"concerning\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Respect unusual sign of authority (7)","output":"### Answer: SCEPTRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: sign of authority\nanagram\/\"unusual\" of (Respect)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Astonished by a direction to fight (3-6)","output":"### Answer: AWE-STRUCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Astonished\nA + WEST=\"direction\" + RUCK=slang for a \"fight\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bit of sugared mint with Eton mess and creams (9)","output":"### Answer: OINTMENTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: creams\nanagram\/\"mess\" of (s mint Eton)*, with the 's' from \"Bit of s-ugared\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Swiftly covering boil up some\u00adwhere above ground (9)","output":"### Answer: AEROSPACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: some\u00adwhere \nAPACE=\"Swiftly\" around reversal\/\"up\" of SORE=\"boil\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Skirt about Belgium in taxi (7)","output":"### Answer: MINICAB \n ### Explanation: Definition: taxi\nMINI=\"Skirt\" + CA (circa, Latin for \"about\") + B (Belgium)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heard residential pupils in beds (7)","output":"### Answer: BORDERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: beds\ndefinition: flower beds \nhomophone\/\"Heard\" of 'boarders'=\"residential pupils\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Information that is for one fulfilling wishes (5)","output":"### Answer: GENIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: one fulfilling wishes\nGEN=\"Information\" + IE (id est, \"that is\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Noise woke husband in real rage initially (5)","output":"### Answer: WHIRR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Noise\ninitials of W-oke H-usband I-n R-eal R-age"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: French city on river is comparatively pleasant (5)","output":"### Answer: NICER \n ### Explanation: Definition: comparatively pleasant\nNICE=\"French city\" + R (river)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Insisted on confirmation from studio model (7)","output":"### Answer: IMPOSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Insisted on\nI'M POSED=\"confirmation from studio model\" that they are ready"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flipping Ulster PM's come round too late (5,2)","output":"### Answer: SLEEP IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: come round too late\nreversal\/\"Flipping\" of: NI (Northern Ireland) + PEEL'S=PM'S (Robert Peel, UK 19th century Prime Minister)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: See court spies from abroad crossing ancient city (5)","output":"### Answer: CURIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: See court\ndefinition: in the Roman Catholic Church, the court of the papal see, with 'see' meaning a bishop's jurisdiction\n \nCIA=\"spies from abroad\" around UR=\"ancient city\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Diviner decree replacing one abbey's number two released (9)","output":"### Answer: PREDICTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Diviner\ndefinition: agent noun from 'to divine'='to predict'\n \nEDICT=\"decree\" replacing 'i'=\"one\" which is released from PR-i-OR=an abbot's deputy=\"abbey's number two\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ignoring outsiders, Ethel's parents get cracking and tackle a problem (5,3,6)","output":"### Answer: GRASP THE NETTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: tackle a problem\nanagram\/\"cracking\" of (thel parents get)*, ignoring the outside letters of [E]-thel-[s]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Firmly attach small part of body (4)","output":"### Answer: NAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Firmly attach\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Spanish decline to enter Hawaii's capital (8)","output":"### Answer: HELSINKI \n ### Explanation: Definition: capital\nEL=\"The [in] Spanish\" + SINK=\"decline\", all inside HI (state abbreviation for Hawaii)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One uses tactic to intercept notes from the East (8)","output":"### Answer: EMPLOYER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One uses\nPLOY=\"tactic\" inside a reversal\/\"from the East\" of both RE and ME=musical \"notes\" in the solfa scale"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rejected bananas are overpowering (4)","output":"### Answer: STUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: are overpowering\nreversal\/\"Rejected\" of NUTS=crazy=\"bananas\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Initially somewhat peaky, everyone I included in cast was indecisive (14)","output":"### Answer: SHILLYSHALLIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: was indecisive\nS-omewhat + HILLY=\"peaky\", plus ALL=\"everyone\" + I, both in SHED=\"cast\"\n \nshed=cast as in animals moulting, or as in 'shed\/cast light on'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An angry speech full of ultimately insignificant wind (9)","output":"### Answer: ANTITRADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: wind\ndefinition: a wind in an opposite direction compared to the trade winds\n \nAN + TIRADE=\"angry speech\" around insignifican-T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wife captivated by playful love letter (5)","output":"### Answer: VOWEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: letter\nW (wife) inside anagram\/\"playful\" of (love)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Determined to broadcast Hemingway, for example (7)","output":"### Answer: EARNEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Determined\nhomophone\/\"to broadcast\" of 'Ernest' as a first name of \"Hemingway, for example\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Went fast over stream of light, then dispersed (7)","output":"### Answer: SPRAYED \n ### Explanation: Definition: dispersed\nSPED=\"Went fast\" around RAY=\"stream of light\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Long dog with no head (4)","output":"### Answer: ITCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Long\n[b]-ITCH=\"dog with no head\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Who could replace print I tore apart? (8,7)","output":"### Answer: PORTRAIT PAINTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Who could replace print I tore apart\nanagram\/\"re-place\" of (print I tore apart)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boxes with false bottom in short supply (6)","output":"### Answer: SPARSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: in short supply\nSPARS=\"Boxes\" + fals-E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Last of troops drank up supplies found here (6)","output":"### Answer: DEPOTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: supplies found here\ntroop-S plus TOPED=\"drank\", all reversed\/\"up\"\n \nto tope is to drink to excess"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Admitting some hesitation, biased editor's stuck (8)","output":"### Answer: SKEWERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: stuck\nER=\"some hesitation\" admitted inside SKEW as adjective=\"biased\" plus ED (editor)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rick gets into records with unknown disorder (8)","output":"### Answer: EPILEPSY \n ### Explanation: Definition: disorder\nPILE=\"Rick\" inside EPS (extended play \"records\"), plus Y=\"unknown\" variable in maths\n \na rick is a stack or a heap"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rephrase order to child after playing nurses (not female)? (3,2,7,3)","output":"### Answer: PUT IT ANOTHER WAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rephrase\nPUT IT AWAY=\"order to child after playing\", around\/\"nurses\" NOT HER=\"not female\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country folk, answering vagrant, love butting in (10)","output":"### Answer: NORWEGIANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Country folk\nanagram\/\"vagrant\" of (answering)*, with O=\"love\" butting inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grasping Republican unwilling, perhaps, to discover a way to go in America (10)","output":"### Answer: INTERSTATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: way to go in America\nINTESTATE=\"unwilling, perhaps\", around\/\"Grasping\" R (Republican)\n \nintestate=not having left a will, so perhaps un-will-ing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Obstructed service during journey? You can bet on it (8)","output":"### Answer: ROULETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: You can bet on it\nLET=\"Obstructed service\" inside ROUTE=\"journey\"\n \na LET in tennis is a serve where the ball touches the net on its way over"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Players supporting game opponents in media show (8)","output":"### Answer: NEWSCAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: media show\nCAST of actors=\"Players\", under\/\"supporting\" N E W S (North East West South, \"game opponents\" in the card game bridge)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rests in which Warhol ultimately invested? (6)","output":"### Answer: EASELS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rests in which Warhol ultimately invested?\nEASES=\"Rests\" around [Warho]-L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shrewd hacker no amateur (6)","output":"### Answer: CLEVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shrewd\nCLE-a-VER=\"hacker\" minus 'a' for \"amateur\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charlie boy getting dressed (4)","output":"### Answer: CLAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: dressed\nC (Charlie in NATO alphabet) + LAD=\"boy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: That's surprising and it's sadly not something one could name (7)","output":"### Answer: WHATSIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: not something one could name\nWHAT=exclamation of surprise=\"That's surprising\", plus anagram\/\"sadly\" of (it's)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminal rip-off in fashion (7)","output":"### Answer: CULPRIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Criminal\nanagram\/\"off\" of (rip)* inside CULT=fad=\"fashion\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A good part of three months and it's still warm (5)","output":"### Answer: EMBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's still warm\n\"A good part\" of Sept-EMBER, Nov-EMBER, and Dec-EMBER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mr James returned 'mood' paint? (9)","output":"### Answer: DISTEMPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: paint\ndefinition: a decorative paint\n \nSID=Sid James the British actor=\"Mr James\" reversed\/\"returned\", plus TEMPER=\"mood\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gaunt-looking rogue: suave or devious? (10)","output":"### Answer: CADAVEROUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gaunt-looking\nCAD=\"rogue\", plus anagram\/\"devious\" of (suave or)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminal boss is dope? Surprise, surprise! (4,4)","output":"### Answer: DRUG LORD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Criminal boss\nDRUG=\"dope\", plus LORD=exclamation of surprise=\"Surprise, surprise\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Popular painting etc \u2014 a clue: it surprisingly is hard to understand (12)","output":"### Answer: INARTICULATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: hard to understand\nIN=\"Popular\" + ART=\"painting etc\" + anagram\/\"surprisingly\" of (a clue it)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Controversial treatment of hair, with article (hammer?) hitting your head! (5,7)","output":"### Answer: SHOCK THERAPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Controversial treatment\nSHOCK=a thick mass of \"hair\" + THE=definite \"article\" + RAP=\"hammer\" + the first letter\/\"head\" of Y-our"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Labour shortly to follow this US-style party? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: BABY SHOWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Labour shortly to follow this US-style party?\ncryptic definition \u2013 a party for a pregnant woman who will go into labour"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steed forced to accept disastrous live broadcast (9)","output":"### Answer: TELEVISED \n ### Explanation: Definition: broadcast\nanagram\/\"forced\" of (Steed)* around anagram\/\"disastrous\" of (live)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old film star's talk that's hard to follow without a book (5)","output":"### Answer: GABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old film star\nClark GABLE is the \"Old film star\"\n \nGAB-b-LE=\"talk that's hard to follow\", minus one 'b'=\"book\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird otter somehow found in hollow dell (7)","output":"### Answer: DOTTREL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bird\nthe dottrel or dotterel is in the plover family of birds\n \nanagram\/\"somehow\" of (otter)* inside D-el-L without its inner letters\/\"hollow\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'All you can inhale' \u2014 final 20% off charge on coke, say, but not ecstasy (7)","output":"### Answer: LUNGFUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: 'All you can inhale'\nLUNG-e=\"charge\" minus the fifth letter\/\"final 20% off\", plus FU-e-L=\"coke, say\", minus 'e' for \"ecstasy\"\n \n\"coke\" is a fuel obtained from coal"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wife, as a consequence, is from where? (6)","output":"### Answer: WHENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: from where\nW (Wife) + HENCE=\"as a consequence\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One university offered Dawn's song (6)","output":"### Answer: AUBADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dawn's song\nA=\"One\" + U (university) + BADE=past tense of bid\/offer=\"offered\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Composer wants broadcaster to include trains (with volume adjusted) (10)","output":"### Answer: STRAVINSKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Composer\nSKY=the media company=\"broadcaster\" around anagram\/\"adjusted\" of (trains v)* where 'v'=\"volume\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scatter, climbing over duke's house (5)","output":"### Answer: TUDOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: house\nROUT=\"Scatter\" reversed upwards\/\"climbing\", around D (duke)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: So Eric frantically pulls in stomach when using one? (9)","output":"### Answer: COSTUMIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: So Eric frantically pulls in stomach when using one?\nanagram\/\"frantically\" of (So Eric)*, around TUM=\"stomach\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A flurry of rain gets beneath split on a riverbank (8)","output":"### Answer: RIPARIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: on a \ndefinition: (adjective) relating to or on the banks of a river\n \nA + anagram\/\"flurry\" of (rain)*, all after RIP=\"split\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Act against old PM and visibly age (4,4)","output":"### Answer: TURN GREY \n ### Explanation: Definition: visibly age\nTURN=a performer's \"Act\" + the Earl GREY a former UK Prime Minister"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Act prematurely and clear article by Rod (4,3,3)","output":"### Answer: JUMP THE GUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Act prematurely\nJUMP=\"clear\" + THE=definite \"article\" + GUN=\"Rod\"\n \n'rod' is US slang for a pistol"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Practice with vehicle almost covered in concrete (9)","output":"### Answer: REHEARSAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Practice\nHEARS-e=\"vehicle almost\" inside REAL=\"concrete\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dead, buried in ground, after one's separated (8)","output":"### Answer: ISOLATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: separated\nLATE=\"Dead\" inside SOD=\"ground\", all after I=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wretched gang gets drunk, taking lorry off (5,3)","output":"### Answer: SORRY LOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wretched gang\nSOT=\"drunk\" around anagram\/\"off\" of (lorry)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stories constructed by Spiderman? (1,3,2,4)","output":"### Answer: A WEB OF LIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stories constructed by Spiderman?\ndefinition with reference to Spiderman's webs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trial of alternative timber (6)","output":"### Answer: ORDEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trial\nOR=\"alternative\" + DEAL=a soft wood=\"timber\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Yeats's top poem with Latin form of singing (5)","output":"### Answer: YODEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: form of singing\nY-eats + ODE=\"poem\" + L (Latin)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A dog without lead is too much! (4)","output":"### Answer: OVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: too much\nr-OVER=\"dog\" without the lead letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clandestine second party serving men (4-4)","output":"### Answer: BACKDOOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clandestine\nBACK=provide support to=\"second\" + DO=\"party\" + OR (other ranks, \"men\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A scan screening heart of Moroccan flyer (6)","output":"### Answer: AVOCET \n ### Explanation: Definition: flyer\ndefinition: a type of bird\n \nA + VET=\"scan\" around heart of [Mor]-OC-[can]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exit speech from Atlantean, with the odd omission (2-2)","output":"### Answer: TA-TA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exit speech\nomitting odd letters from [A]-**T**-l-**A**-n-**T**-e-**A**-n"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being realistic, cold wader left river (4-6)","output":"### Answer: HARD-BITTEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Being realistic\nHARD=\"cold\" + BITTE-r-N=wading bird=\"wader\" minus 'r' for \"river\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Emperor, China's last, is hosted by king and queen (6)","output":"### Answer: KAISER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Emperor\nlast of [Chin]-A + IS, both inside K (king) + ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"queen\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Solidly built deep sink (8)","output":"### Answer: THICKSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Solidly built\nTHICK=\"deep\" + SET=move downwards=\"sink\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bogus leading lady once remained unknown (6)","output":"### Answer: ERSATZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bogus\nER (Elizabeth Regina, \"leading lady once\") + SAT=\"remained\" + Z=\"unknown\" variable in maths"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Places formerly selling gold-lined ranges (6)","output":"### Answer: AGORAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Places formerly selling\ndefinition: ancient Greek marketplaces\n \nOR=\"gold\" inside AGAS=oven\/ \"ranges\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having read abridged bible, sadly one strays from the text (2-6)","output":"### Answer: AD-LIBBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one strays from the text\nanagram\/\"sadly\" of (read bibl)*\n \nbibl-[e]=\"abridged bible\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: God made man run after motorists, collecting tax (6)","output":"### Answer: AVATAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: G\ndefinition: a physical form of a deity, \"[a] God made [into a] man\"\n \nR (run, cricket abbr) after AA (Automobile Association, \"motorists\") around VAT (Value Added Tax)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Key workers once a must for Spooner's plumber? (6,4)","output":"### Answer: TYPING POOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Key workers once\ndefinition: 'keys' as in typewriter keys\n \nSpoonerism of 'piping tool' = \"a must for [a] plumber\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Housman initially working for donkey's years (4)","output":"### Answer: AEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: donkey's years\nAE (the poet A.E. Housman's initials) + ON=\"working\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crab possibly unable to move (6)","output":"### Answer: NEBULA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crab possibly\nanagram\/\"to move\" of (unable)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pitman once bringing in amateur scrutineer (8)","output":"### Answer: EXAMINER \n ### Explanation: Definition: scrutineer\nEX-MINER=\"Pitman once\", around A (amateur)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Assembled online info with evil intent, first rejecting a little (8)","output":"### Answer: DATABASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Assembled online info\nBASE=\"with evil intent\", with A TAD=\"a little\" reversed\/\"rejecting\" and going \"first\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tropical legume cook rarely uses (4)","output":"### Answer: OKRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tropical legume\nhidden in [used by]: co-OK RA-rely"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One fetching and carrying timber from the ark (6)","output":"### Answer: GOPHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One fetching and carrying\ndouble definition: someone who runs errands e.g. on a film set; and gopher wood (sometimes translated as cypress) is the name given in the Bible for the wood used to make Noah's ark"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Walking slowly after a girl may be taking a risk (8)","output":"### Answer: GAMBLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: taking a risk\nAMBLING=\"Walking slowly\" after G (girl)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Communist country bridge player's declared vocation (5,5)","output":"### Answer: NORTH KOREA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Communist country\nNORTH=\"bridge player\" + KOREA, homophone\/\"declared\" of career=\"vocation\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Showing no compassion at any time in Kent? (6)","output":"### Answer: SEVERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: S\nEVER=\"at any time\" in SE (South East, \"Kent\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A slowing down in network is no common occurrence? (6)","output":"### Answer: RARITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: no common occurrence\nA + RIT (ritardando, musical instruction for \"slowing down\"); all in RY (short for railway, \"network\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dodgy South American spiritual, one convicts originally introduced (10)","output":"### Answer: SUSPICIOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dodgy\nS (South) + US=\"American\" + PIOUS=\"spiritual\" around both of: I=\"one\" + C-onvicts"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crossing fen, got an outlandish form of transport (8)","output":"### Answer: TOBOGGAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: form of transport\nanagram\/\"outlandish\" of (got an)*, around BOG=\"fen\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Experienced editor supporting main issue (8)","output":"### Answer: SEASONED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Experienced\nED (editor), after SEA=\"main\" + SON=\"issue\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cut top of oak, cracking little wood (6)","output":"### Answer: GROOVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cut\nO-ak, inside GROVE=\"little wood\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Provision for light sleeper? (3,3)","output":"### Answer: DAYBED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Provision for light sleeper?\ncryptic definition: \"light\" referring to day time rather than to not sleeping deeply"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A cash reserve for moving aboard (6)","output":"### Answer: AFLOAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: m\nA + FLOAT=\"cash reserve\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Current means of identifying hallucinogen (4)","output":"### Answer: ACID \n ### Explanation: Definition: hallucinogen\nAC (Alternating \"Current\") + ID as in 'photo ID card'=\"means of identifying\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heaven observed: head turns when this happens, by the sound of it? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: NEXT WORLD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Heaven\ndefinition: 'next world' refers to a life after death \nsounds like\/\"by the sound of it\": 'Neck's twirled'=\"head turns when this happens\"\n \nis \"observed\" there to justify the past tense in 'twirled'?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Better off, con (5)","output":"### Answer: OUTDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Better\nOUT=\"off\" e.g. 'the lights went out\/off' + DO=to cheat someone=\"con\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stopping cut, power connected (7)","output":"### Answer: SPLICED \n ### Explanation: Definition: connected\nSLICED=\"cut\", with P [power] inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Duty put Harry in mood (7)","output":"### Answer: TONNAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Duty\ndefinition: tonnage is a duty\/tax imposed on cargo \nNAG=pester=\"Harry\" in TONE=\"mood\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appropriate condition (4)","output":"### Answer: NICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Appropriate\n=\"Appropriate\" as a verb, to take\/steal; and =\"condition\" e.g. 'in good nick'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Faltering trade, piece lower in value (10)","output":"### Answer: DEPRECIATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: lower in value \nanagram\/\"Faltering\" of (trade piece)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bid cut after review of great deal (2-5)","output":"### Answer: NO-TRUMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bid\ndefinition: a bid of No Trump in a game of bridge \nRUMP=\"cut\" of meat, after reversal\/\"review\" of TON=large amount=\"great deal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grabbing new desk, old chairman manages (5,2)","output":"### Answer: MAKES DO \n ### Explanation: Definition: manages\nMAO Zedong, former chairman of the Chinese Communist Party=\"old chairman\"; around anagram\/\"new\" of (desk)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Better than America looking back, group embracing success (10)","output":"### Answer: SURPASSING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Better than\nUS=\"America\" reversed\/\"looking back\" + RING=\"group\" around PASS=\"success\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Every one detailed, I made plays for the theatre (7)","output":"### Answer: ALMEIDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: theatre\ndefinition: a theatre in London \nAL-[L]=\"Every one\" with the last letter\/tail removed, plus anagram\/\"plays\" of (I made)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Error in emergency call, a fire\u00adfighter sent the wrong way (7)","output":"### Answer: FALLACY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Error\nhidden \"in\" and reversed\/\"sent the wrong way\": emergenc-Y CALL A F-irefighter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Skilled listener: fish in one's ear? (5)","output":"### Answer: TUNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Skilled listener\ndefinition: someone with the listening skills to e.g. tune a piano \nsounds like\/\"in one's ear\": 'tuna'=\"fish\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: South American politician, or an old pig from the right (9)","output":"### Answer: BOLSONARO \n ### Explanation: Definition: South American politician\ndefinition: Jair Bolsonaro lost the recent presidential elections in Brazil \nreversal\/\"from the right\" of OR AN O SLOB, with O (\"old\") and SLOB=\"pig\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nervous tension as maladmin\u00adistered pension claimed by workers (4,2,4,5)","output":"### Answer: ANTS IN ONE\u2019S PANTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nervous tension\nanagram\/\"maladministered\" of (pension)*, inside ANTS + ANTS=\"workers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uncensored photo catching face of lothario in withdrawal (8)","output":"### Answer: EXPLICIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Uncensored\nPIC=\"photo\" around L-othario, and inside EXIT=\"withdrawal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ultimate in disappointment, wife getting diamonds another time (5)","output":"### Answer: TWICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: another time\ndisappointmen-T + W (wife) + ICE=slang for \"diamonds\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Discover advantage in fruit like a peach, shortly (6,2)","output":"### Answer: DREDGE UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Discover\nEDGE=\"advantage\", inside DRUP-e=\"fruit like a peach, shortly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Same thing lacking heart penned by sovereign journo (6)","output":"### Answer: EDITOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: journo\nDI-[t]-TO=\"Same thing\" lacking its central letter\/\"heart\", inside ER (Elizabeth Regina, \"sovereign\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 20 22: up for something sweet? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: POUND CAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: something sweet?\ninserting the answer to 20, 22 makes the wordplay 'RUM AND COKE up' \nanagram\/\"RUM\" of (and coke up)* gives POUND CAKE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Island boasting a vehicle, out of bounds (6)","output":"### Answer: ITHACA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Island\n'with a car'=\"boasting a vehicle\", taking away the boundary letters\/\"out of bounds\" gives w-ITH A CA-r"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This contract's unconditional: these two setters must be appreciated! (4,2,4,2,3)","output":"### Answer: LOVE ME LOVE MY DOG \n ### Explanation: Definition: This contract's unconditional\ndefinition: an idiomatic request for unconditional acceptance \nLOVE\/\"appreciate\" both ME=Paul, the \"setter\" and MY DOG=which may be a \"setter\" breed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 20 22, island beverage primarily: something restorative about it (4,5)","output":"### Answer: CUBA LIBRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 20 22\ndefinition: a name for a RUM AND COKE cocktail \nBALI=\"island\" + B-everage; all inside CURE=\"something restorative\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Piece provided, worn pipe (8)","output":"### Answer: MANIFOLD \n ### Explanation: Definition: pipe\ndefinition: a manifold pipe is one that branches in multiple directions \nMAN=chess \"piece\" + IF=\"provided\" + OLD=\"worn\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fare-dodger observed commandeering tug, certainly (8)","output":"### Answer: STOWAWAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fare-dodger\nSAW=\"observed\" around TOW=\"tug\", plus AY=yes, indeed=\"certainly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alcoholic drink with mother: surprisingly uncorked bottles! (3,3,4)","output":"### Answer: RUM AND COKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Alcoholic drink\nMA=\"mother\", bottled inside anagram\/\"surprisingly\" of (uncorked)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Battered cod has head of bream alongside (6)","output":"### Answer: SHABBY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Battered\nanagram\/\"cod\" of (has)*, plus B-ream, plus BY=\"alongside\" \n\"cod\" as an adjective meaning 'sham' for the anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailing boat in small puddles, capsized (5)","output":"### Answer: SLOOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sailing boat\nPOOLS=\"small puddles\", reversed vertically\/\"capsizes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arsonist in boat? (7)","output":"### Answer: LIGHTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arsonist\n=a person who sets something alight, and =a type of barge\/boat used to load and unload ships"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sadly, one may be in its depths (7)","output":"### Answer: DESPAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sadly, one may be in its depths\ncryptic definition: if one is sad, one may be in the depths of despair"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mark firm losing half of capital (5)","output":"### Answer: COLON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mark\nCO (company, 'firm\") + LON-don=\"capital\" city losing half of its letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exam is a sort of joke (9)","output":"### Answer: PRACTICAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exam\nreference to a 'practical joke'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two men in a boat, working: one was a guitarist (6,8)","output":"### Answer: GEORGE HARRISON \n ### Explanation: Definition: one was a guitarist \ndefinition: lead guitarist in the Beatles \nGEORGE and HARRIS, plus ON=\"working\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Corny stuff for listeners (4)","output":"### Answer: EARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: l\nreference to 'ears of corn'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A local perch? (3,5)","output":"### Answer: BAR STOOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: A local perch?\ncryptic definition: a 'local' as in a pub\/bar"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Consciously old-fashioned, suitable to modernise later (8)","output":"### Answer: RETROFIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: to modernise later\ndefinition: to add modern features to old hardware \nRETRO=\"Consciously old-fashioned\" + FIT=\"suitable\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Said to employ females (4)","output":"### Answer: EWES \n ### Explanation: Definition: females\nsounds like 'use'=\"employ\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: School flag: red, green and blue, say (7,7)","output":"### Answer: PRIMARY COLOURS \n ### Explanation: Definition: red, green and blue, say\ndefinition: the primary colours of light as used in e.g. TV or computer screens \nPRIMARY=\"School\" + COLOURS=\"flag\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Survive without food, broad\u00adcasting in real time (4,2,3)","output":"### Answer: LIVE ON AIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: broad\u00adcasting in real time\n'live on air' can be read with 'live' as a verb, to mean \"Survive without food\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: For the occasion, speaker's to take more white wine (2,3)","output":"### Answer: AD HOC \n ### Explanation: Definition: For the occasion\nsounds like\/\"speaker's\": 'add hock'=\"take more white wine\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ways one may be so far ahead? (7)","output":"### Answer: STREETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ways\nreference to the idiom: one may be said to be 'streets ahead' [of the competition]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pot shot taken wildly in a potentially dangerous area (3,4)","output":"### Answer: HOT SPOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: potentially dangerous area\nanagram\/\"wildly\" of (Pot shot)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contributor to second row that's in a canal (4)","output":"### Answer: LOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Contributor to second row\na lock is a rugby player in the second row; and a lock is an enclosure in a canal to raise or lower boats to different levels of water"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jason's dog? (6,9)","output":"### Answer: GOLDEN RETRIEVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: dog\nin Greek mythology, Jason retrieved the Golden Fleece"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drive to spear fish in part of the Arctic (6)","output":"### Answer: TUNDRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of the Arctic\nDR (Drive) inside TUNA=\"fish\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Repair broken sword (6)","output":"### Answer: RAPIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: sword\nanagram\/\"broken\" of (Repair)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Secure a point on the road to leave others behind (4,4)","output":"### Answer: DRAW AWAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Secure a point on the road\n'draw away' can refer to e.g. a football team getting a draw away from home=\"Secure a point on the road\", or it can mean to move ahead of the competition=\"leave others behind\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At the weekend I get up burlesque (8)","output":"### Answer: SATIRISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: burlesque\ndefinition: burlesque as a verb meaning to mock \nSAT I RISE='Saturday I rise'=\"At the weekend I get up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Past caring for religion? (8,7)","output":"### Answer: ANCESTOR WORSHIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Past caring for religion?\ncryptic definition: a religious way to care about the past"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Implacable, passed on loan with deductions (10)","output":"### Answer: RELENTLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Implacable\nRE-LENT='lent again'=\"passed on loan [to another person]\", plus LESS=\"with deductions\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To replace relic, snoop in cemetery (10)","output":"### Answer: NECROPOLIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: cemetery\nanagram\/\"re-place\" of (relic snoop)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Come across a drunkard, upside down and unconscious (8)","output":"### Answer: COMATOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: unconscious\nCOME, around both of: A plus SOT=\"drunkard\" reversed\/\"upside down\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In pond leaves large mixed display (4,4)","output":"### Answer: LILYPADS \n ### Explanation: Definition: In pond leave\nL (large) + anagram\/\"mixed\" of (display)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not placed in a quarter? (6)","output":"### Answer: FOURTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not placed\nnot in a 'top 3' or 'gold\/silver\/bronze' place=\"Not placed\"; or one in four parts=\"quarter\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What Humphrey hung in the loo? (6)","output":"### Answer: BOGART \n ### Explanation: Definition: What \nHumphrey Bogart the actor \nBOG ART might be 'hung in the loo'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Highlander, perhaps heading away from the racecourse (4)","output":"### Answer: SCOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Highl\nAscot=\"racecourse\", or a-SCOT without the heading\/first letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trying person in party may be doing so (6,1,4)","output":"### Answer: HAVING A BASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trying\ndefinition: to 'have a bash' at something is to give it a try\n \nBASH=\"party\", so HAVING A BASH may be something a person at a party is doing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: African rodent, squealer with dark patch in front (4,3)","output":"### Answer: MOLE RAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: African rode\nRAT=informant=\"squealer\", with MOLE=skin blemish=\"dark patch\" in front"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go miles abroad for source of fine porcelain (7)","output":"### Answer: LIMOGES \n ### Explanation: Definition: source of fine porcelain\nanagram\/\"abroad\" of (Go miles)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Demand turning up, it's overdue (9)","output":"### Answer: STIPULATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Demand\nreversal\/\"turning\" of UP IT'S, plus LATE=\"overdue\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Climate activist's share of meagre takings (5)","output":"### Answer: GRETA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Climate activist\nhidden in mea-GRE TA-kings"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Initial clue (4)","output":"### Answer: SIGN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Initial\ndouble definition: to initial\/sign an official document; or an indication\/\"clue\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greeting from hotspot, with further line conclusively appended (5,5)","output":"### Answer: HELLO THERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Greeting\nHELL=\"hotspot\" with OTHER=\"further\" and lin-E appended"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Care I'd taken in Cannes and thereabouts (10)","output":"### Answer: PROVIDENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Care\nI'D inside PROVENCE=region of France=\"Cannes and thereabouts\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bet it's a boat! (wordplay terrible at first) (4)","output":"### Answer: PUNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bet\ndouble definition, =\"Bet\" and a type of \"boat\"\n \n\u2026plus wordplay: PUN=\"wordplay\" + T-errible"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rascal's trick piano (5)","output":"### Answer: SCAMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rascal\nSCAM=\"trick\" + P (piano)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Torches moving abeam in uncertain motion (9)","output":"### Answer: FLAMBEAUX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Torches\nanagram\/\"moving\" of (abeam)* inside FLUX=\"uncertain motion\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Level of public transport with more up front? (7)","output":"### Answer: BUSTIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: with more up front?\nBUS TIER=\"Level of public transport\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plot in bay surrounding retro pub (7)","output":"### Answer: CONNIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plot\nCOVE=\"bay\" around reversal\/\"retro\" of INN=\"pub\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Parents manage to crush one's spirit (7,4)","output":"### Answer: MOTHERS RUIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: spirit\nMOTHERS=\"Parents\" + RUN=\"manage\" around I=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bowling legend with ball in sort of window demanding concessions (7,2,6)","output":"### Answer: HOLDING TO RANSOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: demanding concessions\nHolding=\"Bowling legend\" plus O=\"ball\" inside TRANSOM=\"sort of window\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Upset about rivals displaying fine artworks (5)","output":"### Answer: VIRTU \n ### Explanation: Definition: fine artworks\ndefinition: virt\u00f9 is a term from Italian for works of art \u2013 I was more familiar with its other meaning of 'appreciation for fine art'\n \nreversed\/upset and hidden\/displayed inside abo-UT RIV-als"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Donkey to value fertiliser (7)","output":"### Answer: NITRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fertiliser\nNIT=a fool=\"Donkey\" + RATE=\"value\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Medicinal plant, originally at \u00a350 topping list, we're told (7)","output":"### Answer: ALLHEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Medicinal plant\ndefinition: a name applied to a number of herbs used as medicine\n \nA-t, plus L (libra, pound, \"\u00a3\") plus L=\"50\" in Roman numerals, plus HEAL which sounds\/\"we're told\" like 'heel'=to lean to one side=\"list\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Almost everyone could ultimately slay giant (8)","output":"### Answer: ALMIGHTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: giant\ndefinition: 'almighty' as an adjective as in 'an almighty coincidence'\n \nAL-[L]=\"Almost everyone\" + MIGHT=\"could\" + sla-Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Advanced instruction from Red China toughie garbled (6,9)","output":"### Answer: HIGHER EDUCATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Advanced instruction\nanagram\/\"garbled\" of (Red China toughie)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Diverts rising waters, skirting problem (6)","output":"### Answer: AMUSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Diverts\nreversal\/\"rising\" of all of: SEA=\"waters\" around SUM=\"problem\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Take off enormous unlined cloak (6)","output":"### Answer: ESCAPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Take off\nE-normou-S without its insides\/\"unlined\", plus CAPE=\"cloak\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Setter in mile race' (now proverbial Guardian feature?) (8)","output":"### Answer: MISPRINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: now \nI=\"Setter\" in M (mile) + SPRINT=\"race\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go on through, with prior authorisation (4,2)","output":"### Answer: PASS BY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Go on\nBY=\"through\", after PASS=\"authorisation\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Apply in French on behalf of church \u2026 (7)","output":"### Answer: ENFORCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Apply\ndefinition: as in 'to apply\/enforce the rules'\n \nEN=\"in [translated to] French\" + FOR=\"on behalf of\" + CE (Church of England)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 part of church cut off on Sunday, creating opportunities (7)","output":"### Answer: CHANCES \n ### Explanation: Definition: opportunities\nCHANCE-[L]=\"part of church\" cut off, plus S (Sunday)\n \na chancel is part of a church around the altar"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revenue staff, no more than half score, Spooner says (6)","output":"### Answer: TAXMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Revenue staff\nSpoonerism of 'max ten'=\"no more than half score\", with a \"score\" meaning 'twenty'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anti-labour slogan in this sub-Saharan speech? (5)","output":"### Answer: BANTU \n ### Explanation: Definition: s\ndefinition: a family of languages spoken in southern and central Africa\n \nBAN TU='ban trade union'=\"Anti-labour slogan\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prepare to admit first blunder (7)","output":"### Answer: MISTAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: blunder\nMAKE=\"Prepare\" around IST=1st=\"first\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nice sea colour, one might say, appearing first in rose? (7)","output":"### Answer: BLOOMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: r\n\"Nice\" as in the French city\n \nMER=French word for \"sea\", with BLOO which sounds like 'blue'=\"colour, one might say\" appearing first"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lord, say, implicated in falsehood (5)","output":"### Answer: LIEGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lord\nEG=e.g.=\"say\" inside LIE=\"falsehood\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Came across Ted welcoming partygoers (9)","output":"### Answer: TRAVERSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Came across\nTED around RAVERS=\"partygoers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Daphne's hen party planned with film crew at the end (5,5)","output":"### Answer: WATER NYMPH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Daphne\nin Greek mythology, Daphne is a naiad or water nymph\n \nanagram\/\"planned\" of (hen party **m w**)*, with the **m** and **w** coming from fil-**m** cre-**w"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First newspaper of record is back in press (4)","output":"### Answer: IRON \n ### Explanation: Definition: press\nfirst letters of N-ewspaper O-f R-ecord I-s, all reversed\/\"back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bleat about return of evil after X game (5,6)","output":"### Answer: TABLE TENNIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: game\nanagram\/\"about\" of (Bleat)*, with reversal\/\"return\" of SIN=\"evil\" after TEN=X (Roman numeral)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Yes, doctor: from here, operating theatre work (3,6,2,6)","output":"### Answer: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS \n ### Explanation: Definition: theatre work\n*The Comedy of Errors* is a Shakespeare play\n \nanagram\/\"operating\" of (Yes doctor from here)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Grauniad may be involved in party politics (4)","output":"### Answer: TYPO \n ### Explanation: Definition: The Grauniad\nhidden\/\"involved\" in par-TY PO-litics"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'm surprised to be truly engaged, always (4,1,5)","output":"### Answer: WELLINEVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: I'm surprised\nWELL=\"truly\" + IN=\"engaged\" + EVER=\"always\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In dance, change one type of shirt for another, more revealing (6,3)","output":"### Answer: HALTER TOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: another, more revealing\ndefinition: a type of shirt that does not cover the arms or the upper back\n \nin HOP=\"dance\", insert: ALTER=\"change\" + T=\"one type of shirt\", as in a t-shirt"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Glo', so to speak? (5)","output":"### Answer: LINGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: so to speak?\n'Glo' is the letter 'L' inside 'Go', or L IN GO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No good reason to accept Tory leader as a politician (7)","output":"### Answer: SENATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: politician\nanagram\/\"No good\" of (reason)* around T-ory"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steel bands bat out composition like Schubert's 8th symphony? (7)","output":"### Answer: ENDLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: like Schubert's 8th symphony?\nSchubert's 8th symphony is known as 'Unfinished'\n \nanagram\/\"composition\" of (Steel bands)*, with the letters from 'bat' taken \"out\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A Western invasion of one African country or another (6)","output":"### Answer: MALAWI \n ### Explanation: Definition: another\nA + W (Western), both inside MALI=\"African country\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sleep in the cosiest apartment (6)","output":"### Answer: SIESTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sleep\nhidden in the co-SIEST A-partment"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something not right with helping to chase grizzly bear (10)","output":"### Answer: ABERRATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Something not right\nRATION=portion=\"helping\", after anagram\/\"grizzly\" of (bear)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gatekeeper won't begin to show the way in (5)","output":"### Answer: ENTRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: way in\ns-ENTRY=\"Gatekeeper\", without its beginning \/ first letter\n \nI initially parsed the clue as asking for the removal of the beginning letter of s-how"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wobbling shapely bum? Heartless and an unacceptable thing to say (9)","output":"### Answer: BLASPHEMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: unacceptable thing to say\nanagram\/\"Wobbling\" of (shapely bm)*, with bm from 'bum, heartless'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lovers remove clothing and cheat, but not starting to get too excited (8)","output":"### Answer: OVERHEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: get too excited\nl-OVER-s without the clothing\/outer letters, plus c-HEAT without the starting letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Road race 21 (8)","output":"### Answer: MISPRINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: 21\n21ac is TYPO\n \nMI=M1 motorway=\"Road\" + SPRINT=\"race\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Introducing dodgy equipment at first to working nurses shows disrespect (8)","output":"### Answer: RUDENESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: disrespect\ninsertion of D-odgy E-quipment into anagram\/\"working\" of (nurses)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Modern teething result went first (10)","output":"### Answer: NEWFANGLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Modern\nNEW FANG=\"teething result\" + LED=\"went first\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldier's beer drinking exploit with Elizabeth the first (9)","output":"### Answer: BEEFEATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: S\nBEER, around both of: FEAT=\"exploit\" and E-lizabeth"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Laughing in these, slip, running? (8)","output":"### Answer: STITCHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Laughing in these\nto be 'in STITCHES' is to be laughing, and \"slip\" and \"running\" are two examples of STITCHES in crochet and sewing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Led with this rock band flyer (8)","output":"### Answer: ZEPPELIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: flyer\nreference to the rock band Led Zeppelin"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get even with travel agency management centres (6)","output":"### Answer: AVENGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get even\nthe central letters of tr-AV-el ag-EN-cy mana-GE-ment"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: End of chapel and end of church showing gap (5)","output":"### Answer: LAPSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: gap\nchape-L + APSE=\"end of church\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flyer's transport almost late (7)","output":"### Answer: BUSTARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flyer\nBUS=\"transport\" + TARD-y=\"almost late\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Friend shot back in very old British language (7)","output":"### Answer: VOLAP\u00dcK \n ### Explanation: Definition: language\ndefinition: Volap\u00fck was created in the late 1800s to be international language \nPAL=\"Friend\" reversed\/\"back\" inside V (very) O (old) UK (British)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Light snow covers large crack (5)","output":"### Answer: SPLIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: crack\nSPIT (=a light fall of rain or snow) around L (large)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Urn, not too big, cost nothing: goodness, a snip (9)","output":"### Answer: VASECTOMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: snip\nVASE=\"Urn\" + C-[**os**]-T + O=\"nothing\" + MY=exclamation of surprise=\"goodness\" \n\"not too big\" indicates the removal of **os** (over size) from \"cost\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Film director a genius to include heartless scene (10)","output":"### Answer: EISENSTEIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Film director\nSergei Eisenstein, the Soviet film director \nEINSTEIN=\"a genius\" around S-[cen]-E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strengthening border means the world to a German (4)","output":"### Answer: WELT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Strengthening border\ndefinition: something applied along a border to add strength e.g. a welt cord can be used to strengthen the seams of a cushion \nWELT is also the German word for \"world\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Belonging to a teaching organis\u00adation is ghastly, to be brief (2,1,8)","output":"### Answer: IN A NUTSHELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: to be brief\nIN A NUT'S HELL='in a NUT is hell'=\"Belonging to a teaching organisation is ghastly\" \nthe NUT was the National Union of Teachers, which merged into the National Education Union"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cover over pool (4)","output":"### Answer: LIDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: pool\nLID=\"Cover\" + O (over, cricket abbreviation)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agreed to smash one of the old gods that screw man (10)","output":"### Answer: ARCHIMEDES \n ### Explanation: Definition: that screw man\ndefinition is a reference to the Archimedes Screw \nCHIMED=\"Agreed\" in ARES=god of war in Greek mythology=\"one of the old gods\"\n \nchimed='was in harmony [with]' e.g. 'their view chimed with ours'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guardian's right for a time for deputy head (9)","output":"### Answer: PRORECTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: deputy head\ndefinition: a deputy to a rector \nPRO-**t**-ECTOR=\"Guardian\", switching R (right) for the **t** (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Urged peace-lover to embrace end of war (5)","output":"### Answer: DROVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Urged\nDOVE=\"peace-lover\" e.g. a politician might be a 'hawk' or a 'dove', around [wa]-R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Changed a little feeble content in series of talks (7)","output":"### Answer: TWEAKED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Changed a little\nWEAK=\"feeble\", contained in TED=\"series of talks\" (an online series of talks from ted.com)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boris going out in style (7)","output":"### Answer: YELTSIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boris\nBoris Yeltsin the former president of Russia \nanagram\/\"going out\" of (in style)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rudely kissed bosom is reported (6)","output":"### Answer: BUSSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: R\nto buss is to kiss in a rude manner \nsounds like (\"is reported\"): 'bust'=\"bosom\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Power cut all round makes a prominent story (6)","output":"### Answer: SPLASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: prominent story\ndefinition: a lead story e.g. on the front page of a newspaper \nP (Power) with SLASH=\"cut\" around it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Self-directing car without comp\u00aduter control wasting energy (10)","output":"### Answer: AUTONOMOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Self-directing\nAUTO=\"car\" + NO MOUS-e=\"without computer control\", minus the e (energy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Work for two that five divide fairly makes such a day for relaxing (5)","output":"### Answer: DUVET \n ### Explanation: Definition: such a day for relaxing\ndefinition: referring to a 'duvet day' where one can relax \nDUET=\"Work for two\", split in half (divided fairly) by V=\"five\" in Roman numerals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Garment, one sort of blue, that may be inside the front door (9)","output":"### Answer: VESTIBULE \n ### Explanation: Definition: that may be inside the front door\nVEST=\"Garment\" + I=\"one\" + anagram\/\"sort\" of (blue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Speed to defeat (4)","output":"### Answer: LICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Speed\ndouble definition: e.g. as in 'the car was moving at a good lick [speed]', or e.g. as in 'we got licked [defeated] by the other team'\/'the other team gave us a good licking'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pub notice laid out in this funny-looking alphabet (8)","output":"### Answer: PHONETIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: this \ndefinition referring to e.g. the symbols used in the International Phonetic Alphabet \nPH (public house, pub), plus anagram\/\"laid out\" of (notice)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After opener stumped, single that is vital to stability (8)","output":"### Answer: KEYSTONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: that is vital to stability\nKEY=\"opener [of a lock]\" + ST (stumped, cricket abbreviation) + ONE=\"single\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small version of me squeezed up in so-called convertible (5,5)","output":"### Answer: SCALE MODEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small version\nME reversed\/\"up\" inside anagram\/\"convertible\" of (so called)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passionate desire reproved, having to be purified (9)","output":"### Answer: LUSTRATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: purified\ndefinition: to lustrate is to purify through sacrifice or other ritual action \nLUST=\"Passionate desire\" + RATED=scolded=\"reproved\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small country lane initially badly laid across island (8)","output":"### Answer: LILLIPUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small country\nLilliput is a fictional country from *Gulliver's Travels*, inhabited by very small people \nL-ane + ILL=\"badly\" + PUT=\"laid\", around I (island)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bore draw possibly? It could be an unexpected revelation (8,11)","output":"### Answer: WARDROBE MALFUNCTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: It could be an \nin a crossword clue, 'wardrobe malfunction' might indicate an anagram\/malfunction of (wardrobe)*, which would give \"Bore draw\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hateful to be overdrawn \u2014 one's recourse? (6)","output":"### Answer: ODIOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hateful\nOD ('o\/d' is a shortening of \"overdrawn\") + IOUS (IOUs, I owe you s) \"one's recourse\" when in debt \/ overdrawn"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like a bird at the back (6)","output":"### Answer: ASTERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: at the back\nAS=\"Like\" + TERN=\"a bird\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One plucked posy in the end for rapacious monster (5)","output":"### Answer: HARPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: rapacious monster\nHARP=\"One [that is] plucked\" + pos-Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make coffee and get a tip (4)","output":"### Answer: PERK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make coffee\ndouble definition: 'perk' as in 'percolate' to make coffee; or 'perk' as in 'perquisite', a benefit received at work other than a wage\/salary"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: eg Owl pursuing pussycat that's possibly ours, grabbing it (6)","output":"### Answer: SUITOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: eg Owl pursuing pussycat\ndefinition refers to the poem by Edward Lear \nanagram\/\"possibly\" of (ours)*, around IT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Author backed deal, getting fur from American native (6)","output":"### Answer: OCELOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: fur from \ndefinition: the name of a cat species found in South and Central America, or the fur of this animal \nECO (Umberto Eco the \"Author\") reversed\/\"backed\", plus LOT=\"deal\" e.g. in the sense of 'a [large] quantity'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tenacious types good to have in rows (6)","output":"### Answer: TIGERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tenacious types\ndefinition: Chambers gives 'a formidable competitor' as a meaning of 'tiger' \nG (good) in TIERS=\"rows\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former cat lover initially objects and cries out (8)","output":"### Answer: EXCLAIMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: cries out\nEX (\"Former\") + C-at L-over initials + AIMS=\"objects\" as a noun e.g. 'the object of this exercise is to\u2026'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recalled Siamese couple in pronouncement (4)","output":"### Answer: THAI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Recalled Siamese\ntheme: reference to Siamese cats \ndefinition: \"Recalled\" hinting at a name used in the past \u2013 Thailand was formerly known as Siam\n \nwordplay: sounds like (\"in pronouncement\") 'tie'=\"couple\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not the same husband, in emotional state that can involve having kittens (10)","output":"### Answer: MOTHERHOOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: that can involve having kittens\ndefinition: motherhood for a cat would involve having kittens \nOTHER=\"Not the same\" + H (husband), all inside MOOD=\"emotional state\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In unusually old home, trap insect spotted in Europe (7,4)","output":"### Answer: LEOPARD MOTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: insect spotted in Europe\ndefinition: a moth species found in Europe \u2013 and also \"spotted\" as it is has spots on its thorax and its wings \nanagram\/\"unusually\" of (old home trap)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Diagnostic aid that'll help you see today's theme? (3,7)","output":"### Answer: CAT SCANNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Diagnostic aid\ndefinition: in medicine, a Computed Axial Tomography scanner uses X-rays to obtain images of a body \nthe theme today is cats, so a scanner for cats would help you see the theme"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Speech in Cats? Tipsy, forgetting lines in middle (4)","output":"### Answer: MEOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Speech in Cats\nME-[LL]-OW, minus the LL (lines) in the middle \n'mellow'=slightly drunk=\"Tipsy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small tame animal swallowing cold drink that's colourful (8)","output":"### Answer: SPECTRUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's colourful\nS (Small) + PET=\"tame animal\" around C (cold) + RUM=\"drink\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lively party, hit with cat (6)","output":"### Answer: THRASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lively party\ndouble definition \u2013 in the second definition, \"cat\" as in cat-o'-nine-tails, a whip"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Less domesticated, runs after writer (6)","output":"### Answer: WILDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Less domesticated\nR (runs, in cricket) after WILDE (Oscar Wilde the writer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: We hear you are on spree in classic sports car (6)","output":"### Answer: JAGUAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: classic \nUAR sounds like\/(We hear) \"you are\", after JAG=a bout of indulgence=\"spree\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left one kind of mammal means of escape (8)","output":"### Answer: LIFELINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: means of escape\nL (Left) + I (one) + FELINE=\"kind of mammal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Name of Aussie inhabitant poet used, confusing us Poms (6)","output":"### Answer: POSSUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Name of Aussie inhabitant poet used\ndefinition part 1: \"Name of Aussie inhabitant\" \u2013 a possum is an Australian marsupial \nwordplay: anagram\/\"confusing\" of (us Poms)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Change order for Manx cat re mice as dessert (3,5)","output":"### Answer: ICE CREAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: dessert\nanagram\/\"Change order\" of (**ca** re mice)* \n**ca** is ca-[t], a tail-less or \"Manx\" cat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In trouble, a cheetah appears to turn white (6)","output":"### Answer: BLEACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: turn white\nhidden in trou-BLE A CH-eetah"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Catty comment, say, that's inconsequential (6)","output":"### Answer: SLIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Catty comment, say,\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Male twins that may be soundly beaten? (3-3)","output":"### Answer: TOM-TOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: that may be soundly beaten?\ndefinition: a tom-tom drum can be \"soundly beaten\" i.e. beaten to make a sound \na TOM is a male cat, so TOM-TOM would be a pair of these males"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Convert you mentored, producing book from OT (11)","output":"### Answer: DEUTERONOMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: book from OT\ntheme: Old Deuteronomy is the name of a character in *Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats* and the musical adaptation *Cats* \ndefinition: Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Old Testament (\"OT\")\n \nanagram\/\"Convert\" of (you mentored)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Write about match for colour of beautiful boat couple used (3,5)","output":"### Answer: PEA GREEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: colour of beautiful boat couple used\ndefinition: in Edward Lear's poem, \"The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea \/ In a beautiful **PEA GREEN** boat\" \nPEN=\"Write\" about AGREE=\"match\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: From island in Pacific ring America like a scaredy-cat (8)","output":"### Answer: TIMOROUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: like a scaredy-cat \nTIMOR=\"island in Pacific\" + O=\"ring\" + US=\"America\" \n\"From\" meaning that TIMOROUS can be made from this combination"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put foot repeatedly in fruit tree (6)","output":"### Answer: PAWPAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: fruit tree\ndefinition: a fruit tree found in North America \nPAW=\"foot\", written\/\"Put\" repeatedly to make PAWPAW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One having systematic way to do things, hunting animal (6)","output":"### Answer: MOUSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: hunting animal\nMO USER='Modus Operandi user'=\"One having systematic way to do things\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feed young awful clues about kitten's head (6)","output":"### Answer: SUCKLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feed young\nanagram\/\"awful\" of (clues)*, around the first letter of K-itten"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rotter that retains cat's haul? (6)","output":"### Answer: RATBAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rotter\na 'ratbag' could be a bag that contains a cat's haul of rats"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lecture 50% of voters (5)","output":"### Answer: ORATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lecture\n50% of [elect]-ORATE=\"voters\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leading astronaut Aldrin excited to tour space, producing this? (9)","output":"### Answer: ADRENALIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: producing this?\ndefinition: alternative spelling of adrenaline \nleading letter of A-stronaut, plus anagram\/\"excited\" of (Aldrin)*, around EN=a \"space\" in typography"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Food in tum digested and forgotten (3,2,4)","output":"### Answer: OUT OF MIND \n ### Explanation: Definition: forgotten\nanagram\/\"digested\" of (Food in tum)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hit hard in stomach with power (5)","output":"### Answer: THUMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hit\nH (hard) in TUM=\"stomach\", plus P (power)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 5p bagel also in news (7)","output":"### Answer: PONTOON \n ### Explanation: Definition: 5\nthe definition is \"5\" (5 down, BRIDGE) as a pontoon is type of floating bridge \nP (taken from \"5p\", without the definition \"5\") + O (a \"bagel\" is a score of 0 games in a tennis set) + TOO=\"also\" in NN (N=\"new\", NN=\"news\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He symbolically turns over box to pack soldiers (7)","output":"### Answer: ELEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: He symbolically\ndefinition: He is the chemical symbol for the ELEMENT helium \nreversal\/\"turns over\" of TELE (television, \"box\"), around MEN=\"soldiers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Australian pop star has change of heart in prayer (5)","output":"### Answer: KYRIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: prayer\nKY-L-IE Minogue is the \"Australian pop star\", change the central letter\/\"heart\" from L to R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Muse wasting time with old age (3)","output":"### Answer: ERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: age\nERATO is one of the Muses in Greek mythology, minus T (time) and O (old)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Knock over drinks in fit of temper (5)","output":"### Answer: STROP \n ### Explanation: Definition: fit of temper\nreversal\/\"Knocks over\" PORTS (as in port wine)=\"drinks\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Does having two wines back-to-back take energy? (3,4)","output":"### Answer: RED DEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Does\ndefinition: plural of doe (a female deer) \nRED plus RED reversed (\"two wines back to back\"), around E (energy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Row about 500 + 500 + 50 being small? (7)","output":"### Answer: TIDDLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: being small?\ndefinition: a small being \nTIER=\"Row\" around D + D + L=\"500 + 500 + 50\u2033 in Roman numerals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man eaten by pet shark (5)","output":"### Answer: CHEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: shark\ndefinition: a \"shark\" as in a swindler \nHE=\"Man\" inside CAT=\"pet\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Comic actor's raise? Want over a billion (4,5)","output":"### Answer: JACK BLACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Comic actor\nJACK=\"raise\" (e.g. using a jack to raise a car), plus LACK=\"want\", after\/around B (billion)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminal in Venice stealing Tesla for reward (9)","output":"### Answer: INCENTIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: reward\nanagram\/\"Criminal\" of (in Venice)*, around T (Tesla the SI unit of magnetic flux density)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make it possible to roll about in mud, topless (5)","output":"### Answer: ALLOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make it possible\nw-ALLOW=\"roll around in mud\", minus the top letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mostly loose, set out alone (4)","output":"### Answer: SOLO \n ### Explanation: Definition: alone\nanagram\/\"set out\" of (loos)*, most of the letters from \"loose\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sporting organisation enters review of catch? (8)","output":"### Answer: FASTENER \n ### Explanation: Definition: c\nFA (Football Association, \"Sporting organisation\"), plus anagram\/\"review\" of (enters)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Number one in lifting 80% excess weight (4)","output":"### Answer: SELF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Number one\nreversal\/\"lifting\" of 80% (four out of five letters) from FLES-h=\"excess weight\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tolerance of light opera (8)","output":"### Answer: PATIENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tolerance\ndouble definition: second definition refers to a comic opera *Patience* by Gilbert and Sullivan"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Diarist Jones spilling tea, sounding cross (6)","output":"### Answer: BRIDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: cross\ndefinition: cross=bridge as verbs, e.g. to span a stretch of water \nBRIDGE-t Jones of the film (and novel) *Bridget Jones's Diary*, minus T (sounds like \"tea\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One in Paris serving up puddings without a care (10)","output":"### Answer: UNSTRESSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: without a care\nUN=\"One\" in French\/\"in Paris\", plus reversal\/\"serving up\" of DESSERTS=\"puddings\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Draw ace quartet, ignoring the odds: about 50:50 (6)","output":"### Answer: ALLURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Draw\nA (Ace), plus q-**U**-a-**R**-t-**E**-t ignoring the odd letters, all around\/\"about\" L L (50 and 50 in Roman numerals)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party welcoming a break (4)","output":"### Answer: SNAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: break\ndefinition: as in 'snap\/break in half' \nSNP (Scottish National Party), around A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rod's extremely responsible travelling north after parking fine (5)","output":"### Answer: POKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rod\ndefinition: a poker as in a rod used to stir a fire \nthe extreme letters of R-esponsibl-E, reversed upwards\/\"travelling north\", and after P (parking) + OK=\"fine\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Getting excessively annoyed when husband leaves stuffing (10)","output":"### Answer: OVEREATING \n ### Explanation: Definition: stuffing\nOVER-HEATING=\"Getting excessively annoyed\" with H (husband) leaving"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailor tackles exercise to get lighter (5)","output":"### Answer: TAPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: lighter\ndefinition: \"taper\" as in a waxed wick used to light a flame \nTAR=\"Sailor\" around PE (Physical Education, \"exercise\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Penny's dropping off bits and pieces (8)","output":"### Answer: ARTICLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: pieces\nP (Penny) taken off p-ARTICLES=\"bits\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Honest priest found in cocktail bar by Luddite extremists (8)","output":"### Answer: RELIABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Honest\nELI (Biblical \"priest\") inside RAB, plus extreme letters from L-uddit-E \nI think RAB as an anagram of \"bar\", with \"cocktail\" as a hint at 'mixing'\n \nRAB could also be a reversal of \"bar\" \u2013 if \"cock\" can be read as in turn or lift, with tail referring to the bottom end of the word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Actress fording river gets thoroughly wet (6)","output":"### Answer: DRENCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: thoroughly \ndefinition: to wet thoroughly \nActress Judi DENCH, around R (river)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Return to check little girl's tucked in (6)","output":"### Answer: REJOIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: R\nREIN=\"check\", with JO=\"little girl\" inside \n\"little\" as Jo is a short form of e.g. Joanna or Josephine, and I was also reminded of Jo March from *Little Women"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steal the King's first born (4)","output":"### Answer: CRIB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Steal\ndefinition: crib can mean steal as in plagiarise, or can mean other types of theft \nCR (Charles Rex, \"the King\") + I (1, first) + B (born)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show off clothes in reflection (4)","output":"### Answer: BRAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Show off\nreversal\/\"in reflection\" of GARB=\"clothes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fruit and some milk? I wish! (4)","output":"### Answer: KIWI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fruit\nhidden in\/\"some\" of: mil-K I WI-sh"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Devious follower aiming to kidnap a king (7,2,6)","output":"### Answer: WILLIAM OF ORANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: king\nanagram\/\"Devious\" of (follower aiming)*, around\/kidnapping a letter \"a\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Teasing adult I see in very old hat (7)","output":"### Answer: ARCHAIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: very old hat\nARCH (e.g. 'an arch tone of voice')=\"Teasing\" + A (adult) + I + C (the letter pronounced as \"see\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outbids American wallies, extreme characters taken in (7)","output":"### Answer: GAZUMPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Outbids\nGUMPS=\"American\" term for \"wallies\", with A and Z=\"extreme characters [from each end of the alphabet] taken in\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former English West Country banker (3)","output":"### Answer: EXE \n ### Explanation: Definition: West Country banker\ndefinition: the River Exe in Somerset and Devon (a 'banker' \u2013 something with banks) \nEX=\"Former\" + E (English)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Big adjustable spanner a boon to estuary's shipping (5,6)","output":"### Answer: TOWER BRIDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Big adjustable spanne\ncryptic definition: a \"spanner\" as something that 'spans' a river. Tower Bridge in London was designed to have sections that can be raised to allow shipping through"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Translating a poet is no Yankee idler's preference (4,6)","output":"### Answer: EASY OPTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: idler's preference\nanagram\/\"Translating\" of (a poet is no Y)*, where Y=\"Yankee\" in the Nato phonetic alphabet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bearing children is always painful (4)","output":"### Answer: ACHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: painful\nAY=\"always\" is bearing CH (children)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Backing spoils instrument (4)","output":"### Answer: TOOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: instrument\nLOOT=\"spoils\" reversed\/\"Backing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Measuring device for farm vehicle (10)","output":"### Answer: PROTRACTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Measuring device\nPRO=in favour of=\"for\" + TRACTOR=\"farm vehicle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Back row in Palladium booked in advance (11)","output":"### Answer: PREARRANGED \n ### Explanation: Definition: booked in advance\nREAR=\"Back\" + RANGE=\"Row\", all inside PD=Pd, chemical symbol for \"Palladium\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Broadcast overlooks woman's entitlement (3)","output":"### Answer: MRS \n ### Explanation: Definition: woman's entitlement\nsounds like\/\"Broadcast\": 'misses'=\"overlooks\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put straight tabloid's missing section with ferocious expression (7)","output":"### Answer: UNSNARL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put straight\ndefinition: 'snarl' meaning 'entangle' e.g. a yarn can become snarled in weaving \n[The S]-UN=\"tabloid\", missing S (section), plus another meaning of SNARL as \"ferocious expression\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capital tour, lastly to coral island (7)","output":"### Answer: TRIPOLI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Capital\nTRIP=\"tour\", plus last letters of t-O cora-L, plus I (island)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This precursor of flood proving ruinously expensive (8,3,4)","output":"### Answer: BREAKING THE BANK \n ### Explanation: Definition: proving ruinously expensive\nwater BREAKING THE BANK of a river=\"precursor of flood\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Male jockeys tucked into cereal, a taboo food nowadays? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: WHALE MEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: a taboo food nowadays?\nanagram\/\"jockeys\" of (male)*, inside WHEAT=\"cereal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Minions have no means of access, one cell being shared (7)","output":"### Answer: LACKEYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Minions\nLAC**K K**EYS=\"have no means of access\", with the **K** written once and \"shared\" rather than repeated \nI think \"cell\" here refers to a square in the crossword grid i.e. a single letter entry"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passivity I confronted primarily in country (8)","output":"### Answer: INACTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Passivity\nI, plus primary\/first letter of C-onfronted inside NATION=\"country\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tropical bird's gullet swallowing roughly (5)","output":"### Answer: MACAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tropical bird\nMAW=\"gullet\" around CA (circa, Latin for \"roughly\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make sense of dignitary made public (6,3)","output":"### Answer: FIGURE OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make sense\nFIGURE=\"dignitary\" + OUT (as in 'the rumour is out')=\"public\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They cut bill dropped by flyers at sea (6)","output":"### Answer: RAZORS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They cut\nRAZOR-BILL-S=seabirds=\"flyers at sea\", minus bill"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Itinerant mounted police working across America (7)","output":"### Answer: NOMADIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Itinerant\nreversal upwards\/\"mounted\" of all of: CID (Criminal Investigation Department, \"police\") plus ON=\"working\" both around AM (America)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go after opponents at table, then prosecute (5)","output":"### Answer: ENSUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Go after\nEN (East and North, opponents at a table when playing bridge) + SUE=\"prosecute\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Waterproof covering setter in rickety train (9)","output":"### Answer: TARPAULIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Waterproof covering\nPAUL=Guardian crossword \"setter\", inside anagram\/\"rickety\" of (train)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Courts approve standard (9)","output":"### Answer: YARDSTICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: standard\nYARDS=\"Courts\" + TICK=\"approve\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uncompromising firm's leading chain (8)","output":"### Answer: HARDLINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Uncompromising\nHARD=\"firm\" + LINE=\"chain\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Direct lots of deliveries here from time to time (7)","output":"### Answer: OVERSEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Direct\nOVERS (an over in cricket contains at least six deliveries)=\"lots of deliveries\" + occasional\/\"from time to time\" letters from h-E-r-E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lottery raised a good deal \u2014 order British to split it (7)","output":"### Answer: TOMBOLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: L\nreversal\/\"raised\" of A LOT=\"a good deal\", with OM (Order of Merit) + B (British) inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strong drink artist put up on shelf (6)","output":"### Answer: ARRACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Strong drink\ndefinition: a strong alcoholic drink made in Asian countries \nRA (Royal Academician, \"artist\"), reversed\/\"put up\", plus RACK=\"shelf\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Choice morsel of Brie? Precisely (5)","output":"### Answer: PLUMB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Precisely\nPLUM (e.g. 'a plum role')=\"Choice\" + a single letter from B-rie"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criticise mean bribe (3,2)","output":"### Answer: GET AT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Criticise\ntriple definition: \nfirst and third definitions: to 'get at' someone can be to criticise them, or to bribe them;\n \nsecond definition as in 'what are you getting at?'\/'what do you mean?'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bingo! Ring for professional visit (5,4)","output":"### Answer: HOUSE CALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: professional visit\nHOUSE=another way to declare \"Bingo!\" when a bingo player has won + CALL=\"ring\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jolly male's fine disembarking from transport (5)","output":"### Answer: MERRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jolly\nM (male) + f (fine) removed from f-ERRY=\"transport\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extremely full? Offer third piece of toast and margarine (5)","output":"### Answer: FLORA \n ### Explanation: Definition: margarine\ndefinition: Flora is a brand of margarine \nextreme letters from F-ul-L and O-ffe-R, plus third letter from to-A-st"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suggestions of how to clue 'notes' (9)","output":"### Answer: OVERTONES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Suggestions\n'over tones' in a crossword clue might indicate an anagram of (tones)*, giving 'notes'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Don penning article on elements (7)","output":"### Answer: WEATHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: elements\nWEAR=\"Don\" as in 'put on clothing', around\/\"penning\" THE=definite \"article\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Convicts in China heading to Shanghai (7)","output":"### Answer: INMATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Convicts\nIN + MATE=\"China\" (China plate, rhyming slang) + heading letter to S-hanghai"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Real trouble checking temp\u00aderature in the future (5)","output":"### Answer: LATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: in the future\nanagram\/\"trouble\" of (Real)*, around\/\"checking\" T (temperature)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Babe in film, one in Portuguese (3)","output":"### Answer: PIG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Babe in film\ndefinition referring to the film *Babe * about a pig \nI=\"one\" in PG (Pg is an abbreviation for \"Portuguese\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Favoured king saved by Lewis heroine (5)","output":"### Answer: LUCKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Favoured\nK (king) inside LUCY (character from *The Chronicles of Narnia* by C. S. Lewis)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rod led astray chasing bowling technique (7)","output":"### Answer: SPINDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rod\nanagram\/\"astray\" of (led)*, following\/\"chasing\" SPIN=\"bowling technique\" (spin bowling in cricket)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Large animal in New York city (7)","output":"### Answer: BUFFALO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Large animal\ndouble definition: the animal, or a city in New York state"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: DIY product recommended to stuff parrot? (9)","output":"### Answer: POLYFILLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: DIY product\ndefinition: a brand of filler material used e.g. to fill cracks or holes in a wall \nsounds like 'Polly filler', something used to stuff a parrot"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Swear as 100p missing from wallet? (5)","output":"### Answer: CURSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Swear\nwordplay uses '100' and 'p' separately \nC=\"100\u2033 in Roman numerals, plus p-URSE=\"wallet\" with the \"p missing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sport welcomes leading African-American goddess (5)","output":"### Answer: FAUNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: goddess\ndefinition: Fauna is the name of a Roman goddess \nFUN=\"Sport\", around the leading letter of A-frican, and then add A (American)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Touring Spain first, one travelling light (3,2,4)","output":"### Answer: SET ON FIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: light\nanagram\/\"travelling\" of (first one)*, around\/\"Touring\" E (Espa\u00f1a, Spain)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cook, one seen in bars, left out and drinking hard (4)","output":"### Answer: CHEF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cook\na CLEF is seen in \"bars\" of musical notation, with L (left) taken out and around\/\"drinking\" H (hard) instead"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dawn's quality captures gold (6)","output":"### Answer: AURORA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dawn\nAURA=\"quality\" around OR (gold, in heraldry)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bit of gardening: raking earth, cutting grass to be collected again (10)","output":"### Answer: REGATHERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: collected again\na bit \/ a letter from G-ardening, plus anagram\/\"raking\" of (earth)*, all inside REED=\"grass\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relish hero without ego (6)","output":"### Answer: SAVOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relish\nSAV-I-OUR=\"hero\", minus I=\"ego\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Taking rest of Flake back in envy, perhaps the origin of gluttony (8)","output":"### Answer: SLEEPING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Taking rest\nPEEL=\"Flake\" reversed\/\"back\" and inside SIN=\"envy, perhaps\", then plus the origin\/first letter of G-luttony"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Must shift spot of dirt (4)","output":"### Answer: SMUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: s\ndefinition: 'smut' can mean 'a flake or spot of dirt, soot, etc' \nanagram\/\"shift\" of (Must)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Available to cover finale of Pac-man on Twitch \u2014 it's wild! (8)","output":"### Answer: FRENETIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: wild\nFREE=\"Available\" around the end of [Pac-ma]-**N**, plus TIC=\"Twitch\" \nin the surface, Twitch is the name of a online streaming platform often used to show video gaming content"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look back over end of story with these (4)","output":"### Answer: EYES \n ### Explanation: Definition: with these\nSEE=\"Look\" reversed\/\"back\", around the end of stor-Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: County loses energy (5)","output":"### Answer: WILTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Count\ndouble definition: first definition referring to Wiltshire"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Evil criminal left cinema (10)","output":"### Answer: MALEFICENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Evil\nanagram\/\"criminal\" of (left cinema)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In essays, Oscar discovered authority (3-2)","output":"### Answer: SAY-SO \n ### Explanation: Definition: authority\nhidden in es-SAYS O-scar"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Test about old city den in books (5,3)","output":"### Answer: TRIAL RUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Test\nreversal\/\"about\" of all of: UR=\"old city\" plus LAIR=\"den\" both inside NT (New Testament, \"books\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unique, like an empty House of Lords? (8)","output":"### Answer: PEERLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unique\nthe House of Lords is made up of Peers, and would be empty if it was Peer-less"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Knockout with strength (6)","output":"### Answer: BEAUTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Knockout\ndouble definition: beauty=\"Knockout\" as in someone who is very attractive; or beauty=a positive feature or characteristic=\"strength\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clever grown-up skipping third of Ulster, taking in Ireland (6)","output":"### Answer: ADROIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clever\nAD-**UL**-T=\"grown-up\", minus a third of the letters of **UL**-ster, and instead taking in ROI (Republic of Ireland)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blow smoke (4)","output":"### Answer: PUFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blow\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Even flipping 50%, initially switching heads and tails (4)","output":"### Answer: FLAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Even\nreversal\/\"flipping\" of H-ALF=\"50%\", switching the initial H (heads) for a T (tails)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: PM once was disheartened and upset leaving country (4)","output":"### Answer: EDEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: PM once\ndefinition: Anthony Eden was UK Prime Minister \n\"was\"=W-**a**-S, disheartened by removing the central **a**, then reversed\/\"upset\" to give **sw** which removed\/\"leaving\" from **sw**-EDEN=\"country\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hungarian saint containing the blaze I mishandled (9)","output":"### Answer: ELIZABETH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hungarian saint\ndefinition refers to Elizabeth of Hungary \nanagram\/\"mishandled\" of (the blaze I)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Love label linked with old wine-producing region (5)","output":"### Answer: OTAGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: wine-producing region\ndefinition: a region of New Zealand know for its wineries \nO=\"Love\" (zero in tennis) + TAG=\"label\" + O (old)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird presented in last part of French chapter (5)","output":"### Answer: FINCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bird\nFIN='end' or 'ending' in French=\"last part [of \/ in] French\" + CH (chapter)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With repetition of first part, contrive changes to sentence again (9)","output":"### Answer: RECONVICT \n ### Explanation: Definition: sentence again\nanagram\/\"changes\" of ( c contrive)*, with a repetition of the first letter C-[ontrive] in the anagram fodder"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Large rodent, hard to handle, not keeping up like pig (7)","output":"### Answer: PORCINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: like pig\nPORC-up-INE=\"Large rodent, hard to handle\", minus the \"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Found pound and ounce, say, in abbreviated dictionary (7)","output":"### Answer: LOCATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Found\nL (Latin 'libra', \"pound\"), plus CAT=\"ounce, say\" inside OED (abbreviated form of Oxford English Dictionary) \nan \"ounce\" is a snow leopard, a type of CAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless fortune I had put together, that's clear (5)","output":"### Answer: LUCID \n ### Explanation: Definition: clear\nLUC-k=\"Endless fortune\" + I'D=\"I had\" contracted\/\"put together\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like the Chairman's little work (or books in general, we hear) (3)","output":"### Answer: RED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like the Chairman's little work\nreference to Chairman Mao's 'Little Red Book' \nsounds like\/\"we hear\": 'read'=\"Like\u2026 books in general\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Don't allow to leave with odd characters out of discretion (3,2)","output":"### Answer: ICE IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Don't allow to leave\nodd letters removed \/ taken out of d-**I**-s-**C**-r-**E**-t-**I**-o-**N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agent in European capital backed Julian, say (7)","output":"### Answer: EMPEROR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Julian, say\nJulian was a Roman emperor \nREP (representative, \"Agent\"), in ROME=\"European capital\"; all reversed\/\"backed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Increase organised valet parking in large parts of East End (7)","output":"### Answer: ELEVATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Increase\nanagram\/\"organised\" of (valet)*, inside the capital letters\/\"large parts\" of E-ast E-nd"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Encountered Oliver's friend in London suburban area (9)","output":"### Answer: METROLAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: London suburban area\na term for suburban areas to the north-west of London"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's put in the kind of barns churches once found helpful (5)","output":"### Answer: TITHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: kind of \nreference to 'tithe barns' where churches would store produce that had been taken as a tithe \nIT is put in THE=\"It's put in the\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Become aware of things smelt, heard but not seen (5)","output":"### Answer: SENSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Become aware of\nhomophone but not homograph (not spelled the same), so \"heard but not seen\", of 'scents'='things smelt'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of bicycle that doesn't make it to 24 across? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: INNER TUBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of bicycle\nINNER TUBE could describe the Tube \/ London Underground in the central parts of London, not reaching METROLAND"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Booker? With prize ultimately secured, trim one's sails (4)","output":"### Answer: REEF \n ### Explanation: Definition: trim one's sails\nREF=a referee e.g. in football, who can 'book' players for fouls=\"Booker\", around priz-E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Power of the mind seen in part of 24 across (6)","output":"### Answer: PINNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of 24 across\ndefinition: Pinner is a London suburb , part of the METROLAND area \nP (Power) + INNER=\"of the mind\" (e.g. 'inner strength')"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: If pedant is confused about hard recipe initially, he seeks way to proceed (10)","output":"### Answer: PATHFINDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: he seeks way to proceed\nanagram\/\"confused\" of (If pedant)* around H (hard), then plus R (recipe initially)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of six in charge of our land, one a so-called farmer (6)","output":"### Answer: GEORGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One of six in charge of \ndefinition: there have been six British kings known as George, and George III was known as 'farmer George'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Restrained, cut line in second edition (8)","output":"### Answer: SHACKLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Restrained\nHACK=\"cut\" + L (line), both in S (second) + ED (edition)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Imaginary character, one of the first two Wells wrote about (3,2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: MAN IN THE MOON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Imaginary character\nH. G. Wells wrote *The First Men in the Moon *, about the \"first two\" men in the moon"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of painter's work starts off collection of art treasures (4)","output":"### Answer: COAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of painter's work\ndefinition as in a coat\/layer of paint \nstarting letters of C-ollection O-f A-rt T-reasures"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beat seed (5)","output":"### Answer: PULSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beat\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Novel form in old verse penned by Conservatives (5,5)","output":"### Answer: CRIME STORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Novel form\nRIMES=\"old verse\" inside C + TORY=two ways to shorten Conservative=\"Conservatives\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Letters from London nearly delivered for poet (5)","output":"### Answer: DONNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: poet\ndefinition: poet John Donne \nhidden in Lon-DON NE-arly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Coping partly with limited capital, just under fifteen pounds (8)","output":"### Answer: CAPSTONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Co\ndefinition: \"Coping\" can be a noun meaning the bricks\/stones used to make up the top part of a wall, and part of this might be a CAPSTONE \nCAP-ital shortened\/limited, plus STONE=unit of mass equal to 14 pounds=\"just under fifteen pounds\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deity repeatedly upset another \u2014 that's very unusual (4,4)","output":"### Answer: RARA AVIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's very unusual\ndefinition: a term for a rare species of bird \nRA + RA=Deity of ancient Egypt, repeated; plus SIVA=Hindu deity reversed\/\"upset\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Denouement that's heart-rending? Not half (6)","output":"### Answer: ENDING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Denouement\nhalf of [heart-r]-ENDING removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King or president (6)","output":"### Answer: ARTHUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: King\ndouble definition: King Arthur of legend, or US president Chester A. Arthur"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Source of inspiration and great power in the writer (4)","output":"### Answer: MUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Source of inspiration\nUS (United States)=\"great power\" on the global stage, inside ME=Brendan, \"writer\" of this crossword"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old author I'd pronounced woke? (4-4)","output":"### Answer: OPEN-EYED \n ### Explanation: Definition: woke\nO (Old) + PEN=\"author\" (as a verb) + EYED as a homophone of \"I'd\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blackened items in kitchen? Domestic gets given the third degree (11)","output":"### Answer: CHARGRILLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blackened items in kitchen\nCHAR=a cleaner=\"Domestic\" + GRILLED=interrogated=\"given the third degree\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In Rome, I maybe run into foreign character before lunch? (7)","output":"### Answer: NUMERAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: In Rome, I maybe\nI is a Roman numeral for 1\n \nR (run, cricket abbreviation), inside NU=Greek letter=\"foreign character\" + MEAL=\"lunch?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Absent-minded scientist using width instead of depth (7)","output":"### Answer: FARAWAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Absent-minded"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Peevish Le Pen jumpily interrupting a lot of criticism (9)","output":"### Answer: SPLENETIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Peevish\ndefinition: bad-tempered, irritable\n \nanagram\/\"jumpily\" of (Le Pen)*, inside STIC-k=\"a lot of\" the letters from 'stick'=\"criticism\" as in 'they got stick for arriving late'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Malay food recipe leaving a man with large appetite? (5)","output":"### Answer: SATYR \n ### Explanation: Definition: man with large appetite\nSAT-a-Y=\"Malay food\" + R (recipe), minus \"a\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Succeeding in goal without evidence of mistake (4)","output":"### Answer: NEXT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Succeeding\nNET=\"goal\" e.g. in football, around\/\"without\" X=cross=\"evidence of mistake\" e.g. on marked schoolwork"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jenny, say, cutting duets in jazzy solo (10)","output":"### Answer: UNASSISTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: solo\nASS=\"Jenny\" (a female donkey), inside anagram\/\"jazzy\" of (duets in)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agree to cut frame Bogart bungled, embracing a star (5,5)","output":"### Answer: GRETA GARBO \n ### Explanation: Definition: star\nthe outer letters\/\"frame\" cut from [A]-GRE-[e], plus anagram\/\"bungled\" of (Bogart)* around \"a\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Main hazard in Britain: Tories like Rees-Mogg! (4)","output":"### Answer: BERG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Main hazard\ndefinition: an iceberg is a hazard in the sea\/'main'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some disrespect etc offended backing musicians (5)","output":"### Answer: OCTET \n ### Explanation: Definition: musicians\nhidden\/\"Some\" and reversed\/\"backing\" inside: disrespec-T ETC O-ffended"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ineptitude from eg Macron briefly meeting Blair (9)","output":"### Answer: GAUCHERIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ineptitude"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extra-large collars no good for cur (7)","output":"### Answer: MONGREL \n ### Explanation: Definition: cur\nMORE=\"Extra\" + L (large), around NG (no good, e.g. used to describe a TV recording)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cool smart actress, one of a pair (7)","output":"### Answer: HEPBURN \n ### Explanation: Definition: a\nHEP=\"Cool\" + BURN=verb meaning 'sting'=\"smart\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mean criminal head in police force set free (11)","output":"### Answer: EMANCIPATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: set free\nanagram\/\"criminal\" of (Mean)*, with PATE=\"head\" in CID (Criminal Investigation Department, \"police force\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contest law and punishment in longish piece of text (7,8)","output":"### Answer: COMPLEX SENTENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: longish piece of text\nCOMP (competition, \"Contest\") + LEX=\"law\" + SENTENCE=\"punishment\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Protective covering being worn after 30 days (5)","output":"### Answer: APRON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Protective covering\nON=\"being worn\" after APR (April, a month of \"30 days\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grand and endlessly thrilling setter (7)","output":"### Answer: GELATIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: setter\ndefinition: a setting agent\n \nG (Grand, as in a thousand) + ELATIN-g=\"endlessly thrilling\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's clear dope's seized by copper? Quite the reverse (2,5)","output":"### Answer: IN FOCUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's clear\nINFO'S=\"dope's\" e.g. 'get the inside dope on the city', seizing rather than being \"seized by\" CU (symbol for \"copper\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What you may call a bigwig with LSD or rolling joint (8)","output":"### Answer: LORDSHIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: What you may call a bigwig\nanagram\/\"rolling\" of (LSD or)*, plus HIP=\"joint\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fully drink little drink? That man with drinks drinks gallons (4,2,3,6)","output":"### Answer: DOWN TO THE GROUND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fully\nDOWN=\"drink\" + TOT=\"little drink\", plus HE=\"That man\" and ROUND=\"drinks\" around G (gallons)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Places to learn about harmony (6)","output":"### Answer: UNISON \n ### Explanation: Definition: harmony\nUNIS=universities=\"Places to learn\" + ON=\"about\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Content to leave Hardy and The Woman in White unfinished, getting cross (6)","output":"### Answer: HYBRID \n ### Explanation: Definition: c\ninside letters\/\"Content\" leaving H=[ard]-Y, plus BRID-e=\"The Woman in White unfinished\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tailless camel biting earl: it may cause a complaint (8)","output":"### Answer: BACTERIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: it may cause a complaint\nBACTRIA-[n]=\"Tailless camel\", around E (earl)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: White House wanting leader gracious and sombre (6)","output":"### Answer: GLOOMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: s\ni-GLOO=\"White House\" without its leading letter + MY=exclamation of surprise=\"gracious\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet American pin-up with mostly pleasant clothing (7)","output":"### Answer: ANGELIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sweet\nA (American), plus LEG=\"pin\" reversed\/\"up\" inside NIC-e=\"mostly pleasant\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make respectable-looking career, you heard, in oil company (5,2)","output":"### Answer: BRUSH UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make respec\nRUSH=\"career\" + U=\"you\" when spoken aloud\/\"heard\", all inside BP (British Petroleum, \"oil company\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party food for the health conscious (6)","output":"### Answer: GREENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Party\ndouble definition: the Greens as a political party, and green vegetables"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Take a hike in Native American territory's western part (3,2)","output":"### Answer: HOP IT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Take a hike"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: So-called 'dear' runs off after six-footer (9)","output":"### Answer: ANTELOPES \n ### Explanation: Definition: So-called 'dear'\ndefinition: 'deer', which sounds like \"dear\"\n \nELOPES=\"runs off\" after ANT=six-legged creature=\"six-footer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Liquid lunch perhaps very revolting (4)","output":"### Answer: SOUP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Liquid lunch perhaps\nSO=\"very\" + UP=in revolt=\"revolting\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Antiquary wasting a year translating verse (8)","output":"### Answer: QUATRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: verse\nanagram\/\"translating\" of (Antiquar [y])*, with the y for \"year\" removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Return afterwards, holding one to sell (6)","output":"### Answer: RETAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: sell\nreversal\/\"Return\" of LATER=\"afterwards\", around I=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One hopes people will come late to this meeting (6)","output":"### Answer: SEANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One hopes people will come late to this meeting\ncryptic definition: \"late\" as in deceased"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rewritten epitaphs are most favourable (8)","output":"### Answer: HAPPIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: most favourable\nanagram\/\"Rewritten\" of (epitaphs)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: School uniform switched to vulgar stuff (6)","output":"### Answer: KITSCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: vulgar stuff \nSCH (School) + KIT=\"uniform\", switched in order"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tough woman keeps family notice (8)","output":"### Answer: SKINHEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tough\nSHE=\"woman\" around KIN=\"family\", plus AD=advert=\"notice\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get comfortable again on bench (8)","output":"### Answer: RESETTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get comfortable again\nRE=about=\"on\" + SETTLE=a type of high-backed \"bench\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get to grips with rigging (6)","output":"### Answer: TACKLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get to grips with\ndouble definition: as a verb, and as a noun (the rigging of a ship)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Waste gambling token, which should have been a good investment (4,4)","output":"### Answer: BLUE CHIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: which should have been a good investment\ndefinition: used to describe companies (or shares in companies) that are seen as reliable investments\n \nBLUE as a verb meaning 'squander'=\"Waste\" + CHIP=\"gambling token\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Miss musical as I enter into clinic (6)","output":"### Answer: SAIGON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Miss musical\nI GO=\"I enter\", inside SAN (sanatorium, \"clinic\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A warm bath \u2014 to an excess in the centre \u2026 (3,3)","output":"### Answer: HOT TUB \n ### Explanation: Definition: A warm bath\nOTT (over the top, \"to an excess\"), in HUB=\"centre\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 and a cold shower (8)","output":"### Answer: SNOWFALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: cold shower\ncryptic definition, with the link back to 24ac to mislead in the direction of a \"shower\" in the sense of bathing rather than a type of weather"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Martin is college head (4)","output":"### Answer: DEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: college head"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Our neighbour Peter worked with land (3,6)","output":"### Answer: RED PLANET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Our neighbour\nthe RED PLANET Mars is Earth's \"neighbour\" in the Solar System\n \nanagram\/\"worked\" of (Peter land)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Neither obtuse nor grave (and not right) (5)","output":"### Answer: ACUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Neither obtuse nor grave (and not right)\nan acute angle is neither an obtuse angle or a right angle\n \nand an acute accent (e.g. \u00e1) is not a grave accent (e.g \u00e0)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eat nuts struggling, suffering from this? (7)","output":"### Answer: TETANUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: suffering from this\nanagram\/\"struggling\" of (Eat nuts)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No pressure to satisfy contract (5)","output":"### Answer: LEASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: contract\np-LEASE=\"satisfy\", minus the p (pressure)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grabs pawn in unfinished game (7)","output":"### Answer: PINCHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grabs\nP (pawn, chess abbreviation) IN CHES-[s]=\"in unfinished game\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Well, what to do with crumbling mortar is a painful subject (4,5)","output":"### Answer: SORE POINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: painful subject"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being from the north, leaving clubs stupefied by drink (7)","output":"### Answer: SOTTISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: stupefied by drink\ndefinition: like a sot (a drunk)\n \nS-C-OTTISH=\"Being from the north\", minus C (clubs, abbreviation in playing cards)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get off the phone! (9)","output":"### Answer: UNINSTALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get off the phone!\ncryptic definition \u2013 to remove an app from a phone, rather than to stop using the phone"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I trade house that's featured in exhibition (5,4)","output":"### Answer: IDEAL HOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's featured in exhibition\nI + DEAL=\"trade\" + HOME=\"house\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go for drinking session and almost score (3,3,3)","output":"### Answer: HIT THE BAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Go for drinking session\ndouble definition: a bar that serves drinks, or e.g. in football, the bar of the goal"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Always a heavyweight team now in trouble? (7)","output":"### Answer: EVERTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: team now in trouble?\nEverton FC is a Premier League football team \u2013 \"trouble\" could refer to their low position in the league table, not sure if there are other troubles at the club\n \nEVER=\"Always\" + TON=\"heavyweight\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In danger perhaps, no longer maintaining position (7)","output":"### Answer: EXPOSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: In danger perhaps\nEX=\"no longer\" + POSED=\"maintaining position\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fine fabric needs about inch off (7)","output":"### Answer: CHIFFON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fine fabric\nanagram\/\"about\" of (inch off)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small implement to make low seat (5)","output":"### Answer: STOOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: low seat\nS (Small) + TOOL=\"implement\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It may be nestling in the barn (5)","output":"### Answer: OWLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: It may be nestling in the barn\na young owl \u2013 in the surface, \"nestling\" as a noun meaning a young bird, rather than as a verb, and \"barn\" hinting at barn owls"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top of the range fountain pen (4,5)","output":"### Answer: MONT BLANC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Top of the range\ndefinition: the highest mountain in the Alps \nMontblanc is a brand of fountain pens"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pompous dwarf's question about his identity? (5)","output":"### Answer: MEDOC \n ### Explanation: definition: ? \u2026Chambers lists M\u00e9doc\u00a0as a wine named after a region of France \u2013 I can't link this to \"Pompous\" or find a different meaning \nwordplay: DOC is a \"Pompous dwarf\" in Disney's *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs*, and might ask 'Me, Doc?' about his own identity"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Glamorous girl's city rate (5)","output":"### Answer: NYMPH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Glamorous girl\nNY (New York, \"city\") + MPH (miles per hour, \"rate\" of travel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Between high and low tide \u2014 certainly, it's said (9)","output":"### Answer: FORESHORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Between high and low tide\ndefinition: the part of a shore between the limits reached by high and low tide \nsounds like\/\"it's said\": 'for sure'=\"certainly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Row at home \u2014 tidy up the mess (10)","output":"### Answer: DINING ROOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: mess\n\u2026I'm not sure about the enumeration (10), I would have expected (6,4) \ndefinition: a \"mess\" as in a dining hall\n \nDIN=hubbub=\"Row\" + IN=\"at home\" + GROOM=\"tidy up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Joined by a thread from all quarters (4)","output":"### Answer: SEWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Joined by a thread\nmade from S E W N (South, East, West, North \u2013 all four compass points \/ \"quarters\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Absolutely nothing about fashion \u2014 wearing Japanese sock! (3,1,3)","output":"### Answer: NOT A BIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Absolutely nothing\nreversal\/\"about\" of TON=\"fashion\" (from the French word), around\/\"wearing\" TABI=a type of \"Japanese sock\" with a separated big toe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stud's accommodation \u2014 list on board (7)","output":"### Answer: STABLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stud's accommodation\ndefinition: a stud horse \nTABLE as a way of presenting data=\"list\", inside SS (in a ship \/ \"on board\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Straw breaking camel's back, doubly profligate (7)","output":"### Answer: WASTREL \n ### Explanation: Definition: profligate\nanagram\/\"breaking\" of (Straw)* + last two letters (\"back, doubly\") of [cam]-EL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A nutcase? (7)","output":"### Answer: CRANIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: A nutcase?\ncryptic definition \u2013 \"nut\" as in a person's head"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Insect on leaf, back to front (4)","output":"### Answer: FLEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Insect\nLEA-F with the back letter F moved to the front of the word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Broadcaster receiving reprimands for fireworks (10)","output":"### Answer: SKYROCKETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: fireworks\nSKY the media\/TV company=\"Broadcaster\" + ROCKETS=informal word for \"reprimands\" either as noun or verb"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: We may be involved with saga about matches on the road (4,5)","output":"### Answer: AWAY GAMES \n ### Explanation: Definition: matches on the road\nanagram\/\"involved\" of (We may saga)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: From Spain, troubadour's first few bars (5)","output":"### Answer: INTRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: first few bars\nhidden in\/taken \"From\": [Spa]-IN TRO-[ubadour]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Half of the chorus for the orchestra (5)","output":"### Answer: HALLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: orchestra\ndefinition: the Hall\u00e9 is an English symphony orchestra based in Manchester \nhalf of HALLE-[lujah], reference to the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reason to stamp out cattle illness (9)","output":"### Answer: DISCOURSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reason\nDIE=a \"stamp\" for e.g. impressing coins, around\/outside of SCOURS=diarrhoea in cattle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Take care, you say, having explosives around (5)","output":"### Answer: MINED \n ### Explanation: Definition: having explosives around\ndefinition: as in e.g. land mines \nsounds like\/\"you say\": 'mind'=\"Take care\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mentions a change of names (9)","output":"### Answer: NOMINATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: names\nanagram\/\"change\" of (Mentions a)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Landlords should be locked up (6,4)","output":"### Answer: BEHIND BARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: locked up\npub landlords might be BEHIND BARS to serve drinks"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aircraft that flew in regular service, tested initially \u2014 again! (2,5)","output":"### Answer: AT FIRST \n ### Explanation: Definition: again!\ndefinition: \"again\" referring to using \"initially\" as the definition, as well as in the wordplay \ninitial letters from A-ircraft + T-hat + F-lew + I-n + R-egular + S-ervice + T-ested"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loads with worries about game (7)","output":"### Answer: CARGOES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Loads\nCARES=\"worries\" + GO=board \"game\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A lot of people in service (4)","output":"### Answer: MASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: A lot of people\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Novel family appearing in Act 1 (5)","output":"### Answer: DOONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Novel family\nreference to *Lorna Doone* \nDO=\"Act\" + ONE=\"1\u2033"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Can she go out married in this? (9)","output":"### Answer: CHEONGSAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: in this\ndefinition: a type of dress, traditionally Chinese, that might be worn at a wedding \nanagram\/\"out\" of (Can she go)* *plus M (married) \u2013 edit thanks to Postmark and others in the comments"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Harmonicas playing Cherry Liqueur (10)","output":"### Answer: MARASCHINO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cherry Liqueur\nanagram\/\"playing\" of (Harmonicas)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Welsh fans upset' \u2014 it may interrupt a programme (9)","output":"### Answer: NEWSFLASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: it may interrupt a programme\nanagram\/\"upset\" of (Welsh fans)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cop leaves secret police bewildered in county town (9)","output":"### Answer: LEICESTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: county town\nanagram\/\"bewildered\" of (secret police)*, minus the letters from \"Cop\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Similar to barking wildly (4,3)","output":"### Answer: LIKE MAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: wildly\nLIKE=\"Similar to\" + MAD=\"barking\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Romeo lost in woods can't help losing it (7)","output":"### Answer: CORPSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: can't help losing it\ndefinition: to corpse as an actor means to 'lose it' and break out into laughter \nR (Romeo, NATO alphabet) inside COPSES=\"woods\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Communication in bits (5)","output":"### Answer: EMAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Communication in bits\ncryptic definition: \"bits\" referring to digital bits (bit as a unit of information)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sound asleep! (5)","output":"### Answer: SNORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sound asleep\ncryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Monstrous creature, so should be retired (4)","output":"### Answer: OGRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Monstrous creature\nERGO (therefore, \"so\"), reversed\/\"retired\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not well disposed, finally Jeremy Hunt introduces remedy (9)","output":"### Answer: UNHEALTHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not \nanagram\/\"disposed\" of (**y** Hunt)* with **y**=\"finally Jerem**y**\", around HEAL=\"remedy\" \nJeremy Hunt was UK Secretary of State for Health from 2012 to 2018"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drove away and broke down over a period of time (9)","output":"### Answer: DISPELLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drove away\nDIED=\"broke down\" (e.g. a car engine dying), around SPELL=\"period of time\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: French wine \u2014 litres swallowed in bar cold (5)","output":"### Answer: BLANC \n ### Explanation: Definition: French wine\ntheme connection: Raymond Blanc \ndefinition: French for white wine\n \nL (litres) inside BAN=\"bar\", plus C (cold)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clumsy fellow from Britain, more like Uriah Heep (7)","output":"### Answer: BUMBLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: C\nB (Britain) + 'UMBLE-R=\"more like Uriah Heep\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Temporarily stop while away going round America (7)","output":"### Answer: SUSPEND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Temporarily stop\nSPEND=\"while away\" (while away \/ spend time somewhere), around US=\"America\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drug-filled idiot's knocked back booze in this (5)","output":"### Answer: STEIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: booze in this\ntheme connection: Rick Stein \nE (ecstasy, \"Drug\"), filling inside NIT'S=\"idiot's\", all reversed\/\"knocked back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Miss target, dropping ball (3)","output":"### Answer: GAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Miss\nG-O-AL=\"target\", minus the O=\"ball\" shaped letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exhausted after cycling, leaving nothing out (2,3)","output":"### Answer: IN ALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: leaving nothing out\nALL IN=\"Exhausted\", cycling the words into the other order"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe 12, 17, 25, 26, 27, 31, 5 and 23, jeopardising 26 down or 2? (3,4,5)","output":"### Answer: TOO MANY COOKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maybe \nCOOKS are the solutions to 12, 17, 25, 26ac, 27, 31, 5, and 23 \u2013 and too many cooks could spoil the 'broths' in the solutions to 2dn or 26dn"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Claiming to lose \u00a31,000 over a bloomer (7)","output":"### Answer: NIGELLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: a \ntheme connection: Nigella Lawson \ndefinition: the name of a flowering plant or \"bloomer\", also known as love-in-a-mist\n \nALLEGIN-G, losing a G ('G' for a grand, \u00a31000), and reversed\/\"over\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Metalworker, terribly hit and miss, is dismissed (5)","output":"### Answer: SMITH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Metalworker\ntheme connection: Delia Smith \nanagram\/\"terribly\" of (hit m-**is**-s)*, minus the letters of \"**is**\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gangster grabs lowly vagrant in star-studded area (9)","output":"### Answer: HOLLYWOOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: star-studded area\ntheme connection: Paul Hollywood \nHOOD=\"Gangster\", around anagram\/\"vagrant\" of (lowly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rude ten Hag almost trashed dugout, needing a break? (9)","output":"### Answer: UNEARTHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: dugout, needing a break\ndefinition: adding a \"break\" or space into \"dug\/out\" gives 'dug out', a definition of UNEARTHED \nanagram\/\"trashed\" of (Rude ten **Ha**)*, with **Ha**=\"Hag almost\"\n \nErik ten Hag is the manager of Manchester United Football Club"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chuck fruit (5)","output":"### Answer: BERRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chuck\ntheme connection: Mary Berry"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trip facilitator from Cuba's capital financing tours (4)","output":"### Answer: ACID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trip facilitator\ndefinition referring to a \"Trip\" as in a psychedelic experience \n\"capital\" letter of C-uba, and AID=\"financing\" goes around\/\"tours\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Colt running miles in an unspecified course (8)","output":"### Answer: CONSOMME \n ### Explanation: Definition: course\ndefinition: \"course\" as in a part of a meal \u2013 a CONSOMM\u00c9 is a soup \nC (Colt, in horse racing) + ON=\"running\", plus M (miles) in SOME=\"an unspecified\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Court victor's appeal about case of homicide (4)","output":"### Answer: ASHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Court victor\ndefinition: Arthur Ashe who won tournaments on the tennis court \nSA (Sex Appeal) reversed\/\"around\", plus the outer letters\/\"case\" of H-omicid-E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rubbish shot for golf, one in the pond? (8)","output":"### Answer: BULLFROG \n ### Explanation: Definition: one in the pond\nBULL=\"Rubbish\" + anagram\/\"shot\" of (for)* + G (Golf in the NATO alphabet)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Travelled south across hot island (6)","output":"### Answer: RHODES \n ### Explanation: Definition: island\ntheme connection: Gary Rhodes \nRODE=\"Travelled\" + S (south), going around\/\"across\" H (hot)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Battering Italian white meat with no good covering (10)","output":"### Answer: LAMBASTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Battering\nASTI=\"Italian white\" wine; with LAMB=\"meat\" and NG (no good, e.g. used to describe a TV recording) going around\/\"covering\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American guy's order given to men (2,4)","output":"### Answer: AT EASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: order given to men\nA (American) + TEASE=\"guy\" as a verb meaning to make fun of someone"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Say, an act with nothing even in harmony (4)","output":"### Answer: SYNC \n ### Explanation: Definition: harmony\nS-a-Y a-N a-C-t, with none of the \"even\" letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Harry Kane at last stops Man U player (5)","output":"### Answer: BESET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Harry\nlast letter of [Kan]-E, stopping inside George BEST =\"Man U player\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheese and bread chopped up in real bags (10)","output":"### Answer: LANCASHIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cheese\nCASH=\"bread\", bagged inside anagram\/\"chopped up\" of (in real)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With adult delayed, distributed letter (5)","output":"### Answer: DELTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: letter\nDEALT=\"distributed\" with the A for \"adult\" moved to the end or \"delayed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Letter from pair of kids describing New Year (8)","output":"### Answer: LANDLADY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Letter\ndefinition: someone who 'lets' out a property \nLAD LAD=\"pair of kids\" around N (New), plus Y (Year)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Game over? Everybody hides outside (3,5)","output":"### Answer: ALL FOURS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Game\ndefinition: All Fours is a card game \nO (over, in cricket), with both ALL=\"Everyone\" and FURS=\"hides\" going \"outside\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Repeated element of solo on organ is musical (6)","output":"### Answer: OLIVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: musical\ntheme connection: Jamie Oliver \nO is the only repeated letter in the word \"solo\", plus LIVER=\"organ\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailors' chant in typhoon occasionally including surprised cry (2-2-2)","output":"### Answer: YO-HO-HO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sailors' chant\noccasional letters of t-Y-p-H-o-O-n, around OHO=\"surprised cry\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little money in France and here for food (4)","output":"### Answer: SOUP \n ### Explanation: Definition: food\nSOU=a former French coin of low value=\"Little money in France\" + P (penny, \"Little money\u2026 here [in the UK]\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two unidentical sons, flipping hooligans! (4)","output":"### Answer: YOBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: hooligans\nS (son) + BOY=a second, different, \"son\"; all reversed\/\"flipping\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Picked up shock in periods of global revolution (4)","output":"### Answer: DAYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: periods of global revolution\ndefinition referring to the daily rotation of the Earth on its axis \nsounds like\/\"Picked up\": 'daze'=\"shock\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Retiring from transport company surprisingly flush (7)","output":"### Answer: BASHFUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Retiring\nBA (British Airways, \"transport company\") + anagram\/\"surprisingly\" of (flush)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Skilful concealing old British firm's shortfall (7)","output":"### Answer: DEFICIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: shortfall\nDEFT=\"Skilful\" around ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries, \"old British firm\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conspicuous volume of doubly fine drugs swallowed by company board with caution (6-5,4)","output":"### Answer: COFFEE-TABLE BOOK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Conspicuous volume\nFF + EE; both inside CO (company) + TABLE=\"board\" + BOOK=\"caution\" \nFF is double F, for \"doubly fine\"\n \nEE is more than one E for ecstasy, \"drugs\"\n \na football referee might book\/caution a player by giving them a yellow card"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not entirely cool at hip club in India (5)","output":"### Answer: LATHI \n ### Explanation: Definition: club \ndefinition: a type of blunt weapon in India \nhidden in coo-L AT HI-p"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Puritan and saint drinking wine \u2014 they may be in bed (9)","output":"### Answer: PRIMROSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: they may be in bed\ndefinition referring to a flower bed \nPRIM=\"Puritan\" + S (saint), around ROSE=ros\u00e9 \"wine\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Setter dons apron for cooking, keeping dry (9)","output":"### Answer: RAINPROOF \n ### Explanation: Definition: keeping dry\nI=\"Setter\" of this puzzle; inside anagram\/\"cooking\" of (apron for)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Statesperson, one given bagel and pasty (5)","output":"### Answer: IOWAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Statesperson\ndefinition: someone from the state of Iowa \nI=\"one\" + O (a \"bagel\" is a score of 0 games in a tennis set) + WAN=\"pasty\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 4\u00d74 car, not Rover or Sierra (5)","output":"### Answer: RANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sierra\ndefinition: a sierra is a mountain range \nRANGE Rover=\"4\u00d74 car\", minus the \"Rover\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being crude, oil's kept here without saving the planet? (9)","output":"### Answer: INDECORUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Being crude\nIN DRUM=\"oil's kept here\", going outside\/\"without\" ECO=\"saving the planet?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stall worker given zero extra cash (9)","output":"### Answer: TEMPORISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stall\nTEMP (a temp worker) + O=\"zero\" + RISE=increase in salary=\"extra cash\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Game's involving two bridge players getting tricks (5)","output":"### Answer: RUSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: tricks\nRU 'S (rugby union + 's, \"Game's\"); around SE (South and East, \"two bridge players\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Film version of Hamlet with antic Dane trapping foreign king (6,3,6)","output":"### Answer: THELMA AND LOUISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Film\nanagram\/\"version\" of (Hamlet)*, plus anagram\/\"antic\" of (Dane)* around LOUIS=name of many kings of France=\"foreign king\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What tennis player does after a let shows modesty (7)","output":"### Answer: RESERVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: modesty\na tennis player would RE-SERVE, serve again, after a let call"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Philosopher astride horse or kind of lamb (7)","output":"### Answer: PASCHAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: kind of lamb\ndefinition: a paschal lamb is a lamb sacrificed at Passover \nBlaise PASCAL the philosopher, around H (horse)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bend sinister at the bottom in shield (7)","output":"### Answer: BUCKLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: shield\nBUCKLE=\"Bend\" with the last\/\"bottom\" letter of siniste-R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Peter amended tiny part of Bible giving reason to stick together (6,2,7)","output":"### Answer: SAFETY IN NUMBERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: reason to stick together\n\"Peter\" is slang for a money box or SAFE\u00a0+ anagram\/\"amended\" of (tiny)* + NUMBERS=a book of the Bible"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charges current politician over void lease for land ownership (3,6)","output":"### Answer: FEE SIMPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: land ownership\ndefinition: a term for unconditional ownership of land \nFEES=\"Charges\" + I (symbol for electric current) + MP (Member of Parliament, \"politician\") + L-eas-E void of its inner letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Smashed bulb may be so (3,2)","output":"### Answer: LIT UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Smashed\ndefinition: 'lit up' and 'smashed' are both terms to describe being drunk \na light bulb might also be LIT UP\n \n(\u2026and a smashed\/anagrammed TULIP bulb might also give LIT UP?)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grilled cheese scoffed after case of Drambuie (9)","output":"### Answer: DEBRIEFED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grilled\nBRIE=\"cheese\" + FED=\"scoffed\", all after the outer letters\/\"case\" of D-rambui-E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Official admitting hesitation over having more autonomy (5)","output":"### Answer: FREER \n ### Explanation: Definition: having more autonomy\nREF (referee, \"Official\") around ER=\"hesitation\", all reversed\/\"over\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Succeeded cracking puzzles needing brains and hard fight (5,6,4)","output":"### Answer: CROSS SWORDS WITH \n ### Explanation: Definition: fight\nS (Succeeded) cracking into CROSSWORDS=\"puzzles\" plus WIT=\"brains\" + H (hard)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In front of uncovered king, captures rooks (5,2)","output":"### Answer: TAKES IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: rooks\ndefinition: to rook means to swindle, fleece, 'take in' \nk-IN-g without its outer letters\/\"uncovered\", with TAKES=\"captures\" going in front"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Start travelling to Nigeria (9)","output":"### Answer: ORIGINATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Start\nanagram\/\"travelling\" of (to Nigeria)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trendy blackguard has debts with no interest (9)","output":"### Answer: INCURIOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: with no interest\nIN=\"Trendy\" + CUR=\"blackguard\" + IOUS=I owe you s=\"debts\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spinner, which is unaffected by spinning? (7)","output":"### Answer: ROTATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spinner\nROTATOR is a palindrome, the same when reversed\/\"unaffected by spinning\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inappropriately, give hands to married ladies when dancing (7)","output":"### Answer: MISDEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inappropriately, give hands\ndefinition refers to \"hands\" dealt out in a card game \nM (married) + anagram\/\"dancing\" of (ladies)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Female leaving old seafood (5)","output":"### Answer: ORMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: seafood\ndefinition: an edible ear-shaped mollusc \nf (female) leaving f-ORMER=\"old\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finish eg trifle, extremely nice after turnover (3,2)","output":"### Answer: END UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Finish\nPUD=pudding (\"eg trifle\") plus the extreme\/outer letters of N-ic-E; all reversed\/\"after turnover\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be smarter than winner? What do you think? (3,4,2)","output":"### Answer: OUT WITH IT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wha\nOUTWIT=\"Be smarter than\" + HIT=a success=\"winner\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supply content for a French paper (5)","output":"### Answer: EQUIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Supply\nL'**\u00c9QUIP**E is the name of a \"French paper\", and EQUIP is contained in \/ is the \"content for\" this"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Land fish \u2014 one is thrown back, having been caught (7)","output":"### Answer: TUNISIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Land\nTUNA=\"fish\", around both of: I=\"one\" plus IS reversed\/\"thrown back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Harrow teacher cycling to Thailand (7)","output":"### Answer: TORMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Harrow\ndefinition: \"Harrow\" as a verb meaning 'cause distress to' \nMENTOR=\"teacher\", with some of the letters 'cycling' around in order, plus T (Thailand, IVR)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's played in honour of leader (4)","output":"### Answer: OBOE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's played\nOBE (Order of the British Empire, \"honour\"), with the leading letter of O-f inside\/\"in\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Henry staying in York location for free (2,3,5)","output":"### Answer: ON THE HOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: for free\nH (Henry, SI unit of inductance), in ON THE OUSE=\"York location\" \u2013 the Ouse is a river in Yorkshire"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No bother mostly cutting through concrete (7)","output":"### Answer: REFUSAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: No\nFUS-[s]=\"bother mostly\", inside REAL=\"concrete\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Composer Zuckerberg's baby born in South Africa (7)","output":"### Answer: SMETANA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Composer\ndefinition: Czech composer Bedrich Smetana \nMETA (Formerly Facebook, Inc., founded by Mark Zuckerberg), plus N (n\u00e9e, \"born\" [with the name of\u2026]); all inside SA (South Africa)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Run, man, run! He may stop him (5,5)","output":"### Answer: EXTRA COVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: He may stop him\ndefinition: a cricket fielding position, so one who will try to stop the batting team from scoring runs \nEXTRA (a type of \"Run\" in cricket) + COVE=\"man\" + R (abbreviation for \"run\" in cricket)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wait for one tenor to join in (4)","output":"### Answer: STAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wait\nSAY=for example=\"for one\", with T (tenor) inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Duchess ultimately visits on and off \u2014 it's enough for duke (7)","output":"### Answer: FISTFUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's \ndefinition: \"duke\" can be a noun meaning a fist, or a verb meaning to strike with a fist \n[Duches]-S, inside FITFUL=\"on and off\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drive truck back surrounded by monkeys (7)","output":"### Answer: IMPETUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drive\nUTE (Australian slang, 'utility vehicle' or \"truck\"), reversed\/\"back\" and inside IMPS=\"monkeys\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revealed in touching way (5)","output":"### Answer: ROUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: way\nOUT=\"Revealed\", in RE=concerning, about=\"touching\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artist one criminal attacks violently (5,4)","output":"### Answer: TEARS INTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: attacks violently\nanagram\/\"criminal\" of (Artist one)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Homeworkers to Fred seriously touched (2-2-11)","output":"### Answer: DO-IT-YOURSELFERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Homeworkers\nanagram\/\"touched\" of (to Fred seriously)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Workers with new party in impasse (5-3)","output":"### Answer: STAND-OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: impasse\nSTAFF=\"Workers\", with both N (new) + DO=\"party\" inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Twice harbouring a prejudice (4)","output":"### Answer: BIAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: prejudice\nBIS (\"Twice\", musical direction), around A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small change affected her plans (8)","output":"### Answer: SHRAPNEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small change\ndefinition: informal term for loose coins \nanagram\/\"affected\" of (her plans)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Idiot in school's a pain (6)","output":"### Answer: STITCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: pain\nTIT=\"Idiot\" in SCH (school)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Don't know location of London Bridge? Head for market close to here (6,2)","output":"### Answer: SEARCH ME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Don't know\nSE (South East, \"location of London\") + ARCH=\"Bridge\", plus M-arket and her-E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Game about having fancy man over desk (6)","output":"### Answer: BUREAU \n ### Explanation: Definition: desk\nRU (Rugby Union, \"game\"), reversed\/\"about\", and with BEAU=\"fancy man\" going \"over\"\/around it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unpredictable psychopaths are gathering round former drug dealer (11,4)","output":"### Answer: APOTHECARYS SHOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: former drug dealer\nanagram\/\"Unpredictable\" of (psychopaths are)*, around O=\"round\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stole nuts from the bottom and left quickly (8)","output":"### Answer: SNAFFLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stole\nFANS=enthusiasts=\"nuts\" reversed\/\"from the bottom\" + FLED=\"left quickly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Playwright (female) at rock bottom after upset (8)","output":"### Answer: SHERIDAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Playwright\ndefinition: Richard Brinsley Sheridan \nSHE=\"female\" + NADIR=\"rock bottom\" reversed\/\"after upset\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At home in New York, perhaps (8)","output":"### Answer: ASTATINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: At\ndefinition: \"At\" is the symbol for chemical element ASTATINE \nIN=\"home\", in A STATE=\"New York, perhaps\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Paper that's made up of lies? (6)","output":"### Answer: TISSUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Paper\n'a tissue of lies' is a story that is false (or \"made up\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recently let down, having left Delaware for love (2,4)","output":"### Answer: OF LATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Recently\n**DE**-FLATE=\"let down\" replacing **DE** (\"Delaware\") with O=\"love\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scary colleague in Shoreditch so psyched up (4)","output":"### Answer: POSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scary colleague\ndefinition: 'Posh Spice' and 'Scary Spice' were colleagues in the Spice Girls \nhidden\/\"in\" and reversed\/\"up\": Shoreditc-**H SO P**-syched"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loudly sets off with crews having cool talent for trading (12)","output":"### Answer: SALESMANSHIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: talent for trading\nSALES sounds like 'sails'=\"sets off\" + MANS as a verb=operates, runs=\"crews\" + HIP=\"cool\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Encountered love embracing people in remembrance (7)","output":"### Answer: MEMENTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: remembrance\nMET=\"Encountered\" + O=\"love\", all around MEN=\"people\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Duplicates game (7)","output":"### Answer: DOUBLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Duplicates\n*double *definition \u2013 matching pairs, or a game of tennis"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bother group that's devoted (7)","output":"### Answer: ADORING \n ### Explanation: Definition: devoted\nADO=\"Bother\" + RING=\"group\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seaside attraction visited by posh fellows looking more inflated (7)","output":"### Answer: PUFFIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: l\nPIER=\"Seaside attraction\", around all of: U (upper-class, \"posh\") and F + F (fellow, more than once)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Son involved in fight returned with scrapes (5)","output":"### Answer: RASPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: scrapes\nS (Son), inside SPAR=\"fight\" reversed\/\"returned\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Colleague of Spooner's strengthened cry (9)","output":"### Answer: BEDFELLOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Colleague\nSpoonerism of 'fed bellow'=\"strengthened cry\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tool for fixing small drum support with unlimited junk (6,3)","output":"### Answer: STAPLE GUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tool for fixing\nS (small) + TAP=\"drum\" + LEG=\"support\" + j-UN-k without its outer letters\/'unlimited\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Confused ostrich losing way in part of church (5)","output":"### Answer: CHOIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of church\nanagram\/\"Confused\" of (o **st** rich)* minus the **st** (street, \"way\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prompted college to replace verb in request by director (7)","output":"### Answer: INCITED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prompted\nC (college) replacing **V** (verb) in IN-**V**-ITE=\"request\", plus D (director)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Servant returning before 4 in Middle East city (3,4)","output":"### Answer: TEL AVIV \n ### Explanation: Definition: Middle East city\nVALET=\"Servant\", reversed\/\"returning\", plus IV=\"4\" in Roman numerals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Try bit of dessert and enjoy \u2014 divine! (7)","output":"### Answer: GODLIKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: divine\nGO=\"Try\" as in 'have a go \/ try' + **D** (bit of **d**-essert) + LIKE=\"enjoy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excel with soldiers in the open air (7)","output":"### Answer: OUTDOOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: in the open air\nOUTDO=\"Excel\" + OR (other ranks, \"soldiers\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Husband having brass header sculpted for those selling sewing things (12)","output":"### Answer: HABERDASHERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: those selling sewing things\nH (Husband) + anagram\/\"sculpted\" of (brass header)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Calls for problems around start of the week (7)","output":"### Answer: SUMMONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Calls for\nSUMS=maths \"problems\", around MON (Monday, \"start of the week\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seeds contributed to those French (7)","output":"### Answer: LENTILS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seeds\nLENT=\"contributed\" + ILS=\"those [in] French\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Waterproof container with bit of suspicious smell English talk about (6,3)","output":"### Answer: SPONGE BAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Waterproof container\n**S** (bit of **s**-uspicious) + PONG=\"smell\" + E (English) + GAB=\"talk\" reversed\/\"about\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A duke and daughter happy to be consistent (3,2)","output":"### Answer: ADD UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: be consistent\nfor definition: e.g. 'this doesn't add up' = 'this isn't consistent'\n \nA + D (duke) + D (daughter) + UP=\"happy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ridiculous huff led, in part, to mix up (7)","output":"### Answer: SHUFFLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: mix up\nhidden in Ridiculou- S HUFF LE -d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carpathian is going to resolve hostility (3,4)","output":"### Answer: ILL WILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: hostility\nI'LL=the setter\/Carpathian is going to, plus WILL=\"resolve\" as a noun"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One RBS manager's horribly awkward (12)","output":"### Answer: EMBARRASSING \n ### Explanation: Definition: awkward\nanagram\/\"horribly\" of (**I** RBS manager)*, with the **I**=\"One\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Warden going to clubs for drinks (12)","output":"### Answer: SCREWDRIVERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: drinks\ndefinition: a screwdriver is a cocktail\n \nSCREW=slang for a prison \"Warden\" + DRIVERS=golf \"clubs\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Professor shares unopened gifts (9)","output":"### Answer: DONATIONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: gifts\nDON=\"Professor\" + [R]-ATIONS=\"shares\" without its opening letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In midst of song rotter finds paradise (7)","output":"### Answer: ARCADIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: paradise\ndefinition: an ideal of a simple rural lifestyle\n \nARIA=\"song\" with CAD=\"rotter\" in the middle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tardis regularly placed in street for convenience (7)","output":"### Answer: LATRINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: convenience\ndefinition: convenience meaning lavatory\n \nregular letters of T-a-R-d-I-s, inside LANE=\"street\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Many wearing charming item of clothing (7)","output":"### Answer: CULOTTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: item of clothing\nLOT=\"Many\" inside CUTE=\"charming\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unconscious, having no lithium that's clear (7)","output":"### Answer: OBVIOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: c\nOB-**LI**-VIOUS=\"Unconscious\", minus **LI** (chemical symbol for lithium)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fear about to be suppressed by father (5)","output":"### Answer: DREAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fear\nRE=concerning, \"about\"; inside DAD=\"father\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Another country and this one are in trouble (7)","output":"### Answer: UKRAINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Another country\nUK=this country=\"this one\" + anagram\/\"trouble\" of (are in)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Handle a bit of butter (4)","output":"### Answer: KNOB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Handle\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Golf in Africa may be conditionally possible (10)","output":"### Answer: CONTINGENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: conditionally possible\nG (Golf, NATO alphabet), in CONTINENT=\"Africa\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Let's deal with flyaway hair (6)","output":"### Answer: PERMIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Let\nPERM IT=\"deal with flyaway hair\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Effort of past orient travelling (8)","output":"### Answer: EXERTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Effort\nEX=old, former=\"past\" + anagram\/\"travelling\" of (orient)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: High-tech spree leaves an uneasy feeling (3,6)","output":"### Answer: THE CREEPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: uneasy feeling\nanagram\/\"High\" of (tech spree)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Edward Ledger (5)","output":"### Answer: HEATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Edward\nEdward HEATH, former UK Prime Minister; or HEATH Ledger, Australian actor"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A northerner, of course (5)","output":"### Answer: ASCOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: course\ndefinition: a race \"course\"\n \nA SCOT=\"A northerner\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Single and in good shape after Matilda leaves (9)","output":"### Answer: UNMARRIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Single\nUNMARR**I**ED becomes UNMARRED=\"in good shape\" after **I**=\"Matilda\" leaves"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hobby for dad? Stamp collector? (8)","output":"### Answer: PASSPORT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stamp collector?\ndefinition refers to passports being stamped when crossing a border\n \nPA'S SPORT=\"Hobby for dad?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One hooked and held by mad dictator (6)","output":"### Answer: ADDICT \n ### Explanation: Definition: One hooked\nhidden in m-AD DICT-ator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Memorial King George originally built for unit (10)","output":"### Answer: KILOGRAMME \n ### Explanation: Definition: unit\nanagram\/\"originally\" of (Memorial K G)*, with K=\"king\" and **G**=\"**G**eorge originally\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dior fashionista's retro style (4)","output":"### Answer: AFRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: style\nhidden\/contained inside [\"Dior fashionista's\" to be read as \"Dior fashionista has\"] and reversed\/\"retro\": Di-**OR FA**-shionista"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quiet provider of milkshake (7)","output":"### Answer: SHUDDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: shake\nSH=\"Quiet\" + UDDER=\"provider of milk\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extremely dreary and unpleasant line (7)","output":"### Answer: DYNASTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: line\nextreme letters of D-rear-Y, plus NASTY=\"unpleasant\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Director, born in Kent, first to have better managed a good hospital (7,7)","output":"### Answer: KENNETH BRANAGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Director\nNE=n\u00e9=\"born\", in KENT, plus \"first\" letters to H-ave and B-etter, RAN=\"managed\" + A + G (good) + H (hospital)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capone's behind collection of songs (5)","output":"### Answer: ALBUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: collection of songs\nAL (Al Capone the gangster) + BUM=\"behind\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unlikely item from Nike etc? (7)","output":"### Answer: NECKTIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unlikely item from Nike etc?\ndefinition: a formal item like a necktie might not be expected from sports brand Nike\n \nanagram\/\"from\" (Nike etc)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mountie catching a thief (6)","output":"### Answer: RAIDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: thief\nRIDER=\"Mountie\" around A=\"a\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What one needs to retire near fresh water (9)","output":"### Answer: NIGHTWEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: What one needs to retire\nNIGH=\"near\" + anagram\/\"fresh\" of (water)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Complaint about individual having left the building (4,3)","output":"### Answer: GONE OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: having left the building\nGOUT=\"Complaint\" in the sense of a medical condition, around ONE=\"individual\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How the story began came out in open letters (4,4,1,4)","output":"### Answer: ONCE UPON A TIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: How the story began\nanagram\/\"letters\" of (came out in open)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What are you doing, Socrates, half-drunk with weapon? (9)","output":"### Answer: CROSSWORD \n ### Explanation: Definition: What are you doing\ndefinition: what are you [the solver] doing\/working on?\n \nhalf of Socr-[ates], for an anagram\/\"drunk\" of (Socr)*, plus SWORD=\"weapon\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: European resort hotel covering up immorality (7)","output":"### Answer: SPANISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: European\nSPA=\"resort\" + H (hotel), around\/\"covering\" reversal\/\"up\" of SIN=\"immorality\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: School rogue in casualty? Gosh! (7)","output":"### Answer: ACADEMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: School\nCAD=\"rogue\" in AE (A&E, accident & emergency, \"casualty\"), plus MY=\"Gosh!\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Right in leaving out passage (7)","output":"### Answer: EXCERPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: passage\nR (Right) in EXCEPT=\"leaving out\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rough sounding path (6)","output":"### Answer: COARSE [COURSE?] \n ### Explanation: the Guardian website gives COARSE=\"Rough\" as the solution, as a homophone for COURSE=\"path\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show stuff in revolting commercial (5)","output":"### Answer: DRAMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Show\ndefinition: a DRAMA can mean a play or \"Show\"\n \nRAM=\"stuff\", in AD=\"commercial\" reversed\/\"revolting\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stress over work? Quite the opposite (9)","output":"### Answer: UNDERLINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stress\nLINE=occupation=\"work\" as in 'what's your line?', so UNDER LINE is the opposite of 'over line'=\"over work\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Amuse daughter going round water feature in capital (5)","output":"### Answer: TREVI \n ### Explanation: Definition: water feature in capital\ndefinition refers to the Trevi fountain in Rome \nD-IVERT=\"Amuse\" with D (daughter) removed\/\"going\", reversed\/\"round\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make a mistake feeding rustic poet (7)","output":"### Answer: HERRICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: poet\ndefinition: the poet Robert Herrick \nERR=\"Make a mistake\", inside HICK=\"rustic\" as a noun"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One hour's spent describing Meg's backside \u2014 cheeky! (7)","output":"### Answer: ROGUISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: cheeky\nanagram (spent, similar in meaning to 'used') of (I HOUR'S)*, with I=\"One\", around the back of [Me]-G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Meet round side and do a runner (4)","output":"### Answer: FLIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: do a runner\ndefinition: to move quickly \nFIT=\"Meet\", around L (left, \"side\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not still angry? (7,3)","output":"### Answer: HOPPING MAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not still \ncryptic definition: \"Not still\" as in moving around, 'hopping'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pets whose traditional enemies doubled at first (7)","output":"### Answer: MOGGIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pets\nD-OGGIES=\"traditional enemies [of cats\/moggies]\", with the \"first\" letter D (500 in Roman numerals) \"doubled\" to M (1,000 in Roman numerals)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Break with former court favourite? Boycott's no good! (4,3)","output":"### Answer: TIME OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Break\nTIM + [g]-EOFF minus g (good)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Here, time's up! (5,5)","output":"### Answer: CLOCK TOWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Here, time's up\ncryptic definition: at a clock tower, the time is displayed \"up\" at the top of the tower"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish round lake doing nothing (4)","output":"### Answer: IDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: doing nothing\nIDE=type of \"Fish\", around L (lake)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hill on track heading west \u2014 I start to climb moving on (7)","output":"### Answer: NOMADIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: moving on\nDAMON reversed\/\"heading west\", plus I, plus C-limb"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cause of suffering \u2014 not having a second bottle! (7)","output":"### Answer: SCOURGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cause of suffering\nS (second) + COUR-**a**-GE, with '**a**' removed\/\"not having **a**\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Son and his mates playing in drives (5)","output":"### Answer: SPURS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Son and his m\ndouble definition: the first definition refers to Spurs as the football team with Son Heung-min as a player"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foreign article is clear-sighted (9)","output":"### Answer: REALISTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: clear-sighted\nanagram\/\"Foreign\" of (article is)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chances of US mum fighting to keep husband largely the same (4,2,1,8)","output":"### Answer: MUCH OF A MUCHNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: l\nanagram\/\"fighting\" of (Chances of US mum)*, around H (husband)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Decorating trouble \u2014 call to engage handyman in the end (8)","output":"### Answer: ADORNING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Decorating\nADO=\"trouble\" + RING=\"call\" around handyma-N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be behind redhead in shadow (5)","output":"### Answer: TRAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Be behind\n\"head\" of R-ed, inside TAIL=\"shadow\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exploits at work finally impress weaklings (8)","output":"### Answer: MILKSOPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: weaklings\nMILKS=\"Exploits\" as a verb + OP (opus, work) + impres-S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rents show no restraint (3,3)","output":"### Answer: LET RIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: show no restraint\nLET and RIP are two meanings of 'rent', or two \"Rents\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Same agent changed what player's called (5,4)","output":"### Answer: STAGE NAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: what player's called\nanagram\/\"changed\" of (Same agent)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lack of variety cycling \u2014 correct? Let me think! (6)","output":"### Answer: TEDIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lack of variety\nEDI-T=\"correct\" as a verb, with the last letter cycling to the front, plus UM=verbal hesitation, \"Let me think\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The wife and a 'friend' messed around inside, so it's not 17 down (4,1,10)","output":"### Answer: WITH A DIFFERENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: not 17 down\ndefinition: not THE USUAL (answer to 17dn) \nanagram\/\"messed\" of (The wife a friend)*, with C (circa, \"around\") inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Desk twice ransacked \u2014 this could not be worse (9)","output":"### Answer: WICKEDEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: this \nanagram\/\"ransacked\" of (Desk twice)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: America detaining university lecturer \u2014 that's reportedly in order (3,5)","output":"### Answer: THE USUAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's reportedly in order\ndefinition: as in asking for 'the usual' food or drink \"order\" \nTHE USA=\"America\", around U (university), plus L (lecturer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inflexible \u2014 read nothing but rubbish (8)","output":"### Answer: OBDURATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inflexib\nanagram\/\"rubbish\" of (read O but)*, with O=\"nothing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heavy metal backing musician covering Iron Maiden's originals (6)","output":"### Answer: OSMIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Heavy metal\nreversal\/\"backing\" of MUSO=slang for \"musician\", around I-[ron] M-[aiden]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Will being violent once here wound? Very upset on the surface (6)","output":"### Answer: OSCARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Will being violent once here\ndefinition refers to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars ceremony \nSCAR=\"wound\", with SO=\"Very\" reversed\/\"upset\" and going around\/\"on the surface\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailor isn't entertaining creature of the night (5)","output":"### Answer: LORIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: creature of the night\ndefinition: a nocturnal mammal \nhidden inside\/'entertained by' [Sai]-LOR IS-[n't]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Front of legs, covered up by seaside, go white (6)","output":"### Answer: BLEACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: go white\nL-[egs] in BEACH=\"seaside\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Harry's book, Spare (6)","output":"### Answer: BOTHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Harry\nB (book) + OTHER=\"Spare\" \nsurface reference to the book by Prince Harry"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Real snoopers set out listening devices (8,7)","output":"### Answer: PERSONAL STEREOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: l\nanagram\/\"out\" of (Real snoopers set)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worker in suit with coat over the top (6)","output":"### Answer: LAWYER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Worker in suit\nin definition, \"suit\" as in 'lawsuit' \nW (with), and LAYER=\"coat\" going around\/\"over the top\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Play main piece, not initially audible (4,4)","output":"### Answer: KING LEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Play\nKING=\"main piece\" (in chess), plus c-LEAR=\"audible\" without the initial letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Custom to marry following ceremony (8)","output":"### Answer: FORMALLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: following ceremony\nFORM=\"Custom\" + ALLY=\"marry\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arresting idiot is utter common sense (6)","output":"### Answer: SANITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: common sense\nNIT=\"idiot\", inside\/arrested by SAY=\"utter\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place for climber to fix a rope in tricky ascent (6)","output":"### Answer: STANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Place for climber to fix a rope\ndefinition: a place where a mountain climber can secure a belay rope \nanagram\/\"tricky\" of (ascent)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Box office for people's sporting event (4,4)","output":"### Answer: BOAT RACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: sporting event\nBO (Box Office) + AT=\"for\" (e.g. 'aim at'\/'aim for', or 'sold at \u00a31'\/'sold for \u00a31' ) + RACE=\"people\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cuts off facial hair on edge, regularly (8)","output":"### Answer: DETACHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cuts off\nTACHES (short for 'moustaches', \"facial hair\"), after regular letters of e-D-g-E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Break to include annual meal (6)","output":"### Answer: REPAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: meal\nREST=\"Break\" around PA (per annum, \"annual\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fan seeing idol, could stalk on this? (6,9)","output":"### Answer: GOLDEN DELICIOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: stalk on this?\nin definition, \"stalk\" as in an apple stalk \nanagram of (seeing idol could)*, with \"Fan\" as in 'fan out' \/ spread out as the anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Before marriage, give permission briefly to accept daughter's hand (6)","output":"### Answer: NEEDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: hand\ndefinition: a NEEDLE or a \"hand\" can be a pointer on a dial or a clock \nNEE + LE, around D (daughter)\n \nNEE=N\u00e9e (describing a name one was born with, \"Before marriage\")\n \nLE is LE-t=\"give permission briefly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Focus in college with short course (6)","output":"### Answer: CENTRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Focus\nC (College) + ENTRE-[e] (entr\u00e9e=\"course\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second letter written before, essentially describing a line that's been crossed (7)","output":"### Answer: BEEFALO \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's been crossed\ndefinition: a hybrid \/ 'cross' between cows and bison\/buffalo \nBEE (B, the \"Second letter\" in the alphabet) + FO (the centre\/essential part of be-FO-re) around A + L (line)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Try drugs before show (5)","output":"### Answer: ESSAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Try\nES (E for ecstacy plus S for plural, \"drugs\") + SAY=\"show\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unlimited entry hacking into smart key (7)","output":"### Answer: CONTROL \n ### Explanation: Definition: key\ndefinition: CONTROL or 'Ctrl' on a computer keyboard \ne-NTR-y without its outer letters\/limits, inside COOL=\"smart\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spins googlies at both ends: unacceptable batting first (7)","output":"### Answer: OUTINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spins\ndefinition: as in going for a spin in a car \nin the surface, \"googlies\" are spin deliveries in cricket\n \n\"both ends\" of G-ooglie-S, with OUT=\"unacceptable\" plus IN=[of a cricketer, currently] \"batting\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mostly unlucky? Republican is an extremist (9)","output":"### Answer: HARDLINER \n ### Explanation: Definition: extremist\nHARD LINE-[s] + R (Republican) \n'hard lines' is an interjection meaning 'oh, that's bad luck!' \/ \"unlucky\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rule to stop rising in court after barrister's closing bit (4,3)","output":"### Answer: RIOT ACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rule to stop rising\nCT (court), after the closing letter of barriste-R plus IOTA=\"bit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Typically male bachelor left on Love Island (6)","output":"### Answer: BLOKEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Typically male\nB (bachelor) + L (left) + O=\"Love\" + KEY=cay=\"Island\" (e.g. the Florida Keys)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps pull guy: knob (9)","output":"### Answer: MANHANDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perhaps pull\nMAN=\"guy\" + HANDLE=\"knob\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Start to eat fare with tin cans in hamper (3,4)","output":"### Answer: TIE DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: hamper\nstarting letter to E-at + DO=\"fare\" + W (with), all canned inside TIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Solvent as the loan is settled (7)","output":"### Answer: ETHANOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Solvent\nanagram\/\"settled\" of (the loan)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Friend across street with cocaine, ultimately arrested (6)","output":"### Answer: BUSTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: arrested\nBUD=\"Friend\" across\/around: ST=\"street\" plus cocain-E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Song release on return gets slot on radio (7)","output":"### Answer: AIRTIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: s\nAIR=\"Song\" + EMIT=\"release\" reversed\/\"on return\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suit in church covering big belly (7)","output":"### Answer: COSTUME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Suit\nCE (Church of England) around\/\"covering\" OS (over size, \"big\") + TUM=\"belly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tip beer when carrying round (5)","output":"### Answer: POINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tip\nPINT=\"beer\" around O=\"round\" letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Providing energy, dainty sweetheart for 24? (1,4,4)","output":"### Answer: I FEEL FINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 24\n*I Feel Fine* was a 'number one'\/chart-topping hit for the Beatles. 24ac is NO ONE=No. 1='number one' \nIF=\"Providing\" + E (energy) + ELFIN=\"dainty\" + E=\"heart\" of sw-E-et"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pup with 24? (5)","output":"### Answer: WHELP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pup\nW (with) + HELP \n*Help! *is another Beatles No. 1"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rock hurtled into French cottage (7)","output":"### Answer: GRANITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rock\nRAN=\"hurtled\" in GITE=g\u00eete=a French term for a cottage, often applied to holiday homes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Behind seaside structure, more choppy (7)","output":"### Answer: BUMPIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: more choppy\nBUM=\"Behind\" + PIER=\"seaside structure\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 23 down 23 down for 24? (5,7)","output":"### Answer: HELLO GOODBYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 24\n*Hello, Goodbye *is another Beatles No. 1 \nCIAO (23 down) can mean both 'hello' and 'goodbye'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Amateurish player stuffing ex-Wimbledon champion Serena, initially brazen (9)","output":"### Answer: SHAMELESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: brazen\nI think this is:\n HAM=\"Amateurish player (actor)\", inside Monica SELES=\"ex-Wimbledon champion\", plus initial of S-erena \nsome research suggests that Monica Seles lost in a Wimbledon final, and did not become champion"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Garpen' for 24? (9,6)","output":"### Answer: PAPERBACK WRITER \n ### Explanation: Definition: 24\n*Paperback Writer* is another Beatles No.1 \n'**Gar****pen**' splits into: '**Gar**' which is 'rag' reversed or PAPER, BACK; plus '**pen**'=WRITER\n \n'rag' as in a low quality newspaper"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bent course, one's twisted at first (9)","output":"### Answer: DISHONEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bent\nDISH=\"course\" (part of a meal) + ONE'S + first of T-wisted"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird, a ton in stomach (5)","output":"### Answer: MACAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bird\nA + C (100 in Roman numerals, or 'ton'), all inside MAW=\"stomach\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Procession where heart broken by 24? (7)","output":"### Answer: CORTEGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Procession\nCORE=\"heart\", broken by TEG going inside it \nTEG is GET reversed, which in a crossword clue could be 'get back' \u2013 *Get Back *is another Beatles No. 1"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not a soul hit? (2,3)","output":"### Answer: NO ONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not a soul\nNO ONE=\"Not a soul\"; or No. 1='number one' hit song"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: White stone in lake rolled back onto flower (9)","output":"### Answer: ALABASTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: White stone\nBALA Lake in Wales, reversed\/\"rolled back\", plus ASTER=\"flower\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In good condition, hollow round circles \u2013 like so? (4-6)","output":"### Answer: RING-SHAPED \n ### Explanation: Definition: l\ndefinition: \"like [hollow round circles]\" \nR-oun-D hollowed out and circling around all of: IN + G (good) + SHAPE=\"condition\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unit of computer processing speed, for example, a failure after problem's back (8)","output":"### Answer: MEGAFLOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unit of computer processing speed\nEG=e.g.=\"for example\" + A + FLOP=\"failure\", all after the back of proble-M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Current fashion in leisurewear, a bit retro? (2,4)","output":"### Answer: EL NINO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Current\ndefinition: an ocean current in the Pacific \nhidden (\"a bit\" of) and reversed\/\"retro\", inside: fashi-ON IN LE-isurewear"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King entering battle with new cavalier, pessimist (3,7)","output":"### Answer: WET BLANKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: pessimist\nanagram\/\"cavalier\" of (K battle new)*, with K for \"king\" \ncavalier in the sense of careless\/reckless"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Promise broken by Paul's wife in budgie smugglers, perhaps? (8)","output":"### Answer: SWIMWEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: budgie smugglers, perhaps?\nSWEAR=\"Promise\", around\/\"broken by\": I'M=\"Paul's\" plus W (wife)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mog given food, though not all \u2014 and stroke (6)","output":"### Answer: FELINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mog\nFE-[d]=\"given food, though not all\" + LINE=\"stroke\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pole blows up (4)","output":"### Answer: SPAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pole\nRAPS as a plural noun=hits=\"blows\", reversed\/\"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 7: one held up by Matisse after some tickling? (7,3)","output":"### Answer: SIAMESE CAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: 7\ndefinition: 7dn, FELINE \nACE=\"one\" contained\/\"held\" reversed\/\"up\" inside anagram\/\"after some tickling\" of (Matisse)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tube put in ground, we hear, for grower in fields (always)? (10)","output":"### Answer: STRAWBERRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: grower in fields (always)\nreference to *Strawberry Fields Forever*, another Beatles song \u2013 but not a No. 1 \nSTRAW=\"Tube\" + BERRY=homophone\/\"we hear\" of 'bury'=\"put in ground\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spooner's kick up the backside for US drink (4,4)","output":"### Answer: ROOT BEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: US drink \nSpoonerism of 'boot rear'=\"kick up the backside\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second film editor working for 24? (6,2,4)","output":"### Answer: TICKET TO RIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 24\n*Ticket to Ride *is another Beatles No. 1 \nTICK=\"Second\" (e.g. 'just a tick\/second') + ET=the Spielberg \"film\" + anagram\/\"working\" of (editor)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Right leg, bit above it (4,2)","output":"### Answer: SPOT ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Right\nON=in cricket, the \"leg\" side; with SPOT=small amount=\"bit\" above it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grass that comes up just the same (6)","output":"### Answer: MARRAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grass\nMARRAM is a palindrome, \"just the same\" when reversed\/coming up"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of lettering on gold medal, perhaps (4)","output":"### Answer: GONG \n ### Explanation: Definition: medal, perhaps\nhidden in\/\"Part of\" letterin-G ON G-old"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'm off food, by the sound of it? (4)","output":"### Answer: CIAO \n ### Explanation: Definition: I'm off\ndefinition: \"I'm off\" as a way to say goodbye \nhomophone\/\"by the sound of it\" of 'chow'=\"food\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opening letter, I nail it up the wall (7)","output":"### Answer: INITIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Opening letter\nanagram\/\"up the wall\" of (I nail it)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Caretaker to retire initially after New Year (7)","output":"### Answer: JANITOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Caretaker\nTO + R-[etire], after JAN I (Jan 1 \/ January 1st \/ \"New Year\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A little fox engages much bigger animals (4)","output":"### Answer: OXEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: much bigger animals\nhidden in\/\"A little\" of: f-OX EN-gages"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A part of speech? (9)","output":"### Answer: SOUNDBITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: A part of speech?\ncryptic definition: a part\/extract of a recorded speech or interview \n \nthe surface suggests grammatical parts of speech"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Squad heartily taking two females for drink (5)","output":"### Answer: QUAFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\nthe central letters ('heart') from s-QUA-d, plus F F (short for 'female', two times)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Currently a bit uncomfortable? (8)","output":"### Answer: DRAUGHTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Currently a bit uncomfortable?\ncryptic definition: uncomfortable because of the existence of a current\n \nsurface suggests \"Currently\" in the sense of 'at this time'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy holding end of the leash (4)","output":"### Answer: LEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: leash\nLAD=\"Boy\" holding the \"end\"\/final letter of th-E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thorny plant becomes coated, they say (5)","output":"### Answer: FURZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thorny plant\nhomophone\/\"they say\" of 'furs'\n \n'fur' can be an intransitive verb meaning 'to become coated'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Team triumphed (4)","output":"### Answer: CREW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Team\ndouble definition: second definition is CREW as past tense of 'crow', to express triumph"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moving here soon, such a tiny town (3-5)","output":"### Answer: ONE-HORSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: such a tiny town\ndefinition references the phrase 'a one-horse town', a very small or insignificant town\n \nanagram\/\"Moving\" of (here soon)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Colourful sort of light in West (5)","output":"### Answer: MAUVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Colourful\nUV (ultraviolet, \"sort of light\"), in MAE (actress Mae \"West\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Do press on, struggling in such a walk? (9)","output":"### Answer: SPONSORED \n ### Explanation: Definition: such a walk?\ndefinition refers to SPONSORED walks for charity\n \nanagram\/\"struggling\" of (Do press on)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An office may have this property (4)","output":"### Answer: LOST \n ### Explanation: Definition: An office may have this property\ncryptic definition: reference to lost property offices"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hippie: bet on one losing head (3,4)","output":"### Answer: NEW AGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hippie\nWAGER=\"bet\", after\/\"on\" o-NE losing its head\/first letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pirouette on the cricket field? (3,4)","output":"### Answer: LEG SPIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: on the cricket field?\na type of bowling in cricket\n \na pirouette is a spin around one foot\/leg"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stone working with axes (4)","output":"### Answer: ONYX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stone\nON=\"working\", plus Y and X (\"axes\" as a plural of axis, Y the vertical axis and X the horizontal axis for a chart or set of coordinates)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bear away flag (8)","output":"### Answer: STANDARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: flag\nSTAND=endure=\"Bear\", plus \"away\" becomes A + RD=\"way\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Service provided in mountain region (6)","output":"### Answer: MASSIF \n ### Explanation: Definition: mountain region\nMASS=church \"Service\" + IF=\"provided\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poisonous plant made nark convulsive (8)","output":"### Answer: MANDRAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poisonous plant\nanagram\/\"convulsive\" of (made nark)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Making music, really hot (6)","output":"### Answer: PIPING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Making music\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In Paris I receive fine for facetious remark (4)","output":"### Answer: JOKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: facetious remark\nJE=\"I\" in French\/\"In Paris\", around OK=\"fine\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not use these clothes enough? (9)","output":"### Answer: UNDERWEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: clothes\nUNDERWEAR could be read as 'under-wear' as in under-use the clothes, not use the clothes enough"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Powerful piece from rock band (5)","output":"### Answer: QUEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Powerful piece\ndouble definition: first definition referring to the chess piece"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: London police, endless subject (5)","output":"### Answer: THEME \n ### Explanation: Definition: subject\nTHE ME-[t] (short for the Metropolitan Police and with the final letter removed, \"London police, endless\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Description of desert? Wrong (8)","output":"### Answer: FORESTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Description of desert? Wrong\nanagram\/\"Wrong\" of (of desert)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stupid? Not this crossword (8)","output":"### Answer: CLUELESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stupid\nthis crossword has clues, and is therefore not CLUELESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Well done, Henry! (6)","output":"### Answer: HOORAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Well done\nHooray Henry is a term for a brash young upper-class man"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dye plant marks snake (6)","output":"### Answer: MADDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dye plant\ndefinition: madder is a plant whose root is used to make a red dye\n \nM (marks, as in former German currency) + ADDER=\"snake\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bring up small seat (4)","output":"### Answer: SPEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bring up\nS (small) + PEW=\"seat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ignore the captain (4)","output":"### Answer: SKIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ignore\ndouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spiteful university's pursuing college (amongst seven) (7)","output":"### Answer: VICIOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spitefu\nOU'S (O-pen U-niversity'S), after C (college) inside VII (\"seven\" in Roman numerals)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One taking off is evasive about source of thrust, invoking power (7)","output":"### Answer: COPYCAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: One taking off\nin definition: 'take off' meaning to mimic\n \nCOY=\"evasive\" plus CA (Latin *circa*, \"about\") plus T-hrust; and around P (power)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lorry, one caught departing in cold (5)","output":"### Answer: ARTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lorry\ndefinition: an artic-ulated lorry\n \n\"one\" of the two 'c' letters (c for \"caught\" in cricket) leaving from AR-c-TIC=\"cold\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Harass or strain in pursuit of naughty child (9)","output":"### Answer: IMPORTUNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Harass\nOR + TUNE=\"strain\" as in a musical melody; all after IMP=\"naughty child\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Logical anaesthetic used in proportionate quantity (8,6)","output":"### Answer: RATIONAL NUMBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: proportionate quantity\ndefinition: a number that can be expressed as a quotient or proportion of two whole numbers\n \nRATIONAL=\"Logical\" + NUMBER (numb-er)=\"anaesthetic\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird not taking wing, lodging in familiar heather (4)","output":"### Answer: RHEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bird not taking w\ndefinition: a flightless bird\n \nhidden in familia-R HEA-ther"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Collection of dried plants in Italian port \u2014 last to be confused about that (8)","output":"### Answer: HERBARIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Collection of dried plants\ndefinition: plural of herbarium, a collection of dried plants\n \nBARI=\"Italian port\" city; plus anagram\/\"confused\" of (RHEA)* going around\n \nRHEA is the \"last\"\/previous solution in this crossword, for 13 across"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Papers covering union conference's opening often misrepresented it, on reflection (8)","output":"### Answer: CONFETTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Papers covering union\ndefinition: pieces of paper thrown at a wedding\/\"union\"\n \nopening letter to C-onference, plus anagram\/\"misrepresented\" of (often)*, plus reversal\/\"on reflection\" of IT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A model omitting old part of church (4)","output":"### Answer: APSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of church\nA, plus P-o-SE=\"model\" minus o for \"old\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extra obstacle for motorists is betrayal (6-8)","output":"### Answer: DOUBLE-CROSSING \n ### Explanation: Definition: betrayal\ncan also be read as describing a second\/'extra' road crossing as an \"obstacle for motorists\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ordinary chap's reduced list, including fuse to be put back (6,3)","output":"### Answer: LITTLE MAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ordinary chap'\ndefinition: 'little man' used to describe e.g an underdog going up against the establishment\n \nLITAN-[y]=\"reduced list\", around MELT=\"fuse\" reversed\/\"put back\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Still time to move east in Bury (5)","output":"### Answer: INERT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Still\nT (time) moving to the right\/\"east\" in IN-T-ER='bury'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Item of crop initially sold on eBay, controversially (3,4)","output":"### Answer: SOY BEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Item of crop\nS-old, plus anagram\/\"controversially\" of (on eBay)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Home found in a well \u2014 pardon? (7)","output":"### Answer: AMNESTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: pardon\nNEST=\"Home\", in A + MY=expression of surprise=\"well\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Key not offering opening to this source of medicine? (4)","output":"### Answer: VIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: source of medicine\nVI-**T**-AL=\"Key\" without the opening letter to **T**-his"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small-scale business upholding international trade treaty in countryside working (7,8)","output":"### Answer: COTTAGE INDUSTRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small-scale business\nGATT reversed and included ('upheld' \/ 'up' and 'held') inside anagram\/\"working\" of (countryside)*\n \nGATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, \"international trade treaty\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek character brought in ordinary flower (6)","output":"### Answer: ORCHID \n ### Explanation: Definition: flower\nCHI=Greek letter\/\"character\", inside ORD (short for \"ordinary\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lean news after one's invested in broadcaster (6)","output":"### Answer: SKINNY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lean\nNN after I=\"one\", inside SKY=broadcasting company\n \nN for 'new', so two Ns for 'new-s'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With domes, as indicated around Italian river and city (8)","output":"### Answer: CUPOLAED \n ### Explanation: Definition: With domes\nfor definition: a cupola is a dome, with plural cupolae, and with a related adjective cupolad or cupolaed\n \nCUED=\"indicated\" around: PO=\"Italian river\" plus LA (Los Angeles, \"city\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bold Latin city is unsettling (8)","output":"### Answer: PERTURBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: is unsettling\nPERT=\"Bold\" plus URBS (Latin for \"city\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More than one dog moves awkwardly, probing in places, misguidedly (7,8)","output":"### Answer: CLUMBER SPANIELS \n ### Explanation: Definition: More than one dog\nfor definition: a dog breed named after Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire\n \nLUMBERS=\"moves awkwardly\" inside\/\"probing\" anagram\/\"misguidedly\" of (in places)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of wave presented at cup match in decisive moment (10)","output":"### Answer: TIEBREAKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: decisive moment\nBREAKER=\"Sort of [sea] wave\", after TIE=\"cup match\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reptiles capturing imaginary bird in fake islands around France? (10)","output":"### Answer: CROCODILES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reptiles\nROC=\"imaginary bird\" in COD=\"fake\" plus ILES=\u00eeles=\"islands\" in French"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pound payment up front: squander and be unhappy (4,4)","output":"### Answer: FEEL BLUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: be unhappy\nL (short for Latin 'libra', \"pound\"), with FEE=\"payment\" first\/\"up front\", plus BLUE as a verb meaning \"squander\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criticism most significant, dismissing one crude drawing (8)","output":"### Answer: STICK MAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: crude drawing\nSTICK=\"Criticism\", plus MA-i-N=\"most significant\" minus i=\"one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Organ part not primarily observed in heart area (6)","output":"### Answer: CORNEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Organ part\ndefinition: part of the eye\n \nN-ot, inside CORE=\"heart\" plus A (area)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grant, going by unclothed, receiving ultimate in catcalling (6)","output":"### Answer: ASSIGN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grant\n[p]-ASSIN-[g]=\"going by\" with its outer letters removed\/\"unclothed\", around catcallin-G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time to nip in for one holiday (4)","output":"### Answer: STAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: holiday\nT (Time) inside SAY='for example'=\"for one\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reveal sordid business was not quite truthful \u2014 unhygienic bun riddled with penicillin (4,4,5,5,2,6)","output":"### Answer: WASH ONE\u2019S DIRTY LINEN IN PUBLIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reveal sordid business\nWAS + HONES-[t]=\"not quite truthful\" + DIRTY=\"unhygienic\" + anagram\/\"riddled\" of (bun + penicillin)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Just communicate with phone daughter left out (9)","output":"### Answer: IMPARTIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Just\nIMPART=\"communicate\" + [d]-IAL=\"phone\" with 'd' for \"daughter\" left out"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Positive American's sincerity is not all there (3-2)","output":"### Answer: CAN-DO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Positive\nCANDO-[r]=American spelling of 'candour'=\"sincerity\", without its last letter\/\"not all there\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Discovered county cricketers essentially getting call up (5)","output":"### Answer: EVOKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: call up\n[D]-EVO-[n]=\"county\" without its outer letters\/\"Discovered\", plus the central letters (\"essentially\") of [cric]-KE-[ters]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Typically too old to tour North America (2,7)","output":"### Answer: ON AVERAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Typically\nOVERAGE=\"too old\", around NA (North America)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Do I win at chess without it? (7)","output":"### Answer: IMITATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Do\ndefinition: to 'do' or imitate someone \nI MATE=\"I win at chess\" (through check**mate**), around\/\"without\" IT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fringe stopped Edinburgh's last shed being repaired (7)","output":"### Answer: EMENDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: repaired\nH-EM=\"Fringe\" + ENDED=\"stopped\", with the last letter of [Edinburg]-H removed\/\"shed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Summon soldier for parade (7)","output":"### Answer: PAGEANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: parade\nPAGE as a verb=\"Summon\" someone e.g. using a pager + ANT=\"soldier\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Asian country making 6p with European honey, for example (3,4)","output":"### Answer: PET NAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: honey, for example\nVI-ETNAM=\"Asian country\" with the VI changed to P, plus E (European) \n\"making 6p\" => making 6 [VI, Roman numerals] into P"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shape Mobius put forward (9)","output":"### Answer: BUMPTIOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: forward\ndefinition: assertive, self-important \nanagram\/\"Shape\" of (Mobius put)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Times when naturism retreat rejected trousers (5)","output":"### Answer: TERMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Times\ndefinition: term as in a duration, a period of time \nreversed\/\"rejected\" and hidden inside ('trousered'\/contained by): naturi-SM RET-reat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Children dispute result (5)","output":"### Answer: ISSUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Children\ntriple definition: offspring; topic of debate; outcome or product"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheap innings with Bradman bagging wicket (5-4)","output":"### Answer: KNOCK-DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cheap\nKNOCK=term for a cricket \"innings\" + DON Bradman the cricketer around W (wicket, cricket abbreviation)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I get dizzy a lot with tinnitus, it's established (13)","output":"### Answer: INSTITUTIONAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: established\nanagram\/\"dizzy\" of (I a lot tinnitus)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Accepting gallons after returning every year for French wine (9)","output":"### Answer: APPROVING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Accepting\nG (gallons), after all of: reversal\/\"returning\" of PA (per annum, \"every year\"), plus PRO=\"for\" + VIN=French for wine"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drove Mustang, say, when Ford finally replaced Sierra (5)","output":"### Answer: HORDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drove\ndefinition: \"Drove\" as a noun referring to a large crowd \na mustang is a HOR-S-E, with the final letter of [For]-D replacing S (Sierra, NATO alphabet)\n \nin the surface, the Ford Mustang and the Ford Sierra are cars"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disgusting young man transfixed by internet, initially looking up naked women (7)","output":"### Answer: NOISOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disgusting\nSON=\"young man\" around initial of I-[nternet], reversed\/\"looking up\"; plus w-OME-n \"naked\" without outer letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Redeem against silver found in auction (7)","output":"### Answer: SALVAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: R\nV (versus, \"against\") + AG (chemical symbol for \"silver\"); all inside SALE=\"auction\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's harsh when cool clubs allow people inside (9)","output":"### Answer: INCLEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: harsh\nIN=fashionable=\"cool\" + C (Clubs in playing cards) + LET=\"allow\" with MEN=\"people\" inside\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Touch a bikini? (5)","output":"### Answer: TANGA \n ### Explanation: Definition: bikini\ndefinition: a type of bikini \nTANG=a tinge \/ trace \/ hint [of a flavour]=\"Touch\" + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Might relish the style of some businesswomen (5,8)","output":"### Answer: POWER DRESSING \n ### Explanation: Definition: style of some businesswomen\nPOWER=\"Might\" as in strength + DRESSING=\"relish\" as in a sauce or condiment"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flat cap unwrapped \u2014 type of paper tricky at first for companion (9)","output":"### Answer: APARTMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flat\n[c]-A-[p] without outer letters\/\"unwrapped\", plus PAR-CH-MENT=\"type of paper\" with the \"first\" of T-[ricky] inserted in place of\/\"for\" CH (Companion of Honour)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pop Art \u2014 with the Radio Times withdrawing complaint (9)","output":"### Answer: DIARRHOEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: complaint\nanagram\/\"Pop\" of (Art the Radio)*, with the T letters (t for time, more than once, so 'times') removed\/withdrawing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Assumed student plugged in problem-solving software? (7)","output":"### Answer: TOOLKIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: problem-solving software\nTOOK IT=\"Assumed\" (as in 'I take it'='I assume'), with L (learner, \"student\") inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps saps complete military training (4,3)","output":"### Answer: PASS OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: complete military training\ndefinition: to pass out is to complete or graduate from military training \nPASS OUT in a crossword clue would indicate anagram\/\"out\" of (PASS)*, giving \"saps\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mother's working as a builder (5)","output":"### Answer: MASON \n ### Explanation: Definition: builde\nMA'S=\"Mother's\" + ON=\"working\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capital of Kentucky's entering as well (5)","output":"### Answer: TOKYO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Capita\nKY (abbreviation for Kentucky), inside TOO=\"as well\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ponies lone wolf disturbed all at the same time (2,3,4,5)","output":"### Answer: IN ONE FELL SWOOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: all at the same time\nanagram\/\"disturbed\" of (Ponies lone wolf)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Andrew initially involved with chit after money \u2014 what might the Queen say? (5)","output":"### Answer: MIAOU \n ### Explanation: Definition: what might the Queen say?\nin definition, 'queen' means an adult female cat\n \nA-[ndrew], inside IOU=note recording a debt=\"chit\"; all after M (money)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hole used to be hard? Rubbish! (7)","output":"### Answer: EYEWASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rubbish\ndefinition: nonsense, poppycock\n \nEYE (e.g. of a needle)=\"Hole\" + WAS=\"used to be\" + H (hard)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not sure car's meeting time limits (7)","output":"### Answer: TERMINI \n ### Explanation: Definition: limits\nER=hesitant expression=\"Not sure\" + MINI=\"car\"; all after T (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He's in bother over this fellow (8)","output":"### Answer: THEODORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fellow\nHE in TO DO=\"bother\" + RE=about, concerning=\"over\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drinking, right, but remaining vigilant (2,3,5)","output":"### Answer: ON THE ALERT \n ### Explanation: Definition: vigilant\nON THE ALE=\"Drinking\" + RT (right)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artist supports Blades (7)","output":"### Answer: RAPIERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blades\nRA (Royal Academician, artist) + PIERS=\"supports\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: President's affirmation in code (7)","output":"### Answer: BUSHIDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: code\ndefinition: a Japanese code of chivalry\n \nBUSH (US President \u2013 George H.W. or his son George W.) + I DO=\"affirmation\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: School leaver, when claiming benefit, gets not much money (10)","output":"### Answer: ADOLESCENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: School leaver\nAS=\"when\" around DOLE=unemployment \"benefit\"; plus CENT=\"not much money\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Battle over working when it's raining hard (7)","output":"### Answer: MONSOON \n ### Explanation: Definition: when it's raining hard"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fresh scandal, might you say, in old lock-up (7)","output":"### Answer: NEWGATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: old lock-up\nNEW-GATE=\"Fresh scandal, might you say\", referring to the use of -gate to describe scandals following Watergate"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American mineral water in Barking but not Washington! (5)","output":"### Answer: NITER \n ### Explanation: Definition: American mineral\ndefinition: US spelling of 'nitre', potassium nitrate\n \nanagram\/\"Barking\" of (wa ter in)*, minus WA for Washington\n \n\"Barking\" as in 'mad'\/'crazy' to indicate the anagram"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flipping work! Drudge penning book, which should pay the bills (9)","output":"### Answer: POTBOILER \n ### Explanation: Definition: book, which should pay the bill\ndefinition: a book written (perhaps quickly, or catering to popular trends) to pay the author's bills\n \nOP (opus, \"work\") reversed\/\"Flipping\" + TOILER=\"Drudge\" around B (book)\n \na 'drudge' is someone who does monotonous work"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Listen: it's impossible with this! (6,9)","output":"### Answer: SILENT TREATMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Listen: it's impossible with this!\nfor the definition: one has nothing to listen to when given the silent treatment\n \nwordplay is \"Listen\", an anagram of 'silent', which could be indicated in a cryptic clue as 'silent treatment'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In care? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: HOME HELP \n ### Explanation: Definition: In care\nI think this is a cryptic definition, with \"In\" to be read as 'at home' rather than 'receiving [care]'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gone wild over Villa referee claims (5)","output":"### Answer: FERAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gone wild\ncontained inside (claimed by) vil-LA REF-eree, reversed\/\"over\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not that bothered about Troy's tattoos, I'd say (8)","output":"### Answer: METHINKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: I'd say\nMEH=exclamation of indifference=\"Not that bothered\" around T (Troy, as in Troy weight), plus INKS=\"tattoos\" as a verb"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something wrong in government desire to squash left (6)","output":"### Answer: GLITCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Something wrong\nG (government) + ITCH=\"desire\"; around L (left)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sting to appear heartless \u2014 cocky type (5-4)","output":"### Answer: SMART-ARSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: c\nSMART=\"Sting\" + AR-i-SE=\"appear\" without its central letter\/'heart'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bad feeling in country church (6)","output":"### Answer: MALICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bad feeling\nMALI=\"country + CE (Church of England)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bubbly Tess, nice and amorous \u2014 that's good to hear! (5,2,4,4)","output":"### Answer: MUSIC TO ONE\u2019S EARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's good to hear\nanagram\/\"Bubbly\" of (Tess nice amorous)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Picked up two words to do with roulette, which I detest (4,5)","output":"### Answer: B\u00caTE NOIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: which I detest\nsounds like (\"Picked up\") BET + NOIR =\"two words to do with roulette\"\n \nin the casino game of roulette one can BET on red (rouge) or black (NOIR)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outlaw's sweetheart stealing granny's cash? (8)","output":"### Answer: BANKNOTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: cash"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: So can be separated from transplanted lobelias (8)","output":"### Answer: ISOLABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: So can be separated\nanagram\/\"transplanted\" of (lobelias)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fancy discourse about name (6)","output":"### Answer: ORNATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: F\nORATE=\"discourse\" as a verb, around N (name)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is unable to go to Glasgow for shelter (6)","output":"### Answer: CANOPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: shelter\nin Glasgow, 'cannae pee'=\"Is unable to go\" might sound like 'canopy'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opt to be fat (5)","output":"### Answer: PLUMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Opt\ndouble definition, with 'plump [for]'=\"Opt\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Water in or out of awful lavatories (8)","output":"### Answer: SALIVATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Water\ndefinition as in '\u2026makes one's mouth water' \n\"**or**\" letters taken out of anagram\/\"awful\" of (lavat**or**ies)*\n \n\"in\" connects the definition to the wordplay, and is not part of the wordplay"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woven carrycot sheets showing birds (14)","output":"### Answer: OYSTERCATCHERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: birds\nanagram\/\"Woven\" of (carrycot sheets)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wearing short trench coat, possibly, or wearing nothing (2,3,3)","output":"### Answer: IN THE RAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: wearing nothing\nanagram\/\"possibly\" of (**Wearin th**)* \n**Wearin**=\"Wearing short\", and\n \n**th **are the outer letters\/\"coat\" of \"**t**-renc-**h**\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Damage part of St Paul's Cathedral (6)","output":"### Answer: SCATHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Damage\nhidden inside\/\"part of\": St Paul'-**S CATHE**-dral"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Joy about constant hair removal (9)","output":"### Answer: EPILATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: hair remova\nELATION=\"Joy\" about PI=pi=mathematical constant"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pub diet? (5)","output":"### Answer: LOCAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: P\nLO-CAL (low calorie)=\"diet?\", as an adjective to describe e.g. a low-sugar drink"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Romeo in wrapround, so to speak? (5)","output":"### Answer: ARGOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: so to speak?\nR (Romeo, NATO alphabet), inside **AGOT**=\"wraparound\" \n**TOGA**=\"wrap\", so **TOGA** reversed=\"wrap\" [turned] around"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Felon's foul crimes against worker (9)","output":"### Answer: MISCREANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Felon\nanagram\/\"foul\" of (crimes)*, next to ANT=\"worker\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attract trainee (60%) (6)","output":"### Answer: ENTICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Attrac\n60% (six out of ten) of the letters from appr-ENTICE=\"trainee\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At first, bands need commitment of DJ (5,3)","output":"### Answer: BLACK TIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: DJ\nfor definition, DJ as in 'dinner jacket' \nfirst of B-ands, plus LACK=\"need\" + TIE=\"commitment\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps begged for a meal when lazy? (9,2,3)","output":"### Answer: BREAKFAST IN BED \n ### Explanation: Definition: a meal when lazy?\n\"b**egg**ed\" is the letters of **egg **(for BREAKFAST), IN the letters of BED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: End of Happy Valley coming first, indeed sentimental (4-4)","output":"### Answer: DEWY-EYED \n ### Explanation: Definition: sentimental\nend letter of [Happ]-Y, with WYE (Wye Valley in the UK) \"coming first\"; all in **DEED** or \"in-**deed**\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Requiem in a cathedral, say (5)","output":"### Answer: ELEGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Requiem\nEG=e.g.=\"say\", inside ELY=\"cathedral\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spreads anti-abortionist values (12)","output":"### Answer: PROLIFERATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spread\nPRO-LIFE=\"anti-abortionist\", plus RATES=\"values\" as a verb"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bothersome description of the sun at dawn and before dusk (9)","output":"### Answer: UPSETTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bothersome\nthe sun is described as UP \"at dawn\" and SETTING \"before dusk\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Political philosophy as an alternative to viagra is taken by some, but not all (9)","output":"### Answer: SOCIALISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Political philosophy\nCIALIS=brand name for \"an alternative to viagra\"; taken in by \"not all\" of the word SOM-e"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: When one instrument fails to start, get another (4)","output":"### Answer: LUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: another\na f**lute** is \"one instrument\" \u2013 without its starting letter for **LUTE**, another instrument"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Every other hour, live car crash as a result of such traffic (9)","output":"### Answer: VEHICULAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: such traffic\nanagram\/\"crash\" of (hu live car)* \n**hu** in the anagram fodder from \"Every other\" letter of \"**h**o**u**r\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cards turning up perfectly? That's about right (5)","output":"### Answer: TAROT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cards\nreversal\/\"turning up\" of TOAT='to a T'=\"perfectly\", around R (right)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Special occasion with tidied-up pad finally ready to receive landlord? (3-6,3)","output":"### Answer: RED-LETTER DAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Special occasion\nanagram\/\"tidied-up\" of (**d** ready)*, around LETTER=someone who lets out property=\"landlord\" \n**d** in anagram fodder is the final letter of pa-**d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dictator's domain showing raised bed, lurid and topped with gold (9)","output":"### Answer: AUTOCRACY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dictator's domain\nreversal\/\"raised\" of COT=\"bed\", plus RACY=\"lurid\"; with AU=chemical symbol for \"gold\" at the top"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slide out after space explorers like Bob Dylan's voice (9)","output":"### Answer: NASALISED \n ### Explanation: Definition: like Bob Dylan's voice\nanagram\/\"out\" of (Slide)*, after NASA=\"space explorers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Have a bet on this poor-quality furniture (4,5)","output":"### Answer: CRAP TABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Have a bet on this\ndefinition: 'crap' is an alternative name for the gambling game of 'craps', which can be played on a table with a design that displays different types of bets \nCRAP=\"poor-quality\" + TABLE=\"furniture\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suit or suite? (5-5)","output":"### Answer: THREE-PIECE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Suit\ndouble definition: a three-piece can refer to clothes (suit), or to furniture (suite)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State announcement of cold or hot food (5)","output":"### Answer: CHILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: State\nChile may be pronounced like 'chilly' (\"cold\") or 'chilli' (\"hot food\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top moment questionable (4)","output":"### Answer: IFFY \n ### Explanation: Definition: questionable\n\"Top\" as a verb meaning to remove the top [letter] from j-IFFY=\"moment\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Step back and dance guys, the musicians are here! (3,4,4)","output":"### Answer: PET SHOP BOYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: the musicians are here!\ndefinition: the name of an English musical duo \nSTEP reversed\/\"back\" + HOP=\"dance\" + BOYS=\"guys\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rising damp finally puts an end to hut one rebuilt (2,3,2)","output":"### Answer: ON THE UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rising\nfinal letter of dam-P, after (at the \"end\" of) anagram\/\"rebuilt\" of (hut one)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They say what the chippy does is not altruistic (7)","output":"### Answer: SELFISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: not altruistic\nhomophone\/\"They say\" of 'sell fish'=\"what the chippy (fish & chip shop) does\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gauntlet thrown about before beginning a shoot-out (3,6)","output":"### Answer: GUN BATTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: shoot-out\nanagram\/\"thrown\" of (Gauntlet)*, around the beginning of B-efore"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jeer half-heartedly about fine comedian (5)","output":"### Answer: JOKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: comedian\nJ[e]ER with half of its central letters (half-heartedly), around OK=\"fine\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pinch and run (4)","output":"### Answer: DASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pinch\ndouble definition: a small amount, as in 'a dash of salt'; or to move in a hurry"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Activists disrupting top resorts (10)","output":"### Answer: PROTESTORS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Activists\nanagram\/\"disrupting\" of (top resorts)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One overeating confectionery gets belly ache drinking dodgy hooch (10)","output":"### Answer: CHOCOHOLIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: One overeating confectionery\nCOLIC=\"belly ache\", around\/\"drinking\" anagram\/\"dodgy\" of (hooch)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jezebel's man got it? Bravo! (4)","output":"### Answer: AHAB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jezebel's man\ndefinition: in the Bible, Jezebel is the wife of King Ahab \nAHA=exclamation of triumph='got it!' + B (Bravo, NATO alphabet)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Misbehave with current male (3,2)","output":"### Answer: ACT UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Misbehave\nAC (alternating current) + TUP=a \"male\" sheep"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quiet pet, one of a pair? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: HUSH PUPPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: one of a pair?\ndefinition: Hush Puppies is the name of a brand of shoes, so a single 'Hush Puppy' might be one shoe of a pair \nHUSH=\"Quiet\" + PUPPY=\"pet\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Standard American banks invested in house (7)","output":"### Answer: VANILLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Standard\nthe \"banks\" or outer letters of A-merica-N; invested inside VILLA=\"house\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Casual get-togethers of medical practitioner circle before cutback (4-3)","output":"### Answer: DROP-INS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Casual get-togethers\nDR (Doctor, \"medical practitioner\") + O=\"circle\" shaped letter + SNIP reversed='cut, back'=\"cutback\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How to reach for a tip and make money (4,1,6)","output":"### Answer: TURN A PROFIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: make money\nin a crossword clue, 'turn a profit' could indicate an anagram\/\"turn\" of (**a profit**)* i.e. instructions on \"How to reach **for a tip**\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What to do with a 22 blunder (3,4,4,2,2)","output":"### Answer: PUT ONE\u2019S FOOT IN IT \n ### Explanation: Definition: blunder\nreferring to 22ac HUSH PUPPY i.e. a single shoe, where one's foot might be put"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Letter from old reservists (5)","output":"### Answer: THETA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Letter\ndefinition: a letter in the Greek alphabet \nTHE TA (The Territorial Army), former\/\"old\" name for the UK Army Reserve"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not all relationships terrify cool dude (7)","output":"### Answer: HIPSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: c\nsome\/\"Not all\" letters from relations-HIPS TER-rify"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most elegant letters in The Lady? Just the opposite (7)","output":"### Answer: POSHEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most elegant\nSHE (**The Lady**) **in** POST (**letters**) i.e. the opposite of **letters** **in The Lady** \nsurface refers to 'The Lady' as the name of a UK magazine"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Barely downplay every other sauce on taco starter (4,4)","output":"### Answer: ONLY JUST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Barely\n\"every other\" letter from d-**O**-w-**N**-p-**L**-a-**Y**, plus **JUS**=\"sauce\" + starting letter of **T**-aco"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stay focused two seconds before one gets into fancy photo tent (5,2,3,5)","output":"### Answer: STICK TO THE POINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stay focused\ntwo seconds: S (second) + TICK (second); then I=\"one\" inside anagram\/\"fancy\" of (photo tent)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stubborn diner on diet starts to eat egg over easy (6)","output":"### Answer: DOGGED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stubborn\nfirst letters\/\"starts\" of D-iner O-n D-iet, around\/eating EGG reversed\/\"over easy\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Science chief listens for marine creatures (6)","output":"### Answer: SHARKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: marine creatures\nfirst\/foremost\/\"chief\" letter of S-cience + HARKS=\"listens\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Me? I'm not sure to follow twist about politician (8)","output":"### Answer: COMPILER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Me\ndefinition: \"Me\" referring to Matilda as a crossword COMPILER \nER=expression of hesitation=\"I'm not sure\", after COIL=\"twist\" around MP (Member of Parliament, \"politician\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tea before 5 on vacation, very definitely not 4 (6)","output":"### Answer: CHAVVY \n ### Explanation: Definition: definitely not 4\nat least in the online version, the clue has 'defnitely' instead of 'def**i**nitely' \ndefinition: not the POSHEST (4dn). My Chambers has CHAV as \"Someone who appears to have access to money but not necessarily to taste\" \u2013 in my experience it is used to describe a certain type\/caricature of young working-class people\n \nCHA=\"tea\" + V (5, in Roman numerals) + V-er-Y 'vacated' of its inner letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cook the old man clam after shelling? Mon Dieu! (3,2,2)","output":"### Answer: OOH LA LA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mon Dieu!\n\"shelling\" (removing the outer letters from) [c]-**OO**-k t-**H**-e o-**L**-d m-**A**-n c-**LA**-m"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where some apples end up, said one who knows (7)","output":"### Answer: INSIDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one who knows\nhomophone\/\"said\" of 'in cider'=\"Where some apples end up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Youthful one entering club to play tennis match at last (6)","output":"### Answer: BOYISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Youthful\nI=\"one\", entering inside the \"last\" letters of clu-**B** t-**O** pla-**Y** tenni-**S** matc-**H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Double alcohol percentage for validation (5)","output":"### Answer: PROOF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Double alcohol percentage\ntriple definition: \"Double\" as in a proof copy; or used to describe the strength of alcoholic spirits; or how the truth\/validity of a statement can be determined \n*edit thanks to KVa: perhaps a double rather than triple definition\u2026\n 'proof' is \"Double [the value of] alcohol percentage\" e.g. 86-proof means 43% alcohol by volume*\n \n*further edit thanks to CliveinFrance \u2013 the ratio of 'proof' to alcohol percentage is not always 'double', see comment 22"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Colour once the line's blue (6)","output":"### Answer: YELLOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Colour\nYE=an archaic way to write 'the'=\"once the\" + L (line) + LOW=in a sad mood=\"blue\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grown-up weed over tent (3,3)","output":"### Answer: BIG TOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: tent\nBIG=\"Grown-up\" + POT=cannabis=\"weed\" reversed\/\"over\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Son left boring low buzzer \u2014 it's annoying (8)","output":"### Answer: MOSQUITO \n ### Explanation: Definition: buzzer \u2014 it's annoying\nS (son) + QUIT=\"left\", both \"boring\" ('bore' as in 'pierce', 'drill') into MOO=a cow's \"low\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Affected American grounds for education (6)","output":"### Answer: CAMPUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: grounds for education\nCAMP=exaggerated, theatrical=\"Affected\" + US=\"American\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leader of air force travelling to this address (4,2)","output":"### Answer: CARE OF \n ### Explanation: Definition: to this address\ndefinition: used to indicate delivery to an address other than where the recipient would normally receive mail\n \nanagram\/\"travelling\" of (**a** force)*, with '**a**' as the \"Leader of **a**ir\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Getting souvenir from Gatwick's terminal: go back with Japanese drink (8)","output":"### Answer: KEEPSAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: souvenir\n\"Getting\u2026 from\u2026\" connects the definition to the rest of the clue, rather than adding to the rest of the wordplay\n \nthe end letter\/\"terminal\" of [Gatwic]-**K **+ **PEE**=\"go\" reversed\/\"back\" + **SAKE**=\"Japanese drink\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Duke only bet big on poker when working with electronic system for recording deals (6-5,11)","output":"### Answer: DOUBLE-ENTRY BOOKKEEPING \n ### Explanation: Definition: system for recording deals\nanagram\/\"working\" of (Duke only bet big on poker **e**)* with '**e**' for \"electronic'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quickly prepare comic set with RuPaul trashing America (6,2)","output":"### Answer: RUSTLE UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quickly prepare\nanagram\/\"comic\" of (set RuP-**a**-ul)* discarding\/\"trashing\" the letter '**a**' for \"America\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Retrospectively consider casting couches untouchable (6)","output":"### Answer: SACRED \n ### Explanation: Definition: untouchable\nhidden ('couched' inside) consi-DER CAS-ting, in reverse (\"Retrospectively\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shy away from angry crocodile wanting fish (6)","output":"### Answer: RECOIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shy away\nanagram\/\"angry\" of (cro-**cod**-ile)* minus **cod**=\"fish\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A lot of our menus circulated (8)","output":"### Answer: NUMEROUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: A lot of\nanagram\/\"circulated\" of (our menus)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Partner's steep parking charges (6)","output":"### Answer: SPOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: P\nSOUSE=soak in liquid=\"steep\", with P for \"parking\" inside (\"charges\" can mean 'fills' or 'loads into')"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Space on school English programme (6)","output":"### Answer: SCHEME \n ### Explanation: Definition: programme\nEM in printing\/typography, a measure of \"Space\"; after\/\"on\" SCH (school), then plus E (English)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hint about returning TV panel show's set (6)","output":"### Answer: CLIQUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: set\ndefinition: \"set\" as a noun meaning a group of people"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bread releasing a single recorded as DIY music? (2-2)","output":"### Answer: LO-FI \n ### Explanation: Definition: recorded as DIY music?\ndefinition: 'lo-fi' is short for 'low fidelity', a style of recording music contrasted against 'high fidelity'\n \nLO**A**F=\"Bread\", minus\/releasing \"**a**\"; plus I=one, \"single\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mike casting actress in The Krays, say (10)","output":"### Answer: MISCREANTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: The Krays, say\nM (\"Mike\" in the NATO alphabet), plus anagram\/\"casting\" of (actress in)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mister Scrooge partook occasionally at first (8)","output":"### Answer: ATOMISER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mister\ndefinition: \"Mister\" as in something that can spray a mist e.g. of perfume"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Belly dance finally seen by Arab country's royal bodyguard (6)","output":"### Answer: YEOMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: royal bodyguard\nfinal letters of [Bell]-Y [danc]-E, plus OMAN=\"Arab country\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brave to pick unknown (6)","output":"### Answer: PLUCKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brave\nPLUCK=\"pick\" (e.g. a guitar string) + Y=symbol for a mathematical \"unknown\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Material lie about modern American composer (10)","output":"### Answer: FIBREGLASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Material"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conservative party pursuing alternative to holding hard vote (8)","output":"### Answer: ORTHODOX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Conservative\nDO=\"party\" after\/\"pursuing\": OR=\"alternative\" + TO around\/\"holding\" H (hard); \u2026then plus X=symbol to mark a \"vote\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pressure of rubber company making ten hollow samples (6)","output":"### Answer: DURESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pressure\nDURE**X**=\"rubber (as in condom) company\", making the **X** (\"ten\" in Roman numerals\" into **SS** (hollowed out **s**-ample-**s**)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Iconic Australian posh girl raised pulse (6)","output":"### Answer: LEGUME \n ### Explanation: Definition: pulse\nEMU=\"Iconic Australian\" animal, plus GEL=a rendering of a 'posh' pronunciation of \"girl\"; all reversed\/\"raised\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: My class stays (6)","output":"### Answer: CORSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: stays\ndefinition: a corset can be described as a 'pair of stays'\n \nCOR=exclamation of surprise=\"My\" + SET=\"class\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Club's highest point when midfielder initially moves up top (4)","output":"### Answer: MACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Club\ndefinition: a blunt weapon\n \nAC**M**E=\"highest point\", with the initial **M** of \"**m**idfielder\" moved to the top of the word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stress in the tube? (9)","output":"### Answer: UNDERLINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stress\nThe Tube, or London Underground, could be an \"under line\", and you can stress something by underlining it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: She combines with it to be poetic (4)","output":"### Answer: COPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: She\nPOETIC is an anagram of COPE + IT, and \"she\" is the poet Wendy Cope"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scotch perhaps about a time to bully (8)","output":"### Answer: MALTREAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: bully\nMALT [whisky] + RE A T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recorder backing work for asylum seeker? (6)","output":"### Answer: \u00c9MIGR\u00c9 \n ### Explanation: Definition: asylum seeker?\nEMI (recording company) + reverse of ERG (unit of work)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One that makes master feel inadequate? (6)","output":"### Answer: FEMALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One that makes master feel inadequate?\n(MA FEEL)* &lit \u2013 a nice concept, but rather spoilt by the indirect anagram, even though MA=master is a common crossword trick"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy tries out record (8)","output":"### Answer: REGISTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: record\nREG + TRIES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chuffed by story about party leader (6)","output":"### Answer: ELATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chuffed\nReverse of TALE + ED [Miliband]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revolting classic character can love America (8)","output":"### Answer: MUTINOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Revolting\nMU (Greek letter = \"classic character\") + TIN + O + US"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spice for 15 Roman character early in the week (8)","output":"### Answer: CINNAMON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spice\nCINNA (presumably this one, one of the conspirators against Julius Caesar) + MON[day]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slight arch on East Sussex shore? (6)","output":"### Answer: CAMBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Slight arch\nCamber is a slight curvature, e.g. of a road surface (as in the worrying road sign \"adverse camber\"), and Camber Sands is a (reasonably well known \u2013 at least I've heard of it) beach near Rye in East Sussex"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: His name gained New World prominence (8)","output":"### Answer: VESPUCCI \n ### Explanation: Definition: His name gained New World prominence\n(Barely) cryptic definition, referring to Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer after whom the continent of America was (probably) named"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Element slightly indecent in church office (6)","output":"### Answer: CURACY \n ### Explanation: Definition: church office\nCU (copper) + RACY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conqueror turned to race, inter alia (6)","output":"### Answer: ATTILA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Conqueror\nTT (motorbike race) in ALIA, reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time read out from one side to the other (8)","output":"### Answer: DIAMETER \n ### Explanation: Definition: from one side to the other\n(TIME READ)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's said or sung, but not at church (4)","output":"### Answer: ORAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: What's said\nCHORAL less CH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Number turn out after emergency call and keep it going (9)","output":"### Answer: SOSTENUTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: keep it going\nSOS (emergency call) + TEN + OUT*. Sostenuto (Italian \"sustained\") is used in music to indicate a smooth style of playing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Decree to take Britain as English (5)","output":"### Answer: UKASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Decree\nUK (Britain) + AS E. Ukase was a proclamation in tsarist Russia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Take away from foreign land (7)","output":"### Answer: DETRACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Take away\nDE (\"from\" in French etc) + TRACT (land)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note girl gets to bailiff (5)","output":"### Answer: REEVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: bailiff\nRE (note, as in do-re-mi) + EVE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant setter's getting for the time being (7)","output":"### Answer: INTERIM \n ### Explanation: Definition: the time being\nINTER (bury, plant) + I'M (setter is)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lively Frenchman backed to become in charge (9)","output":"### Answer: ENERGETIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lively\nReverse of REN\u00c9 + GET + IC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Watertight chamber is thus in metal shell (7)","output":"### Answer: CAISSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Watertight chamber\nIS SO in CAN. Read all about caisson as a wateright compartment here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 8 in itself quaintly pleasing (9)","output":"### Answer: PERSECUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 8\nPER SE (in itself) + CUTE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crete lies roughly somewhere between Reykjavik and Aden! (9)","output":"### Answer: LEICESTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: somewhere between Reykjavik and Aden\n(CRETE LIES)*. I don't know if there's any significance in the choice of Reykjavik and Aden as places that Leicester (or Crete) is between"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Politicians find rising star come to dead end (9)","output":"### Answer: DEMOCRATS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Politicians\nSTAR COME [dea]D, all reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like marriage taking up Latin translation (7)","output":"### Answer: NUPTIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like marriage\n(UP LATIN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One sea and other river nymphs (7)","output":"### Answer: NAIADES \n ### Explanation: Definition: river nymphs\n(I SEA AND)* \u2013 the usual English plurual is Naiads, but Chambers also gives this version, which is closer to the Greek original"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A bit in France sounds a fortiori here (7)","output":"### Answer: MORCEAU \n ### Explanation: Definition: A bit in France\nHomophone of \"more so\",which is an informal definition of *a fortiori*. MORCEAU is French for \"piece\", or \"bit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hunt with no time to be modest (5)","output":"### Answer: CHASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hunt\nCHASTE less T. The \"be\" is redundant in the cryptic reading"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Belief being firm about colour (5)","output":"### Answer: CREDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Belief\nRED in CO[mpany]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remain faithful in divorce (6)","output":"### Answer: CLEAVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Remain faithful\nDouble definition \u2013 CLEAVE is a word that famously has two opposite meanings"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bandage man after slap (6)","output":"### Answer: SWATHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bandage\nSWAT + HE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wonder if poem matters, half left out (6,2,7)","output":"### Answer: TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wonder\n(IF POEM MATTERS LE[ft])*. The Temple of Artemis was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Line written about that writer (6)","output":"### Answer: CRAYON \n ### Explanation: Definition: writer\nARC< + YON (that)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Resort to Hamlet, being typecast? (3,5)","output":"### Answer: HOT METAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: typecast\n(TO HAMLET)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second fast bowler, one rocket-propelled? (8)","output":"### Answer: SPACEMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: one rocket-propelled\nS + PACEMAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bolted, as half-locked? (6)","output":"### Answer: DASHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bolted\nApart from dashed=bolted=moved fast I don't understand this"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trim tree (6)","output":"### Answer: SPRUCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trim\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extreme inhumanity in beauty (8)","output":"### Answer: DEVILISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Extreme\nEVIL in DISH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Virgin son with a flat stomach? (8)","output":"### Answer: SPOTLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Virgin\nS + POTLESS (i.e. not having a pot belly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person taking money (6)","output":"### Answer: NICKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Person taking\nDouble definition \u2013 to nick is to steal, and nicker is slang for a pound"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Break wind to woo lasses, then spread it about a bit (3,4,4,4)","output":"### Answer: SOW ONE\u2019S WILD OATS \n ### Explanation: Definition: spread it about a bit\n(WIND TO WOO LASSES)* Probably not to be recommended as an actual way of wooing."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reason utter fool's punched (6)","output":"### Answer: SANITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reason\nNIT (fool) in SAY (utter)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man getting Roosevelt sacked, partially recovered (6)","output":"### Answer: CASTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Man\nHidden in reverse of roosevELT SACked. A castle (aka rook) is a chessman"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lift red, then lift white (5,2)","output":"### Answer: CHEER UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lift\nCHE (Guevara, crosswordland's favourite \"red\") + reverse of PURE (white)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Skim lure over bottom of filthy drain (5)","output":"### Answer: EMPTY \n ### Explanation: Skim lure over bottom of filthy drain (5)\n[t]EMPT + [filth]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country with spirit welcoming hothead (7)","output":"### Answer: VIETNAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Country\nETNA (volcano or \"hothead\") in VIM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beaten material (7)","output":"### Answer: WORSTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beaten\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country has me flipping incensed (7)","output":"### Answer: EMIRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Country\nEM< + IRATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hound a strong country, endlessly (6)","output":"### Answer: AFGHAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hound\nA F (forte, strong) + GHAN[a]. Lots of countries in this puzzle!"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Declining figures for game show (9)","output":"### Answer: COUNTDOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Declining figures\nDouble definition \u2013 a spacecraft's \"10, 9, 8..\" and the venerable Channel 4 game show"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Song for children in which parent attempts to cut through spiky plant (3,4,3,6)","output":"### Answer: POP GOES THE WEASEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Song for children\nPOP (parent) GOES (attempts) + HEW in TEASEL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Water, perhaps, that's in a kettle (7)","output":"### Answer: ELEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Water, perhaps\nDouble definition \u2013 there are lots of those here too"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reject is gripped by melancholy (6)","output":"### Answer: DISOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reject\nIS in DOWN (melancholy, adj.)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing special to find love in a toilet, when head over heels (7)","output":"### Answer: VANILLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nothing special\nNIL in (A LAV)<. \"Vanilla\" can mean \"plain, not unusual\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman holding magazine cover (7)","output":"### Answer: SHEATHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: cover\nHEAT in SHE, which incidentally is also the name of a recently-defunct magazine (though others of the same name exist elsewhere)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pull or blow (5)","output":"### Answer: CLOUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pull\nAnd another double definition \u2013 \"pull\" as in influence, and \"blow\" as in striking someone. Not exactly opposite meanings, except in the surface reading, but a nice symmetry with the first clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Story told to encourage when caught in this? (8)","output":"### Answer: TAILBACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: this\nHomophone of \"tale\" + BACK (encourage). Not much of a definition \u2013 I suppose the idea is that children might be told stories to keep them happy in a traffic jam"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old dictator took vehicle over backwater (6)","output":"### Answer: CAESAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old dictator\nSEA< in CAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dictator's henchmen sorting postage (7)","output":"### Answer: GESTAPO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dictator's henchmen\nPOSTAGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Saul's blowers? (7)","output":"### Answer: BELLOWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: blowers\nReference to the author Saul Bellow"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is short, they say \u2014 short of discipline (5)","output":"### Answer: LACKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Is short\nHomophone of \"lax\" (short of discipline). This seems to be the wrong way round, but I think it's just about Ok; I think replacing the dash with a colon would improve it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Possibly last drink is more than brackish (4,5)","output":"### Answer: SALT WATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: is more than brackish\nLAST* + WATER. One of my bugbear clues (which I still need a name for), with WATER having the same meaning in wordplay and answer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps 1p under fails, giving away more than intended (8,4)","output":"### Answer: FREUDIAN SLIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: giving away more than intended\n(IP UNDER FAILS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Front wheelwright? (12)","output":"### Answer: SPOKESPERSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Front\nDouble definition, or definition + cryptic def: a spokesperson is a \"front\" for an organisation, and wheels have spokes."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It takes one to settle abnormal dressing requirements (6,3)","output":"### Answer: TOILET SET \n ### Explanation: Definition: dressing requirements\n(I TO SETTLE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With love three can affect the atmosphere (5)","output":"### Answer: OZONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: atmosphere\nThe chemical symbol for Ozone is O3 (and O = love). I'm not sure if the definition should include the words \"can affect the\" \u2013 it doesn't seem very accurate either way"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creatures making a lot of tricks in a turn (7)","output":"### Answer: ANIMALS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Creatures\nReverse of SLAM (lots of tricks in Bridge etc) IN A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: She's a model on the game (7)","output":"### Answer: BRIDGET \n ### Explanation: Definition: She\nBRIDGE + [Ford Model] T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Music produced by some person at an instrument (6)","output":"### Answer: SONATA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Music\nHidden in perSON AT An instrument, with a redundant word to make the whole clue a definition (I won't call it &lit as the structure isn't right), as a sonata is an instrumental piece (though ti can be for more that one), as opposed to a cantata, which is sung."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: People wearing necklace, whereon they are distressed (4,4)","output":"### Answer: BEAM ENDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: whereon they are distressed\nMEN in BEADS \u2013 if you're on your beam ends you're (financially) distressed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leg got twisted in crosspiece (6)","output":"### Answer: TOGGLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: crosspiece\n(LEG GOT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being of fashionable school? (6)","output":"### Answer: INSECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Being\nIN (fashionable) + SECT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Money republic raised for a place to dine (9)","output":"### Answer: BRASSERIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a place to dine\nBRASS (money) + EIRE<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: For election of members? (5,8)","output":"### Answer: CROSS\u00a0PURPOSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: For election of members\nCryptic definition \u2013 the purpose of a cross on a ballot paper is the election of a member of parliament (etc)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Permit to be without depth and quiet? (5)","output":"### Answer: ALLOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Permit\nSHALLOW (without depth) less SH (quiet). I think the double use of \"without\" here is quite clever."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Throw over discussion, keeping student at ease (8)","output":"### Answer: SMOOTHLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: at ease\nMOOT , L in SHY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Decree for others about to tear inside (8)","output":"### Answer: RESCRIPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Decree\nC (about) RIP in REST. Rescript is \"an edict or decree\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carrier of cannon balls? (8,5)","output":"### Answer: BILLIARD TABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Carrier of cannon balls\nCryptic definition \u2013 a cannon is a type of stroke in billiards, which also involves balls"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some log in prepared for a new term (9)","output":"### Answer: NEOLOGISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: a new term\n(SOME LOG IN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lost without heroin \u2014 on Sunday smokers need them (8)","output":"### Answer: ASHTRAYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: smokers need them\nH in ASTRAY + S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attitude is shown up in draught (8)","output":"### Answer: POSITION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Attitude\nIS< in POTION (draught)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Many an instrument playing in Llaregyb (6)","output":"### Answer: MORGAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: playing in Llaregyb\nM (1000. many) + ORGAN (instrument). Llaregyb is a bowdlerised spelling of Llareggub, the setting of Dylan Thomas's *Under Milk Wood*, which includes a character called Organ Morgan. We had the correct spelling of the town recently as an answer in an Orlando puzzle, so I don't know why Gordius has chosed this version here."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New arrivals heard of accommodation on board (6)","output":"### Answer: BERTHS \n ### Explanation: Definition: accommodation on board\nHomophone of \"births\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make it lawful to bring back corporal punishment by head teacher (5)","output":"### Answer: ENACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make it lawful\nReverse of CANE + T[eacher], though I don't like \"head teacher\" = T."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No subject gets trim in steel tempered by sun (9)","output":"### Answer: THEMELESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: No subject\nHEM (to trim, in dressmaking) in STEEL* + S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spot large roomy place (5)","output":"### Answer: MOTEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: roomy place\nMOTE (spot) + L[arge]. A motel is a place with rooms, so a \"roomy place\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rock 'n' roll classic clue stuffed with wicked content (7)","output":"### Answer: LUCILLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rock 'n' roll classic\nILL (wicked) in CLUE* \u2013 \"stuffed\" indicates the anagram, not an insertion as one might think"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Superior aid distribution or rapid transport (7)","output":"### Answer: AIRDROP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Superior aid distribution\n(OR RAPID)* \u2013 distribution \"from above\", so \"superior\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish-eater's brother close up (4,4)","output":"### Answer: MONK SEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fish-eater\nMONK (brother) + SEAL ( to close up) \u2013 a seal (that eats fish) found in Hawaii"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Glowing with colour, one possibly cycles a bit (10)","output":"### Answer: IRIDESCENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Glowing with colour\nI + RIDES + CENT (a bit = coin)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Which might reveal one's inner thoughts of careless penmanship? (7,4)","output":"### Answer: INKBLOT TEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Which might reveal one's inner thoughts\nThis is what I call a sesquidef, or a definition-and-a-half: the definition refers to the Rorschach test, which purports to reveal things about people's personality through their reactions to a set of inkblot patterns"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: China capped electric leads on memory microchip (7)","output":"### Answer: CERAMIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: China\nFirst letters (leads) of C[apped] E[lectric] + RAM (memory) + IC (Integrated circuit, microchip)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not a straightforward critic of unrestricted, wide press coverage of Independent (10)","output":"### Answer: SIDESWIPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not a straightforward critic\nI in (WIDE PRESS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record down in the charts? That can be a real pain (7,4)","output":"### Answer: SLIPPED DISC \n ### Explanation: Definition: That can be a real pain\nIf your record is down in the charts then you might have a SLIPPED DISC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Provisional playwright drops leading character: one is contracted (7)","output":"### Answer: INTERIM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Provisional\n[Harold P]INTER + I'M (= one is, contracted)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lives in Lille's changed together with a former immigration HQ (5,6)","output":"### Answer: ELLIS ISLAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: former immigration HQ\nIS in LILLE'S* + AND (together with). Ellis Island in New York Bay was where immigrants to the USA were processed between 1892 and 1954"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Darn leisure activity? (9)","output":"### Answer: CROSSWORD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Darn\nDouble definition \u2013 \"darn!\" could be a \"cross word\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maligned dove I can keep up in the air? (8)","output":"### Answer: PEACENIK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maligned dove\n(I CAN KEEP)* \"A pacifist, *esp* in a derogatory sense\" says Chambers (it doesn't mention that it's obviously modelled on \"beatnik\"), so a \"maligned dove\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creature that's drained of water's, er, done for (5,3)","output":"### Answer: SEWER RAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Creature that's drained\n(WATER'S ER)* \u2013 sewer rats might be found in a drain"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jury briber supporters dividing capital return (8)","output":"### Answer: EMBRASOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jury briber\nBRAS in ROME< \"One who seeks to influence jurors by corrupt means [\u2026]\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He wrote back to addressee, finally (6)","output":"### Answer: STERNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: He wrote\nSTERN (back) + [addresse]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It makes Cyclops, cryptically, about the ultimate in crossword's unsubtle humour (9,6)","output":"### Answer: SLAPSTICK COMEDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: unsubtle humour\n[crosswor]D in (IT MAKES CYCLOPS)*, and the surface reading nicely descibes how one might think of Cyclops, Brummie's alter ego in *Private Eye"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No more fencing for camp men about to retire? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: LAST POST \n ### Explanation: Definition: camp men about to retire\nIf you've reached your LAST POST then you can't put up any more of your fence. This bugle call is probably best known to most people from its use at Remebrance Day, but it's also the signal for the end of the day in an army camp, so time to \"retire\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: MASH director, who wants paying (8)","output":"### Answer: CREDITOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: who wants paying\nDIRECTOR* (\"mashed\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man flu, old style, you could say, post operations here (8)","output":"### Answer: MAILROOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: post operations here\nHomophone of \"male rheum\" \u2013 apt for me as I've just got over a dose of man flu myself (at least it wasn't a 23,22)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor Sorrows is boring (6)","output":"### Answer: DRILLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: is boring\nDR + ILLS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Charge\" contained by concise reference work? (6)","output":"### Answer: INDICT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Charge\nIN DICT[ionary]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 3 of Pilgrims Progress, opportunist whose heart flipped? (7)","output":"### Answer: CHAUCER \n ### Explanation: Definition: 3 of Pilgrims Progress\nCHANCER with the N \"flipped over\" to become a U (it works better in lower case). Chaucer chronicled the Canterbury pilgrims"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A nice girl, not Irish, could be pure and innocent (7)","output":"### Answer: ANGELIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: pure and innocent\n(A NICE GIRL)* less IR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get a bit of a sore back tossing it? (5)","output":"### Answer: CABER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get a bit of a sore back tossing it?\nHidden in reverse of soRE BACk, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Narcotic plant in province NATO and CIA bombed (9)","output":"### Answer: NICOTIANA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Narcotic plant\nNI (Northern Ireland, province) + (NATO CIA). I didn't help myself by initially entering NICOTINIA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In revolt, Gulf nation's switching to our 20s (10)","output":"### Answer: ROMANISING \n ### Explanation: Definition: switching to our 20s\nOMAN in RISING. Romanising is rewriting another script (e.g. Chinese) in our (Roman) alphabet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe not 25's choice when it's knocked back (4)","output":"### Answer: ASTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maybe not 25's choice\nAS (when) + IT< Asti might be looked down on by oenophiles"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shabby person wearing trousers in matches (11)","output":"### Answer: CORRESPONDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: matches\nPERSON* in CORDS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After unrest, Egypt's ejected government, for example (4)","output":"### Answer: TYPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: example\nEGYPT* less G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like a couple of missionaries' view of a church? (4,2,4)","output":"### Answer: FACE TO FACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like a couple of missionaries\nFACET OF A CE, the definition presumably referring to the cartoon clich\u00e9 of missionaries in a cannibals' cooking pot. *Or more likely, as Shirley and Querulous point out, a reference to the Missionary Position (warning: contains explicit imagery)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I hope one's educated to drink litres (9)","output":"### Answer: OENOPHILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: I hope one's educated to drink litres\nL in (I HOPE ONE)*, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fifth columnist in bloody battle not taking sides (5)","output":"### Answer: AGENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fifth columnist\n[M]AGENT[A]. I don't know if the Battle of Magenta was particularly bloody \u2013 can any historians advise?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ted's sick eating fish \u2014 there's a number to get through (3,4)","output":"### Answer: STD CODE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a number to get through\nCOD in TEDS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Info about axes reported originally in the Sun (7)","output":"### Answer: DAYSTAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: the Sun\nYS (i.e Y-axes) in DATA + R[eported]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Measure of 21's violent ongoing coercion (6)","output":"### Answer: CICERO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Measure of 21\nCOERCION* less ON (\"on going\"). A measure in typography"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Collector books nearly every seat? (6)","output":"### Answer: ALBUMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Collector books\nAL[L] BUMS \u2013 I'm not sure this entirely works: if \"nearly every\" is AL then the answer shoud be ALBUM; if it's \"nearly (every seat)\" it should be ALLBU."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ferryman lost a relic, rowing former journalist (10)","output":"### Answer: CHRONICLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: former journalist\nCH[a]RON (ferryman of the Styx who has \"lost a\") + RELIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tours streets gathering new 20s (5)","output":"### Answer: RUNES \n ### Explanation: Definition: 20s\nN in RUES (French streets, as in the city of Tours)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 20 parts, 2 held by climbers, 1 by mountaineers (9)","output":"### Answer: ASCENDERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: 20 parts\nAn ascender is part of a letter that extends above the middle (i.e. above the height of letters such as n and a). It can also refer to a letter that has an ascender. The words \"climbers\" and \"mountaineers\" have two (l, b) and one (t) of these respectively (and climbers and mountaineers are also \"ascenders\", though that doesn't seem to be a necessary part of the clue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old German understood Hungary (4)","output":"### Answer: GOTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old German\nGOT H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 51 first-rate lads corrupt grandee employs in 13 novel (8,11)","output":"### Answer: LIAISONS DANGEREUSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: 13 novel\nLI (51) + A1 SONS + GRANDEE* + USES. To be picky, the name of the epistolary novel (made ino a memorable 1988 film, among other adaptations) is *$$Les$$ Liaisons dangereuses"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Subject of 13 novel 21A describing Rhode Island (8)","output":"### Answer: CLARISSA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Subject of 13 novel\nRI in CLASS A \u2013 the A really is an A in 21A, not an abbreviation of \"across\". Samuel Richardson's famous (and famously long) novel"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 45 royalist nuts devoted to 20s (10)","output":"### Answer: EPISTOLARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: devoted to 20s\nEP (record, formerly one played at 45rpm) + ROYALIST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Double-check paper Louis' wife passed round (2-7)","output":"### Answer: RE-EXAMINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Double-check\nEXAM (paper) in REINE (French \"queen\" \u2013 take your pick of which Louis she is the wife of)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Labour leader is not bothered about current issues (8)","output":"### Answer: EDITIONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: issues\nED [Miliband] + I (symbol for current) in (IS NOT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A French-English dictionary includes \"enclose\" for \"shut\" (8)","output":"### Answer: UNOPENED \n ### Explanation: Definition: shut\nUN (\"A\" in French) + PEN (enclose) in OED (English dictionary)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Warning: \"Vacate complex!\" (6)","output":"### Answer: CAVEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Warning\nVACATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An accommodating character? (6)","output":"### Answer: LETTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: character\nDouble definition (sort of)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Polish close borders, more or less (5)","output":"### Answer: EMEND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Polish\nM[or]E (\"more or less\") in END; \"polish\" (short O) as a verb"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Pees 'n 'ose\", said mate (4)","output":"### Answer: OPPO \n ### Explanation: Definition: mate\nPP in OO \u2013 the surface reading may be a reference to the legendary Four Candles sketch by the Two Ronnies."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What yachtsmen hoist, getting drunk in this local? (9)","output":"### Answer: SAILCLOTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: What yachtsmen hoist\n(THIS LOCAL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Back only positive part of 24 \u2014 that's curious (5)","output":"### Answer: NOSEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: curious\nNOYES with the YES (the \"positive part\") reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They're used to create curls and waves (7)","output":"### Answer: ROLLERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They're used to create curls\nDouble definition: hair rollers and waves in the sea"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aim the wrong way in total stupidity (7)","output":"### Answer: MADNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: stupidity\nReverse of END (aim) in MASS (total)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First part of Julius Caesar, for example, as opposed to 21 down (5)","output":"### Answer: NOMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: First part of Julius Caesar, for example\nThe opposite of YES-MEN. As well as just meaning \"name\" in Latin, *nomen* had the more specific meaning of a family name. See here for more details. In Gaius Julius Caeser, to give him his full name, Gaius is the *praenomen*, Julius the *nomen* and Caesar the *cognomen*. Here endeth the Latin lesson."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor read notes and responded sympathetically (9)","output":"### Answer: RESONATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: responded sympathetically\n(READ NOTES)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Government official's rewritten trite manifestos (8,2,5)","output":"### Answer: MINISTER OF STATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Government official\n(TRITE MANIFESTOS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Partnership in company \u2014 a majority shareholder secures it (9)","output":"### Answer: COALITION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Partnership\nCO + IT in A LION (the lion's share is the majority)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conclusions of inquiry the press judge ridiculous, as opposed to 4 (5)","output":"### Answer: YESES \n ### Explanation: Definition: as opposed to 4\nLast letters of inquirY thE presS judgE ridiculouS."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short of editor at work, cutting back information (7)","output":"### Answer: NEEDING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Short of\nED IN (at work) in reverse of GEN (information)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former tennis star, as seen repeatedly falling into net, oddly (7)","output":"### Answer: NASTASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Former tennis star\nAS + AS in NET*, the tennis star being Ilie Nastase"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet who might have written \"Do I contradict myself?\" (5)","output":"### Answer: NOYES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poet\nNO\/YES \u2013 Alfred Noyes is the poet."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Catches, say, in safer nets at sea (9)","output":"### Answer: FASTENERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Catches\n(SAFER NETS)* \u2013 I don't see why \"say\" is needed here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like a great number that's so romantic being ruined (10)","output":"### Answer: ASTRONOMIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like a great number\n(SO ROMANTIC)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen provided lover for soldier (8)","output":"### Answer: RIFLEMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: soldier\nR (queen) + IF (provided) + LEMAN (lover)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show? Yes and no (6)","output":"### Answer: SCREEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Show? Yes and no\nDouble definition: to show, e.g. a film, or to cover with a screen, and so hide"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having odd deficiencies, uncovers negatives (4)","output":"### Answer: NOES \n ### Explanation: Definition: negatives\nEven letters of uNcOvErS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How to say \"no\", using digital signal? (6,4)","output":"### Answer: THUMBS DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: How to say \"no\", using digital signal\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They avoid controversy? Yes and no, possibly (8)","output":"### Answer: ANODYNES \n ### Explanation: Definition: They avoid controversy\n(YES AND NO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Saying \"yes\" in the form posted (6)","output":"### Answer: ASSENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Saying \"yes\"\n\"In the form posted\" = AS SENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regards as English, indeed (4)","output":"### Answer: EYES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Regards\nE + YES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Language used by female in bank, speaking rapidly (7,3)","output":"### Answer: REELING OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: speaking rapidly\nLINGO + F in REEF"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fashionable judgment shown by doctor on a lot of points (5,5)","output":"### Answer: DRESS SENSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fashionable judgment\nDR + lots of E, S and N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extremely polished attempts written about in time (8)","output":"### Answer: SHINIEST \n ### Explanation: Extremely polished attempts written about in time (8)\nIN in SHIES (attempts) + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relieved when artist turned up outside university (8)","output":"### Answer: ASSUAGED \n ### Explanation: Relieved when artist turned up outside university (8)\nAS (when) + U in reverse of [Edgar] DEGAS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nocturnal animal, as opposed to 22 down? (3-3)","output":"### Answer: AYE-AYE \n ### Explanation: Nocturnal animal, as opposed to 22 down? (3-3)\nOpposite of NO-NO for this lemur"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They never oppose head of state in republic (3-3)","output":"### Answer: YES-MEN \n ### Explanation: They never oppose head of state in republic (3-3)\nS[tate[ in YEMEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 4, something to be avoided (2-2)","output":"### Answer: NO-NO \n ### Explanation: 4, something to be avoided (2-2)\nNO + NO makes NOES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As we hear, the opposite of 8 \u2014 it's between them (4)","output":"### Answer: NOSE \n ### Explanation: As we hear, the opposite of 8 \u2014 it's between them (4)\nHomophones of \"noes\", the opposite of \"ayes\", and the nose is between the eyes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ray, perhaps, not entirely mean to eat morsel of food, a scrap (4,5)","output":"### Answer: FIST FIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: a scrap\nFIS[h] (a ray is a fish) + F[ood] in TIGHT (mean, stingy), and a scrap is a fight"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fraud no PCs will back (4)","output":"### Answer: SCAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fraud\nReverse of [Apple] MACS, which are not PCs (though of course they are Personal Computers, but Apple's own advertising makes the distinction)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ancient, somewhat wizened looking from the rear (5)","output":"### Answer: OLDEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ancient\nHidden in reverse of wizeNED LOoking"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Debt of \u00a31 on gift (9)","output":"### Answer: LIABILITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Debt\nL1 + ABILITY (gift, talent)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: God welcoming national state (7)","output":"### Answer: ROMANIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: state\nOMANI in RA (Egyptian sun god \u2013 a crossword regular, though I don't remember seeing him much lately)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Force out old terrorist leader, boorish (7)","output":"### Answer: EXTRUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Force out\nEX (old, former) + T[errorist] + RUDE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fair to wash hand (8,5)","output":"### Answer: STRAIGHT FLUSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: hand\nSTRAIGHT (fair) + FLUSH (wash) to give the poker hand"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink in hemlock, it's poisonous as sweet (4,9)","output":"### Answer: MILK CHOCOLATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: sweet\nCOLA (drink) in (HEMLOCK IT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Frank, a cause of irritation (7)","output":"### Answer: CANDIDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: cause of irritation\nCANDID (frank) + A. Candida is a genus of yeast like fungi that cause skin infections"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cap removed from element by GP, one releases medicine (7)","output":"### Answer: DROPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one releases medicine\nDR (GP ) + [C]OPPER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reversible fasteners pinning baker, European (9)","output":"### Answer: SLOVENIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: European\nOVEN (baker) in reverse of NAILS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Priest managed to screen scrummy entertainment? (5)","output":"### Answer: DRUID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Priest\nRU (Rugby Union, which involves scrums) in DID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look to get sound from woofer (4)","output":"### Answer: PEEK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Look\nHomophone of \"Peke\" (dog)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: List including unlimited dance music, OK (9)","output":"### Answer: TOLERABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: OK\n[B]OLER[O] in TABLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Succeed, like something powdery? (8)","output":"### Answer: FLOURISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Succeed\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Biblical city like this, with kind of effect half erased (5)","output":"### Answer: SODOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Biblical city\nSO (like this) + DOM[ino], from the \"domino effect\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pink organ inelastic, if man excited (9,5)","output":"### Answer: FINANCIAL TIMES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pink organ\n(INELASTIC IF MAN)* \u2013 marvellous! (For those who don't know, the Financial Times is printed on pink paper.)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Climbing back into pig monster (7)","output":"### Answer: GOLIATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: monster\nReverse of TAIL (back) in HOG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tiny thing bagged for a nicker? (3,4)","output":"### Answer: TEA LEAF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tiny thing bagged\nDouble definition \u2013 a tea leaf is tiny, and found in a tea bag, and it's also cockney rhyming slang for \"thief\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vital force left out of dance, doubly for ankle-biter (9)","output":"### Answer: CHIHUAHUA \n ### Explanation: Definition: ankle-biter\nCHI (life-force, in Chinese medicine) + HU[L]A, twice. \"Ankle-biter\" is slang for a child, but I suppose it could equally well apply to a small dog"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chaos, with one of twelve on the brink (6)","output":"### Answer: MAYHEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chaos\nMAY (on of twelve months) + HEM (edge, brink)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flit suggested \u2014 so take flight, then? (4,3,2,5)","output":"### Answer: LIFT OUT OF ORDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: so take flight, then\n\"Lift out of order\" could be a clue for FLIT, or an instruction to take the stairs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bad manners with old twins a prominent feature (5,4)","output":"### Answer: ROMAN NOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: prominent feature\n(MANNERS O O)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ask Dickensian to feel resentment (8)","output":"### Answer: BEGRUDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to feel resentment\nBEG [Barnaby] RUDGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vehicle in which cups and saucers might be thrown around? (7)","output":"### Answer: CHARIOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vehicle\nCha=tea, so the cups and saucers might be thrown around at a CHA RIOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe second test outlines racket? (7)","output":"### Answer: ORDINAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maybe second\nDIN (racket) in ORAL (test, exam)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wildcat taking drink is naughty (4,2)","output":"### Answer: ACTS UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: is naughty\nCAT* + SUP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second fruit? Exactly (5)","output":"### Answer: PLUMB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exactly\nThe first fruit could be plum A, the second PLUM B"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cat on brass, possibly, making bull fiddle (10)","output":"### Answer: CONTRABASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: bull fiddle\n(CAT ON BRASS)*. \"Bull fiddle\" is US slang for the double bass"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Paddy finds him unpleasant, always lacking in cheer? (4)","output":"### Answer: HOOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Paddy finds him unpleasant\nHOORAY less (lacking) AY (always). \"A Scots and Irish form of whore; a difficult or unpleasant thing or person\" says Chambers. This doesn't seem to me to imply that the second usage is specifically Scots\/Irish."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: P\u00e2t\u00e9's spread and then consumed, with nothing in between? (8)","output":"### Answer: ASEPTATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: with nothing in between\nPATES* + ATE \u2013 not to be confused with \"aseptic\", this means lacking a septum"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Elegy gents inscribed in kazi (6)","output":"### Answer: LAMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Elegy\nMEN in LAT (short for latrine) Kazi is the first of several spellings given in Chambers \u2013 I would have assumed \"khazi\" was the main one, and that it was an Anglo-Indian word, but according to C it's \"said to be from Ital. *casa*, house or *perh* Ar[abic] *kursi*, chair\"."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sand eel left off wriggling caught in net (6)","output":"### Answer: SEANED \n ### Explanation: Definition: caught in net\n(SAND EEL)* less L. \"Sean\" is an alternative of \"seine\", as in the fishing net"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former parliament suffering digs in paper jokily (7)","output":"### Answer: RIGSDAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Former parliament\nDIGS* in RAG \u2013 the name of the Norwegian parliament until 1953 (cf \"Reichstag\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clubs in charge, not good for the Aussies (5)","output":"### Answer: ONCUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: not good for the Aussies\nC in ONUS \u2013 also spelt \"onkus\", an Australian word for \"bad\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Parchment wherein you'll find short name of county, going back (5)","output":"### Answer: SCROW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Parchment\nWORCS (short for Worcestershire) reversed. Variant of \"scroll\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former partners given shelter in safe residence (5)","output":"### Answer: FERES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Former partners\nHidden in saFE RESidence"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slave owner maybe in the Deep South recalling land of plantations? (5)","output":"### Answer: MASSA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Slave owner maybe in the Deep South\nReverse of ASSAM, so the plantations are of tea, not cotton as the surface reading suggests. Massa is a form of \"master\", as stereotypically used by slaves in the American South"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of the Gnetaceae from Japan cut into if beginning to rot (8)","output":"### Answer: JOINT-FIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: One of the Gnetaceae\nJ[apan] + (INTO IF)* + R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Love being in sports ground with dog \u2013 come again (7)","output":"### Answer: REOCCUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: come again\nO in REC (recreation ground) + CUR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bright headscarf mother folded on head (6)","output":"### Answer: MADRAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bright headscarf\nDAM< + RAS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stand around, sun going in, as cold wind blows in Glasgow? (6)","output":"### Answer: EASSEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: as cold wind blows in Glasgow\nS in EASEL \u2013 Scots form of \"Easterly\", as the cold wind might be"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The old brighten (?) their eyes taking in northern chimney (8)","output":"### Answer: ENLUMINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: The old brighten (?)\nN LUM in EINE. I don't know what the parenthetical question mark is about, as there seems to be no doubt of the meaning"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's the point of Harrow? One gets into Eton for nothing, deviously (4)","output":"### Answer: TINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: What's the point of Harrow\nETON* with O replaced by I. A tine can be a spike on a harrow, so the capital H is a misleading one, but of the generally-permitted kind"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Always gobbling n-nutty cheese (10)","output":"### Answer: EMMENTALER \n ### Explanation: Definition: cheese\nM-MENTAL in E'ER \u2013 one of several variants of the name of this Swiss cheese"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hospital left nothing right in care of erstwhile anaesthetist (12)","output":"### Answer: CHLOROFORMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: erstwhile anaesthetist\nH L O R in C O + FORMER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vagrant died after ulceration from lack of food (5)","output":"### Answer: NOMAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vagrant\nNOMA (an ulceration of the cheek in malnourished children) + D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Irishman of old welcoming end of war \u2013 and what followed it? (7)","output":"### Answer: TREAGUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: what followed it\n[wa]R in TEAGUE (old nickname for an Irishman), and a treague is a truce"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strip: riotous conduct with removal of article (4)","output":"### Answer: RAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Strip\nRAND[AN]. RAND is \"a strip, esp. of flesh or of leather\" from the Dutch for \"border, which also, via the Witwatersrand goldfield, also gives the name of the South African currency. \"Randan\" is \u2013 as the clue says \u2013 \"riotous conduct\". I originally guessed RANK for this, thinking that in its sense of a line it could be a strip, but (of course) couldn't justify the wordplay."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hymn from the past begins off-key (6)","output":"### Answer: BESING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hymn from the past\nBEGINS*, with \"hymn\" used as a verb in the cryptic reading."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Store stand becomes 4 inches with this (5)","output":"### Answer: STASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Store\n\"Stand\" becomes \"hand\" (4 inches) with ST AS H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fragrant wood featured in Hans Andersen (7)","output":"### Answer: SANDERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fragrant wood\nHidden in hanS ANDERSon. Another name for Sandalwood"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fatty degeneration set off with one in grip of a drink? (9)","output":"### Answer: STEATOSIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fatty degeneration\nSET* + I in A TOSS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Organ's brought up for string band (5)","output":"### Answer: STRAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: string\nReverse of PART'S, and two definitions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sex addicts maddened Renee, in transport? (9)","output":"### Answer: VENEREANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sex addicts\nRENEE* in VANS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cross left in Church making us sound like occupants of doocot (7)","output":"### Answer: CROODLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: sound like occupants of doocot\nROOD L in CE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless assault \u2013 had up \u2013 when inside gets the gibbet (7)","output":"### Answer: CATASTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: the gibbet\nAS (when) in reverse of ATTAC[k]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tim'rous beastie? Doctor's practice taking one in (6)","output":"### Answer: MOUSIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tim'rous beastie\nMO + I in USE. Reference to the Burns poem *To a Mouse*, and its \"wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Long-distance runner, not fully fresh as of old (5)","output":"### Answer: VIREN \n ### Explanation: Long-distance runner, not fully fresh as of old (5)\nVIRENT (verdant, fresh) truncated; the runner is Lasse Vir\u00e9n, who won gold medals in the 5000m and 10000m at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. Again I misguessed here, and spent ages trying to justify SIREN."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pack strong drinks, omitting pies (5)","output":"### Answer: SCRUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pack\nSCRUM[pies]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old musket, not quite complete, is loaded upside down (5)","output":"### Answer: FUSIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old musket\nIS< in FUL[L]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hot meal over, here's a wee bit of Scotch (4)","output":"### Answer: HAET \n ### Explanation: Definition: a wee bit of Scotch\nH + TEA<. Scots word for a whit, from \"deil ha' it\" \u2013 \"the devil have it\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stir and sip mixed drinks (7)","output":"### Answer: SPIRITS \n ### Explanation: Definition: drinks\n(STIR SIP)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Penny's husband breaks a ton on motorway with Rolls-Royce (7)","output":"### Answer: PHANTOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rolls-Royce\nP + H + (A TON)* + M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps Michael Vaughan's foot follows a leg break (5)","output":"### Answer: ANGEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perhaps Michael \n(A LEG) + [vaugha]N \u2013 the definition refers to the Archangel Michael"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Before a nut develops, lots of fruit, which may hang from trees (5-4)","output":"### Answer: ORANG-UTAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: which may hang from trees\nORANG[e] + (A NUT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passing old, green, family silver around (10)","output":"### Answer: OVERTAKING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Passing\nO VERT + KIN in AG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oblivious to four notes? (4)","output":"### Answer: DEAF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Oblivious\nD, E, A and F are musical notes. The answer is fairly obvious, but there are lots of ways of making words out of four of the letters A-G (not to mention do re mi etc)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blowing air: most reed instruments (11)","output":"### Answer: RADIOMETERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: instruments\n(AIR MOST REED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Banger car, with wrecked interior, crashed into tree (11)","output":"### Answer: FIRECRACKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Banger\n(CAR [w]RECKE[d])* in FIR \u2013 a day late for Guy Fawkes, though that doesn't stop some people"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In France a syllable is unforced (4)","output":"### Answer: EASY \n ### Explanation: Definition: unforced\nHidden in francE A SYllable"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps Berkeley's after a Liberal from one side (10)","output":"### Answer: UNILATERAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: from one side\nUNI (University, Berkeley being an example) + LATER (after) + A L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Solving uses minor part of the brain (9)","output":"### Answer: SENSORIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of the brain\n(USES MINOR)* \u2013 the first definition of this in Chambers is \"the area of the brain that is the seat of sensation\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Level playing field (5)","output":"### Answer: PITCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Level\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flemming's criminal organisation has secret design to seize power (7)","output":"### Answer: SPECTRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flemming's criminal organisation\nP in SECRET*. SPECTRE \u2013 the SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion \u2013 is the criminal organisation led by Ernst Stavro Blofeld that features in several of the James Bond novels, and rather more of the films. The author is of course Ian Fleming, with one M, not two as in the clue."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Storm brews over ball game's lofty stage (7)","output":"### Answer: ROSTRUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: lofty stage\nRU (Rugby Union) in STORM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dog had been bitten by pig (6)","output":"### Answer: SHADOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dog\nHAD in SOW. \"Been\" rather spoils the grammar of the cryptic reading"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fires one head over heels (6)","output":"### Answer: INGLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fires\nSINGLE (one) with the S moved to the end: does that count as \"head over heels\"?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inability to grasp a pound? Conservative cuts tragic reality (10)","output":"### Answer: ILLITERACY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inability to grasp\nI L (a pound) + C in REALITY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leader of Kremlin admits mistake turning secret agent (5)","output":"### Answer: SPOOK \n ### Explanation: Definition: secret agent\nK OOPS, reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Palin's touring production, which involves no embroidery (9)","output":"### Answer: PLAINWORK \n ### Explanation: Definition: which involves no embroidery\nPALIN* + WORK \u2013 \"plain needlework, as distinguished from embrodiery\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Retailer loses small ship (4)","output":"### Answer: ARGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: ship\nARGO[s] (UK retailer) \u2013 the *Argo* being the ship of Jason and the Argonauts"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Edward wraps square present, tied with strong string? (8)","output":"### Answer: TETHERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: tied with strong string\nT (square) HERE (present) in TED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldier is holding iron bar out in the open (8)","output":"### Answer: MANIFEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: out in the open\nMAN + FE in IS + T[-bar]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old photographs and toys prefer recycling (10)","output":"### Answer: FERROTYPES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old photographs\n(TOYS PREFER)* \u2013 a ferrotype, or tintype was a type of photograph printed onto metal"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One dapper in fancy style of trouser? (9)","output":"### Answer: DRAINPIPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: style of trouser\n(A DAPPER IN)* \u2013 drainpipe trousers have come in and out of fashion over the years"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: US crimes: very loud, seen abroad, wearing XXXL? (8)","output":"### Answer: OFFENSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: US crimes\n(FF SEEN*) in OS (outsize \u2013 very large). \"US crimes\" because it's the American spelling"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Company submits reports (8)","output":"### Answer: PRESENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Company\nHomophone of \"presents\" (submits)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Author becomes cleaner with HR trade (6)","output":"### Answer: WRITER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Author\nWHITER with the H \"traded\" into an R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Town where the meat's off? (6)","output":"### Answer: OLDHAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Town\nThe meat that's old could be OLD HAM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Luminously eyed Madagascan, usually ringed at the extremities (5)","output":"### Answer: LEMUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Luminously eyed Madagascan, usually ringed at the extremities\nFirst letters &lit \u2013 a nice description of ring-tailed lemurs, which live in Madagascar"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's buoyant, oddly (4)","output":"### Answer: BOAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's buoyant\nOdd letters of BuOyAnT, and almost &lit., though not quite, as \"oddly\" isn't part of the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Film star departed after officer's hostility (6)","output":"### Answer: COWARD \n ### Explanation: Film star departed after officer's hostility (6)\nCO (officer) + WAR + D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turkish commander runs with a fish in jelly (4-4)","output":"### Answer: AGAR-AGAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: jelly\nAGA + R + A GAR. Not difficult, but I like the way the repeated word is split up in two different ways. Agar-agar jelly (also called just agar jelly) is used as a growth medium for bacteria etc in biological experiments, but also has some (mainly Asian) culinary uses"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Continually upright (2,3)","output":"### Answer: ON END \n ### Explanation: Definition: Continually\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brave staff to measure Latin Quarter (5,4)","output":"### Answer: TOTEM POLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brave staff\nTO TEMPO (measure) L[atin] E[ast]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mr Salmon gets fish for six-footer (9)","output":"### Answer: COCKROACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: six-footer\nCOCK (male salmon) + ROACH (fish)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relative gives away article free (5)","output":"### Answer: UNTIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: free\nAUNTIE less A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Let's hand out \u00a325 for a short ride (8,4)","output":"### Answer: SHETLAND PONY \n ### Explanation: Definition: a short ride\n(LETS HAND)* + PONY (slang for \u00a325)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bob produces arty design (4,1,7)","output":"### Answer: DROP A CURTSEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bob\n(PRODUCES ARTY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Imagine putting last of ice in a drop of Scotch (5)","output":"### Answer: DREAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Imagine\n[ic]E in DRAM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Commitments to curb corrosion by tenant at first are most reliable (9)","output":"### Answer: TRUSTIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: most reliable\nRUST in TIES (commitment) + T[enant]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alliance views shared link (5,4)","output":"### Answer: PARTY LINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Alliance views\nDouble definition \u2013 the \"shared link\" refers to the old system where two households could share a single telephone line"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excessive hesitation of fish-eater (5)","output":"### Answer: OTTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: fish-eater\nOTT (excessive) + ER (hesitation)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Farm animal given time provides cheap fare (8)","output":"### Answer: STEERAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: cheap fare\nSTEER + AGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creative work found in resort in Ancient Greece (6)","output":"### Answer: SPARTA \n ### Explanation: Creative work found in resort in Ancient Greece (6)\nART in SPA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oscar in charge in case? That's best! (8)","output":"### Answer: CHOICEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: best\nO IC in CHEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wife was sick? Sorry! (8)","output":"### Answer: WRETCHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sorry\nW + RETCHED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Control rare condition (5)","output":"### Answer: RIDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: condition\nRIDE (control) + R[are]. Chambers doesn't seem to give R=rare, but I dare say other sources may. (Added: I've just found that I queried this exact point in a previous Chifonie puzzle, so he must be convinced of it even if we're not.)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Acquire art and have one's eyes opened (3,3,7)","output":"### Answer: GET\u00a0THE\u00a0PICTURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: have one's eyes opened\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bootlegger's strange offshoot (3-6)","output":"### Answer: RUM-RUNNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bootlegger\nRUM (strange) + RUNNER (offshoot, e.g. on strawberry plants)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King George's German cavern (6)","output":"### Answer: GROTTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: cavern\nGR + OTTO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jacket for a smoker (6)","output":"### Answer: REEFER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jacket\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Odd starting point for a hobby (13)","output":"### Answer: TRAINSPOTTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: a hobby\n(STARTING POINT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Public official makes Mary drool (4,5)","output":"### Answer: LORD MAYOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Public official\n(MARY DROOL)* Some might be tempted to make a tasteless joke about Boris Johnson here, but fortunately he isn't the *Lord* Mayor of London, so I won't.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One agreeing to make fool join (8)","output":"### Answer: ASSENTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One agreeing\nASS + ENTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Neurosis treated this year (8)","output":"### Answer: HYSTERIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Neurosis\n(THIS YEAR)* \u2013 the last of the anagram: none of them particularly difficult, but niceoy woven into the clues"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Changes inclined to cut publicity (6)","output":"### Answer: ADAPTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Changes\nAPT (inclined) in ADS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wolf encircles English saint (6)","output":"### Answer: GEORGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: saint\nE in GORGE \u2013 perhaps made easier by the fact that the name appears a few clues up"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldiers' miserable time is up (5)","output":"### Answer: TROOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Soldiers\nReverse of POOR T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oswald's assassinated \u2014 if it can go wrong it will? (4,3)","output":"### Answer: SOD\u2019S LAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: if it can go wrong it will\nOSWALDS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Withheld, subject to FBI man framing American (7)","output":"### Answer: REFUSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Withheld\nUS in RE (subject to) FED. *Thanks to Tramp himself for correcting me here: RE is just \"subject\" (Religious Education, as a school subject)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ruby? JFK was one of his (5)","output":"### Answer: STONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ruby\nDouble definition \u2013 a ruby is a precious stone, and JFK is a film directed by Oliver Stone. The surface refers to Jack Ruby, who shot Lee Harvey Oswald while he was being moved by the police."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On frame, is murderee's head movement against revolution (9)","output":"### Answer: REFORMISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: movement against revolution\nRE (on) + FORM (frame) + IS M[urderee]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Forces one learner, entering American university, to sign (10)","output":"### Answer: MILITARIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Forces\nI L in MIT + ARIES (astrological sign)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 9's latest film: great work (4)","output":"### Answer: EPIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: great work\n[nin]E + PIC (film) \u2013 nicely misleading reference to Stone in 9 across *(though, as Grandpuzzler points out, the E could equally well come from stonE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman's obsession for the other JFK, here? Politician: \"Hard replacing leader of country\" (11)","output":"### Answer: NYMPHOMANIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Woman's obsession for the other\nNY (location of JFK airport) + MP (politician) + ROMANIA, which H replacing its first letter; \"the other\" in the definition is slang for sex"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Irish carrying container scattered the ashes from this? (11)","output":"### Answer: INCINERATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: the ashes from this\nCONTAINER* in IR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In centre of Grassy Knoll, he finally drinks (4)","output":"### Answer: ALES \n ### Explanation: Definition: drinks\n[knol]L [h]E in [gr]AS[sy]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regime to reduce after this, primarily? Family perish in street \u2026 (6,4)","output":"### Answer: ATKINS DIET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Regime to reduce\nA[fter] T[his] + KIN + DIE in ST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 street procession in way, steering car to opening (9)","output":"### Answer: MOTORCADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: street procession\n(CAR TO)* in (or \"opening\") MODE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finally, losing case, when added up (2,3)","output":"### Answer: IN ALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: when added up\n[f]INALL[y]. I took a ridiculous amount of time to spot this"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Persuades to take part, needing weapon on board ahead of crime (5,2)","output":"### Answer: ROPES IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Persuades to take part\nROPE (one of the murder weapons in the board game Cluedo) + SIN (crime)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant accuses America, centrally (6)","output":"### Answer: SESAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant\nHidden (literally centrally) in accuSES AMErica"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Randomly draw lots, mostly after 8 (6)","output":"### Answer: DOODLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Randomly draw\nD[emocrat] + OODLE[s]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deputy picked up socialist resident (10)","output":"### Answer: LIEUTENANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deputy\nHomophone \"left tenant\", using the traditional British pronunciation of \"lieutenant\", though I'm a bit uneasy about the repeated (in linguistic jargon, geminated) T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer's lost time working for one on the Telegraph (5)","output":"### Answer: WIRER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one on the Telegraph\nWRITER* less T. One who works on the telegraph might be sending a wire"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Confusion around one's family \u2014 one of several that got JFK? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: RIFLE SHOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: one of several that got JFK\nI FLESH in ROT *or more likely FLESH (one's family) in RIOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two presidents in one, JFK was shot (4,7)","output":"### Answer: FORD LINCOLN \n ### Explanation: Definition: in one, JFK was shot\n[Gerald] FORD + [Abraham] LINCOLN, and Kennedy was in a Ford Lincoln (strictly a Lincoln convertible, modified by Ford, though perhaps car experts can correct me) when he was shot"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Removing end and firing gun over president's head (8)","output":"### Answer: SNIPPING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Removing end\nP[resident] in SNIPING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hit 25 with single round only, getting JFK? (8)","output":"### Answer: DEMOCRAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: JFK?\nMOTORCADE* less one O (\"round\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feeling president is upset during Independence Day (10)","output":"### Answer: IMPRESSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feeling\nPRES + IS< in I[ndependence] MON[day]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer of \"With American flag, can drape \u2026\" (4,5)","output":"### Answer: MARK TWAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Writer\nW[ith] A in MARK (flag) + TIN (can)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Men in station like some bottles of beer? (8)","output":"### Answer: SCREWTOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: like some bottles of beer\nCREW in STOP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Violent woman 6 \u2014 he was shot in Dallas, Jack taken with a shot (6)","output":"### Answer: VIRAGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Violent woman\nVI (6) + JR (Ewing, who was famously shot in the TV Series *Dallas*) less J + A GO (a shot)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oswald primarily left gun outside that's hot (6)","output":"### Answer: STOLEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: hot\nO + L in STEN [gun]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aim \u2014 line's perfect (5)","output":"### Answer: IDEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: perfect\nIDEA + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flames initially going where the dead end up? (4)","output":"### Answer: URNS \n ### Explanation: Definition: where the dead end up\n[b]URNS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leaving \u2014 one's tired out (9)","output":"### Answer: DESERTION \n ### Explanation: Leaving \u2014 one's tired out (9)\n(ONE'S TIRED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cut down on meat (4)","output":"### Answer: CHOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cut down\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record the sound of Beethoven's fifth (8)","output":"### Answer: ASPIRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: the sound of Beethoven's fifth\nThe fifth letter of \"Beethoven\" is H, whose sound is an ASPIRATE. \"Record\" seems to be redundant, unless perhaps you read it as an instruction to write down the answer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Let Eva twirl in the dance (6)","output":"### Answer: VELETA \n ### Explanation: Definition: dance\n(LET EVA)* The veleta or valeta is a dance in waltz time"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New York politician seen with his extremely beautiful girls (6)","output":"### Answer: NYMPHS \n ### Explanation: Definition: beautiful girls\nNY + MP + H[i]S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They are empowered to go over our heads (8)","output":"### Answer: AIRCRAFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: They are empowered to go over our heads\nCryptic definition \u2013 I originally guessed AIRLINES, which I think fits the clue just as well"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hit orchestrated (6)","output":"### Answer: SCORED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hit\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vessels off course? (8)","output":"### Answer: DRIFTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vessels\nDrifters are fishing boats using drift nets, and if you're drifting you're off course. I won't call this a double definition, as \"off course\" doesn't define the answer, so a definition-and-a-half, or a seqsuidef."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exchange hostilities in commercial confrontation (5,3)","output":"### Answer: TRADE WAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: commercial confrontation\nTRADE (exchange) + WAR (hostilities)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pursued in a persistent way (6)","output":"### Answer: DOGGED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pursued\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reprimands for rules etc being broken (8)","output":"### Answer: LECTURES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reprimands\n(RULES ETC)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old German destroyer still active today! (6)","output":"### Answer: VANDAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old German destroyer\nAnother sesquidef -the 5th-6th century Germanic tribe, and their metaphoric modern counterparts"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Horses used in a racket (6)","output":"### Answer: STRING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Horses\nDouble definition \u2013 Chambers has \"(of horses, camels etc) a drove or number\" as its 19th definition of \"string\", and strings are used in a tennis racket"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Support in setting up dinner (8)","output":"### Answer: UNDERPIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Support\n(UP DINNER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They are not achieved off one's own bat (4)","output":"### Answer: BYES \n ### Explanation: Definition: They are not achieved off one's own bat\nCryptic definition, byes being runs scored in cricket where the ball has not been hit by the bat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailor man in waterproof material (9)","output":"### Answer: TARPAULIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: waterproof material\nTAR + PAUL + IN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little Diana, modest but very attractive (5)","output":"### Answer: DISHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: very attractive\nDI + SHY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Master taking PE? (7)","output":"### Answer: SKIPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Master\nYet another sesquidef \u2013 skipper=ship's captain=master, and PE ight involve skipping"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Used by cars and ships in a Greek island, say (5)","output":"### Answer: ROADS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Used by cars and ships\nHomophone of \"Rhodes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's partly a republic, ie country without a king (7)","output":"### Answer: IRELAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's partly a republic\nR in IE LAND. The Republic of Ireland is a part of the island."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Words of consolation always matter (5,4)","output":"### Answer: NEVER MIND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Words of consolation\nIf it's \"always matter\" then it's \"never mind\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One likely to be a responsible person? (7)","output":"### Answer: CULPRIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: One likely to be a responsible person\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not straight, with future too unsettled (3,2,4)","output":"### Answer: OUT OF TRUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not straight\n(FUTURE TOO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Knock on a door, perhaps, or the woodwork? (9)","output":"### Answer: CARPENTRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: woodwork\nCARP (knock, criticise) + ENTRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not functioning properly, being unqualified (9)","output":"### Answer: DOWNRIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: unqualified\nDOWN (not functioning) + RIGHT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doesn't let go \u2014 sets free instead (7)","output":"### Answer: DETAINS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Doesn't let go\nINSTEAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He lets loose and is about to curse badly (7)","output":"### Answer: RESCUER \n ### Explanation: He lets loose and is about to curse badly (7)\nRE (about) + CURSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Officer showing intelligence and real potential (7)","output":"### Answer: GENERAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Officer\nGEN (information, intelligence) + REAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's still produced in Russia (5)","output":"### Answer: VODKA \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's still produced in Russia\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A right to be different from others (5)","output":"### Answer: ALIEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: different from others\nA + LIEN (property right)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foreign labourer's reported in a less than friendly way (6)","output":"### Answer: COOLLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: in a less than friendly way\nHomophone of \"coolie\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article penned by Dacre's 80% wild, unfounded rumour (6)","output":"### Answer: CANARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: unfounded rumour\nAN in anagram of DACR[e] (Paul Dacre, editor of the *Daily Mail*)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Came across hard drug (4)","output":"### Answer: METH \n ### Explanation: Definition: drug\nMET + H \u2013 short for methadone or methamphetamine, as in \"crystal meth\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wretched, lumpen young described by dictionary as \"available to work\" (10)","output":"### Answer: UNEMPLOYED \n ### Explanation: Definition: available to work\nLUMPEN* + Y in OED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regularly spout spiteful gossip, reactionary and foul (6)","output":"### Answer: PUTRID \n ### Explanation: Definition: foul\nAlternate letters of sPoUt + reverse of DIRT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feeling resentful? Bully migrants! (8)","output":"### Answer: SMARTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feeling resentful\nMIGRANTS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They'd like to see capital punishment applied to spongers (7-2)","output":"### Answer: HANGERS-ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: spongers\nHANGERS (people who favour capital punishment, often used in the phrase \"hangers and floggers\") + ON (applied to)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tours streets \u2014 and wishes one hadn't? (4)","output":"### Answer: RUES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tours streets\nDouble definition \u2013 streets in the French city of Tours, and \"regrets\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old timer snubbing two setters? (4)","output":"### Answer: DODO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old timer\nDOG, of which the setter is an example, \"snubbed\" (which can mean \"cut short\"), twice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Funny stuff derived from coffee (substitute an 'e' for 'o') (9)","output":"### Answer: CHICANERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Funny stuff\nCHICORY with O replaced by AN E. Chicory is used as a coffee substitute or flavouring, but it seems a bit of a stretch to *define* it as \"coffee\" (and adding \"derived from\" doesn't help)\n *As explained by Eileen and Hillbilly below: it's \"coffee substitute [with] AN E for O (ignoring the cheeky brackets). I even wrote \"substitute\" in my explanation and didn't notice it was also in the clue \u2013 d'oh!)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Further detailed Mail's nasty tendency to make value judgments (8)","output":"### Answer: MORALISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: tendency to make value judgments\nMOR[e] + MAILS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attacks conservative newspaper, boring bunch of Nazis (6)","output":"### Answer: SCRAGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Attacks\nC RAG in SS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Might contain live wire? (10)","output":"### Answer: POWERHOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: live wire\nPOWER (might) + HOUSE (contain)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Consider Daily Mail leaders welcoming eviscerated Europe (4)","output":"### Answer: DEEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Consider\nE[urop]E in DM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Glossy rubbish loved primarily by English right (6)","output":"### Answer: TATLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Glossy\nTAT (rubbish) + L[oved] + E R for the glossy magazine \"targeted towards the British upper class\" according to Wikipedia."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hard stuff derived from champagne is sensational! (6)","output":"### Answer: GNEISS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hard stuff\nHidden in champaGNE IS Sensational. Gneiss is a type of rock"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pause, about to turn a trick (7)","output":"### Answer: CAESURA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pause\nCA (circa, about) + reverse of A RUSE \u2013 a pause or break in a line of poetry (also used to describe a brief silence in music)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remaining to be gagged by Rothermere (5)","output":"### Answer: OTHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Remaining\nHidden in rOTHERmere (Lord Rothermere is the current chairman and main shareholder of the *Mail*)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: US city's less than clean (7)","output":"### Answer: LAUNDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: clean\nLA (US City) + UNDER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jobs creation long moved south following a request (6)","output":"### Answer: APPEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: request\nAPPLE Corporation, the creation of Steve Jobs, with the L moved \"South\" under an A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reverse order (5,4)","output":"### Answer: ABOUT TURN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reverse order\nCryptic definition, as in \"an order to reverse\", or possibly a double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chaperones Miss Widdecombe in retirement, charging fees (7)","output":"### Answer: DUENNAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chaperones\nANN reversed in DUES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some sour \"fun\" he misrepresented as wit (5,2,6)","output":"### Answer: SENSE OF HUMOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: wit\n(SOME SOUR FUN HE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Font selection? (9)","output":"### Answer: GODPARENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Font selection\nCryptic definition \u2013 a Godparent is one selected to be present at the font at a christening"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leave nameless Bond villain with sulky expression (4,3)","output":"### Answer: DROP OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leave\nDR NO less N + POUT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Underground facility is, for some Swiss, integral to nuclear research centre (7)","output":"### Answer: CISTERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Underground facility\nIST (\"is\", for German-speaking Swiss) in CERN, nuclear research centre, which happens to be in Switzerland, near (French-speaking!) Geneva"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note changes in passionate female making return to former state (7)","output":"### Answer: REGRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: return to former state\nTIGRESS with TI changed to RE (notes in tonic-sol-fa)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tell fib about Argentinian tree (6)","output":"### Answer: LICHEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: tree\nCHE [Guevara, born in Rosario, Argentina] in LIE. For ages the only 3-letter Argentinian I could think of was Eva Peron."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bones from start of Common Era held in institution (5)","output":"### Answer: RADII \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bones\nAD 1 (start of the Common Era) in R[oyal] I[nstitution]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After theological study, fidgety pope was first to get settled again (9)","output":"### Answer: REPEOPLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: settled again\nR[eligious] Education + POPE* + LED (was first)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Republican Party keeps playing some classical music (5)","output":"### Answer: RONDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: some classical music\nON (playing) in R DO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tritest Brahms and Liszt passages from fugues (7)","output":"### Answer: STRETTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: passages from fugues\nTRITEST* \u2013 \"Brahms and Liszt\" is rhyming slang for \"pissed\" or drunk; stretti (plural of stretto) are sections of a fugue where the subject is played several times in quick succession"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relief from outspoken fool (7)","output":"### Answer: SUCCOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relief\nHomophone of \"sucker\" (fool)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Promise made by Liberal, one that could be false? (4)","output":"### Answer: IDOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: one that could be false\n\"I DO\" (promise) + L, though as I always like to point out *ad nauseam* the traditional promise in the wedding service is \"I will\" (I believe \"I do\" is used in some modern versions)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heading for Egyptian resort, bore acquires eastern footwear (10)","output":"### Answer: ESPADRILLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: footwear\nE[gyptian] + SPA (resort) + DRILL (bore) + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disheartened topless siren ordered implants (7)","output":"### Answer: INSERTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: implants\nAnagram of T[oples]S SIRENS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person regularly sulks about hotel \u2014 is it Sibyl? (7)","output":"### Answer: PROPHET \n ### Explanation: Definition: is it Sibyl?\nP[e]R[s]O]n + H in PET ([the] sulks)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sliding discipline is besetting church racing to get rid of rector (3,7)","output":"### Answer: ICE SKATING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sliding discipline\nCE in IS + KARTING less R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: RIP \u2014 a sign of mourning (4)","output":"### Answer: TEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: a sign of mourning\nDouble definition, with \"rip\" sneakily (but fairly) written in capitals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clobber soldiers going into shock (7)","output":"### Answer: APPAREL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clobber\nRE (Royal Engineers) in APPAL. Clobber is slang for clothes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jazzy piece follows considerably old medley (7)","output":"### Answer: FARRAGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: medley\nFAR (considerably) + RAG (jazzy piece) + O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where footballer may play with ball is not yet settled (5)","output":"### Answer: OWING \n ### Explanation: Definition: not yet settled\nO (ball) + WING (where footballer may play)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Noble woman embracing unknown, who won't linger in bed (5,4)","output":"### Answer: EARLY BIRD \n ### Explanation: Definition: who won't linger in bed\nY in EARL (a noble) + BIRD (woman)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Figure captivated by performing artist \u2014 rope tricks are his speciality (15)","output":"### Answer: PRESTIDIGITATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: tricks are his speciality\nDIGIT in (ARTIST ROPE)* \u2013 nice misdirection in the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Debt taken on by football club, not Real (8)","output":"### Answer: SPURIOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: not Real\nIOU in SPURS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crazy like \u2026 (5)","output":"### Answer: DOTTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crazy\nThe ellipsis is \"dotty\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 one Greek character constrained by measures (8)","output":"### Answer: ELLIPSIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: \u2026\nI PSI in ELLS, and again the ellipsis is to be taken \"literally\". A clever pair of clues"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Port's excessive consumption close to binge \u2014 idiot's thrown up (6)","output":"### Answer: ODESSA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Port\nOD (overdose) + [bing]E + reverse of ASS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Page comes back with gold for herald (9)","output":"### Answer: PRECURSOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: herald\nP + RECURS + OR (gold)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Open out list containing Ban Ki-moon's name? (6)","output":"### Answer: UNROLL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Open out\nBan Ki-Moon's name would be in the U.N. ROLL (of Secretaries-general)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Will they make smut, rude bits, blue gags, even some vile oath that isn't very nice? (4-6,5)","output":"### Answer: FOUR-LETTER WORDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Will they make smut, rude bits, blue gags, even some vile oath that isn't very nice?\nEvery word in the clue is an example of one, and the whole clue defines them, so &lit. Excellent"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Activity in the City gets you skint? Then see red! (9)","output":"### Answer: BROKERAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Activity in the City\nBROKE (skint) + RAGE (see red)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Head of army in favour of donning long dress (8)","output":"### Answer: PINAFORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: dress\nA[rmy] FOR in PINE (long)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In conversation, loftier Greek is suitable for priests (8)","output":"### Answer: HIERATIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: suitable for priests\nHomophone of \"higher Attic\" (Attic = Athenian)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wit from Rabelais, mischievous creature sending up English (6)","output":"### Answer: ESPRIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wit from Rabelais\nSPRITE with the E moved to the top. The two words are essentially the same, which rather weakens the effect"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ploughman's lunch for a starter eaten by workman (6)","output":"### Answer: TILLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ploughman\nL[unch] in TILER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: French vote for elevated, divine female (5)","output":"### Answer: FREYA \n ### Explanation: Definition: divine female\nFR + reverse of AYE (vote for), giving the Norse Goddess of love, sexuality, beauty, fertility, gold, sorcery, war, and death. She must be kept busy, then."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worn Scottish chemise? It makes one simply furious, being non-standard (8)","output":"### Answer: BARESARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: simply furious, being non-standard\nBARE (worn) + SARK. A non-standard spelling of \"berserk\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Key to problem in sound pairs of bent roof timbers (4)","output":"### Answer: CRUX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Key to problem\nHomophone of \"crucks\", a cruck being \"one of a pair of curved timbers supporting a roof\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Work containing one particular tailless heraldic beast (8)","output":"### Answer: OPANICUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: heraldic beast\nA NIC[E] in OPUS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Buffalo Indians rear: is diner treated with this? (4)","output":"### Answer: ARNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Buffalo\nComposite anagram \u2013 (INDIANS REAR)* = IS DINER ARNA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reverse of a toff, servant I'll give tips (8)","output":"### Answer: BONAMANI \n ### Explanation: Definition: tips\n(A NOB)< + MAN (servant) + I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Control held back by carabinieri (4)","output":"### Answer: REIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Control\nHidden reversed in carabiNIERi"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tricky tongue (not English) that one has failed to master? (5)","output":"### Answer: UNGOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: that one has failed to master\nTONGUE* less E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Melt like old sugary stuff I once examined closely in cube (9)","output":"### Answer: DISCANDIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Melt like old sugary stuff\nI SCAN'D in DIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fool imbibing Pils, drunk \u2013 it shows comparable decline on the rocks (8)","output":"### Answer: DIPSLOPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: it shows comparable decline on the rocks\nPILS* in DOPE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's alluring about thrash in mining area? (8)","output":"### Answer: STANNARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: mining area\nTAN in SNARY (i.e. like a snare, or alluring)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plonk mixed in red Rioja judge dismissed (9)","output":"### Answer: ORDINAIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plonk\n(IN RED RIOJA)* less J"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be thankful for being born younger (5)","output":"### Answer: BLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Be thankful for\nB + LESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Descended from a string of socialites (4)","output":"### Answer: ALIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Descended\nHidden in sociaALITes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One who'd limit the Church's rights, a long time before punishment of antis (8)","output":"### Answer: ERASTIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: One who'd limit the Church's rights\nERA + ANTIS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Indian weight much brought from the east? (4)","output":"### Answer: TOLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Indian weight\nReverse of A LOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Malay dish, good one to cook twice (8)","output":"### Answer: GADO-GADO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Malay dish\nG + A + DO, twice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Painter of royal prince? (4)","output":"### Answer: HALS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Painter\nHAL'S = \"of royal prince\". The painter is Franz Hals, whose best-known work is probably \"The Laughing Cavalier\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It may go to a tie-breaker, with little separating viewers (8)","output":"### Answer: CLOSE-SET \n ### Explanation: Definition: with little separating viewers\nDouble definition \u2013 a close set in tennis, and describing eyes that are close together"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Antique pendants, what your uncle may be after! (4)","output":"### Answer: BOBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Antique pendants\nReference to the expression \"Bob's your uncle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Result of virgin birth, a topic strangely absorbing maiden (7)","output":"### Answer: APOMICT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Result of virgin birth\nA + M in TOPIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fault in wood is round lower part of door (9)","output":"### Answer: RINGSHAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fault in wood\nRINGS (is round) + HAKE (also spelt heck, which is indeed \"the lower part of a door\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kin left out bubbly cokes (as of old) (4)","output":"### Answer: SIMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: cokes (as of old)\nSIMPKIN (an Anglo-Indian word for champagne, aka bubbly) less KIN; a simp is a simpleton, as is a cokes (obsolete word)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lack of CO2 causing wild panic among drivers? (7)","output":"### Answer: ACAPNIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lack of CO2\nPANIC* in AA (Automobile Association)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old Scots, rather uneducated? Some but not all (5)","output":"### Answer: RUNED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old Scots\nHidden in ratheR UNEDucated. The definition refers to the language, which according to Chambers seems to be one possible meaning of the word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fine quartz or nacre fashioned inverted stud maybe (9)","output":"### Answer: CARNELIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fine quartz\nNACRE* + NAIL<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Students' club, where they study getting squiffy (5)","output":"### Answer: UNION \n ### Explanation: Students' club, where they study getting squiffy (5) \nUNI (where students study) + ON (drunk)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article in annex deployed source of dyestuffs (8)","output":"### Answer: XANTHENE \n ### Explanation: Definition: source of dyestuffs\nTHE in ANNEX"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I study letters of Tasso littering church screen (9)","output":"### Answer: ICONOSTAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: church screen\nI CON + TASSO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tropical blooms, neat, I put in as ling withered (9)","output":"### Answer: GLOXINIAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tropical blooms\nOX (neat) I in (AS LING)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bud that's crushed as means to get rid of bird's fleas? (8)","output":"### Answer: DUST-BATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: means to get rid of bird's fleas\n(BUD THAT'S)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prince's confidant? Four admitted to gallery (7)","output":"### Answer: PRIVADO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prince's confidant\nIV in PRADO (art gallery in Madrid)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Abroad, dad gets voluntary nurses in to transfuse (7)","output":"### Answer: PERVADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: transfuse\nVAD (Voluntary AID Detachment) in PERE (French \"father\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Athletic location, quite ordinary, attended by amateur (5)","output":"### Answer: ALLOA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Athletic location\nALL (quite) + O[rdinary] + A[mateur], with the definition referring to Alloa's football team"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strong but light alloy forming centre of bridges over river (5)","output":"### Answer: DURAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Strong but light alloy\n[bri]D[ges]. \"Ural\" is more familiar as the name of the Russian mountain range separating Europe and Asia, but it's also a river that rises in those mountains"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crosses depth, leading search and rescue alert? (4)","output":"### Answer: DSOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crosses\nD + SOS. DSO is on of the many spelling of the Himalayan hybrid cattle also called the zho; I wonder if it might also be referring to the Distinguished Service Order here, as that medal is in the shape of a cross"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drunk around noon, he merits contempt (4)","output":"### Answer: SNOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: he merits contempt\nN in SOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Araucaria's day \u2014 important with a 9 (6,6)","output":"### Answer: MONKEY PUZZLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Araucaria\nMON[day] + KEY (important) + PUZZLE (crossword) \u2013 a nice touch that the first clue mentions Araucaria, whose pseudonym is the name of the Money-puzzle genus"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some bread on better sort of desk (4-3)","output":"### Answer: ROLL-TOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: sort of desk\nROLL (some bread) + TOP (to better)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Our moment the mark of love \u2014 guarantee a number captivated by 100-year celebration finally coming around (9,9)","output":"### Answer: CROSSWORD CENTENARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Our moment\nThe answer was pretty obvious, but this one took me a while to explain: I think it's CROSS (X = kiss being a \"sign of love\") + WORD (guarantee) + TEN (number) in anagram of C (100) YEAR [celebratio]N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steps taken to back fringes in Zionist decree (5)","output":"### Answer: WALTZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: Steps taken\nZ[ionis]T LAW, reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Neanderthal's comment about evildoing (5)","output":"### Answer: USING \n ### Explanation: Definition: doing\nA \"lift and separate\" clue: SIN (evil) in UG (Neanderthal's comment)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heavenly composition of Satie \u2014 little room to accommodate it (9)","output":"### Answer: CELESTIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Heavenly\nSATIE* in CELL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dr Seuss's hat-wearer brought back hat \u2014 that's touching (7)","output":"### Answer: TACTILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: touching\nReverse of CAT (from the Dr Seuss book \"The Cat in the Hat\") + TILE (hat)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Farm managed to divide farm produce the wrong way (6)","output":"### Answer: GRANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Farm\nRAN in reverse of EGG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 7 good to keep in a dark hole? On the contrary (6)","output":"### Answer: ENIGMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: 7\nG in A MINE, reversed, and an enigma is a puzzle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 9s, we could argue, in part for mankind (3,4)","output":"### Answer: ART FORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: 9s, we could argue\nHidden in pART FOR Mankind"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Range of features I knitted together with one suspect? (9)","output":"### Answer: IDENTIKIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Range of features\n(I KNITTED I)*, the definition referring to the fact that Identikit pictures were originally made from a collection of different eyes, noses, etc."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flier \u2014 something to take with it (5)","output":"### Answer: PEWIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flier\nPEW (\"take a pew\") + IT. The Pewit is aka the Lapwing or Green Plover."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A jet won't start, I'm sad to say (5)","output":"### Answer: ALACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: I'm sad to say\nA [b]LACK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wealth in a Bath or Chelsea trip? (9)","output":"### Answer: ABUNDANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wealth\nA BUN DANCE (ref to Bath buns and Chelsea buns)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In New York World's case, 25's ultimate access to cipher (7)","output":"### Answer: KEYWORD \n ### Explanation: Definition: access to cipher\nAnagram (\"New\") of YORK + W[orl]D + [wynn]E, and a keyword might give access to a cipher. Wynne's puzzle was indeed published in the *New York World*, on 21 December 1913."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Judge the character of Jenny? (6)","output":"### Answer: ASSESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Judge\nA Jenny is a female donkey, so (maybe) an ASS-ESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Far from pure setter perhaps outlining principles (we hear) in academic cruciverbalism, named Ximenes (7)","output":"### Answer: MACNUTT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ximenes\nA[cademic] C[ruciverbalism] N[amed] (\"principles (we hear)\" being the principal letters) in MUTT (a mongrel, so not a pure Setter (say)). Ximenes was the pseudonym of Derrick Somerset Macnutt, successor of Torquemada in *The Observer* and predecessor of Azed."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Biblical character, model from Somalia, eating nothing up (5)","output":"### Answer: NAOMI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Biblical character\nO in IMAN, Somali model; Naomi is the mother of Ruth in the OT."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relaxed and informal \u2014 though hard on the way back? (4-5)","output":"### Answer: EASY-GOING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relaxed and informal\nIf it's EASY GOING, then in might be hard coming back"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Standard wine label (3,4)","output":"### Answer: RED FLAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Standard\nRED (wine) + FLAG (label)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Solver's Scottish isle (5)","output":"### Answer: LEWIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Solver\nDouble definition \u2013 the \"isle\" is actually just a part of the largest island of the Outer Hebrides. The \"solver\", I presume, is Inspector Morse's sidekick and successor, so a \"solver\" of cases, and\/or \"Mrs B Lewis\", aka Dorothy Taylor, a Ximenes and Azed solver, after whom Colin Dexter named the character."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reproof left man tired at first, during the course of life (7-2)","output":"### Answer: TALKING-TO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reproof\nL KING T[ired] in TAO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shifty hooligan not entirely revolutionary (6)","output":"### Answer: LOUCHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shifty\nLOU[t] + CHE [Guevara]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extremes in a despot, remarkable (9)","output":"### Answer: ANTIPODES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Extremes\n(IN A DESPOT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Difficult few days in trophy (7)","output":"### Answer: AWKWARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Difficult\nWK (week \u2013 \"a few days\") in AWARD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Right this day in New York initially, a new, extraordinary 9 inventor (6,5)","output":"### Answer: ARTHUR WYNNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 9 inventor\nR THUR in (NY A NEW)* \u2013 \"this day\" being Thursday makes the cryptic reading work nicely, so perhaps a reason why this puzzle was published today, but surely it isn't right for the surface, as it makes it two days early. (I checked the date in John Halpern's Crossword centenary book, among other sources, so there's no ambiguity about the date of Arthur Wynne's puzzle)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Torquemada's hamster tortured (7)","output":"### Answer: MATHERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Torquemada\nHAMSTER*. Torquemada was the pseudonym of Edward Powys Mathers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Take over something at the top of the flagpole, say? (6)","output":"### Answer: HIJACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Take over\nHomophone of \"high jack\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country's capital city its old capital has moved to (5)","output":"### Answer: TOKYO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Country's capital city\nKYOTO, which was the capital of Japan for over a thousand years, with the TO moved"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Press employee to have a half of real ale (8)","output":"### Answer: REPORTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Press employee\nRE[al] + PORTER \u2013 a reporter is an employee of the press"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Striking achievement of American flier returning to base (5)","output":"### Answer: HOMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: flier returning to base\nDouble definition \u2013 a home run in baseball (made by a striker) and a homing pigeon"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gallery in New York, for example, unopened (4)","output":"### Answer: TATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gallery\n[s]TATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Constitution's supporter supplied ruler with an agenda, for example (10)","output":"### Answer: FEDERALIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Constitution's supporter\nFED (supplied) + ER (the Queen \u2013 a ruler) + A LIST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seeker of proof getting nothing in maths wrong (6)","output":"### Answer: THOMAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seeker of proof\nO in MATHS* \u2013 reference to Doubting Thomas"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of chore very onerous for people, without exception (8)","output":"### Answer: EVERYONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: people, without exception\nHidden in chorE VERY ONErous"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wordsmiths assembled work, in theory, so oddly (7)","output":"### Answer: WRITERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wordsmiths\nOdd letters of WoRk In ThEoRy So"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One with shattered nerves? Just the opposite (7)","output":"### Answer: INVERSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Just the opposite\nI + NERVES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endures being torpedoed by a submarine (8)","output":"### Answer: UNDERSEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: submarine\nENDURES* + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Proposal to bring it back in satellite (6)","output":"### Answer: MOTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Proposal\nIT reversed in MOON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State capital (10)","output":"### Answer: WASHINGTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: State\nDouble definition \u2013 west coast state of the US and federal capital"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quest, the conclusions of which you can reject (4)","output":"### Answer: HUNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quest\nLast letters of whicH yoU caN rejecT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: British vessels in Scottish waters (5)","output":"### Answer: BURNS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scottish waters\nB + URNS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note added to novel Thoreau wrote (8)","output":"### Answer: AUTHORED \n ### Explanation: Note added to novel Thoreau wrote (8)\nTHOREAU* + D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rhetorical device encountered once before in speech (8)","output":"### Answer: METAPHOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rhetorical device\nMET (encountered) + homophone of \"afore\" \u2013 obsolete word, hence the \"once\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Religious leader as father figure, ultimately (4)","output":"### Answer: POPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Religious leader\nPOP + [figur]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lots of teachers in part of England cut (6)","output":"### Answer: STAFFS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lots of teachers\nDouble definition \u2013 school teachers and abbreviation of Staffordshire"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Links good, when embraced by some forming unions (7)","output":"### Answer: BRIDGES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Links\nG in BRIDES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strange rite in earlier time a number regarded as ominous (8)","output":"### Answer: THIRTEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: a number regarded as ominous\nRITE* in THEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of problem \u2014 ploy men typically use (10)","output":"### Answer: EMPLOYMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: use\nHidden in problEM PLOT MEN Typically"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Parties regularly selected, happening in place with bars (6)","output":"### Answer: PRISON \n ### Explanation: Definition: place with bars\nOdd letters of PaRtIeS + ON (happening)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steep mountain presenting dire threat in early part of day (10)","output":"### Answer: MATTERHORN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Steep mountain\nTHREAT* in MORN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lack of care skin problem on head required (8)","output":"### Answer: RASHNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lack of care\nRASH (skin problem) + NESS (head)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hoaxed over name, given stuff to swallow uncritically (8)","output":"### Answer: SPOONFED \n ### Explanation: Definition: given stuff to swallow uncritically\nN in SPOOFED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: False alarm \u2014 it is related to war (7)","output":"### Answer: MARTIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: related to war\n(ALARM IT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hearing organ bishop in US city installed in neighbourhood (6)","output":"### Answer: NEARBY \n ### Explanation: Definition: in neighbourhood\nEAR + B in NY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record time (6)","output":"### Answer: MINUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Record\nDouble definition \u2013 \"record\" as in \"take the minutes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outlaw or gangster? It depends on the initial case (4)","output":"### Answer: HOOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Outlaw\nRobin Hood (with an upper-case H) is an outlaw; a hood (lower-case) is a gangster"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scotsman takes girl to see play (7)","output":"### Answer: MACBETH \n ### Explanation: Definition: play\nMAC (nickname of or slang for a Scotsman) + BETH (girl's name)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go ahead \u2014 make a loan (7)","output":"### Answer: ADVANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Go ahead\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Key equipment in a sailing vessel (4)","output":"### Answer: BRIG \n ### Explanation: Definition: sailing vessel\nB (key, in music) + RIG (equipment)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Order one still refuses to obey (4,6)","output":"### Answer: KEEP MOVING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Order one still refuses to obey\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They happen to upset Steven (6)","output":"### Answer: EVENTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They happen\nSTEVEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fabric on instrument to perish (8)","output":"### Answer: ORGANDIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fabric\nORGAN (instrument) + DIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Warn head to display vigilance (9)","output":"### Answer: ALERTNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: vigilance\nALERT (warn) + NESS (head)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Still quite upset (5)","output":"### Answer: QUIET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Still\nQUITE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spots, we hear, before the eyes? (5)","output":"### Answer: SPECS \n ### Explanation: Definition: before the eyes\nHomophone of \"specks\"; specs = spectacles"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wrong, or sure one is wrong (9)","output":"### Answer: ERRONEOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wrong\n(OR SURE ONE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Certificate goes to leading tactful envoy (8)","output":"### Answer: DIPLOMAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: envoy\nDIPLOMA + T[actful]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: All the difference between life and death? (6)","output":"### Answer: LETHAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: between life and death\n(ALL THE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dessert wine may give one a further jolt (10)","output":"### Answer: AFTERSHOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: further jolt\nAFTERS (dessert) + HOCK (wine)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They're very high in theatrical circles (4)","output":"### Answer: GODS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They're very high in theatrical circles\nCryptic definition \u2013 \"the Gods\" refers to an upper circle in a theatre"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Government by the best? Have a wry smile about it (7)","output":"### Answer: ELITISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Government by the best\nIT in SMILE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'd turn awkward on a point and butt in (7)","output":"### Answer: INTRUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: butt in\n(I'D TURN)* + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A Sheridan character, we hear, is coming (7)","output":"### Answer: ARRIVAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: coming\nHomophone of \"a rival\", i.e. a character in Sheridan's play *The Rivals* (in a production of which, many years ago, I saw the late Margaret Rutherford in the role of Mrs Malaprop)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Started, for instance, during Prohibition (5)","output":"### Answer: BEGAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Started\nE.G. in BAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Collects cheats (5,2)","output":"### Answer: TAKES IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Collects\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Injury puts years on mother (6)","output":"### Answer: DAMAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Injury\nDAM (mother) + AGE (years)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Coming over a river, which may be exciting (9)","output":"### Answer: ADVENTURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: which may be exciting\nADVENT (coming) + URE (river in N. Yorkshire)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bound to be against punishment (7)","output":"### Answer: CONFINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bound\nCON (against) + FINE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Upset, stand it no more \u2014 protest! (13)","output":"### Answer: DEMONSTRATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: protest\n(STAND IT NO MORE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Don't forget to get together again (9)","output":"### Answer: RECOLLECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Don't forget\nRE-COLLECT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arranged Cup Final doesn't start \u2014 distressing (7)","output":"### Answer: PAINFUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: distressing\n([c]UP FINAL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Use suntan lotion? It can also help in the rain (7)","output":"### Answer: OILSKIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: It can also help in the rain\nTo use suntan lotion might be to OIL your SKIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: All by oneself, helpless? (7)","output":"### Answer: UNAIDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: All by oneself\nDouble definition (just about)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A group of inspirational females entertains (6)","output":"### Answer: AMUSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: entertains\nA + [the nine] MUSES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Formidable opponent of note in a row (5)","output":"### Answer: TIGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Formidable opponent\nG (another random musical note, cf 10a) in TIER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mature Conservative entering State Department (6)","output":"### Answer: AGENCY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Department\nAGE (mature) + C in NY (state)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Offender's partner dismissed by primate in sect (7)","output":"### Answer: CULPRIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Offender\nPRI[mate] in CULT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's plain \u2014 setter's bloody exhausted! (9)","output":"### Answer: OVERTIRED \n ### Explanation: Definition: exhausted\nOVERT (plain) + I (setter) + RED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reaches port where 4 acrosses may be seen? (5)","output":"### Answer: DOCKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reaches port\nDouble definition \u2013 culprits may be seen in the dock of a court"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bore made to talk about bottles (5)","output":"### Answer: TOTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bore\nHidden in reverse of maDE TO Talk \u2013 \"bore\" as in \"carried\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hereditary earls can't, unfortunately (9)","output":"### Answer: ANCESTRAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hereditary\n(EARLS CAN'T)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Intermittent rain penetrating blind not a trickle (7)","output":"### Answer: DRIZZLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: trickle\nR[a]I[n] in DAZZLE (blind) less A. This was quite hard to parse, as I initially assumed that \"intermittent rain\" was the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Public room that is welcomed by young men? Hardly! (6)","output":"### Answer: LADIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Public room that is welcomed by young men? Hardly!\nI.E. in LADS. This doesn't quite work as an &lit, I think, or even as a straight clue, as \"hardly\" is redundant, but it raised a smile anyway"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Almost 20 \u2014 central heating's become too hot (6)","output":"### Answer: SCORCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: become too hot\nSCOR[e] + CH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Critical old celeb reviewed short story (7)","output":"### Answer: PIVOTAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Critical\nReverse of O VIP + TAL[e]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leaders ultimately booed off in rubbish game (9)","output":"### Answer: PHEASANTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: game\nHEADS less [booe]D in PANTS (rubbish)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stunner from the East tried to get through again (5)","output":"### Answer: RESAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: tried to get through again\nReverse of TASER \u2013 to resit an exam is to try to get through it again"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Children's network doesn't get started (5)","output":"### Answer: ISSUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Children\n[t]ISSUE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bard's son stops one checking authenticity (9)","output":"### Answer: VERSIFIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bard\nS[on] in VERIFIER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short drink relative knocked back, just a little one (7)","output":"### Answer: TODDLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: just a little one\nTODD[y] + reverse of REL. I spent a long time trying to justify TIDDLER here.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Set up wartime leader in assuming new position (6)","output":"### Answer: INSTAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Set up\nSTALIN with IN \"assuming a new position\". Chambers gives this as a variant spelling of \"install\", but it just looks wrong to me!"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Took on bill covering party (private) (7)","output":"### Answer: ADOPTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Took on\nDO + PTE in AD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wield authority dismissing parliamentary leader (5)","output":"### Answer: EXERT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wield\nEXPERT (authority) less P[arliamentary]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nice region dour Aztec trashed (4,5)","output":"### Answer: COTE\u00a0D\u2019AZUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nice region\n(DOUR AZTEC)* \u2013 region of France containing the city of Nice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Will's rider upset detectives, breaking wind (7)","output":"### Answer: CODICIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Will's rider\nReverse of CID in COIL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where to find swimmers showing promise in class on regular basis (5)","output":"### Answer: LIDOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where to find swimmers\nI DO (promise in a wedding ceremony, though as I never tire of pointing out the \"correct\" version is \"I will\") in [c]L[a]S[s]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Habitual sounds from cat out of bounds, coming in late (9)","output":"### Answer: RECURRENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Habitual\n[p]URR[s] (sounds from cat) in RECENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Organisation of workers produced less conflict (6)","output":"### Answer: TUSSLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: conflict\nTU (trade union) + LESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gunmen backing rebel covered walk (6)","output":"### Answer: ARCADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: covered walk\nReverse of RA (Royal Artillery) + CADE, crosswordland's favourite rebel"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extended home's finished, builder finally admitted (9)","output":"### Answer: INCREASED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Extended\nIN (home) + [builde]R in CEASED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nutmeg had taken up translation as hobby (9)","output":"### Answer: DIVERSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: hobby\nReverse of I'D (Nutmeg had) + VERSION (translation)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Evidence of overindulgence not good for royal house (7)","output":"### Answer: HANOVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: royal house\nHANGOVER less G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eg turnover from discontinued lines (6)","output":"### Answer: PASTRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Eg turnover\nPAST (discontinued) + RY (railway)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It all gets broadcast, including Queen's typo \u2026 (7)","output":"### Answer: LITERAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: typo\nER in (IT ALL)* \u2013 I vaguely remembered this meaning a printing error (specifically of a single letter, say Chambers), but in any case the clueing is clear"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 typo Military Intelligence overlooked \u2014 dash! (6)","output":"### Answer: SPRINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: dash\nMISPRINT less MI"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get wind of deception involving money (5)","output":"### Answer: SMELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get wind of\nM in SELL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fleet Street accepts Dutch, not English (5)","output":"### Answer: SWIFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fleet\nWIF[e] in ST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expect super puzzle by Qaos! (7)","output":"### Answer: PRESUME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Expect\nSUPER* + ME. We did, and we got one."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps miracle ball reversing direction with side spin? (4,3)","output":"### Answer: OPUS DEI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perhaps miracle\nO (ball) + reverse of UP (direction) + SIDE* \u2013 literally \"the work of God\", hence \"perhaps miracle\", but perhaps better known recently as the Roman Catholic organisation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capital offences should loosen offending heads (4)","output":"### Answer: OSLO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Capital\nInitial letters of Offences Should Loosen Heads. A nice change from the old chestnut \"Capital of Czechoslovakia\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Red Sea storms follow fresh onset of rain\", he announces (10)","output":"### Answer: NEWSREADER \n ### Explanation: Definition: he announces\nNEW (fresh) + (RED SEA)* + R[ain]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mashed potatoes not so much used for brewing (6)","output":"### Answer: TEAPOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: much used for brewing\nPOTATOES* less SO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Start getting excited about revolutionary mechanical devices (8)","output":"### Answer: RATCHETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: mechanical devices\nCHE [Guevara] in START"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rough school expelled Oscar, taking back paper first and rulers (9)","output":"### Answer: OLIGARCHS \n ### Explanation: Definition: rulers\nReverse of (RAG I) in SCHOOL* less (one) O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hit for 6? Time to stop (5)","output":"### Answer: STUNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: stop\nSTUN (hit for six) + T. \"Stop\" as in \"stunt your growth\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet, one you reportedly study (5)","output":"### Answer: AUDEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poet\nA (one) + U (you, reportedly) + DEN (study). W. H. Auden is the poet, as I probably don't need to say"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like the prime number eluding da Vinci, extremely hidden (9)","output":"### Answer: INVISIBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: hidden\nINDIVISIBLE (like a, or indeed the, prime number) less D[a vinc]I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Actor likes improvising to mask no good play's finale (8)","output":"### Answer: KINGSLEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Actor\nNG in LIKES* + Y. I assume this refers to Ben Kingsley, famous for his role as Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's film, but no doubt there are otyher acting Kingsleys."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Huge, funny man disguises the end of punchlines (6)","output":"### Answer: COSMIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Huge\n[punchline]S in COMIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Husband does movie reels and family films (4,6)","output":"### Answer: HOME VIDEOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: family films\nH + (DOES MOVIE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Colour page with stationery (4)","output":"### Answer: PINK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Colour\nP + INK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short on game experience (7)","output":"### Answer: UNDERGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: experience\nUNDER (short) + GO (game)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: South Africa follows newspaper material (7)","output":"### Answer: ORGANZA \n ### Explanation: Definition: material\nORGAN (newspaper) + ZA (code for South Africa)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brand market drops 25% after collapse of USSR (7)","output":"### Answer: RUSSELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brand\nUSSR* + [s]ELL (market). Those that haven't heard of this character can find out here."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vessel gathers liquids up (5)","output":"### Answer: SLOOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vessel\nReverse of POOLS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scary figure in gym on steroids (7)","output":"### Answer: MONSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scary figure\nHidden in gyM ON STERoids"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I tape record criminally? (6)","output":"### Answer: PIRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: I tape record criminally\n(I TAPE R)* &lit. R=record isn't in Chambers, but I suppose you might see R for Record on audio equipment"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Western food? (9)","output":"### Answer: SPAGHETTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Western\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 11 over, 10 over? (7)","output":"### Answer: EVERTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: 11\n(TEN OVER)* \u2013 there are 11 in a football team. Nothing to do with Oslo or newsreaders"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: When body shakes with fear, sitting on European insect (5,5,3)","output":"### Answer: DWARF\u00a0HONEY\u00a0BEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: insect\n(WHEN BODY FEAR)* +E. This bee is found in Asia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Birds from Spooner's happy country? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: GREY GEESE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Birds\nSpoonerism of \"gay Greece\" \u2013 using \"gay\" in the old sense, of course"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Motherless, unromantic savage lifts hem of skirt, the horny beast (7)","output":"### Answer: UNICORN \n ### Explanation: Definition: the horny beast\nUNROMANTIC* less MA and [skir]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cold is muffled by fashion, otherwise it can bite (7)","output":"### Answer: INCISOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: it can bite\nC IS in IN OR. \"In\"=\"fashionable\" is familiar, but \"in\"=\"fashion\"?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: German mathematician raises variable in book that's the origin of logic (7)","output":"### Answer: LEIBNIZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: German mathematician\nReverse of Z (variable) IN B I.E. (that is) L[ogic]. Among other things, Leibniz is famous for the dispute with Isaac Newton over who invented calculus."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Catapult over its frame to get airborne (6)","output":"### Answer: FLYING \n ### Explanation: Definition: airborne\nY (the shape of a catapult) in FLING (to catapult)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brown's record? Invading Afghanistan, initially (5)","output":"### Answer: SEPIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brown\nS (from \"Brown's\")+ EP (record) + I[nvading] + A[fghanistan]. I spent some time trying to prove that SIA was a code for Afghanistan.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boob reportedly making a lot of noise (8)","output":"### Answer: CLANGOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: a lot of noise\nHomophone of \"clanger\" (a blunder or boob)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Compiler turned round compiler's former rapper (6)","output":"### Answer: EMINEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: rapper\nMINE (compiler's) in reverse of ME (compiler). Is Eminem a *former* rapper?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stereotypically privileged insect? (4)","output":"### Answer: WASP \n ### Explanation: Definition: insect\nWASP = White Angle-Saxon Protestant, referring to someone (usually American) of typically high social status"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Female getting going with concrete structure (10)","output":"### Answer: FLAUNCHING \n ### Explanation: Definition: concrete structure\nF + LAUNCHING. A new word for me, denoting a familiar sight: \"a sloping piece of cement, e.g. round the base of a chimney pot\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party girl keeping one large chest measurement under wraps (6)","output":"### Answer: HIDDEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: under wraps\nI + DD (large bust measurement) in HEN (a girl at a hen party)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Find out about unusual end of spectrum (8)","output":"### Answer: INFRARED \n ### Explanation: Definition: end of spectrum\nRARE in FIND*. Infrared is at the low-frequency end of the visibile spectrum; to be scientifically picky there's a lot more of the electromagnetic spectrum below it."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Various mediocre, tailless rodents (7)","output":"### Answer: DORMICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: rodents\nMEDIOCRE* less E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Affected style of ornamental entrance (7)","output":"### Answer: ARCHWAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: ornamental entrance\nARCH (affected) + WAY (style)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Liver not wholly absorbing origins of alcoholic binge \u2014 result is almost obscene (8)","output":"### Answer: SCABROUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: almost obscene\nA[lcoholic] B[inge] R[esult] in SCOUS[e], from the Liver Bird, though I'm not sure Liver=Scouse exactly works"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Type of express, perhaps, chasing its tail (6)","output":"### Answer: STRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Type\n[expres]S+ TRAIN (type of express)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Graffiti fade off building material (10)","output":"### Answer: DEFACEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Graffiti\nFADE* + CEMENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant that's loud and loose (4)","output":"### Answer: FLAX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant\nF (loud) + LAX"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oracle's source, or prophet's, in city (6)","output":"### Answer: DELPHI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Oracle's source\nP[rophet] in DELHI"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 22 across-er's article not so hot outside (8)","output":"### Answer: COLANDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: 22 across-er\nAN (indefinite article) in COLDER; a colander is a STRAIN-er"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Camel's relation almost in love with actor (2,6)","output":"### Answer: AL PACINO \n ### Explanation: Definition: actor\nALPAC[A] + IN O (love)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bargain to get legs over (4)","output":"### Answer: SNIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bargain\nReverse of PINS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Head of college leaving home for final destination (6)","output":"### Answer: COFFIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: final destination\nC[ollege] + OFF (leaving, as in \"I'm off!\") + IN (home). My last one in, though I'd earlier guessed the rather macabre definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bad actor going to Italy (a country) (7)","output":"### Answer: CROATIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: a country\nACTOR* + I[taly] + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Express disapproval about return of Scandinavian girl (8)","output":"### Answer: JENNIFER \n ### Explanation: Definition: girl\nReverse of FINN in JEER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beauty and Woman were synonymous with \"domestic appliance\" (10)","output":"### Answer: DISHWASHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: domestic appliance\n~~DISH (beauty), W[oman] \"AS HER\" \u2013 at least I think that's the idea.~~ *Thanks to AndrewC and Eileen \u2013 it's just DISH (beauty) WAS HER (woman)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where to communicate with some of those ancestors? (6)","output":"### Answer: S\u00c9ANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where to communicate with some of those ancestors\nHidden in thoSE ANCEstors. Not quite an &lit, as the wordplay doesn't occupy the whole clue, but a very nice surface reading anyway"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anticipating release, had poem by Portishead translated (5,5)","output":"### Answer: DEMOB HAPPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Anticipating release\nAnagram of HAD POEM BY + P (\"head of Portis\"). Literally, the happiness of solidiers about to be demobbed, also used figuratively to refer to the anticipation of leaving a job etc"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inclined to be cross about un-American show containing gap (8)","output":"### Answer: CHOLERIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inclined to be cross\nCIRCUS less US (un-American show) reversed (about) , containing HOLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mounting vigour, imbued with energy, proves enlivening (8)","output":"### Answer: ANIMATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: proves enlivening\nE in reverse of STAMINA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's distilled in German city's church (7)","output":"### Answer: ESSENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: What's distilled\nESSEN + CE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Smart chopper gutted (6)","output":"### Answer: CLEVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Smart\nCLE[A]VER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Colonise piece of furniture (6)","output":"### Answer: SETTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Colonise\nDouble definition; settle, meaning a high-backed bench, is a word I first heard in, and always associate with, the description of Badger's house in *The Wind in the Willows"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clement's penalty (4)","output":"### Answer: FINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clement\nAnd another DD to finish, though I'm not totally convinced by clement=fine. *I am now \u2013 as Eileen points out, they can mean the same when applied to weather"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blouse revealing girl's front, a loose one (9)","output":"### Answer: GARIBALDI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blouse\nG[irl] + A RIBALD I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What it contains I disposed of \u2013 nothing amiss therein! (5)","output":"### Answer: COUPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: What it contains I disposed of \u2013 nothing amiss therein\nThis is \"a glass container for serving [an ice cream dessert]\", so it's O UP (nothing amiss) in ICE less I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A worked out before Q? It's a help for public speaker (7)","output":"### Answer: AUTOCUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a help for public speaker\nA + OUT* + CUE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Amphibians inhabiting Caspian (Uralian) (5)","output":"### Answer: ANURA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Amphibians\nHidden \u2013 Anura are the tailless amphibians, including frog and toads"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The pet husband twice got rid of \u2013 he'll move animals along (8)","output":"### Answer: TEAMSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: he'll move animals along\nTHE HAMSTER with H removed twice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spicy dish, mixed type, of little value (5)","output":"### Answer: PILOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spicy dish\nPI (mixed type) + LOW \u2013 rice dish perhaps more familiar as \"pilau\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Device for making explosive entrance is scrapped in Pirates misguidedly (5)","output":"### Answer: PETAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Device for making explosive entrance\nPIRATES* less IS, with Pirates capitalised and italicised to make the surface reading suggest a special effect for *The Pirates of Penzance"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soak to soften line \u2013 it's used to catch lobsters (5)","output":"### Answer: CREEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's used to catch lobsters\nCREE (to soften by soaking) + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sports venue given support by the sound of it (5)","output":"### Answer: STADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sports venue\nHomophone of \"stayed\" \u2013 a variant of \"stadium\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Do a basmati rice? A bed is so fragrant, curried (8)","output":"### Answer: AROMATIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: fragrant\nComposite anagram (\"curried\") \u2013 (DO A BASMATI RICE)* = A BED IS SO + AROMATIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Root vegetable not available, and one not in prospect (5)","output":"### Answer: NAVEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Root vegetable\nNA + V[I]EW \u2013 a rather implausible-looking word a for a wild Swedish turnip"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anicut's adapted for water sports (7)","output":"### Answer: NAUTICS \n ### Explanation: Definition: water sports\nANICUT'S* \u2013 anicut is an Anglo-Indian word for a dam, so the surface reading does make some sense"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turbulent age contained by genuine cessation of war once (7)","output":"### Answer: TREAGUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: cessation of war once\nAGE* in TRUE \u2013 a Spenserian word for a truce"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Return of ancient character accepting satisfactory part with no sex (5)","output":"### Answer: ATOKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: part with no sex\nOK in reverse of ETA, which is a letter in ancient, and indeed modern, Greek"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of yore searching out form of gradation (9)","output":"### Answer: INDAGATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: One of yore searching out\nGRADATION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grass on twig? (6)","output":"### Answer: RUMBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grass on\nDouble definition \u2013 to inform against, or to realise something"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grass leaning (4)","output":"### Answer: BENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grass\nAnother double definition \u2013 bent is a type of grass"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An objection over pillar going up, one of two on which arch rests? (7)","output":"### Answer: ABUTTAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: one of two on which arch rests\nA BUT + reverse of LAT (an Indian pillar)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The crazed in bedlam are? (11)","output":"### Answer: LAME-BRAINED \n ### Explanation: Definition: The crazed in bedlam are\n(IN BEDLAM ARE)* &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Elected council identically trimmed boring shopping area (4)","output":"### Answer: DUMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Elected council\nDULL MALL, with the LL \"trimmed\" in both; the Duma is the Russian parliament,or the word can mean an elected council generally. It's related to \"doom\" in the sense of \"judgement\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Study ranks from below (pronounce in imitation of the French) (8)","output":"### Answer: CONSTATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: pronounce in imitation of the French\nCON + ETATS< \u2013 defined as \"to assert\" and glossed by Chambers as a Gallicism"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Did they make a tortoise run away in South America? (5)","output":"### Answer: SCUTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Did they make a tortoise \nCUT (run away, perhaps as in \"cut and run\") in SA \u2013 the \"tortoise\" here is the Roman defensive formation made from shields (scuta = plural of Latin scutum = shield)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Physician putting practice as of old in credit (5)","output":"### Answer: CURER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Physician\nURE in CR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flower transformed seat in vehicle \u2026 (10)","output":"### Answer: HEART\u2019S-EASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flower\nSEAT* in HEARSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Superior vessel in summary is missing narcotic drink (7)","output":"### Answer: PRECAVA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Superior vessel\nPRECIS less IS + AVA (same as \"kava\", a narcotic drink made from a type of pepper plant). The \"superior vessel\" is a vein in the upper body"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old cargo boat: flap about slick when it's capsized? (6)","output":"### Answer: GALIOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old cargo boat\nOIL in TAG, all reversed; it's a cargo boat or small galley"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trader responsible for oversight, run in (5)","output":"### Answer: CRARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trader\nR in CARE \u2013 another ship, this time a \"trading vessel\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: End of career past, he's ready to peg out! (5)","output":"### Answer: ROVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: he's ready to peg out\n[caree]R + OVER; one definition is \"a croquet ball or player ready to peg out\"."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Garland ring, look (5)","output":"### Answer: DECKO \n ### Explanation: Definition: look\nDECK (garland, as a verb) + O; Decko, or dekko, is slang for a look; I didn't realise that it comes from a Hindi word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Barrel with nothing in? You'll find Scotch aplenty here (4)","output":"### Answer: TOUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: You'll find Scotch aplenty here\nO in TUN. Scots form of \"town\", where you would find plenty of \"Scotch\" people"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bog that shifts as ground on all sides falling away (4)","output":"### Answer: QUAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bog that shifts\nQUA (as) + GROUND less ROUND (on all sides); apparently the more familiar \"quagmire\" is a combination of this word, meaning a bog that shifts underfoot, and \"mire\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Zola novel this religious (8)","output":"### Answer: BUDDHIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: religious\nZola BUDD (once a familiar name, probably less so now) + THIS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hunger ends accessing perfectly narrow passage (6)","output":"### Answer: THROAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: narrow passage\n\"Ends\" of H[unge]R in TO A T (perfectly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A bodybuilder's heavenly body (8)","output":"### Answer: ASTEROID \n ### Explanation: Definition: heavenly body\nA + STEROID (bodybuilding drug)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cat food, including last of luncheon meat (5)","output":"### Answer: MINCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: meat\n[luncheo]N in MICE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird carrying child carrying boy off, love being source of romance (9)","output":"### Answer: STORYBOOK \n ### Explanation: Definition: source of romance\nBOY* + O in STORK (bird bringing children, in legend)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vital process cut, expert gathered (12)","output":"### Answer: REPRODUCTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vital process\nPRO in REDUCTION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On this, three scripts came up, as in three times one (7,5)","output":"### Answer: ROSETTA STONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: On this, three scripts\nROSE + AS in T T T + ONE. The Rosetta Stone has the same text carved three times, in Ancient Greek, Demotic Greek and Egyptian hieroglyphics, and was a key discovery in the decoding of hieroglyphics."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Papers full of crap on dinosaur (9)","output":"### Answer: IGUANODON \n ### Explanation: Definition: dinosaur\nGUANO (bird droppings, hence \"crap\") in ID (identity papers) + ON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First sixteen hours of the week storing uranium in pile (5)","output":"### Answer: MOUND \n ### Explanation: Definition: pile\nU in two-thirds (16\/24) of MOND[ay]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hairy, like a bird? (6)","output":"### Answer: SHAGGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hairy\nDouble definition: shaggy = \"like a shag\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of a log where prayer sat endlessly (8)","output":"### Answer: MANTISSA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of a log\n[Praying] MANTIS + SA[t]. When I was doing my A-levels in the days before cheap calculators, we used logs (logarithms) to multiply and divide numbers. These were divided into the Characteristic before the decimal point and the MANTISSA after it."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maximum of sixty on board giving voice (6)","output":"### Answer: TREBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: voice\nSixty = treble 20 on a dartboard, the highest score from a single dart, and treble is (usually a boy's) singing voice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Money once pocketed by runner sent back, it's learned (8)","output":"### Answer: EDUCATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: learned\nDUCAT in reverse of DEE (river, runner)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Half-drunk barman? (6)","output":"### Answer: BRAHMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: barman\n\"Barman\" = musician, composer; and half of \"Brahms and Liszt\", rhyming slang for \"pissed\" = \"drunk\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Affectionate pet scoffing preserved food (6)","output":"### Answer: DOTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Affectionate\nTIN (preserved food) in DOG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This for those with mare to prepare? (9)","output":"### Answer: HORSEMEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: This for those with mare to prepare\n(THOSE MARE)* &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bouncer not filled with air then? (5)","output":"### Answer: HEAVY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bouncer\nA bouncer at a nightclub etc is a HEAVY, and heavy implies not filled with air"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Large-scale work, or a small-scale piece about nothing (8)","output":"### Answer: ORATORIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Large-scale work\nOR A + O in TRIO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Provocative moves by Third World leaders and royal couple? (8)","output":"### Answer: TWERKING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Provocative moves\nT[hird] W[orld] + ER + KING (two royals). Everyone knows what twerking is by now, right?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mature way to poke grandad when tipsy, as mark of excellence (4,8)","output":"### Answer: GOLD STANDARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: mark of excellence\nOLD ST[reet] in GRANDAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Filmed item in a complex, 200 screens (9)","output":"### Answer: CINEMATIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Filmed\n(ITEM IN A)* in CC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something for the boys, as shower framed in trial hauled up (5,3)","output":"### Answer: TRAIN SET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Something for the boys\nRAIN (shower) in reverse of TEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pucker up to clue, as cryptic (8)","output":"### Answer: OSCULATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pucker up\n(TO CLUE AS)* \u2013 to osculate is to kiss"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Piece of material for reinforcing some skirts in the wind (6)","output":"### Answer: GUSSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Piece of material for reinforcing\nThe \"skirts\" of S[om]E in GUST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Picture the king of cutting-edge digital design? (6,12)","output":"### Answer: EDWARD\u00a0SCISSORHANDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Picture\nFilm with Johnny Depp in the title role; plus a kind of cryptic definition, with Edward=King"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I enrage flag wavers as party leader (5,6)","output":"### Answer: NIGEL FARAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: party leader\n(I ENRAGE FLAG)* \u2013 and a kind of reverse &lit, as UKIP, led by Nigel Farage, is more likely to be favoured by some jingoistic flag-wavers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not feeling well, so not at school (3,2,4)","output":"### Answer: OUT OF FORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not feeling well\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Warmth gets right into the centre (5)","output":"### Answer: HEART \n ### Explanation: Definition: centre\nR in HEAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not knowing how to mend a fuse? (2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: IN THE DARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not knowing\nNot exactly a cyptic definition, more a definition + hint"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not very bright, but studies English (5)","output":"### Answer: DENSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not very bright\nDENS (studies) + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look knowing about it? Quite (6)","output":"### Answer: FAIRLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quite\nAIR (look) in FLY (knowing)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unaware that one has the wrong key? (4-4)","output":"### Answer: TONE-DEAF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unaware that one has the wrong key\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Restraint shown when government security takes time (7)","output":"### Answer: BONDAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Restraint\nBOND (Government security) + AGE (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make more records from master (7)","output":"### Answer: REPRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: master\nRecords are (or were) pressed, so to make more is to RE-PRESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Welsh town where the leaves drop? (8)","output":"### Answer: PEMBROKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Welsh town\nThe former county town of Pembrokeshire, and a Pembroke table is one with \"drop leaves\" \u2013 picture here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Find it surrounded by blood \u2014 get a lump in the throat (6)","output":"### Answer: GOITRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a lump in the throat\nIT in GORE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Getting little credit in support is irritating (5)","output":"### Answer: ACRID \n ### Explanation: Definition: irritating\nCR in AID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Abnormal tides wear the river bank (9)","output":"### Answer: WATERSIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: the river bank\n(TIDES WEAR)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: States how old one is \u2014 it's the custom (5)","output":"### Answer: USAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: the custom\nUS (United Stage) + AGE (how old one is)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be sufficiently competent to take dimensions (7,2)","output":"### Answer: MEASURE UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Be sufficiently competent\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Did this fowl lay golden eggs? (6)","output":"### Answer: GUINEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: fowl\nAnother definition + hint, the fowl being the Guineafowl, and a reference to golden guineas"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hot companion is extra in bed (8)","output":"### Answer: BOTHERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hot companion\nOTHER in BED. The definition refers to the expression \"hot and bothered\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Holiday when one is not at one's best (3,3)","output":"### Answer: OFF DAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Holiday\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alternative offered in a part exchange is equitable (3,4)","output":"### Answer: PRO RATA \n ### Explanation: Definition: equitable\nOR in (A PART)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guard appears fed up over tip (6)","output":"### Answer: DEFEND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Guard\nReverse of FED + END (tip)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's very French to overtake and an offence (8)","output":"### Answer: TRESPASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: an offence\nTRES (French for \"very\") + PASS (overtake)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Payment before mountain ascent (4)","output":"### Answer: ANTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Payment before\nReverse of [Mount] ETNA, and an ante is a \"payment before\" a hand of poker etc"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not very bright, so extra shy (8)","output":"### Answer: OVERCAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not very bright\nOVER (extra) + SHY ( = cast = throw)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Develop argument after midnight (4)","output":"### Answer: GROW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Develop\nMiddle letter of niGht + ROW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maintain the same policy? (8)","output":"### Answer: REINSURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maintain the same policy\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Behind time, second mate dashed around (7)","output":"### Answer: BELATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Behind time\n[m]A[te] in BELTED (dashed, or rushed), though I don't like \"second mate\" for \"second letter of mate\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Game captain takes control here (6)","output":"### Answer: BRIDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Game\nDouble definition \u2013 card game, and where a ship's captain is found"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agrees to make a film musical (6)","output":"### Answer: GREASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a film musical\nAGREES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fresh air and mud has curative powers (6)","output":"### Answer: RADIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: has curative powers\n(AIR MUD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Essay is about old play by Shakespeare, for example (7)","output":"### Answer: TRAGEDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: play by Shakespeare, for example\nAGED in TRY (essay)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Squander food (7)","output":"### Answer: FRITTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Squander\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jet fighters? (4)","output":"### Answer: IMPI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jet fighters\nUnless I've missed another meaning, this is just a cryptic definition for the \"jet black\" Zulu warriors"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He's likely to look out for inexpensive fish (10)","output":"### Answer: CHEAPSKATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: He's likely to look out for inexpensive fish\nCHEAP + SKATE \u2013 not exactly an &lit, even though the whole clue is a sort of definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Work hard to complete a butt (3,3)","output":"### Answer: FAG END \n ### Explanation: Definition: butt\nFAG (work hard) + END (complete)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soundest form of exports (5,3)","output":"### Answer: SENDS OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: exports\nSOUNDEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A good place to see the stars come out (5,4)","output":"### Answer: STAGE DOOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: A good place to see the stars come out\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prevent animal swallowing the tin-opener (5)","output":"### Answer: DETER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prevent\nT[in] in DEER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Separate audition is held for a role (5)","output":"### Answer: APART \n ### Explanation: Definition: Separate\nA PART (role). Not sure where \"audition\" comes in.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Easter Rising? (9)","output":"### Answer: ASCENSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: The Easter Rising\nCryptic definition, except that Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, not his ascension, which is 40 days later"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Surprise shots in a melee (8)","output":"### Answer: ASTONISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Surprise\n(SHOTS IN A)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's normally found at the foot of the column (6)","output":"### Answer: PLINTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's normally found at the foot of the column\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He hasn't made the First XI (7,3)","output":"### Answer: TWELFTH MAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: He hasn't made the First XI\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Celebrity of American extraction (4)","output":"### Answer: FAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Celebrity\nHidden in oF AMErican"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Removal time guaranteed (7)","output":"### Answer: ERASURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Removal\nERA + SURE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carriage axle bush, for instance (7)","output":"### Answer: BEARING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Carriage\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An animal must have some means of defence (7)","output":"### Answer: RAMPART \n ### Explanation: Definition: means of defence\nRAM + PART"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: We'd be lost without him! (5)","output":"### Answer: GUIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: We'd be lost without him\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Determined detectives in action (7)","output":"### Answer: DECIDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Determined\nCID (detectives) in DEED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regret past evil or heartless present, perhaps? (6)","output":"### Answer: REPENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Regret past evil\nPRE[s]ENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make moves to raise one's standing? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: TAKE STEPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make moves\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appear very interested, then change employment (7)","output":"### Answer: ENTHUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Appear very interested\nTHEN* + USE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Firm plan for retirement? (7,6)","output":"### Answer: PENSION SCHEME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Firm plan for retirement\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mouth-watering church decorations (9)","output":"### Answer: GARGOYLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mouth-watering church decorations\nCryptic definition, gargoyles on churches etc being spouts to convey rainwater away from the walls"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Following hostilities, struggle after job (4-3)","output":"### Answer: POST-WAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Following hostilities\nPOST (job) + WAR (struggle). I don't like the way the WAR element has the same meaning in answer and wordplay; maybe I'm just noticing it more, but this does seem to be getting more common."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cost of stocking river with birds (7)","output":"### Answer: EXPENSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cost\nPENS (female swans) in the river EXE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old Empire which, lacking arms, lacks backing (7)","output":"### Answer: OTTOMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old Empire\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Surgeon reveals inclination about getting a rise (6)","output":"### Answer: LISTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Surgeon\nLIST (leaning, inclination) + reverse of RE (about)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What could be finer to conclude? (5)","output":"### Answer: INFER \n ### Explanation: Definition: conclude\nFINER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lusts wickedly and earl creates conflict (6)","output":"### Answer: TUSSLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: conflict\nLUSTS* + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scruffy punk met disaster (7)","output":"### Answer: UNKEMPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scruffy\n(PUNK MET)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Defender gets a game point (9)","output":"### Answer: APOLOGIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Defender\nA POLO GIST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artist returned and administered the island (5)","output":"### Answer: ARRAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: island\nReverse of RA + RAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shanghai journalists? (5)","output":"### Answer: PRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shanghai\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Member is slow to pass laws (9)","output":"### Answer: LEGISLATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to pass laws\nLEG IS LATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Belittle Germany and Spain with monograph (7)","output":"### Answer: DETRACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Belittle\nD + E + TRACT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Danger for doctor taking heroin (6)","output":"### Answer: THREAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Danger\nH (slang for heroin) in TREAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mind about record being promoted (6)","output":"### Answer: HELPED \n ### Explanation: Definition: promoted\nLP in HEED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hesitates, for the reading is set in hell (7)","output":"### Answer: DITHERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hesitates\nTHE R (reading, as in the Three Rs) in DIS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Died in employment while celebrating (9)","output":"### Answer: OBSERVING \n ### Explanation: Definition: celebrating\nOB (died) + SERVING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guard decapitated candidate (5)","output":"### Answer: ENTRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: candidate\n[S]ENTRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Order a queen to skate (5)","output":"### Answer: ARRAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Order\nA + R[egina] + RAY (fish)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Affected a bold pose in dance (4,5)","output":"### Answer: PASO DOBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: dance\n(A BOLD POSE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Workman eats divine little fish (7)","output":"### Answer: TIDDLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: little fish\nDD (Doctor of Divinity) in TILER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A fabulous Greek nonet entertains (6)","output":"### Answer: AMUSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: entertains\nA + MUSES (of whom there were nine in Greek mythology)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tenor performed hip hop in a tight corner (7)","output":"### Answer: TRAPPED \n ### Explanation: Definition: a tight corner\nT + RAPPED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stay beside the sea (5)","output":"### Answer: SHORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stay\nDouble definition \u2013 the first as in \"shore up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inspect small instrument and be quick about it (4,5)","output":"### Answer: LOOK SHARP \n ### Explanation: Definition: be quick about it\nLOOK (inspect) + S HARP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anxious when riding neck and neck (7)","output":"### Answer: UPTIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Anxious\nUP (on horsebck, riding) + TIGHT (neck and neck)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet and knight feast on Sunday (5)","output":"### Answer: KEATS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poet\nK[night] + EAT (feast) + S[unday]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Horse carries mother and boy in preserve (9)","output":"### Answer: MARMALADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: preserve\nMA + LAD in MARE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nurse turned up coloured fabric (6)","output":"### Answer: TENDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nurse\nReverse of RED NET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman is cruel after losing bridge partner (6)","output":"### Answer: VIOLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Woman\nVIOLENT less N (South's partner in Bridge)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Walk round stable that's highly thought of (9)","output":"### Answer: TREASURED \n ### Explanation: Definition: highly thought of\nSURE in TREAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carnivore died in butt of port (9)","output":"### Answer: ROTTERDAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: port\nOTTER D in RAM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flower not properly ripened (7)","output":"### Answer: DNIEPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flower\nRIPENED* \u2013 I'd heard of this river before (it's the fourth longest in Europe), but it had temporarily slipped my mind, so this was my last one in"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Understand girl gets made up (6)","output":"### Answer: DIGEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Understand\nDI (girl) + GETS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Toss cape through timidity (7)","output":"### Answer: SHYNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: timidity\nSHY (throw, toss) + NESS (cape)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passionate about hostelry found down under (6)","output":"### Answer: HOBART \n ### Explanation: Definition: found down under\nBAR in HOT. Hobart is the capital of Tasmania"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Play orchestral pieces in reverse order \u2014 that's splendid! (5)","output":"### Answer: ROYAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: splendid\nHidden in reverse of pLAY ORchestral"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Instruments are found in containers (5)","output":"### Answer: TUBAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Instruments\nA (abbreviation for are, one hundredth of a hectare) in TUBS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lightweight service of no note? (3,4)","output":"### Answer: LOW MASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: service of no note\nSomething lightweight has \"low mass\"; in the Roman Catholic liturgy a low mass is one without music, or notes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It was honourable, for Japanese double-decker was open-top? (7)","output":"### Answer: BUSHIDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: It was honourable, for Japanese\nBUS HID O (nothing). Bushido is the Japanese \"way of the warrior\", or the Samurai way of life"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small time Scots golfer packs in US round \u2014 the price he pays for his driving? (5,9)","output":"### Answer: MOTOR INSURANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: the price he pays for his driving\nMO (moment, small time) + (IN + US<) in [Sam] TORRANCE (golfer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Here's the latest deplorably bad ratatouille! (4,3,5,2)","output":"### Answer: READ ALL ABOUT IT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Here's the latest\n(BAD RATATOUILLE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: High sea swirling round Sardinia manor houses (4)","output":"### Answer: MAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: High sea\nHidden in reverse of sardiNIA Manor"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Knowing about false icon, failed to impress (3,2,3)","output":"### Answer: CUT NO ICE \n ### Explanation: Knowing about false icon, failed to impress (3,2,3)\nICON* in CUTE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Say \"That was funny!\", then tour model village (8)","output":"### Answer: LEGOLAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: model village\nEG (say) in (\"toured by\") LOL (that was funny) + AND (then). Legoland (of which there are several \u2013 the UK one is near Windsor) is a theme park that is (more apparently than actually) built from Lego bricks"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mausoleum site's \u00a31K value reduced by 33% (4)","output":"### Answer: AGRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mausoleum site\nA GRA[ND] \u2013 AGra is the site of the Taj Mahal"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strong second eleven players each get forward quickly (4,5,5)","output":"### Answer: FULL STEAM AHEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: get forward quickly\nFULL (strong) + S + TEAM + A HEAD (each)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where chests are looked after, is writhing outside of emergency room in awful pain (9,5)","output":"### Answer: CONTAINER PORTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where chests are looked after\nER in PAIN* in CONTORTS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passion exhibited in novel case (7)","output":"### Answer: SHEATHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: case\nHEAT (passion) in SHE (novel by H. Rider Haggard)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make a better offer (3,4)","output":"### Answer: LAY ODDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make a better offer\nCryptic definition \u2013 i.e. \"make an offer to a better\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beastly young spy boss trespassing on Q Division? (4)","output":"### Answer: LAMB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beastly young\nM (spy boss, in the James Bond novels and films) in LAB (Q division being where the gadgets etc are developed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cycle across carpet with weapon, giving a look of disdain (9,6)","output":"### Answer: WITHERING GLANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a look of disdain\nTHE RING (Wagner's cycle) in WIG + LANCE. I presume wig=carpet because they both mean \"reprimand\"; at first I thought it might be an alternative to the slang \"rug\", meaning a wig (on your head)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nameless type in A&E scrape (6)","output":"### Answer: ABRADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: scrape\nBRA[N]D in A [and] E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To repress lecturer going through first of epileptic seizures, stood up (6)","output":"### Answer: STIFLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: To repress\nL in E[pileptic] FITS, reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Try very hard to pull replacement player over, collecting cheers! (4,1,3)","output":"### Answer: BUST A GUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Try very hard\nTA (thank you, cheers) in reverse of TUG SUB[stitute]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where to get taught in present-day European capital and afflicted round former one (8)","output":"### Answer: SORBONNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where to get taught in present-day European capital\nBONN (capital of the former West Germany) in SORE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Christian song corrupted by editor might elicit such a question (2,7,6)","output":"### Answer: IS NOTHING SACRED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Christian song corrupted by editor might elicit such a question\n(CHRISTIAN SONG)* + ED &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Open cut? Yes, across road (4,3,3)","output":"### Answer: OVER THE WAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: across road\nA nice charade: OVERT HEW AY (variant of AYE = yes)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Walk into sci-fi expert's group (5,5)","output":"### Answer: SMALL FACES \n ### Explanation: Definition: group\nMALL (a walk[way]) in SF ACES. The Small Faces were a pop group of the 1960s"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outstanding performer on court contracted canine fever (5,3)","output":"### Answer: CLASS ACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Outstanding performer\nC[anine] + LASSA + (\"on\") CT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prisoner's nice warm coat, perhaps sleeveless (8)","output":"### Answer: INTERNEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prisoner\nNot sure about this, but a nice warm coat could be a WINTER NEED, which loses its \"sleeves\" to become INTERNEE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Smell put up by Liberal, having no principles (6)","output":"### Answer: AMORAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: having no principles\nAROMA< + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Takeaway\" Catholic, well-equipped for child-bearing? (6)","output":"### Answer: CHIPPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Takeaway\nC + HIPPY. Chippy = fish-and-chip-shop. \"Takeaway\" can mean a place selling takeaway meals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Noel, Liam & Co are unloved, like Status Quo (2,2)","output":"### Answer: AS IS \n ### Explanation: Definition: like Status Quo\nOASIS (band consisting of N + L Gallagher among others) less O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Musical stored inside piano roll's top container? (7)","output":"### Answer: PANNIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: container\nANNIE (Musical) in P[iano] + R[oll]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Name taken by game master (7)","output":"### Answer: HOCKNEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: master\nN in HOCKEY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Art of sewer decoration? (10)","output":"### Answer: EMBROIDERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Art of sewer\nTwo (very closely related) definitions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It happened in the end lift crack (6)","output":"### Answer: UPSHOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: It happened in the end\nUP (lift, as a verb) + SHOT (crack, as in \"have a crack\/shot at this\"). Rather a strange surface reading, but it just about makes sense"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leave empty room smaller than before, not having a clue (8)","output":"### Answer: GORMLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: not having a clue\nGO (leave) + R[oom] + LESS (smaller than before)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bids under, breaking free (9)","output":"### Answer: DISBURDEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: free\n(BIDS UNDER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: About those taking flight 161 (5)","output":"### Answer: AVIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: About those taking flight\nThe 161 is split up as 1 + 6 + 1, or A + VI + AN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Burn peeled off in layers with no end of heartache (5)","output":"### Answer: SCALD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Burn\nSCALED (peeled off in layers) less [heartach]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Escort's state? Unserviceable \u2014 the woman's cool (9)","output":"### Answer: USHERSHIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Escort's state\nU\/S + HERS + HIP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: List of the actors etc to take the role of Sykes? (8)","output":"### Answer: PLAYBILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: List of the actors etc\nTo take the role of Sykes is to PLAY BILL, though the character in *Oliver Twist* is actually Bill *Sikes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In irritation, say, 4 x 4 almost knocked over horseman (6)","output":"### Answer: HUSSAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: horseman\nSU[V] in RASH, all reversed, with a surface reading that well describes some of the drivers of these monsters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Idealistic rocks given a stressed look (10)","output":"### Answer: ITALICISED \n ### Explanation: Definition: given a stressed look\nIDEALISTIC* \u2013 nice misleading defintion, though again the surface reading is a bit strange"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Standby terraced housing bits combined (4)","output":"### Answer: BYTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: bits combined\nHidden in standBY TErrace \u2013 a byte (usually) consists of 8 bits"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jail youth's liquid holder (7)","output":"### Answer: CANTEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: liquid holder\nCAN (jail) + TEEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article on site associated with Apollo Theatre (7)","output":"### Answer: ADELPHI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Theatre\nA + DELPHI. I don't know how closely the names \"Delphi\" and \"Adelphi\" are related \u2013 can anyone (Eileen?) elucidate?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Certainly no opening for kidnap (5)","output":"### Answer: NATCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Certainly\n[S]NATCH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Et ceteras Jo removed could have her off the aircraft pdq (7,4)","output":"### Answer: EJECTOR SEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: could have her off the aircraft pdq\n(ET CETERAS JO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They might hum, unsmiling, in Old Style setting (6)","output":"### Answer: ODOURS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They might hum\nDOUR in OS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jokes about grand passion for soft treatment aids (3,6)","output":"### Answer: KID GLOVES \n ### Explanation: Definition: soft treatment aids\nG LOVE in KIDS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rocky area is uranium-enriched vast tract (7)","output":"### Answer: EURASIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: vast tract\nU in (AREA IS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Famous 5 article getting more column inches? (1,6,6)","output":"### Answer: A BIGGER SPLASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Famous 5 article\nDefinition + cryptic definition for this well-known painting by David Hockney. I think the clue could fairly have been written as \"Famous Five article..\" to give a more obvious allusion to the Enid Blyton books"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Corporation founder's shambolic board manoeuvre? (5-4)","output":"### Answer: BELLY FLOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: shambolic board manoeuvre\nBELLY (corporation) + FLOP (to founder)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer's block \u2014 in bed before start of evening (7)","output":"### Answer: COLETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Writer\nLET (block, as in \"let or hindrance\") in COT + E[vening]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creature's energy, life force and cycles (7)","output":"### Answer: ECHIDNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Creature\nE + CHI (life force in Traditional Chinese Medicine) + AND<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pushed to do something unprepared and so likely to go under? (2,2,3,4,3)","output":"### Answer: IN AT THE DEEP END \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pushed to do something unprepared\nMetaphorical and literal definition of the phrase"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unknown metal containing cold mineral (6)","output":"### Answer: ZIRCON \n ### Explanation: Definition: mineral\nZ (unknown, in algebra etc) + C in IRON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clog junk boats (5)","output":"### Answer: SABOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clog\nBOATS* Sabot is the French word for a clog, sometimes used in English, and the origin of the word \"sabotage\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They could be spitting \u2013 Egyptian king shows firm support for women (6)","output":"### Answer: COBRAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They could be spitting\n[A2] The only way I can make this work is as C (meaning company, firm) + **O** + BRAS, though I assumed for a long time that the \"firm\" was CO, and I don't knpw hopw the Egyptian king firs in"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One who takes orders from criminal! (6)","output":"### Answer: CLERIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: One who takes orders\n[M2] **CIRCLE*** (\"criminal\" indicating the anagram)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clue for Seth, who likes to do things differently (5,3,7)","output":"### Answer: RINGS THE CHANGES \n ### Explanation: Definition: likes to do things differently\n[A1] **RING** + STHE CHANGES (a \"clue for Seth\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put crudely, having sex is what drives us (6)","output":"### Answer: RIDING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put crudely, having sex\n[A1] ID \u2013 \"what drives us\" in Freudian psychology \u2013 in **RING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inlet provides shelter (8)","output":"### Answer: COVERING \n ### Explanation: Definition: shelter\n[A1] Cove=inlet in **RING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sea power network (4,4)","output":"### Answer: RING MAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: power network\n[A1] **RING** + MAIN (sea)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beyond content of garden, I let results develop (6)","output":"### Answer: ELATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beyond content\n[C1] (GARDEN I LET)* \u2013 **RING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink made with distilled grain produces beer gut (6)","output":"### Answer: PAUNCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: beer gut\n[C1] GRAIN* less **RING** in PUNCH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Catchment areas so essential to calculate changing value (8)","output":"### Answer: REASSESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: calculate changing value\n[C2] Hidden in aREAS S[**O**]ESSential"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cagliostro was a visionary member of church of Rome and the first to go in? (8)","output":"### Answer: SORCERER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cagliostro was\n[A2] **O** RC, R in (two locations in) SEER (visionary) \u2013 Alessandro Cagliostro was an occultist, hence \"sorcerer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fiddle string: rare device for writer (6)","output":"### Answer: SARTRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: writer\n[C1] (STRING RARE)* \u2013 **RING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exercising power \u2013 exercising it in speech after time (7,8)","output":"### Answer: CIRCUIT TRAINING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exercising\n[A3] **CIRCUIT** T + homophone of \"reigning\" (exercising power)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vamoose, Yankee! (6)","output":"### Answer: GRINGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Yankee\n[A1] **RING** in GO (Vamoose!)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mean of Boatman to get round answer with cunning (6)","output":"### Answer: MEASLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mean\n[C3] ME + A + SLY, omitting **GET ROUND** (or maybe just **ROUND**) from clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jesus Christ: INRI written ironically below top of cross \u2013 10 thousand implicated (7)","output":"### Answer: CRIMINI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jesus Christ\n[C2] C + 10 less **0** gives 1000) + M in INRI"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boatman's claim is barging around (4,1)","output":"### Answer: BAGS I \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boatman's claim\n[C1] (IS BARGING)* less **RING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One island against another? Little time lost (7)","output":"### Answer: ANTIGUA \n ### Explanation: Definition: One island\n[C2] ANTI + GUAM less (MO minus **O**). I think this has to be a C2, even though the \"symbol\" O doesn't appear in the clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The French take leader inside port (2,5)","output":"### Answer: LE HAVRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: port\n[M1] R \u2013 i.e.**RING**leader \u2013 in LE (\"the French\") + HAVE (take)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They bypass one in the sticks (4,5)","output":"### Answer: RING ROADS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They bypass\n[A1] **RING** + A in RODS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Enclose a cracked bath, perhaps (7)","output":"### Answer: CLEANSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: bath, perhaps\n[C2] (ENCLOSE A)* less **O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Warning of drug cartel involved in food \u2013 it could be smoked (6)","output":"### Answer: BEACON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Warning\n[C3] E in BACON, with the redundant **CARTEL** removed from clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chanel put up under pig's and baboon's tails to cover 101 bacteria (9)","output":"### Answer: GONOCOCCI \n ### Explanation: Definition: bacteria\n[A2] [pi]G +**O**+ [baboo]N + COCO< (Chanel) + CI (101)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being in love \u2013 bother! (7)","output":"### Answer: ADORING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Being in love\n[A1] ADO (bother) + **RING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fishwife gone out? (7)","output":"### Answer: HERRING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fish\n[A1] First, fish\/wife has to be split up; a wife, as (originally?) described by Arthur Daley, who has gone out is \"HER INDOORS\" less the \"indoors\" + **RING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Find railway, taking in a trip avoiding outskirts to Hertfordshire town (6)","output":"### Answer: RARITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Find\n[C4] A [t]RI[p] + TRING less **RING** in RY. The synonym here is Tring, of which RING is a part, making this the C4 clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Call for lower pay for donkey work, say? (7)","output":"### Answer: ASSUAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: lower\n[C3] Homophone of \"ass wage\", with **CALL** (ring) removed from clue. Chambers give \"to diminish\" as one definition of ASSUAGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gristly pork produced here (7)","output":"### Answer: STRINGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gristly\n[A1] **RING** in STY \u2013 where pork is \"produced\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ear or nose skewered, initially? (5)","output":"### Answer: RINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ear or nose\n[A1] **RING** + S[kewered]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hunk, European, to apply rubber (8)","output":"### Answer: MASSEUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: rubber\nMASS (hunk) + E + USE (apply)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Protest the wrong way round? Union not spreading (2,4)","output":"### Answer: IN SITU \n ### Explanation: Definition: not spreading\nSIT-IN (protest) with its parts \"the wrong way round\" + U[nion]. Although the answer was fairly obvious when I had the final U, it took me a while to spot the explanation \u2013 I was trying to make something out of INSIST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Starts to work out \u2014 hard abs form? (9)","output":"### Answer: WASHBOARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: hard abs\n(W O HARD ABS)* \u2013 a \"washboard stomach\" (not in Chambers yet), like a \"six-pack\", is the look where the abdominal muscles are well developed, so not exactly an &lit, but the definition is embedded in the wordplay"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Skinter and regular instalments for what 1 across might do (5)","output":"### Answer: KNEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: what 1 across might do\nAlternate letters of sKiNtEr AnD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something saucy about French and Saunders with old works (5-3-4)","output":"### Answer: SWEET-AND-SOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Something saucy\nAnagram of ET (\"French and\") + SAUNDERS W[ith] O[ld] \u2013 another one that was easy to writre in but hard to parse"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Noise from pen \u2014 reason it's run out? (4)","output":"### Answer: OINK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Noise from pen\nA pen that's run out may have \"0 INK\", and the OINK comes from a pig's pen"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Close to this, flogging belatedly? (4-2,4)","output":"### Answer: SELL-BY DATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: this\n[thi]S + BELATEDLY*, and no doubt there will be arguments about the &littishness of this.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Waxes lyrical: \"incredible Zico\", initially turning Italy \u2014 a name supporters embrace (10)","output":"### Answer: BRAZILIANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Waxes\nFirst letters of Lyrical Incredible Zico, reversed + I[taly] + A N[ame] in (embraced by) BRAS (supporters). As a sports ignoramus I'd never heard of him, but there is a former Brazilian footballer known by the nickname Zico."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Set with no level of intelligence, like this? (4)","output":"### Answer: CLUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: this\nCLIQUE (set) less IQ"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mean one to restrain singer going after copper (5-7)","output":"### Answer: PENNY-PINCHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mean one\nPENNY (copper) + PIN (restrain) + CHER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relating to a country, not one a bit like Iran (5)","output":"### Answer: IRISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relating to a country\n\"IRANISH\" less AN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Invention of \"Eco-Dyson\" covering patent \u2014 initially it might feed tube through bottom? (9)","output":"### Answer: ENDOSCOPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: it might feed tube through bottom\nP[atent] in ECO-DYSON*. James Dyson is famous for his vacuum cleaners, among other inventions, so the picture painted by this clue is perhaps rather painful.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leaving sergeant without soldier backing section (6)","output":"### Answer: EGRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leaving\nReverse of SERGEANT less ANT + S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Push drugs up front \u2014 ring for strong stuff (8)","output":"### Answer: ESPRESSO \n ### Explanation: Definition: strong stuff\nES (plural of E, an Ecstasy tablet) + PRESS (push) + O (ring)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cuts kinky sex \u2014 ouch! Upside-down (4)","output":"### Answer: MOWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cuts\nOW in reverse of S[&]M. I think this has to be read as the OW (=ouch) \"cutting\" the S&M, which is upside-down, and \"Cuts\" then does double duty as the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Frame crack troops on heroin (4)","output":"### Answer: SASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Frame\nSAS + H, with \"frame\" as in a sash window"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stoop wears golfer's joints (6)","output":"### Answer: ELBOWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: joints\nBOW (stoop) in [Ernie] ELS, the crossword setter's conveniently-spelt golfer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Health programme on satellite station? (5,8)","output":"### Answer: SPACE MEDICINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Health programme on satellite station\nCryptic definition for \"the branch of medicine concerned with effects of conditions in space on the human body\". Not a particularly great cd, I think: I would have liked some wordplay here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unaided viewer's kinky 11? Ring for hooker (5,3)","output":"### Answer: NAKED EYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unaided viewer\nKNEAD* + EYE (as in hook & eye fasteners)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unstoppable boxer, Ali, and George Foreman ultimately in rumble (10)","output":"### Answer: INEXORABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unstoppable\nAnagram of BOXER ALI [Georg]E [Forema]N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Needs Durex desperately in this state? Hardly! (10)","output":"### Answer: UNDERSEXED \n ### Explanation: Definition: this state\n(NEEDS DUREX)* \u2013 those outside the UK might not know that Durex is a well-known brand of condom. (I believe it refers to sticky tape in Australia and elsewhere, which could lead to some awkward misunderstandings..)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exchange numbers (8,5)","output":"### Answer: DIALLING CODES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exchange numbers\nCryptic definition for the codes used to reach numbers on a particular telephone exchange \u2013 again I would have liked some wordplay here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Idiot on top with something for bottom (5,5)","output":"### Answer: BOOBY PRIZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: something for bottom\nBOOBY (idiot) + PRIZE (top), and a booby prize is \"won\" for coming bottom. I think the elements of the wordplay here are rather too close to their meanings in the answer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Win following one up North \u2014 both sides admitting that is more awkward (10)","output":"### Answer: UNGAINLIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: more awkward\nUN (dialect form of \"one\" \u2013 not sure if it's specifically Northern) + GAIN + I.E in L[eft] R[ight]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Legendary Rolling Stone man is unknown power in quiet America (8)","output":"### Answer: SISYPHUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Legendary Rolling Stone man\nIS + Y + P in SH US. In Greek mythology Sisyphus was condemned to roll a boulder up a hill endlessly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Picks up cockney fella in spring? (6)","output":"### Answer: GEYSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: spring\nHomophone of \"geezer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chief designer (4)","output":"### Answer: BOSS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chief\nDouble definition \u2013 the designer is Hugo Boss"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This contalns one bit of party politics? (4)","output":"### Answer: TYPO \n ### Explanation: Definition: This contalns one\nHidden in parTY POlitics, and there's a deliberate typo in \"contalns\" (might it have been better if the typo was in \"this\"?)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pilot's direction-finder or mascot adjusted before transfer (12)","output":"### Answer: ASTROCOMPASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pilot's direction-finder\n(OR MASCOT)* + PASS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A lump of glass for moulding (7)","output":"### Answer: PARISON \n ### Explanation: Definition: A lump of glass for moulding\nThe competition word to be clued"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Curses pipes around start of Hogmanay (5)","output":"### Answer: OATHS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Curses\nH in OATS (oat = a shepherd's pipe, poetically)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Their womenfolk will appear leaderless, burying father? (7)","output":"### Answer: QUAPAWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Their\nPA in [S]QUAWS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bill's other half cut it \u2013 silly (4)","output":"### Answer: COOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: silly\nCOO (as in \"bill and coo\") + T (abbreviated form of \"it\", as in Shakespean-type constructions like \"on't\"))"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Work extremes of hilarity into edited page \u2013 part at top or foot of column (8)","output":"### Answer: APOPHYGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: part at top or foot of column\nOP + H[ilarit]Y in PAGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ugly expressions from sailors captured by foreign troops (5)","output":"### Answer: GIRNS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ugly expressions\nRN (Royal Navy) in GIS (American soldiers). I thought \"gurn\" was the usual spelling, but according to Chambers it's just a variant of this version"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bit of of soldier's kit \u2013 this set gets miles put out (5)","output":"### Answer: PILUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bit of of soldier's kit\nComposite anagram: (MILES PUT)* = PILUM SET. The pilum is a Roman javelin (so maybe the \"miles\" is a Roman soldier)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wildly eggy about a hop going wrong \u2013 sign of mania? (8)","output":"### Answer: GEOPHAGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: sign of mania\n(A HOP)* in (EGGY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Personality one follows is wreathed in allure (8)","output":"### Answer: CHARISMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Personality\nIS in CHARM + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little old lady is havin' a work break up north (5)","output":"### Answer: LAKIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Little old lady \nLAKIN[g] \u2013 \"lake\" is a northern word for rest or \"take a holiday\". LAKIN as a short form of \"ladykin\", which is a diminutive (little) Shakesperean (old) form of \"lady\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Player in Milan team, rubbish back (5)","output":"### Answer: ACTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Player\nAC [Milan] (football team) + ROT<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One pill to take as treatment for alcoholism (8)","output":"### Answer: ANTABUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: treatment for alcoholism\nAN + TAB + USE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Portion of ripest apples and stuff that's gone (4)","output":"### Answer: STAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: stuff that's gone\nChambers describes this as an \"obsolete affectation for stop, esp. in the sense of choke of obstruct\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tossing off strong drinks (7)","output":"### Answer: STINGOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: strong drinks\nTOSSING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Positions befit me (as editor might put it) (5)","output":"### Answer: SITUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Positions\nI think this is from SIT = befit (one of C's definitions of \"sit\") + US (what an editor might change \"ME\" to in some writing). SITUS is both the singular and plural form, which I think must mean it's a word of the Latin fourth declension"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extremely weird lake in east of France (7)","output":"### Answer: EERIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Extremely weird\n[Lake] ERIE in EST (French for East)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perry maybe balancing on sideboard (12)","output":"### Answer: CROSS\u2011DRESSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perry\nCROSS (balancing) + DRESSER (sideboard). The cross-dresser is the artist Grayson Perry, recent Reith Lecturer."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What'll make Scots keener? That is following old king (6)","output":"### Answer: SAULIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: What'll make Scots keene\nSAUL (King of Israel, succeeded by David) + I.E. Scots word for a hired mourner (who might do some keening)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: E.g. basalt for filling course (8)","output":"### Answer: TRAPROCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: E.g. basalt\nPRO in TRACK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Port wine's bottled? Stow to mature thus (5)","output":"### Answer: RIPEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: mature thus\nComposite anagram: (PORT WINE'S)* = STOW RIPEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet exchanging recipe for a legume (6)","output":"### Answer: COW-PEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: legume\nThe poet [William] COWPER with R replaced by A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Scots speak indistinctly, low and soft (4)","output":"### Answer: MOOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: The Scots speak indistinctly\nMOO (low) + P[iano]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brewed cha coming in I drink up \u2013 while playing this? (7)","output":"### Answer: PACHISI \n ### Explanation: Definition: this\nCHA* in (I SIP)< \u2013 \"An Indian game like backgammon or ludo\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Military governor has shortened broad cannon? (6)","output":"### Answer: SHOGUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Military governor\nS (shortened \"has\") + BROAD (like \"ho\", a rather offensive term for a woman) + GUN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mats we're given in arrangement for wine glasses, etc (8)","output":"### Answer: STEMWARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: wine glasses, etc\n(MATS WE'RE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some duties go on for a long time (8)","output":"### Answer: LASTAGES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Some duties\nLAST AGES \u2013 lastage means a ship's cargo, or a duty paid on it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guardian of gardens? Matter holding partner up (7)","output":"### Answer: PRIAPUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Guardian of gardens\nPAIR< in PUS (matter). Priapus is probably best known as being the origin of name the medical condition priapism, but strangely he is also a god of gardens."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Its music is hammered out, a lilting strain (6)","output":"### Answer: SANTIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Its music is hammered out\nSTRAIN* The santir is a kind of dulcimer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put up sort of trough, to employ inside (6)","output":"### Answer: HOUSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put up\nUSE in HOD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Visitor to Italy blowing in from the south, e.g. Paul (6)","output":"### Answer: AUSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Visitor to Italy blowing in from the south\nDouble definition \u2013 the South wind in Italy, and this writer\/director"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like the Carpenter, or his mate, swallowing first of oysters? (6)","output":"### Answer: MOROSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like the Carpenter\nDefinitely my favourite clue: O[ysters] in MORSE, a walrus, recalling the poem in *Through the Looking-glass, where the Walrus wept bitterly before ewating the oysters that he had invited to take a walk along the beach."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It includes Obama's 'Bo', among Americanisms (5)","output":"### Answer: CANIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: It includes Obama's 'Bo'\nHidden in ameriCANISms \u2013 Bo is the pet dog of the Obama family"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fishing vessel, or smack (4)","output":"### Answer: BUSS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fishing vessel\nDouble definition \u2013 a Dutch fishing boat and a kiss"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drawing equipment arrives without permit (9)","output":"### Answer: COMPASSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drawing equipment\nPASS in COMES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Piece of meat lion chewed up (4)","output":"### Answer: LOIN \n ### Explanation: Piece of meat lion chewed up (4)\nLION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Accidentally catch something, perhaps (8)","output":"### Answer: OVERHEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Accidentally catch something, perhaps\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fine fresh syrup for cooked meals (3-3)","output":"### Answer: FRY-UPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: cooked meals\nF + SYRUP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The balance mounts (6)","output":"### Answer: SCALES \n ### Explanation: Definition: The balance\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tiptoe in order to get round robin, perhaps (8)","output":"### Answer: PETITION \n ### Explanation: Definition: round robin, perhaps\n(TIPTOE IN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jug can clink (6)","output":"### Answer: PRISON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jug\nThree slang words for a prison"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strange virus one may pick up on holiday (8)","output":"### Answer: SOUVENIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: pick up on holiday\n(VIRUS ONE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Playing pirate in company making a comeback with music (8)","output":"### Answer: OPERATIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: with music\nPIRATE* in reverse of CO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Injured Royal Marine in head, badly (6)","output":"### Answer: HARMED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Injured\nRM in HEAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Instructor oddly curt, intercepting sexy look (8)","output":"### Answer: LECTURER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Instructor\nCURT* in LEER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Often repaired, but irregularly (6)","output":"### Answer: PATCHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Often repaired\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kind of maggot (6)","output":"### Answer: GENTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kind\nDouble definition. As I've mentioned before, I first (and perhaps only) came across the use of \"gentle\" for a maggot in George Orwell's <i.Coming Up For Air"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's possible a belief's been shaken (8)","output":"### Answer: FEASIBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: possible\n(A BELIEF'S)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It guided the Magi around deserts (4)","output":"### Answer: STAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: It guided the Magi\nReverse of RATS (to rat = to desert)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sliced loaf ready \u2014 long drink needed (4,2,3)","output":"### Answer: YARD OF ALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: long drink\n(LOAF READY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Numbers of Romans about the city (5)","output":"### Answer: CIVIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: about the city\nThe letters involved in the word are all Roman numerals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Game of wits (7)","output":"### Answer: MARBLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Game\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Helps beast in distress (5)","output":"### Answer: ABETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Helps\nBEAST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Close shaves? (7)","output":"### Answer: SCRAPES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Close shaves\nA not very cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One quick to advance caress? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: SOFT TOUCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: One quick to advance\nDouble definition \u2013 \"advance\" meaning to make a loan"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Complete outfit for a small charge (7)","output":"### Answer: LAYETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Complete outfit for a small charge\nCryptic definition \u2013 the \"small charge\" being a baby"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Popular professional record holder being sidelined? (2,7)","output":"### Answer: IN PROFILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: sidelined\nIN (popular) + PRO + FILE (where records are kept)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Act for traveller with grudge (9)","output":"### Answer: REPRESENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Act for\nREP + RESENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Terrible reputation, one I try to improve (9)","output":"### Answer: NOTORIETY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Terrible reputation\n(ONE I TRY TO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A muscle that turns up and down (7)","output":"### Answer: ROTATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: A muscle that turns\nA type of muscle, and the \"up and down\" indicates that it's a palindrome"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be fond of nurse (4,3)","output":"### Answer: CARE FOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Be fond of\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wine served up in canisters (7)","output":"### Answer: RETSINA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wine\nHiddein in reverse of cANISTERs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Philosopher who gets on with soldiers (5)","output":"### Answer: PLATO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Philosopher\nIf PLATO gets ON then he becomes a PLATOON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Share a hole (5)","output":"### Answer: HALVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Share a hole\nPretty much a straight definition of playing a golf hole in the same number of strokes as your opponent"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Desert city to discourage housing (6)","output":"### Answer: DECAMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Desert\nEC (City of London postal area) in DAMP (to discourage)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Duke leaving country in Greek liner might cross it (8)","output":"### Answer: ATLANTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: liner might cross it\nLAND less D[uke] in ATTIC (Greek)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like some beaches where husband goes separately (6)","output":"### Answer: SINGLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: separately\nSHINGLY less H (*changed from my original \"SINGLE\", in case anyone is confused by the earlier comments)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Bank \u2014 rely \u2014 extremists fly\": worse verse! (8)","output":"### Answer: DOGGEREL \n ### Explanation: Definition: worse verse\nDOGGER Bank (famous for giving its name to one of the sea areas in the BBC Shipping Forecast) + [R]EL[Y]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 24's sway over black cat rising in Far East (5,9)","output":"### Answer: BOXER REBELLION \n ### Explanation: Definition: rising in Far East\nBOXER (dog) + B in REEL + LION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unfortunate 24s heard predators at sea (10)","output":"### Answer: PORBEAGLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: predators at sea\nHomophone (?) of \"poor\" + BEAGLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: River of top quality? It's in the water (4)","output":"### Answer: UREA \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's in the water\nURE + A \u2013 Urea is found in urine"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fleet unable to move (4)","output":"### Answer: FAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fleet\nDouble definition, \"fast\" being a nice example of a word with two almost opposite meanings"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excessive noise in spout adjoining home (10)","output":"### Answer: INORDINATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Excessive\nIN (home) + DIN in ORATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They're not keen on Brussels playing streaker in team (4-10)","output":"### Answer: ANTI-MARKETEERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They're not keen on Brussels\n(STREAKER IN TEAM)* \u2013 a rather old-fashioned name for people opposed to what used to be called the Common Market: nowadays they'd probably be known as Eurosceptics"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First to fill cavities? (8)","output":"### Answer: DENTISTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: First to fill cavities\n1ST in DENTS &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Just under 10 roughly treated by 23, or 26, say (6)","output":"### Answer: CANINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 26, say\n\"Just under 10 roughly\" is \"C[irc]A NINE; canine teeth are treated by dentists (23); and a setter (26) is a type of dog"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Studying what's driven up temperature in part of garden (8)","output":"### Answer: ROCKETRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Studying what's driven up\nT in ROCKERY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Son's less resolute, wife having left me (6)","output":"### Answer: SETTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: me\nS + [W]ETTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Only half of hit on record (4)","output":"### Answer: DISC \n ### Explanation: Definition: record\nFirst half of DISCover (hit on)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conservative dashing around \u2014 not something MPs are noted for (7)","output":"### Answer: CANDOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: not something MPs are noted for\nC + AROUND"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chocolate treat an islander's 7 runs after (8)","output":"### Answer: MALTESER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chocolate treat\nMALTESE (type of terrier) + R, and two definitions: chocolate treat and islander (Chambers doesn't give malteser= person from Malta, but I'm sure I've seen it used. *Or possibly it's just \"islander's 7\" to define the terrier**)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Easy money (French) pocketed by supporter (11)","output":"### Answer: TROUBLEFREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Easy\nROUBLE + FR in TEE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country cat (long-haired) primarily looking for queen (6)","output":"### Answer: ANGOLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Country\nANGORA (long-haired cat) with R (queen) replaced by L[ooking]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No good cat bites stray 24 (7)","output":"### Answer: TERRIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: 24\nERR (to stray) in TI[G]ER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Peristyle showing sign of listing disturbed Dean (9)","output":"### Answer: COLONNADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Peristyle\nCOLON (punctuation mark, used to introduce a list) + DEAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reformer's golden age described by viceroy in North (11)","output":"### Answer: REGENERATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reformer\nERA (age) in REGENT \"to the North of\" OR (golden)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One arranging publicity in the reptile world? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: PUFF ADDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One arranging publicity in the reptile world\nCryptic defintion"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 7 let out by porter, perhaps (8)","output":"### Answer: AIREDALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 7\nAIRED (let out) + ALE (of which porter is a type)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Iniquitous acts in a novel (7)","output":"### Answer: SATANIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Iniquitous\n(ACTS IN A)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Companion leaving mountain transport to provide help from above (7)","output":"### Answer: AIRLIFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: to provide help from above\nCHAIR LIFT less CH (Companion of Honour)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aussie runner's enthralling cleavage upset judge (6)","output":"### Answer: UMPIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: judge\nRIP (cleavage) in EMU, reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stand for don (4)","output":"### Answer: WEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stand\nDouble definition: \"stand\" as in \"put up with\"; \"don\" as in \"put on\/wear [clothes]\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eccentric bathes in spirit! (8)","output":"### Answer: ABSINTHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: spirit\n(BATHES IN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: United said to be finished a while ago (6)","output":"### Answer: WELDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: United\nI think this is supposed to be a homophone of \"well dead\", in the slang sense of \"very dead\", or \"dead a long time\"; the problem is that no one pronounces WELDED that way"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small gardens here a little bit out of place (4-5)","output":"### Answer: SKEW-WHIFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: out of place\nS + KEW (\"gardens here\") + WHIFF (a little)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Almost every other component follows past tests (5)","output":"### Answer: EXAMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: tests\nEX (past) + alternate letters of AlMoSt"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rogue hurries along with cheap way to pay (4,8)","output":"### Answer: HIRE\u00a0PURCHASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: way to pay\n(HURRIES CHEAP)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It gets heated when weird group ousts leader (4)","output":"### Answer: OVEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: It gets heated\nCOVEN (of witches) less its \"leader\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Killers hated working on the side (5,5)","output":"### Answer: DEATH SQUAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Killers\nHATED* + SQUAD (side, e.g. a football team)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Press invitation to meeting for young man after public image (8,2)","output":"### Answer: PERSONAL AD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Press invitation to meeting\nPERSONA + LAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chapter head in Pride and Prejudice (4)","output":"### Answer: DEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chapter head\nHidden in priDE ANd, with \"Prejudice\" being there just for the surface reading"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Privileged place freely available to card players (6,6)","output":"### Answer: PUBLIC SCHOOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Privileged place\nPUBLIC (freely available(unlike public schools..)) + SCHOOL (of card players)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Board agreement expressed in two languages (5)","output":"### Answer: OUIJA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Board\nOUI + JA \u2013 a very hackneyed way of clueing this word, which in any case is derived from these two componets (it was originally a trade name for the board)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Points to lack of showy jewellery as dignifying (9)","output":"### Answer: ENNOBLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: dignifying\nE + N + \"NO BLING\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dreads becoming even more unhappy (6)","output":"### Answer: SADDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: even more unhappy\nDREADS* \u2013 \"even\" seems redundant, though it doesn't do any harm"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small character part for someone on the way up (8)","output":"### Answer: ASCENDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small character part\nDouble definition \u2013 an ascender is part of a letter that extends above the middle (i.e. above the height of letters such as n and a)."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Too much of pals to finish off with round of golf (4)","output":"### Answer: ALSO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Too\nThis seems to ALS (\"much of pals\") + O (round), with \"of golf\" being redundant, unless I've missed something"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hinder the continuity of one's main ancestral line (4)","output":"### Answer: STEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hinder the continuity of\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Could wine be drunk by new arrival? (6)","output":"### Answer: NEWBIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: new arrival\n(WINE BE)* \u2013 the presence of \"new\" in the clue makes this rather weak, unless it's intended as a double bluff; also the cryptic grammar is all over the place, with \"be\" doing double duty"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Emperor replaced his allies with ease (5,8)","output":"### Answer: HAILE\u00a0SELASSIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Emperor\n(HIS ALLIES EASE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put in practice a duty involving Her Majesty (8)","output":"### Answer: EXERCISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put in practice\nER in EXCISE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: She goes over the top to get role of Titania (5,5)","output":"### Answer: DRAMA QUEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: She goes over the top\nTitania is the Queen of the Fairies (I initially tried to make FAIRY QUEEN work here..) in *A Midsummer Night's Dream"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dances tend to be moved one further down the line (10)","output":"### Answer: DESCENDANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: one further down the line\n(DANCES TEND)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Product mechanisms often in place in pubs (5,8)","output":"### Answer: FRUIT MACHINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: often in place in pubs\nFRUIT (product) + MACHINES (mechanisms)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pittance provided initially to get spies back can be laid on the table (4,6)","output":"### Answer: SOUP SPOONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: can be laid on the table\nSOU (a pittance) + P[rovided] + reverse of SNOOPS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pot reported to be advertised put up cheaply (5-5)","output":"### Answer: JERRY-BUILD \n ### Explanation: Definition: put up cheaply\nJERRY (chamber pot) + \"billed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Test one against a note prompt (8)","output":"### Answer: MOTIVATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: prompt\nMOT (test) + I (one) + V[ersus] A TE (note, in tonic sol-fa) *edited -the I was missing "}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spitting Image repeat (6)","output":"### Answer: DOUBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spitting Image\nDouble definition (just about)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Said to have passed time in the jungle, perhaps (4)","output":"### Answer: WILD \n ### Explanation: Definition: in the jungle, perhaps\nHomophone of \"whiled\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A garden not a place where one might study a culture medium (4)","output":"### Answer: AGAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: a culture medium\nA GARDEN less DEN (where one might study) \u2013 biological cultures are grown in agar (or agar-agar) jelly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: C-in-C's talked about provider of light transport (11)","output":"### Answer: CANDLESTICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: provider of light transport\n(C-IN-C'S TALKED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A chap interrupting shuts up birds (7)","output":"### Answer: PEAHENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: birds\nA HE in PENS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old city dons a source of chocolate liqueur (7)","output":"### Answer: CURACAO \n ### Explanation: Definition: liqueur\nUR (ancient city, mentioned in Genesis) in CACAO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Confederate colonel with class (9)","output":"### Answer: COLLEAGUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Confederate\nCOL[onel] + LEAGUE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hold talks about blocking cheap goods (5)","output":"### Answer: TREAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hold talks\nRE in (\"blocking\") TAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Help \u2014 nothing's fair! (2-2)","output":"### Answer: SO-SO \n ### Explanation: Definition: fair\nSOS (distress)+ O. Contrary to popular belief, SOS does not stand for \"Save Our Souls\", or for anything else."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Housing team on site at fault (10)","output":"### Answer: MAISONETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Housing\n(TEAM ON SITE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Catch folk wandering round area not fully prepared (2,4,4)","output":"### Answer: AT HALF COCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: not fully prepared\nA in (CATCH FOLK)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Apple not main fruit (4)","output":"### Answer: PEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: fruit\nPEARMAIN less MAIN. Pearmain is used as part of name of some varieties of apples \u2013 the origin of the word is obscure, but it also used to be used to describe pears."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Presume more discriminating fellow's moving to the right (5)","output":"### Answer: INFER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Presume\nFINER with F[ellow] moved to the right"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With them you relish acceptable risks, backing in small amounts (5,4)","output":"### Answer: TASTE BUDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: With them you relish\nReverse of U (acceptable, as in \"U and non-U\") + BETS in TADS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen has to struggle, cutting navy back with less assurance (7)","output":"### Answer: NERVIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: with less assurance\nER VIE in reverse of R[oyal] N[avy]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Statesman unfortunately known as \"Nye\", originally (7)","output":"### Answer: ALASKAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Statesman\nALAS + K[nown] A[s] N[ye], with \"statesman\" meaning \"someone who lives in a state\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agency worker almost the last word in saucy humour (11)","output":"### Answer: TEMPERAMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: humour\nTEM[P] + AMEN (last word) in PERT (saucy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On leaving dance, drunken serf hit monarch (7,3,5)","output":"### Answer: CHARLES THE FIRST \n ### Explanation: Definition: monarch\nCHARLEST[on] + (SERF HIT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New man on board not first family member (5)","output":"### Answer: NIECE \n ### Explanation: Definition: family member\nN + [p]IECE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Obsessive nurses talk up Italian fare (7)","output":"### Answer: LASAGNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Italian fare\nGAS (talk) in (\"nursed by\") ANAL (obsessive), all reversed. Lasagna is the singular form of the more common \"lasagne\", so perhaps strictly refers to one of the pasta sheets rather than the dish"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shoots gulls (7)","output":"### Answer: SUCKERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shoots\nDouble definition \u2013 shoots from tree roots; or fools (as a verb)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pain in rear starts slowing down worker (8)","output":"### Answer: IRRITANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pain\nI[n] R[ear] + RIT (slowing down, in music) + ANT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What the clumsy window-cleaner did on departure? (6,3,6)","output":"### Answer: KICKED THE BUCKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: What the clumsy window-cleaner did on departure\nNot quite a double definition, as the grammar wouldn't work, but \"kick the bucket\" is slang for \"die\", as well as being what a clumsy window-cleaner might do"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Here remote scientists work, as satanists cope badly (5,8)","output":"### Answer: SPACE STATIONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Here remote scientists work\n(AS SATANISTS COPE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Currently why children write to Santa? (3,3,7)","output":"### Answer: FOR THE PRESENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Currently\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gates may display this, a Latin platitude (8)","output":"### Answer: ALTRUISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gates may display this\nA L[atin] TRUISM. Reference to Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his charitable foundation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scriptures give rise to anger in church faction (7)","output":"### Answer: COTERIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: faction\nO[ld] T[estament] + IRE< in CE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vehicle in Pedro's house a means of restoring motion? (7)","output":"### Answer: CASCARA \n ### Explanation: Definition: a means of restoring motion\nCAR in CASA (Spanish for \"house\"). Cascara is used as a laxative, hence the nicely misleading if somewhat tasteless definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheer as Chronicle leader's cut (5)","output":"### Answer: ELATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cheer\nRELATE (as a verb) less its \"leader\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conservative scoundrel concealing one plot from the right (9)","output":"### Answer: HIDEBOUND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Conservative\nReverse of I (one) BED (a plot of land) in HOUND (scoundrel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Island where the devout may be found? (4)","output":"### Answer: INCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Island\nThe devout may be found IN CH[urch]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In France a fantastic bird twirls round \u2014 one's horny (5)","output":"### Answer: CORNU \n ### Explanation: Definition: one's horny\nReverse of UN (the indefinite article \"a\" in French) + ROC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lamb etc? Tries to eat first (9)","output":"### Answer: ESSAYISTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lamb etc\n1ST in ESSAYS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This author, originator of stanza, writes to the Queen (7)","output":"### Answer: SPENSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: author\nS[tanza] + PENS + ER. Edmund Spenser wrote *The Faerie Queene*, and is know for providing lots of unusual words and spellings for crosswords"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Picaroon's on your side in Muslim territory (7)","output":"### Answer: IMAMATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Muslim territory\n\"I'M A MATE\", as Picaroon might say if he was on your side. Perhaps not a familiar word, but easily guessable as the territory of an Imam."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: US president's fighting to restrain Republican \u2014 and he's struggling (6,7)","output":"### Answer: WARREN\u00a0HARDING \n ### Explanation: Definition: US president\nR + (AND HE)* in WARRING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Congress briefly working with English cabinet (3-5,5)","output":"### Answer: ONE-NIGHT\u00a0STAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Congress briefly\nON + E + NIGHT-STAND (a bedside table, says Chambers, which I suppose could be a cabinet), and a one-night stand is brief, or at least short-lived, (sexual) congress"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Distaste as hopeless sandwiches sold from here, possibly (7)","output":"### Answer: TEASHOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: sandwiches sold from here, possibly\nHidden (sandwiched by) in distasTE AS HOPeless; \"sandwiches\" does double duty here, but there's also some &littishness"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u00a350 stashed in gold through deposits between banks (7)","output":"### Answer: ALLUVIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: deposits between banks\nL (\u00a3) + L (50) in AU (gold) + VIA (through)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In America, plant leaders of Soviet partisans to assassinate president (9)","output":"### Answer: SPICEBUSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: In America, plant\nS[oviet] P[artisans] + ICE (kill) + BUSH . The Spicebush is an American plant of the laurel family"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get lost in Rheims, hitch-hiking (5)","output":"### Answer: IMSHI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get lost\nHidden in rheIMS HItch-hiking \u2013 military slang (from Arabic) for \"go away!\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A little hearing problem (4)","output":"### Answer: SOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: A little\nHomophone of \"sum\" ( a problem)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Knock hole at the front of one jar (9)","output":"### Answer: DENIGRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Knock\nDEN (hole) + 1 + GRATE (to jar)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Journalists who keep saying cutting things (8)","output":"### Answer: HACKSAWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: cutting things\nSAW (saying) \"kept by\" HACKS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lament return of internet network? (5)","output":"### Answer: DIRGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lament\nReverse of E-GRID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Titillating lady \u2014 she does dances to get the King's number (4,5,5)","output":"### Answer: BLUE\u00a0SUEDE\u00a0SHOES \n ### Explanation: Definition: the King's number\nBLUE SUE (who might be a titillating lady) + (SHE DOES)*. The King here is Elvis, who famously sang the song"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A hunter forced ferret out (7)","output":"### Answer: UNEARTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: ferret out\n(A HUNTER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good-for-nothing gathering tip from Iraq for this report? (7)","output":"### Answer: DOSSIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: report\nI[raq] in DOSSER. The surface reference is to the so-called Dodgy Dossier"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's lost again aroused such a feeling? (9)","output":"### Answer: NOSTALGIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: What's lost again aroused such a feeling\n(LOST AGAIN)* \u2013 I don't think this technically counts as an &lit, but the whole clue nicely defines the word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soft ex-Chinese leader gets cast off (6)","output":"### Answer: HUSHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Soft\nHU (Chinese leader \u2013 probably this one) + SHED (cast off)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is this simply dealing crookedly? That's about right (7,7)","output":"### Answer: PYRAMID SELLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Is this simply dealing crookedly? That's about right\nR in (SIMPLY DEALING)*, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pronounced oddness raging in bigotry (9)","output":"### Answer: RHOTACISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pronounced oddness\nHOT (raging) in RACISM. The \"oddness\" is difficulty in pronouncing the sound R, as shown by Roy Jenkins and Jonathan Ross, for example"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Business one's invested in that is to make things perfect (8)","output":"### Answer: IDEALISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to make things perfect\nDEAL + I'S (one's) in I.E (that is)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appropriate introduction from Ezra (7)","output":"### Answer: IMPOUND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Appropriate\nThe poet might have introduced himself by saying \"I'M POUND\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's barbaric to stick farmyard animal in the oven (7)","output":"### Answer: HEATHEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: barbaric\nTo \"stick [a] farmyard animal in the oven\" is to HEAT [a] HEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What is extremely stagnant and unaltered (6)","output":"### Answer: STASIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: What is extremely stagnant and unaltered \nS[tagnan]T + AS IS (unaltered). &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time to block credit card \u2014 perspective's required! (5)","output":"### Answer: VISTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: perspective\nT in VISA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They're paid for services rendered (9)","output":"### Answer: CLERGYMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: They're paid for services rendered\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shown to be unfit during a gym session (5)","output":"### Answer: INAPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: unfit\nIN A PT (PT being short for \"PT lesson\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Games period (7)","output":"### Answer: INNINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Games period\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Undisclosed military rank (7)","output":"### Answer: PRIVATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Undisclosed\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Three points go to my opponent (5)","output":"### Answer: ENEMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: opponent\nE + N + E + MY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good ones can always grow better (9)","output":"### Answer: GARDENERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Good ones can always grow better\nCryptic definition \u2013 a good gardener can grow plants better than other can"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sporting event one's bound to compete in (5-6,4)","output":"### Answer: THREE-LEGGED\u00a0RACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sporting event\nCryptic definition \u2013 in a three-legged the runners' adjacent legs are tied (=bound) tobether"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cricket finalist? (4,3,2)","output":"### Answer: LAST MAN IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cricket finalist\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guide back to border (5)","output":"### Answer: PILOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Guide\nReverse of TO LIP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It reminds chaps to give me priority (7)","output":"### Answer: MEMENTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: It reminds\nME + MEN + TO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gift for the poor \u2014 a welcome gesture (7)","output":"### Answer: HANDOUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gift for the poor\nDouble definition \u2013 to put your hand out is a welcoming gesture"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A student on board having a dance (5)","output":"### Answer: SALSA \n ### Explanation: Definition: dance\nA L in SS + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Haricot bean, for example, not a starter (3-6)","output":"### Answer: NON-RUNNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: not a starter\nDouble definition \u2013 a haricot bean is not a runner bean, and a non-runner doesn't start a (horse) race"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fortuitous bit of scoring? (10)","output":"### Answer: ACCIDENTAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fortuitous\nDouble definition \u2013 in music an accidental is a flat or sharp sign (or similar) that indicates that a note isn't to played as in the key signature. Nice to see the \"correct\" use of \"fortuitous\" in the other definition as \"by chance\" rather than the increasingly-common \"fortunately\"."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Noel's tower of strength (8)","output":"### Answer: REINDEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Noel's tower of strength\nCryptic definition \u2013 reindeer pull Santa's sleigh at Christmas (Noel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It won't play a principal part (6)","output":"### Answer: AGENCY \n ### Explanation: Definition: It won't play a principal part\nCryptic definition \u2013 in legal terminology an Agent is not a Principal"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Novelist makes friends across the Channel (4)","output":"### Answer: AMIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Novelist\nDouble definition \u2013 AMIS is French for \"friends\". For the novelist, take your pick of Kingsley or Martin."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Photograph monster that's seen in the garden (10)","output":"### Answer: SNAPDRAGON \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's seen in the garden\nSNAP (photograph) + DRAGON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Benefit from investment is cut about a quarter (8)","output":"### Answer: DIVIDEND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Benefit from investment\nN in DIVIDED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Site includes a splendid residence (6)","output":"### Answer: PALACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: splendid residence\nA in PLACE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something troubling your eye, initially (4)","output":"### Answer: STYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Something troubling your eye\nInitial letters &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Young and inexperienced musicians? (10)","output":"### Answer: GREENHORNS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Young and inexperienced musicians\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They watch sport etc as recreation (10)","output":"### Answer: SPECTATORS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They watch\n(SPORT ETC AS)*, with an &littish surface"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Set me up with intellectual? Hard cheese! (8)","output":"### Answer: EMMENTAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hard cheese\nReverse of ME + MENTAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing lost, having everything provided (3,5)","output":"### Answer: ALL FOUND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nothing lost\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Naive politician caught in a web of lies (6)","output":"### Answer: SIMPLE \n ### Explanation: Naive politician caught in a web of lies (6)\nMP in LIES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Enclosure sheep is held in (4,2)","output":"### Answer: PENT UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: held in\nPEN (enclosure) + TUP (dialect word for a ram). PENT is actually a variant of \"penned\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Just think, she may inspire you (4)","output":"### Answer: MUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: think\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animal quarters? (4)","output":"### Answer: HIND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Animal\nDouble definition \u2013 think of \"hind quarters\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Following former whim, lad gets stake for tropical tree (11)","output":"### Answer: FLAMBOYANTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: tropical tree\nFLAM (archaic word for whim) + BOY + ANTE (stake in poker etc)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Depression about closing of theatrical flop (5)","output":"### Answer: SLUMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: flop\n[theatrica]L in SUMP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Semi-Christian sectarian from South Africa, one curbed by taboo (6)","output":"### Answer: ZABIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Semi-Christian sectarian\nZA + I in BAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tot given mine delivers devastating darts (6)","output":"### Answer: SUMPIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: devastating darts\nSUM (add, tot) + PIT (mine)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's mate, very low before and after love (4)","output":"### Answer: OPPO \n ### Explanation: Definition: One's mate\nO + PP (very quite) + O: the clue seems to indicate POOP, but needs to be read as \"very low: [with,] before and after[,] love\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Snooze before action requiring special headgear (6)","output":"### Answer: KIPPAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: special headgear\nKIP + PAS (action, from French pas=step)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of stone boundary to till? Yes, laboriously (9)","output":"### Answer: STYLOLITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sort of stone boundary\n(TO TILL YES)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Elizabeth may make a hit with this oblique stone's face (5)","output":"### Answer: BEZEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: oblique stone's face\nComposite anagram: ELIZABETH* = A HIT + BEZEL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plate of worms appearing in Cambs. city market (7)","output":"### Answer: ELYTRON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plate of worms\nELY + TRON. It's a plate found in a worm's body, not a tasty dish"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Check up showing relapse \u2013 reels shakily about that (7)","output":"### Answer: REPULSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Check\nReverse of UP in REELS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One must give the Devil his due \u2013 even features of Azed likely to appear contorted! (5)","output":"### Answer: YEZDI \n ### Explanation: Definition: One must give the Devil his due\nAnagram of even letters of aZeD lIkElY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ingredient of WI cuisine like it is used to stuff toad (9)","output":"### Answer: CASSAREEP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ingredient of WI cuisine\nAS S.A in CREEP \u2013 it's a West Indian food, with the surface reading perhaps suggesting the Women's Institute"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sprinkle a bit of demerara, a form of greed (6)","output":"### Answer: DREDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sprinkle\nD[emerara] + GREED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: River fish caught in ringed seines (4)","output":"### Answer: GEDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: River fish\nHidden"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Palm tree situation? It has its place in Paris (6)","output":"### Answer: ITALIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It has its place in Paris\nITA (a palm tree) + LIE (situtation). The Place D'Italie is a square in Paris"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'm not interested in what others think or say on 'eight of sail (6)","output":"### Answer: EGOIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: I'm not interested in what others think\nEG (say) + [h]OIST (height of a sail)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guide more obdurate when avoiding lie (5)","output":"### Answer: STEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Guide\nSTEELIER less LIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former compound one put into wineglass (6)","output":"### Answer: FLUATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Former compound\nA in FLUTE \u2013 obsolete version of fluoride"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excellent Dickensian upper class, deprived of power initially (5)","output":"### Answer: LUMMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Excellent Dickensian\n[P]LUMMY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drug container from Panama secreted by a smuggler thereof? (6)","output":"### Answer: AMPULE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drug container\nP in A MULE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Earns by busking what'll often end in banks (7)","output":"### Answer: BOTTLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Earns by busking\nDouble definition \u2013 bottle banks as in recycling"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heavyweight champ? Little weight put on as turning up with loss of pounds (5)","output":"### Answer: OZEKI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Heavyweight champ\nOZ (ounce) + reverse of [L]IKE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gossip? It's variable with pair tended by Tibetan milkmaids around? (9)","output":"### Answer: YAKITY-YAK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gossip\nIT + Y (variable) in a pair of YAKs (as tended in Tibet..)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cracked pipe splitting near wire? (6)","output":"### Answer: NIPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: wire\nPIPE* in NR \u2013 nipper and wire can both mean a pickpocket"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pieces of Italian staple exchanged as appetizers (5)","output":"### Answer: TAPAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: appetizers\nPASTA with its \"pieces\" interchanged"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No drinkers will imbibe small measure in these glasses (11)","output":"### Answer: NOSE-NIPPERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: glasses\nEN in NO SIPPERS \u2013 a literal translation of the more familiar French *pince-nez*. Interesting that this appears so near NIPPER in 8d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Scrap merchant'? I irritate when going up in price (9)","output":"### Answer: COLLAGIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scrap merchant'\n(I GALL) reversed in COST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Selina, mad about baron? Probably not (7)","output":"### Answer: LESBIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Probably not\nB in SELINA* \u2013 i.e. if she's mad about a baron, she's probably not a lesbian"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pedigree? No \u2013 wild one ne'er displays that (6)","output":"### Answer: PIE-DOG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pedigree? No \u2013 wild one ne'er displays that \nComposite anagream & lit \u2013 (PEDIGREE + ONE)* = (PIE-DOG NE'ER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slips revealing solver ratability to some extent (6)","output":"### Answer: ERRATA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Slips\nHidden"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Was daring exploit interrupted by rising uncertainty? (6)","output":"### Answer: DEFIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Was daring\n(The clues for 25 and 26 down were transposed in the PDF \u2013 and perhaps the printed version? \u2013 though correctly numbered.)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More than half of calendar calls for such an overcoat? (5)","output":"### Answer: GREGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: overcoat\nGREGO[rian]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dividers, a pest when broken (5)","output":"### Answer: SEPTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dividers\n(A PEST)* \u2013 plural of septum"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mathematician requiring rubber in middle of numerals (5)","output":"### Answer: EULER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mathematician\nULE (rubber) in [num]ER[als] \u2013 Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), after whom the fundamental constant *e* is named"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sign that Tommy's upset about Penny (7)","output":"### Answer: SYMPTOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sign\nP in TOMMYS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Line the loft\" (Energy Grid) (7)","output":"### Answer: LATTICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grid\nL + ATTIC + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A royal badger? (5)","output":"### Answer: HARRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: A royal\nDouble definition \u2013 Prince Harry, and harry=badger=pester"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Managers of the Stones swapping Elton John initially with the Modfather and Sabbath (9)","output":"### Answer: JEWELLERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Managers of the Stones\nJ E (Elton John's initials, swapped) + [Paul] WELLER (known as \"the Modfather\") + S[abbath]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note: money \u2014 1,000 pounds for impressions (10)","output":"### Answer: NEUROGRAMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: impressions\nN + EURO + G (grand = 1000) + RAMS (pounds). A neurogram is a (hypothetical?) \"impression\" made on the brain to create a memory"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Knight strips off outer layers to reveal inner woman (4)","output":"### Answer: LADY \n ### Explanation: Definition: woman\nGLADYS (Knight, singer) with \"outer layers\" removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Domestic appliances: the plate was his but the _____ (11)","output":"### Answer: DISHWASHERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Domestic appliances\nThe plate was his but the DISH WAS HERS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Abolitionist deals fierce blow to suppress the onset of racism (11)","output":"### Answer: WILBERFORCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Abolitionist\nR[acism] in (FIERCE BLOW)* \u2013 William Wilberforce campaigned against the slave trade"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Miss Elizabeth enters study doing a pirouette (4)","output":"### Answer: NEED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Miss\nE[lizabeth] in reverse of DEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stomach of wasp I distracted with flower (10)","output":"### Answer: ASPIDISTRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: flower\nHidden in wASP I DISTRActed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Violently separated from a racehorse? (9)","output":"### Answer: ESTRAPADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Violently separated from a racehorse\nSEPARATED* \u2013 Estrapade is \"a horse's attempt to throw its rider\" so I don't think the cryptic grammar quite works here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: French monarch's solution? Fighting not fleeing (5)","output":"### Answer: LOUIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: French monarch\nSOLUTION* less NOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King and queens imprison evil murderers (7)","output":"### Answer: KILLERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: murderers\nILL (evil) in K + ERS \u2013 can you have more than one ER? Elizabeths the First and Second, I suppose.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spooner's youthful environment produces oilseed (7)","output":"### Answer: SOYBEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: oilseed\nSpoonerism of \"boy scene\" \u2013 Chambers only gives this as two words; the one-word spelling is an American usage according to Wikipedia, which also tells me that it is classified as an \"oilseed\"."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fabulous creature puts hearts in a whirl with kiss (6)","output":"### Answer: SPHINX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fabulous creature\nH in SPIN + X"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe Antonius, Roman consul under senate leaders? (6)","output":"### Answer: MARCUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maybe Antonius, Roman consul under senate leaders\nFirst letters &lit, referring to the Consul Marcus Antoniusm, perhaps better known to us as Mark Antony"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plays idle or plays with action man, perhaps (3,7)","output":"### Answer: TOY SOLDIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: action man, perhaps\nTOYS (plays) + (IDLE OR)* \u2013 \"action man\" should perhaps be capitalised, as it's the name of a specific toy soldier"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Officer's trouble over his men? (5)","output":"### Answer: MAJOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Officer\nReverse of JAM (trouble) + OR (Other Ranks)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Latin woman struggles with beard, regularly gets cutter (9)","output":"### Answer: LAWNMOWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: cutter\nL[atin] + WOMAN* + W[ith] + [b]E[a]R[d]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In India, weight that's lifted a great deal (4)","output":"### Answer: TOLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: In India, weight\nReverse of A LOT \u2013 it's an Indian unit ofweight"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Before a setter compiled, one goes from 1 to 2 to 3 \u2026 (8)","output":"### Answer: ITERATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: goes from 1 to 2 to 3\nI (one) + (A SETTER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer who claims S, perhaps, equals T? (8)","output":"### Answer: ESSAYIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Writer\nES (spelling of the letter S) + SAY (perhaps) + IS T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ealing's first endless caper. Silly? Criminal? Very! (10)","output":"### Answer: ESPECIALLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Very\nE + (CAPE[R] SILLY)*, with a reference to the film of the theme"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Politicians and passengers love them (4,5)","output":"### Answer: SAFE SEATS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Politicians\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ex-England spin bowler knocks out no boundaries with two turns (4,4)","output":"### Answer: SWAN NECK \n ### Explanation: Definition: two turns\n[Graeme] SWANN, spin bowler + [d]ECK[s}"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As a customer, I can't sell shears without spades (8)","output":"### Answer: CLIENTAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: As a customer\n(I CAN'T SELL)* less S[pades]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Become familiar with ABBA's debut song on the radio (6)","output":"### Answer: ATTUNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Become familiar\nA[bba] + homophone of TUNE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former chancellor was hopeless, dividing half the capital (6)","output":"### Answer: LAWSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Former chancellor\nWAS* in LON[don], for Nigel Lawson, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, and more recently Climate Change denialist"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Following current, river delivered components (5)","output":"### Answer: ITEMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: components\nI (symbol for electric current) + homophone of \"Thames\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps Earth's off limits for Superman's girlfriend (4)","output":"### Answer: LANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Superman's girlfriend\nPLANET (of which the Earth is an example) minus its \"limits\". Lois Lane is Superman's girlfriend"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wealthy man of business, proud owner of a large corporation? (3,3)","output":"### Answer: FAT CAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wealthy man of business\nI'm not sure about this: the owner of a large corporation (=stomach) is fat; is he \"proud\" because he's a lion and so a member of a pride?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blood circulating in a tube that's blown (8)","output":"### Answer: CLARINET \n ### Explanation: Definition: a tube that's blown\nIN in (circulated by) CLARET (slang for blood)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Horse guards and regal waves for Star Wars actor (6,6)","output":"### Answer: RONALD REAGAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Star Wars actor\n(AND REGAL)* in ROAN. Reagan proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative, derisively nicknamed \"Star Wars\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A l-little Lyonnaise lust (8)","output":"### Answer: APPETITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: lust\nA P-PETITE (French for little)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kids' style, fashioning cool future by the end of puberty (4,7)","output":"### Answer: YOOF CULTURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kids' style\n[pubert]Y + (COOL FUTURE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ravaged by conflict, old craft breaks up (3-4)","output":"### Answer: WAR-TORN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ravaged by conflict\nART (craft) in WORN (old)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Babbling stream \u2014 Spooner's river in better condition? (7,4)","output":"### Answer: TWITTER FEED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Babbling stream\nSpoonerism of \"fitter Tweed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capital family is obliged to access it (8)","output":"### Answer: KINSHASA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Capital\nKIN (family) + HAS (is obliged) in SA (sex appeal, \"it\"). Kinshasa is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Route finder rested, vehicle sent the wrong way (6)","output":"### Answer: SATNAV \n ### Explanation: Definition: Route finder\nSAT (rested) + reverse of VAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attempt to climb over King \u2014 as Queen, perhaps? (3,5)","output":"### Answer: POP GROUP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Queen, perhaps\nPOP (an attempt) + R in GO UP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Curtail arrangement for talk (6)","output":"### Answer: PATTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: talk\nA curtailed PATTER[N]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Black flag finally raised, French (6)","output":"### Answer: GALLIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: French\nReverse of CILLA + [fla]G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prune and rabbit in stable waste container (4,6)","output":"### Answer: SLOP BUCKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: waste container\nLOP + BUCK in SET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant joint inside empty tin (4,4)","output":"### Answer: TREE FERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant\nREEFER in T[i]N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Government department overseeing redeployment of Tory wet, gutless figure (5-3)","output":"### Answer: FORTY-TWO \n ### Explanation: Definition: figure\n(TORY W[e]T)* in FO (Foreign Office)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Riot brewing about unlimited people cooking chicken in Indian style (8)","output":"### Answer: TANDOORI \n ### Explanation: Definition: cooking chicken in Indian style\nANDO in RIOT, and I think the ANDO must be \"unlimited\" [M]ANDO[M], unless anyone has a better idea. *A much better idea from Muffyword and NeilW \u2013 the \"people cooking chicken\" are the restaurant chain NANDO'S, making the definition the more satisfactory 'Indian style'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prepare to play a sweep shot, say, batting during innings as elder statesman (4,7)","output":"### Answer: NEIL KINNOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: elder statesman\nNEIL (homophone of \"kneel\", as a cricketer would to play a sweep shot) + IN (batting) in KNOCK (cricketing slang for a batsman's innings)."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Precious little time to go (4)","output":"### Answer: TWEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Precious\nT + WEE (urinate, \"go\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With leguminous starter, stir pulse in to vegetarian food (6,4)","output":"### Answer: LENTIL SOUP \n ### Explanation: Definition: vegetarian food\nL[eguminous] + (PULSE IN TO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Send over small book token, perhaps, as an emblem of affection (4,4)","output":"### Answer: LOVE KNOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: emblem of affection\nReverse of VOL[ume] + TOKEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Empty day eaten up by shirker, one for the high jump? (8)","output":"### Answer: SKYDIVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one for the high jump\nD[a]Y in SKIVER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dismissed three forms as unconventional (3,5)","output":"### Answer: OUT THERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: unconventional\nOUT (dismissed \u2013 cricket again!) + THREE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: ____ , while I stay up for the party? (4)","output":"### Answer: UKIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: the party\nWhile I stay up, you kip (sleep)."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Break in game (4)","output":"### Answer: SNAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Break\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pressure after vote in nearby country's become invalid (6)","output":"### Answer: EXPIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: become invalid\nX (voting mark) + P in EIRE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Puts on in revised version that's clear (6)","output":"### Answer: UNSTOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: clear\n(PUTS ON)* \u2013 \"clear\" as in clearing\/unstopping a blocked pipe, perhaps"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Name the first to be knocked off (4)","output":"### Answer: ABEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Name the first to be knocked off\n[L]ABEL &lit \u2013 Abel, killed by his brother Cain, was the first victim of murder in Genesis"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Powerful instrument included in contents of chest buried in South by pirate (5,5)","output":"### Answer: STEAM ORGAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Powerful instrument\nTEA (found in a chest) in S MORGAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Land in East, namely, taken back after British period (6)","output":"### Answer: BRUNEI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Land in East\nB RUN + reverse of I.E."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Roman emperor's endless automatic action in waters off Italy (8)","output":"### Answer: ADRIATIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: waters off Italy\n[h]ADRIA[n] + TIC. The name Hadrian (or Adrian) probably comes from \"Adriatic\", or at least from the same source, but probably long enough ago not to weaken the clue too much."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New organ I ordered from country in Europe (9)","output":"### Answer: NORWEGIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: from country in Europe\n(NEW ORGAN I)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sportsman needing to be cheered (4)","output":"### Answer: BLUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sportsman\nDouble definition \u2013 sportsman (or woman) at Oxford or Cambridge (and elsewhere), and sad or depressed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Has a complaint and is lambasting shopkeeper up front (4)","output":"### Answer: AILS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Has a complaint\nInitial letters of And Is Lambasting Shopkeeper"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look for bill with extra length \u2014 characteristic of a healthy bird? (9)","output":"### Answer: SLEEKNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: characteristic of a healthy bird\nI think this is L[ength] in SEEK NESS, with NESS and \"bill\" both meaning a projection or headland (Chambers gives beak=\"a pointed projection\"). Any other suggestions? *I've just thought of Portland Bill, which probably justifies this equivalence.)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second question changed around for operational unit (8)","output":"### Answer: SQUADRON \n ### Explanation: Definition: operational unit\nS + Q + AROUND"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dreadful cut on a bird with beautiful plumage (6)","output":"### Answer: TOUCAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: bird with beautiful plumage\n(CUT ON A)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Major cut to obsolete weapon, with political co-operation (10)","output":"### Answer: BIPARTISAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: with political co-operation\nBI[g] + PARTISAN , as carried by the yeomen of the Guard. Chambers calls it \"a halberd-like weapon with twin axe-blades or spikes\", and says the name is \"of doubtful origin\", so presumably not related to the more meaning of \"partisan\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having lately joined a certain choir? Absolutely (4)","output":"### Answer: DEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Having lately joined a certain choir\nDouble definition \u2013 reference to the phrase \"joined the choir eternal\", as used in the sketch. I presume the expression didn't originate there, but googling only seems to find Dead Parrot references. *As Eileen points out, it's actually \"choir invisible\" \u2013 see comments for a link to the source of this."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outline of small boat (6)","output":"### Answer: SKETCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Outline\nS + KETCH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Character holding rook and duck \u2014 or another bird (6)","output":"### Answer: PARROT \n ### Explanation: Definition: another bird\nR + O in PART"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prohibit European doctor going on legendary vessel (7)","output":"### Answer: EMBARGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prohibit\nE + MB +_ARGO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Right-winger in US, type that's irritating about left (5)","output":"### Answer: PALIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Right-winger in US\nL in PAIN. Just in case you'd forgotten about Sarah Palin"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not acting on trap set up by police (7)","output":"### Answer: RESTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not acting\nRE (about, on) + STING. \"Resting\" is the actor's famous euphemism for being unemployed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drama with extinct bird, mostly about having ceased to be (2,4)","output":"### Answer: NO MORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: having ceased to be\nNO (Japanese drama) + MO[a] + RE (about)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Para unit deployed around line to provide protection for sailor (9)","output":"### Answer: TARPAULIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: protection for sailor\nL in (PARA UNIT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pair with a bit of script that's nutty stuff (7)","output":"### Answer: PRALINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: nutty stuff\nPR (pair) + A LINE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Property of sheep and goats in story, in different senses (13)","output":"### Answer: SEPARABLENESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Property of sheep and goats\nPARABLE in SENSES* \u2013 reference to the passage in Matthew 25"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Certainly knowing setter and solver exist without barrier being put up (4,5)","output":"### Answer: WELL AWARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Certainly knowing\nReverse of WALL in WE (setter + solver) ARE (exist)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doesn't put in prison, even under a Conservative (7)","output":"### Answer: ACQUITS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Doesn't put in prison\nA C + QUITS (as in \"we're quits\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oddly, it's a volcano \u2014 even so, I land in northern Europe (7)","output":"### Answer: ESTONIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: land in northern Europe\nAn unusual style of clue \u2013 the odd letters of ESTONIA spell ETNA and the evens SO I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revised atlases showing result of oceanic evaporation (3,4)","output":"### Answer: SEA SALT \n ### Explanation: Definition: result of oceanic evaporation\nATLASES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Intended to arouse emotion \u2014 result, initially, of hearing organ (6)","output":"### Answer: EROTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Intended to arouse\nE[motion] + R[esult] + OTIC (related to the ear)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Concluding you can find the answer below (5)","output":"### Answer: UNDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: below\nLast letters of yoU caN finD thE answeR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In casual style, play keeping at a certain level (7)","output":"### Answer: STRATUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: a certain level\nAT in STRUM (play [guitar] in a casual style)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extra weight, dammit, about a pound (7)","output":"### Answer: BALLAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Extra weight\nA L in BLAST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put on food for queens (5)","output":"### Answer: CATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put on food\nCAT (queen) + ER (another one)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some disastrous films noirs? (3,6)","output":"### Answer: OIL SLICKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Some disastrous films noirs\nCryptic definition \u2013 an oil slick is a \"black film\", and may be a disaster"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nation into old language, Germany as usual (10)","output":"### Answer: NORMALISED \n ### Explanation: Definition: as usual\nMALI in NORSE + D[eutschland]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Century forward then? (3)","output":"### Answer: TON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Century\nTON is \"not back\", i.e. forward"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Judge record speed, about one minute (12)","output":"### Answer: DISCRIMINATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Judge\nDISC + I MIN in RATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Real number around about a thousand, back as standard (12)","output":"### Answer: UNREMARKABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: standard\nReverse of A K in (REAL NUMBER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Halter top is not hers (3)","output":"### Answer: HIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: not hers\nH[alter] + IS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Impious characters in Arimathea then? I shudder! (10)","output":"### Answer: HEATHENISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Impious\nHidden in arimatHEA THEN I SHudder"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen's king not left to stuff vegetable (3,6)","output":"### Answer: ONE VISION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Queen's\nE[L]VIS (the King) in ONION \u2013 the definition, as elsewhere in this puzzle, indicates that it's a song by Queen"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mathematician bending rule about first of equations (5)","output":"### Answer: EULER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mathematician\nE[quations] in RULE* \u2013 Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), after whom the fundamental constant *e*, also called Euler's number, is named"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cruise around state east of Maine \u2014 there's another word for it (7)","output":"### Answer: METONYM \n ### Explanation: Definition: another word for it\nME (Maine) + NY (state) in TOM [Cruise, actor]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Adulterer, say, gutless guy in collaboration (7)","output":"### Answer: SYNERGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: collaboration\nHomophone of \"sinner\" + G[U]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flash is silver (6)","output":"### Answer: SECOND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flash\nDouble definition \u2013 a short time and position in sports etc"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King's son, utter freak wrapped in plaster (6,2,6)","output":"### Answer: RETURN TO SENDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: King's\n(SON UTTER)* in RENDER \u2013 one of Elvis's most famous recordings"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Land about right, a farmer needing it cultivated (5,5)","output":"### Answer: TERRA FIRMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Land\n(R A FARMER IT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I ramble, rolling tongue (5)","output":"### Answer: MAORI \n ### Explanation: Definition: tongue\nReverse of I ROAM \u2013 Maori is an official language of New Zealand"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party coming up, I learn moves to become a dancer (9)","output":"### Answer: BALLERINA \n ### Explanation: Definition: a dancer\nReverse of LAB[our] + (I LEARN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: All shook up, a land in California? (2-2)","output":"### Answer: LA-LA \n ### Explanation: Definition: land in California\nALL* + A \u2013 La-La Land is a nickname of Los Angeles (and All Shook Up is another Elvis song)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bay cooler? (8)","output":"### Answer: ALCATRAZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bay cooler\nCryptic definition \u2013 Alcatraz prison (=cooler) is on the island of the same name in San Francisco Bay"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King's pop song (6,4)","output":"### Answer: BILLIE JEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: King\nDouble definition \u2013 tennis player and song by Michael Jackson (and not Elvis, as the surface might suggest)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record moving up into top 1,000 \u2014 It's Now Or Never (5,4)","output":"### Answer: CARPE DIEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's Now Or Never \nEP reversed in CARDIE (cardigan, top) + M. *Carpe Diem* (from an ode by Horace) is usually translated as \"seize the day\", but \"It's now or never\" (another Elvis reference) has the same sense."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Parent welcoming a little less conversation with young Australian swell (8)","output":"### Answer: MUSHROOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: swell\nSH (perhaps an instruction for \"a little less conversation!\") + ROO (young Australian) in MUM. \"Roo\" is not necessarily a *young* Australian, unless you think of the A. A. Milne character"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chance to be among the finest, most energetic (8)","output":"### Answer: BRISKEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: most energetic\nRISK in BEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen's with queen, as king more poorly (6)","output":"### Answer: KILLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Queen's with queen\nK + ILLER \u2013 reference to the Queen song"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Question about stray barge (6)","output":"### Answer: WHERRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: barge\nERR (to stray) in WHY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capital city is under revolutionary enthusiast (5)","output":"### Answer: TUNIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Capital city\nReverse of NUT (enthusiast) + IS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Close to the French, north European (4)","output":"### Answer: FINN \n ### Explanation: Definition: north European\nFIN (French \"end\", \"close\") + N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very hot grease swallowed by singer (7)","output":"### Answer: BOILING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Very hot\nOIL in BING [Crosby]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Occasional workers might wear these (7)","output":"### Answer: CASUALS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Occasional workers might wear these\nA sort of cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet turns to take semi-fierce part (7)","output":"### Answer: DIVORCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: part\nOVID reversed + [fie]RCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A purple butterfly is yours for a sovereign (7)","output":"### Answer: EMPEROR \n ### Explanation: Definition: A purple butterfly\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He'll help a simpleton to sit around getting 1 No Trump (9)","output":"### Answer: ASSISTANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: He'll help\nASS + SIT* + A NT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aggressively criticise a Sunday meal? (5)","output":"### Answer: ROAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Aggressively criticise\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hurry! Don't start to get nun-like (5)","output":"### Answer: HASTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hurry\n[c]HASTE \u2013 referring to one a nun's vows of poverty, chastity and obedience"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grotty toast leads to sickness (3,6)","output":"### Answer: ILL HEALTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: sickness\nILL (grotty) + HEALTH (toast)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deodorant might be needed here, when ready for a fight (5,4)","output":"### Answer: UNDER ARMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deodorant might be needed here\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unusual topic related to the eye (5)","output":"### Answer: OPTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: related to the eye\nTOPIC* \u2013 this must be the easiest clue I've seen for quite a while\u2026"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small sailing vessel off-loads iron to get to a town in Italy (5)","output":"### Answer: LUCCA \n ### Explanation: Definition: a town in Italy\n\u2026and after that, a clue based on two words I didn't know: FELUCCA less FE. Lucca is a town in Tuscany."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'm behind schedule for La Mer, which includes wild brief love etc (9)","output":"### Answer: LATECOMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: I'm behind schedule\n(O ETC)* in LA MER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attractive woman offers a biscuit (7)","output":"### Answer: CRACKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Attractive woman\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No lisp by upper class turns into a Greek letter (7)","output":"### Answer: UPSILON \n ### Explanation: Definition: a Greek letter\nU + (NO LISP)* *More likely, as Gaufrid points out, just a reversal of NO LISP U"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having submitted could have made Eddy lie (7)","output":"### Answer: YIELDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: submitted\n(EDDY LIE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pantomime character wants mole to perish (7)","output":"### Answer: PIERROT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pantomime character\nPIER (mole) + ROT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dishonest man gets rotten potatoes (7)","output":"### Answer: BADMASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dishonest man\nBAD + MASH. AN Indian word for an evil-doer; from Persian, so preumably not related to the English \"bad\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fashionable underwear producing funds (7)","output":"### Answer: INVESTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: funds\nIN + VESTS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former king of Libya is here, so I'd nearly stand up (5)","output":"### Answer: IDRIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Former king of Libya\nI'D + RIS[e] \u2013 Idris was kng ofColonel Gaddafi. Libya until 1969, when he was deposewd by Colonel Gaddafi."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Re-reading this word upset a soldier (9)","output":"### Answer: GRENADIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: a soldier\n(REREADING)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Talk about the end of confidence trickster (5)","output":"### Answer: CHEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: trickster\n[confidenc]E in CHAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cartoon character is great, when attracting her love (9)","output":"### Answer: SUPERHERO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cartoon character \nSUPER (great) + HER + O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To be sick confines girl to such correspondence (7)","output":"### Answer: AIRMAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: correspondence\nIRMA in AIL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lengthen a prison sentence (7)","output":"### Answer: STRETCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lengthen\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Listener bruised and put aside (9)","output":"### Answer: EARMARKED \n ### Explanation: Definition: put aside\nEAR + MARKED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It may win or lose a bridge contract, but it might wake everybody up (4,5)","output":"### Answer: LAST TRUMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: It may win or lose a bridge contract\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ill-omened, unlike a Kingsley Amis character? (7)","output":"### Answer: UNLUCKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ill-omened\nDouble definition \u2013 reference to Amis's Lucky Jim"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A cricket captain may do so and confess (7)","output":"### Answer: DECLARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: A cricket captain may do so\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drinking vessel for a circus entertainer (7)","output":"### Answer: TUMBLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drinking vessel\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Musical instrument contains nothing of use to lesser royalty (7)","output":"### Answer: CORONET \n ### Explanation: Definition: of use to lesser royalty\nO in CORNET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tempted evangelist half wanting to take wine (5)","output":"### Answer: LURED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tempted\nLU[ke] + RED (wine)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Group of people, actors at the end of a farce (5)","output":"### Answer: CASTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Group of people\nCAST + [farc]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A ram must ____, much the worse for wear (6)","output":"### Answer: BEAT-UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: much the worse for wear\nA ram must BE A TUP\", tup being a dialect word for ram. The word \"must\" is missing in the online versions (not the PDF), which spoils the cryptic reading."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rope-makers having lives restricted by endless cut back (6)","output":"### Answer: SISALS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rope-makers\nIS (lives) reverse of SLAS[h]. This is presumably the \"logical but somewhat questionable\" plural referred to in the notes. This was incorrectly shown as 6a in the PDF, and the next clue as 11a."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Long-distance race \u2013 messed up Round One, on dropping out (6)","output":"### Answer: ENDURO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Long-distance race\n(ROUND ONE)* less ON \u2013 Enduro is a long-distance off-road motorcycle race"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dark blue tile, cracked, to remain in the open? Rarely (6)","output":"### Answer: OUTLIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to remain in the open? Rarely\nOU (Oxford University, whose traditional colour is dark blue) + TILE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Railway enters cutting, turning aside (8)","output":"### Answer: PARRYING \n ### Explanation: Definition: turning aside\nRY in PARING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moulding of a star with investment of a grand (8)","output":"### Answer: ASTRAGAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Moulding\nA G in ASTRAL (of a star)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'll cut trees back to make a beam (5)","output":"### Answer: SMILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: beam\nI in reverse of ELMS. An example of Azed's care in avoiding the dubiously grammatical \"I cut trees..\" where \"I\" is the letter rather than the personal pronoun"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: E.g. Peter, one of many demonstrating charm? (5)","output":"### Answer: FINCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: E.g. Peter\nDouble definition: Peter Finch, actor; and \"charm\" is a collective noun for finches"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charge made by leader of Trinovantes as Roman eagle wavering (8)","output":"### Answer: TUTELAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Charge\nT[rinovantes] + UT (Latin \"as\") + EAGLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bite inside layer that's increasingly peppery (8)","output":"### Answer: TETCHIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: increasingly peppery\nETCH in TIER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inclination around start of evening for something like ouzo (5)","output":"### Answer: RAKEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: something like ouzo\nE[vening] in RAKE. An aniseed-flavoured drink (as is Ouzo) from Turkey and thereabouts, more commonly (I think) spelled \"raki.\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hard old gang leader causing a fair bit of consternation (5)","output":"### Answer: STERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hard\nHidden in conSTERNation, and two definitions: \"hard\" is obvious; the other is from a Zionist group called the Stern Gang"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King's English penned by cranky, doddery old hack ends up here? (8)","output":"### Answer: KNACKERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: old hack ends up here\nK + E in CRANKS*, showing that \"cranky\" in the clue \u2013 which in any case makes no sense \u2013 must be a mistake. In the online versions the apostrophe of King's is misprinted as a semicolon."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former skin disease to drain self-confidence (6)","output":"### Answer: SAPEGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Former skin disease\nSAP EGO. A Shakesperean spelling of \"serpigo\", used for various skin diseases"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Travellers use this \u2013 such tips are given by spiel that's rendered deviously (6)","output":"### Answer: SHELTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Travellers use this\nComposite anagram: (SPIEL THAT'S)* = SHELTA TIPS. Shelta is a language used by (particularly Irish) Travellers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trouble experienced with slut around? (6)","output":"### Answer: SHADOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trouble\nHAD (experienced) in SOW (\"abusive term for a fat, lazy, greedy or sluttish person\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: You'll find wives congregating here are absorbed in a bit of sewing (6)","output":"### Answer: HAREEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: You'll find wives congregating here\nARE in HEM \u2013 variant spelling of \"harem\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Annoy greatly, as tiresome fellow interrupting pub drink? (8)","output":"### Answer: BEPESTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Annoy greatly\nREST in BEER. I think the clue is rather weakened by tha fact that, although \"pest\" and \"[be]pester\" seem not to be etymologically related, the modern sense of \"pester\" is influenced by \"pest\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tenter lucked out, reaching top of crag? (12)","output":"### Answer: TURTLE-NECKED \n ### Explanation: Definition: reaching top of crag\n(TENTER TUCKED); \"crag\" here means the neck, which a turtle-necked sweater would cover"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some Bangladeshi cash, I, in old money one quarter of an anna (6)","output":"### Answer: POISHA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Some Bangladeshi cash\nI in POSH (old slang for money) + A[nna]. A unit of currency on Bangladesh, also spelt \"paisa\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Knitted cape (from Sweden on label) (6)","output":"### Answer: SONTAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Knitted cape\nS ON TAG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bung the last of veg, cooked, in sieve (12)","output":"### Answer: STRAIGHTENER \n ### Explanation: Definition: sieve\n(THE [ve]G)* in STRAINER. This word and \"bung\" are both slang for a bribe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ditzy gal with 'in' dress (5)","output":"### Answer: ALIGN \n ### Explanation: Definition: dress\n(GAL IN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: College: learner having entered one must accept rule (7)","output":"### Answer: LINACRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: College\nL + IN (entered) + R[ule] in ACE (one). A recently-founded Oxford college, named after a 15\/16th century scholar, and not a similar-sounding footballer."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Colander remains upside down (4)","output":"### Answer: SEIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Colander\nReverse of LIES (remains). This is Chambers' seil1, cross-referenced to \"sile\", a strainer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seizure of a kind starts on nerves and activates muscles (4)","output":"### Answer: NAAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seizure of a kind\nFirst letters of Nerves And Activates Muscles. The word means \"distraint\", so a seizure in a legal rather than medical sense"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hardwood tree, note, coated with old frostiness in the morning (8)","output":"### Answer: HORNBEAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hardwood tree\nNB in HORE (Spenserian form of hoar [frost]) + AM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English well in line for Tuscan location (7)","output":"### Answer: FIESOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tuscan location\nE + SO in FILE. Fiesole is a town near Florence"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Partners at the table holding dab up earlier (6)","output":"### Answer: ERENOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: earlier\nReverse of ONER (an expert = dab) in E + W. I would have expected this to be ERE NOW, but Chambers gives both one- and two-word versions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mavis, displaying fungal disease, hurts badly \u2013 hospital follows (6)","output":"### Answer: THRUSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mavis\nHURTS* + H, and two definitions, mavis being another name for the thrush (rather more attractive than the Latin name of the genus: Turdus)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A pal's shattered after end of work \u2013 a very long day! (5)","output":"### Answer: KALPA \n ### Explanation: Definition: a very long day\n[wor]K + (A PAL)*. In Hinduism, a \"day of Brahma\", equal to 4320 million years. So, yes, quite a long one."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cur is cut with this, once scratched (4)","output":"### Answer: RAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: once scratched\nWith R AS T, \"cur\" becomes \"cut\"."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bites of ___ etc melting could show softest bickies (4)","output":"### Answer: KISS \n ### Explanation: Definition: ___\nComposite anagram: (SOFTEST BICKIES) * = BITES OF KISS ETC. A kiss can be a \"melt-in-the-mouth biscuit\", so the blank itself is the definition."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An article, or three in different languages (6)","output":"### Answer: LEADER \n ### Explanation: Definition: An article\nLE (French \"the\", definite article) + A (English indefinite article) + DER (German \"the\") \u2013 the LEADER is a newspaper's leading article"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Event for blues band's beginning with a track about love (4,4)","output":"### Answer: BOAT RACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Event for blues\nO in B[and] + TRACE. The teams in the Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race are the dark and light blues"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Notorious diatribe by agitator in extremis (6)","output":"### Answer: ARRANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Notorious\nA[gitato]R + RANT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Obama wrestling with problem requiring bit of guts (8)","output":"### Answer: ABOMASUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: bit of guts\nOBAMA* + SUM (problem). The abomasum is the fourth stomach of a ruminant"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where St Augustine was at university, being something of a brain? (11)","output":"### Answer: HIPPOCAMPUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: something of a brain\nSt Augustine was bishop of Hippo [Regius], whose university might the be HIPPO CAMPUS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like some gems? Rue cost that's ruinous (4-3)","output":"### Answer: ROSE-CUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like some gems\n(RUE COST)* \u2013 rose-cut describes a way of cutting diamonds"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State of the Nation lacking relevance (7)","output":"### Answer: INDIANA \n ### Explanation: Definition: State\nINDIA (nation) + NA (not applicable)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cowboy could wear one down with two 4 acrosses (11)","output":"### Answer: NECKERCHIEF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cowboy could wear one\nNECK (to down, e.g. a drink) + ER (the Queen, a \"leader\") + CHIEF (another one)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uses wrong words for male and female titles (8)","output":"### Answer: MISTERMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Uses wrong words\nMISTER + MS \u2013 not too hard but very nice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disreputable business in the East End has groups of schoolkids on drugs (5-9)","output":"### Answer: ASSET-STRIPPING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disreputable business\nAS (in the East End, \"has\", i.e. with the H dropped) + SETS (groups of children in a school) + TRIPPING (on drugs). We quite often see a single answer split into two grid entries, where each entry is a word in its own right, but I don't think I've even seen it done with a long hyphenated word like this."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's played with wrong score the wrong way! (6)","output":"### Answer: TENNIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's played\nReverse of SIN (a wrong) + NET (to score)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conservatory orchestra's finale slowly absorbs (4-2)","output":"### Answer: LEAN-TO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Conservatory\n[orchestr]A in LENTO (musical term for \"slowly\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show disgust for Times report of peers getting reward for failure (5,5)","output":"### Answer: BOOBY-PRIZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: reward for failure\nBOO + BY (times, as in 2 times 2) + homophone of \"pries\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bill may be in couple with seamy side (8)","output":"### Answer: ITEMISED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bill may be\nITEM (a couple) + SIDE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Belts that are worn by Hell's Angels (8)","output":"### Answer: LEATHERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Belts\nDouble definition \u2013 leathers=belts as verbs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Toxic condition of armpit \u2014 so revolting! (8)","output":"### Answer: ATROPISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Toxic condition\n(ARMPIT SO)* \u2013 poising by atropine (found in Deadly Nightshade)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Space for worshippers heading away from moral failure (4)","output":"### Answer: APSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Space for worshippers\n[L]APSE. I'm not sure about the accuracy of the definition here: surely the worshippers are in the nave, the apse of a church being reserved for the clergy (OK, I suppose they're worshippers too..)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's stopping them making a literary work? (4)","output":"### Answer: EMMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: a literary work\nHidden (\"stopped by\") thEM MAking"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldiers putting on act \u2014 that's rank and file (10)","output":"### Answer: ATTACHMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: file\nMEN (soldiers) in (ACT THAT)* (the anag indicator is \"rank\"). Presumably the file is one *attach*ed to an email"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gather round fighter from Biblical region (8)","output":"### Answer: GALILEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: from Biblical region\n[Muhammad] ALI in GLEAN (gather)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wonderful people Spooner invites to parties where there's much chatter (8)","output":"### Answer: GABFESTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: where there's much chatter\nSpoonerism of \"fab guests\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disregard story, knocking back afternoon tea loudly (8)","output":"### Answer: CONTEMPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disregard\nCONTE (story) + PM< + T (homophone of \"tea\"). Disregard=contempt is you think of them as nouns"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tesco's bananas for baby (6)","output":"### Answer: COSSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: baby\n(TESCOS)* \u2013 here the definition misleadingly needs to be read as a verb"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something suggestive of the rise of corporations (4)","output":"### Answer: SMUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Something suggestive\nReverse of TUMS. A quick search of this site shows me that this device is perhaps rather overused."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Back out of moving in Italian town (4)","output":"### Answer: ASTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Italian town\nASTI[R] \u2013 nice to see the town getting recognition instead of just the wine"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tongue rarely used to preen, as rough (9)","output":"### Answer: ESPERANTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tongue rarely used\n(TO PREEN AS)* \u2013 Esperanto fans might dispute the \"little used\", but I think it's fair"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Simple backwater (5)","output":"### Answer: NAIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Simple\nReverse of EVIAN (mineral water)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remove hair from East Judea's Roman procurator (7)","output":"### Answer: EPILATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Remove hair\nE + [Pontius] PILATE (rather too obviously)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old god not entirely into dance, a wasted evening? (5-2)","output":"### Answer: BOOZE-UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: a wasted evening\nO ZEU[S] in BOP. A booze-up might be an evening when you get drunk, or \"wasted\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mythical vessel written about in bibliography (4)","output":"### Answer: ARGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mythical vessel\nHidden in reverse of bibliOGRAphy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contact artist for exciting work (4-6)","output":"### Answer: PAGE-TURNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: exciting work\nPAGE (to contact) + [J M W] TURNER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vent anger at first, one part full of hate, initially (3,4)","output":"### Answer: AIR HOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vent\nA[nger] + H[ate] in I ROLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: File corrupted in computer \u2014 that's pernicious (7)","output":"### Answer: MALEFIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: pernicious\nFILE* in MAC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Back bend sees another burst of energy (6,4)","output":"### Answer: SECOND WIND \n ### Explanation: Definition: another burst of energy\nSECOND (to back) + WIND (bend)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article written in factory on a type of paper (7)","output":"### Answer: MANILLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: type of paper\nAN in MILL + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unfashionable haircut rocks, on the surface (7)","output":"### Answer: OUTCROP \n ### Explanation: Definition: rocks, on the surface\nOUT (unfashionable) + CROP (haircut)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Talking cat, of course! (5)","output":"### Answer: LINKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: course\nHomophone of \"lynx\", and a links is a golf course"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This setter is to return a pair of rulers shipped by post (4-5)","output":"### Answer: MAIL-ORDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: shipped by post\nReverse of I AM (this setter is) + LORD + ER (two \"rulers\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Enlarge, might one suggest, a legislature? (7,8)","output":"### Answer: GENERAL ASSEMBLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: a legislature\nA \"reverse anagram\" clue \u2013 \"enlarge\" is an ASSEMBLY of GENERAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A jumping dog? (8)","output":"### Answer: SPRINGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: dog\nDouble\/cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Banker announcing depressing figures? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: GREAT OUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Banker\nHomophone of \"grey twos\". As has been mentioned recently, \"banker\" is rather dubious as a definition of a river, but it seems to be becoming established."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dean has urge to stray, sex so illicit? (8)","output":"### Answer: UNDERAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: sex so illicit\n(DEAN URGE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: U-U-U-U like some meat? That's a huge blow! (6,6)","output":"### Answer: DOUBLE WHAMMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: a huge blow\nFour Us = two double Us = double W, + HAMMY (like some meat)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Baffling noise, bullshit? (9)","output":"### Answer: INSOLUBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Baffling\nLift and separate: (NOISE BULL)* \u2013 I'd expect to see \"shit\" (adjective) used an anagram indicator by Cyclops in Private Eye, but I wonder if it might raise some eyebrows at the Guardian."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I say derisive utterances about record attributed to native American chap \u2014 that's not on! (7,8)","output":"### Answer: JEEPERS CREEPERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: I say\nEP in JEERS + CREE + PERS[on]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tremendous description of a kangaroo with superglued hind legs? (9)","output":"### Answer: BOUNDLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tremendous\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old instrument with nothing left in time (8)","output":"### Answer: MANDOLIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old instrument\nAND (with) O L in MIN[ute]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Salt, or in water perhaps, alkaline base (8)","output":"### Answer: FLUORIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Salt\nOR in FLUID + E, the \"base\" of alkalinE, as this is a down clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 100 a square number for setter, perhaps? (6)","output":"### Answer: CANINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: setter, perhaps\nC (100) + A NINE (square number); the setter here is a dog"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sample bird as prison informer (5,6)","output":"### Answer: STOOL PIGEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: prison informer\nSTOOL (of which one might provide a \"sample\") + PIGEON. Rather a giveaway definition, I thought, when combined with the enumeration"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relief, but not for love (8)","output":"### Answer: ANTIDOTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relief\nANTI (not for) + DOTE (love)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: John's tea involved in such a fight? (6)","output":"### Answer: BUCHAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: John\nCHA (tea) in BUN (as in a bun-fight)> John Buchan is probably most famous for *The Thirty-Nine Steps"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Calculating at this rate, say, fear to fail (8)","output":"### Answer: TERAFLOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Calculating at this rate, say\nHomophone of \"terror\" + FLOP. Teraflops (prefix tera- for trillions plus flop for \"floating-point operation\" [per second])"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One takes so long making pictures (6)","output":"### Answer: IMAGES \n ### Explanation: Definition: pictures\nI'M AGES = \"one takes so long\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Personal impression gathered by the police (11)","output":"### Answer: FINGERPRINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Personal impression gathered by the police\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most of the snooker balls cover end of table in plants (5)","output":"### Answer: REEDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: plants\n[tabl]E in REDS (15 of the 22 balls in snooker)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: PG Tips found on wino due home (9)","output":"### Answer: WODEHOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: PG\nOuter letters of W[in]O D[u]E + HOUSE, with a nicely concealed definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Samuel, free to enter university, left out (9)","output":"### Answer: COLERIDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Samuel\nRID (free) in COLLEGE less one L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: About to be dumped, Irish girl coming back was lost for words (5)","output":"### Answer: DRIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: was lost for words\nReverse of DEIRDRE with RE (about) \"dumped\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ease very possibly suggested by opportunity for party (3,5,3)","output":"### Answer: NEW YEAR\u2019S EVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: opportunity for party\nA \"reverse anagram\" \u2013 a NEW version of YEAR'S EVE is EASE VERY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sounding more appropriate, like nine other answers (6)","output":"### Answer: WRITER \n ### Explanation: Definition: like nine other answers\nHomophone of \"righter\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Henry in the covers? (8)","output":"### Answer: FIELDING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Henry\nDouble definition \u2013 Henry Fielding, writer of *Tom Jones* etc, and as in cricket, where the covers are fielders"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Edith and Ben sit out (6)","output":"### Answer: NESBIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Edith\n(BEN SIT)* \u2013 author of *The Railway Children*, published as E Nesbit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One impressing wingers to do defensive duties beside goal (8)","output":"### Answer: SWEEPNET \n ### Explanation: Definition: One impressing wingers\nSWEEP (as a sweeper in footbal would do) + NET (goal). A sweepnet is used to collect flying insects (\"wingers\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pardon WG's performance (3,2,5)","output":"### Answer: ACT OF GRACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pardon\nDouble definition, referring to the cricketer W G Grace"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steps aren't at all problematic (10)","output":"### Answer: TARANTELLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Steps\n(AREN'T AT ALL)* \u2013 the tarantella is a quick dance, once said to be caused by, or a cure for, a tarantula's bite"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Daniel's unquestionably colloquial Old English (5)","output":"### Answer: DEFOE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Daniel\nDEF (slang \"definitely\") + OE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Modest accommodation of League and Conference arrangements? (3-2,3-4)","output":"### Answer: TWO-UP TWO-DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Modest accommodation\nDouble definition, referring to the system whereby two teams move up or down a league at the end of the season"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To be given a bye is best of all (9)","output":"### Answer: UNMATCHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: best of all\nIf you're given a bye in a sporting competiton then you're \"UN-MATCHED\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Victor is over to undergo embrace (4)","output":"### Answer: HUGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Victor\nO[ver] \"undergoes\", i.e. goes under, HUG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Noisy meal? (4)","output":"### Answer: NOSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: meal\nNO + SH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A general impression of frozen veg? (5-3,4)","output":"### Answer: BIRD\u2019S-EYE VIEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: A general impression\nDefinition + hint, referring to Birdseye frozen foods"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Devilish clue in fair construction (10)","output":"### Answer: LUCIFERIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Devilish\n(CLUE IN FAIR)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Insensitive to delay in hearing being heavy burden (10)","output":"### Answer: DEADWEIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: heavy burden\nDEAD (insensitive) + homophone of \"wait\" (delay)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: National Park, green site for development (9)","output":"### Answer: SERENGETI \n ### Explanation: Definition: National Park\n(GREEN SITE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In pique finally sack German linesman (5)","output":"### Answer: RILKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: German linesman\n[sac]K in RILE. [sac]K in RILE. The \"linesman\" is Rainer Maria Rilke, who wrote in German, but was born in Prague, which was part of Austria-Hungary at the time."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old, not old \u2014 that's up to Wilfred (4)","output":"### Answer: OWEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wilfred\nO + reverse of NEW. Wilfrid Owen, poet of the First World War"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Important chap, preceded by his 24's materials (4)","output":"### Answer: NIBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: 24's materials\n\"His nibs\" is name for an important person"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where one may spend time underground (7)","output":"### Answer: DUNGEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where one may spend time underground\nCryptic definition, the \"time\" being a prison sentence, though that sort of time is usually \"done\" rather than spent"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Commercials about fitting suits (7)","output":"### Answer: ADJUSTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: suits\nJUST (fitting) in ADS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Spanish scholar returned, qualified (4)","output":"### Answer: ABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: qualified\nReverse of EL BA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extremely slender, for example, that's about all (10)","output":"### Answer: EVERYTHING \n ### Explanation: Definition: all\nVERY THIN in E.G."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He is part of America's troubles (6)","output":"### Answer: CASTRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: He is part of America's troubles\nHidden in ameriCAS TROubles, &lit. I liked this"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Account by clergyman should be reliable (8)","output":"### Answer: ACCURATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: reliable\nAC + CURATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Play the part of engineer on stage (9)","output":"### Answer: REPRESENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Play the part of\nRE (Royal Engineer) + PRESENT (on stage)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put one's foot down, as a matter of duty (5)","output":"### Answer: STAMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put one's foot down\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Their victims got it in the neck (5)","output":"### Answer: THUGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Their victims got it in the neck\nCryptic definition, from the original Indian Thugs, who strangled their victims"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Yet civilians lived such a life in the war (9)","output":"### Answer: SHELTERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Yet civilians lived such a life in the war \nCryptic definition, referring to wartime air-raid shelters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A gastronomic treat? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: FREE MEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: A gastronomic treat\nCryptic definition \u2013 a free meal might be one that someone treats you to"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put new pep into endless diet with port (6)","output":"### Answer: DIEPPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: port\nPEP* in DIE[t]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pet of a girl, perhaps, but recklessly extravagant (10)","output":"### Answer: PROFLIGATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: recklessly extravagant\n(PET OF A GIRL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small pig has nose tip stuck in furrow (4)","output":"### Answer: RUNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small pig\nN[ose] in RUT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sense and Sensibility? (7)","output":"### Answer: FEELING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sense\nDouble definition (just about)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Used when a path's relaid around lake? (7)","output":"### Answer: ASPHALT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Used when a path's relaid around lake\nL in (A PATH'S)* &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shade of grievance (7)","output":"### Answer: UMBRAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shade\nDouble definition \u2013 shade or shadow is the \"original\" meaning of umbrage, cf French ombre and Latin umbra; also umbrella"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Big jar, say (5)","output":"### Answer: GREAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Big\nHomophone of \"grate\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having our nose put out of joint is hard to bear (7)","output":"### Answer: ONEROUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: hard to bear\n(OUR NOSE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I decry the making of gas for stage effect (3,3)","output":"### Answer: DRY ICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: gas for stage effect\n(I DECRY)* \u2013 dry ice is used for \"smoke\" effects on stage, but it isn't a gas.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A theatregoer's guide (9)","output":"### Answer: USHERETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: A theatregoer's guide\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He made an unexceptional plea for blessing (4,3)","output":"### Answer: TINY TIM \n ### Explanation: Definition: He made an unexceptional plea for blessing\nCryptic definition \u2013 Tiny Tim said \"God bless us, every one\", i.e. asking for a blessing without exceptions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get back to front (6,3,4)","output":"### Answer: REGAIN THE LEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get back to front\nCryptic definition (pretty weak I think)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ringleader felt urge to reform, being contrite (9)","output":"### Answer: REGRETFUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: contrite\nR[ing] + (FELT URGE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unusual hoarder of fish eggs (4,3)","output":"### Answer: HARD ROE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fish eggs\nHOARDER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Many snakes are associated with them (7)","output":"### Answer: LADDERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Many snakes are associated with them\nL (50) + ADDERS, &lit, with reference to the game of Snakes and Ladders"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: When there's a change of plea, men select a jury (7)","output":"### Answer: EMPANEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: select a jury\n(PLEA MEN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Abandon school subject and make one's name as a writer (6)","output":"### Answer: RESIGN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Abandon\nRE (Religious Education, a school subject) + SIGN (\"make one's name..\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Huge cost of electrical safety precaution (5)","output":"### Answer: EARTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Huge cost\nDouble definition \u2013 something expensive is said to cost the earth"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Treatment of an entire individual measure of alcohol is medicinal (6)","output":"### Answer: HOLISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Treatment of an entire individual\nHidden in alcoHOL IS Medicinal"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mobile medical spout (7)","output":"### Answer: DECLAIM \n ### Explanation: Definition: spout\nMEDICAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rocky lays into Patten, flier of the future? (9)","output":"### Answer: CHRYSALIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: flier of the future\nLAYS* in CHRIS (Patten, Conservative politician and last Governor of Hong Kong)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Secure backing to break left hand somewhere in Scotland (5)","output":"### Answer: LEITH \n ### Explanation: Definition: somewhere in Scotland\nTIE< in LH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grass spades advantage (5)","output":"### Answer: SEDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grass\nS + EDGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Week remains Doris's cleaning time? (7)","output":"### Answer: WASHDAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: cleaning time\nW + ASH (remains) + [Doris] DAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Game sacrifice of good compass (6)","output":"### Answer: GAMBIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Game sacrifice\nG + AMBIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A sum for recording Believe? (6)","output":"### Answer: CREDIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: A sum for recording\nDouble definition; the \"sum for recording\" referring a bookkeeping entry"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cry off limiting gene modification in a certain style (7)","output":"### Answer: REGENCY \n ### Explanation: Definition: a certain style\nGENE* in CRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Who dislikes foreign types of plastic phone boxes no end (9)","output":"### Answer: XENOPHOBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Who dislikes foreign types\n(PHONE BOXE[s])"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brunette, possibly with daily application for Jack's sore top? (5,5)","output":"### Answer: BROWN PAPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: application for Jack's sore top\nBROWN (brunette \u2013 surely there's no need for \"possibly\" here?) + PAPER (daily). In the nursery rhyme \"Jack and Jill\", Jack \"broke his crown\" and was treated with \"vinegar and brown paper\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crossword setter's craft (5)","output":"### Answer: TRAMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crossword setter\nDouble definition; Guardian setter and \"Tramp Steamer\". Easy for us crossword anoraks, but is it a bit unfair to expect the \"ordinary\" solver to know the names of setters?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unite ocean couple and have a drink (6,3,9)","output":"### Answer: SPLICE THE MAINBRACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: have a drink\nSPLICE (unite) + MAIN (ocean) + BRACE (couple); this was the naval order to issue the rum ration, and sometimes used facetiously as meaning to have a drink"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As is evident, its heart is quite a different organ (7)","output":"### Answer: CLEARLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: As is evident\nEAR (an organ different from the heart) is the \"heart\" of clEARly; the CL..LY part doesn't seem to be indicated at all"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very backward name of female god (6)","output":"### Answer: OSIRIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: god\nSO< + IRIS (name of female). Osiris is the ancient Egyptian god of the underworld"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top removed from hut made an observation tool (7)","output":"### Answer: HACKSAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: tool\n[s]HACK + SAW (made an observation)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tempted to have iodine for energy \u2014 sensational! (5)","output":"### Answer: LURID \n ### Explanation: Definition: sensational\nLURED with E[nergy] replaced by I[odine]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put off by The Simpsons and the like, which is not much of an existence (9,9)","output":"### Answer: SUSPENDED ANIMATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: not much of an existence\nSUSPENDED (put off) + ANIMATION (e.g. *The Simpsons*)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tearing hip (7)","output":"### Answer: DASHING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tearing\nDouble definition: moving fast and stylish\/fashionable"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In France, Le Blanc is a tabloid target (5)","output":"### Answer: CELEB \n ### Explanation: Definition: a tabloid target\nHidden in franCE LE Blanc"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He scored Harlem Winds (6)","output":"### Answer: MAHLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: He scored\nHARLEM* \u2013 Gustav Mahler, composer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sounding most upper-class and Victoria-like? (6)","output":"### Answer: PLUMMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sounding most upper-class\nDouble definition: plummy-voiced and \"like a Victoria plum\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reduction of hard bowls area set in green (9)","output":"### Answer: SHRINKAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reduction\nH + RINK in SAGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Upturned stone with top marking young man's pile of money? (9)","output":"### Answer: MEGABUCKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: pile of money\nGEM< + A (top) + BUCK'S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Run against the blue opponent of Stalinism (7)","output":"### Answer: TROTSKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: opponent of Stalinism\nTROT (run) + SKY (blue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regulation about Spanish article for space between bed and wall (6)","output":"### Answer: RUELLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: space between bed and wall\nEL in RULE. RUELLE is a diminutive of French \"rue\" (street), and can indeed mean the space between a bed and a wall, in case you ever feel a need to describe it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A team, or those who have been pulled out? (7)","output":"### Answer: YANKEES \n ### Explanation: Definition: A team\nDouble definition \u2013 the New York Yankees (baseball team), and how one might describe those who have been yanked"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outlandish, ultimately futile kiss on the ear (6)","output":"### Answer: EXOTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Outlandish\n[futil]E + X (kiss) + OTIC (of or \"on\" the ear)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American western type of hat bishop discarded (5)","output":"### Answer: OATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: American western\n[b]OATER \u2013 American slang for a western film, from their use of horses \u2013 another slang name is \"horse opera\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Acrimony between bloggers (not involving Hitler)? (7)","output":"### Answer: POSTWAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: not involving Hitler\nAcrimony between bloggers could result in a war of posts.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place kept in identical taste (6)","output":"### Answer: SAMPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: taste\nPL in SAME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mark down dramatist to speak (5,3)","output":"### Answer: CHECK OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mark down\nHomophone of \"Chekhov\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Playing for time, Henry is hurt (6)","output":"### Answer: ACHING \n ### Explanation: Definition: hurt\nACTING with T[ime] replaced by H[enry]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In drink (litres!), Daisy's a hypocrite (7,5)","output":"### Answer: PLASTER SAINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: hypocrite\nL + ASTER'S A in PINT. A plaster saint is someone who \"hypocritically pretends to be virtuous\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poison working at this point? It's up in the air (10)","output":"### Answer: IONOSPHERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's up in the air\nPOISON* + HERE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Draw level shortly (3)","output":"### Answer: TIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Draw\nTIE[R]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Constable for one needs good cloth (3)","output":"### Answer: RAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: cloth\nRA (the painter John Constable was one) + G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Divided into groups to suppress resistance, not 28 (10)","output":"### Answer: FRACTIONAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: not 28\nR in FACTIONAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plain scientist, not one that Shelley imagined (12)","output":"### Answer: FRANKENSTEIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: that Shelley imagined\nFRANK (plain) + EINSTEIN less its first I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps boxer's vulnerable point finally hit at the end \u2014 it could be curtains (6)","output":"### Answer: CHINTZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: it could be curtains\nCHIN + [hi]T + Z (the end)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In front of a parent, shake chain (8)","output":"### Answer: WAGAMAMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: chain\nWAG A MAMA \u2013 Wagamama is a chain of Japanese-style restaurants, based in the UK but also seen elsewhere"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not 20 conservationists in the country (6)","output":"### Answer: ENTIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not 20\nNT (National TRust) in EIRE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl is stupid to return to pub (7)","output":"### Answer: PHYLLIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Girl\nP[ublic] H[ouse] + reverse of SILLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mischievous type caught in UKIP's toils \u2014 I would leave (4)","output":"### Answer: PUCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mischievous type\nC in UKIP* less I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman would go to pot here (4)","output":"### Answer: SHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: go to pot here\nSHE'D \u2013 reference to a \"potting shed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not having a wash? So a good night (8)","output":"### Answer: WAKELESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not having a wash\nDouble defintion, the \"wash\" or wake being that made by a boat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King upset American element, having no Latin (5)","output":"### Answer: RUFUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: King\nReverse of SULFUR less L, the King being William II, nicknamed Rufus"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charge according to amount employed (6)","output":"### Answer: ACCUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Charge\nACC + USE (amount employed, I suppose)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No artist makes high table in softwood (10)","output":"### Answer: PHILISTINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: No artist\nHI + LIST (table) in PINE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Watch over so many finalists in beauty contest, say (5,5)","output":"### Answer: EIGHT BELLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Watch over\nHomophone (rather weak, I think) of EIGHT \"belles\". EIGHT BELLS indicates the end of a nautical watch"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless deception covered by Imogen in this system (6)","output":"### Answer: METRIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: system\nME + TRIC[K]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strange choice firm made for archive medium (10)","output":"### Answer: MICROFICHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: archive medium\n(CHOICE FIRM)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: His aim, setting crackers? (10)","output":"### Answer: ENIGMATIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: His aim, setting crackers\n(AIM SETTING)* \u2013 almost &list, apart from the \"his\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Birds, sound asleep, hard to rouse (6)","output":"### Answer: HERONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Birds\nSNORE (sound [as if you are] asleep) + H[ard], reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Forces new trial in my case and one is held (8)","output":"### Answer: MILITARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Forces\nI in TRIAL* in MY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl cuts sister \u2014 she uses sharp blades (6)","output":"### Answer: SKATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: she uses sharp blades\nKATE in SR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vehicle parking for walk (5)","output":"### Answer: TRAMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: walk\nTRAM + P"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rich cloak announced for 1 of 6 church leaders (4)","output":"### Answer: PAUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: 1 of 6 church leaders\nHomphone of \"pall\", and one of six Popes (church leaders) of that name (at first I was trying to find out if St Paul was somehow one of six leaders of the early church)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Socratic method so revolutionary for 1 of 8 here (4)","output":"### Answer: QAOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: 1 of 8 here\nQ [&] A (the Socratic method of question and answer) + reverse of SO, and this is the last of the eight setters in the puzzle; Qaos and Enigmatist are the only two to be defined as setters: by necessity, as their pseudonyms are not \"real words\". *In fact Enigmatist is a real word \u2013 see Robi's comment"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Again, host subtly exceeded \/ mutton broth, cold, with warm round bit of polenta (8, 8)","output":"### Answer: OVERSHOT\/HOTCHPOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: exceeded\nOVER (again) + HOST* \/ C + P[olenta] in HOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fit to function after visit to theatre, a rebel reread \/ church extract, fine following page (8, 8)","output":"### Answer: PERICOPE\/OPERABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: church extract\nOP (visit to theatre) + (A REBEL)*\/ P + ERIC (a fine)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Destination for junk star guided by height \/ the moon turned in about star (8,8)","output":"### Answer: TRASHCAN\/CANICULA \n ### Explanation: Definition: star\nSTAR* + H \/ reverse of LUCINA (the moon) in CA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Earliest stirring in workshops \/ to adjust subject of painting for all to see shifting base? (8, 8)","output":"### Answer: MODULATE\/ATELIERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: to adjust\nEARLIEST* \/ MODEL with e (base of natrual logarithms) replaced by U (film classification: \"for all to see\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Forbidden meal interrupted by whistle-blower \u2013 last, for sure (6, 6)","output":"### Answer: YESTER\/TEREFA \n ### Explanation: Definition: last\nREF in TEA \/ YES (\"for sure\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Commercial bush, petal trained by worker, \/ reverse of ideal along\u00adside border plant-forms in art (8, 8)","output":"### Answer: TEA\u00a0PLANT\/ANTHEMIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: plant-forms in art\nHEM + A1<. \/ PETAL*+ ANT. This is the two-word answer mentioned in the preamble (I had to check whether it was this or TRASHCAN: Chambers gives the latter as one word)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like e.g. Cameron once welcoming southern European national, \/ perhaps warn one going after bit of ice creamier than the rest? (8, 8)","output":"### Answer: IVORIEST\/ESTONIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: creamier than the rest\nI[ce] + VOR (a word from King Lear that perhaps means \"warn\") I (one). This is the \"somewhat fanciful\" superlative mentioned in the preamble \/ S in ETONIAN (David Cameron is famously an old Etonian)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bell equivalents; \/ built of horizontal beams (8, 8)","output":"### Answer: SEMANTRA\/TRABEATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: built of horizontal beams\nThe competition words, in alphabetical order, as the preamble says, but also as defined"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Overwhelmed, nursing damaged lung, I took food, \/ making slow progress with date in fruit basket (8, 8)","output":"### Answer: TRUDGING\/INGULFED \n ### Explanation: Definition: making slow progress\nLUNG* in I FED \/ D in TRUG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Work on volume once causing grief for eye expert (11)","output":"### Answer: OPTOMETRIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: eye expert\nOP + TOME + TRIST (archaic \"sorrowful\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wordy book's half in poetry (7)","output":"### Answer: VERBOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wordy\nBO[ok] in VERSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen captured in revolt? Danger past (6)","output":"### Answer: RISQUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Danger past\nQU in RISE (to revolt). Obsolete form of \"risk\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First of snow covering hills, I ski in Oberstdorf (4)","output":"### Answer: SCHI \n ### Explanation: Definition: ski in Oberstdorf\nFirst letters of S Covering Hills + I. A German spelling of \"ski\" that we were warned of in the preamble"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wine jar, not the first (4)","output":"### Answer: HOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wine\n[s]HOCK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Painful? It's often de rigueur in part (6)","output":"### Answer: TENDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Painful\nHidden"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dotty translation (too literal?) given with the French, ignoring accent (6)","output":"### Answer: CRIBL\u00c9 \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dotty\nCRIB (\"a key or baldly literal translation, used as an aid by students, etc\", such as some of us were warned against using when trying to make sense of Julius Caesar's account of the Gallic wars) + LE (French \"the\", ignoring the accent that is needed in the answer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pick mercenary, but lacking old gun (4)","output":"### Answer: HACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pick\nTwo definitions, and HACK[but]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 50% of TV comedy served up in miscellany? (4)","output":"### Answer: OLLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: miscellany\nReverse of half of the sitcom *'Allo, 'Allo!"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wretchedly triste, Dana\u00eb may appear so? (11)","output":"### Answer: TEARSTAINED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wretchedly triste, Dana\u00eb may appear so\n(TRISTE DANAE)* &lit. Dana\u00eb is a character from Greek mythology, the mother of Perseus, who fulfilled a prophecy that he would kill Dana\u00eb's father, which presumably she wasn't happy about"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tomboy exhibiting extremes of roguery (5)","output":"### Answer: RANDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tomboy\nR AND Y. A new meaning of this word for me: \"a romping girl\" as Chambers puts it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Evidence of horse-doping? Objection leading to ending of licence (4)","output":"### Answer: BUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Evidence of horse-doping\nBUT + [licenc]E. Bute is short for Butazolidin, aka phenylbutazone, used in illegal horse-doping"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Marks & Spencer initially stocking alcohol-free wine, without success (7)","output":"### Answer: ATTENDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Marks\nTT + [win]E in AND (&) S[pencer]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: By implication, a true Shakespearean smash? (7)","output":"### Answer: RUINATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shakespearean smash\n\"a true\" is RU IN ATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At home, in grip of strong drink, spinning uncontrollably (6)","output":"### Answer: SLUING \n ### Explanation: Definition: spinning uncontrollably\nIN in SLUG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rabbit from part of SE Asia that's indulged in (6)","output":"### Answer: TAPETI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rabbit\nPET (indulged) in TAI (same as Thai, meaning \"part of SE Asia\"). In fact this rabbit is from South and Central America"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Herb names one has instinct about (6)","output":"### Answer: FENNEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Herb\nNN (names) in FEEL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fluid containers? It's madness switching first couple (5)","output":"### Answer: AMNIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fluid containers\nMANIA with the first two letters swapped"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anything tiny, of matter principally (4)","output":"### Answer: ATOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Anything tiny, of matter principally\nFirst letters of Anything Tiny Of Matter, &lit (though not precisely, as an atom isn't *anything* that's tiny)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old Scots nag, mean, ageless (4)","output":"### Answer: AVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old Scots nag\nAVERAGE less AGE. AVER is familiar crossword fodder as meaning to state or assert (from Latin verus = true), but it also has some obsolete meanings (from French \"avoir\", to have), including \"an old or worthless cart-horse\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Successful finalist, task over (4)","output":"### Answer: GRAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Successful finalist\nReverse of DARG (a task); a GRAD would have successfully passed finals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grass? It's cut short among spinach (4)","output":"### Answer: STAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grass\nT (short form of \"It\") in SAG (spinach, as in the Indian dish sag (or saag) aloo). Grass and stag can both mean an informant"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cross male, Unionist sketch writer sent up (4)","output":"### Answer: ZOBU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cross male\nReverse of UI + BOZ (Charles Dickens' pen name in Sketches by Boz). ZOBU is one of the many variants of \"zho\", a type of hybrid cattle, sometimes specifically the male"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excessively fast bowler perhaps takes Surrey opener with closing volley? (5)","output":"### Answer: HASTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Excessively fast\nS[urry] in HAT + [volle]Y. \"Closing volley\" for \"last letter of..\" doesn't really work for me."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Infirmity deteriorating till cure inside hospital (3,6)","output":"### Answer: ILL HEALTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Infirmity\nHEAL in TILL* +H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Punch with energy and speed \u2014 perhaps you'll walk over this? (6,3)","output":"### Answer: HOOKED RUG \n ### Explanation: Definition: perhaps you'll walk over this\nHOOK (a punch, e.g. in boxing) + E + DRUG (e.g. speed \u2013 the \"perhaps\" applies to this). A hooked rug is made by pulling yarn through a backing material with a hook"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Last words betray empty jealousy (5)","output":"### Answer: ENVOY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Last words\nENVY with O (i.e. nothing) inside. For the sense of last words, or a farewell, I would expect this to be spelt \"envoi\", but Chambers gives both versions. \"Betray\" is just a linking word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Food for missing links and throwbacks? (4,3)","output":"### Answer: SPAG BOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Food\nGAPS (missing links) and LOB (throw), separately reversed (\"backs\")."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Native solver is speaking in Zulu region (7)","output":"### Answer: NATURAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Native\nU R (\"you are\", phonetlically) in NATAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having got up fast, I ran to look inside (5)","output":"### Answer: ASTIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Having got up\nHidden in fAST I Ran. Again I query the crytic grammar of \"..to look inside\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bust of Edmund I, oddly effaced (3)","output":"### Answer: DUD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bust\nEven letters of eDmUnD i"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless show of warmth: hasten round to shelter from the cold (5)","output":"### Answer: IGLOO \n ### Explanation: Definition: shelter from the cold\nI'm not sure about this: I think it's GLO[w] in (sheltered by) the reverse of OI (interjection, could mean \"hurry up\"), but then \"shelter\" does double duty as part of the definition. Any better ideas? *Thanks to several commenters: the glo[w] \"has ten\" (IO) round it."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slightly more than three francs taken in high peril (7)","output":"### Answer: PITFALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: peril\nPI (3.14\u2026 \u2013 slightly more than 3) + F in TALL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheat to win golf in last round by one point (7)","output":"### Answer: FINAGLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cheat to win\nG[olf] in FINAL + E[ast]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worker, really gutted, gets drunk (5)","output":"### Answer: BEERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: drunk\nBEE + R[eall]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sickly sundae gobbled, devoured, made sick (9)","output":"### Answer: NAUSEATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: made sick\nATE in (devoured by) SUNDAE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clue to gasp about: Boatman creates vintage surface treatment (4,5)","output":"### Answer: LEAD PAINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: vintage surface treatment\nLEAD (clue) + I (Boatman) in PANT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quicksand! Sense foot being caught (5)","output":"### Answer: SWIFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quick\nWe have to split \"quicksand\" as \"Quick + S and\", and so get S + F in WIT. A step too far for me; others may disagree"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A little radioactive matter in contact with the molecular constituents of water: whoops! (2-2)","output":"### Answer: UH-OH \n ### Explanation: Definition: whoops!\nU (Uranium, which is radioactive to some degree in all its forms) + H O H (components of water).I am no chemist, but I believe HOH is a better description of the molecular structure of water than the more familiar H2O."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kind of rhyming, as \"kid set on insect\" (8)","output":"### Answer: ASSONANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kind of rhyming\nAS SON ANT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A kind face? (4)","output":"### Answer: TYPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: A kind\nDouble definition, the \"face\" being a typeface"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Failed to manage dire slum reform (8)","output":"### Answer: MISRULED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Failed to manage\n(DIRE SLUM)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Motto, not \"quick on the draw\", say? (6)","output":"### Answer: SLOGAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Motto\nHomophone of \"slow gun\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Train speed pathetically slow? (10)","output":"### Answer: PEDESTRIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: pathetically slow\n(TRAIN SPEED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be quick to get into alternative musical (6)","output":"### Answer: OLIVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: musical\nLIVE (be quick, as in \"the quick and the dead\") in OR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boatman's way of hailing Araucaria: his leading place a towering old man here (4)","output":"### Answer: AHOY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boatman's way of hailing\nA[raucaria] + HOY (island that features a \"towering old man\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quicksand of sorts? (5)","output":"### Answer: SHARP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quicksand of sorts\nAnother lift-and-separate involving quicksand, though more conventional this time: this is a double definition, with quick=sharp, as in quick-witted, and \"sharp sand\" is used in building etc. (You'll have to image a split in the underlining of the definitions between k and s!)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Primate of Europe: \"Pray with Arab; be daring\" (7,3)","output":"### Answer: BARBARY\u00a0APE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Primate of Europe\n(PRAY ARAB B)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fast, not fast (5)","output":"### Answer: LOOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fast\nDouble definition: fast=loose as in immoral, and \"not fast\" as in \"not fixed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Runs away from deadly duel fast (8)","output":"### Answer: DEFAULTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Runs away from\n(DUEL FAST)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Force one to falsify rent in report (5,3)","output":"### Answer: LIGHT AIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Force one\nHomophone of \"lie tear\", i.e. \"falsify rent\". A nicely-misleading definition: Light Air is Force One in the Beaufort Scale of wind measurement"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boot option to raise speed (6)","output":"### Answer: TOECAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boot option\nTO + reverse of PACE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Almost sick after fast food for vegetarians (6)","output":"### Answer: LENTIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: food for vegetarians\nLENT (fast) + IL[L]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Speed zone (4)","output":"### Answer: BELT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Speed\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Miss start in haste to get back to front in Asia (4)","output":"### Answer: EAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Asia\nHASTE, with its first letter removed and the final E moved to the font."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Could be 01\/12, 02\/03, 03\/10, 04\/11! (4)","output":"### Answer: DATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Could be 01\/12, 02\/03, 03\/10, 04\/11\nWell, 01\/12 etc are all examples of DATEs, but is there any more to it than that? I thought it might be something like an anagram of letter 1 of answer 12 (E) and so on, but that would give EGYL. Any ideas? *Thanks again, commenters: 01\/12 is the first letter of December, 02\/03 the second of mArch, and so on."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: These might help one pick up jewellery? (8)","output":"### Answer: EARDROPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: These might help one pick up\nDouble definition: ear drops might help you to hear (\"pick up\") if you're suffering from ear problems; and they're also a type of earring"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go into two hospital departments (5)","output":"### Answer: ENTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Go into\nENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) + ER (Emergency Room \u2013 American version of Casualty or A&E)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Toy Story's central character on stage (4)","output":"### Answer: LEGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Toy\nLEG (stage) + [st]O[ry]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hef row \u2014 Playboy gutted it affected his partner? (6,4)","output":"### Answer: TROPHY\u00a0WIFE \n ### Explanation: Definition: his partner\nAnagram of HEF ROW P[laybo]Y IT \u2013 \"Hef\" is the nickname of Hugh Hefner, who married a Playboy \"Playmate of the month\", who probably counts as a trophy wife"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Right, left rubbish (6)","output":"### Answer: LAWFUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Right\nL + AWFUL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One could upset retiring vicar \u2014 lay to rest outside (8)","output":"### Answer: INVERTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One could upset\nReverse of REV in INTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slander in A Bug's Life? Pixar films' executive ultimately seizing power (7)","output":"### Answer: ASPERSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Slander\nP[ower] in last letters of A bugS lifE pixaR filmS executivE. The mention of Pixar here, and \"Toy Story\" in 10a, gave me a hint that they might be part of a theme"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plans where PM lives without owning \u2014 tense? (7)","output":"### Answer: INTENDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plans\nThe PM lives IN TEN DOWNING ST \u2013 remove OWNING and T[ense] to get the answer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At home, David Beckham primarily surrounded by footballers' wives \u2014 they talk a lot (8)","output":"### Answer: WINDBAGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: they talk a lot\nIN D[avid] B[eckham] in WAGS (\"wives and girlfriends\", so not exactly \"wives\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant used to be a bit short (6)","output":"### Answer: WASABI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant\nWAS A BI[t]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State that's rarely encountered scenes with cars crashing (10)","output":"### Answer: SCARCENESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: State that's rarely encountered\n(SCENES CARS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loud bar for Sibelius? (4)","output":"### Answer: FINN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sibelius?\nF + INN \u2013 the composer Sibelius was Finnish"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One goal pulled back includes header from Manchester City (5)","output":"### Answer: MIAMI \n ### Explanation: Definition: City\nM[anchester] in reverse of I AIM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Playing concertina not on without core piece (8)","output":"### Answer: ACENTRIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: without core piece\nCONCERTINA* less ON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Identifiers close to brave volunteers, guns heartlessly support war (4,4)","output":"### Answer: NAME TAGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Identifiers\nNAM (slang for the Vietnam war) + [brav]E + TA (Territorial Army) + G[un]S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Earth not even, pulled up tuber (4)","output":"### Answer: EDDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: tuber\nE + reverse of ODD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deadly weapon changing hands in the end (6)","output":"### Answer: MORTAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deadly\nMORTAR with the final (\"in the end\") R changed to L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gradual acceptance to mind big, second sister (7)","output":"### Answer: OSMOSIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gradual acceptance\nOS (outsize \u2013 big) + MO (second) + SIS; \"to mind\" seems redundant, unless perhaps it's part of the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Partners own casing for nineteen locks: Yale set here (3,5)","output":"### Answer: NEW HAVEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Yale set here\nEW (partners in Bridge) HAVE in (\"locked by\") the \"casing\" of N[inetee]N. Yale University is in New Haven, Connecticut"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One serving on board's ratatouille? Dear dished out seconds (10)","output":"### Answer: STEWARDESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: One serving on board\nSTEW + DEAR* + S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Toy model gun (6)","output":"### Answer: TRIFLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Toy\nT + RIFLE \u2013 the second time \"toy\" has been used as the definition, though as a verb this time; perhaps another nod at the theme?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: All runners suffering in performance test (5,5)","output":"### Answer: FIELD TRIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: performance test\nFIELD (all runners, in a race etc) + TRIAL (suffering)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Porky\" cut over tease (5,3)","output":"### Answer: SPARE RIB \n ### Explanation: Definition: \"Porky\" cut\nSPARE (over) + RIB (tease)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suave Bond \u2014 middle of sea, Craig's stripped off (8)","output":"### Answer: DEBONAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Suave\nAnagram of BOND + [s]E[a] + [c]RAI[g] \u2013 reference to Daniel Craig, the latest actor to play James Bond"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uprising of South Africa and one gets old spear (7)","output":"### Answer: ASSEGAI \n ### Explanation: Definition: spear\nReverse of SA + reverse of I AGES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revenue work out economics: detailed cost hidden (6)","output":"### Answer: INCOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Revenue\nAnagram of ECONOMICS less COS[t]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drunk rocker in the '50s? (6)","output":"### Answer: WASTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drunk\nThe 50s rocker (maybe) WAS a TED[dy boy]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cup to drink, not a lot (4)","output":"### Answer: FATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: lot\nFA [cup] + TE[a]. This took me a while to work out: I was trying to use \"cup\" as the definition (as in \"let this cup pass fom me..\"), and missed the significance of the unassuming \"lot\" at the other end of the clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It adds zest to meals for sailor on board (5,4)","output":"### Answer: TABLE SALT \n ### Explanation: Definition: It adds zest to meals\nTABLE (board) + SALT (sailor)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A word of warning to golfers in the past (5)","output":"### Answer: AFORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: in the past\nA + FORE -the warning shouted by golfers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Found her a problem \u2014 totally obscure (7-2)","output":"### Answer: UNHEARD OF \n ### Explanation: Definition: totally obscure\n(FOUND HER A)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Going down, he may be saved by the bell (5)","output":"### Answer: DIVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Going down, he may be saved by the bell\nCryptic definition, referring to a diving bell. I initially had BOXER here, which works just about as well as a more literal interpretation of the clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of seven suffering from cold? (6)","output":"### Answer: SNEEZY \n ### Explanation: Definition: One of seven\nDouble definition: Sneezy is one of the Seven Dwarves"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reckon I'm splitting what's left (8)","output":"### Answer: ESTIMATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reckon\nI'M in ESTATE (what's left, in a will)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The arms go round the cheeky little pet! (7)","output":"### Answer: HAMSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: the cheeky little pet\n(THE ARMS)* \u2013 \"cheeky\" because of the hamster's habit of storing food in its cheek pouches"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: See red hair? (7)","output":"### Answer: BRISTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: See red\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passionate love bird (8)","output":"### Answer: FLAMINGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: bird\nFLAMING + O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Groups of people changing planes (6)","output":"### Answer: PANELS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Groups of people\nPLANES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: By the sound of it, gather a crowd (5)","output":"### Answer: HORDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a crowd\nHomophone of \"hoard\". I caused myself some trouble by putting AMASS here, though in that case \"by the sound of it\" would be redundant"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They are articulate in personal columns (9)","output":"### Answer: VERTEBRAE \n ### Explanation: Definition: They are articulate in personal columns\nCryptic definition \u2013 the vertebrae articulate in the spinal column"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Baby bird? (5)","output":"### Answer: STORK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Baby bird\nCryptic definition, referring to the myth of storks delivering babies"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remembering various stories can lead to novel (9)","output":"### Answer: ANECDOTAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Remembering various stories\n(CAN LEAD TO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clergyman taking a point to heart may be fired (6)","output":"### Answer: CANNON \n ### Explanation: Definition: may be fired\nN in CANON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Retired train-bearers? (8)","output":"### Answer: SLEEPERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: train-bearers\nDefinition + hint \u2013 sleepers have retired for the night"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird circles its quarry (6)","output":"### Answer: OSPREY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bird\nOS (circles) + PREY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carriage upside down on road crossing (7)","output":"### Answer: FLYOVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: road crossing\nFLY (a type of horse-drawn carriage) + OVER (upside-down)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State in a loud and resolute way (6)","output":"### Answer: AFFIRM \n ### Explanation: Definition: State\nA + F + FIRM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eastern trail one meandered (8)","output":"### Answer: ORIENTAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Eastern\n(TRAIL ONE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Move with a little spooning (4)","output":"### Answer: STIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Move\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What it takes to make the world of confectionery? (3-5)","output":"### Answer: ALL-SORTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: confectionery\n\"It takes all sorts to make a world\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The main type of eagle (4)","output":"### Answer: ERNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: The main type of eagle\nThe Erne is also known as the Sea Eagle; main = sea"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suitable work for a lay reader? (8)","output":"### Answer: SONGBOOK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Suitable work for a lay reader\nCryptic defintion, a lay being a poem or song"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not a particular person (7)","output":"### Answer: SOMEONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not a particular person\nA (not very) cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Way fleet is brought up to date? (6)","output":"### Answer: MODERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: brought up to date\nMODE + RN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revolt when school place is switched (6)","output":"### Answer: PUTSCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Revolt\nSCH + PUT (place), with these two parts switched"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A small variety of beasts of burden (6)","output":"### Answer: LLAMAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: beasts of burden\n(A SMALL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spot golfer about to receive kiss (7)","output":"### Answer: SPECKLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spot\nPECK in reverse of [Ernie] ELS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Run over airy tribute (3-4)","output":"### Answer: FLY-PAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: airy tribute\nFLY (run) + PAST (over)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pioneering way to make dog run? (14)","output":"### Answer: GROUNDBREAKING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pioneering\nYou can make \"dog run\" by BREAKING (taking an anagram of) GROUND"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hoods and collars worn by Scot (8)","output":"### Answer: RUFFIANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hoods\nIAN in RUFFS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State proposal that's acceptable to audience (3)","output":"### Answer: GOA \n ### Explanation: Definition: State\nHomophone of \"goer\" (as in \"it's a goer\", describing an acceptable suggestion)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Light reader (6)","output":"### Answer: KINDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Light\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oval-shaped ceramic not lasting long (8)","output":"### Answer: VOLATILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: not lasting long\nOVAL* + TILE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tube not sufficiently fine? (11)","output":"### Answer: UNDERGROUND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tube\nSomething (e.g. flour) that is UNDER GROUND (i.e. not ground enough) might not be fine"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink \u2014 don't go straight to snack (9)","output":"### Answer: SNAKEBITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drink\nSNAKE (move sinuously, not straight) + BITE (snack)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not where housekeeper stores the fizzy drinks? (9)","output":"### Answer: STILLROOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not where housekeeper stores the fizzy drinks\nCryptic definition (rather a let-down compared to the general standard of the puzzle)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Complete freedom to ignore what may be drawn (5,6)","output":"### Answer: BLANK CHEQUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Complete freedom\nBLANK (ignore) + CHEQUE (which may be drawn)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Holding head up, lying with pained expression in slang (8)","output":"### Answer: COUCHANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Holding head up, lying\nOUCH in CANT. Couchant is a heraldic term, meaing \"lying down with the head up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Friend to bear every journey with constant interruptions (6)","output":"### Answer: EEYORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Friend to bear\nAlternate letters of EvErY jOuRnEy, and Eeyore was a friend to Pooh Bear"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Muslim official, a polytheist at heart (3)","output":"### Answer: AGA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Muslim official\n[p]AGA[n]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fruit and wine store getting good trade (8)","output":"### Answer: PLUMBING \n ### Explanation: Definition: trade\nPLUM + BIN + G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charlie for one, say, with 7 (6)","output":"### Answer: CHEQUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Charlie for one, say, with 7\nThis refers homophonically to Checkpoint Charlie, the former crossing point between East and West Berlin. There doesn't seem to be a definition, but as the answer is also included in 21,29 I'll let Imogen off."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In small house, parking is a bit of a mess (7)","output":"### Answer: SPLODGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a bit of a mess\nP in S LODGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In theory, propane is explosive (2,5)","output":"### Answer: ON PAPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: In theory\nPROPANE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Each person is fitted with one in old age (7)","output":"### Answer: PERMIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: old age\nPER (each) + I in MAN. The Permian is a geological age, covering about 250-300 million years ago."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Police do wrong to arrest unionist, is the general view (4,5)","output":"### Answer: COUP D\u2019OEIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: the general view\nU in (POLICE DO)*. Chambers defines this as \"a general view at a glance\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: From shelf, take book (6)","output":"### Answer: LEDGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: book\nLEDGE (shelf) + R (take, as used in prescriptions, from Latin *Recipe*)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Realistic opportunity to keep playing \u2014 my Facebook response? (8)","output":"### Answer: LIFELIKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Realistic\nLIFE (an opportunity to keep playing, in video games ,etc) + LIKE (as done in Facebook and elsewhere to approve of something)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being blunt after misuse no bit can bore into piece of wood (5-5)","output":"### Answer: POINT-BLANK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Being blunt\n(NO BIT)* in PLANK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top missing, letter's incomplete (7)","output":"### Answer: SINGLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Top\nHidden in misSING LETter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fearful sort of hospital, 10 (6,7)","output":"### Answer: CRAVEN COTTAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 10\nCRAVEN (fearful) + COTTAGE (hospital), for the **ground** of Fulham football club"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wretched folk acquire a place in Ireland (9)","output":"### Answer: BALLYMENA \n ### Explanation: Definition: place in Ireland\nBALLY MEN + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rendering pencil unusable, that's when one loses it (8,5)","output":"### Answer: BREAKING POINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's when one loses it\nBreaking a pencil's point would make it unusable"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turn over in half a bikini? Bad girl! (7)","output":"### Answer: TROLLOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bad girl\nROLL in TOP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After fighting, you finally return to rear (7)","output":"### Answer: NURTURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: rear\n([yo]U RETURN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shining example of slogan encouraging more criminals? (6)","output":"### Answer: BEACON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shining example\nTe slogan is \"BE A CON\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Order grinder attached to front of cement mixer (10)","output":"### Answer: COMPOUNDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: mixer\nC[ement] + OM (Order of Merit) + POUNDER (grinder)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A new party shed clothes charity (7)","output":"### Answer: HANDOUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: charity\nA N DO in (clothed by) HUT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Podiatrists do it, scrubbing heels for service charge (4,3)","output":"### Answer: STUD FEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: service charge\nSTUDY FEET (what podiatrists do) minus the last letters (\"heels\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fair Sally worked with her in 4 (4)","output":"### Answer: AUNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fair Sally\nA composite anagram (as often found in Azed), with the extra complication of a cross reference. UNEARTH (4d) is an anagram (worked with) of HER + AUNT. Aunt Sally is a traditional fairground game"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Test French pupil with puzzle? It's not on (6-4)","output":"### Answer: ELEVEN-PLUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Test\nELEVE (French for \"pupil\") + NONPLUS less ON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plump lady's architect (6)","output":"### Answer: FATHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: architect\nFAT HER \u2013 one of several relationships that are not cross-referenced to 9d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A very loud one upset tiny singular 9 (8)","output":"### Answer: AFFINITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: singular 9\nA FF I + TINY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Floor cleaner preserves one framed canvas (9)","output":"### Answer: DECKCHAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: framed canvas\nDECK (to floor, knock out) + I in CHAR (cleaner)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Irish veto banking issue in Glasgow (5)","output":"### Answer: BAIRN \n ### Explanation: Definition: issue in Glasgow\nIR in (\"banked by\") BAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kid's mum's nurse (5)","output":"### Answer: NANNY \n ### Explanation: Definition: nurse\nDouble definition, the kid's mum being a nanny goat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 10 across represented forebears (9)","output":"### Answer: ANCESTORS \n ### Explanation: Definition: forebears\n(TEN ACROSS)* \u2013 nice anagram, nice misdirection"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Public path said to be superior (8)","output":"### Answer: OUTWEIGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: to be superior\nOUT (public) + homophone of \"way\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Firm briefly employing 1 of 9 (6)","output":"### Answer: COUSIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: 1 of 9\nCO USIN[g]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man's bulge gets very soft in water (5,5)","output":"### Answer: ADAM\u2019S APPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Man's bulge\nPP in ADAM'S ALE (water)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: John gathers large group with 9 (4)","output":"### Answer: CLAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: group with 9\nL in CAN (slang for toilet, as is \"john\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King George with his mother and her mother (7)","output":"### Answer: GRANDMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: her mother\nGR AND MA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Classic Stones on stage were stripped (2,5)","output":"### Answer: ST LEGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Classic\nST[ones] + LEG (stage) + [w]ER[e]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Essentially, pulp in a fruit gets flatter (7)","output":"### Answer: ADULATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: flatter\n[p]UL[p] in DATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wife's job finishes early at church (5)","output":"### Answer: DUTCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wife\nDUT[y] + CH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Find caribou near these borders (7)","output":"### Answer: UNEARTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Find\nHidden in cariboU NEAR THese"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drive opponent over into grass (3,3)","output":"### Answer: TEE OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drive\nReverse of FOE in TEF, an Ethiopian grass, which I hadn't heard of, but \"it had to be that\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Minor secretary kept goal during depression (9)","output":"### Answer: DEPENDANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Minor\nEND in PA in DENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English paper's redhead dropped? No latitude there! (7)","output":"### Answer: EQUATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: No latitude there\nE + QUARTO with the R moved to the bottom (\"dropped\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loves displaying oriental craft (13)","output":"### Answer: RELATIONSHIPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Loves\nORIENTAL* + SHIPS (craft), and there are several examples of relationships in other answers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps 10 winks stirred old chap (9)","output":"### Answer: KINSWOMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perhaps 10\nWINKS* + O MAN. An aunt is an example of a kinswoman"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Split a tabloid's article for Berliner (7)","output":"### Answer: ASUNDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Split\nA + SUN (tabloid newspaper) + DER (German \"the\" \u2013 definite article)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Renew the case for old reversion of property (7)","output":"### Answer: ESCHEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: old reversion of property\n(THE CASE)*. Escheat is \"a common law doctrine which transfers the property of a person who dies without heirs to the crown or state.\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rule doesn't end at entrance to Esher (Surrey town) (7)","output":"### Answer: REIGATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Surrey town\nREIG[n] + AT + E[sher]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Win over Germany is a romp, oddly (6)","output":"### Answer: DISARM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Win over\nD (Germany) + IS + A + odd letters of RoMp"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Obscure Arab ignored 1 of 9 (5)","output":"### Answer: UNCLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 1 of 9\nUNCLEAR less AR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jack's final intimation of leaving TV show? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: BLUE PETER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jack's final intimation of leaving\nDouble definition \u2013 the Blue Peter is a flag shown by ships (crewed by Jack Tars) that are about to leave port, and the long-running children's TV programme"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Employer rejected CV, giving me the sack (4)","output":"### Answer: USER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Employer\nReverse of RESUME minus ME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He can't stand either parent losing capital on horse (5)","output":"### Answer: HATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: He can't stand\nH (horse = heroin) + [M]ATER or [P]ATER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nan led astray by dreadful pun (not intended) (9)","output":"### Answer: UNPLANNED \n ### Explanation: Definition: not intended\nPUN* + (NAN LED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink, or where you might buy trendy one (7)","output":"### Answer: MARTINI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drink\nMART (where you might buy) + IN (trendy) + I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Registers failing to show separate A&E charges (7)","output":"### Answer: INDICTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: charges\nINDICATES less A and E (from different parts of the word, hence \"separate\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relationship that might make you somewhat on edge? (1,3,2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: A BIT ON THE SIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relationship\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Technical game transformed global problem (7,6)","output":"### Answer: CLIMATE CHANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: global problem\n(TECHNICAL GAME)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prince joins queen in dance \u2014 it appears out of order (7)","output":"### Answer: PREQUEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: it appears out of order\nP + QU in REEL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Launch scheme (7)","output":"### Answer: PROJECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Launch\nDouble definition (which a different syllable stressed in each meaning)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maiden possibly left port with too much luggage (9)","output":"### Answer: OVERLADEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: with too much luggage\nOVER (e.g. a maiden over in cricket) + L + ADEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dress down for Sunday lunch? (5)","output":"### Answer: ROAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dress down\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Speaker's trounced a second-rater (4)","output":"### Answer: BETA \n ### Explanation: Definition: second-rater\nHomophone of \"beat a\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rebel is transported East in doctor's care (9)","output":"### Answer: DISSENTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rebel\nIS SENT E in DR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Abandoning convention, throw him a bone (8)","output":"### Answer: BOHEMIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Abandoning convention\n(HIM A BONE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unopened club's complete (5)","output":"### Answer: UTTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: complete\nPUTTER (golf club) minus its first letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Engaged in crime, I'm going in devoutly, giving little away (14)","output":"### Answer: PARSIMONIOUSLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: giving little away\nI'M in ARSON, all in PIOUSLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Visitor to ancient city isn't short of money, essentially (7)","output":"### Answer: TOURIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Visitor\nTO + UR (of the Chaldees, birthplace of Abraham and the crossworder's favourite ancient city) + ISN'T less the middle (\"essential\") letter of moNey"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Traveller, not quite the best, turning turtle perhaps (7)","output":"### Answer: REPTILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: turtle perhaps\nREP (commercial traveller) + reverse of ELIT[E]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Star considered claiming credit for skin lotion (9)","output":"### Answer: SUNSCREEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: skin lotion\nSUN (star) + CR in SEEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ingredient of salads I'd served up in quick succession (6)","output":"### Answer: RADISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ingredient of salads\nReverse of I'D in RASH (a quick succession of events)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How workers may study an example of sporting links? (8,6)","output":"### Answer: SANDWICH COURSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: How workers may study\nDouble definition \u2013 the town of Sandwich, Kent has a number of famous golf courses"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Harsh little measure supported by pope at one time (9)","output":"### Answer: INCLEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Harsh\nIN[ch] + CLEMENT (any of a number of popes)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Willing person put up timetable after trial (8)","output":"### Answer: TESTATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Willing person\nTEST + reverse of ROTA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boring article in review by editor provided a reference (7)","output":"### Answer: ALLUDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: provided a reference\nReverse of DULL A + ED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First wife is in the offing, getting forks out (7)","output":"### Answer: EXPENDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: forks out\nEX + PENDS (i.e. is pending)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second record secured by graduate raised self-assurance (6)","output":"### Answer: APLOMB \n ### Explanation: Definition: self-assurance\nReverse of MO (moment, second) + LP in BA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Bring back corporal punishment\" \u2014 tyrant's first decree (5)","output":"### Answer: ENACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: decree\nReverse of CANE + T[yrant]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stand by, I'm near plastic vessel (9)","output":"### Answer: SUBMARINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: vessel\nSUB (substitute, stand by) + (I'M NEAR)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Puzzle introduction needs no PR (5)","output":"### Answer: ELUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Puzzle\nPRELUDE less PR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: University principal's first article is ideal (7)","output":"### Answer: UTOPIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: ideal\nU + TOP (principal) + I (first) + AN (article)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Subject's gradable problem? D minus (7)","output":"### Answer: ALGEBRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Subject\nGRADABLE* less D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Church and evangelical youth leaders welcome bishops (5)","output":"### Answer: ABBEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Church\nBB in A[nd] E[vangelical] Y[outh]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I heard dancing about the finale of Fred and Ginger (3-6)","output":"### Answer: RED-HAIRED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ginger\n(I HEARD)* + RE (about) + [Fre]D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Her rebukes in bed regarding the drapes? (7,8)","output":"### Answer: CURTAIN LECTURES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Her rebukes in bed\nCryptic definition, or sesquidef (def. + hint) \u2013 a curtain lecture is \"a lecture or reproof given in private, *esp* in bed by a woman to her husband\" I'd never heard of this and would have appreciated some more helpful wordplay"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clergy with their heads in the clouds? (3,6)","output":"### Answer: SKY PILOTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clergy\nAnother sesquidef, though a more familiar expression (to me) this time"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With little money, save Scrabble tiles (5)","output":"### Answer: PAVES \n ### Explanation: Definition: tiles\nP (penny, little money) + SAVE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lots? No, one wave (7)","output":"### Answer: SOLITON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lots? No, one wave\n(LOTS NO I)* &lit \u2013 rather ingenious, as a soliton is a \"solitary wave\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Back up to enter river, otherwise drive back (7)","output":"### Answer: REPULSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: drive back\nUP< in R ELSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Noodles sound fishy (5)","output":"### Answer: UDONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Noodles\nSOUND* \u2013 I'm familiar with the Japanese type of noodle, but I don't think I've ever seen this plural form and I'm not sure how acceptable it is"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Report from small gallery: \"Oh no! Monet's been vandalised\" (9)","output":"### Answer: STATEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Report\nS + TATE + MONET* less O \u2013 homophone of \"Oh\", or perhaps just a variant?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Can Russia's assembly revoke independence to protect energy guarantees? (10)","output":"### Answer: ASSURANCES \n ### Explanation: Definition: guarantees\nE in (CAN RUSSIA'S) less I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sponge recipe accepted by sailor, not drunk (8)","output":"### Answer: ABSORBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sponge\nR in AB + SOBER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reason isn't a substitute to ask \"why?\" (6)","output":"### Answer: SANITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reason\n(ISN'T A)* + Y (homophone of \"why\" \u2013 indicated by \"ask\", I suppose)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Priestess consumed by large, northern animal (4)","output":"### Answer: LION \n ### Explanation: Definition: animal\nIO (a priestess in Greek mythology) in L N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Without consideration, no matter what (10)","output":"### Answer: REGARDLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Without consideration\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He gets near battle (8)","output":"### Answer: SERGEANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: He gets near battle\n(HE GETS NEAR)* \u2013 another clever &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ball keeping low loses golf games (6)","output":"### Answer: RUBBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: games\nGRUBBER (aka \"grub kick\", \"a kick which sends the ball low along the ground\") less G[olf]. A rubber is a set of Games in Bridge"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eat crackers after strong cheese (4)","output":"### Answer: FETA \n ### Explanation: Definition: cheese\nF (forte, strong) + EAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Actor's fury? Parts with bad unpredictability (10)","output":"### Answer: RANDOMNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: unpredictability\n[Marlon] BRANDO + MADNESS (fury), less (\"parting with\") B and AD. Very ingenious, but maybe the fact that BAD has to be split before removal needs to be indicated more clearly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Covers performances about good man and woman (4,6)","output":"### Answer: DUST SHEETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Covers\nST + SHE in DUETS."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Process dictates rigorous appraisal (4,4)","output":"### Answer: ACID TEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: rigorous appraisal\nDICTATES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Minister's mistress raises gun: \u2026 (8)","output":"### Answer: REVOLVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: gun\nReverse of the minister's mistress, who is a REV-LOVER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 \"It's cowardly to cry over wife\" (6)","output":"### Answer: YELLOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: cowardly\nYELL + O + W"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look over pressure with power shower (6)","output":"### Answer: PEPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: shower\nP (pressure) P (power) in PEER. \"Shower\" as in \"shower of bullets\" etc"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Immortal music? (4)","output":"### Answer: SOUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Immortal\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Children's author's first to abandon Latin course (4)","output":"### Answer: ROAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: course\nROALD [Dahl], less L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ayatollah's given it a bit of a twang (5)","output":"### Answer: FATWA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ayatollah's given it\nHidden in oF A TWAng"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Star turning out in XI, as announced in house and grounds (4,5)","output":"### Answer: LAST DREGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: grounds\nSTAR in LEGS (\"legs eleven\" is a call in Bingo or House)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jockey on, own up to starter (3,3,4)","output":"### Answer: WON TON SOUP \n ### Explanation: Definition: starter\n(ON OWN UP TO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Low-down agents (1-3)","output":"### Answer: G-MEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: agents\nGEN = information, low-down"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After game, a yob goes where the best action is (9)","output":"### Answer: GOALMOUTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: where the best action is\nGO + A LOUT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Genesis et seq describing swinging lives after death! (5)","output":"### Answer: OBITS \n ### Explanation: Definition: lives after death\nBI in OT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wind, lashing, catches skirt (6)","output":"### Answer: DIRNDL \n ### Explanation: Definition: skirt\nHidden in wIND Lashing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nervously impulsive? Lou and Anne in a stormy engagement (8)","output":"### Answer: NEURONAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nervously impulsive\n(LOU ANNE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Irrationality of uniform when seen in the light? (8)","output":"### Answer: UNREASON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Irrationality\nU + AS in NEON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make issue No 50 (6)","output":"### Answer: COMPEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make\nCOME (issue) + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: His Stars and Stripes is typically American (5)","output":"### Answer: SOUSA \n ### Explanation: Definition: His Stars and Stripes is typically American\nSO US. There's a story to the effect that John Philip Sousa (the \"March King\", composer of \"The Stars and Stripes Forever\") was originally called \"So\", and that he added \"USA\" to the name for patriotic and\/or commercial reasons (various other versons of the story also exist), but there is no truth in it."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Power strangely missed around gym (9)","output":"### Answer: DESPOTISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Power\nPT in MISSED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excuse me a trim (4)","output":"### Answer: AHEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Excuse me\nA HEM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's suffering from scabies, splitting sides (2,8)","output":"### Answer: IN STITCHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: splitting sides\nI'S ITCHES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Import dubiously, as one who says \"I'm the Greatest!\" (Clay) (7,2)","output":"### Answer: SMUGGLE IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Import dubiously\nSMUG + GLEI"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Principal track that\"s only for the audience to hear? (5)","output":"### Answer: ASIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: that\"s only for the audience to hear\nThe A-SIDE of a record is its \"principal track\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Past success in abundance (1,4)","output":"### Answer: A GOGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: in abundance\nAGO + GO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loosening belts, knew no sports (3,8)","output":"### Answer: WET BLANKETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: no sports\n(BELTS KNEW)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Up to nothing, heading north? (5)","output":"### Answer: AFOOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Up\nReverse of TO FA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Miscopy text up, admitting this? (4)","output":"### Answer: TYPO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Miscopy text up, admitting this\nHidden in reverse of miscOPY Text, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wrap for travelling in hold of Jason's ship (3)","output":"### Answer: RUG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wrap for travelling\nJason's ship was the ARGO, of which the \"hold\" might be RG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Barking anger about projected leaving time? One \u2026 could be! (5,4)","output":"### Answer: GREAT DANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One \u2026 could be\nETD in ANGER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Discovered consulting diverse subject inventory (5,4)","output":"### Answer: UNION LIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: subject inventory\nAnagram of [C]ONSULTIN[G] less its outer letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crazy Tom is among good friends (hag-ridden Poles) (11)","output":"### Answer: BROOMSTICKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: hag-ridden Poles\nTOM* in BRICKS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passionate about makers of delight, love filling something cheeky and vintage up (9)","output":"### Answer: TURCOPHIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Passionate about makers of delight\nO in reverse of LIP + CRU"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beefy chap, I stand up and cuff the two of them (3,6)","output":"### Answer: IAN BOTHAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beefy\n~~BOTH in I + reverse of MAN, I presume, though I can't really justify MAN=stand.~~ *Thanks to bridgesong for the correction: BOTH in reverse of MAN (chap) + I*. \"Beefy\" was (and I suppose still is) the nickname of the cricketer Ian Botham"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bread baked by Indian grandmother, one in news (3)","output":"### Answer: NAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bread baked by Indian\nA in N+N and three definitions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part played by countess in composition by Delibes? (5)","output":"### Answer: ESSAI \n ### Explanation: Definition: composition by Delibes\nHIdden in countESS In \u2013 \"essai\" is what the French composer L\u00e9o Delibes (probably most famous now for the Flower Duet from his opera *Lakm\u00e9*) would call an essay or composition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time and energy invested in Blue Place (5)","output":"### Answer: STEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Place\nT E in SAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Young woman resident in Stirlingshire (4)","output":"### Answer: GIRL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Young woman\nHidden in stIRLingshire"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attack simpleton or face exam (3)","output":"### Answer: MUG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Attack\nFour definitions \u2013 I was unsure about \"exam\", but Chambers gives it, related to the expression \"mug up\", meaning to swot for an exam"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outstanding old part of a building (5)","output":"### Answer: OWING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Outstanding\nO + WING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Metal key used by the cook (3-6)","output":"### Answer: TIN-OPENER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Metal key used by the cook\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reptile snarling at gorilla (9)","output":"### Answer: ALLIGATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reptile\n(AT GORILLA)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Treatise closely followed, we hear (5)","output":"### Answer: TRACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Treatise\nHomophone of \"tracked\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A short distance covered by light aircraft or jumbo in the past (7)","output":"### Answer: MAMMOTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: jumbo in the past\nA MM (millimetre) in MOTH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Produced admitted superiority (7)","output":"### Answer: YIELDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Produced\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opinion one can always go back on? (5)","output":"### Answer: TENET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Opinion\nPalindrome"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's evacuated during shelling (3)","output":"### Answer: POD \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's evacuated during shelling\nCryptic definition, referring to the shelling of pea pods"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exclude use of foreign lawyers (5)","output":"### Answer: DEBAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exclude\nDE (\"of\" in French) + BAR (lawyers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trouble with fog in vessel seeking shark (7)","output":"### Answer: DOGFISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: shark\nFOG* in DISH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Many tease girl about being a slowcoach (7)","output":"### Answer: LAGGARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: slowcoach\nReverse of D (500) + RAG GAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New or old slaver (5)","output":"### Answer: DROOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: slaver\n(OR OLD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: River seen swirling backwards (2,7)","output":"### Answer: IN REVERSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: backwards\n(RIVER SEEN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Port for mother after morning rest, perhaps (9)","output":"### Answer: AMSTERDAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Port\nAM + REST* + DAM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bad habits that are difficult to get out of (5)","output":"### Answer: VICES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bad habits\nDouble definition (the second being the woodworker's tool)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Notes seating is provided (4)","output":"### Answer: SOFA \n ### Explanation: Definition: seating\nSO + FA (notes in Tonic Sol-fa)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Firm, lean sort of soldier (8)","output":"### Answer: RIFLEMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: soldier\n(FIRM LEAN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eager to go up after a key (4)","output":"### Answer: AGOG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Eager\nA G (a key, in music) + reverse of GO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Swindle to reduce the rent? (6,2)","output":"### Answer: STITCH UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Swindle\nDouble definition \u2013 the \"rent\" is a tear, which could be repaired by sewing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Green Party finally contrived to get power (6)","output":"### Answer: ENERGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: power\n(GREEN [part]Y)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pudding is seen to follow after (7,3)","output":"### Answer: SPOTTED DOG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pudding\nSPOTTED (seen) + DOG (follow) \u2013 a less-familiar (to me) variant of spotted dick"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like marquetry with fashionable Dali design (6)","output":"### Answer: INLAID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like marquetry\nIN (fashionable) + DALI"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Key pattern on a guitar? (4)","output":"### Answer: FRET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Key pattern on a guitar\nCryptic definition, I suppose, as the frets on a guitar let the player play in various keys. Does anyone have a better explanation?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Got together, after a final check (5)","output":"### Answer: MATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Got together\nDouble definition \u2013 the \"final check\" being in chess"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One who is deep in the letters of Freud and Eliot (10)","output":"### Answer: OUTFIELDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One who is deep\n(FREUD ELIOT)* \u2013 cricketing reference"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ventured again to take father out (5)","output":"### Answer: DARED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ventured\nRE (again) in DAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Barrels found around ancient dumps (8)","output":"### Answer: DOLDRUMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: dumps\nOLD in DRUMS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Live a moment with Dante's love (8)","output":"### Answer: BEATRICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dante's love\nBE A TRICE \u2013 Beatrice Portinari was the poet Dante's muse and (unrequited?) love"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get up after midnight and complain (6)","output":"### Answer: GROUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: complain\nMiddle letter of niGht + ROUSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bob all set for musical party? (4-2)","output":"### Answer: HAIR-DO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bob\nHAIR (musical) + DO (party)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Board of Trade? (4)","output":"### Answer: DEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Board\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Violet and Virginia in oral exam (4)","output":"### Answer: VIVA \n ### Explanation: Definition: oral exam\nVI + VA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relax! Take a seat inside! (4)","output":"### Answer: EASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relax\nHidden in takE A SEat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extremely reclusive Irish writer expresses delight (7)","output":"### Answer: REJOICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: delight\nR[eclusiv]E + homophone of [James] Joyce. Nutmeg has already commented on the Guardian site that \"expresses\" here should be \"expressed\". I was worried about rejoice=delight, but I think it works as a verb \u2013 \"delight in\" = \"rejoice in\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pop chides unruly issue at last (7)","output":"### Answer: DEHISCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pop\nCHIDES* + [issu]E. A clear clue for a rather obscure word; its main meaning is botanilca, referring to the bursting of seed pods"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Announcement of 3.15 warning for statesman? (6,3,4,2,5)","output":"### Answer: BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: warning for statesman\nDouble definition \u2013 3.15 (in the American style) is the 15th or Ides of March, the day Julius Caesar was warned about by the soothsayer. I got this answer early on, which helped with the clues linked to MARCH at 9, but didn't make them complete write-ins."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Goes off air across Ohio and stops speaker being heard (6,4)","output":"### Answer: SHOUTS DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: stops speaker being heard\nO in SHUTS DOWN. Ohio is more usually OH, but Chambers gives O as another abbreviation for it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creature that hops and runs in state of uncertainty (4)","output":"### Answer: FROG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Creature that hops\nR in FOG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worthy at one time to go round square to 9 with banners (11)","output":"### Answer: ALDERMASTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: 9 with banners\nS TO in ALDERMAN \u2013 a worthy \"at one time\" because, as I didn't realise, this office was abolished in 1974 (or 1978 in London). The marchers at Aldermaston not only carried actual banners, but wanted to **Ban** the Bomb."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Getting too much coverage or too little? (11)","output":"### Answer: OVEREXPOSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Getting too much coverage or too little\nA double definition wrapped up into one"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tedious section of reading no listener recalled (4)","output":"### Answer: LONG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tedious\nHidden in reverse of readinG NO Listerner"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Result of everyone constantly indulging versatile player? (3-7)","output":"### Answer: ALL-ROUNDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: versatile player\nDouble definition \u2013 if everyone indulges (in food and drink) then ALL will be ROUNDER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sulks, going back on silly person's 9 (9)","output":"### Answer: GOOSESTEP \n ### Explanation: Definition: 9\nGOOSE + STEP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dishonourable duke put in a permanent place (5)","output":"### Answer: BASED \n ### Explanation: Definition: put in a permanent place\nBASE (dishonourable) + D[uke]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very small transmitter left inside (7)","output":"### Answer: SLENDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Very small\nL in SENDER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Case of failure in sensational comeback calamitous for poet (7)","output":"### Answer: DIREFUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: calamitous for poet\n\"Case\", i.e. outside letters, of F[ailur]E in LURID, all reversed. Again a slightly obscure word (labelled \"poetic\" in Chambers), but easily gettable"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sloppy, rather emotional leaders current in papers (6)","output":"### Answer: REMISS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sloppy\nR[ather] E[motional] + I (symbol for electric current) in MSS (manuscripts, papers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disagree and dispute origin of 9 (6)","output":"### Answer: JARROW \n ### Explanation: Definition: origin of 9\nJAR (disagree) + ROW (dispute) for the starting point of a famous march"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Another wait without a ground for it? (2,3,5)","output":"### Answer: IN HOT WATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: for it\n(ANOTHER WAIT)* less A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Setter pulled up part of garden plant (5)","output":"### Answer: EMBED \n ### Explanation: Definition: plant\nReverse of ME (setter) + BED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lower Guardian's charges after declining (9)","output":"### Answer: DOWNWARDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: declining\nDOWN (lower) + WARDS (people in the charge of guardians)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One 16 stopping another in race (4)","output":"### Answer: HARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: race\nA pair of noble gases: AR (Argon) in HE (Helium)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steep charge settled by university at the top (8)","output":"### Answer: SATURATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Steep\nSAT (settled) + U + RATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Budding servicemen put up with toff (8)","output":"### Answer: EMERGENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Budding\nReverse of REME + GENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No sailor's secure, with late reveller losing head (10)","output":"### Answer: LANDLUBBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: No sailor\nLAND (secure) + L (late) + [P]UBBER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New politer ad needed for cosmetic cream (9)","output":"### Answer: DEPILATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: cosmetic cream\n(POLITER AD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unresponsive element of conversation among peers? (5,3)","output":"### Answer: NOBLE GAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unresponsive element\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Head getting European support for runner, maybe (8)","output":"### Answer: BEANPOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: support for runner, maybe\nBEAN + POLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 9 fit for service? Check sound (6)","output":"### Answer: BRIDAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: 9 fit for service\nHomophone of \"bridle\" (to check or restrain, as with a horse's bridle), and a Bridal March is played at a wedding service"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stern of ship blocking invasion fleet (5)","output":"### Answer: RAPID \n ### Explanation: Definition: fleet\n[shi]P in RAID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Challenged right away, turning up late (4)","output":"### Answer: DEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: late\nReverse of DARED, less R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Give hunk of American a start in this game (7)","output":"### Answer: CANASTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: game\nHidden in ameriCAN A STArt"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blundering American gets miserable discharge (3,4)","output":"### Answer: SAD SACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blundering American\nSAD (miserable) + SACK (discharge). \"A person who seems to attract mishap and disaster; a misfit.\" says Chambers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheekier Italian painter meets the Queen (7)","output":"### Answer: LIPPIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cheekier\nLIPPI + ER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Captivate, using central part of men's chorus (7)","output":"### Answer: ENCHANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Captivate\nMiddle of mEN's + CHANT (chorus)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fungal disease found in a dangerous place (5,4)","output":"### Answer: BLACK SPOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fungal disease\nBLACK (dangerous) + SPOT (place); Black spot affects roses"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deer making animal noises with force (5)","output":"### Answer: MOOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deer\nMOOS + E for energy; it may be that energy = force in informal usage, but if you're going to use the scientific abbreviation (as in e = mc2) then it seems to me that the equivalence is not valid"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Draw attention to end of leg seen in the altogether (5)","output":"### Answer: NUDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Draw attention\n[le]G in NUDE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remains with port on top of sideboard (9)","output":"### Answer: LEFTOVERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Remains\nLEFT (port) + OVER (on) + S[ideboard]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Displays what Latin teacher may do to class (9)","output":"### Answer: SHOWCASES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Displays\nThe Latin teacher may SHOW the CASES of nouns to the class"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short announcer says: \"Get me back to the church on time, eventually!\" (5)","output":"### Answer: EMCEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Short announcer\nReverse of ME + CE + [tim]E \u2013 \"short\" because it's the spelling out of the abbreviation MC for Master of Ceremonies"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Have some American cake, darling (5)","output":"### Answer: ANGEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: American cake\nDouble definition; is angel cake really American?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Listen to the band\" is a slogan (9)","output":"### Answer: CATCHLINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: slogan\nCATCH (listen to) + LINE (band, as in a band of colour, perhaps)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: High-flyer takes one through rocky place (7)","output":"### Answer: AVIATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: High-flyer\nA (one) VIA TOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl one way or another holds back material for the aerial (7)","output":"### Answer: ANTENNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: aerial\nReverse of NET in ANNA (palindromic girl)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet Sue needing drag, perhaps? (7)","output":"### Answer: SUGARED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sweet\n(SUE DRAG)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wicked king has his van repaired (7)","output":"### Answer: KNAVISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wicked\nK + (HIS VAN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Savage and deformed slave keeping a liberal in prison (7)","output":"### Answer: CALIBAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Savage and deformed slave\nA LIB in CAN. Caliban is described in *The Tempest* as \"A freckled whelp hag-born\u2014not honored with a human shape.\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quick sleep and a round of applause after five wins in a row (3,4)","output":"### Answer: NAP HAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: five wins in a row\nNAP + HAND"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Persevere with criticism (5)","output":"### Answer: STICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Persevere\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Citadel produces a yield on bad soil (9)","output":"### Answer: ACROPOLIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Citadel\nA CROP + SOIL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: You and I in group that's pleasant (5)","output":"### Answer: SWEET \n ### Explanation: Definition: pleasant\nWE in SET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hide half what Bach did? Rot! (9)","output":"### Answer: DECOMPOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rot\nHalf of hiDE + COMPOSE (as Bach did)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Single sailor gets seafood (7)","output":"### Answer: ABALONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: seafood\nAB ALONE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pets for nervous people? (7)","output":"### Answer: KITTENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pets\nPeople acting nervously are said to be \"having kittens\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A lost race, wandering, has its ups and downs (9)","output":"### Answer: ESCALATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: has its ups and downs\n(A LOST RACE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rapid route for diet course (4,5)","output":"### Answer: FAST TRACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rapid route\nFAST (diet) + TRACK (Course)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Swimmer with the deep voice? (3,4)","output":"### Answer: SEA BASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Swimmer\nA sesquidef, as Bass is a low voice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This is about departure in progress (7)","output":"### Answer: ONGOING \n ### Explanation: Definition: in progress\nON (about) + GOING (departure)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Almost stylish, certainly not in favour of wine (7)","output":"### Answer: CHIANTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: wine\nCHI[C] + ANTI"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I, reportedly, stroke hair (7)","output":"### Answer: EYELASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: hair\nEYE (homophone of \"I\") + LASH (stroke)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Made better with copper colour (5)","output":"### Answer: CURED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Made better\nCU + RED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rodent found in shed in Austria, originally (5)","output":"### Answer: HUTIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rodent\nHUT + first letters of In Austria.Hutias are a family of rodents found in the Caribbean (as I didn't know)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Concealed behind books (6)","output":"### Answer: LATENT \n ### Explanation: Concealed behind books (6)\nLATE (behind) + NT (New Testament)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Increase in position of shabby cinema (7)","output":"### Answer: FLEAPIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: shabby cinema\nLEAP in FIT (position?)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish arrive for artisan (9)","output":"### Answer: CARPENTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: artisan\nCARP + ENTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Player fell after a collision, initially (5)","output":"### Answer: ACTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Player\nA C[ollision] + TOR (a hill or fell)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stunning girl \u2014 heartless and lustful (9)","output":"### Answer: GLAMOROUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stunning\nG[ir]L + AMOROUS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl's prompt meeting eastern fugitive (7)","output":"### Answer: EVACUEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fugitive\nEVA + CUE + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Play with boy born in valley (6)","output":"### Answer: DABBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Play\nB B in DALE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Footwear worn by English stars (6)","output":"### Answer: BO\u00d6TES \n ### Explanation: Definition: stars\nE in BOOTS. Bo\u00f6tes is a constellation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Repairer retains bit of abdominal wind (7)","output":"### Answer: MEANDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: wind\nA[bdominal] in MENDER \u2013 \"wind\" rhymes with \"mind\" for the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Standard is incessantly naive (9)","output":"### Answer: EVERGREEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Standard\nEVER + GREEN. The definition refers to an evergreen as a standard in the sense of a well-known song."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nationalist in Jamaica is an assassin (5)","output":"### Answer: NINJA \n ### Explanation: Definition: assassin\nN + IN + JA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Knight enters sector of the battlefield (5)","output":"### Answer: ARENA \n ### Explanation: Definition: battlefield\nN in AREA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I let Satan corrupt and torment (9)","output":"### Answer: TANTALISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: torment\n(I LET SATAN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Livingstone retained longing for the cookhouse (7)","output":"### Answer: KITCHEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: cookhouse\nITCH in KEN (Livingstone, politician and former Mayor of London)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mad Hatter in danger (6)","output":"### Answer: THREAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: danger\nHATTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fail to detain one caught giving sweetener (7)","output":"### Answer: LACTOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: sweetener\nA CT in LOSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article about soldier's figure (5)","output":"### Answer: THREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: figure\nRE in THE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Muse tends to be confused? It can't be helped! (5,4)","output":"### Answer: NEEDS MUST \n ### Explanation: Definition: It can't be helped\n(MUSE TENDS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Precocious footballer (7)","output":"### Answer: FORWARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Precocious\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Patron of the arts in That Riviera Touch (5)","output":"### Answer: ERATO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Patron of the arts\nHidden in [that] riviERA TOuch. Erato is the Muse of lyric poetry. (That Riviera Touch was one of a couple of (not very good) films starring Morecambe and Wise)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Closely guarded pet tumbled over and over (9)","output":"### Answer: PATROLLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Closely guarded\nPAT (to touch lightly or to pet) + ROLLED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Squirm in Thursday's eruption (6)","output":"### Answer: THRASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Squirm\nTH + RASH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Egoist twirled cigar (6)","output":"### Answer: STOGIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: cigar\nEGOIST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A manner people initially take for making amends (9)","output":"### Answer: ATONEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: making amends\nA TONE+ MEN + T[ake]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make one believe clothing's to be laundered (9)","output":"### Answer: BRAINWASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make one believe\nThe BRA is IN the WASH. This reminds me of a famous winning &lit clue for the same word in the Azed competition: \"Bust down reason\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pacify ten ewes in distress (7)","output":"### Answer: SWEETEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pacify\n(TEN EWES)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small car's no good in heavy industry (6)","output":"### Answer: MINING \n ### Explanation: Definition: heavy industry\nMINI + N.G."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ruler ingests a compound that's active (7)","output":"### Answer: REAGENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: compound that's active\nA in REGENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Comment on evangelist (6)","output":"### Answer: REMARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Comment\nRE (on) MARK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: German to criticise hard diagram (5)","output":"### Answer: GRAPH \n ### Explanation: Definition: diagram\nG + RAP + H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unworldly domestic's short of time (5)","output":"### Answer: NAIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unworldly\nNATIVE less T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gas from wicked, heartless Tory, poor in speech (9)","output":"### Answer: ACETYLENE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gas\nACE (slang for \"good\", as is \"wicked\") + T[or]Y + \"lean\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What you need to do here is 2 28, 4 24 across, 14 27, 23 12 and 20 1 (5)","output":"### Answer: SOLVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: What you need to do here\nThe word is made up from the \"head of State\", \"second in cOmmand\", first in Line\", \"centre of graVity\" and \"marE's tail\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poem mostly about a girl (5)","output":"### Answer: LYDIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: girl\nReverese of IDYL[L] + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Made tender love very loudly, flushed after ecstasy (7)","output":"### Answer: OFFERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Made tender\nO + FF + E + RED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Duck eggs returned in sack, about to be served? (5,2,4)","output":"### Answer: FIRST IN LINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: about to be served\nReverse of NIL (zero, duck) + NITS in FIRE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldiers here showing character (5)","output":"### Answer: THETA \n ### Explanation: Definition: character\nSoldiers may be in THE T[erritorial] A[rmy] (now renamed as the Army Reserve in the UK, but there are others)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bit of scale from tailless fish (3)","output":"### Answer: SOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bit of scale\nSOL[e] \u2013 SOL is the fifth note of the musical scale, also known as soh or so"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: God of war has time to don armour in bit of cloud (5,4)","output":"### Answer: MARE\u2019S TAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: bit of cloud\nARES + T in MAIL. Cirrus clouds are sometimes known as \"mares' tails\", so I suppose a \"bit of cloud\" could be a single mare's tail (as is needed for the theme)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Redknapp, involved in scam, makes fuss (5-2)","output":"### Answer: CARRY-ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: fuss\n[H]ARRY (Redknapp, cockney footballer and manager) in CON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Screw going round prison in fear (7)","output":"### Answer: PANICKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: in fear\nNICK (prison) in PAY (screw is slang for salary or pay)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mandarin is thus found in Washington? Almost (5)","output":"### Answer: TONAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mandarin is thus\nHidden in washingTON ALmost. Mandarin Chinese is a tonal language, meaning that different words can have the same sounds but with different relative pitches"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Instructions to batsman, causing some sort of accident (3-3-3)","output":"### Answer: HIT-AND-RUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: some sort of accident\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe Hollande's foe had to reform, say (4,2,5)","output":"### Answer: HEAD OF STATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maybe Hollande\n(FOE HAD)* + STATE \u2013 Hollande referring to the current President of France"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Musical boy tucking into extremely mouldy brownie (2,4,4)","output":"### Answer: MY FAIR LADY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Musical\nLAD in M[ould]Y FAIRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Support wages getting cut? Damn terrible vice (6,2,7)","output":"### Answer: SECOND IN COMMAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: vice\nSECOND (support) + INCOM[E] + DAMN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Destroying Gulf, even seeking to do harm (8)","output":"### Answer: VENGEFUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: seeking to do harm\n(GULF EVEN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Many countries like raising capital (4)","output":"### Answer: ASIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Many countries\nAS (like) + reverse of A1"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lane found in court by queen's secluded area (8)","output":"### Answer: CLOISTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: secluded area\nLOIS (Lane, Superman's girlfriend) in CT + ER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What Molly Bloom said about snatching kiss is erotic (4)","output":"### Answer: SEXY \n ### Explanation: Definition: erotic\nX in reverse of YES, a word that features prominently in the final chapter of James Joyce's *Ulysses*, which is a long, almost-unpunctuated stream-of-consciousness \"soliloquy\" by Molly Bloom"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Concerned with seeing old photo, taking time (5)","output":"### Answer: OPTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Concerned with seeing\nT in O PIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seaman admits hesitation in philosophical activity (10)","output":"### Answer: RUMINATING \n ### Explanation: Definition: philosophical activity\nUM IN in RATING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English child brought up close to Dorothy Parker may be so (5)","output":"### Answer: NOSEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Parker may be so\nReverse of E SON + [Doroth]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Travelling troupe with car leaving piano player in Brussels (8)","output":"### Answer: EUROCRAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: player in Brussels\n(TROUPE CAR)* less P"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get brown paper bag with no good article (8)","output":"### Answer: SUNBATHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get brown\nSUN (newspaper) + BA[G] + THE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Games on a particular day could be footy (6)","output":"### Answer: PEDATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: footy\nPE + DATE \u2013 footy is \"like a foot\"!"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminal forgery in VAT etc? Force must act here! (6,2,7)","output":"### Answer: CENTRE OF GRAVITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Force must act here\n(FORGERY IN VAT ETC)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: November 1st's around this month (4)","output":"### Answer: INST \n ### Explanation: Definition: this month\nN[ovember] in 1ST, INST being short for \"instant\" as formerly used for \"this month\" in (usually business) letters; \"regarding yours of the 13th inst\u2026\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: William gave Kate rank, ultimately they will inherit! (4)","output":"### Answer: MEEK \n ### Explanation: Definition: they will inherit\nLast letters of williaM gavE katE ranK, and \"the meek shall inherit the earth\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rye-occupant famously having shut up wife within, one anxious for work to end (12)","output":"### Answer: CLOCK-WATCHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one anxious for work to end\nLOCK (shut up) + W[ife] in CATCHER (in the Rye, as in the J D Salinger novel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Given to ranting like fundamentalists (5)","output":"### Answer: HAMAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: fundamentalists\nHAM (\"given to overacting or ranting\") + AS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Catfish with bread (or greens) for texture (4)","output":"### Answer: WOOF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Catfish\nW + OOF (money, which \"bread\" and \"greens\" are both slang for) in between two definitions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fragrant wood, one in hold of galleons at sea (9)","output":"### Answer: LIGN-ALOES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fragrant wood\nI in GALLEONS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Venomous arachnids monkey found in spongy plant (7)","output":"### Answer: SOLPUGA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Venomous arachnids\nPUG (obsolete or dialect word for a monkey) in SOLA (aka Spongewood)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where you'll find padrone reverse of snappy? (4)","output":"### Answer: TRAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where you'll find padrone\nReverse of TART"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Father of triplets no longer sad about AID going wrong? (8)","output":"### Answer: TRIADIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Father of triplets\nAID* in TRIST . A triadist is a composer of triads, a triad being, *inter alia* \"a group of three sayings, stories, etc\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of coarse catch (dead one)? (4)","output":"### Answer: DACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of coarse catch\nD + ACE \u2013 dace are caught by coarse fishermen"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ancient Cretan in love, entranced by partner? (6)","output":"### Answer: MINOAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ancient Cretan\nIN O in MAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Vulgar', old label attached to redtop? (6)","output":"### Answer: TAGRAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vulgar', old\nTAG + RAG (tabloid newspaper), the \"old\" being part of the defintion rather than attached to \"label\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heroin or cocaine put in sink (4)","output":"### Answer: SCAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Heroin\nC in SAG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wiseacres giving king no means of defence (8)","output":"### Answer: KNOW-ALLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wiseacres\nK + NO WALLS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dislodge bishop, one judging appeals etc (4)","output":"### Answer: BUMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dislodge\nB + UMP (listed in Chambers as a word in its own right, short for \"umpire\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First anthem, in time slowing down, about over (7)","output":"### Answer: INTROIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: First anthem\nIN T + O in RIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After MBE excited English clergyman turned all 'huggy' (8)","output":"### Answer: EMBRACIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: all 'huggy'\nMBE* + (E VICAR)<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animals, millions, making loud continuous buzzing noise (4)","output":"### Answer: ZOOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: loud continuous buzzing noise\nZOO + M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pressure called for attack by bombers (5)","output":"### Answer: PRANG \n ### Explanation: Definition: attack by bombers\nP + RANG (called) \u2013 RAF slang for a bombing attack"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turkish headgear? Such a thing a huge number turned up (6)","output":"### Answer: CALPAC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Turkish headgear\nReverse of CAP (headgear) + LAC (also lakh, the number 100,000 in India etc). The alternative spelling KALPAK was, slightly controversially, clued in Azed 1868 as an indirect anagram of Jerome K Jerome's middle name, Klapka"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reprimand company of veterans after e.g. Ramillies (7)","output":"### Answer: WIGGING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reprimand\nWIG (Ramillies is a kind of wig) + GING (old word for a group or gang)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pay for sepoy band concealed in their headscarves? (5)","output":"### Answer: ANNAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pay for sepoy\nBANDANNAS (headscarves, from a Hindi word, though I associate it mainly with cowboys) with BAND \"concealed\". The Anna is an old crossword staple, being 1\/16 of a Rupee"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Old Couple? O, that's Restoration playwright (4)","output":"### Answer: TWAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: The Old Couple\nO + TWAY gives [Thomas] Otway, a Restoration playwright"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Metallic ore, colour brownish (6)","output":"### Answer: COLTAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Metallic ore\nCOL + TAN. Coincidentally I've just read an article about how the mining of the ore Coltan has been associated with some human rights violations and the funding of wars"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aussie cheers and loud laughter, English batsman twice identically found wanting (6)","output":"### Answer: HOOROO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Aussie cheers\nHOOT (loud laughter) + ROOT (I presume this Yorkshire and England batsman, though I am no expert) both \"wanting\" their final T. HOOROO is Australian slang for \"goodbye\" (i.e. \"cheers\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trees covered in some lianas (5)","output":"### Answer: MELIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trees\nHidden"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slapdash tailoring's not right for such an old coat (8)","output":"### Answer: TAGLIONI \n ### Explanation: Definition: old coat\nTAILORING* less R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Isotope in Unio misguidedly swallowed by mother (7)","output":"### Answer: MUONIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Isotope\nUNIO* in MUM. Muonium is an \"exotic atom\", like Hydrogen but with an antimuon instead of a proton, so (as I understand it) not strictly an isotope"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guy put in stiffeners for glutinous soups (6)","output":"### Answer: GUMBOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: glutinous soups\nBO in GUMS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: High-quality proofs making one more irritated when including page upside down (6)","output":"### Answer: REPROS \n ### Explanation: Definition: High-quality proofs\nP in SORER<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nurses err badly cutting body bag up (6)","output":"### Answer: CARERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nurses\nERR* in SAC<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Farewell to one state, hail to another? Hotter in this possibly (5)","output":"### Answer: ALOHA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Farewell to one state\nComposite anagram: (HAIL TO ANOTHER)* = HOTTER IN + ALOHA, and Aloha is a greeting or farewell in Hawaii"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's hard getting into delicate business opportunity (5)","output":"### Answer: NICHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: business opportunity\nH in NICE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weavers' fibre displayed in pyramids (4)","output":"### Answer: RAMI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Weavers' fibre\nHidden"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Armadillo, for example, has plate all round (6)","output":"### Answer: ANIMAL \n ### Explanation: Armadillo, for example, has plate all round (6)\nReverse of LAMINA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hesitated to have father taken advantage of (6)","output":"### Answer: PAUSED \n ### Explanation: Hesitated to have father taken advantage of (6)\nPA + USED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In truth, she goes to the city (4)","output":"### Answer: VERA \n ### Explanation: In truth, she goes to the city (4)\nA sort of reverse charade \u2013 VERA + CITY = truth"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The acquisition of a favourable reputation (10)","output":"### Answer: ACCEPTANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: favourable reputation\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not the first time (6)","output":"### Answer: SECOND \n ### Explanation: Definition: time\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One who talks one round to composing some music (8)","output":"### Answer: ORATORIO \n ### Explanation: One who talks one round to composing some music (8)\nORATOR + I (one) + O (round)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Space explorer's study? (9)","output":"### Answer: ASTRONOMY \n ### Explanation: Space explorer's study? (9)\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dole out food, say? (4)","output":"### Answer: METE \n ### Explanation: Dole out food, say? (4)\nHomophone of \"meat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small child to go out of control (4)","output":"### Answer: SKID \n ### Explanation: Small child to go out of control (4)\nS + KID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Yet it might be the product of an active imagination (4,5)","output":"### Answer: IDLE FANCY \n ### Explanation: Yet it might be the product of an active imagination (4,5)\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blue-pencil our costs \u2014 being out of order (5,3)","output":"### Answer: CROSS OUT \n ### Explanation: Blue-pencil our costs \u2014 being out of order (5,3)\n(OUR COSTS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First of plants under\u00addeveloped, cut back (6)","output":"### Answer: PRUNED \n ### Explanation: First of plants under\u00addeveloped, cut back (6)\nP + UNDER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turkish baths, which flout union regulations? (10)","output":"### Answer: SWEATSHOPS \n ### Explanation: Turkish baths, which flout union regulations? (10)\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shut up firm having little work (4)","output":"### Answer: COOP \n ### Explanation: Shut up firm having little work (4)\nCO + OP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Journalist taken aback by news of the country (6)","output":"### Answer: SWEDEN \n ### Explanation: Journalist taken aback by news of the country (6)\nReverse of (ED in NEWS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Notice gap coming in the church calendar (6)","output":"### Answer: ADVENT \n ### Explanation: Notice gap coming in the church calendar (6)\nAD (notice) + VENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eternal theme of the beautician? (7)","output":"### Answer: AGELESS \n ### Explanation: Eternal theme of the beautician? (7)\nThe beautician's clients want to AGE LESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State aid distributed by the Home Office (5)","output":"### Answer: IDAHO \n ### Explanation: State aid distributed by the Home Office (5)\nAID* + H.O."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leave a musical group \u2014 no making a comeback (7)","output":"### Answer: ABANDON \n ### Explanation: Leave a musical group \u2014 no making a comeback (7)\nA BAND + reverse of NO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beg for a retrial? (6)","output":"### Answer: APPEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: retrial\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flattery works with EastEnders, say (4,5)","output":"### Answer: SOAP OPERA \n ### Explanation: Flattery works with EastEnders, say (4,5)\nSOAP (flattery) + OPERA (works \u2013 plural of opus)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refuse to go through all the cases (7)","output":"### Answer: DECLINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: go through all the cases\nDouble definition \u2013 those of us who learned Latin will remember declining nouns"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Housing allowance (13)","output":"### Answer: ACCOMMODATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: allowance\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Restore control, say (9)","output":"### Answer: REINSTATE \n ### Explanation: Restore control, say (9)\nREIN (control) + STATE (say)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lax hands act sycophantically on board (7)","output":"### Answer: SCRAWLS \n ### Explanation: Lax hands act sycophantically on board (7)\nCRAWL in SS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Photographed out of doors? (7)","output":"### Answer: EXPOSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: out of doors\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Smoked by the great man in bed (7)","output":"### Answer: CHEROOT \n ### Explanation: Smoked by the great man in bed (7)\nHERO in COT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Figurehead at unusually close quarters to the crew (6)","output":"### Answer: FO\u2019C\u2019SLE \n ### Explanation: Figurehead at unusually close quarters to the crew (6)\nF[igure] + CLOSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relation who takes the pledge (5)","output":"### Answer: UNCLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: who takes the pledge\nDouble definition, \"uncle\" being slang for a pawnbroker"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Composer's skill turns into knowledge (7)","output":"### Answer: STRAUSS \n ### Explanation: Composer's skill turns into knowledge (7)\nReverse of ART in SUSS (I only knew this as in \"suss out\", but apparently it can also be a noun meaning knowledge). Take your pick of a number of composers, and this is also the first of our cricketers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refuse to deal with lad's company on Tuesdays (7)","output":"### Answer: BOYCOTT \n ### Explanation: Refuse to deal with lad's company on Tuesdays (7)\nBOY + CO + T +T \u2013 I think it was this name that first tipped me off to the theme"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: T-rex evolved after dinosaurs' extinction \u2014 originally right? (6)","output":"### Answer: DEXTER \n ### Explanation: T-rex evolved after dinosaurs' extinction \u2014 originally right? (6)\nD[inosaurs'] E[xtinction] (\"originally\") + T-REX"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: City dweller left on the day Nero fiddled (8)","output":"### Answer: LONDONER \n ### Explanation: City dweller left on the day Nero fiddled (8)\nL + ON D + NERO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clay unearthed in Halifax (3)","output":"### Answer: ALI \n ### Explanation: Clay unearthed in Halifax (3)\nHidden in hALIfax \u2013 reference to Cassius Clay, later Muhammad Ali"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Director admits dreadful lie to court (6)","output":"### Answer: BAILEY \n ### Explanation: Director admits dreadful lie to court (6)\nLIE* in BAY (Michael Bay, film director) \u2013 a court, as in the Old Bailey, for example"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two thirds of students order wine, it's reckoned (8)","output":"### Answer: NUMBERED \n ### Explanation: Two thirds of students order wine, it's reckoned (8)\nNU[S] (National Union of Students) + MBE + RED [wine]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crank puts both hands around girl (5)","output":"### Answer: LEVER \n ### Explanation: Crank puts both hands around girl (5)\nEVE in L + R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps waxing second leg hurt heaps (9)","output":"### Answer: MOONPHASE \n ### Explanation: Perhaps waxing second leg hurt heaps (9)\nMO (moment, second) + ON (leg side in cricket) + HEAPS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A governor bends cane at start of school suspensions (9)","output":"### Answer: ABEYANCES \n ### Explanation: A governor bends cane at start of school suspensions (9)\nA BEY + CANE* + S[chool]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Farm rejected portion not for consumption (5)","output":"### Answer: CROFT \n ### Explanation: Farm rejected portion not for consumption (5)\nHidden in reverse of noT FOR Consumption"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spooner's somewhat quick marine creature (8)","output":"### Answer: STARFISH \n ### Explanation: Spooner's somewhat quick marine creature (8)\nSpoonerism (at least to some of us..) of \"fastish\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lit by current, Edison half designed bulbs (6)","output":"### Answer: ONIONS \n ### Explanation: Lit by current, Edison half designed bulbs (6)\nON (lit) + I (symbol for electric current) + [edi]SON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Early typeface lacks breadth (3)","output":"### Answer: OLD \n ### Explanation: Early typeface lacks breadth (3)\nBOLD less B, though I think \"bold\" for \"typeface\" is a bit loose"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Train to eat and eat, say (4-4)","output":"### Answer: CHOO-CHOO \n ### Explanation: Train to eat and eat, say (4-4)\nHomophone of \"chew chew\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feeds pets right away (6)","output":"### Answer: STOKES \n ### Explanation: Feeds pets right away (6)\nSTROKES less R (crossing with the rather similar 22d)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In afterthought, no teacher backs places for detention (7)","output":"### Answer: PRISONS \n ### Explanation: In afterthought, no teacher backs places for detention (7)\n(NO SIR)< in PS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Batting, then caught! Cook seen to drive up the wall (7)","output":"### Answer: INCENSE \n ### Explanation: Batting, then caught! Cook seen to drive up the wall (7)\nIN (batting) + C + SEEN* \u2013 the only explicit reference to cricket in the clues, I think"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supporter, eg one retired after N Young (7)","output":"### Answer: TEENAGE \n ### Explanation: Supporter, eg one retired after N Young (7)\nTEE + N + (E.G. A)<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They're literally fired explosively off field (9)","output":"### Answer: ARTILLERY \n ### Explanation: They're literally fired explosively off field (9)\nLITERALLY*. &lit, though with perhaps excessive verbiage in the cryptic reading to be perfect. The \"field\" is a battlefield. I was puzzled by the use of \"they\", but the first definition in Chambers is \"offensive weapon**s** of war\". *Oops, I missed the point here: the anagram is of LITERALLY FIRED minus FIELD, so there's no \"excessive verbiage\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soprano begs for flower arrangements (6)","output":"### Answer: SPRAYS \n ### Explanation: Soprano begs for flower arrangements (6)\nS + PRAYS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tenor surprised to receive war decoration (8)","output":"### Answer: ORNAMENT \n ### Explanation: Tenor surprised to receive war decoration (8)\n[Viet]NAM in TENOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Near the end, about to be defeated (5)","output":"### Answer: CLOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: the end\nC (about) + LOSE, and two definitions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hesitates to give direction to street party (7)","output":"### Answer: TEETERS \n ### Explanation: Hesitates to give direction to street party (7)\nE in STREET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go off and fish? (5,4,4)","output":"### Answer: SLING ONE\u2019S HOOK \n ### Explanation: Go off and fish? (5,4,4)\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Basil, say, one against hotel regularly taking recipe for salad eater? (9)","output":"### Answer: HERBIVORE \n ### Explanation: Basil, say, one against hotel regularly taking recipe for salad eater? (9)\nHERB (Basil is one) +I V[ersus] + R in [h]O[t]E[l], with a surface reference to *Fawlty Towers*, particularly the episode where a loud-mouthed American guest asks for Waldorf salad, and is told by the bemused Basil that \"I think we're just out of Waldorfs\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One Direction not hip playing church music (8)","output":"### Answer: ANTIPHON \n ### Explanation: One Direction not hip playing church music (8)\nA N[orth] + (NOT HIP)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sonny was an angel, _____'s a killer (7)","output":"### Answer: BUTCHER \n ### Explanation: Sonny was an angel, _____'s a killer (7)\nBUT CHER \u2013 reference to the singing partnership of Sonny and Cher"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Touches skirts, one hand moving lower (7)","output":"### Answer: FINGERS \n ### Explanation: Touches skirts, one hand moving lower (7)\nFRINGES (skirts) with the R moved down"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American thug pinches Nintendo console for child (6)","output":"### Answer: GODSON \n ### Explanation: American thug pinches Nintendo console for child (6)\nDS (a Nintendo games console) in GOON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fundamental notes, like 4 and 8 of 64? (5)","output":"### Answer: ROOTS \n ### Explanation: Fundamental notes, like 4 and 8 of 64? (5)\n4 and 8 are respectively the cube root and square root of 64. There are two players called Root in the list, should perhaps this answer should have two asterisks.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Set out for a nice drink (4,4)","output":"### Answer: CAF\u00c9 NOIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\n(FOR A NICE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stockings getting runs in clothes drier (5)","output":"### Answer: HORSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: clothes drier\nR in HOSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soprano rejected term of ownership (10)","output":"### Answer: POSSESSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: ownership\nSOP< + SESSION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: University College during religious festival is brilliant (6)","output":"### Answer: LUCENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: brilliant\nUC in LENT (though it's hardly a religious *festival*)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Restrained friend when crossing river (8)","output":"### Answer: MODERATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Restrained\nODER in MATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Peacekeepers stay or come away (7)","output":"### Answer: UNSTICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: come away\nUN + STICK \u2013 a very weak clue, I think, with STICK having the same meaning in answer and wordplay *Typo UNSTUCK corrected"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old jerk in time for peep show? (7)","output":"### Answer: EROTICA \n ### Explanation: Definition: peep show?\nO TIC in ERA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Goddess keeps a bar in dance (8)","output":"### Answer: HABANERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: dance\nA BAN in HERA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boys eat \u2014 that is a convenience (6)","output":"### Answer: LADIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: a convenience\nI.E. in LADS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cranium not broken? Hard-headed! (10)","output":"### Answer: UNROMANTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hard-headed\n(CRANIUM NOT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sanction tenor, one from eastern Europe (4)","output":"### Answer: LETT \n ### Explanation: Definition: one from eastern Europe\nLET (sanction, allow) + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charlie cuts and bites (5)","output":"### Answer: CHEWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: bites\nC + HEWS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Others smoke when having treatment (4,4)","output":"### Answer: REST CURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: treatment\nREST (others) + CURE (smoke). The two elements here are also used in 7d and 19d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cut train in error \u2014 it's withdrawn (8)","output":"### Answer: TACITURN \n ### Explanation: Definition: withdrawn\n(CUT TRAIN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shelter heaps of veg (4)","output":"### Answer: LEEK \n ### Explanation: Definition: veg\nLEE (shelter) + K (1000, a lrage number)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dad's favourite little child (6)","output":"### Answer: POPPET \n ### Explanation: Definition: little child\nPOP + PET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Take for granted president has to start again (7)","output":"### Answer: PRESUME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Take for granted\nP + RESUME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Security device makes mum more embarrassed (8)","output":"### Answer: SHREDDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Security device\nSH (mum, quiet) + REDDER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disheartened when fighter aircraft with corrosion gets admired (10)","output":"### Answer: FRUSTRATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disheartened\nF (US fighter plane, as in F-15, F-16. F-111, says Chambers) + RUST + RATED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Others keep an alternative rendezvous (6)","output":"### Answer: RESORT \n ### Explanation: Definition: rendezvous\nOR in REST (others, as in 26a)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More protection for fielder (5,5)","output":"### Answer: EXTRA COVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: fielder\nDouble definition (extra cover is a fielding position in cricket)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clergyman having fool in church is in a deep hole (8)","output":"### Answer: CREVASSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: deep hole\nREV + ASS in CE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person shows cute rear when dancing (8)","output":"### Answer: CREATURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Person\n(CUTE REAR)* (managing not to use CURE again!)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Apprehension is likely during treatment (7)","output":"### Answer: CAPTURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Apprehension\nAPT in CURE (treatment \u2013 cf 26a)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American in car damaged plant (6)","output":"### Answer: ARNICA \n ### Explanation: Definition: plant\nA + (IN CAR)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appetite overwhelms commander that will eat everything (6)","output":"### Answer: LOCUST \n ### Explanation: Definition: that will eat everything\nOC in LUST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: German composer short of good fortune (4)","output":"### Answer: LUCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: German composer\nGLUCK (German composer, perhaps best known today for the aria \"Che far\u00f2 senza Euridice?\") less G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Somewhat facing gun (1,6)","output":"### Answer: A TRIFLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Somewhat\nAT RIFLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stripper in ecstasy I'd fooled around with (9)","output":"### Answer: ECDYSIAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stripper\n(ECSTASY I'D). This pseudo-learned word for a stripper (which luckily I had seen before, making it an easy entry) was apparently invented by H L Mencken and based on \"ecdydis\", meaning the stripping off of old skin"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dyer's work around America is holding up (10)","output":"### Answer: SUSTAINING \n ### Explanation: Definition: holding up\nUS in STAINING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Surface broke, though not entirely (4)","output":"### Answer: SKIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Surface\nSKIN[T] (broke, having no money)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tory laid into liberal, being dependent (11)","output":"### Answer: CONDITIONAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: dependent\nCON (Tory) + (LAID INTO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 10 player in fanciful Midlands fen, say? (6,5)","output":"### Answer: DUDLEY MOORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 10 player\nPresumably the West Midlands town of Dudley doesn't have a moor, but if it did (hence the \"fanciful\") it would sound like this; and Dudley Moore acted (played) in the film 10, with Julie Andrews as his wife and Bo Derek as the \"perfect woman\" (with a score of 10\/10)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: US composer into percussive sounds (4)","output":"### Answer: IVES \n ### Explanation: Definition: US composer\nCharles Ives, American composer, hidden in percussIVE Sounds. Lots of Ives's music is quite weird, so the surface is appropriate"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Washington pop group good for stuffing trimmed green vegetable (3,7)","output":"### Answer: RED CABBAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: vegetable\nD.C. ABBA G in [g]REE[n]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Examiner biting lip in term time (9)","output":"### Answer: TRIMESTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: term time\nRIM in TESTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Actor's interpretation of Lear, no less, sublime (5,7,5)","output":"### Answer: SIMON RUSSELL BEALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Actor\n(LEAR NO LESS SUBLIME)* \u2013 you can read an interview with this actor here, where he talks about his recent performance as King Lear, and gives his views on crosswords and some of our favourite setters."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Final word, taking a penny off inexpensive English port (7)","output":"### Answer: CHEERIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Final word\nCHEAP less A P + E + RIO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I have endured set slipping around \u2014 might this fix it? (7,8)","output":"### Answer: ADHESIVE DENTURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: might this fix it\n(I HAVE ENDURED SET)* \u2013 with another appropriate surface reading"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strong, short stick has snapped (6)","output":"### Answer: ROBUST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Strong\nRO[D] + BUST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thin poles on top of edifice (6)","output":"### Answer: SPARSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thin\nSPARS + E[difice]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attention-grabber last seen in Tennessee, however touring California with singer (3-7)","output":"### Answer: EYE-CATCHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Attention-grabber\n[Tennesse]E + CA in YET + CHER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Right to tuck one in for a late snooze (3-2)","output":"### Answer: LIE-IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: a late snooze\nI in LIEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: TV presenters Dec ___ in love, moving quite slowly (9)","output":"### Answer: ANDANTINO \n ### Explanation: Definition: moving quite slowly\nAND ANT (from UK TV presenter duo Ant and Dec) + IN O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grass or speed (4)","output":"### Answer: RUSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grass\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Half of a half, say, overcoming monarch in controversial underground operations (8)","output":"### Answer: FRACKING \n ### Explanation: Definition: controversial underground operations\nFRAC[tion] + KING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Intertwine ground net and fish (8)","output":"### Answer: ENTANGLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Intertwine\nNET* + ANGLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fluid arrives carrying first of buffalo over in area of drained land (5,5)","output":"### Answer: RIVER BASIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: area of drained land\nB[uffalo] in ARRIVES* + IN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brown in town, unsettled as deputy (6,3)","output":"### Answer: NUMBER TWO \n ### Explanation: Definition: deputy\nUMBER in TOWN* \u2013 carefully avoiding the lavatorial possibilities for a change.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sea a tad icy in reality, starts out cold (8)","output":"### Answer: ADRIATIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sea\nAnagram of (A TAD + \"starts of \"I[cy] I[n] R[eality]) + C"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old Kenyan revolutionaries, two paws cut (3-3)","output":"### Answer: MAU-MAU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old Kenyan revolutionaries\nMAUL (to paw) with its last letter \"cut\", twice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: False name, that is, for villain (6)","output":"### Answer: MEANIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: villain\nNAME* + I.E."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Might meat be better? (5)","output":"### Answer: CURED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Might meat be\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Honey at a premium (4)","output":"### Answer: DEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Honey\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Broadcasting channel failed to answer (6)","output":"### Answer: DUCKED \n ### Explanation: Definition: failed to answer \nHomophone of \"duct\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The thoughtless take car out, in accordance with recurrent idea (8)","output":"### Answer: THEMATIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: in accordance with recurrent idea\nTHE + AUTOMATIC (thoughtless) minus AUTO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Singer acquired good piece of drum kit (5)","output":"### Answer: BONGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: piece of drum kit\nG in BONO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Youth announces panto is to be held, but not at home (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SALAD DAYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Youth\nALADDIN (panto) less IN (at home) in SAYS (announces)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Transport once set off right to the house (5,4)","output":"### Answer: STAGE LEFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: right to the house\nSTAGE (old form of transport) + LEFT (set off). Stage left is on the right if you're sitting in the house (auditorium)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Discover original of really thin walls (5)","output":"### Answer: LEARN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Discover\nR[eally] in (walled by) LEAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Close to swearing? (4,2,6)","output":"### Answer: NEAR AS DAMMIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Close to swearing?\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ideal sort of loan for flat (8-4)","output":"### Answer: INTEREST-FREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ideal sort of loan\nDouble definition \u2013 this rang a bell, and I found a similar clue in an Azed puzzle, of all places: \"Like an attractive loan, boring apparently?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Going, going \u2026 what am I bid? (5)","output":"### Answer: ADIEU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Going, going \u2026 what am I bid?\nJust a cryptic definition, I think: when you're going you may be bid adieu. The surface reading misleads with a reference to auctions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leader's symbol of office that is with something pink inside (9)","output":"### Answer: CHIEFTAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leader\nI.E (that is) + FT (the Financial Times is printed on pink paper) in CHAIN (symbol of office)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loudly disapprove of sugary confection that may come back on you (9)","output":"### Answer: BOOMERANG \n ### Explanation: Definition: that may come back on you\nHomophone of \"boo meringue\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Down \u2014 why unable to fly? (5)","output":"### Answer: OWING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Down\nYou can't fly if you have 0 WING[s]. Not sure about down=owing \u2013 perhaps both mean low in funds, perhaps in gambling?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: War crime perhaps men committed in hatred (8)","output":"### Answer: ENORMITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: War crime perhaps\nOR (Other Ranks, men) in ENMITY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very fast stretch of water (6)","output":"### Answer: SOLENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: stretch of water\nSO + LENT (period of fasting)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Depressing quality of extremely deplorable town (not Stoke) (8)","output":"### Answer: DEBASING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Depressing\nD[eplorabl]E + BASING[stoke] (\"[a] word that teems with hidden meaning\", as Mad Margaret says in *Ruddigore*)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bright red, about to drink in one hostelry and another (8)","output":"### Answer: CINNABAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bright red\nINN in CA + BAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On 'orse, what man did wear (5)","output":"### Answer: ERODE \n ### Explanation: Definition: wear \nWhen the man was on the 'orse, 'E RODE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No end of break in playing on the sea, typically Elizabethan arrangement (4-9)","output":"### Answer: HALF-TIMBERING \n ### Explanation: Definition: typically Elizabethan arrangement\nHALF-TIM[E] (\"break in playing\") + BERING [Sea]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of winner is still made to struggle (9)","output":"### Answer: MEDALLIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sort of winner\n(STILL MADE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Armoured vehicle shortly suppresses revolutionary rising, without exception (2,1,3)","output":"### Answer: TO A MAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: without exception\nReverse of MAO in TAN[k]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In a comparison of sides, wrong for runner to go round (6)","output":"### Answer: COSINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a comparison of sides\nSIN (wrong) in [Sebastian] COE. The cosine of an angle is \"adjacent over hypotenuse\" in a triangle, so a \"comparison of sides\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drug pusher who acknowledges no limits? (5,8)","output":"### Answer: SPEED MERCHANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: who acknowledges no limits\nDouble definition \u2013 the speed merchant doesn't acknowledge speed limits"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Past bearing boy, accepting an uplifting employment (2,7)","output":"### Answer: AD NAUSEAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Past bearing\n(Reverse of AN + USE) in ADAM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ignores a possible fix (8)","output":"### Answer: ORGANISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fix\n(IGNORES A)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party of women succeeded replacing husband for a week (8)","output":"### Answer: SENNIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: a week\nHEN NIGHT with (the first) H replaced by S \u2013 old word for a week, with SEN being a contraction of \"seven\" (cf \"fortnight\", which of course still survives)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Horse swallows black stone (6)","output":"### Answer: MARBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: stone\nBL in MARE. How many people assumed MARLE must be a kind of horse? Chambers doesn't give bl as an abbreviation of black but , for what it's worth, I found it here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wrapper of novel \u2014 it's horrible! (6)","output":"### Answer: KIMONO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wrapper\nKIM (novel y Kipling) + O NO!"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He held the greatest ring not to be enough (5)","output":"### Answer: FRODO \n ### Explanation: Definition: He held the greatest ring\nFRO (not \"to\", in \"to and fro\") + DO (be enough). Frodo carries the \"One Ring\" in Tolkien's trilogy."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Form gets 99 in Latin \u2014\u00a0great work! (7)","output":"### Answer: CLASSIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: great work\n CLASS (form) + IC (99 in Roman numerals, though, as often noted, this is not really correct)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wild, wild Wales in the '50s (7)","output":"### Answer: LAWLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wild\n WALES* in LS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Game unsuitable for women (4)","output":"### Answer: STAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Game\n Double definition \u2013 game as in something you shoot at, and unsuitable for women as in stag parties"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Breakdown specialist (10)","output":"### Answer: COUNSELLOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Breakdown specialist\n Cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prey of little boys (6)","output":"### Answer: VICTIM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prey\n VIC + TIM (two abbreviated boys' names)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fruit with coverings \u2014 they're bananas! (8)","output":"### Answer: NUTCASES \n ### Explanation: Definition: they're bananas\n NUT + CASES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fit for the voyage? In other ways, perhaps (9)","output":"### Answer: SEAWORTHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fit for the voyage\n (OTHER WAYS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Placing of the winner may create rifts (5)","output":"### Answer: FIRST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Placing of the winner\n RIFTS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pick up something exclusive (5)","output":"### Answer: SCOOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pick up\n Double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eleven in one vessel start to cheer for another (9)","output":"### Answer: STEAMSHIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: another\n TEAM (eleven in e.g. cricket or football) in SS + HIP (start of \"hip hip hooray\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Accommodate a man who suffered in fraud (3-2,3)","output":"### Answer: PUT-UP JOB \n ### Explanation: Definition: fraud\n PUT UP (accommodate) + JOB (man who suffered in the OT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A struggle between North and South Sea forces (6)","output":"### Answer: NAVIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sea forces\n A VIE in N S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Select underwear, say, for those eating out (10)","output":"### Answer: PICNICKERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: those eating out\n \"Pick knickers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cattle without water (4)","output":"### Answer: NEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cattle\n Double definition \u2013 \"neat\"for cattle is a standard crosswordism."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outcry in favour of a trial? (7)","output":"### Answer: PROTEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Outcry\n PRO TEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's crazy wearing hair that's artificial (3-4)","output":"### Answer: MAN-MADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: artificial\n MAD in MANE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Window in the French garret (7)","output":"### Answer: LATTICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Window\n ATTIC in LE \u2013 the cryptic grammar is slightly tortuous, but it works as \"in the French, garret\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Location in sound and vision (5)","output":"### Answer: SIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: vision\n Homophone of \"site\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Immigrant proceeds right (7)","output":"### Answer: INCOMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Immigrant\n INCOME + R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fool set about things of value (6)","output":"### Answer: ASSETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: things of value\n ASS + SET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Noted soporifics (9)","output":"### Answer: LULLABIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Noted soporifics\n Cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crew men showing little variation in strokes (7)","output":"### Answer: STOKERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crew men\n STROKES with the R moved to near the end, so an anagram if you like.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: But nettlerash can erupt and gain the ascendancy (4,3,6)","output":"### Answer: TURN THE TABLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: gain the ascendancy\n (BUT NETTLERASH)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I hunt down suspect in murder mystery (9)","output":"### Answer: WHODUNNIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: murder mystery\n (I HUNT DOWN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He travels to work (7)","output":"### Answer: COURIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: He travels to work\n Cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: You won't remember suffering from it (7)","output":"### Answer: AMNESIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: You won't remember suffering from it\n One of the least cryptic cryptic definitions I've seen for a while"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Composer close to Britten in sound (7)","output":"### Answer: IRELAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Composer\n Composer John Ireland, and Ireland is close to Britain"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turns down right away and chucks out (6)","output":"### Answer: EJECTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: chucks out\n [R]EJECTS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Five thousand hold one up with spite (5)","output":"### Answer: VENOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: spite\n ONE reversed in V + M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disfigured, old, die disguised with rags (7)","output":"### Answer: AGRISED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disfigured, old\n(DIE RAGS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nicking cars? Tried endlessly to get round criminal court (9)","output":"### Answer: AUTOCRIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nicking cars?\nCOURT* in AIME[d]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disapproves of drink, we hear (4)","output":"### Answer: BOOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disapproves of\nHomophone of \"booze\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bass set before soaks, when admitted \u2013 of which many will be in their cups! (7)","output":"### Answer: BREASTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: of which many will be in their cups\nB + AS in RETS \u2013 the \"cups\" are those found in bras"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wild African feline shut up roughly in barrel (7)","output":"### Answer: BUSH-CAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wild African feline\nSH (shut up) + CA (circa, roughly) in BUT (variant of \"butt\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pine to be enveloped in erotic embraces (6)","output":"### Answer: CEMBRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pine\nHidden in erotiC EMBRAces. As often seems to happen to me with hidden answers these days, this was one of the last clues I solved, even after thinking early on that it was a hidden but missing the answer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Version of German favourite \u2013 mostly toss with egg in the French way (10)","output":"### Answer: CHOUCROUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Version of German favourite\nO in CHUC[k] + ROUTE. French form of Sauerkraut"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Edible tuber? 200 in crumbs! (5)","output":"### Answer: COCCO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Edible tuber\nCC in COO (\"crumbs!)\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fruit desserts, only half eatable, round cooking container (8)","output":"### Answer: COMPOTES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fruit desserts\nPOT in COMES[stible]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Basic requirement for would-be gang member, a couple of cents? (4)","output":"### Answer: CRED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Basic requirement for would-be gang member\nC + RED \u2013 not knowing any gang members, I don't know how often \"cred\" is used on its own, e.g. as in \"street cred\"."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What skiers hate, chewed-up grass fringing runs (4)","output":"### Answer: CRUD \n ### Explanation: Definition: What skiers hate\nR in CUD \u2013 as with SATE and SITE, this and CRED are (presumably) added to make filling in the grid a little harder"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being sedated somehow brings one to a complete standstill (7)","output":"### Answer: DEAD-SET \n ### Explanation: Definition: a complete standstill\nSEDATED* \u2013 a less familiar nounal meaning, as opposed to the more familiar adjectival meaning of \"very determnined\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Internet education the French put into curdling agent (9)","output":"### Answer: E-LEARNING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Internet education\nLE in EARNING \u2013 a word for rennet, from earn=curdle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scots aim to put down roots, heading off (5)","output":"### Answer: ETTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scots aim\n[s]ETTLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thanes are scattering their old boundary marker? (9)","output":"### Answer: HARE-STANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: their old boundary marker\n(THANES ARE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fabrication of skins (not fashionable) clothing leaders in Africa, regal ones? (6)","output":"### Answer: KAROSS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fabrication of skins (not fashionable) clothing leaders in Africa, regal ones\nInitial letters of Africa Regal Ones in anag of SKINS* less IN, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some nickel processed as source for soda, etc (4)","output":"### Answer: KELP \n ### Explanation: Definition: source for soda, etc\nHIdden in nicKEL Processed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Master with ambition to reform (4)","output":"### Answer: MEND \n ### Explanation: Definition: reform\nM + END"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Primitive organism first found in fringes of Madagascar (5)","output":"### Answer: MONER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Primitive organism\nONE in M[adagasca]R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Millions work for little money, as of old (5)","output":"### Answer: MOPUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: little money, as of old\nM + OPUS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One in black rarely looking back, her grief was legendary (5)","output":"### Answer: NIOBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: her grief was legendary\nI in reverse of EBON. In Greek mythology, Niobe's 14 children were killed by Artemis and Apollo as a punishment for her boasting about them to Leto, causing her legendary grief."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pungent plant, fine cut, cook has in a stew (5)","output":"### Answer: OSHAC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pungent plant\n(COOK HAS)* less OK (fine)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stamina, possibly a help when struggling with nag (8)","output":"### Answer: PHALANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stamina, possibly\n(A HELP NAG)*. \"Stamina\" here is the plural of (the plant part) \"stamen\", and phalange or phalanx is \"a bundle of stamens\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Counter and other things I brought into class (9)","output":"### Answer: RETALIATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Counter\nET AL I in RATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lie round barrel after group drinks, with none given precedence (10)","output":"### Answer: ROUND-TABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: with none given precedence\nROUND (group drinks, or drinks for a group of people in a pub) + B in TALE; second barrel in the puzzle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Barbecued meat chewed on one end of skewer (4)","output":"### Answer: SATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Barbecued meat\nS[kewer] + ATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lunch prepared after Sabbath synagogues (6)","output":"### Answer: SCHULN \n ### Explanation: Definition: synagogues\nS + LUNCH* \u2013 plural of SCHUL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Upper house tittle-tattle, once spoken about (6)","output":"### Answer: SEANAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Upper house\nANA (gossip) in SED (Miltonic form of \"said\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plot starts to satisfy in the end (4)","output":"### Answer: SITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plot\nInitials letters of Satisfied In The End"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Successful r-racer once in stable given decorative coat (8)","output":"### Answer: STUCCOED \n ### Explanation: Definition: given decorative coat\n[Sebastian] C-COE in STUD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King maybe losing crown in eucalyptus tree (5)","output":"### Answer: TUART \n ### Explanation: Definition: eucalyptus tree\n[S]TUART"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State of swelling? Doctor isn't beginning to employ drugs (10)","output":"### Answer: TURGIDNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: State of swelling\nAnagram on ISN'T + E[mploy] + DRUGS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Light coat: result (without cap) in storm, getting almost soaked (10)","output":"### Answer: ULSTERETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Light coat\nRESULT* less T + RETTE[d] \u2013 second use in the puzzle of the old favourite ret=soak; \"ulster\" as an overcoat is another familiar word, so this \"-ette\" version wasn't hard to guess"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Once let down he goes to Paris swopping couples (4)","output":"### Answer: VAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Once let down\nIL VA (\"he goes\", in French), with the parts swapped"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Radiographic image showing poison, gross one injected (8)","output":"### Answer: VENOGRAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Radiographic image\nGR A in VENOM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Primarily, sort of relationships for sentimental people (7)","output":"### Answer: SOFTIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: sentimental people\n S[ort] + OF + TIES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A setter takes fool round a castle \u2026 (7)","output":"### Answer: CAMELOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: a castle\n A ME in CLOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 and another somewhere in West Yorks (5)","output":"### Answer: LEEDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: another\n Double definition \u2013 confusingly, Leeds Castle is in Kent, near Maidstone"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not half bad candelabra prince left in ballroom? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: DANCE HALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: ballroom\n Anagram of CANDE[labra] + HAL (prince) + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former cargo ship docked by Russian river outside city walls (10)","output":"### Answer: EXTRAMURAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: outside city walls\n EX TRAM[p] + URAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: We suspect it's a reputed 21-12er in 26 and 20s \u2026 (12)","output":"### Answer: GUARDIANISTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: reputed 21-12er in 26 and 20s\n GUARDIAN (we) + (IT'S A) \u2013 a Guardianista is the stereotypical Guardian reader, so using \"we\" to clue the \"Guardian\" part of this is a bit weak"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 so 5 across suggests betting I clued \"booty\" crudely, for all to see (2,5,2,3)","output":"### Answer: IT COULD BE YOU \n ### Explanation: Definition: so 5 across suggests betting\n (I CLUED BOOTY)* + U (for all to see, in film classification) \u2013 the former slogan of the UK national lottery, run by Camelot"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English newspaper has women in underwear? Er \u2026 that is taken as read, we hear (4-4)","output":"### Answer: LEFT WING \n ### Explanation: Definition: read, we hear\n E + FT (Financial Times) + W in LINGERIE less ER I.E. , with a homophonic definition \u2013 \"read, we hear\" = red"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State of repair of small Oklahoma art house (5,5)","output":"### Answer: SOUTH KOREA \n ### Explanation: Definition: State\n (OK ART HOUSE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inclined to fight nasty libel case? Ring for answer (9)","output":"### Answer: BELLICOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inclined to fight\n (LIBEL CASE)* with A[nswer] replaced by O (ring)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Role finally penned by Shakespeare for Vandyke? (5)","output":"### Answer: BEARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vandyke?\n [rol]E in BARD \u2013 a Vandyke is a type of beard"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Musical, as Sir Robin's wife might have been (4,3)","output":"### Answer: LADY DAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Musical\n Double definition \u2013 title of a musical based on the life and music of Billie Holiday (whose nickname was Lady Day); and what Sir Robin Day's wife might have been called (*was called*, surely?)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Win through spin at a live game (7)","output":"### Answer: PREVAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Win through\n PR (public relations, spin) + (A LIVE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Over 50s dancing? 18! (6)","output":"### Answer: SOLVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: 18\n (OVER LS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Holiday at sea curtailed, if overturned (6)","output":"### Answer: FIESTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Holiday\n Reverse of AT SE[A] IF"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where Francis Rossi plays with only one son, just as before (2,5,3)","output":"### Answer: IN STATU QUO \n ### Explanation: Definition: just as before\n IN STATUS QUO (co-founded by Rossi) less its second S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Religious leader had us fooled (5)","output":"### Answer: SADHU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Religious leader\n (HAD US)* \u2013 a Sadhu (also sometimes spelt SADDHU) is a \"holy person\" or ascetic in Hinduism, perhaps not exactly a \"leader\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In singing style of Cambridge priest doing a turn (9)","output":"### Answer: CANTABILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: In singing style\n CANTAB (abbreviation of Cantabrigiensis, \"of Cambridge\", e.g. as shown after names of degrees) + ELI<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like a mouse beginning to make fearful sound (4)","output":"### Answer: MEEK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like a mouse\n M[ake] + EEK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stole a 2, interior part of which is offering best shade of green? (8)","output":"### Answer: LEAFIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: offering best shade of green\n Hidden in stoLE A FIESTa"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Message left in note, eg \"Castle in the morning\" (8)","output":"### Answer: TELEGRAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Message\n L in (TE EG) + R (rook \u2013 castle in chess) + AM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nancy's article about Blake contains argument rejected as impractical (10)","output":"### Answer: UNWORKABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: impractical\n ROW< in UN (French indefinite article, as used in e.g. Nancy) + BLAKE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Set record unknown to medical science (9)","output":"### Answer: RADIOLOGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: medical science\n RADIO (set) + LOG + Y (unknown)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Female, about 50, under maiden name in error (8)","output":"### Answer: MISLABEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: name in error\n M + L in ISABEL \u2013 a nicely concealed definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fought with second copper, getting fine \u2014 then ran away (8)","output":"### Answer: SCUFFLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fought\n S + CU + F + FLED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fleet Street's third magazine to provide content for adults (6)","output":"### Answer: ARMADA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fleet\n Third letter of stReet + MAD (magazine) in A A (two adults)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: You might have set foot in this bit of West Yorks (and, also, its castle) (6)","output":"### Answer: SANDAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: You might have set foot in this\n Triple definition (well, almost, the place \u2013 a suburb of Wakefield \u2013 and the castle being the same name) *As Gaufrid points out, it's also hidden in yorkS AND ALso, so the middle definition probably doesn't apply, but the clue is an &lit \u2013 very clever"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Silly chap with awfully wet way of speaking (5)","output":"### Answer: TWERP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Silly chap\n WET* + R[eceived] P[ronunciation]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Warm beer (4)","output":"### Answer: MILD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Warm\n Double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boatman 25 (7)","output":"### Answer: ADMIRAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boatman\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boatman 25 (7)","output":"### Answer: SKIPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boatman\n.. and another"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sit back alongside a storyteller (5)","output":"### Answer: AESOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: storyteller\nA + POSE<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steamed with fire (9)","output":"### Answer: BRIMSTONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: S\nA fairly outrageous \"left and separate\" \u2013 S = Sulphur = Brimstone, and brimstone is \"teamed with fire\" in the expression \"fire and brimstone\". The Brimstone is also a butterfly (it also appeared in the Nutmeg puzzle),so I wonder why there isn't a reference to 25. Does the style of this clue combined with 1a and 5a give us a hint who the \"friend\" might be?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 25 plough through Tuckhouse? (10)","output":"### Answer: FRITILLARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: 25\nTILL in FRIARY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No homeowner leaves officer in place (4)","output":"### Answer: LIEU \n ### Explanation: Definition: place\nLIEU[tenant] (a tenant is \"no homeowner\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 25 indulge in ordering a list (11)","output":"### Answer: SWALLOWTAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: 25\nWALLOW in (A LIST)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Araucaria's for depression around 6 or 7 (11)","output":"### Answer: IMPROVIDENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: 7\nVI in I'M PRO DENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Faith be dismissed, gladly (4)","output":"### Answer: LIEF \n ### Explanation: Definition: gladly\n[be]LIEF"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldier and Sherpa on the move use other words (10)","output":"### Answer: PARAPHRASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: use other words\nPARA + SHERPA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's what it does to another Rev (9)","output":"### Answer: BUTTERFLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's what it does to another Rev\nThe \"other Rev\" (the first one being the Rev John Graham, aka Araucaria) is William Spooner, whom the butterfly might \"flutter by\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What could get one overdrawn? (5)","output":"### Answer: DEBIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: What could get one overdrawn\n\"One overdrawn\" = I \"in DEBT\", &lit, though rather weakened by the fact that \"debt\" and \"debit\" are essentially the same word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 25 curlicue in covering letter from girl, 10, about phone permit (7)","output":"### Answer: RINGLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: 25\nTwo definitions; also hidden in coveRING LETter; anagram of GIRL TEN; and RING (phone)+LET (permit). Phew!"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cross among religious houses (7)","output":"### Answer: MONGREL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cross\nHidden in aMONG RELigious. As is getting to be a bit of a habit with me, I failed to spot the hidden answer for ages, and this was my last one in"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Town in Italy is left in the grip of Mafia organisation (6)","output":"### Answer: AMALFI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Town in Italy\nL in MAFIA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One meditating on Araucaria's sophistication, at heart (6)","output":"### Answer: MYSTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: One meditating\nMY + [sophi]STIC[ation]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where to get a fix and note couples dance (6,4)","output":"### Answer: REPAIR SHOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where to get a fix\nRE (note, as in do-re-mi) + PAIRS HOP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Means of identification left on murder victim (5)","output":"### Answer: LABEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Means of identification\nL + ABEL (killed by his brother, Cain)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In Australia, a load of real trouble in the county (9)","output":"### Answer: SHIRRALEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: In Australia, a load\nREAL* in SHIRE \u2013 an Australian word (obsolete, to boot) for a swagman's bundle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Find Esc key out of bounds, essentially (2,2)","output":"### Answer: IN SE \n ### Explanation: Definition: essentially\nCentral letters of fINd eSc kEy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sharing letters \u2014 nudge, nudge \u2014 girl that's wanton (8)","output":"### Answer: PRODIGAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: wanton\nPROD + DIG + GAL, \"sharing\" the overlapping letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tours street, then finally off: adieu, all feel empty with sorrow (8)","output":"### Answer: RUEFULLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: with sorrow\nRUE (French \"street\") + last letters of ofF adieU alL feeL emptY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With second replacement hip (8,2)","output":"### Answer: SWITCHED ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: hip\n(WITH SECOND)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps shortening a film at an unusual showing (6,3)","output":"### Answer: ANIMAL FAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perhaps shortening\n(A FILM AT AN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tender a bill immediately, upholding a little pressure (8)","output":"### Answer: MILLIBAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: a little pressure\nHidden in reverse of tendeR A BILL IMmediately"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Presumably not the sole net return for the elite (5,3)","output":"### Answer: UPPER TEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: the elite\nUPPER (not the sole of a shoe) + NET< \u2013 \"the richest or most influential class\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Automobile award invested in bank (6)","output":"### Answer: CAMBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: bank\nMBE in CAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nearly sick with fast pulse (6)","output":"### Answer: LENTIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: pulse\nLENT (period of fasting) + IL[L]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An annoying Scotswoman heard in this pit (5)","output":"### Answer: ABYSM \n ### Explanation: Definition: pit\nA + something that sounds like \"bism\"? The nearest I can get is a defnition from the Urban Dictionary, but I'm sure there must be a better explanation."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Healthy source of water (4)","output":"### Answer: WELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Healthy\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ensured distribution to ultimate recipient (3,4)","output":"### Answer: END USER \n ### Explanation: Definition: ultimate recipient\nENSURED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jump on ice to enable first return to pool (3,4)","output":"### Answer: TOE LOOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jump on ice\nTO + E[nable] + POOL<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deplete noise, including raffia curtains (5)","output":"### Answer: DRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deplete\nR[affi]A (\"curtains\" meaning the outer letters) in DIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Daub number plates (not first three letters) to confuse followers (9)","output":"### Answer: BEPLASTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Daub\nAnagram of [num]BER PLATES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminal acts at house in the middle of Trieste (10)","output":"### Answer: VILLAINIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Criminal acts\nVILLA + IN + [tr]IES[te]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 4 down to get high-level protection for leader of the Greens (4)","output":"### Answer: HOOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: 4 down\nDouble definition \u2013 Robin Hood was the leader of those in Lincoln green"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Channel divers swore a truce (11)","output":"### Answer: WATERCOURSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Channel\n(SWORE A TRUCE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reserved opening avoided non-starter (11)","output":"### Answer: INTROVERTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reserved\nINTRO (opening) +[a]VERTED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 4 down to get firm endorsement for a foreign secretary (4)","output":"### Answer: COOK \n ### Explanation: Definition: 4 down\nCO (company, firm) + OK (endorsement) \u2013 Robin Cook was Foreign Secretary 1997-2001"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plastic explosive applied to vehicle close to hand (6,4)","output":"### Answer: CHARGE CARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plastic\nCHARGE (explosive) + CAR + [han]D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regulation involving use of arms to target revenue (5,4)","output":"### Answer: POINT DUTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Regulation involving use of arms\nPOINT (target) + DUTY (revenue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl gets unrestricted job employed by ranchers (5)","output":"### Answer: LASSO \n ### Explanation: Definition: employed by ranchers\nLASS + [j]O[b]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I looked at what is said to be an unattractive feature (7)","output":"### Answer: EYESORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: an unattractive feature\nHomophone of \"I saw\", though I find it hard to make \"what is said\" apply to \"I looked at\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Long way off being seen in smaller sized briefs (7)","output":"### Answer: LAWYERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: briefs\nL + WAY* + part of smallER Sized? If that's what's intendd, I think it's a bit vague"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Salad dressing envied (6)","output":"### Answer: ENDIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Salad\nENVIED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quite possible for party to fit (6)","output":"### Answer: DOABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quite possible\nDO + ABLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Downloads a new source for perfumery (10)","output":"### Answer: SANDALWOOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: source for perfumery\n(DOWNLOADS A)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless dressing-up is now sure to be on the cards again (5)","output":"### Answer: ROBIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: now sure to be on the cards again\nROBIN[g] \u2013 reference to the robins seen on many Christmas cards"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passes an hour in church over strictly confidential matter (3,6)","output":"### Answer: TOP SECRET \n ### Explanation: Definition: confidential matter\nTOPS (passes, as in exceeeds) + reverse of TERCE (one of the liturgical hours)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Global production in the red \u2014 it's simply made up (4)","output":"### Answer: EDAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Global production in the red\nMADE, up, and Edam cheese is a \"global\" shape and covered in red wax"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Open forbidden ways to get in (8)","output":"### Answer: OUTDOORS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Open\nYou can't go in through the OUT DOORS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Took off trimmed international cricket match in the middle (8)","output":"### Answer: PARODIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Took off\nODI (one-day international) in PARED (trimmed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 4 down to get right bloke to provide an alternative for a Guardian setter (10)","output":"### Answer: GOODFELLOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: 4 down\nGOOD FELLOW \u2013 Robin Goodfellow is another name for Puck, who is also a Guardian setter. As always, I think it's a bit unreasomable to expect \"ordinary\" solvers to know this"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Previous family residence used for play (4,5)","output":"### Answer: TREE HOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: residence used for play\nTREE (previous family) + HOUSE (residence), with \"residence\" doing double duty (with the exact same meaning) in the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: London Eye can be a Christmas treat (5,3)","output":"### Answer: MINCE PIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a Christmas treat\nCockney rhyming slang for \"eye\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Never return to issue concerning former volunteers (2,2,4)","output":"### Answer: AT NO TIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Never\nReverse of EMIT (issue) ON (concerning) TA (Territorial Army, now renamed the Army Reserve)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Harry has first signs of St Louis encephalitis (6)","output":"### Answer: HASSLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Harry\nHAS + S[t] L[ouis] + E[ncephalitis]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A leading director puts on extras (3-3)","output":"### Answer: ADD-ONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: extras\nA D[irector] + DONS (puts on)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top family has many branches (5)","output":"### Answer: ROYAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Top family\nRather obscurely, I think, a royal is \"a stag with twelve or more points\", hence \"many branches\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A small number in Italy use a footstool regularly (4)","output":"### Answer: OTTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: A small number in Italy\nAlternate letters of fOoTsToOl. The clue would work as well without \"small\", which doesn't seem to add much; is 8 a \"small\" number anyway?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sea snail from Turkey into paddling (6)","output":"### Answer: TRITON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sea snail\nTR + INTO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cricketer catches hard ball at last, before England's opener can check (8)","output":"### Answer: THROTTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: check\nH in TROTT + [bal]L + E[ngland]. The cricketer could Jonathan Trott, or Albert from about 100 years earlier."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Peter Pan, 'e carries fairy, regularly seen in orchard? (4-4)","output":"### Answer: PEAR-TREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: seen in orchard\n[f]A[i]R[y] in PETER* (\"Pan\" as anagram indicator)+ E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reject the origins of theory of mind? I have a reason (6)","output":"### Answer: MOTIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a reason\nFirst letters of Theory Of Mind, reversed, + I'VE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Narnia? Um, is it about Christian doctrine? (12)","output":"### Answer: UNITARIANISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Christian doctrine\n(NARNIA UM IS IT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vegetable for royal beer (4)","output":"### Answer: KALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vegetable\nK (King, a royal) + ALE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bad weather that's most cold, right? (3,5)","output":"### Answer: ICE STORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bad weather\nAnagram of I.E (that is) + MOST + C + R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He leaves the Beatles playing around to Hold Me Tight? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: SEAT BELT \n ### Explanation: Definition: to Hold Me Tight\n(THE BEATLES)* less HE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fairy king's vessel capsized (4)","output":"### Answer: PUCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fairy\nReverse of K CUP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How to get over the Beatles breaking up? (5,7)","output":"### Answer: GROUP THERAPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: How to get over the Beatles breaking up\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shakespearean character left Italy with a \u2026 (6)","output":"### Answer: PORTIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shakespearean character\nPORT + I + A \u2013 Portia is a character in *The Merchant of Venice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 piece of music, emptied out those diamonds and ran! (8)","output":"### Answer: OPERATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: ran\nOPERA + T[hos]E + D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Terry manages the live charity event (8)","output":"### Answer: TELETHON \n ### Explanation: Definition: charity event\nTEL (short for Terry) + THE + ON (live), with surface reference to Terry Wogan's regular hosting of such events."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fairy king has special robe on (6)","output":"### Answer: OBERON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fairy king\n(ROBE ON)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird found in or near Headingley (4)","output":"### Answer: RHEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bird\nHidden in neaR HEAdingley, with the \"or\" being just padding"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Posh French wine tipped over fast, making a mess (9)","output":"### Answer: TURBULENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: making a mess\nReverse of U BRUT + LENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sea nymph: I need to swim around river (6)","output":"### Answer: NEREID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sea nymph\nR in (I NEED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He has a heavenly face (3,3,2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: THE MAN IN THE MOON \n ### Explanation: Definition: He has a heavenly face\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Band-aid covered knee evenly and lasted (8)","output":"### Answer: REMAINED \n ### Explanation: Definition: lasted\nEven letters of kNeE in REM (band) + AID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Giant bird, one with green tail (5)","output":"### Answer: TITAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Giant\nTIT + A + [gree]N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Infatuated fool exchanges I for U following scrabble solve (10)","output":"### Answer: LOVESTRUCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Infatuated\nSOLVE* + TRICK (fool) with I replaced by U"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excellent channel for funky music? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: RARE GROOVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: funky music\nRARE (excellent) + GROOVE (channel). Not being familiar with the phrase, I guessed GROOVE fairly easily, but filling the blanks in ?A?E was a bit harder.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Merry Christmas begins with vigil, not with pudding (5,4)","output":"### Answer: TIPSY CAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: pudding\nTIPSY (merry) + C[hristmas] + WAKE less W"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bill overwhelmed by threat to break nail again (8)","output":"### Answer: REATTACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: nail again\nAC in THREAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Summerhouse is roughly 83% double-glazed, polished, but not dull (6)","output":"### Answer: GAZEBO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Summerhouse\nTaking the first 10 letters (about 83%) of DOUBLE GLAZED and removing DULL leaves OBEGAZ, which is an anagram of GAZEBO. Ingenious, but as I guessed the answer immediately from the definition and having the O of Oberon, this felt rather more trouble than it was worth."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Separate union supported by 1 in 10, maybe? (5)","output":"### Answer: UNTIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Separate\nU + I in TEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nymph born thus (4)","output":"### Answer: NESO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nymph\nN\u00c9 + SO \u2013 one of the NEREIDs, but also a moon of Neptune"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One who struggles to steer a boat (9)","output":"### Answer: CONTENDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One who struggles\nCON (to steer \u2013 as in conning tower) + TENDER (a small boat towed by another)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A chemist using current measures (4)","output":"### Answer: AMPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: current measures\nA + MPS (Member of the Pharmaceutical Society)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of society in which people want to take part? (8)","output":"### Answer: DRAMATIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sort of society in which people want to take part\nCryptic definition referring to (usually amateur) dramatic societies"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What you shouldn't do with a thousand fish around (6)","output":"### Answer: FAMISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: What you shouldn't do with a thousand fish around\nA + M in FISH, with the whole clue acting as definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: British admiral gives stick to French marshal (6)","output":"### Answer: RODNEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: British admiral\nROD + Marshal NEY, a crossword favourite. I hadn't heard of Admiral RODNEY: he was active in the American War of Independence"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Side passage for those taking flight? (8)","output":"### Answer: AIRSTRIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: for those taking flight\nAIR (side, as as \"putting on airs\") + STRIP (passage)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guides woman's place in American society (6)","output":"### Answer: USHERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Guides\nHER in US S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Transport system invented by a one-track mind? (8)","output":"### Answer: MONORAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Transport system invented by a one-track mind\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's plain to see it's a terribly cruel act (5-3)","output":"### Answer: CLEAR-CUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: plain to see\n(CRUEL ACT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To do this illegally is a grave offence (6)","output":"### Answer: EXHUME \n ### Explanation: Definition: To do this illegally is a grave offence\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Don't drop round \u2014 it will produce no response (4,4)","output":"### Answer: FALL FLAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: it will produce no response\nTo FALL FLAT is, I suppose, what you do if you don't \"drop round\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Union left got in extremely easily (6)","output":"### Answer: EQUITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Union\nQUIT in E[asil]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Samuel's teacher has turned out to be a prophet (6)","output":"### Answer: ELISHA \n ### Explanation: Definition: prophet\nELI (Samuel's teacher in the OT) + HAS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A lunatic, crazy about the sea (8)","output":"### Answer: NAUTICAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: about the sea\n(A LUNATIC)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Divinity course at Oxford (4)","output":"### Answer: ISIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Divinity\nDouble definition \u2013 Egyptian goddess, and part of the Thames at Oxford"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Omission that may be taken as an offence (9)","output":"### Answer: EXCEPTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Omission\nDouble definition \u2013 to take exception may be to take offence"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vehicle to travel as freight (5)","output":"### Answer: CARGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: freight\nCAR + GO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He must have a supporter and may get one in me (7)","output":"### Answer: NOMINEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: He must have a supporter\n(ONE IN ME)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record number starting school? (5)","output":"### Answer: ENTRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Record\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inveigh against medical treatment (7)","output":"### Answer: DECLAIM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inveigh against\nMEDICAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Testimonial for a source (9)","output":"### Answer: REFERENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Testimonial\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It goes with the flow (7)","output":"### Answer: AMMETER \n ### Explanation: Definition: It goes with the flow\nCryptic definition \u2013 an ammeter \"goes\" (i.e. works) with the flow of electric current. Perhaps a bit unhelpful that the first letter of this answer is also the A of AMPS in 6a"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not thinking much of the future? (9)","output":"### Answer: PESSIMISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not thinking much of the future\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One has one of them, another three (9)","output":"### Answer: SYLLABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One has one of them, another three\nThe word \"one\" has one syllable, and \"another\" has three"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An off break? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: SICK LEAVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: An off break\nCryptic definition \u2013 a break when you're feeling a bit \"off\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Collected books of maps at jumble sales (7)","output":"### Answer: ATLASES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Collected books of maps\nAT + SALES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's flipping Brown in charge \u2014 what a disaster! (7)","output":"### Answer: TITANIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: what a disaster\nIT< + TAN + IC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He escaped to become famous (7)","output":"### Answer: HOUDINI \n ### Explanation: Definition: He escaped to become famous\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fit of wild pique (5)","output":"### Answer: EQUIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fit\nPIQUE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He wrote books in two parts (5)","output":"### Answer: TWAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: He wrote books\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guardian's put through edited parody, being sorry? (1,3,4,6)","output":"### Answer: I BEG YOUR PARDON \n ### Explanation: Definition: sorry\nOUR (Guardian's) in (PARODY BEING)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A range of Italian desserts (5)","output":"### Answer: ANDES \n ### Explanation: Definition: A range\nHidden in italiAN DESserts"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mother, perhaps, is unable to do\/does dressing (8)","output":"### Answer: DECANTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mother, perhaps\nCAN'T (is unable to do) in DEER (does)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Back at university, London one, after writer's urge to act (7)","output":"### Answer: IMPULSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: urge to act\nI'M (writer is) + UP< + LSE (London School of Economics)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Paint not thinly applied is gone in one second (7)","output":"### Answer: IMPASTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Paint not thinly applied\nPAST in I MO \u2013 impasto is thickly-applied paint"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lining of coat's easily lost (2,3)","output":"### Answer: AT SEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: lost\nHidden in coAT'S EAsily"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hertz clients taken out for some food (9)","output":"### Answer: SCHNITZEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: some food\n(HZ CLIENTS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Showing admiration, Enigmatist is doing Mr Rusbridger's job! (9)","output":"### Answer: IMPRESSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Showing admiration\nI'M PRESS ED (Alan Rusbridger is the editor of the Guardian)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Liking condition No 1 to become No 3 (5)","output":"### Answer: TASTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Liking\nSTATE with S moved to become the third letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feather-brain needs help to catch leggy bird (7)","output":"### Answer: AIRHEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feather-brain\nRHEA in AID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unnecessarily wily fleeing rocks (7)","output":"### Answer: NEEDLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: rocks\nNEEDLESSLY less SLY (wily)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Honey and lemon's first sipped by loathsome author (8)","output":"### Answer: MELVILLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: author\nMEL + L in VILE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not quite full backing for Queen and Country (5)","output":"### Answer: NIGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Country\nThis looks as if it should be GIN[x]< + ER, but I can't find anything suitable meaning \"full\". Or maybe NIG[H], meaning \"not quite\"? Or a lift-and-separate: \"backing\" = back IN + G? *Thanks to Tom and Muffyword: it's REGIN[A], reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Declaration from elocutionist who won crown, movingly taking in bow (3,3,5,3)","output":"### Answer: HOW NOW BROWN COW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Declaration from elocutionist\nBOW* in (WHO WON CROWN)* \u2013 a phrase tradionally used in elocution"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's opening is always repeated twice (1,3,1,3,1,3)","output":"### Answer: I SAY I SAY I SAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: One's opening\nIS AY (always) repeated twice, i.e. said three times"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nude dancing? Take a little Peter Pan out! (3,2)","output":"### Answer: END UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pan out\nNUDE* + P[eter]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leader having dropped right down, scrutinises excuses rather! (3,6)","output":"### Answer: YES PLEASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: rather\nEYES (scrutinises) + PLEAS (excuses), with the first E moved to the bottom"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Diabolical ruses employed to get around North Dakota, \"The Altogether State\" (7)","output":"### Answer: UNDRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: The Altogether State\nND in RUSES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quite esurient, rather like a 1962 Oscar winner? (7)","output":"### Answer: PECKISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quite esurient\nGregory Peck won an Oscar in 1962 for *To Kill a Mockingbird*. Esurient = hungry"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A low approach shot towards the hole, presumably to come second (3-2)","output":"### Answer: RUN-UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: A low approach shot towards the hole\nDouble definition \u2013 the main meaning is from golf, and to run up is (\"presumably\") what a runner-up does"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Such as XL and I zero in on nameless poetry (9)","output":"### Answer: OVERSIZES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Such as XL\nI Z in O[n] VERSES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Does such an attraction have no point? One, actually, for each side (8,4)","output":"### Answer: GOALLESS DRAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: such an attraction\nA goalless draw has no \"points\" in the sense of goals, but each team gets a point in the league table for it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very posh, a woman's in Kent, say (9)","output":"### Answer: SUPERHERO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kent, say\nU (posh) + PER (a, as in miles per\/a second) + HER in SO (very)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rip centre of kitchen out today and fly! (2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: IN THE KNOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: fly\nKIT[c]HEN* + NOW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pessimistic canon's portion of ground cabbage salad (4,3)","output":"### Answer: SOD\u2019S LAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pessimistic canon\nSOD + SLAW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arty male performer excited 70% of Sun readers (7)","output":"### Answer: DANSEUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arty male performer\n(SUN READ[ers])"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Self-willed velocity witnessed in dash (5)","output":"### Answer: ELVAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Self-willed\nV in ELAN \u2013 this is an adjectival form of \"elf\", one of whose meanings is \"self-willed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Correct reasoning traps soldier in mountain pass heading north (5)","output":"### Answer: LOGIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Correct reasoning\nGI in COL<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A politician's memory? Put freely, it's makeshift (9)","output":"### Answer: IMPROMPTU \n ### Explanation: Definition: makeshift\nI MP + ROM (memory) + PUT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fabric sale! 50% off money (5)","output":"### Answer: SATIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fabric\nSA[le] + TIN (slang for money)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Support for scrabble letters (7)","output":"### Answer: TRESTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Support\nLETTERS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Siren's fuse? (4)","output":"### Answer: VAMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Siren\nDouble definition? Vamp and fuse can (just about) both mean to repair"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Colour sports brochure covers books \u2026 (5,5)","output":"### Answer: BURNT OCHRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Colour\nNT (New Testament, i.e. books) in BROCHURE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 on doing exercise (7)","output":"### Answer: RUNNING \n ### Explanation: Definition: on\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In the year 2000, 599 entered Open University for a bit (7)","output":"### Answer: MODICUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: a bit\nDIC (dubiously, 599 in Roman numerals) in OU, in MM (2000)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Getting off scary giant ride takes a little bit of nerve (10)","output":"### Answer: DETRAINING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Getting off\nN in (GIANT RIDE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Curse and blast without ever ending (4)","output":"### Answer: DARN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Curse\n[eve]R in AND"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lead, helium and iron compounds on Earth (7)","output":"### Answer: HEROINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lead\nHE (Helium) + IRON* + E \u2013 the heroine may play the lead"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Coverage of space alien (7)","output":"### Answer: BLANKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Coverage\nBLANK + ET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country relocates area to middle of mountain range (5)","output":"### Answer: CHAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: mountain range\nCHINA with the A moved to the middle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Heavy\" holds back New York gangster about the throat (9)","output":"### Answer: LARYNGEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: about the throat\nNY< in LARGE + AL (Capone)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Board move found US credit note (10,5)","output":"### Answer: DISCOVERED CHECK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Board move\nDISCOVERED (found) + CHECK (American version of cheque). I don't like the way \"discovered\", which is a major part of the answer, is defined in a way that is essentially the same as in the answer. Discovered check occurs in chess where moving one man allows another to check the opponent's King"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After father retires, Abramovich welcomes new or old worker (5-3)","output":"### Answer: APRON-MAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: old worker\nPA< + N in ROMAN. I hadn't heard of this Shakespearean word for a workman, but it's a plausible construction and the clue is obvious as long as you've heard of Roman Abramovich, Russian billionaire and owner of Chelsea football club"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing left in explosive crater (4)","output":"### Answer: HOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: crater\nO L in H[igh] E[xplosive]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top trophies gaining publicity before gun shot was invented (8)","output":"### Answer: UPSPRUNG \n ### Explanation: Definition: was invented\n[c]UPS + PR (publicity) + GUN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Formula 1 driver just going above 100 (6)","output":"### Answer: BUTTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Formula 1 driver\nBUT + TON \u2013 Jensen Button is the driver"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Universal rock star raves, injects drug \u2014 love getting unconscious? (8)","output":"### Answer: ASTEROID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Universal rock\nE in STAR* + O (love) + ID (Freudian unconscious)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's about time! Around an hour is a pain (6)","output":"### Answer: STITCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: a pain\nITS* + T + C (about) H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vaguely dine out, finish and leave your tips (15)","output":"### Answer: INDETERMINATELY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vaguely\nDINE* + TERMINATE + L[eave] Y[our]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Europeans exalting escargot at first (8)","output":"### Answer: ITALIANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Europeans\nReverse of SNAIL AT I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Coolers designed to hold a small criminal? (8)","output":"### Answer: MINIBARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Coolers\nDefinition & cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clerk can bake biscuit (8)","output":"### Answer: CRACKNEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: biscuit\n(CLERK CAN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In bath, reading yarn (6)","output":"### Answer: THREAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: yarn\nHidden in baTH READing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Point, point, point, point then led all over the place (6)","output":"### Answer: NEEDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Point\nN + E + E + LED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relative to visit repeatedly after hotel checkout (4)","output":"### Answer: AUNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relative\nHAUNT (visit repeatedly) less H[otel]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It detects errors: gold coin with king replacing centre of gap, i.e. a \/ bloomer \u2014 this country's millions revolted (8, 8)","output":"### Answer: CHECUKSMROSE\nCHECKSUM\/MUSKROSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It detects errors\nECU K replacing A in CHASM \/ UK'S M + ROSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Male fellows note one pursuing pleasure \/ installs stone one in seat (8, 8)","output":"### Answer: HEDONSTIATES\nHEDONIST\/INSTATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: one pursuing pleasure\nHE DONS TI \/ ST I in NATES (buttocks, seat)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thing that's created attention and start of friction in diplomacy drew jagged rent, serious affliction in the herd (8, 8)","output":"### Answer: REDWTEARFACT\nARTEFACT\/REDWATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thing that's created\nEAR + F in TACT \/ DREW* + TEAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Groove, scratch circling barrels \/ of northerly old boy, authentic (6, 6)","output":"### Answer: SCOBREAL\nSCROBE\/BOREAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Groove\nB in SCORE \/ OB + REAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supporter of monarchy, English, in newspaper strip \/ gets confused about extent government lost? (8, 8)","output":"### Answer: STEAREAGLIST\nREGALIST\/STEARAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Supporter of monarchy\nE in RAG LIST \/ AREA in GETS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cup for sampling savour, volume in turns imbibed, \/ I turn, tucking into new series \u2013 are they green? (8, 7)","output":"### Answer: TASTNIVEERS\nTASTEVIN\/ENVIERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cup for sampling\n(V IN)< in TASTE \/ I VEER in N S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Italian governors imprisoning foreign troops in endless chain, \/ dying, indicate vital juice is receding (7, 8)","output":"### Answer: PASNGISORIA\nSIGNORIA\/PASSING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Italian governors\nGIS in NORIA \/ (SIGN SAP)<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Those encouraging sailor to be in French street, \/ genuine sport when it's going after women (8, 8)","output":"### Answer: ABETRESTLING\nABETTERS\/STERLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Those encouraging\nAB + ETRE + ST \/ [W]RESTLING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stage circle taken in by poet's \/ carriage, gold, variable weight (6, 6)","output":"### Answer: ARBAORDS\nBOARDS\/ARROBA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stage\nO in BARD'S \/ ARBA + OR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crime involving unruly youth squashes \/ environmental creativity maybe, in Delaware ornament (8, 8)","output":"### Answer: DECOARTEDSON\nTREADS ON\/DECORATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: squashes\nTED (teddy boy) in ARSON \/ ECO ART in DE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A pop presenter, one including cheap stuff, officer \/ anti getting corrupted in trial, smarter than the rest (8, 8)","output":"### Answer: ADJUTATNIEST\nADJUTANT\/NATTIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: officer\nA DJ + TAT in UN \/ ANTI* in TEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More than one power supply that is restricted by Greens upset \/ the old author last night (8, 8)","output":"### Answer: YESTERNEGIES\nENERGIES\/YESTREEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: More than one power supply\nIE in GREENS* \/ YE + STERNE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bit left at bottom of glass? Tilt faucet (7)","output":"### Answer: HEELTAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bit left at bottom of glass\nHEEL (tilt) + TAP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Subdue moggy? (3)","output":"### Answer: COW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Subdue\nDouble definition (moggy is \"a pet name for a cow\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Follow 'ounds with 'abitual accompaniment, rent-free? (6)","output":"### Answer: UNTORN \n ### Explanation: Definition: rent-free\n[h]UNT + (hunting) [h]ORN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ling dropped by bird in seaside grass north of the border (4)","output":"### Answer: STAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: seaside grass north of the border\nSTAR[ling]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Farming community beginning to evacuate waterlogged ground (4)","output":"### Answer: MIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: waterlogged ground\nMIR (peasant commune in pre-revolutionary Russia) + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worrying rattle engulfing a loud drum roll (6)","output":"### Answer: RAFALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: drum roll\nA F in RALE (sound from a diseased lung)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clubs introduced some tennis parties (5)","output":"### Answer: SECTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: parties\nC[lubs] in SETS (some tennis)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's lashed trunks afloat (3)","output":"### Answer: CAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's lashed trunks afloat\nTwo different definitions using the same words \u2013 the cat-o'-nine-tails \"lashes trunks\" on a ship, and a cat(amaran) was originally \"a raft of logs lashed together\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Undyed woolstuff: rot has enveloped this in gown I acquire (5)","output":"### Answer: BEIGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Undyed woolstuff\nIf you envelop BEIGE with rot you get ROBE I GET, or \"gown I acquire\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old despatch boat, power in its belly, turned up? (5)","output":"### Answer: AVISO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old despatch boat\nVIS in AO \u2013 middle letters of bOAt, reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Windy, i.e. sun so irregularly seen (7)","output":"### Answer: SINUOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Windy\n(IE SUN SO) \u2013 windy from \"wind\" rhyming with \"kind\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Countrymen's bulge is what he's caught in the river? (6)","output":"### Answer: STROUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Countrymen's bulge\nS + TROUT. I think the clue would read better (and work just as well) with \"Countryman's\" rather that \"..men's\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old race concealed in past renewed (6)","output":"### Answer: STRENE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old race\nHidden in paST RENEwed \u2013 old form of \"strain\", meaning a race or line of descent"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Antique Italian coin, not so round (3)","output":"### Answer: OLD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Antique\n[so]LDO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old embroidery caused a bit of excitement (5)","output":"### Answer: BREDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old embroidery\nBRED + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blunt passion? (4)","output":"### Answer: BATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blunt\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Source of varnish important to particular artists (4)","output":"### Answer: ARAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Source of varnish\nHidden in particulAR ARtists \u2013 the Sandarac tree, whose resin is used to make varnish"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Figure lacking sex appeal produces this taunt (3)","output":"### Answer: DIG \n ### Explanation: Definition: taunt\nDIG[it]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Added substances clean underwear (7)","output":"### Answer: DOPANTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Added substances\nDO (clean, perhaps as in \"can I do you now, sir?\") + PANTS. A dopant is an impurity added to change the electrical properties of a substance"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird outside enclosure returned \u2014 outside a period of days (7)","output":"### Answer: JANUARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: period of days\nA in RUN< (enclosure) in JAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Actor as famous convert, born-again Christian? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: PAUL NEWMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Actor\nPAUL (famous biblical convert) + NEW MAN (as a born-again Christian might be)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some illumination in difficult situation following escape (9)","output":"### Answer: LAMPLIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Some illumination\nLAM (US slang for an escape, I find) + PLIGHT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Porn star in dalliance, sadly without affection (5,8)","output":"### Answer: LINDA LOVELACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Porn star\nLOVE in DALLIANCE* \u2013 Linda Lovelace appeared in the notorious 1970s film *Deep Throat*, and later claimed she was coerced into it by her violent husband"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spooner's slog, woman for taming being a dull person (8)","output":"### Answer: CLODPATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a dull person\nSpoonerism of PLOD + KATE (Katherina from *The Taming of the Shrew*). I'm not as much against spoonerism clues as some people, but I'm not keen on ones like this where the words being spoonerised have no particular connection, especially when they lead to a rather obscure answer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capital performance by one half confused (4)","output":"### Answer: OSLO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Capital\nSOLO with its first half \"confused\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Biblical king given greeting with more than just a shofar, seemingly (5)","output":"### Answer: HIRAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Biblical king\nHI + RAM. The shofar is an old instrument made from a ram's horn, so a ram is more than just a shofar. Hiram was a king of Tyre who appears in the OT in the books of Samuel, Kings and Chronicles"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wild animal's connections being read out (4)","output":"### Answer: LYNX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wild animal\nHomophone of \"links\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Try to be more charming? Not I, if you do this! (4,2,2)","output":"### Answer: TURN IT ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Try to be more charming\nIf you turn \"it on\", you get \"not I\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Separate river drying up before the end (5)","output":"### Answer: SEVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Separate\nSEVER[n]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Introductory enquiry \u2014 who played what sounds like rugby, briefly? (3,3,3)","output":"### Answer: HOW ARE YOU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Introductory enquiry\nWHO* + homophone of RU (Rugby Union)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rude wife assumed command going about (4)","output":"### Answer: LEWD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rude\nW in LED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Squelchy tropical fish ship collected (7)","output":"### Answer: MORASSY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Squelchy\nSS in MORAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Underwear back to front one king removed for a laugh (7)","output":"### Answer: SNICKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: a laugh\nKNICKERS with the first K removed and the last letter moved to the front"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheese nasty woman cut for author (4)","output":"### Answer: ZOLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: author\n[GORGON]ZOLA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Funny opera (not English) includes light recitative (8)","output":"### Answer: PARLANDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: recitative\nLAND (to [a]light) in OP[e]RA*.Chambers gives recitative as one definition of PARLANDO, but they mean different things to me"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Designer's new maternal style \u2014 see more than one Conservative wearing it (6,9)","output":"### Answer: STELLA MCCARTNEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Designer\nCC in (MATERNAL STYLE)*. Stella M is the daughter of Sir Paul, but no doubt she got her start in the fashion design business purely on her own merits."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cleaner covering everything in part of palace, maybe (8)","output":"### Answer: BALLROOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of palace, maybe\nALL in BROOM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rang off, being emotionally disturbed? (4,2)","output":"### Answer: HUNG UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rang off\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Terrified female given instruction to slow down (4)","output":"### Answer: FRIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Terrified\nF + RIT (slow down, in music) . A word famously used by Mrs Thatcher to accuse Denis Healey of being scared of facing an election"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exotic dance movement with which girl wins Bruno's heart (5)","output":"### Answer: LASSU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exotic dance movement\nLASS + [br]U[no] The slow section of a cs\u00e1rd\u00e1s (a Hungarian folk dance \u2013 is that really \"exotic\"?)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Engineers with crazy guy set up electronic device (5)","output":"### Answer: TUNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: electronic device\nReverse of RE + NUT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Horses apt to bolt, abandoning a warm Leopardstown enclosure? (3,5)","output":"### Answer: HOT PRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: warm Leopardstown enclosure\n(HORSES APT)* less A. Irish name for an airing cupboard \u2013 Leopardstown is a suburb of Dublin, famous for its racecourse"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of five children in street seen in a glance (6)","output":"### Answer: SQUINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: a glance\nQUIN in ST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Someone funny and passionate with extra love (4)","output":"### Answer: HOOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Someone funny\nO in HOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Watery stuff from two rivers being baled out of rowing boat (4)","output":"### Answer: WHEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Watery stuff\nWHE[RR]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Black, it fills void in minds (4-4)","output":"### Answer: BABY-SITS \n ### Explanation: Definition: minds\nB + IT in ABYSS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Functional black uniform goes on top (6)","output":"### Answer: USABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Functional\nU + SABLE (black)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bump into noisy old birds making pub grub (4,4)","output":"### Answer: MEAT PIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: pub grub\nHomophone of \"meet\" + PIES (older name of magpies)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make the rounds every year to lake, crossing river (6)","output":"### Answer: PATROL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make the rounds\nP[er] A[nnum] + R in TO L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top man in Dubai backing agreement banks rejected (5)","output":"### Answer: EMEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Top man in Dubai\nReverse of agREEMEnt with the outer pairs of letters (\"banks\") removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inspirational university place provided passion Henry's wanting (9)","output":"### Answer: UPLIFTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inspirational\nU + PL+ IF (provided) + T[H]ING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Site manager in city's protecting wild flower king planted (5,2,5)","output":"### Answer: CLERK OF WORKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Site manager\nR in FLOWER* in CORK'S \u2013 a rather old-fashioned (or is it?) name for someone representing the architect or client on a construction site"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cutting books on the subject of getting into flying (12)","output":"### Answer: ABBREVIATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cutting\nB B + RE (on the subject of) in AVIATION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clubs find out about a church blessing (9)","output":"### Answer: CLEARANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: blessing\nC + A in LEARN + CE \u2013 blessing as in \"I give it my blessing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What secures runner's autograph? (1-4)","output":"### Answer: U-BOLT \n ### Explanation: Definition: What secures\nAs Usain Bolt might sign his name?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Films script involving old battle (6)","output":"### Answer: MOVIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Films\nO VIE in MS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guitarist set aside hour for troops (8)","output":"### Answer: GARRISON \n ### Explanation: Definition: troops\nG[eorge] [H]ARRISON \u2013 I'm a bit uneasy about the way the abbreviation of George is not indicated"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former railwaymen's assets regularly omitted tenders (6)","output":"### Answer: NURSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: tenders\nNUR (National Union of Railwaymen, which merged into RMT in 1990) + alternate letters of aSsEtS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Key Latin dictionary ready to be loaded in camera (8)","output":"### Answer: CLOSETED \n ### Explanation: Definition: in camera\nC (key) + L + SET in OED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unusually big seat at theatre tipped up (6)","output":"### Answer: BUMPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unusually big\nBUM + REP[ertory]<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What Hollywood does to preserve the King's discs, perhaps (6)","output":"### Answer: BRAKES \n ### Explanation: Definition: discs, perhaps\nR in BAKES. The baker here is Paul Hollywood, from the BBC's *Great British Bake Off"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Use plug, crudely inserting ruler and gum (9)","output":"### Answer: SUPERGLUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: gum\nER in (USE PLUG)* \u2013 superglue isn't really \"gum\", but you can use both words as verbs with pretty much the same meaning"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rod's beginning to suspect river personnel (5)","output":"### Answer: STAFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rod\nS[uspect] + TAFF, and two definitions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Advocates avoiding street obstacles (8)","output":"### Answer: BARRIERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: obstacles\nBARRI[ST]ERS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Solver said record is English hymn (8)","output":"### Answer: EULOGISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: hymn\nHomophone of \"you\" (solver) + LOG IS E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unnoticed 17 may be wasted by a magazine (3,2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: FLY ON THE WALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unnoticed 17\nI nearly had to give up on explaining this, but then I realised that a fly may be killed (\"wasted\") by being hit by a newspaper or magazine"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Classic question concerning our security arrangements (3,6,3,9)","output":"### Answer: WHO GUARDS THE\u00a0GUARDIANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Classic question\nCryptic definition \u2013 this \"classic question\" is perhaps better known (well, to me, anyway) in its Latin form \"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?\", originally from the poet Juvenal, but eternally relevant. This English version allows a play on the word \"Guardian\", hence the \"our\" in the clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Harrison and Cartier's answer to last question? (8)","output":"### Answer: WATCHMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Harrison and Cartier\nJohn Harrison invented the marine chronometer, and Cartier make fancy watches, so they are WATCH MEN, and WATCHMEN could \"guard the guardians\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Network hub underpins heart of global paper (8)","output":"### Answer: OBSERVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: paper\n[gl]OB[al] + SERVER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nanny state dumps rubbish, cutting loss (6)","output":"### Answer: COSSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nanny\nSTATE less TAT in COST (loss). I was attuned to this word, as it appeared in Nimrod's puzzle in the Independent yesterday (define there are \"baby\")."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's paid for in agreement with daughter (6)","output":"### Answer: ATONED \n ### Explanation: Definition: paid for\nAT ONE (in agreement) + D."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Magistrate constantly rose to defend earl (5)","output":"### Answer: REEVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Magistrate\nE in EVER< \u2013 Reeve is the origin of the word Sheriff, who is a \"Shire Reeve\". There's also a Reeve in the Canterbury Tales"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exam taken with customary charm (6,8)","output":"### Answer: COMMON ENTRANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exam\nCOMMON (customary) + ENTRANCE (charm). The Common Entrance exam is used for entry to British Public Schools"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Should duck? (5)","output":"### Answer: OUGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Should\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It has a thick skin, rougher than peel (8)","output":"### Answer: ELEPHANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: It has a thick skin\n(THAN PEEL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Competitors making records (7)","output":"### Answer: ENTRIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Competitors\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More tasteful port (7)","output":"### Answer: TANGIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: More tasteful\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leading gangster about and at large (5)","output":"### Answer: GREAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: large\nG[angster] + RE + AT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wonders when phone exchange changed name (9)","output":"### Answer: PHENOMENA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wonders\nPHONE* + NAME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short and in character (9)","output":"### Answer: AMPERSAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Short and in character\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Consumer items that are cut and polished (5)","output":"### Answer: TEETH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Consumer items that are cut and polished\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He takes obstacles in his stride (7)","output":"### Answer: HURDLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: He takes obstacles in his stride\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short of the necessary (7)","output":"### Answer: NEEDFUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Short\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creation of poetry at university? (8)","output":"### Answer: UNIVERSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Creation\nUNI[versity] VERSE \u2013 the universe\/university echo is a bit unfortunute \u2013 perhaps \".. at college?\" would have been better"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They may be printed in Guardian and Times puzzles (5)","output":"### Answer: ITEMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They may be printed in Guardian\nTIMES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Game requiring action replays (6-2-6)","output":"### Answer: FOLLOW-MY-LEADER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Game requiring action replays\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Routine arrangements for trippers (12)","output":"### Answer: CHOREOGRAPHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Routine arrangements for trippers\nCryptic definition \u2013 trippers = dancers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Russian fighter gains height and power (5)","output":"### Answer: MIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: power\nMIG + HT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tradesman explaining how he hopes to leave hospital? (9)","output":"### Answer: OUTFITTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tradesman\nHe hopes to get OUT FITTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Makes things balance and quits to eat late meal (5,2)","output":"### Answer: EVENS UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Makes things balance\nEVEN (quits) + SUP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heart transplant completed without half the team in surgery (7)","output":"### Answer: THEATRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: surgery\nHEART* in TE[am]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An embrace for Lady Grey (5)","output":"### Answer: ASHEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grey\nSHE in AN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Many members naturally support it (9)","output":"### Answer: CENTIPEDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Many members naturally support it\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Its appearance may mean a blow for the motorist (12)","output":"### Answer: BREATHALYSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Its appearance may mean a blow for the motorist\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not one's mother tongue but could be pater's one (9)","output":"### Answer: ESPERANTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not one's mother tongue\n(PATER'S ONE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In a team as an extra occupation (2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: ON THE SIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: In a team\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: High-flyers at work? (7)","output":"### Answer: AIRCREW \n ### Explanation: Definition: High-flyers at work\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Studies cathedral closely (7)","output":"### Answer: DENSELY \n ### Explanation: Definition: closely\nDENS + ELY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disinclined to use a palindrome? (5)","output":"### Answer: LEVEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disinclined\n\"Disinclined\" as in \"not inclined\", and of course it's a palindrome"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: All the runners seen going cross-country (5)","output":"### Answer: FIELD \n ### Explanation: Definition: All the runners\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brutally affect as menial I maltreated (9)","output":"### Answer: ANIMALISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brutally affect\n(AS MENIAL I)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vice ring back in the shade (5)","output":"### Answer: OLIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: shade\nReverse of EVIL O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bit of litter in pool (5)","output":"### Answer: KITTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bit of litter\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keep stating price after backing European bank (9)","output":"### Answer: REITERATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Keep stating\n(E TIER)< + RATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: She bravely fights one drug after another (7)","output":"### Answer: HEROINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: She bravely fights\nHEROIN + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Start off showing more malice, becoming more irritating (7)","output":"### Answer: ITCHIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: more irritating\n[B]ITCHIER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Identifies guilty people as men corrupted repeatedly (5,5)","output":"### Answer: NAMES NAMES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Identifies guilty people\n(AS MEN)*, twice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Skate, perhaps, that's a little light (3)","output":"### Answer: RAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Skate, perhaps\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doesn't want vacations, is kept inside (7)","output":"### Answer: RESISTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Doesn't want\nIS in RESTS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conservative soon eclipsing left, without doubt (7)","output":"### Answer: CLEARLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: without doubt\nL in C EARLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: She decides on suit, one of a dozen in box (9)","output":"### Answer: JURYWOMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: She decides on suit, one of a dozen in box\nAn extended cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Move back between rook and queen \u2014 got it! (5)","output":"### Answer: ROGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: got it\nGO< in R + ER \u2013 \"got it\" as in radio communications"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perform seasonally in clubs, a job for actor being cut (5)","output":"### Answer: CAROL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perform seasonally\nC[lubs] + A ROL[E]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They combine in angry speeches about energy legislation (9)","output":"### Answer: REACTANTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They combine\nE ACT in RANTS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note in outdated currency (4)","output":"### Answer: MARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Note\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Champion that's found with whiskey in VW (6)","output":"### Answer: VICTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Champion\nVW is \"Victor Whiskey\" in the NATO phonetic alphabet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uncontrollable desire as I stray dreadfully in current state (10)","output":"### Answer: SATYRIASIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Uncontrollable desire\n(I STRAY*) + AS IS (in current state) \u2013 this took me a while to parse: trying to use \"as I stray\" as the anagram fodder leads to a dead end"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: President called Franklin bore (6)","output":"### Answer: PIERCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: President called Franklin\nDouble definition \u2013 Franklin Pierce was US president 1853-57."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Happiness permitted in eccentric (8)","output":"### Answer: FELICITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Happiness\nLICIT in FEY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Have some expectation of success in Scottish Open (4)","output":"### Answer: HOPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Have some expectation of success\nHidden in scottisH OPEn"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tin contracted, then expanded as metal (8)","output":"### Answer: TITANIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: metal\nNot sure about this: TI[n] is \"Tin contracted\", and TANIUM is in its Latin name of STANNIUM, less its abbreviation SN. *Thanks to various commenters: TIN contracted is TI, which is the chemical symbol for TITANIUM "}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conclusions from hearing \u2014 the children receive what parents pass on (4)","output":"### Answer: GENE \n ### Explanation: Definition: what parents pass on\nLast letters of hearinG thE childreN receivE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Accolade for American taking part in marathon, originally (5)","output":"### Answer: HONOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Accolade for American\nHidden on maratHON ORiginally"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steers European jalopy set aside for religious purposes (10)","output":"### Answer: CONSECRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: set aside for religious purposes\nCONS E CRATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Problem with eye after game, initially out of practice (5)","output":"### Answer: RUSTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: out of practice\nRU + STY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Piece of religious music from mass is before scripture class (8)","output":"### Answer: MISERERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Piece of religious music\nM IS ERE RE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shrub grew on river in a month (8)","output":"### Answer: ROSEMARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shrub\nROSE + R in MAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Author appearing in public, on radio (6)","output":"### Answer: CONRAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Author\nHidden in publiC ON RADio"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: North American city's leading lady? (6)","output":"### Answer: REGINA \n ### Explanation: Definition: North American city\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Honour weightlifter (4)","output":"### Answer: JACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Honour\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It comprises primarily what is left, legally (4)","output":"### Answer: WILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: It comprises primarily what is left, legally\nFirst letters of What Is Left Legally, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's got out of bed? (4)","output":"### Answer: ROSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: What's got out of bed\nA clever \"double definition &lit\", i.e. the words of the clue define the answer in two different ways. Perhaps a slight inelegance in having this as an answer as well as ROSEMARY close by"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poker and frying pan limiting 100-year piece of nonsense (11)","output":"### Answer: JABBERWOCKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: piece of nonsense\nJABBER (poker) + C in WOK + Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Primrose's bovine insolence (7)","output":"### Answer: COWSLIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Primrose\nCOWS' LIP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Compel attention about empty urinal producing stream (7)","output":"### Answer: RIVULET \n ### Explanation: Definition: stream\nU[rina]L in RIVET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A tendency to admit Hungary's leader, or Romania's, is revolting (9)","output":"### Answer: ABHORRENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: revolting\nH OR R in A BENT (tendency)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bunch of birds in ruler's domain? (5)","output":"### Answer: ROOST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bunch of birds\nDouble definition, the second referring to the expression \"rule the roost\", though as I learnt a while back from a Pasquale puzzle the \"correct\" or original version is \"rule the roast\" (i.e. to be at the head of a table where a roast is served)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Land secured by heiress (4)","output":"### Answer: EIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Land\nHidden hEIREss"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Instructive tale about academic not beyond forgiveness (10)","output":"### Answer: PARDONABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: not beyond forgiveness\nDON in PARABLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pool ideas of weather-beaten undergarment? (10)","output":"### Answer: BRAINSTORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pool ideas\nBRA IN STORM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stable concern (4)","output":"### Answer: FIRM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stable\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Last bit of fish? One left (5)","output":"### Answer: FINAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Last\nFIN + A + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supplies crew garlanding sea dog with noxious plants (9)","output":"### Answer: MANDRAKES \n ### Explanation: Definition: noxious plants\nDRAKE in MANS \u2013 the mandrake is a poisonous plant with various magical and mythical assocations, mentioned several times in the Bible and Shakespeare"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Intoxicant making wound not heal? (7)","output":"### Answer: ETHANOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Intoxicant\n(NOT HEAL)* \u2013 the scientific name for the intoxicating ingredient in alcoholic drinks"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expression of amusement about one of disgust on electronic channel of communication (7)","output":"### Answer: LUGHOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: channel of communication\nUGH in LOL (\"laughing out loud\") + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Showing restraint when temporal record missing, though formerly included (11)","output":"### Answer: UNDERSTATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Showing restraint\nERST (archaic or poetic word for \"formerly\", as found in \"erstwhile\") in UNDATED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Statesman to talk at length to one acceptable to 20, admitting redtop elevated women-only sport (10,5)","output":"### Answer: JAWAHARLAL NEHRU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Statesman\nJAW + A + R[ed] in HALAL + HEN< + RU. I didn't know Nehru's first name, but just about managed to construct it from the wordplay before checking"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agricultural equipment's loose ends in pub (5)","output":"### Answer: BALER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Agricultural equipment\nL[oos]E in BAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Site of infection getting payee 2,000 off? (7)","output":"### Answer: EMPYEMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Site of infection\n(PAYEE MM)* \u2013 \"a collection of pus in any cavity, esp. the pleura\": lovely!"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Material set out in program (7)","output":"### Answer: WORSTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Material\nSET* in WORD, the \"program\" (note spelling) presumably being Microsoft Word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old boy band recording someone else's music (8)","output":"### Answer: COVERING \n ### Explanation: Definition: recording someone else's music\nCOVE (like \"old boy\", slang for a man) + RING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One dollar 1 across wanting inoculation to show the way to fantastic city (6,5,4)","output":"### Answer: YELLOW BRICK ROAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: the way to fantastic city\nAngram of I DOLLAR + [jab]BERWOCKY \u2013 the Yellow Brick Road is of course the way the the Emerald City in the land of Oz"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tight corner to fight with energy (6)","output":"### Answer: SCRAPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tight corner\nSCRAP + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 3-D representation of girl consuming tawdry goods (6)","output":"### Answer: STATUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 3-D representation\nTAT in SUE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Popular disc including verse from In the Mood? (8)","output":"### Answer: INCLINED \n ### Explanation: Definition: In the Mood\nIN + LINE in CD. I wondered about line=verse, but Chambers has verse = a line of metre."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Polisher of protective device (6)","output":"### Answer: BUFFER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Polisher\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One falling for acrobat (7)","output":"### Answer: TUMBLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One falling\nDouble definition \u2013 rather a weak one as the meanings are very close"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl, 10, changed lock (7)","output":"### Answer: RINGLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: lock\n(GIRL TEN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Camel sometimes upholds such a believer (6)","output":"### Answer: MOSLEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: believer\nHidden in reverse of caMEL SOMetimes \u2013 the spelling \"muslim\" is preferred nowadays: see here for some reasons."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wordsmith, say, raised amid rubbish (5)","output":"### Answer: ROGET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wordsmith\nEG< in ROT \u2013 I'm not sure if Roget, of Thesaurus fame, was exactly a \"wordsmith\", but close enough I suppose"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unpleasant king, hostile on the outside (4)","output":"### Answer: ICKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unpleasant\nK in ICY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Patriarch's number one \u00e0 la mode (7)","output":"### Answer: NOACHIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Patriarch's\nNO +A + CHIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Development of tumours, lo, I spy mutating in chambers (9)","output":"### Answer: POLYPOSIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Development of tumours\n(LO I SPY)* in POS (chamber pots)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rulers' title that's always tacked on to them (5)","output":"### Answer: EMEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rulers' title\n'EM + E'ER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moon distances left astronauts shattered, as tot somehow lost (6)","output":"### Answer: LUNARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Moon distances\nL + ASTRONAUTS* less (AS TOT)* \u2013 the \"somehow\" presumably reflecting Azed's view that if the removed letters are not in order then an anagram should be indicated, though in fact they do appear in order in the fodder"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: List at St Andrews getting degree after course (4)","output":"### Answer: RUND \n ### Explanation: Definition: List at St Andrews\nRUN + D \u2013 for \"rund\", Chambers says \"same as roon\", defined as \"a list or selvage\", which frankly doesn't leave me much the wiser."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prominence is seen in circular earthwork (6)","output":"### Answer: RISING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prominence\nIS in RING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Element in composition beneficial to capturing exploit (6)","output":"### Answer: FACTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Element in composition\nACT in FOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spirit getting drunk after alcoholic drink returns (6)","output":"### Answer: DAEMON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spirit\nMEAD< + ON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rang off from devastating nerves (4)","output":"### Answer: VAGI \n ### Explanation: Definition: nerves\nRAVAGING less RANG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Randy Scots, reverse of sober after contact sport (5)","output":"### Answer: RUDAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Randy Scots\nRU + SAD< \u2013 another Scotticism:\"a foul-mouthed old woman; a randy; a hag\", where presumably \"randy\" has the sense \"a violent beggar, esp, a woman; a coarse virago\", which Chambers gives under the same heading as the more familiar sexual sense"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Peer off-key in a tune ruined musical (9)","output":"### Answer: EUTERPEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: musical\nPEER* in (A TUNE)* \u2013 Euterpe is the muse of music and lyric poetry"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The old appreciate priest, in grip of a pox! (7)","output":"### Answer: APPRIZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: The old appreciate\nPR in A PIZE (=pox)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet's growl echoed in transept? (4)","output":"### Answer: SNAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poet's growl\nHidden in reverse of tRANSept"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Practising linguist of old making wayward sister repent (12)","output":"### Answer: INTERPRETESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Practising linguist of old\n(SISTER REPENT)* \u2013 strangely Chambers marks this spelling as \"obs\", but thinks (the more regularly formed \u2013 cf waiter\/waitress) \"interpretress\" is fine: surely no one has use such an expression nowadays (the acceptability of female-marked -ess forms is an interesting topic: the waiter\/waitress distinction is still going strong, but \"actress\" is losing ground, and words such as \"authoress\" and \"poetess\" seem distinctly old-fashioned, not to mention a bit patronising)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Corporation issue, letting in local fellow (7)","output":"### Answer: COMMUNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Corporation\nMUN (dialect \"man\") in COME (issue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl of a Thai people found in parts of Burma (5)","output":"### Answer: KAREN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Girl\nDouble definition \u2013 this can be an adjective describing these people, so the \"of\" is not just a linking word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like much church music, reduced option includes bit of Rutter (6)","output":"### Answer: CHORIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like much church music\nR in CHOIC[E]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Litre in vat good for large number of work units (6)","output":"### Answer: KILERG \n ### Explanation: Definition: large number of work units\nL in KIER (a bleaching vat) + G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fungal parasite from narcotic drug (not hard) covering the States (6)","output":"### Answer: EMPUSA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fungal parasite\n[H]EMP + USA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'll take part in conga dancing \u2013 absolutely straight (6)","output":"### Answer: AGONIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: absolutely straight\nI in CONGA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pea net's adjusted with weight (7)","output":"### Answer: PESANTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: with weight\n(PEA NET'S)* \u2013 Italian term used in music to indicate (literally) \"heavily\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fibre: portion of brioche provides reverse of this (4)","output":"### Answer: COIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fibre\nHidden in reverse of bRIOChe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Elizabeth two times more astute about society, a know-all (12)","output":"### Answer: BESSERWISSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: a know-all\nBESS + ER (two Elizabeths) + S in WISER \u2013 a German word meaning \"better-knower\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Touring abroad (having left Britain), part needing to be plugged in? (7)","output":"### Answer: ADAPTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: part needing to be plugged in\nPT in ABROAD* less B"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fine fabric, quite German, opening mouths (7)","output":"### Answer: ORGANZA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fine fabric\nGANZ in ORA \u2013 GANZ is German for \"quite\" in the sense of \"fully, entirely. I know it mainly from Beethoven's ninth symphony: \"Diesen Kuss der ganzen Welt!\" \u2013 \"this kiss [is] for the whole world!\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Climbers I'm surprised to see accepting advice once climbing (6)","output":"### Answer: HEDERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Climbers\nREDE< in HA \u2013 Hedera is the Latin name for the Ivy genus"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cap, a bit lacking to the French (6)","output":"### Answer: AMORCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cap\nA MORCEAU (piece, bit) less AU (French \"to the\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The old begin as fools, entering college (6)","output":"### Answer: INCEPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: The old begin\nC in INEPT (as fools)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Angelic creature, she's upset about censure (6)","output":"### Answer: SERAPH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Angelic creature\nRAP in SHE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Management making millions in a racket (5)","output":"### Answer: ADMIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Management\nM in A DIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A few days in Edinburgh? Pet's first going for nothing (4)","output":"### Answer: OULK \n ### Explanation: Definition: A few days in Edinburgh\nSULK (pet) with the S changed to O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Saw spin deliveries bowled (7)","output":"### Answer: PROVERB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Saw\nPR (spin) + OVER (deliveries, in cricket) + B"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arsonist to axe tap (7)","output":"### Answer: FIREBUG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arsonist\nFIRE (to sack, axe) + BUG (tap, as in espionage)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feature of soap, Neighbours, primarily, about Australian nation (5)","output":"### Answer: SUDAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: nation\nA in SUD + N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: For the purpose of editor, right, no changes (2,5,2)","output":"### Answer: IN ORDER TO \n ### Explanation: Definition: For the purpose of\n(EDITOR R NO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sadly, clean-cut Roy Hodgson attacked \u2014 win impossible to change the mindset (3,4,5,2,3,3,3,6)","output":"### Answer: YOU CAN\u2019T TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: impossible to change the mindset\n(CLEAN CUT ROY HODGSON ATTACKED IN)* \u2013 a remarkable anagram, but not really much help in solving. As almost always with clues like this, I guessed the answer from the definition and enumeration and worked backwards to the anagram (which I probably wouldn't have bothered to do if I wasn't blogging the puzzle)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless love is perfect (4)","output":"### Answer: HONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: perfect\nHONE[Y]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Late shift initially boxes style of pizza \u2014 delivers without emotion (4-4)","output":"### Answer: DEAD-PANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: delivers without emotion\nPAN (type of pizza) in DEAD (late) + S[hift]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Order costumes for cases (8)","output":"### Answer: LAWSUITS \n ### Explanation: Definition: cases\nLAW (order) + SUITS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Junk food (4)","output":"### Answer: SPAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Junk\nDouble definition. I confidently entered MESS here early on, which wasn't a help.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Lay to rest\", he interrupts ex-PM briefly. \"Time to stop the war\" (4,3,7)","output":"### Answer: BURY THE HATCHET \n ### Explanation: Definition: stop the war\nBURY (lay to rest) + HE in THATCHE[R] + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One getting rent, housing cold with one tart (9)","output":"### Answer: RECIPIENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: One getting\nC + I PIE in RENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Overturn winning goal (5)","output":"### Answer: UPEND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Overturn\nUP + END"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ordinary end to Mrs T \u2014 \"Nazi\" to describe woman running party (7)","output":"### Answer: HOSTESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: woman running party\nO[rdinary] + [MR]S in [Rudolf] HESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Commitment follows second tiny baby (7)","output":"### Answer: SWEETIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: baby\nS + WEE + TIE \u2013 sweetie and baby here, honey in 13: did this start out as a Valentine's day puzzle?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Classy footballer's wife (4)","output":"### Answer: POSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Classy\nDouble definition, referring to \"Posh Spice\", aka Victoria Beckham, nee Adams"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Virtually untouched: cut to balls for ineffective man (6)","output":"### Answer: EUNUCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: ineffective man\nAnagram of UNTOUCHE[d] less TO, with \"balls\" as the (appropriate) anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: British and Poles need state to feed kids in north (6)","output":"### Answer: BAIRNS \n ### Explanation: Definition: kids in north\nAIR in B + N S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Possible McDonalds order: \"wraps, large tea (each to go) and cereal\" (8)","output":"### Answer: FROSTIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: cereal\nOS + TEA less EA in FRIES. They're Grrrrrrrrrrrrrreat!"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animal raped and murdered (3,5)","output":"### Answer: RED PANDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Animal\n(RAPED AND)* \u2013 I'm not usually prudish about clues, but this made me a little uncomfortable"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party? Bender? Turned up with this box? (8,7)","output":"### Answer: BIRTHDAY PRESENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: box\n(PARTY BENDER THIS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fit daughter in one with two sons, us and boy (8,2)","output":"### Answer: GOODNESS ME \n ### Explanation: Definition: boy\nGO (fit) + D in ONE + SS + ME (us, as in \"give us a kiss\") \u2013 definition as in \"oh boy!\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fooling Brit: leaders of Lib Dems\/Conservatives have hastily identified end of Labour? (10)","output":"### Answer: CHILDBIRTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: end of Labour\nAngram of BRIT L[ib] D[ems] C[onservatives] H[ave] H[astily] I[dentified]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Many left empty, swallowed by drug runner (8)","output":"### Answer: MULTIPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Many\nL + TIP (empty) in MULE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is more inclined to watch pounds around model (8)","output":"### Answer: STEEPENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Is more inclined\n[Ford Model] T on SEE PENS. Perhaps \"becomes more inclined\" would be a more accurate definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hand over empty tube for gums (6)","output":"### Answer: PASTES \n ### Explanation: Definition: gums\nT[ub]E in PASS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: South Colombia to take drugs from Liverpool (6)","output":"### Answer: SCOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: from Liverpool\nS + CO + USE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Balls up, say for side (4)","output":"### Answer: EDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: side\nED [Balls, Labour politician] + reverse of EG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Company for pitmen's frisky 6 11 (9)","output":"### Answer: ORCHESTRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Company for pitmen\n(CART HORSE)* \u2013 this must count as one of the most famous anagrams used in crosswords, though probab;y too obvious to ever to be used seriously"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In Harare, natural amphitheatre perhaps (5)","output":"### Answer: ARENA \n ### Explanation: Definition: amphitheatre perhaps\nHIdden in harARE NAturally"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drug mule's mother (5)","output":"### Answer: HORSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drug\nDouble definition \u2013 slang for heroin; and a mule if a cross between a male donkey and a female horse"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The stale and overfamiliar 22 across on Revolutionary Road (9)","output":"### Answer: CHESTNUTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: stale and overfamiliar\nCHE (revolutionary \u2013 a bit of a chestnut itself) + ST (street, road) + NUTS (bonkers, in the sense of \"mad\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Singer misbehaves \u2014 soprano quits (7)","output":"### Answer: RESIGNS \n ### Explanation: Definition: quits\nSINGER* + S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Land engulfed in tsunami, biannually (7)","output":"### Answer: NAMIBIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Land\nHIddein in tsuNAMI BIAnually"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Topless vicar? That's flaming wrong! (5)","output":"### Answer: ARSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: flaming wrong\n[P]ARSON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go off recipe books (3)","output":"### Answer: ROT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Go off\nR + OT (Old Testament)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Early riser takes turn protecting a village in Africa (5)","output":"### Answer: KRAAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: village in Africa\nA in LARK< \u2013 a South African word for a village, or an enclosure (cf \"corral\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Songbirds with time for explosive lunges (7)","output":"### Answer: THRUSTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: lunges\nTHRUSHES with HE replaced by T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: British 11 12 game \u2014 caught out those at it (7)","output":"### Answer: BONKERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: those at it\nB + [C]ONKERS \u2013 from \"bonk\" meaning to have sex with (and \"at it\" also means having sex)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dish thrown out as lost cause? (9)","output":"### Answer: CASSOULET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dish\n(LOST CAUSE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Group has second number one hit, finally (5)","output":"### Answer: SWEET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Group\nS + WEE (number one) + [HI]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Initially, little young Einstein looked like a Victorian geologist (5)","output":"### Answer: LYELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: a Victorian geologist\nFirst letters of Little Young Einstein Looked Like. Charles Lyell was indeed a Victorian geologist, and a proponent of uniformitarianism"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps make an anagram out of the bottom row? (9)","output":"### Answer: REARRANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perhaps make an anagram out of\nREAR (bottom) + RANGE (row)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: My attempt to keep quiet (4)","output":"### Answer: GOSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: My\nGO (attempt) + SH \u2013 another chestnut, using \"my\" as an exclamation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: High-flyer is circling around Rugby (6)","output":"### Answer: ICARUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: High-flyer\nCA RU in IS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put off toilet cleaners (10)","output":"### Answer: DETERGENTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: cleaners\nDETER GENTS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Library books stored here? Loads! (6)","output":"### Answer: STACKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Library books stored here\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cob (small 11), one unknown to the Spanish teachers (8)","output":"### Answer: HAZELNUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cob\nH (small horse) + A +Z (unknown) + EL NUT (National Union of Teachers) \u2013 a cob is indeed a small horse, as well a hazelnut"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Barrow by rail, shortly to return (4)","output":"### Answer: CART \n ### Explanation: Definition: Barrow\nTRAC[K]<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exercise with Greek character (doctor) and artist (one of the Shadows) (8)","output":"### Answer: PENUMBRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: one of the Shadows\nPE + NU + MB + RA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Voice in Bottom's head \u2014 where did it come from? (4)","output":"### Answer: BASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Voice\nB[ottom] + ASS (what he was turned into, rather than a reference to \"talking out of his ass\", I think) \u2013 Puck always (?) includes at least one *Midsummer Night's Dream* reference"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pan right next to oven (5)","output":"### Answer: ROAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pan\nR + OAST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Confirming 11 is outside college at university (6,4)","output":"### Answer: MAKING SURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Confirming\nKING'S (college at Cambridge or London) + U in MARE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finally reduced map collection (5)","output":"### Answer: ATLAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Finally\nAT LAS[T]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Under pressure to serve up 26s (8)","output":"### Answer: STRESSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Under pressure\nDESSERTS<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leaves, perhaps, as neat movers also lower knickers for the audience (8)","output":"### Answer: RUSTLERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leaves, perhaps\nLeaves rustle, rustlers \"move neats\" (cattle) and also \"nick lowers\", so three definitions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cricketer that's second out \u2014 Wayne, the night watchman? (6)","output":"### Answer: BATMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wayne, the night watchman\nBAT[S]MAN \u2013 Batman goes crime-busting at night, and Bruce Wayne is his secret identity"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flower given to a French model as they leave the stage (6)","output":"### Answer: EXEUNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: they leave the stage\nEXE (river) +UN + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capital of Czechoslovakia (not new or very fresh) (4)","output":"### Answer: COLD \n ### Explanation: Definition: very fresh\nC[zechoslovakia] + OLD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capital of Czechoslovakia (this one's also not new or very fresh!) (4)","output":"### Answer: OSLO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Capital\nHidden in czechOSLOvakia \u2013 a very familiar old trick, nicely combined with the previous clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bucket down at start of 13th hole? (4)","output":"### Answer: TEEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bucket down\nOn a golf course, hole 13 might be said to start at TEE M (after TEE A, TEE B, etc)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A case of mixed dates (11)","output":"### Answer: ANACHRONISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: A case of mixed dates\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bill prepared for posting (7)","output":"### Answer: PLACARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bill prepared for posting\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strips study used for revision (7)","output":"### Answer: DENUDES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Strips\nDEN + USED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: There's no alibi to put out for the cancellation (9)","output":"### Answer: ABOLITION \n ### Explanation: Definition: cancellation\n(NO ALIBI TO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cross-country? (5)","output":"### Answer: MALTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cross-country\nA rather vague allusion to the Maltese Cross"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The present month, in a way (4)","output":"### Answer: INST \n ### Explanation: Definition: The present month\nIN + ST[reet]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One loses one's head getting no permissions to make chimney corners (10)","output":"### Answer: INGLENOOKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: chimney corners\n[S]INGLE + NO OKS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Experts on the rocks? (10)","output":"### Answer: GEOLOGISTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Experts on the rocks\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kind of gun with catches reversed (4)","output":"### Answer: STEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kind of gun\nReverse of NETS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A bird's dam (5)","output":"### Answer: ASWAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: dam\nA + SWAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He's not bound to release a spy (4,5)","output":"### Answer: FREE AGENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: He's not bound\nFREE (release) + AGENT (spy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It may result in a painful admission (7)","output":"### Answer: TORTURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It may result in a painful admission\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top game can be the very devil (7)","output":"### Answer: DIABOLO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Top game\nDouble definition \u2013 the game uses a kind of \"top\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Arf a mo! (5,6)","output":"### Answer: SPLIT SECOND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arf a mo\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nonplussed, having mislaid the script? (2,1,4,3,5)","output":"### Answer: AT A LOSS FOR WORDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nonplussed\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: You can count on them (5)","output":"### Answer: ABACI \n ### Explanation: Definition: You can count on them\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He built a wall and kept rain out (7)","output":"### Answer: HADRIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: He built a wall\nHAD (kept) + RAIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe first or second row in exam (7)","output":"### Answer: ORDINAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maybe first or second\nDIN (row, noise) in ORAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Move west from Wyoming in terrible disgrace (8)","output":"### Answer: IGNOMINY \n ### Explanation: Definition: disgrace\n(WYOMING IN)* less W"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Possibly the safest course for non-pedestrians (6-2-3-4)","output":"### Answer: MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Possibly the safest course\nCryptic definition, I suppose, though not a very accurate one if so"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No roles for dumb blondes, presumably (8,5)","output":"### Answer: SPEAKING PARTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: No roles for dumb blondes, presumably\nCryptic definition \u2013 again not very satisfactory, as \"blondes\" has no relevance"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An illegal dispatch (13)","output":"### Answer: ASSASSINATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: An illegal dispatch\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He stands for England (4,4)","output":"### Answer: JOHN BULL \n ### Explanation: Definition: He stands for England\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inspire about fifty to make changes in speech (7)","output":"### Answer: INFLECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: changes in speech\nL in INFECT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Downtrodden machine worker (7)","output":"### Answer: TREADLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Downtrodden machine worker\nCryptic definition \u2013 a treadle \"works\" a machine (e.g. my auntie's sewing machine) by being downtrodden"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A doctor tours the French battle scene (5)","output":"### Answer: ALAMO \n ### Explanation: Definition: battle scene\nLA in A MO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show pretty PC unit (7)","output":"### Answer: GIGABIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: PC unit\nGIG (a concert or show) + A BIT (pretty, a little)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Popular, like Jersey-Ibiza return? (7)","output":"### Answer: DEMOTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Popular\nReverse of CI (Channel Islands) TO MED (where Ibiza is)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part that he tackles in a letter to Sophocles (5)","output":"### Answer: THETA \n ### Explanation: Definition: a letter to Sophocles\nHidden in thaT HE TAckles"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seared lamb chops daughter made for Ray? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: LASER BEAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ray\n(SEARED LAMB)* less D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cuckoo family in trouble, potentially (6,4)","output":"### Answer: BANANA SKIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: trouble, potentially\nBANANAS + KIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Start to act \u2014 about flipping time! (3)","output":"### Answer: ERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: time\nReverse of A + RE (about)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What Snape does, being on Platform 9 3\/4? (12)","output":"### Answer: TRAINSPOTTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: being on Platform 9 3\/4\nSeverus Snape is a teacher in the *Harry Potter* books, so he TRAINS POTTER, and a trainspotter might be a \"being\" on a platform; also in the books Harry takes the train to Hogwarts from platform 9 3\/4 at Kings Cross station"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One dad and lad in capital getting crosser (8,4)","output":"### Answer: LOLLIPOP LADY \n ### Explanation: Definition: crosser\nI POP + LAD in LOLLY(money)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Yellowish liquid thrust out of end (3)","output":"### Answer: PUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Yellowish liquid\nPUS[H] (i.e. thrust, which of \"out of\" its end)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One shooting tight turns having to wait (10)","output":"### Answer: GUNSLINGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One shooting\nSNUG< + LINGER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two stops to station again (9)","output":"### Answer: REINSTALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: station again\nREIN + STALL \u2013 two verbs meaning \"stop\", transitive and intransitive respectively"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Developed grand place for 14th in line? (5)","output":"### Answer: GROWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Developed\nG + ROW N (the 14th line, after Row A, Row B etc)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Don't even consider setter's voice (7)","output":"### Answer: PASSIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: voice\nPASS (don't consider) + I'VE (setter has)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Song by county supporters on the floor? (3,4)","output":"### Answer: AIR BEDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: supporters on the floor\nAIR + BEDS (Befordshire)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After vacation, give this boy passes (4,2)","output":"### Answer: GETS BY \n ### Explanation: Definition: passes\nG[iv]E T[hi]S B[o]Y, with vacation meaning \"emptying\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ecowarriors putting on these (6)","output":"### Answer: GREENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ecowarriors\nDouble definition \u2013 the \"putting\" being in golf"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Learned moves from bachelor, finally honed in showers (5,5)","output":"### Answer: BRAIN DRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Learned moves\nB + [hone]D in RAIN + RAIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cash in these topless photos (5)","output":"### Answer: TILLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cash in these\n[S]TILLS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Surprisingly, said S&M is left in the sack (9)","output":"### Answer: DISMISSAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: the sack\n(SAID SM IS L)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Comedian's impressions on podcast (4)","output":"### Answer: MARX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Comedian\nHomophone of \"marks\" (impressions), and take your pick from the Marx Brothers for the comedian"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New parts to 14th century in Italy (8)","output":"### Answer: TRECENTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: 14th century in Italy\nRECENT in TO \u2013 literally 300 in Italian, short for \"mille trecento\", so the 1300s, meaning the 14th century (well, approximately \u2013 cue arguments about when a century starts..)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Close to forehand in set against friend (8)","output":"### Answer: COMPADRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: friend\n[forehan]D in COMPARE (set against)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dogged girl after fling? (4-6)","output":"### Answer: GOLD-DIGGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dogged girl after fling\n(DOGGED GIRL)* &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lunatic fringes of Oxbridge cast ready for travel abroad? (9)","output":"### Answer: INOCULATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: ready for travel abroad\n(LUNATIC O[xbridg]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hand and mouth used in bunk (8)","output":"### Answer: CLAPTRAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: bunk\nCLAP (hand, as in applause) + TRAP (slang for mouth)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carry On films inspire more than one type of material (8)","output":"### Answer: PLASTICS \n ### Explanation: Definition: more than one type of material\nLAST (carry on) in (inspired by) PICS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blank canvas ultimately binned by Italian bloke (6)","output":"### Answer: IGNORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blank\nSIGNORE less [canva]S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hide signs \u2014 odds on Boris finding them? (6)","output":"### Answer: BRANDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hide signs\nThe odd letters of Boris are B R AND S, and brands are signs on the hide of cattle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dance as pair, looking up and left between them (5)","output":"### Answer: SALSA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dance\nL in reverse of AS AS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hastily bottles wine (4)","output":"### Answer: ASTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: wine\nHidden in hASTIly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Those in charge could be better \u2014 what hopes! (3,6,4,2)","output":"### Answer: THE POWERS THAT BE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Those in charge\n(BETTER WHAT HOPES)* \u2013 Vlad gives us a relatively easy one to start with, but even so it took me a while to get it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dance round in church showing rhythm (7)","output":"### Answer: CADENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: rhythm\nDANCE* in CE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One previously learning the French for \"siren\"' (7)","output":"### Answer: LORELEI \n ### Explanation: Definition: siren\nAs in a couple of other clues the wordplay is a bit contorted, but I think it works: One (I) with, previously, LORE (learning) + LE (the French). A change from \"rock singer\" as a clue for Lorelei, anyway"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rugby players robbing banks \u2014 one's charged (3)","output":"### Answer: ION \n ### Explanation: Definition: one's charged\nLIONS (any of several Rugby teams) less its outer letters, or \"banks\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Obvious replacement for Ant's partner (11)","output":"### Answer: TRANSPARENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Obvious\n(ANTS PARTNER)* \u2013 I'm sure many UK solvers will, like me, have tried to find a word beginning with DEC\u2026"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country clubber on course to a meal ticket (love won't go the distance) (2,8)","output":"### Answer: EL SALVADOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Country\n[Ernie] ELS (golfer, so \"clubber on course\") + A L.V. (luncheon voucher) +ADOR[E]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Entering directions to store (4)","output":"### Answer: STOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: store\nTO in (entering) S + W"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Here was dame with small chest (4)","output":"### Answer: SARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Here was dame\nS + ARK. The island of Sark was ruled by a Seigneur, most famously, and for a long time, by the Dame of Sark , Sibyl Hathaway"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Investments one relies on (4,6)","output":"### Answer: UNIT TRUSTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Investments\nUNIT (one) + TRUSTS (relies on)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rapper \u2014 he's up anyway for clerk (5-6)","output":"### Answer: PAPER-PUSHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: clerk\n(RAPPER HES UP)* \u2013 the expression \"pen-pusher\" is perhaps more familiar, but this is an obvious variant"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Found in whole of house (3)","output":"### Answer: LEO \n ### Explanation: Definition: house\nHidden on whoLE Of"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Easily beat time on training run with Coe (7)","output":"### Answer: TROUNCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Easily beat\nT + (RUN COE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rivals eating chicken one day? Not these (7)","output":"### Answer: VEGGIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not these\nEGG (\"a chicken one day\") in VIES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ruin the chances of those oafish Australians inspired by Don (3,3,7,2)","output":"### Answer: PUT THE MOCKERS ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ruin the chances of\nTHEM OCKERS in PUT ON (to don)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poor food in dining area \u2014 having no starter and lousy taste (9)","output":"### Answer: TACKINESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: lousy taste\nTACK (poor foor) + IN [M]ESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finishes posting \u2014 site initially down (7)","output":"### Answer: ENDINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Finishes\nSENDING (posting) with S[ite] moved to the end"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No service in cathedral city? Plainly not! (8)","output":"### Answer: ORNATELY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plainly not\nO RN (Royal Navy \u2013 service) AT ELY, and \"plainly, not\" = ornately"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spaces start to appear in evacuation procedure (5)","output":"### Answer: ENEMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: evacuation procedure\nEN + EM + A[ppear]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fail to acknowledge good points of Flo? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: SELL SHORT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fail to acknowledge good points of\nFlo is Flog shortened, so \"SELL SHORT\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Name of that woman's husband (6)","output":"### Answer: HERMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Name\nHER + MAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most remarkable everyone's taking part in challenge? (7)","output":"### Answer: TALLEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most remarkable\nALL in TEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Order around \u2014 what my boss does about it (5)","output":"### Answer: EDICT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Order\nC (around) in EDIT (what the setter's boss does)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: AA named us in error, so it's very annoying (2,7)","output":"### Answer: AD NAUSEAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: so it's very annoying\n(AA NAMED US)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State is stopping John working? Wrong! (9)","output":"### Answer: WISCONSIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: State\nIS in WC (toilet, US slang \"john\") ON (working) + SIN (wrong)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Acting poor \u2014 urge to adjourn for the time being (8)","output":"### Answer: PROROGUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to adjourn for the time being\n(POOR URGE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bond reportedly stole gold (7)","output":"### Answer: RAPPORT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bond\nHomophone of wrap (a stole) + or (gold)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attacks on supporters succeeded (7)","output":"### Answer: SALLIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Attacks\nS on ALLIES \u2013 again the cryptic wording is a bit devious"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pull woman Romeo's into (6)","output":"### Answer: WRENCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pull\nR in WENCH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Given room but taken advantage of \u2014 that's not on (3,2)","output":"### Answer: PUT UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Given room\nPUT UPON (taken advantage of) less ON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Henry's a brave man taking over in chaos (5)","output":"### Answer: HAVOC \n ### Explanation: Definition: chaos\nH + O in A V.C. (Victoria Cross, but can also mean someone who has been awarded it)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lovingly played characters recalled during the Roman occupation (3,5)","output":"### Answer: CON AMORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lovingly played\nHidden in reverse of thE ROMAN OCcupation \u2013 Italian term used in music meaning \"with love\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A poet penning nothing on a ship (6)","output":"### Answer: ABOARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: on a ship\nA + O in BARD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deer with short leg (4)","output":"### Answer: STAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deer\nSTAG[E] (leg = stage as in sports tournament, for example)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A bid failing, last of coal seen in mine? That's daunting (10)","output":"### Answer: FORMIDABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: daunting\n(A BID)* + L in FOR ME (mine)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weapons manufacturer has cut hole around bent yew (6)","output":"### Answer: BOWYER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Weapons manufacturer\nYEW* in BOR[E]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: House arrests good for headbanger? (8)","output":"### Answer: HANGOVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: headbanger?\nG in [Royal house of] HANOVER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Failure to impress Jack in time to get award (7)","output":"### Answer: ADJUDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: award\nJ in DUD, all in AGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A US composer taken aback, about to leave Spanish guitarist (7)","output":"### Answer: SEGOVIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spanish guitarist\nGO in A [Charles] IVES; the guitarist is Andr\u00e9s Segovia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bit of a fox on song as features editor (8)","output":"### Answer: AIRBRUSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: features editor\nAIR (song) + BRUSH (fox's tail)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sheriff once on telly in dereliction of duty, gawped (6,4)","output":"### Answer: DEPUTY DAWG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sheriff once on telly\n(DUTY GAWPED)* \u2013 I used to watch Deputy Dawg as a child in the 1960s, but surely by definition he isn't a sheriff?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expressionless seeing something red hot, tipped over coffee (5-5)","output":"### Answer: POKER-FACED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Expressionless\nPOKER (something red-hot) + DECAF<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Respectful title all leaders in Karachi have adopted naturally (4)","output":"### Answer: KHAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Respectful title\nFirst letters of Karachi Have Adopted Naturally"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I start to panic over something drawn on the turn, duelling weapon? (6)","output":"### Answer: PISTOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: duelling weapon\nRevese of I P + reverse of LOTS (which can be drawn)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pluck around swallow and head of tropical bird (5,3)","output":"### Answer: GREAT TIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: bird\nEAT + T[ropical] in GRIT (courage, pluck)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It will probably never be finished in truth \u2014 hard one? Bloody impossible! (4,4,4,6)","output":"### Answer: DON\u2019T HOLD\nYOUR BREATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: It will probably never be finished\n(TRUTH HARD ONE BLOODY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lift someone with a whistle, I say, seeing dancer (6)","output":"### Answer: HOOFER \n ### Explanation: Definition: dancer\nReverse of REF (referee, who has a whistle) +OOH (I say!)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Try these hot surfaces, initially, as warm places (7)","output":"### Answer: HEARTHS \n ### Explanation: Definition: warm places\nHEAR (try) + T[hese] H[ot] S[urfaces]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Change around a short clue for the card game (8)","output":"### Answer: PATIENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: card game\nA TI[P] in PENCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wearing jumper, mother has splashed out so to be warmer in winter? (6,4)","output":"### Answer: TOMATO SOUP \n ### Explanation: Definition: warmer in winter\nMA + (OUT SO)* in TOP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quiz game ultimately grating (6)","output":"### Answer: GRILLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: grating\nGRILL + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl securing collar on old beast popular with children (8)","output":"### Answer: GRUFFALO \n ### Explanation: Definition: beast popular with children\nRUFF (collar) in GAL + O \u2013 this children's character, for those that don't know of it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Somewhat minimalist hat? I think I expected more! (2,4,2)","output":"### Answer: IS THAT IT? \n ### Explanation: Definition: I expected more\nHidden in minimalIST HAT I Think"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Looking good, back in US city (7)","output":"### Answer: CHICAGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: US city\nCHIC (looking good) + AGO (back)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very famous rich blonde, intoxicating for every heart (6)","output":"### Answer: ICONIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Very famous\nMiddle letters (hearts) of rICh blONde intoxICating"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ken and Elizabeth tremble in old age (6)","output":"### Answer: DODDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: tremble in old age\nDODD + ER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: High-flyer in gear change, finally (4)","output":"### Answer: KITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: High-flyer\nKIT (gear) + [chang]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Young cod was first, consisting of scraps in pot (9)","output":"### Answer: SCROD[D]LED \n ### Explanation: Definition: consisting of scraps in pot\nSCROD + LED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: South-west Iceland dialect (5)","output":"### Answer: SWIS[S] \n ### Explanation: Definition: dialect\nSW + IS (IVR code)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very softly I wink, going after goody-goody exotic birds (10)","output":"### Answer: PIANIS[S]IMO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Very softly\nPI (goody-goody) + ANIS (the Ani is a \"tropical American bird\") + I MO (a short time, or a \"wink\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aborigine, note, locked in the loo (5)","output":"### Answer: BO[O]NG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Aborigine\nN in BOG \u2013 Chambers says this is an \"offensive\" word for an Australian aborigine"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inferior realms in disarray (7)","output":"### Answer: SMAL[L]ER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inferior\nREALMS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dark-haired animal in Marseille going round enclosure (8)","output":"### Answer: BRUNET[T]E \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dark-haired\nRUN (enclosure) in B\u00caTE (French for animal). I originally tried to parse this as NET (well, it's a kind of enclosure) in BRUTE (an animal, though not French), which has the extra flaw of clueing the extra T, so I was glad to find the correct explanation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Merry, having ingested last of hemp, spaced out (5)","output":"### Answer: GAP[P]Y \n ### Explanation: Merry, having ingested last of hemp, spaced out (5)\n[hem]P in GAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Saucer-shaped plate, cracked, one appropriate to Monsieur (11)","output":"### Answer: PATEL[L]IFORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Saucer-shaped\nPLATE* + I (one) FOR M[onsieur]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Damage I received in game is wretched \u2013 not a good match (11)","output":"### Answer: MISMAR[R]IAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: not a good match\nMAR I in (GAME IS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guard accepts one penny, a trifling sum (8)","output":"### Answer: FIP[P]ENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a trifling sum\nI P in FENCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something like a cutter runs where mariners are found? (5)","output":"### Answer: SER[R]A \n ### Explanation: Definition: Something like a cutter\nR in SEA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At least six years abroad aunt admits love of France (8)","output":"### Answer: TRIEN[N]IA \n ### Explanation: Definition: At least six years\nA polylglot clue: RIEN (French \"nothing\", hence \"love\") in TIA (Spanish aunt) gives the Latin word for periods of three years, and if you have more than one of them you have at least six years"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Priest installed stone slab, feature of church? (7)","output":"### Answer: STE[E]PLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: feature of church\nP in STELE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Welcome production of Peter Grimes returning (5)","output":"### Answer: GRE[E]T \n ### Explanation: Definition: Welcome\nHidden in reverse of peTER Grimes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Local community people in group permitted (10)","output":"### Answer: SET[T]LEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Local community\nMEN in SET LET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Too sly, completely heartless, full of contempt (5)","output":"### Answer: TOS[S]Y \n ### Explanation: Definition: full of contempt\nT[O]O S[L]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opening line in retrograde experience with nothing happening? (9)","output":"### Answer: EVENTLES[S] \n ### Explanation: Definition: with nothing happening\nVENT (opening) + L in SEE<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Umbugs getting excited about black Chinese dish (6)","output":"### Answer: SUB[B]GUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chinese dish\nB in UMBUGS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Choirboy: hourly one is entering tomb (9)","output":"### Answer: CHORALI[I]ST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Choirboy\nHORAL I in CIST (tomb)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Approach past president, one involved in sport previously (5)","output":"### Answer: RUN-UP[P] \n ### Explanation: Definition: Approach\nUN in RU + PP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: End holding knotted nets with fish to set free (11)","output":"### Answer: DISENTANGLE[E] \n ### Explanation: Definition: to set free\nNETS* + ANGLE in DIE (end)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like some milk bathed in source of beam, it keeps well (6)","output":"### Answer: LAST[T]ER \n ### Explanation: Definition: it keeps well\nTT (tuberculin tested) in LASER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Racket about aid I'm into involved halving (11)","output":"### Answer: DIMIDIATION[N] \n ### Explanation: Definition: halving\n(AID I'M INTO)* in DIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl's given up salt (3)","output":"### Answer: S[S]AL \n ### Explanation: Definition: salt\nLASS<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bat almost bagging century? I'll go along with that (5)","output":"### Answer: WIL[L]CO \n ### Explanation: Definition: I'll go along with that\nC in WILLO[W]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deal effectively with scrap in street (4)","output":"### Answer: SORT[T] \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deal effectively with\nORT (dialect word for a fragment) in ST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of rib eagle found in creature's lair (6)","output":"### Answer: LIERNE[E] \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sort of rib\nERNE in LIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Canal opening confused amateurs leaving river (6)","output":"### Answer: MEA[A]TUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Canal opening\nAMATEURS* less R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ejects pages in groups (5)","output":"### Answer: SP[P]ETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ejects\nPP in SETS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record fish seen around near mouth of Ouse (5)","output":"### Answer: E[E]NROL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Record\nN[ea]R O[use] in EEL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fool breaking foot, unlikely to run (4)","output":"### Answer: FAS[S]T \n ### Explanation: Definition: unlikely to run\nASS in FT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having bad skin? I'm not seen in that condition in Scotland (3)","output":"### Answer: P[P]LY \n ### Explanation: Definition: condition in Scotland\nPIMPLY less I'M. PLY is a Scots word for condition in the sense of \"state\": \"in good ply\" meaning \"in good condition\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chair's position in need of rescuing? (9)","output":"### Answer: OVERBOARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: in need of rescuing\nThe chairman of a company is OVER the BOARD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Field football team, missing second half (5)","output":"### Answer: REALM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Field\nFirst half of REAL Madrid"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prince Harry agrees to forecast (7)","output":"### Answer: PRESAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: forecast\nP + AGREES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heath suppressed a quiet whip's job (7)","output":"### Answer: LASHING \n ### Explanation: Definition: whip's job\nA SH in LING (heath or heather)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poles admit appreciation is getting closer (5)","output":"### Answer: NEARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: is getting closer\nEAR in N S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bolt pursued thus? Emphatically so! (2,7)","output":"### Answer: BY THUNDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Emphatically so\nA lightning bolt may be followed \"pursued\" by thunder"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Future conditions overcome on behalf of English actors (7,8)","output":"### Answer: WEATHER FORECAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Future conditions\nWEATHER (to overcome, as in \"weather the storm\") + FOR E CAST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chap declines to carry old maiden \u2014 they go off eventually (4,5)","output":"### Answer: TIME BOMBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: they go off eventually\nTIM + O M in EBBS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Daisy and what's fixed thereon? (5)","output":"### Answer: OXEYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Daisy\nThe ox-eye daisy (I would use a hyphen, but apparently the unhyphenated version is also used), and the ox's eye might be on Daisy the cow, though as \"ox\" usually refers to a castrated bull, maybe not\u2026"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It precedes golf dance (7)","output":"### Answer: FOXTROT \n ### Explanation: Definition: It precedes golf\nDouble definition \u2013 Foxtrot precedes Golf in the NATO phonetic alphabet, and it's a dance"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foresee bull chasing priest (7)","output":"### Answer: PREDICT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Foresee\nPR[iest] + EDICT (as in Papal Bull)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State where open society's in revolt (5)","output":"### Answer: SYRIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: State\nReverse of AIRY S, and an &-littish surface reading too"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old herbivore's droppings suffice in bags (9)","output":"### Answer: IGUANODON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old herbivore\nGUANO (bird droppings) + DO (suffice) \"bagged by\" IN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spooner's East London clique drenched (7,3)","output":"### Answer: SOPPING WET \n ### Explanation: Definition: drenched\nSpoonerism of \"Wapping set\" \u2013 I carelessly put SOAKING WET here at first, for \"Woking Set\", but of course Woking isn't part of East London"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A rare medic all but rejected sweetener (8)","output":"### Answer: DEMERARA \n ### Explanation: Definition: sweetener\nReverse of A RARE MED[ic]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Threats once to a sub at sea (1-5)","output":"### Answer: U-BOATS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Threats once\n(TO A SUB)*, and again &-littish, though U-boats were presumably more of a threat to surface vessels"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old physician contracted a lot of wind (4)","output":"### Answer: GALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a lot of wind\nGALEN less his final letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As an adoring fan, I perform with our last cast (10)","output":"### Answer: IDOLATROUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: As an adoring fan\nI DO + (OUR LAST)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Divers struggled to ford a river (6)","output":"### Answer: VARIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Divers\nA R in (i.e. crossed by, or forded) VIED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some regularly flee rising pollution (4)","output":"### Answer: SMOG \n ### Explanation: Definition: pollution\nS[o]M[e] + reverse of GO (flee)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's measured by the glass (10,8)","output":"### Answer: BAROMETRIC PRESSURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's measured by the glass\nCryptic definition \u2013 a barometer can be called a weather glass. As General Stanley's daughters sing in *The Pirates of Penzance*, \"How beautifully blue the sky \/ The glass is rising very high\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conceding defeat, sailor goes over to be in Paris (10)","output":"### Answer: RETREATING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Conceding defeat\nETRE (French \"to be\") in RATING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's wintry in Ireland, except for one lough (8)","output":"### Answer: HIBERNAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: wintry\nHIBERN[I]A + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crow, say, makes changes circling Rhode Island (8)","output":"### Answer: AMERINDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crow, say\nRI in AMENDS \u2013 reference to the Crow Nation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: French 21 down embrace 9 sociable types (6)","output":"### Answer: MIXERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: sociable types\nIX (9) in MERS (French seas)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where canoes founder? (6)","output":"### Answer: OCEANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where canoes founder\nCANOES*, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: His forecast originally was wrong (4)","output":"### Answer: FISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: His forecast originally was wrong\nAnagram of HIS + F[orecast] \u2013 I imagine this will have come as a total mystery to many, but it refers to the UK's Great Storm of 1987, and a weather forecast the previous day in which Michael Fish told people not to worry about claims that a hurricane was on the way, though he later claimed he was misquoted or misunderstood. As well as WEATHER FORECAST at 18a, there are numerous references throughout puzzle to both weather conditions and forecasts"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Listened to \"Hole in bucket\"? (4)","output":"### Answer: POUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: bucket\nHomophone of \"pore\", a kind of hole; and pour = bucket as in \"pouring [with rain]\" = \"bucketing [down]\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Only a small number show support (9)","output":"### Answer: VINDICATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: support\nV (5 \u2013 a small number) + INDICATE (show)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A reflective attitude taken by a storyteller (5)","output":"### Answer: AESOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: storyteller\nA + reverse of POSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hankerings for last of daily bread (9)","output":"### Answer: YEARNINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hankerings\n[dail]Y EARNINGS (money, bread)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: When to see the moon near the end of August (5)","output":"### Answer: NIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: When to see the moon\nNIGHT + [augus]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Globe covered in solid ice (6)","output":"### Answer: SORBET \n ### Explanation: Definition: ice\nORB in SET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: International trade fair certain to get publicity (8)","output":"### Answer: EXPOSURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: publicity\nEXPO + SURE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is she French? (7)","output":"### Answer: ESTELLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Is she French\nEST ELLE = \"is she\" in French, &lit. Very easy, but I liked it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Take the lead but quietly drop back later (7)","output":"### Answer: PRECEDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Take the lead\nP + RECEDE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rome collapsed in excess, may I add (8)","output":"### Answer: MOREOVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: may I add\nROME* + OVER (in excess)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The sad gatherings for bereavements (6)","output":"### Answer: DEATHS \n ### Explanation: Definition: bereavements\n(THE SAD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Club that has lofty aims (5)","output":"### Answer: SPOON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Club that has lofty aims\nCryptic definition \u2013 a spoon is a old type of golf club, named from its shape and used for \"lofting\" the ball high"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conserve in jar, perhaps, right to the top (3-6)","output":"### Answer: JAM-PACKED \n ### Explanation: Definition: right to the top\nJAM (preserve) + PACKED (in jar?) \u2013 rather a weak one, I thought"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wives nag sometimes about unexpected difficulties (5)","output":"### Answer: SNAGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: unexpected difficulties\nHidden in wiveS NAG Sometimes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two men of a bygone age (9)","output":"### Answer: VICTORIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: of a bygone age\nVICTOR + IAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Classical orator upsets Eric in company (6)","output":"### Answer: CICERO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Classical orator\nERIC* in CO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl outwardly competent and very charming (8)","output":"### Answer: ADORABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: very charming\nDORA in ABLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Paper with lines on it (6)","output":"### Answer: SCRIPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Paper with lines on it\nCryptic definition \u2013 a script has the lines of a play on it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Walk unsteadily at different times (7)","output":"### Answer: STAGGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Walk unsteadily\nDouble definition, though really \"at different times\" would define \"staggered\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One in biology class is very bright (6)","output":"### Answer: GENIUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: very bright\nI in GENUS (biological classification in the Linnaean taxonomy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be hot, turning crimson and irritated (8)","output":"### Answer: BOTHERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: irritated\n(BE HOT)* + RED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Incentive to knock time off sprint (4)","output":"### Answer: SPUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Incentive\nSPUR[T]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Giving away recently purchased goods (8)","output":"### Answer: SHOPPING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Giving away\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Care for nothing (4)","output":"### Answer: LOVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Care\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Court awards fortune to railway (8)","output":"### Answer: CHANCERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Court\nCHANCE + RY for the former Court of Chancery"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wayward boy about to betray one's trust (7)","output":"### Answer: ERRATIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wayward\nRAT (betray) in ERIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To have one return a casual hug is sufficient (6)","output":"### Answer: ENOUGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: sufficient\nReverse of ONE + HUG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wrongly posted to headquarters (6)","output":"### Answer: DEPOTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: headquarters\nPOSTED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An asinine utterance? (3-3)","output":"### Answer: HEE-HAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: An asinine utterance\nCryptic definition \u2013 asinine literally means \"like an ass\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl's a sucker for the director (8)","output":"### Answer: JOYSTICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: the director\nJOY + STICK \u2013 I'm not sure about stick=sucker \u2013 perhaps from the botanical meaning of sucker: \"a shoot rising from an underground stem\", which makes a kind of stick.. *Thanks to Jason and Shirley: it's actually JOY'S TICK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 13 9 beings oddly covered up? (6)","output":"### Answer: ALIENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: 13 9 beings oddly covered up\nA[rea] LI (51 in Roman numerals) + [b]E[i]N[g]S, &lit, from the Area 51 conspiracy theories"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mysterious affair seen briefly coming over in profundity? (12,6,6)","output":"### Answer: UNIDENTIFIED\u00a0FLYING OBJECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mysterious affair seen briefly coming over\nUFO is hidden in the reverse of prOFUndity \u2013 I'm not keen on this type of clue, where the wordplay isn't much help until you've found the answer: fortunately I guessed this one early on, largely from the B of OBJECT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mysterious affair, yeti? Mysterious place (4,5-3)","output":"### Answer: AREA FIFTY-ONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mysterious place\n(AFFAIR YETI)* gives AREA FIFTY, with an I left over for the ONE \u2013 usually written Area 51, this is a US Air Force secret facility, linked with a number of conspiracy theories about UFOs, particularly the so-called Roswell Incident"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Border dropped in scheme before old country backs plot (8)","output":"### Answer: SCENARIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: plot\nSCHEME less HEM + reverse of O IRAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Baby an attention grabber in the newspapers? (8)","output":"### Answer: SCREAMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Baby\nDouble definition \u2013 the newspaper meaning is a sensational headline"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loathsome thing being transported like a caravan, did you say? (4)","output":"### Answer: TOAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Loathsome thing\nHomophone of \"towed\" \u2013 rather unfair on toads, but the word has been used to describe a loathsome thing or person since at least the 16th century"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Observer who's not seen to turn left, left and left again, anyhow (3,2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: FLY ON THE WALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Observer who's not seen\nAnagram of LEFT L L ANYHOW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Secondary action attributed to freedom of movement (6)","output":"### Answer: BYPLAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Secondary action\nBY (attributed to) + PLAY (freedom of movement)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wind describing a festival? (8)","output":"### Answer: EASTERLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wind\n\"Easter-ly\" describes the festival, and an easterly is a wind from the east"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Raw food cursed, it needing to be cooked (8)","output":"### Answer: CRUDITES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Raw food\n(CURSED IT)* \u2013 rather an awkward surface reading: \"it needs\u2026\" might have been better"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Titanic accepting disaster finally, as ship (4)","output":"### Answer: BRIG \n ### Explanation: Definition: ship\n[disaste]R in BIG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Following doctor out, incense passed round (9)","output":"### Answer: ENTOURAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Following\nOUT* in ENRAGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Harbour on Guernsey, perhaps, set up for a global line (6)","output":"### Answer: TROPIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: a global line\nReverse of CI (Channel Islands) PORT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Going under vehicle, the Queen's an original American character \u2014 that's not on! Good Lord! (7,8)","output":"### Answer: JEEPERS CREEPERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Good Lord\nJEEP + ER'S + CREE (native American) + PERS[on]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Easy to mix part of a cake that's more frothy (8)","output":"### Answer: YEASTIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: more frothy\nEASY* + TIER (e.g. part of a wedding cake)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: For example, dip one in the fire, primarily (5)","output":"### Answer: THIEF \n ### Explanation: Definition: For example, dip\nI in THE F[ire]. \"Dip\" is slang for a pickpocket"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deformity in giant clone is innate (10)","output":"### Answer: CONGENITAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: innate\n(GIANT CLONE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agreeable chap put on coat for builder (10)","output":"### Answer: BRICKLAYER \n ### Explanation: Definition: builder\nBRICK + LAYER (coat of paint)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vital channel confiscates evil weapons (9)","output":"### Answer: ARTILLERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: weapons\nILL in ARTERY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: That's my emerald, originally shaped as a gem (8)","output":"### Answer: AMETHYST \n ### Explanation: Definition: a gem\n(THATS MY E[merald])"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Service industry finally heads for the hills? (6)","output":"### Answer: MASSIF \n ### Explanation: Definition: the hills\nMASS + I[ndustry] F[inally]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drunk not making a squeak? (5)","output":"### Answer: OILED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drunk\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slice of meat cut for pastry dish (4)","output":"### Answer: FLAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: pastry dish\nFLAN[k]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nasty reactions to drug (9)","output":"### Answer: NARCOTISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to drug\nREACTIONS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Member coming from the centre made a speech? (5)","output":"### Answer: SPOKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Member coming from the centre\nDouble definition \u2013 think of the spokes of a wheel for the first"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A doctor full of filth \u2014 potential abuser of patient? (7)","output":"### Answer: ADMIRER \n ### Explanation: Definition: potential abuser of patient\nMIRE in A DR \u2013 I'm not entirely sure of the meaning of the definition here: is it that a doctor might abuse one of his patients that he fancied? Not a very nice picture if so"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With this therapeutic device one's home and healthy, right? (7)","output":"### Answer: INHALER \n ### Explanation: Definition: therapeutic device\nIN + HALE + R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extract item from box of ornaments? (4)","output":"### Answer: CLIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Extract\nDouble definition \u2013 an extra from a film, say, or a hair clip"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: East Anglian town records nonconformists (10)","output":"### Answer: DISSENTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: nonconformists\nDISS (town in Norfolk) + ENTERS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Saint \u2014 he suffers with fast (2,5)","output":"### Answer: IN HASTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fast\n(SAINT HE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Company importing wine is manageable (7)","output":"### Answer: PLASTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: manageable\nASTI in PLC \u2013 as Marienkaefer commented yesterday on Nutmeg's puzzle: \"What would setters do without Asti? Does anyone actually drink the stuff?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Paid-up member, which vicar definitely is (10)","output":"### Answer: CARDHOLDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Paid-up member\nCARD is \"held by\" viCAR Definitely"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bear has something to go through backwards (4)","output":"### Answer: POOH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bear\nReverse of HOOP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This person in African country brought back government system (7)","output":"### Answer: REGIMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: government system\nME in reverse of NIGER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Entrance of old character holding old mother back (7)","output":"### Answer: ENAMOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Entrance\nO MA in RUNE, all reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get in the head to teach \u2014 not standard! (5)","output":"### Answer: LEARN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get in the head\nA sort of double definition \u2013 to \"get something in your head\" is to learn it, and \"learn\" is a non-standard word for \"teach\", as in \"that'll learn you!\" I say \"sort of\" because the two meanings are really of the same word used in two related ways"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A foreign mother piled on the years without a blemish (9)","output":"### Answer: UNDAMAGED \n ### Explanation: Definition: without a blemish\nUN (French \"A\") + DAM + AGED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ring up the world? Quite the opposite (9,6)","output":"### Answer: ANTARCTIC CIRCLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ring up the world? Quite the opposite\nCryptic definition \u2013 I suppose it's a \"a ring *down* the world\", but the wording doesn't really work for me."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fairly drab Friday food? Bring in the meat! (8)","output":"### Answer: FRUMPISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fairly drab\nRUMP in FISH (traditionally eaten on Fridays, e.g. by Roman Catholics)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bad men undermining work after revolution (4)","output":"### Answer: POOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bad\nReverse of OP[us] + O[ther] R[anks]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Russian fighter fell down almost, due to medical condition (8)","output":"### Answer: MIGRAINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: medical condition\nMIG (Russian fighter plane) + RAINE[D]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The man leading Earth's revolution is a god (6)","output":"### Answer: HELIOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: a god\nHE + SOIL< \u2013 Helios was the personification of the Sun in Greek mythology."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Debility in one half of continent followed by the other (8)","output":"### Answer: ASTHENIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Debility\nAsia is AS THEN IA \u2013 medical term for weakness, perhaps more familiar in compounds such as neurasthenia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dog getting caught, one of a funny pair (6)","output":"### Answer: COLLIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dog\nC + OLLIE (Oliver Hardy, of Laurel and Hardy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chemical diet \u2014 a character's transformed (15)","output":"### Answer: TETRASACCHARIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chemical\n(DIET A CHARACTER'S)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Society girl embraces friend, a noted fellow (8)","output":"### Answer: SCHUMANN \n ### Explanation: Definition: a noted fellow\nCHUM in S ANN \u2013 the \"noted fellow\" is Robert Schumann, romantic composer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: See money before crooks (8)","output":"### Answer: PREBENDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: See money\nPRE BENDS. Prebend is \"the share of the revenues of a cathedral or collegiate church allowed to a clergyman who officiates in it at specified times\", hence money for a See. I didn't know this, but did know the derived Prebendary, from Prebendary A F Ritchie, aka Afrit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Careful nevertheless to hold on to gold (8)","output":"### Answer: THOROUGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Careful\nOR in THOUGH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Garment of paper set on light removing hem (6)","output":"### Answer: RAGLAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Garment\nRAG (slang for newspaper) + (I think) LAND (to [a]light) less D (its \"hem\" in a down clue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Monkey's laziness \u2014 lowest possible score issued (6)","output":"### Answer: LANGUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Monkey\nLANGOUR less O (=zero = lowest possible score). There's a picture of a rather languid-looking langur at the Wikipedia page"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mob foolish without leader (4)","output":"### Answer: ARMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mob\n[B]ARMY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Duck PE in school, if really tired (6)","output":"### Answer: POOPED \n ### Explanation: Definition: really tired\nO + PE in POD (= school of whales etc)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dicky bow in church? B___ fairy! (6)","output":"### Answer: COBWEB \n ### Explanation: Definition: fairy\nBOW* in CE + B. Cobweb is one of the fairies in *A Midsummer Night's Dream"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fruit from WI a cargo brought over? (4)","output":"### Answer: ACAI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fruit\nHidden in reverse wI A CArgo. Acai berries are sometimes claimed to have near-magical \"superfood\" properties, and have been the subject of numerous scams"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top half of Ogen melon is spoilt by small depression (10)","output":"### Answer: GLOOMINESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: depression\n(OG[en] MELON IS)* + S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Search for a little girl in Yorkshire town (6)","output":"### Answer: GOOGLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Search for\nG in GOOLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What many here have in common, pointlessly working for money once abroad (8)","output":"### Answer: DOUBLOON \n ### Explanation: Definition: money once abroad\nThe clue that explains the theme: DOUBLE O (as many answers in the puzzle have) less E (compass point) + ON (working)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Volume of gin short knocked back? (3,6)","output":"### Answer: ONE GALLON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Volume\nI nearly had to give up on explaining this, but I think the idea is that if you shorten gin and knock it back you get I G, which is short for ONE GALLON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Number one cut? High time! (4)","output":"### Answer: NOON \n ### Explanation: Definition: High time\nNO. ON[E]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One that follows E John around is sweet (4)","output":"### Answer: FOOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: sweet\nF (what follows E) + reverse of LOO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Line of approach when detailing evidence of sickness in mischief maker (9)","output":"### Answer: ASYMPTOTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Line of approach\nSYMPTO[M] in ATE. An asymptote is a line that a curve approaches at infinity"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After beginning to play round, left golf course an utter coward (8)","output":"### Answer: POLTROON \n ### Explanation: Definition: an utter coward\nP[lay] + O (round) + L + TROON (golf course on the Ayrshire coast)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tuba sound gets top mark in sex appeal (6)","output":"### Answer: OOMPAH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tuba sound\nA in OOMPH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Help moving cases isn't available, initially (10)","output":"### Answer: ASSISTANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Help\n(CASES ISN'T A[vailable])"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Court fine causing outburst from setter? (4)","output":"### Answer: WOOF \n ### Explanation: Court fine causing outburst from setter? (4)\nWOO (to court) + F \u2013 the setter here is a dog"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note turn of phrase (1,5)","output":"### Answer: E SHARP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Note\nPHRASE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Religious community extended period of time at the heart of tea-growing area (6)","output":"### Answer: ASHRAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Religious community\nASSAM with the S[econd] at its centre \"extended\" to an H[ou]R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Naked setter? That's a little novel (7)","output":"### Answer: PUCKOON \n ### Explanation: Definition: a little novel\nPUCK with O (nothing) ON \u2013 Spike Milligan's only novel"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seal drummer finally getting to the top (1-4)","output":"### Answer: O-RING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seal\nRINGO [Starr] with the O moved to the top. I'm most familiar with this in connection with the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster, which was caused by a failure of O-ring seals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Target of many swimmers having little room for breakfast? (3,4)","output":"### Answer: EGG CELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Target of many swimmers\nEGG (breakfast) + CELL (little room) \u2013 reference to the many sperm cells that try to fertilise an ovum"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Element of independence found in well-brought-up mother (6)","output":"### Answer: OSMIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Element\nI in reverse of SO (well) + MUM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With difficulty, gradually extract what might be like almost new (6,3)","output":"### Answer: WINKLE OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: With difficulty, gradually extract\nWINKLE is an anagram (\"OUT\") of LIK[E] NEW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Donkey in favour? Blow that! (7)","output":"### Answer: BASSOON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blow that\nASS in BOON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Complaint due to wrong fare being given? (4,9)","output":"### Answer: FOOD POISONING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Complaint due to wrong fare being given\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Date pig turned up carrying fox (2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: GO OUT WITH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Date\nOUTWIT in reverse of HOG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Female and promiscuous\" describes one (7)","output":"### Answer: FLOOSIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: \"Female and promiscuous\" describes one\nF + I in LOOSE, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: There's nothing in sermon about people showing a bit of cheek (7)","output":"### Answer: MOONERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: people showing a bit of cheek\nO in SERMON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where crumpet might be on offer, put up low rent first (3,4)","output":"### Answer: TEA ROOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where crumpet might be on offer\nTEAR (rent) + reverse of MOO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Snore too hard, covering up this? (6)","output":"### Answer: HOOTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Snore too hard, covering up this\nHidden in reverse of snoRE TOO Hard, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Guardian's into sort of music that's cutting edge (5)","output":"### Answer: MOWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: cutting edge\nWE in MOR (middle-of-the-road)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tree-hugging Eisenhower devoured Livy in translation (3-4)","output":"### Answer: IVY-LIKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tree-hugging\nLIVY* in IKE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is his art misanthropic, as some maintain? (7)","output":"### Answer: PICASSO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Is his art misanthropic, as some maintain\nHidden in misanthroPIC AS SO, and &littish \u2013 was Picasso's work considered misanthropic?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opponent fit to tackle the Greens? (4)","output":"### Answer: ANTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Opponent\nNT (National Trust) in A1 (fit). The NT are involved in conservation, of course, but I think defining them as \"greens\" is a bit of a stretch"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carpenter's gadget pinhead left in chimney angle (5,5)","output":"### Answer: PLUMB LEVEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Carpenter's gadget\nP[in] + L in LUM BEVEL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Medic with sick girl runs off to find 4's child (6)","output":"### Answer: MOWGLI \n ### Explanation: Definition: 4's child\nM.O. + W[ith] + GIRL* less R, for the boy in Kipling's Jungle Books who was brought up by wolves"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Paintings are picked up in gallery compound (8)","output":"### Answer: TARTRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: compound\nART + R (\"are\" as heard or \"picked up\") in TATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He got pit renewed to accommodate Barnum's first circus (3,3,3)","output":"### Answer: THE BIG TOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: circus\nB in (HE GOT PIT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where various leaders of British Empire are buried? Yes (5)","output":"### Answer: ABBEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where various leaders of British Empire are buried? Yes\nAnagram of initial letters of British Empire Are Buried Yes, referring to those buried in Westminster Abbey"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guy turned to welcome English poet (5)","output":"### Answer: YEATS \n ### Explanation: Definition: poet\nE in reverse of STAY (guy, as in guy-rope)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rod and his bird start to protest: \"Drop your gun!\" (5,2,2)","output":"### Answer: STICK \u2018EM UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drop your gun\nSTICK (Rod) + EMU (as in Rod Hull and Emu \u2013 hard luck, non-UK solvers!) + P[rotest]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second mole crosses ebbing river faster (8)","output":"### Answer: SPEEDIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: faster\nS + reverse of DEE in PIER (mole)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Star declines to hug female occupants of bed (10)","output":"### Answer: SUNFLOWERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: occupants of bed\nF in SUN (star) + LOWERS (declines)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Take the end of August off to beat depression (4)","output":"### Answer: HUMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: depression\nTHUMP (beat) less [Augus]T \u2013 to have\/get the hump is to be offended or in a sulk, not exactly \"depression\", I'd say (though I see Chambers includes \"despondency\", so maybe\u2026)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Timeless web ringing Yankee city (3,4)","output":"### Answer: NEW YORK \n ### Explanation: Definition: city\nY in NETWORK less T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Riding apace (7)","output":"### Answer: ASTRIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Riding\nA pace = A STRIDE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artist's very excited about knight on horse (3,4)","output":"### Answer: VAN GOGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Artist\nV + N in AGOG + H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deceitful salesman evades answering (5)","output":"### Answer: LYING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deceitful\nREPLYING less REP (salesman)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top man secures first place for author (7)","output":"### Answer: KIPLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: author\nPL[ace] 1 in KING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 17's line suggesting tours in Abbey should be organised (1,8,6,2,4)","output":"### Answer: A TERRIBLE BEAUTY IS BORN \n ### Explanation: Definition: 17's line\n\"Tours in Abbey\" is an anagram of BEAUTY IS BORN. The line is from Yeats's Easter, 1916, commemorating the Easter Rising in Ireland on 24 April 1916. I think I vaguely knew it, but was held up by carelessly assuming that it was going to be by Kipling rather than Yeats"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pet's small (very small) and game (7)","output":"### Answer: SWEETIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pet\nS + WEE + TIE (game, as in \"cup tie\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fanatic jousts with Conservatives over singular work by 4 (4,2,7)","output":"### Answer: JUST SO STORIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: work by 4\nS in JOUSTS* + TORIES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Batsman's opening, wholly in control of fine stroke (9)","output":"### Answer: BUTTERFLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: stroke\nB + F in UTTERLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Parisian art model entertains high-class champion (7)","output":"### Answer: ESPOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: champion\nThe old trick of \"thou art\" = French \"tu es\" gives us ES, followed by U (high-class) in POSE (to model)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former measures cramp society painters (7)","output":"### Answer: CUBISTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: painters\nS in CUBITS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fierce Unionist called to lash Tory leader (7)","output":"### Answer: UNTAMED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fierce\nU + T in NAMED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trying to hurry occasionally creates hardship (6)","output":"### Answer: RIGOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: hardship\nAlternate letters of tRyInG tO hUrRy \u2013 a word that reminds me of Peter Cook and the rigour of the Judging Exams"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shrink from head office infiltrates a branch (5)","output":"### Answer: ABHOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shrink from\nH.O. in A BR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Metallic solution \u2013 something like lemon sponge? (10)","output":"### Answer: YELLOWCAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Metallic solution\nA lemon sponge might be a YELLOW CAKE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cause of e.g. pneumonia or recurrent mild strokes requiring hospital (5)","output":"### Answer: STAPH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cause of e.g. pneumonia\nPATS< + H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blossom, say, to wither at edges of auricle (6)","output":"### Answer: DEARIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blossom\nEAR (auricle) in DIE \u2013 reference to the jazz singer Blossom Dearie"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of Macbeth's witches, initiator of toil or ditto of trouble, boiling? (4)","output":"### Answer: TROT \n ### Explanation: Definition: One of Macbeth's witches\nAnagram (just about) of T[oil] OR T[rouble]. TROT is an old word for \"and old woman, a crone\": it appears in *The Taming of the Shrew*: \"Why give him gold enough and marry him to a puppet or an aglet-baby; or an old trot with ne'er a tooth in her head?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Edward's tucking into wine in Philip's place (7)","output":"### Answer: MACEDON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Philip's place\nED in MACON \u2013 reference to the ancient Greek Philip II of Macedon (there were Philips I and III as well, but they seem to be less famous)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Symbol of Raj state severally dropped by Gandhi? (4)","output":"### Answer: GADI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Symbol of Raj\nGANDHI less NH (New Hampshire), \"severally\" indicating that the N and H are not consecutive. GADI is \"an Indian throne\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dagger produced by drunk forced to retreat in argument (8)","output":"### Answer: STILETTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dagger\nLIT< in SET-TO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Genus of liverworts: 201 found in submerged valley (6)","output":"### Answer: RICCIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Genus of liverworts\nCCI in RIA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No time for bottled retsina? Certain bars will serve it (6)","output":"### Answer: SARNIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Certain bars will serve it\nRETSINA* less T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heavily scored and suitable for discos (alcohol-free inside) (8)","output":"### Answer: DANCETTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Heavily scored\nTT (teetotal) in DANCEY (like disco music)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woe created by mild smallpox, being out of trim (4)","output":"### Answer: ALAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Woe\nALAS[TRIM]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Device for winding pasta one cut and put in tin (7)","output":"### Answer: CAPSTAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Device for winding\nP[A]STA in CAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of Hindu shrine that gives Scots quite a jolt (4)","output":"### Answer: DUSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scots quite a jolt\nHidden hinDU SHrine"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To hail, as a rickshaw, doubling emolument initially (6)","output":"### Answer: ACCITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: To hail\nReverse of TICCA (Indian word for \"hired\", as a rickshaw might be) + E[molument]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place for e.g. fencing enlarged by adding part, we hear (5)","output":"### Answer: PISTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Place for e.g. fencing\nHomophone of \"pieced\" \u2013 Chambers gives \"to enlarge by adding a piece\" as a definition of \"piece\". A piste can be an area used for fencing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Italian dish? Orderin' in receptacles (10)","output":"### Answer: TORTELLINI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Italian dish\nTELLIN' in TORI (plural of torus: \"the receptacle of a flower\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Almost an air shot, lower back being out of sync? (8)","output":"### Answer: MISTIMED \n ### Explanation: Definition: out of sync\nMIS[S] (an air shot on golf is a miss) + DEMIT<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spot urge a tad deviant in aspiring doctor? (12)","output":"### Answer: POSTGRADUATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: aspiring doctor\n(SPOT URGE A TAD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The old educate in residence at uni with retinue (7)","output":"### Answer: UPTRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: The old educate\nUP (at university) + TRAIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's group in Mandalay paying up? (3)","output":"### Answer: PYA \n ### Explanation: Definition: What's group in Mandalay paying up\nHidden in reverse of manadalAY Paying, &lit, Pya being a Burmese unit of currency"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Digestive organs taking part in dissolving spice (7)","output":"### Answer: PEPTICS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Digestive organs\nPT in SPICE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tan after Lilo's blown up? Could be lier with this aid to buoyancy (8)","output":"### Answer: FLOATANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: aid to buoyancy\nComposite anagram: (TAN AFTER LILO)* = FLOTANT + LIER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woven Scottish fabric, No. I in yuckiness? In that fashion! (6)","output":"### Answer: TWEELY \n ### Explanation: Definition: In that fashion\nTWEEL (Scots form of twill) + Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Environmentally determined species, reverse of dead one (4)","output":"### Answer: ECAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Environmentally determined species\nReverse of D ACE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's bread dipped in to preserve pigment? (7)","output":"### Answer: CAROTIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: pigment\nROTI in CAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stony track's beginning at bottom of fell (5)","output":"### Answer: SKINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stony\nSKIN (fell=\"a skin, membrane\") + T[rack]. Stony = Stony broke"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Places in an office relatively close to dramatic goings-on (8)","output":"### Answer: INSTALLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Places in an office\nIf you're IN the STALLS in a theatre then you're close to the action"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rented Irish smallholdings? Tin's turned up in central part (7)","output":"### Answer: CONACRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rented Irish smallholdings\nCAN< in CORE \u2013 this is the third time CAN has been used in wordplay, and the second time it's defined as \"tin\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Altar decorations arranged in a grid (7)","output":"### Answer: GRADINI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Altar decorations\n(IN A GRID)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of those pieces of eight buried by pirates? (7)","output":"### Answer: PIASTRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One of those pieces of eight\nPIRATES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Force upstream formerly meets raggedly following river (6)","output":"### Answer: RESTEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Force upstream formerly\nR + MEETS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet's still a name described as \"real\", though lacking money (5)","output":"### Answer: ACCOY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poet's still\nA + [The real] MCCOY less M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soft palm fibre (4)","output":"### Answer: PITA \n ### Explanation: Definition: fibre\nP (soft) + ITA (the miriti palm). I spent a while vainly trying to justify PITH here."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Schism's half converted evangelical (3)","output":"### Answer: SIM \n ### Explanation: Definition: evangelical\nAnagram of [sch]ISM \u2013 short for Simeonite"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drive Earl in California? That's sweet! (7)","output":"### Answer: CARAMEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: sweet\nRAM E In CAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor married lover (7)","output":"### Answer: ADMIRER \n ### Explanation: Definition: lover\nMARRIED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Travel a short time to a river (5)","output":"### Answer: MOTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Travel\nMO[ment] TO R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mistress recounts a disaster (9)","output":"### Answer: COURTESAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mistress\n(RECOUNTS A)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Yarn about Lawrence having opponents browbeaten (10)","output":"### Answer: THREATENED \n ### Explanation: Definition: browbeaten\nT.E. [Lawrence] + N E (opponents in Bridge) in THREAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Engagement revealed in game show (4)","output":"### Answer: MESH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Engagement\nHidden in gaME SHow"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scrap dealer keeps Ethel confused? Exactly! (2,3,6)","output":"### Answer: TO THE LETTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exactly\nETHEL* in TOTTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place of judgement where Penny advanced tycoon (6,5)","output":"### Answer: PEARLY GATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Place of judgement\nP + EARLY + [Bill] GATES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pinches small quantities of booze (4)","output":"### Answer: NIPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pinches\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uncovered bet about old vessel reaching pole (5,5)","output":"### Answer: STARK NAKED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Uncovered\nARK + N in STAKED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thoughtlessness right away leads to rudeness (9)","output":"### Answer: IMPUDENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: rudeness\nIMPRUDENCE less R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Head of security to check back for trends (5)","output":"### Answer: TIDES \n ### Explanation: Definition: trends\nS[ecurity] + EDIT, all reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man with weapon hidden in clothing (7)","output":"### Answer: GARMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: clothing\nARM in GENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time of day for loose women in Senegal (7)","output":"### Answer: SUNDOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Time of day\nUNDO (loose) + W in SN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revive space traveller with oxygen (4,2)","output":"### Answer: COME TO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Revive\nCOMET + O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Interest in soldiers' act (6)","output":"### Answer: RETURN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Interest\nRE + TURN. I don't think Chifonie does themes, but this is one of several words that are vaguely related to money"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mail centre becomes profit oriented (10)","output":"### Answer: MERCANTILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: profit oriented\n(MAIL CENTRE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Money leads Charlie into temptation (5)","output":"### Answer: LUCRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Money\nC in LURE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A maiden was not accustomed to hold me for pleasure (9)","output":"### Answer: AMUSEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: pleasure\nA M + ME in USEN'T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Silencer Mike put on Victorian pick-up (4)","output":"### Answer: MUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Silencer\nM + UTE (utility vehicle in Australia, hence \"Victorian\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet has single girl introduced to mountain climbing (8)","output":"### Answer: ROSSETTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poet\nI + TESS in TOR, all reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Become exhausted, like a narrowly-beaten cricket team (3,5)","output":"### Answer: RUN SHORT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Become exhausted\nDouble definition \u2013 the team that's a \"run short\" has been narrowly beaten. The sense of \"become exhausted\" is new to me, I think"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Know Carol's not up in London (10)","output":"### Answer: KENSINGTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: in London\nKEN (know) + SING + NOT<. As always I don't like \"in London\" to mean \"a place in London\", but I've noticed Chifonie uses this construction quite a lot"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drunken tackle keeps player well connected (5-4)","output":"### Answer: TIGHT-KNIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: well connected\nTIGHT (drunk) + N (player \u2013 Bridge again?) in KIT (tackle)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Society awaiting settlement of expenses (8)","output":"### Answer: SPENDING \n ### Explanation: Definition: expenses\nS + PENDING (awaiting settlement) \u2013 or possible PENDING = awaiting and the definition is \"settlement of expenses\", which avoids the awkward linking \"of\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brother stores silver tubing for musician (8)","output":"### Answer: BAGPIPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: musician\nAG PIPE in BR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small child gets spectacles for motor vehicle (6)","output":"### Answer: SKIDOO \n ### Explanation: Definition: motor vehicle\nS + KID + OO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inventor in side-on crash (6)","output":"### Answer: EDISON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inventor\nSIDE-ON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rushes about with English detective (5)","output":"### Answer: REEDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rushes\nRE (about) + E DS (Detective Sergeant)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sovereign tucked into fish in lounge (4)","output":"### Answer: IDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: lounge\nL (pound, sovereign) in IDE (a useful fish for setters)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: My word for doggie dish (4,5)","output":"### Answer: GOOD GRIEF \n ### Explanation: Definition: My word\n(FOR DOGGIE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 25's not PM after leading close run election (5)","output":"### Answer: CREAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: 25\nC[lose] R[un] E[lection] + A.M. (which is not P.M.)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opt out of apposite anagram 25 (5)","output":"### Answer: SEPIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: 25\nAPPOSITE* less OPT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Understand pastime in which he's involved (9)","output":"### Answer: EMPATHISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Understand\n(PASTIME + HE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Staff ends up agreed to differ (3)","output":"### Answer: ROD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Staff\nFinal letters of agreeD tO diffeR, reversed, though \"up\" can't accurately indicate this in an across clue (I suppose it could be as in \"road up\", meaning disturbed, and so an anagram)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hold out for one's viewpoint about life support (6,5)","output":"### Answer: SELFIE STICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hold out for one's view\nI think this is SE (compass point) + LIFE* + STICK (support), with a lift-and-separate for the definition. These devices are now banned in various places."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excuse when party's over (7)","output":"### Answer: CONDONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Excuse\nCON[servative] + DONE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A regular occurrence at one's home ground (7)","output":"### Answer: HABITAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: one's home ground\nHABIT (regular occurrence) + AT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Used to 6 down various places listed to open (7)","output":"### Answer: SCALPEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Used to 6 down\nPLACES* + L[isted]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revised Maastricht Treaty lacking chemistry \u2014 heard repeatedly from knockers (3-1-3)","output":"### Answer: RAT-A-TAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: heard repeatedly from knockers\n(MAASTRICHT TREATY)* less CHEMISTRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Erotica and porn rubbished by new generation (11)","output":"### Answer: PROCREATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: new generation\n(EROTICA PORN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go out with Victorian female poet for starters (3)","output":"### Answer: EBB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Go out\nInitials of Elizabeth Barrett Browning"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vitriolic Commons output of the '80s (4,5)","output":"### Answer: ACID HOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: output of the '80s\nACID (vitriolic) + HOUSE (of Commons)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 25's doctor taking part in a TV series (5)","output":"### Answer: AMBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: 25\nMB in A ER (TV Series)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Christ briefly implicated in opposite sides for 25 (5)","output":"### Answer: OCHRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 25\nCHR (listed as an abbreviation of \"Christ\" in Chambers, I was rather surprised to find) in the \"sides\" of OppositE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Incredibly end with assets in bloated condition (9)","output":"### Answer: SATEDNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: bloated condition\n(END ASSETS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hangover chiefly to restrain incipient corpulence of the stomach (7)","output":"### Answer: GASTRIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: of the stomach\nGAS (reverse of SAG, so \"hang over\") + initial letters of To Restrain Incipient Corpulence"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Urban work he investigates requires a desperate character (7)","output":"### Answer: OPPIDAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Urban\nOP (work) + PI (private investigator) + DAN (Desperate Dan, character in *The Dandy*)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He gives away funnel for a cocktail (11)","output":"### Answer: GRASSHOPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: cocktail\nGRASS (one who betrays, or gives away) + HOPPER (a funnel, as used for moving grain etc)."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 25 diamonds squandered, we hear (7)","output":"### Answer: ICEBLUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 25\nICE (diamonds) + homophone of \"blew\" (squandered). Chambers gives this as hyphenated: ice-blue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vain search to include roundabout double parking (7)","output":"### Answer: FOPPISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vain\nO (roundabout) + PP in FISH (search)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refuse to acknowledge central role in public utility (3)","output":"### Answer: CUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Refuse to acknowledge\ncentral letters of publiC UTility"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Title is abused by snob (7)","output":"### Answer: ELITIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: snob\n(TITLE IS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: South African animal meat possesses a low rating (7)","output":"### Answer: MEERKAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: South African animal\nI think this is ERK (RAF slang for an aircraftman, the lowest rank, hence \"low rating\") in MEAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inferior editorial team member on London paper, briefly (11)","output":"### Answer: SUBSTANDARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inferior\nSUB[-editor] + [Evening] STANDARD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Free impersonator loses remit for a particular voice (7)","output":"### Answer: SOPRANO \n ### Explanation: Definition: a particular voice\nIMPERSONATOR* less REMIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer of article starts to lose heart after foreign agreement (7)","output":"### Answer: ANOUILH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Writer\nAN (article) + OUI (French \"yes\", so \"foreign agreement\") + L[ose] H[eart]. Jean Anouilh, French playwright: I once played the heroine's sister in his play *Antigone* at my (all-boys) school. Fortunately there are no photographs or recordings of the event."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unions pass off workmates (7)","output":"### Answer: LEAGUES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unions\nCOLLEAGUES less COL (mountain pass)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old clothing ripped without intention (7)","output":"### Answer: RAIMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old clothing\nAIM in RENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shake like 16 down over first meeting (7)","output":"### Answer: TREMBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shake\nM[eeting] in TREBLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bastard to get retrained, once worn out (7)","output":"### Answer: TABARDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: once worn out\nBASTARD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of 24 loses even tone (3)","output":"### Answer: HUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: tone\nPart of 24 is HOUSE, which if it \"loses [its] even [letters]\" leaves HUE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Colour blue round lips (7)","output":"### Answer: CRIMSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Colour\nRIMS (lips) in CON[servative] (blue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A trodden-on jellyfish? (7)","output":"### Answer: DOORMAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: A trodden-on jellyfish\nJust a cryptic definition, I think, a jellyfish being \"a person who lacks firmness of purpose\". I'd be delighted to learn that there's more to it.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Struggling after heavy meal? Nice? No! Turn to dietary wisdom from \u2026 (5,3,4,4,3,3,4)","output":"### Answer: NEVER EAT MORE THAN YOU CAN LIFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: dietary wisdom\n(AFTER HEAVY MEAL NICE NO TURN TO)*. I have my usual reservations about this kind of clue, but for once the long anagram fodder was actually useful to me in solving it: with a few crossing letters I guessed the first six words, then used the anagram to get LIFT (after which I convinced myself that \"I knew that\"). This wise saying comes from MISS PIGGY, hence the link to the next clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 Fleming role: is Bond possibly scoffing one horse, the greedy one? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: MISS PIGGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: the greedy one\nM (Fleming role) + IS + GG in SPY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kidnapper, inexperienced poisoner (5,5)","output":"### Answer: PARIS GREEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: poisoner\nPARIS (who, depending on your point of view, either kidnapped or eloped with Helen of Troy) + GREEN (inexperienced). Paris Green is a poison used as an insecticide, and, despite its name, a \"blue colorant for fireworks\" \u2013 perhaps our local expert can clarify.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Socialist walked out (4)","output":"### Answer: LEFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Socialist\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Birds, by the sound of it, travelled on skis (11)","output":"### Answer: ROADRUNNERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Birds\n\"Rode\" + RUNNERS (skis)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Papers stuffed inside gas mask (4)","output":"### Answer: HIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: mask\nID in HE (Helium)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Musician I love nothing about coming into view, shortly (9)","output":"### Answer: VIOLINIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Musician\nI + O + NIL< in VIST[A]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cold, frozen vegetable (5)","output":"### Answer: CHARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: vegetable\nC + HARD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Enclose PM in silence, having dropped guts (7)","output":"### Answer: SHEATHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Enclose\n[Edward] HEATH in S[ilenc]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Image over an awning (6)","output":"### Answer: CANOPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: awning\nAN in COPY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Claiming victory, still upset (6)","output":"### Answer: INVERT \n ### Explanation: Definition: upset\nV in (claimed by) INERT (still)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An aid to pronunciation, that's the way to comment about ship (6,4)","output":"### Answer: STRESS MARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: An aid to pronunciation\nST (street, way) + SS in REMARK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One identifying someone on camera from the swagger, by all conclusions (5)","output":"### Answer: NAMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One identifying someone\nLast letters of oN camerA froM thE swaggeR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shame to stop drinking purest fluid (9)","output":"### Answer: DISREPUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shame\nPUREST* in DIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Neither knife nor fork cut up \u2014 oh dear! (4)","output":"### Answer: OOPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: oh dear!\nReverse of SPOO[n]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Court feature in wonderful drawing? (8)","output":"### Answer: MAGNETIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: drawing\nNET (as seen on a tennis court) in MAGIC (slang for \"great!\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Policeman supports judge in meeting (8)","output":"### Answer: TRYSTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: meeting\nTRY + STING (lead singer of The Police)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Barber's work, Adagio for Strings, by all conclusions suits Christmas concert initially, when jazzed up (7,3)","output":"### Answer: SCISSOR CUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Barber's work\nAnagram of [adagi]O [fo]R [string]S + SUITS + C[hristmas] + C[oncert]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One perhaps requiring fresh hint with clue about possum's bottom (9)","output":"### Answer: LUNCHTIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: One perhaps\n[possu]M in (HINT CLUE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crook with rash deeds in store, perhaps? (8)","output":"### Answer: ARCHIVES \n ### Explanation: Definition: deeds in store, perhaps\nARC (crook) + HIVES (rash)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Action blamed for embarrassingly affected manner, as boob revealed on the catwalk? (8,11)","output":"### Answer: WARDROBE MALFUNCTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: boob revealed on the catwalk\nI can't quite parse this \u2013 it's an anagram of ACTION BLAMED FOR + WRUN, but I cant account for the extra four letters. The expression, for the \"accidental\" revealing of naughty bits, is said to have originated from this incident.\n *Thanks to morphiamet \u2013 it's WAR (action) + (BLAMED FOR)* + UNCTION."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Engine not starting, tank fills up \u2014 might this be the size of the issue? (6)","output":"### Answer: OCTAVO \n ### Explanation: Definition: might this be the size of the issue\nVAT< in [L]OCO (railway engine)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tense figure, old magistrate with nothing to lose (2,4)","output":"### Answer: ON EDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tense\nONE (figure) + DOGE less O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Explosive ingredient added to biriani, treacherous (5)","output":"### Answer: NITRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Explosive ingredient\nHidden on biriaNI TREacherous"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Solvers no good as babies? (5)","output":"### Answer: YOUNG \n ### Explanation: Definition: babies\nYOU + NG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mole, a musician getting ready to enthral a king's mistress? (9)","output":"### Answer: TUNNELLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mole\nNELL [Gwyn] in TUNER (musician getting ready)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pit workers possibly round river front \u2014 god! (9)","output":"### Answer: ORCHESTRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pit workers\nO (round) + R[iver] + CHEST (front) + RA (Egyptian sun god)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Virginia's classic direction of keeper going to work? (2,3,10)","output":"### Answer: TO THE LIGHTHOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Virginia's classic\nDouble definition: novel by Virginia Woolf, and where a lighthouse keeper would go"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State's contribution to ransom, a liability (7)","output":"### Answer: SOMALIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: State\nHidden in ranSOM A LIAbility"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former president's protective of society people (7)","output":"### Answer: PERSONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: people\nS in PERON'S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reverse the setting up of one vulgar doctor (5)","output":"### Answer: UNRIG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reverse the setting up\nUN (dialect or \"vulgar\" form of \"one\") + RIG (to doctor)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lad, the almost disappearing one (3)","output":"### Answer: YOU \n ### Explanation: Definition: one\nYOUTH minus TH[E]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Who's part of the movie host's run? (5)","output":"### Answer: EXTRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Who's part of the movie host\nDouble definition: film extra (part of the crowd, or \"host\"), and a run in cricket"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Benjamin, a familiar national figure? (7)","output":"### Answer: BRITTEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Benjamin\nHomophone (indicated by \"familiar\") of \"Briton\" (national figure). *Thanks to Steve B and Mac Ruaraidh Ghais: a better parsing of this is BRIT (familiar national) + TEN (figure)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Almost express contentment with chamber music man (7)","output":"### Answer: PURCELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: music man\nPUR[R] + CELL (chamber)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not much of a role for top actor of advanced circle (5)","output":"### Answer: CAMEO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not much of a role for top actor\nCAME (advanced) + O (circle)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Low density rock, possibly providing a background for hotel lobbies? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: MOOD MUSIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: background for hotel lobbies\nMOO (to low) + D[ensity] + MUSIC (rock, possibly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Less complicated clue in lower case (9)","output":"### Answer: MINUSCULE \n ### Explanation: Definition: lower case\nMINUS (less) + CLUE* \u2013 I hope we all avoided the common misspelling \"miniscule\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fine for Scots to have English escort (5)","output":"### Answer: GUIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: escort\nGUID (Scots good, fine) + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party politics covers up blunder (4)","output":"### Answer: TYPO \n ### Explanation: Definition: blunder\nHidden in parTY POlitics"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beaten mid-clue by setter's ultimate instrument (8)","output":"### Answer: DULCIMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: instrument\nMID-CLUE* + [sette]R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Losing against obscure illness (4)","output":"### Answer: AGUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: illness\nVAGUE (obscure) less V (versus, against)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stuart A. played with Yes, the rock group? (8)","output":"### Answer: STATUARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: rock group\n(STUART A + Y)* It would be nice if Yes had a Stuart A. playing for them, but apparently not.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make a pitch: \"Hull's location is on the up, rather flamboyant\" (6)","output":"### Answer: ENCAMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make a pitch\nReverse of NE (Hull is (vaguely) in the North-East) + CAMP (flamboyant)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I agree, Terry's worried about Nuneaton centre's past (10)","output":"### Answer: YESTERYEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: past\nYES (I agree) + [nun]EA[ton] in TERRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fate is cold and reluctant before love (6)","output":"### Answer: CLOTHO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fate\nC + LOTH + O. Clotho is one of the Fates of Greek mythology"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small weak person liable to get lit up (5)","output":"### Answer: SQUIB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small weak person\nDouble definition: \"a paltry fellow\" (Chambers) and a firework"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One could be wrapped up in this Walsh novel (5)","output":"### Answer: SHAWL \n ### Explanation: Definition: One could be wrapped up in this\nWALSH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Parking in sporting run range not established (8)","output":"### Answer: UNPROVEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: not established\nP in RUN* + OVEN (range)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Believing it's involved with ethics (8)","output":"### Answer: THEISTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Believing\n(IT ETHICS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Setter's married a foreign female \u2014 so complaint impossible? (6)","output":"### Answer: IMMUNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: so complaint impossible\nI'm (Setter is) + M[arried] + UNE (French feminine \"a\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lower than the lowest turned up as rain producer (6)","output":"### Answer: NIMBUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: rain producer\nReverse of SUB-MIN[imum]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Meteor and small copper rocks occur as predicted (4,4)","output":"### Answer: COME TRUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: occur as predicted\n(METEOR CU)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Star-struck followers of old lady with judo outfit (4)","output":"### Answer: MAGI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Star-struck followers\nMA (mother, old lady) + GI (judo costume)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The gang gloated (4)","output":"### Answer: CREW \n ### Explanation: Definition: The gang\nDouble definition: crew is a form of the past tense of \"crow\", meaning to gloat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Display 26 across fish (5)","output":"### Answer: ARRAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Display\nAR[gon] + RAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Destroy one caught \u2014 time to see catch (9)","output":"### Answer: ERADICATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Destroy\nI C in ERA (time) + DATE (to see)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Primarily at sea (2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: IN THE MAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Primarily\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time unknown \u2014 crew returning to east (5)","output":"### Answer: ENEMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Time\nE + reverse of Y (unknown) + MEN. \"The enemy\" as a metaphor for time comes up occasionally in crossword \u2013 Araucaria used to use it, for example. See here for some backgound."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second note by Roy Scheider, say \u2014 one who responds (7)","output":"### Answer: REACTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: one who responds\nRE (second note, as in do-re-mi) + ACTOR (e.g. Roy Scheider, who played Police Chief Body in *Jaws*)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dangers rule lives \u2014 case of shark making comeback (5)","output":"### Answer: RISKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dangers\nR + IS + reverse of S[har]K"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Faces Chief Brody's unlimited time in rough waters (3,7)","output":"### Answer: ROD STEWART \n ### Explanation: Definition: Faces Chief\n[B]ROD[Y] + T in WATERS* \u2013 a very nice penny-dropping moment when I spotted the definition, referring to The Faces, of whom Rod Stewart was the lead singer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shark ultimately swallows one that worked with lines (5)","output":"### Answer: KEATS \n ### Explanation: Definition: one that worked with lines\n[shar]K + EATS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opening sequence of movie (Jaws): ocean killer eats leading character from Amity Island (7)","output":"### Answer: MAJORCA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Island\nA[mity] in M[ovie] + J[aws] + ORCA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sea being cold, to work harbours (7)","output":"### Answer: OCTOPUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sea being\nC TO in OPUS \u2013 another cleverly-concealed definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note: at stern of legendary vessel is gas (5)","output":"### Answer: ARGON \n ### Explanation: Definition: gas\nARGO (legendary ship) + N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Diving position to settle swimmer (9)","output":"### Answer: PIKEPERCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: swimmer\nPIKE (diving position) + PERCH (to settle). The name of this fish is hyphenated as pike-perch in all the references I can find"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Re station at sea, attacks physically (5,4)","output":"### Answer: TEARS INTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: attacks physically\n(RE STATION)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Measure length of animal (5)","output":"### Answer: RATEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: animal\nRATE + L \u2013 the Ratel is also known as the Honey badger"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show stress on island (4)","output":"### Answer: TAXI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Show\nTAX (to stress) + I \u2013 the show is the American TV series Taxi"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State shark attack? It's part of the memory (4)","output":"### Answer: BYTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's part of the memory\nHomophone of \"bite\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cruise for one mile, say, like sailor (8)","output":"### Answer: MEGASTAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cruise for one\nM + EG + AS TAR \u2013 this looked like a definition-by-example at first glance, but the \"for one\" fixes that"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Robert Shaw performing \u2014 grandeur oddly missing inside film studio (6,8)","output":"### Answer: WARNER BROTHERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: film studio\n[g]R[a]N[d]E[u]R in (ROBERT SHAW)* \u2013 sadly, *Jaws* was not producer by Warner Brothers, though Robert Shaw starred in it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's blown up in the sea \u2014 fiction about fine sailor on Spielberg film (4,6)","output":"### Answer: LIFE JACKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's blown up in the sea\nF in LIE + JACK (sailor) + ET (Spielberg film)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most biting great white shark, initially not good when swimming (6)","output":"### Answer: RAWEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most biting\nAnagram of GREAT less G + W[hite] + S[hark]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Group drink (4)","output":"### Answer: BEVY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Group\nDouble definition \u2013 the drink meaning is short for \"beverage\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small crowd go away (5)","output":"### Answer: SCRAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: go away\nS + CRAM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailors turn on way and head for folly (10)","output":"### Answer: ABSURDNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: folly\nABS + U (turn) + RD + NESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Introduction to Shark, found in upended box files (5)","output":"### Answer: RASPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: files\nS[hark] in reverse of SPAR (to box)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dr No book (novel) \u2014 with a twist, it offers an escape (8)","output":"### Answer: DOORKNOB \n ### Explanation: Definition: with a twist, it offers an escape\n(DR NO BOOK)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In character of bad one at sea? Sound at start of horror (8)","output":"### Answer: ASPIRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sound at start of horror\nAS PIRATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Picture cut up \u2014 Spielberg ultimately is outside during film cut (6)","output":"### Answer: JIGSAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Picture cut up\n[spielber]G in IS, in JAW[S]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Join American dad, heartlessly getting wind up (6)","output":"### Answer: APPEND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Join\nA + P[o]P + END (to wind up). \u2013 I originally put ADDEND, which caused trouble with 27 \u2013 it does exist, but only as a noun"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conservationists seeing that about social creatures (4)","output":"### Answer: ANTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: social creatures\nNT (National Trust) in AS (seeing that)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ship's opening close to Matt Hooper struggling with line (8)","output":"### Answer: PORTHOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ship's opening\nAnagram of [mat]T + HOOPER + L[ine] \u2013 Matt Hooper is a character in the film"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stick to the point and argument may be carried (7,4)","output":"### Answer: ATTACHE CASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: may be carried\nATTACH + E (compass point) + CASE (argument)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: And the sailor is first on leave (7)","output":"### Answer: ABANDON \n ### Explanation: Definition: leave\nAB + AND + ON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Limited protection provided by regimental mascot? (7)","output":"### Answer: PARAPET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Limited protection\nThe PARA PET might be the mascot of the Parachute Regiment"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Baby Edward has to carry something to cuddle (5,4)","output":"### Answer: TEDDY BEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: something to cuddle\nTEDDY (diminutive of Edward) + BEAR (carry)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clean down (5)","output":"### Answer: PREEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clean down\nCryptic (or perhaps literal) definition (though I think preening is mostly done on feathers rather than down)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Long times in the onslaught (4)","output":"### Answer: EONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Long times\nHidden in thE ONslaught"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Raises cost somehow, or gets cut off (10)","output":"### Answer: OSTRACISES \n ### Explanation: Definition: cut off\n(RAISES COST)* \u2013 I don't think \"gets cut off\" can be a definition of \"ostracises\", so the grammar is faulty here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Religious experience necessary to achieve a goal (10)","output":"### Answer: CONVERSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Religious experience\nDouble definition (the goal is in Rugby)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Each one a fairy! (4)","output":"### Answer: PERI \n ### Explanation: Definition: a fairy\nPER I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steer incorrectly and course must be this (5)","output":"### Answer: RESET \n ### Explanation: Definition: this\nSTEER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Checks taxes \u2014 not for the first time! (9)","output":"### Answer: RESTRAINS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Checks\nRE-STRAINS (to strain = to tax)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small company tax that is adjusted for objects from distant countries (7)","output":"### Answer: EXOTICA \n ### Explanation: Definition: objects from distant countries\nAnagram of CO TAX IE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Point behind the ship towards the sunrise (7)","output":"### Answer: EASTERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: towards the sunrise\nE + ASTERN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hated theory developed recently (3,5,3)","output":"### Answer: THE OTHER DAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: recently\n(HATED THEORY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Forsake your responsibilities, leaving letters unanswered? (7,4,4)","output":"### Answer: ABANDON ONE\u2019S POST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Forsake your responsibilities\nDouble definition \u2013 it's rather surprising to have two ABANDONs crossing here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It could make one extremely tiddly with rum in it (5)","output":"### Answer: TODDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: It could make one extremely tiddly with rum in it\nODD in T[iddl]Y, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beats soundly in a game that's child's play (7)","output":"### Answer: CONKERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: game that's child's play\nHomophone of \"conquers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ruler in a temper, or so it seems (7)","output":"### Answer: EMPEROR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ruler\nHIdden in tEMPER OR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's under a country's jurisdiction, though over it (8)","output":"### Answer: AIRSPACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's under a country's jurisdiction, though over it\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fast talking gets a speedy service (7,8)","output":"### Answer: EXPRESS DELIVERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: speedy service\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Showing signs of fight? (6-7)","output":"### Answer: BATTLE-SCARRED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Showing signs of fight\nI can't see this as anything but a straight definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doesn't win seat, when in a state of utter perplexity (2,4,4,3)","output":"### Answer: AT ONE\u2019S WITS\u2019 END \n ### Explanation: Definition: in a state of utter perplexity\n(DOESN'T WIN SEAT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sit a certain way for the ideal journey? (8)","output":"### Answer: BESTRIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sit a certain way\nBEST RIDE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The civil type won't wait for a job (7)","output":"### Answer: SERVANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: The civil type won't wait for a job\nCryptic definition \u2013 civil servants aren't the sort of servants who wait at tables"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Offensive alumnus put on some act (7)","output":"### Answer: OBSCENE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Offensive\nOB (old boy = alumnus) + SCENE (part of an Act in a play)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brought down to earth, strange as it may sound (5)","output":"### Answer: RASED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brought down to earth\nReference to the homophone \"raised\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stamp with foot running lap round gym (5)","output":"### Answer: APPEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stamp with foot\nPE in LAP* \u2013 this word is a term in fencing, meaning \"a stamp of the front foot in false attack, in order to create an opening for a hit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No. 1 in charts available for sale, including new number (5)","output":"### Answer: COUNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: number\nC[harts] + N in OUT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Channel for ground grain, distance about 80 yards (or more) (7)","output":"### Answer: MILL-EYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Channel for ground grain\nLEY (a measure of yarn: 80 yards of worsted, or more for other types) in MILE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hazel's pretty pendants, ornamental in large measure (6)","output":"### Answer: AMENTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hazel's pretty pendants\nHidden in ornAMENTAl \u2013 aka catkins"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Misled about gold, might trust a 'miracle-worker' (13)","output":"### Answer: THAUMATURGIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: miracle-worker\nAU in (MIGHT TRUST A)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stripy fish, caught by sorcery? (5)","output":"### Answer: COBIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stripy fish\nC + OBIA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opening sought by marketing men, kind that's hard getting in (5)","output":"### Answer: NICHE \n ### Explanation: Opening sought by marketing men, kind that's hard getting in (5) \nH in NICE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left-overs? Recipe I used cooking with one (7)","output":"### Answer: RESIDUA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Left-overs\nR + (I USED)* + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Asteroid string by the sound of it (5)","output":"### Answer: CERES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Asteroid\nHomophone of \"series\" (string)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheeky underling turned hearts (5)","output":"### Answer: FRESH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cheeky\nSERF< + H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A trendsetter (13)","output":"### Answer: AVANT-GARDISTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: A trendsetter\nThe competition word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alluvial deposits from lake filled round fringes (6)","output":"### Answer: DELTAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Alluvial deposits\nL in SATED<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Palm tree root shifted relative position (7)","output":"### Answer: TROOLIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Palm tree\nROOT* + LIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vatican hall excluding RA, troubled (5)","output":"### Answer: VEXED \n ### Explanation: Definition: troubled\nV + EXED[RA]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Variant of disputed Shakespearean term: note received interpretation (5)","output":"### Answer: SENSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: interpretation\nN in SESE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One among contemporaries of Auden, W. H? They're exhausting (8)","output":"### Answer: SPENDERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They're exhausting\nSPENDER S (Stephen S, 1909-1995, a contemporary and friend of Auden's)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Road hazard mostly Scots endure after work's reversed (7)","output":"### Answer: POTHOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Road hazard\nOP< + THOLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Local units (monetary), Armenian primarily (4)","output":"### Answer: LUMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Local units (monetary), Armenian primarily\nInitial letters &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They grant authority to Crown investigators, upsetting Ironside about new Queen (11)","output":"### Answer: INQUIRENDOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They grant authority to Crown investigators\nN QU in IRONSIDE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Edible bulb, coloured, on top of heap (6)","output":"### Answer: CAMASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Edible bulb\nC + AMASS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's posted by admirer, youngster that's burning inside? (5)","output":"### Answer: PIN-UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's posted by admirer\nIN in PUP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After delay I appear, paid to come round, taken from others' work (11)","output":"### Answer: PLAGIARISED \n ### Explanation: Definition: taken from others' work\nLAG I ARISE in P[ai]D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inspiration for heroic opera record turning up \u2013 does it culminate in bloomer? (7)","output":"### Answer: PEDICLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: does it culminate in bloomer\nReverse of EL CID + EP. El Cid was the subject of an opera by Massenet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unfledged bird always reared in centre of nest (4)","output":"### Answer: EYAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unfledged bird\nAY< in [n]ES[t] \u2013 an unfleged hawk"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Company stationery perhaps, one allowing varied shade (11)","output":"### Answer: LETTERHEADS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Company stationery perhaps\nLETTER (one allowing) + SHADE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Convert (in a way) disturbed at CE rite after mass (9)","output":"### Answer: METRICATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Convert (in a way)\nM + (AT CE RITE*)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shaver mostly made to divide half of sweet exactly \u2013 it's very hard (7)","output":"### Answer: BORAZON \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's very hard\nRAZO[r] in half of BON-BON \u2013 \"exactly\" because the two halves are the same"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cocotte? This woman's filled with wild lust (7)","output":"### Answer: HUSTLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cocotte\nLUST* in HER \u2013 Chambers gives \"prostitute\" as one of the meanings of both hustler and cocotte"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relieve of local tax under a tenancy in part (6) (6)","output":"### Answer: DERATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relieve of local tax\nHidden in inDER A TEnancy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Facile, not born in the States, they're not much to look at! (5)","output":"### Answer: UGLIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: they're not much to look at\nGLI[b] in US"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something like conductor's baton, length reduced in composition of Ravel (4)","output":"### Answer: VARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Something like conductor's baton\nRAVEL* less L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Example of the blues is devastating to the ears (4)","output":"### Answer: SAXE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Example of the blues\nHomophone of \"sacks\" (i.e. ransacks)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With vacuous smile, see dope (6)","output":"### Answer: SEDATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: dope\nS[mil]E + DATE (to see)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lamb possibly filling pies, say, is tasty (8)","output":"### Answer: ESSAYIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lamb possibly\nHidden in piES SAY IS Tasty \u2013 Charles Lamb is the essayist, who used the pen name Elia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A position to get behind shot? (6)","output":"### Answer: GOALIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: A position to get behind shot\nGO (a shot) + A LIE, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strikers here in game: the penalty area (8)","output":"### Answer: MATCHBOX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Strikers here\nMATCH (game) + BOX (penalty area in football)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Operations devised primarily to interrupt an explosion of impotence in gibbons, perhaps? (14)","output":"### Answer: APPENDECTOMIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Operations\nD[evised] in IMPOTENCE in APES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arty with brains, terribly brilliant couple here? (6,4)","output":"### Answer: BINARY STAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: brilliant couple here\n(ARTY BRAINS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gone, a king long ago (4)","output":"### Answer: OFFA \n ### Explanation: Definition: king long ago\nOFF (gone) + A. Offa (famous for his dyke) was king of Mercia 757-796"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vulgar couple beginning to lech from behind (4)","output":"### Answer: LOUD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vulgar\nReverse of DUO + L[ech]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One causing friction excluded in report of what's binding? (6,4)","output":"### Answer: RUBBER BAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: what's binding\nRUBBER (one causing friction) + homophone \"banned\" (excluded)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A Tory authoritarian in brute that may squeeze the life out of you? (3,11)","output":"### Answer: BOA CONSTRICTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: that may squeeze the life out of you\nA CON STRICT in BOOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Car, one in a hundred for trial (8)","output":"### Answer: AUDITION \n ### Explanation: Definition: trial\nAUDI (car) + I in TON (slang for 100)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small mammal contracted disease, unfortunately (6)","output":"### Answer: DASSIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small mammal\nAnagram of DISEAS[E] \u2013 a small rat-like mammal, also known as the Hyrax. Rather obscure, perhaps, but the clueing is clear, and there are surprisingly few words that fit the pattern _A_S_E: perhaps Paul didn't fancy clueing HASSLE, LASSIE or even FALSIE.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vain prince informally introduced to beauty (8)","output":"### Answer: DANDYISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vain\nANDY (informal for Prince Andrew) in DISH (a beauty)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scorer for European city (6)","output":"### Answer: BERLIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scorer\nDouble definition \u2013 the \"scorer\" is Irving Berlin"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Story with Ottoman commanders written up (4)","output":"### Answer: SAGA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Story\nReverse of AGAS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Evidently mortal god, communicating little (7)","output":"### Answer: DEADPAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: communicating little\nDEAD + PAN (god)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer coming up with score for soap, perhaps? (8)","output":"### Answer: TOILETRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: soap, perhaps\nReverse of ELIOT (T.S. or George) + TRY (score in rugby)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Formality a warning sign, where justice was rarely served (4,7)","output":"### Answer: STAR CHAMBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: where justice was rarely served\nSTARCH (formality) + AMBER (warning sign)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An unfinished assignment as a mainstay (6)","output":"### Answer: ANCHOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: a mainstay\nAN CHOR[E]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Concisely written ultimately, French produce cracking poem (2,5)","output":"### Answer: IN BRIEF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Concisely\n[writte]N BRIE in IF (Kipling poem)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rank outsiders in Tunisia requiring some of the stadium to support team (4,5)","output":"### Answer: TAXI STAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rank\nT[unisi]A + XI (team, e.g. in football) + STAND (part of a stadium)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hoarding? William Shakespeare hoards nothing! (9)","output":"### Answer: BILLBOARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hoarding\nBILL (WIlliam) + O in BARD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Odd bits to unclip in box, like a cross (8)","output":"### Answer: CRUCIATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: like a cross\nU[N]C[L]I[P] in CRATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sex sounding as spurious, an event to be covered up (7,11)","output":"### Answer: UGANDAN DISCUSSIONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sex\nAN DISCUS (athletic event) in (SOUNDING AS)* \u2013 *Private Eye's* euphemism for (usually illicit) sex: I wonder how familiar it is to Guardian solvers."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excitement, seeing America in a shortlist? (7)","output":"### Answer: AROUSAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Excitement\nUSA in A ROL[L]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left and left again, lorry finally gets round (6)","output":"### Answer: PORTLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: round\nPORT + L + [lorr]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strap which comes down, by the sound of it? (4)","output":"### Answer: REIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Strap\nHomophone of \"rain\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cloistered society bringing back holy hour (6)","output":"### Answer: SECRET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cloistered\nS[ociety] + reverse of TERCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Dutch Girls Aloud? (6)","output":"### Answer: MISSUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: The Dutch\nHomophone of \"misses\" (girls), \"Dutch\" meaning \"wife\", either as rhyming slang from \"Duchess of Fife\" or (more likely) just short for \"Duchess\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Repeat multiple-choice section (4)","output":"### Answer: ECHO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Repeat\nHidden in multiplE-CHOice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After turbulent stretches of water, express disappointment with cutter (6)","output":"### Answer: RIPSAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: cutter\nRIPS (turbulent water) + AW (expression of disappointment)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Establish oneself as a Glaswegian hit man? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: TAKE ROOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Establish oneself\nA hit man \"takes people out\", so a Glaswegian one might be a \"taker oot\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Judge found drunk outside \u2014 that's extraordinary (7,2)","output":"### Answer: UNHEARD OF \n ### Explanation: Definition: extraordinary\nHEAR in FOUND"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe Blue can chart finally (4)","output":"### Answer: TINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maybe Blue\nTIN (can) + [char]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A way for Steps to cover material lacking copyright (4)","output":"### Answer: PATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: A way for Steps\nPATCH (to cover material) less C"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suspect it's injected to prepare for a reaction (9)","output":"### Answer: SENSITISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: prepare for a reaction\nIT IS in SENSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most of Pussycat Dolls' output is refined and very sweet (8)","output":"### Answer: MOLASSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: refined and very sweet\nMO[g] (most of pussycat) + LASSES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Instrumental tracks are overlooked (6)","output":"### Answer: UNSUNG \n ### Explanation: Definition: overlooked\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mother leaves explorer in clutches of prone penitent (10)","output":"### Answer: FLAGELLANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: penitent\n[MA]GELLAN in FLAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pin left in sack (4)","output":"### Answer: AXLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pin\nL in AXE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very small head teacher stalking McFly? (6)","output":"### Answer: MIDGET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Very small\nMIDGE (notoriously often found in Scotland, hence a \"McFly\") + T[eacher]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Goes on and on about Queen's mates (6)","output":"### Answer: DRONES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Goes on and on\nDouble definition \u2013 the Queen in question being a bee"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A representative sample of opinion about Boyzone (5,7)","output":"### Answer: CROSS SECTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: A representative sample of opinion\nC (about) + ROSS (boy) + SECTION (zone)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Authorise mounted soldiers to arrest Take That (7)","output":"### Answer: EMPOWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Authorise\nPOW (take that!) in reverse of REME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After ruling, obtain new recruits (6)","output":"### Answer: INTAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: new recruits\nIN (ruling, as \"in power\") + TAKE (obtain)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant bomb under small tree (9)","output":"### Answer: SPEARMINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant\nS + PEAR + MINT (a lot of money, as in \"make a mint\/bomb\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hawk ends up abroad (4,3)","output":"### Answer: SPIT OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hawk\nRevese of TIPS + OUT (abroad)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Busted err on vocalist (that's debatable) (13)","output":"### Answer: CONTROVERSIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: debatable\n(ERR ON VOCALIST)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Separate reagents combined by head of department (9)","output":"### Answer: ESTRANGED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Separate\nREAGENTS* + D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dire Straits for Spice Girl's comeback? (7)","output":"### Answer: PROBLEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dire Straits\nPRO (for) + reverse of MEL B"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: S Club 7 (7)","output":"### Answer: SPUTTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: 7\nS + PUTTER (golf club)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Records by One Direction (7)","output":"### Answer: SINGLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Records\nSINGLE (one) + S (direction)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drug dealer's confession to operatic lady (6)","output":"### Answer: ISOLDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: operatic lady\n\"I SOLD E[cstasy]\", said the dealer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brood about Westlife (5)","output":"### Answer: SPAWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brood\nW in SPAN (life) \u2013 the wordplay has to be read as \"about West, life\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having no preference in bedroom, police enter here, finding killer in bed (9)","output":"### Answer: HERBICIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: killer in bed\nBI[-sexual] + CID in HERE. A nice misleading definition to get us started"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Well-known American after Olympics rejection? (9)","output":"### Answer: NOTORIOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Well-known\n\"NO TO RIO\" (site of the 2016 Olympics) + US"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Magnetism in girl's case \u2014 illicit affair to follow (7)","output":"### Answer: GLAMOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Magnetism\nG[ir]L + AMOUR. Does an amour have to be illicit?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Present differently \u2014 concerned with shot on film (7)","output":"### Answer: REFRAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Present differently\nRE (concerned with) + FRAME (film shot) \u2013 not keen on this, as \"frame\" has virtually the same meaning in answer and wordplay"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stock producer holding black and white cattle's collar (5)","output":"### Answer: OXBOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: cattle's collar\nB in OXO (stock cube maker) + W"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Watched horror film (3)","output":"### Answer: SAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Watched\nDouble definition \u2013 a recent series of horror films"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Some characters to kill at \u2026\" \u2014 Hitchcock getting stick (5)","output":"### Answer: LATHI \n ### Explanation: Definition: stick\nHidden in kilL AT HItchcock. \"In South Asia, a long, heavy iron-bound bamboo stick used as a weapon, especially by police\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Furious\" women from Italy and Spain crossing New York (Queens borders) (7)","output":"### Answer: ERINYES \n ### Explanation: Definition: \"Furious\" women\nNY in I + E, all in ERS \u2013 the Erinyes are the Furies of Greek mythology"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A snug Hitchcock stripped off \u2014 work for it here? (7,5)","output":"### Answer: CASTING COUCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: work for it here\nAnagram of a A SNUG [h]ITCHCOC[k]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clobber for going off with \u2026 : anger flows (9)","output":"### Answer: NIGHTWEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clobber for going off\n(WITH ANGER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Was in Frenzy in which director ultimately matured (5)","output":"### Answer: RAGED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Was in Frenzy\n[directo]R + AGED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He noted essentially: \"See Kim Novak in disguise across road\" (5)","output":"### Answer: VERDI \n ### Explanation: Definition: He noted\nRD in an anagram of the midde letters of sEe kIm noVak"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One crawling out of Psycho shot with worker (9)","output":"### Answer: SYCOPHANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: One crawling\nPSYCHO* + ANT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Young woman cut with it? (4)","output":"### Answer: CHIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: with it\nCHIC[k]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turn in drama (time for 27 shock) (6)","output":"### Answer: TRAUMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: shock\nU in DRAMA with the D (date) replaced by T (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Freedom to use land is why fair got in a mess? (5,2,3)","output":"### Answer: RIGHT OF WAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Freedom to use land\n(WHY FAIR GOT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On North by Northwest, upset over one late director (6)","output":"### Answer: WINNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: late director\nI in reverse of RE (on) + N NW. Michael Winner, who died in 2013"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spot for murderers \u2014 each cast supporting director (5,3)","output":"### Answer: DEATH ROW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spot for murderers\nD[irector] + EA[ch] + THROW (cast)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Smudge cosmetic she took away (4)","output":"### Answer: BLUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Smudge\nBLUSHER, with SHE \"took away\" (a bit ungrammmatical, or maybe dialect\/slang)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rude, single Hitchcock lead actor, working over breaks (8)","output":"### Answer: IGNORANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rude\nReverse of ON (working) \"breaking in to\" I [Cary] GRANT. Chambers gives \"rude\" as a definition of IGNORANT \u2013 I've seen it used in this way by people who seem think it means \"ignoring..\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alien, like foreign characters (4)","output":"### Answer: ETAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: foreign characters\nET + AS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feel good with Hitchcock film (5)","output":"### Answer: GROPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feel\nG + ROPE (1948 Hitchcock film)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shoots on outings series of pictures (10)","output":"### Answer: FILMSTRIPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: series of pictures\nFILMS (shoots) + TRIPS. As in 14, I don't much like the double use of \"film[s]\" here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Watching, say, dark force stabbing (5)","output":"### Answer: EYING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Watching\nYIN (dark force) in E.G."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fetching ones start to become identical (they are) (8)","output":"### Answer: BRINGERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fetching ones\nB[ecome] + RINGERS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Guardian writers mostly set without expectation (8)","output":"### Answer: SUSPENSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: expectation\nUS + PENS in SE[t] \u2013 and of course Hitchcock was the \"Master of Suspense\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"See you on Twitter?\" \u2014 blue post of priest (6)","output":"### Answer: CURACY \n ### Explanation: Definition: post of priest\nCU (see you) + RACY (blue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dressed and working (2,4)","output":"### Answer: IN GEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dressed\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tone reflects section of The Lady Vanishes (4)","output":"### Answer: NAVY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tone\nHidden in reverse of ladY VANishes \u2013 I'll let Tramp off the superfluous \"The\" as it's part of the film title."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of American car seen in Rear Window (4,5)","output":"### Answer: TAIL LIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of American car\nTAIL (rear) + LIGHT (window)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: '50s hairstyle and its wearer clipped to go out (4)","output":"### Answer: DATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: go out\nDA \u2013 duck's arse (or ass) hairstyle \u2013 + TE[d] (the DA was favoured by Teddy Boys)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Land of the living (5)","output":"### Answer: GLEBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Land of the living\nCryptic definition \u2013 a glebe is a piece of land attached to a church, for the benefit of the parish priest, and a living is the parish itself, and associated income (in the Jeeves and Wooster stories, Bertie's curate friends are often on the lookout for a living, usually from their girlfriends' tight-fisted uncles)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Manufacture of vital cure brings in profits (9)","output":"### Answer: LUCRATIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: brings in profits\n(VITAL CURE)* \u2013 the defnition is the wrong part of speech here: perhaps \"in profits\" would work?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thrown into a suit case (9)","output":"### Answer: SITUATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: case\n(INTO A SUIT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dams found between Kirkcaldy to Keswick (5)","output":"### Answer: DYKES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dams\nHidden in kirkalDY [joined to] KESwick"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Move to continue playing football, or concede defeat (5-2)","output":"### Answer: THROW IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Move to continue playing football\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thick soup \u2014 food to the German (7)","output":"### Answer: CHOWDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thick soup\nCHOW + DER \u2013 contrary to my suspicions, I found that \"chow\" and \"chowder\" are unrelated: \"chow\" is from Chinese pidgin English \"chow chow\", from Chinese \"cha\"=\"mixed\"; \"chowder\" from old French \"chaudi\u00e8re\", meaning a pot (and related to \"cauldron\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ascended a small hill to the north (5)","output":"### Answer: RISEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ascended\nRISE (small hill) + N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wood used in model-making (3)","output":"### Answer: ELM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wood\nHidden in modEL-Making"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Check the advance of a sick man's comeback (5)","output":"### Answer: REPEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Check the advance of\nReverse of LEPER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Abandoned, many felt irritated (7)","output":"### Answer: DITCHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Abandoned\nD (500) + ITCHED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Retribution seems in order (7)","output":"### Answer: NEMESIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Retribution\n(SEEMS IN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They store honey, rash though it may be (5)","output":"### Answer: HIVES \n ### Explanation: Definition: They store honey\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Looking shabby, he meant to reform (4-5)","output":"### Answer: MOTH-EATEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Looking shabby\n(HE MEANT TO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article about doctor and prophet backing a small group (9)","output":"### Answer: THREESOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: a small group\nReverse of MO + SEER in THE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cut and serve out (5)","output":"### Answer: SEVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cut\nSERVE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agrees about being dropped as one grows older (4)","output":"### Answer: AGES \n ### Explanation: Definition: grows older\nAGREES less RE (about)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Achievement sure to be written about in newspapers (8)","output":"### Answer: FEATURES \n ### Explanation: Definition: in newspapers\nFEAT + SURE* \u2013 again the definition uses the wrong part of speech"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Big game shot (4)","output":"### Answer: MEGA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Big\nGAME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Union gets a nice settlement after all (8)","output":"### Answer: ALLIANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Union\nALL + NICE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Such a railway may make a fair profit (6)","output":"### Answer: SCENIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Such a railway may make a fair profit\nCryptic definition \u2013 a Scenic Railway was a fairground attraction, precursor of the rollercoaster"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beat record (10)","output":"### Answer: CARDIOGRAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beat record\nCryptic definition \u2013 it records the beats of your heart"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gave tongue, though subdued (6)","output":"### Answer: LICKED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gave tongue\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: City in northern France producing optical equipment (4)","output":"### Answer: LENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: City in northern France\nDouble definition \u2013 the place is in Pas-de-Calais"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sorely tried and weary (5)","output":"### Answer: TIRED \n ### Explanation: Definition: weary\nTRIED* \u2013 like 31a, \"only just\" an anagram"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gunnery school? (10)","output":"### Answer: WINCHESTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: school\nA definition (school) and a hint (from the Winchester rifle)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Decides officially and draws the line (5)","output":"### Answer: RULES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Decides officially\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plucky airman of a bygone age? (8)","output":"### Answer: MINSTREL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plucky airman of a bygone age\nCryptic definition \u2013 a minstrel might haved plucked his lute while singing an air"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Definite sign of an increase (8)","output":"### Answer: POSITIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Definite\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A number tucked into bird in the inn (6)","output":"### Answer: TAVERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: inn\nA V (5) in TERN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mother and child in a jam? (6)","output":"### Answer: DAMSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: jam\nDAM + SON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loathe articles in disorder (4)","output":"### Answer: HATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Loathe\nAn indirect anagram of THE + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Yet it is difficult for busy people to take it (4)","output":"### Answer: EASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Yet it is difficult for busy people to take it\nCryptic definition \u2013 \"yet\" because it should be easy to take your ease.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The average Pole or Frenchman? (4)","output":"### Answer: NORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: The average\nN (pole) + OR + M[onsieur]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of the score Bilbao got wrong (9)","output":"### Answer: OBBLIGATO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of the score\n(BILBAO GOT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Match ends of \"star\" and \"catarrh\", say? \"Hum\" and \"come\"? (5)","output":"### Answer: RHYME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Match\nLast letters of staR catarrH saY huM comE \u2013 and the two pairs of words rhyme with each other"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country road bizarrely appended to old coin (7)","output":"### Answer: ECUADOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Country\nECU (old French coin \u2013 not to confused with the European Currency Unit, which didn't have any coinage) + ROAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shortcoming involving student getting put on new course (7)","output":"### Answer: DEFLECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: put on new course\nL in DEFECT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cut corners and speed-read page (5)","output":"### Answer: SKIMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cut corners\nSKIM + P"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: UK reel, triple forte, causing commotion (9)","output":"### Answer: KERFUFFLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: commotion\n(UK REEL FFF)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wait to catch volunteers, returning, breaking balls (5,10)","output":"### Answer: DANCE ATTENDANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wait\nReverse of NET TA (Territorial Army, now renamed the Army Reserve) in DANCE DANCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small waterway or roadway concealing a mussel shell (9)","output":"### Answer: STREAMLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small waterway\nA M[usse]L in STREET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jones's partner goes to middle of 21 down to seek water (5)","output":"### Answer: DOWSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: seek water\nDOW (as in the Dow Jones Index) + [de]SE[rt]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Threaten to be left to finish (7)","output":"### Answer: PORTEND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Threaten\nPORT (left) + END"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animal shelter overturned, engulfed by unpleasant smell of animal (7)","output":"### Answer: MUSKRAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: animal\nReverse of ARK (\"animal shelter\") in MUST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dispenser of Dutch courage (nerve of sorts) (5)","output":"### Answer: OPTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dispenser of Dutch courage\nDouble definition \u2013 an optic is the device used to dispense spirits in pub"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pants, perhaps, at bottom of river (9)","output":"### Answer: UNDERWEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pants, perhaps\nUNDER [the river] WEAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Puritan's urgent call about birdseed mostly getting scattered (10)","output":"### Answer: SOBERSIDES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Puritan\nBIRDSEE[d]* in SOS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cleaning number one instrument holding laptop up (8)","output":"### Answer: ABLUTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cleaning\nNO I + L[aptop] in TUBA, all reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What fearful people have to finish? (4,2)","output":"### Answer: WIND UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: What fearful people have\nDouble definition (with different pronunications)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish\u2009wife (last of 6)? (4)","output":"### Answer: PARR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fish\nDouble definition \u2013 a parr is a young salmon, and Catherine Parr was Henry VIII's sixth and final wife (and she had three other husbands apart from him)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Custom keeps the German people marvelling (10)","output":"### Answer: WONDERMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: marvelling\nDER MEN in WONT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Without supporting rising, poet's deep (8)","output":"### Answer: PROFOUND \n ### Explanation: Definition: deep\nReverse of FOR (supporting) with [Ezra] POUND outside or \"without\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Personally intervening, stifle symbolist's ascent (6)","output":"### Answer: MYSELF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Personally\nHidden in reverse of stiFLE SYMbolist's."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Match lacking a bit of 25 (4)","output":"### Answer: VEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: bit of 25\nVESTA less A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exercised crowd control with peculiar instrument (10)","output":"### Answer: KETTLEDRUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: instrument\nKETTLED (police technique of containing demonstrators in a small space) + RUM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Simple city housing oriental soldiers and sailor (10)","output":"### Answer: ELEMENTARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Simple\nE + MEN + TAR in ELY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blades slicing bits of peaches regularly disappear (8)","output":"### Answer: EVANESCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: disappear\nVANES in [p]E[a]C[h]E[s]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grins salaciously about following novel footage (8)","output":"### Answer: NEWSREEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: footage\nNEW + reverse of LEERS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Right cultivated, collecting one collector's piece (6)","output":"### Answer: RARITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: collector's piece\nR + I in ARTY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rat, of course, gutted (6)","output":"### Answer: DESERT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rat\nDESSERT less its middle letter \u2013 does that count as being \"gutted\"?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Story in bed (4)","output":"### Answer: PLOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Story\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fashion, or endless exhibitor thereof (4)","output":"### Answer: MODE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fashion\nMODE[L]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old coAt of a sort succeeded? Wrong (5)","output":"### Answer: AMISS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wrong\n AMIS (Spenserian variant of \"amice\" \u2013 a cloak) + S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English saints made haZy in old verse form (7)","output":"### Answer: SESTINA \n ### Explanation: Definition: old verse form\n (E SAINTS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Antelope around Zambia: might one seeD itself in oriental garden? (5)","output":"### Answer: KUDZU \n ### Explanation: Definition: might one seeD itself in oriental garden\n Z in KUDU"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most Spick clothing seen unravelling, being frank? (8)","output":"### Answer: FREENESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: being frank\n SEEN* in FRES[h] (spick \u2013 i.e. most of it)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Father, among set of beliefs related to church, with climbers adorNing (9)","output":"### Answer: CREEPERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: with climbers adorNing\n PERE in CREED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Army unit take in peOns, historically (5)","output":"### Answer: CORPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Army unit\n R in COPS (peon is an old word for a policeman)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spear fruit in SA? THis gets e.g. inside (7)","output":"### Answer: ASSEGAI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spear\n EG in ASSAI \u2013 also spelt a&ccedilla;ai, a South American fruit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lean doWn after Scottish race is over, niggardly among locals (6)","output":"### Answer: NIRLIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: niggardly among locals\n RIN< + LIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Airborne soldier given pOint following windy plain (6)","output":"### Answer: PARAMO \n ### Explanation: Definition: windy plain\n PARA + MO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue:  TAsk supervisor in mine down one with money invested (7)","output":"### Answer: OVERMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition:  T\n M in OVER AN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inuit may travel with this cHow, one kilometre behind (5)","output":"### Answer: KAIAK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inuit may travel with this\n KAI (Maori word for food: chow) + A K. A variant spelling of \"kayak\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: DebUt written off, Met create recast addition (8)","output":"### Answer: ETCETERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: addition\n (MET CREATE)* less M (the \"debut\" of MET)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: RollS, say, coated in edible fish mites (5)","output":"### Answer: ACARI \n ### Explanation: Definition: mites\n CAR (e.g. a Rolls Royce) in AI \u2013 an edible Japanese fish (as well as the three-toed sloth, as all Scrabble players should know)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: HungAry? Camper maybe is heading for that, faint as before (6)","output":"### Answer: VANISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: faint as before\n VAN (camper [van], maybe) + IS + H: as the H is there in the unmodified version of the clue, it's not really true in this case that \"the clue requires the addition of a single letter before if can be satisfactorily solved\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: College liNe about a Councillor (7)","output":"### Answer: LINACRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: College\n A CR in LINE \u2013 Linacre College, Oxford"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: LaDy back in embrace of chosen gallant (5)","output":"### Answer: AGNES \n ### Explanation: Definition: LaDy\n Hidden in reverse of choSEN GAllant \u2013 another lady appears in the modified clue in 29d, albeit from a different original word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: All but centre of potato cake eaten away, it sTinks (4)","output":"### Answer: ATOC \n ### Explanation: Definition: it sTinks\n [pot]ATO C[ake] \u2013 the atoc is a kind of skunk"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue:  WArm voice becoming animated \u2013 it heats quickly (9)","output":"### Answer: MICROWAVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: it heats quickly\n (WARM VOICE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bread from flour made sOurer during period Jack consumed (6)","output":"### Answer: INJERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bread from flour made sOurer\n J in IN ERA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One raising e.g. mugs, record very much superior to medium tHin cans (11)","output":"### Answer: SHEEP-FARMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One raising e.g. mugs\n EP + FAR + M[edium] in SHEER (A mug is \"a woolly-faced sheep\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: From energy hoUsing river comes flow of water (6)","output":"### Answer: STREAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: flow of water\n R in (housed by) STEAM (energy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jug? There's not so many in Number, without lid (4)","output":"### Answer: EWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jug\n [F]EWER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: US rogue, like many in a warD, appearing in courts, had up (9)","output":"### Answer: SKEESICKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: US rogue\n SICK (like people in ward) in SEEKS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'll be given tRuck with no end plan (4)","output":"### Answer: IDEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: plan\n I + DEA[L] (truck("}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old copper sEizing wayward Susie, the old enemy! (7)","output":"### Answer: AUSSIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: the old enemy\n SUSIE* in AS (coin) \u2013 the enemy as in cricket"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Making misjudgement of Danger I turn disorderly (11)","output":"### Answer: UNDERRATING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Making misjudgement of Danger\n (DANGER I TURN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue:  ABout included, drunk Pimm's \u2013 twitch follows, rocky (9)","output":"### Answer: PSAMMITIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: rocky\n A[bout] in PIMMS + TIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish decline? BeNt set includes that islander (9)","output":"### Answer: TAIWANESE \n ### Explanation: Definition: islander\n AI WAN in SET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Describing position of heavenly boDy, one's ringing about rising success (7)","output":"### Answer: APOGEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Describing position of heavenly boDy\n GO< in A PEAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little energy, right at heart of snowfield, cause to Flag as before (6)","output":"### Answer: ENERVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: cause to Flag as before\n E + R in NEVE (snowfield)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: LuthIer might have fashioned this blend of oil in wine (6)","output":"### Answer: VIOLIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: LuthIer might have fashioned this\n OIL* in VIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old judge in female underwear, ties Failing (4)","output":"### Answer: SCAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old judge\n SCAN[ties]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: TEach Scottish learner on organ (4)","output":"### Answer: LEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: TEach Scottish\n L + EAR (organ) \u2013 it seems a flaw that the clue contains the closely-related \"learn\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The ladY pulled up about 500 thorns (4)","output":"### Answer: EDHS \n ### Explanation: Definition: thorns\n D in SHE< \u2013 Eth (or edh) and Thorn are letters used in modern Icelandic for voiced and unvoiced \"th\". According to Chambers, eth was \"used without distinction from thorn\" in Old English, hence the definition, which surprised me until I looked the word up"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Editor stops \"helping\" on page, so the Eagle survives (9)","output":"### Answer: PREDATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: so the Eagle survives\nP + ED in RATION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State promise in church to secure a husband (5)","output":"### Answer: IDAHO \n ### Explanation: Definition: State\nA H in \"I DO\" (though the traditional response in a church wedding is actually \"I will\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bar on which artists depend (7)","output":"### Answer: TRAPEZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bar on which artists depend\nCryptic definition \u2013 they're trapeze artists"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artless miss, say, retreating in tavern used regularly (7)","output":"### Answer: INGENUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Artless miss\nEG (say) reversed in INN + U[s]E[d]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Smart races, no outdated fences (5)","output":"### Answer: NATTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Smart\nTT (races) in (fenced by) NAY (old-fashioned \"no\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How crusaders acquired their protection? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: MAIL ORDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: How crusaders acquired their protection\nCryptic definition \u2013 reference to chain mail"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Background notes including medical units rewritten (10,5)","output":"### Answer: INCIDENTAL MUSIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Background notes\nINC + (MEDICAL UNITS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bond's nature changed with age (9)","output":"### Answer: GUARANTEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bond\n(NATURE AGE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fleeced animals from Africa moving west over time (5)","output":"### Answer: STUNG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fleeced\nT in reverse of GNUS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gunners drop unremitting quest for success (3,4)","output":"### Answer: RAT RACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: unremitting quest for success\nRA (Royal Artillery or Gunners) + TRACE (a trace or a drop is a small amount)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How the legless proceed and possibly buttonhole the lady? (7)","output":"### Answer: SLITHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: How the legless proceed\nSLIT (buttonhole is an example) + HER \u2013 the legless ones being snakes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something to play during suburban journey (5)","output":"### Answer: BANJO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Something to play\nHidden in suburBAN JOurney. It might get you some funny looks on the 8:25.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Type of radio broadcast lacking signal? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SHORT WAVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Type of radio broadcast\nSHORT (lacking) + WAVE (signal)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Honourable position at university in the north (10)","output":"### Answer: UPSTANDING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Honourable\nUP (at university) \"to the north of\" STANDING (position)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pernickety poet finally coming to the fore in film (8)","output":"### Answer: PEDANTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pernickety\nDANTE, with the last letter moved to the top, in PIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Half-hearted measures adopted by state security (6)","output":"### Answer: SAFETY \n ### Explanation: Definition: security\nFE[E]T in SAY (state)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Current speaker's restrained (4)","output":"### Answer: TIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Current \nHomophone of \"tied\" \u2013 my LOI, ?I?E being a combination with rather a lot of possibilities.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expect head to support worker here in Paris (10)","output":"### Answer: ANTICIPATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Expect\nANT + ICI + PATE. Solvers who are 2 down might question whether expect=anticipate"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Band cut up, admitting source of recent infection (8)","output":"### Answer: RINGWORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: infection\nRING (band) + R[ecent[ in reverse of MOW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brown well beaten (6)","output":"### Answer: TANNED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brown\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Single swimmer's base (4)","output":"### Answer: SOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Single\nTriple definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Believer for whom the motion's turbulent? (10)","output":"### Answer: MONOTHEIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Believer\n(THE MOTIONS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Butcher (not I) docking rear part of grounds (4,6)","output":"### Answer: ROCK GARDEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of grounds\n(DOCKING REAR)* less I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop sending up assistance \u2014 clergyman's run off (8)","output":"### Answer: DIAPASON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stop\nReverse of AID + PARSON less R. Diapason is a kind of organ stop, providing the most basic sound of the instrument."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fighter who's put out about amateur (8)","output":"### Answer: SOUTHPAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fighter\nA in (WHOS PUT)* \u2013 a southpaw is a left-handed boxer (or left-handed person generally)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worried about zealot's rising temper \u2026 (6)","output":"### Answer: ATTUNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: temper\nReverse of NUT (zealot) in ATE (worried)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 religion thus riven by suspicion (6)","output":"### Answer: SHINTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: religion\nHINT in SO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Birds dropping in sacks (4)","output":"### Answer: ROBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: sacks\nROBINS less IN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tonics set up in Boots, maybe (4)","output":"### Answer: SHOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: in Boots, maybe\nReverse of DOHS (the note doh in sol-fa is the tonic of the key)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Forest-dweller needs to feed, tucking into fruit (5,3)","output":"### Answer: GREAT APE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Forest-dweller\nEAT in GRAPE. Technically the Great Apes are the family Hominidae, which includes *Homo sapiens*, but more loosely they are the Gorillas, Chimpanzees and Orangutans (Chambers also says Gibbons), hence forest-dwellers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Problem about electronic gadgets may be so described (2-4)","output":"### Answer: HI-TECH \n ### Explanation: Definition: gadgets may be so described\nE in HITCH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Art of oriental love doctor getting mate for foreigner (7)","output":"### Answer: ORIGAMI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Art of oriental\nO[riental] + RIG (to doctor) + AMI (French friend)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Man in Black drops chorus (7)","output":"### Answer: REFRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: chorus\nREF (football referees wear black) + RAIN (drops)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The sound of the bullring (5)","output":"### Answer: TORUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: ring\nHomophone of \"Taurus\" (bull) with a lift-and-separate definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Notice truth's obstructed by opening of show trial (9)","output":"### Answer: ADVERSITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: trial\nAD + S in VERITY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Going disguised to unseemlier cross-Channel spectacle (3,2,7)","output":"### Answer: SON ET LUMIERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: cross-Channel spectacle\n(TO UNSEEMLIER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Journalists united in opposing the 4? (6,6)","output":"### Answer: FOURTH ESTATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Journalists\nU in FOR THE STATE (i.e. against the private sector)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: We're told a letter and a number as well, a number in the 20s (3,3,3)","output":"### Answer: TEA FOR TWO \n ### Explanation: Definition: a number in the 20s\nHomophone of \"T four too\". The song is from the 1925 musical *No, No, Nanette*. Whenever this song is mentioned I always have to inlude a link to Art Tatum's amazing version"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Last of Arapaho, wise old American (5)","output":"### Answer: OSAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: old American\nO + SAGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English fellow's outside, flushed from the west wind (7)","output":"### Answer: MEANDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: wind\nE in MEN + RED reversed (\"from the west\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An attempt is ultimately futile to defend New Labour (7)","output":"### Answer: AGONISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Labour\nN in A GO IS [futil]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Introductions to Shakespeare plays present in The Globe (6)","output":"### Answer: SPHERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: The Globe\nS[hakespeare] P[lays] HERE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Evidence of a complaint uttered offended the Catholic Church (8)","output":"### Answer: SYNDROME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Evidence of a complaint\nHomophone of \"sinned\" + ROME (the Catholic church, as an example of synecdoche)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cave painter captures river but not current (6)","output":"### Answer: GROTTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cave\nR in GIOTTO less I (symbol for electric current)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Terrible regime, or its victim (6)","output":"### Answer: EMIGRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: its victim\nREGIME* \u2013 a very precise anagram, as both words have an acute accent on one of the Es"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Delight as one's excused from school games (9)","output":"### Answer: TRANSPORT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Delight\nTRAIN (to school) less I + SPORT (games)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Overprices tat that's flogged where profit's sought? (7,6)","output":"### Answer: PRIVATE SECTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: where profit's sought\n(OVERPRICES TAT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conclude there's no getting out of hell (5)","output":"### Answer: INFER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Conclude\nINFER[NO]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He'll investigate cleaver turned up by digger (8)","output":"### Answer: EXAMINER \n ### Explanation: Definition: He'll investigate\nReverse of AXE + MINER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extremely edgy contest after hand's shaking and on buzzer (8)","output":"### Answer: HONEYBEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: buzzer\nHAND less AND (\"shamking and\") + ON + E[dg]Y + BEE (contest, as in spelling bee)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mistress turned out in a fancy coat of ruby red (13)","output":"### Answer: REVOLUTIONARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: red\nReverse of LOVER + (OUT IN A)* + R[UB]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crash diet, nothing more, to get heavenly body (9)","output":"### Answer: METEOROID \n ### Explanation: Definition: heavenly body\n(DIET O MORE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old newspapers using old-fashioned speech, frequently (3-5)","output":"### Answer: OFT-TIMES \n ### Explanation: Definition: using old-fashioned speech, frequently\nO[ld] + FT TIMES (two newspapers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clue regularly getting cheers \u2014 it's to be very stylish! (3,1,4)","output":"### Answer: CUT A DASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: to be very stylish\nC[L]U[E] + TA (thanks, cheers) + DASH (the punctuation mark in the clue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place for better business, keeping equally popular (6)","output":"### Answer: CASINO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Place for better\nAS IN (equally popular) in CO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worship Araucaria, say, with a quarter going for Paul in the US? (6)","output":"### Answer: REVERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Worship\nREVERE[ND] (Araucaria was the Rev John Graham), and two definitions (the US one is the revolutionary hero)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nun's in one skirt but no top (5)","output":"### Answer: ORDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nun's in one\n[B]ORDER \u2013 a nicely concealed definition to finish"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worst place for the 25s (3,4)","output":"### Answer: THE PITS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Worst\nDouble definition \u2013 gravel pits, perhaps, and a reminder of John McEnroe's Wimbledon tantrums: \"You are the pits of the world!\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Receive note about Arizona 3 (7)","output":"### Answer: GAZETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 3\nAZ n GET TE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steal what 23 do (4)","output":"### Answer: SNIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Steal\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He set out to follow minor route to 3 (10)","output":"### Answer: BROADSHEET \n ### Explanation: Definition: 3\nB ROAD (minor route) + (HE SET)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's not easy to catch one ordinary mullet, perhaps (6)","output":"### Answer: HAIRDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: mullet, perhaps\nI in HARD + O[rdinary]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A boy dives into lock, depending on the time of year (8)","output":"### Answer: SEASONAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: depending on the time of year\nA SON in SEAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old PA friend drinks a shot in court, drawing media (3,3,3)","output":"### Answer: PEN AND INK \n ### Explanation: Definition: drawing media\nA in [William] PENN + DINK (tennis shot)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Central Scotland in draw for championship (5)","output":"### Answer: TITLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: championship\n[sco]TL[and] in TIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Business that covers northeast to axe branches? (5)","output":"### Answer: PRUNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to axe branches\nPRU (Prudential, insurance company familarly known as The Pru) + NE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unusual amount reworked in film (3,3,3)","output":"### Answer: ODD MAN OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: film\nODD (unusual) + AMOUNT* for the 1947 film starring James Mason"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Estonian, say, collects a singular 25 (6)","output":"### Answer: BASALT \n ### Explanation: Definition: 25\nA S in BALT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With Yankee, he settles complex PC template (5,5)","output":"### Answer: STYLE SHEET \n ### Explanation: Definition: PC template\n(Y HE SETTLES)* \u2013 I would write this as one word, especially in the IT sense (and Chambers agrees with me)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Minor surgery occasionally fails 25 (4)","output":"### Answer: OPAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: 25\nOP (operation \u2013 \"minor\" because it's a contraction, I suppose) + [f]A[i]L[s]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jolly priest was prostrate with flu, shivering (7)","output":"### Answer: PLAYFUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jolly\nP + LAY + FLU"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: City in France or area in town there (7)","output":"### Answer: ORLEANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: City in France\nOR + A in LENS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This plant stores poison? Then ban edible contents (7)","output":"### Answer: HENBANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: This plant stores poison\nHidden in tHEN BAN Edible"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A game of two hands (5,8,5)","output":"### Answer: PAPER SCISSORS STONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: A game of two hands\nA slightly cryptic definition: each of the two players of the game uses one hand"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With this 3, he's ready, perhaps, to produce daily broadsheet (7)","output":"### Answer: TABLOID \n ### Explanation: Definition: 3\nA composite anagram: (DAILY BROADSHEET)* = TABLOID HE'S READY. A nice find, but it seems a pity that BROADSHEET also occurs as the answer to 11a, which intersects this one"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Retired editor sent in articles from long range (6)","output":"### Answer: ANDEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: from long range\nED reversed in AN AN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: African writer impressed by The Piano after editing (9)","output":"### Answer: ETHIOPIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: African\nI (the writer) in (THE PIANO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Translate Old English into New Latin? It needs 23 (7)","output":"### Answer: TOENAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: 23\nOE in LATIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Signal marks Dorothy's race in mountains (4,3,6)","output":"### Answer: DOTS AND DASHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Signal marks\nDOT'S + DASH in ANDES \u2013 the \"signal marks\" as in Morse code. Again, strange to see the Andes appearing twice and close together."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldier's colleague picked up easy target (4,5)","output":"### Answer: AUNT SALLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: easy target\nHomophone (a non-RP one for a change) of ANT'S + ALLY. This doesn't quite work for me, even with \"aunt\" = \"ant\", as the homophone indicator can't apply to ALLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Social centre stops next revolutionary gig (7)","output":"### Answer: RECITAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: gig\n[so]CI[al] in reverse of LATER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second best criminal runs for hood (7)","output":"### Answer: MOBSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: hood\nMO + BEST* + R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Try to forget information nun spread about king (7)","output":"### Answer: UNLEARN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Try to forget information\nLEAR in NUN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Big island's hard on footwear, so I've heard (6)","output":"### Answer: HONSHU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Big island's\nH + ON + \"Shoe\" \u2013 Honshu is the largest island of Japan"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blaming a number before making sure (9)","output":"### Answer: CENSURING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blaming\nC + ENSURING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A valediction is something cast in gold (5)","output":"### Answer: ADIEU \n ### Explanation: Definition: A valediction\nDIE (\"the die is cast\") in AU (chemical symbol for gold)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Taking another course in sewing (7)","output":"### Answer: TACKING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Taking another course\nDouble definition \u2013 in sailing, tacking is making progress in a zigzag path, so you change course over so often"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A rou\u00e9 not waiting for his cut? (4,3)","output":"### Answer: RAKE OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: cut\nRAKE + OFF"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's played when one is out of form (5)","output":"### Answer: HOOKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's played when one is out of form\nCryptic definition \u2013 reference toplaying truant from one's school class or form"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Untruthful hedonists booted out (9)","output":"### Answer: DISHONEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Untruthful\nHEDONISTS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where to obtain counter-intelligence? (11,4)","output":"### Answer: INFORMATION DESK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where to obtain counter-intelligence\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turn out when a sprinter is replaced (9)","output":"### Answer: TRANSPIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Turn out\n(A SPRINTER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweets for kids (5)","output":"### Answer: FOOLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sweets\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finance record reveals arrears (7)","output":"### Answer: BACKLOG \n ### Explanation: Definition: arrears\nBACK (finance) + LOG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mascara make-up used by Latin American entertainers (7)","output":"### Answer: MARACAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: used by Latin American entertainers\nMASCARA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop being stuffy (5)","output":"### Answer: CLOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stop\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is done in a different way in the Far East (9)","output":"### Answer: INDONESIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: in the Far East\n(IS DONE IN A)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alcoholic haze? (6,4)","output":"### Answer: SCOTCH MIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Alcoholic haze\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rob has to leave work (5,3)","output":"### Answer: KNOCK OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: to leave work \nKNOCK + OFF"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sunseekers take off for this state (6)","output":"### Answer: NUDITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sunseekers take off for this state\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It may be used to lift a football side (4)","output":"### Answer: WING \n ### Explanation: Definition: a football side\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crashing gears gives feeling full of hostility (10)","output":"### Answer: AGGRESSIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: feeling full of hostility\n(GEARS GIVES)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Face up? It might mean the opposite! (4,4)","output":"### Answer: BACK DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Face up? It might mean the opposite!\nBACK and DOWN are individually the opposites of \"face\" and \"up\", and as also as an expression"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Colin goes out East to see her (6)","output":"### Answer: NICOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: her\nCOLIN* + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expert in Polish (4)","output":"### Answer: BUFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Polish\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Means to secure artistic work? (7,3)","output":"### Answer: DRAWING PIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Means to secure artistic work\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Straddles and makes a capture at sea in skirmish (5,1,4)","output":"### Answer: TAKES A SEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Straddles\nTAKES (makes a capture) + (AT SEA)* \u2013 a nice change for \"at sea\" to be anagram fodder instead of anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cracked clues once more, being determined (8)","output":"### Answer: RESOLVED \n ### Explanation: Definition: determined\nRE-SOLVED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put ban on spirits and remove without alternative (8)","output":"### Answer: EXORCISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put ban on spirits\nOR in EXCISE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It is weighed by craftsmen (6)","output":"### Answer: ANCHOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: It is weighed by craftsmen\nCryptic definition, the \"craftsmen\" being sailors"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sacking and burning (6)","output":"### Answer: FIRING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sacking\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Support a play or a player (4)","output":"### Answer: BACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Support a play\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put under pressure to serve up the cheese (4)","output":"### Answer: MADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put under pressure\nReverse of EDAM \u2013 to be made to do something is to be put under pressure"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To snooze in the course of it is unseemly (5)","output":"### Answer: INAPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: unseemly\nNAP in IT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gangster seldom seen pocketing note (8)","output":"### Answer: SCARFACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gangster\nFA in SCARCE \u2013 Scarface is the nickname of Tony Montana (played by Al Pacino) in the film of the same name"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Players' last practice session covered up (5,9)","output":"### Answer: DRESS REHEARSAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Players' last practice session covered up\nCryptic definition \u2013 the \"players\" are actors and in a dress rehearsal they are \"covered up\" by their costumes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Many initially opted out in conflict for independence (8)","output":"### Answer: AUTONOMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: independence\nAnagram of MANY O[pted] OUT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Complaint from Queen on street hemmed in by motorists (6)","output":"### Answer: ASTHMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Complaint\nST + HM (a change from ER!) in AA (Automobile Association)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kicks up a fuss as channel's about to go (6,3)","output":"### Answer: SOUNDS OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kicks up a fuss\nSOUND'S (channel's) OFF (about to go, as in \"I'm off now\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Skinned bass displayed in fish stand (5)","output":"### Answer: EASEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: stand\n[B]AS[S] in EEL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Forces join around a thousand in retreat (5)","output":"### Answer: MAKES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Forces\nReverse of K in SEAM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revised dietary mix omitting one type of stuffing (9)","output":"### Answer: TAXIDERMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: type of stuffing\n(DIETARY MIX)* less I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Catch parent in a flustered state (6)","output":"### Answer: ENTRAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Catch\nPARENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Book about leaders of note in conurbation like St Helens (8)","output":"### Answer: VOLCANIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: like St Helens\n~~Reverse of~~ VOL + CA (circa, about) + initial letters of Note In Conurbation \u2013 Mount St Helens is a volcano in Washington State that catastrophically erupted in 1980"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cosmetic effect of brain drain? (9,5)","output":"### Answer: VANISHING CREAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cosmetic\nA brain drain might be the VANISHING of the CREAM of a country"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It helped Nelson see grand plays produced on board (8)","output":"### Answer: SPYGLASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: It helped Nelson see\n(G PLAYS)* in SS (Steam Ship)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Are spades imported to make tracks? (5)","output":"### Answer: EXIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Are\nS in EXIT (make tracks)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Native American with something to add when success comes late? (6,6)","output":"### Answer: INDIAN SUMMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: when success comes late\nINDIAN + SUMMER (something to sum, or add)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stunned in vehicle after a stitch-up (9)","output":"### Answer: AWESTRUCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stunned\nA + reverse of SEW + TRUCK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fighter at one time stony broke (5)","output":"### Answer: TYSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fighter at one time\nSTONY* \u2013 Mike Tyson, boxer, who retired in 2006, hence \"at one time\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second eleven cricketer bagging duck \u2014 an old 20, perhaps (9)","output":"### Answer: STEAMBOAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: an old 20, perhaps\nS + TEAM + O in BAT \u2013 it might be a tramp steamer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lying president finally exposed (4)","output":"### Answer: ABED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lying\nABE [Lincoln] + [expose]D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In fancy, prepares to fight alien over ranch (9)","output":"### Answer: FARMSTEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: ranch\nARMS (prepares to fight) + reverse of ET, all in FAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trainer has nothing in reserve \u2014 energy's lacking (5)","output":"### Answer: COACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trainer\nO in CACHE less E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Space traveller's walks occur amid high tension (7,5)","output":"### Answer: HALLEY\u2019S COMET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Space traveller\nALLEYS (walks) COME (occur) in H.T."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: O'Connor, left out of pursuit, removing unwanted coat (9)","output":"### Answer: DESCALING \n ### Explanation: Definition: removing unwanted coat\nDES (O'Connor, entertainer) + CALLING less (one) L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'm surprised about vote cutting money reserved for dogs (9)","output":"### Answer: FOXHOUNDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: dogs\nX in OHO, in FUNDS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Before half-time, still bagging good place for big game (9)","output":"### Answer: SERENGETI \n ### Explanation: Definition: place for big game\nG in SERENE + TI[ME]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Constituent pinches money raised for march (5)","output":"### Answer: TRAMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: march\nM in PART, reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless succession of agency clerks (5)","output":"### Answer: CYCLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Endless succession\nHidden in agenCY CLErks"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop distress becoming audible (4)","output":"### Answer: WHOA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stop\nHomophone of \"woe\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 12 across in curried food business (7)","output":"### Answer: FISHERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: food business\nSH (be quiet, \"peace!\") in FIERY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lionel, a hot favourite at Christmas? (7)","output":"### Answer: MESSIAH \n ### Explanation: Definition: favourite at Christmas\nMESSI (L. Messi, Argentinian footballer) + A H[ot]. The \"favourite at Christmas\" refers to Handel's *Messiah*, which is often performed around Christmas. (\"He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deal here in broken toys (4)","output":"### Answer: KENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deal here\nHidden in broKEN Toys \u2013 Deal is a town in Kent"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An expert in the gymnasium? (5)","output":"### Answer: PEACE \n ### Explanation: An expert in the gymnasium? (5)\nThe expert is a P.E. ACE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It helps feet go on platforms (8)","output":"### Answer: PODIATRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: It helps feet\nPODIA (platforms) + TRY (go)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two elements essential to our existence (and to 16 across?) (4)","output":"### Answer: LIFE \n ### Explanation: Definition: and to 16 across?\nLI + FE \u2013 Lithium and Iron: is Lithium \"essential\"? Wikipedia says \"Trace amounts of lithium are present in all organisms. The element serves no apparent vital biological function, since animals and plants survive in good health without it\". The definition is a reference to the title of the thematic film"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen may, we hear, be confused with 8 (5)","output":"### Answer: BRIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: confused with 8\nHomophone of Bryan (Bryan May, guitarist of the band Queen) \u2013 Brian was mis-identified as the Messiah in the film *Thanks to Flavia \u2013 the guitarist is **Brian** May; so what is \"we hear\" doing?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A girl, not a son? I'm not happy about that (4)","output":"### Answer: ALAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: I'm not happy about that\nA LAS[S]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brief order to stop working (8)","output":"### Answer: MEDICINE \n ### Explanation: Brief order to stop working (8)\nEDIC[T] in MINE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Savages bad housing that holds area back (5)","output":"### Answer: MAULS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Savages\nA in reverse of SLUM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expected learner to get to the end of Pushkin (4)","output":"### Answer: DUEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: the end of Pushkin\nDUE + L \u2013 Pushkin was killed in a duel: the last of many that he fought in his life"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Paul had one for 10 (7)","output":"### Answer: EPISTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Paul had one for 10\nBarely-cryptic definition once you know that 10 is THE ROMANS, whom St Paul wrote an epistle to"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: B___ awful noise made by group together (7)","output":"### Answer: BRACKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: group together\nB + RACKET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Home adopted by the Guardian (4)","output":"### Answer: WINE \n ### Explanation: Home adopted by the Guardian (4)\nIN in WE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excuse me? Did some old people at any time cause our ruin? That's a funny revolutionary line (4,4,3,6,4,4,3,2)","output":"### Answer: WHAT HAVE THE ROMANS EVER DONE FOR US \n ### Explanation: Definition: That's a funny revolutionary line\nWHAT (Excuse me?) HAVE THE ROMANS (Did some old people) EVER (at any time) DONE FOR US (cause our ruin), giving the famous line from Monty Python's *Life of Brian*, and the things that the Romans did provide the undefined answers. Anyone who's been living under a rock for the past 35-odd years can see the relevant scene here."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feel shame, seeing horse in pen (6)","output":"### Answer: WRITHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feel shame\nH in WRITE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Obliged to look over opponents (8)","output":"### Answer: BEHOLDEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Obliged\nBEHOLD + E, N (opponents in Bridge)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A short clever answer is capital (6)","output":"### Answer: ASMARA \n ### Explanation: Definition: capital\nA SMAR[T] + A \u2013 the capital of Eritrea"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bog briefly venerated by 10 (4)","output":"### Answer: MARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: venerated by 10\nMARS[H]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink while young \u2014 make mine purer when brewed (2,7)","output":"### Answer: EN PRIMEUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drink while young\n(MINE PURER)* \u2013 *En primeur* describes buying wine bought at an early stage, e.g. for investment purposes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sit, keeping one's balance (5)","output":"### Answer: POISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: balance\nI in POSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A part of Norfolk that's not British (5)","output":"### Answer: ROADS \n ### Explanation: A part of Norfolk that's not British (5)\nBROADS less B"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Firm moves into sort of market with no room left (4-4)","output":"### Answer: BRIM-FULL \n ### Explanation: Definition: with no room left\nFIRM* in BULL (kind of market)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A line abandoned by Europe, avoided in hearing (8)","output":"### Answer: AQUEDUCT \n ### Explanation: A line abandoned by Europe, avoided in hearing (8)\nA + QUEUE less EU + homophone of \"ducked\" (avoided)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To remove electrons from position is easy (6)","output":"### Answer: IONISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: To remove electrons\nHidden in positION IS Easy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What hurts me in Indian city (6)","output":"### Answer: MYSORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Indian city\nWhat hurts me is MY SORE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Patsy's English, looked down on by Irish party (4)","output":"### Answer: DUPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Patsy\nDUP (Democratic Unionist Party) + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scottish slut left when there's desirable marriage partner around \u2026 (6)","output":"### Answer: CLATCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scottish slut\nL in CATCH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 And susceptible to such flummery, giving very weak answer? (6)","output":"### Answer: SOWANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: flummery\nSO W[eak] ANS \u2013 also spelt \"sowens\", meaning flummery\", metaphorically (I assume) from \"a dish made from the fine meal remaining among the husks of oats\". Flummery, i.e. empty compliments etc, also has a similar meaning). A Scots word, hence the link with the previous clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Indoor type since attached to cooking area in part of Sussex (10)","output":"### Answer: AGORAPHOBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Indoor type\nAGO (since) + HOB in RAPE (division of Sussex)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scallion creating offensive smell in sieve (5)","output":"### Answer: SYBOE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scallion\nB.O. (Body Odour \u2013 offensive smell) in SYE (a sieve)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Set number worked out in question and answer (5)","output":"### Answer: QUOTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Set number\nOUT* in Q+A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Common feature of Chinese meal, hot urn simmering around noon? (7)","output":"### Answer: HORN-NUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Common feature of Chinese meal\nN in (HOT URN)* \u2013 another name for the water chestnut, often found in Chinese dishes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Christian community with certain freedoms \u2013 switch its parts to get up? (5)","output":"### Answer: UNIAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Christian community with certain freedoms\nIf you switch the parts of UNIAT you get AT UNI[versity], or \"up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scottish fisherman's catch experienced end (6)","output":"### Answer: HADDIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scottish fisherman's catch\nHAD + DIE \u2013 Scots form of haddock"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dined after having a bath? Treat with pipe (8)","output":"### Answer: INTUBATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Treat with pipe\nIN TUB (having a bath) + ATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old cuttlefish, sloppy when dismembered (6)","output":"### Answer: POLYPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old cuttlefish\nSLOPPY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shriek creating waves \u2013 rip off (5)","output":"### Answer: PLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shriek\nRIPPLING (creating waves) less RIP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Accompaniment for pearls? Swine, confused, ejects centre of that (7)","output":"### Answer: TWINSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Accompaniment for pearls\nSWINE* replacing the middle two letters of THAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extension to dwelling, part of Italian albergo seen from the rear (5)","output":"### Answer: LANAI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Extension to dwelling\nHidden in reverse of italIAN ALbergo\u2013 this extension (a living area built on the side of a house) is Hawaiian"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Early autumn in Tel Aviv \u2013 I scratch back, having caught sun (5)","output":"### Answer: TISRI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Early autumn in Tel Aviv\nS in reverse if I RIT \u2013 a month of the Jewish calendar occuring in September or October (14 Sep \u2013 13 Oct in 2015)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: From which fellows drank, drank freely after e.g. tap flows (10)","output":"### Answer: PEG-TANKARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: From which fellows drank\n(EG TAP)* + DRANK* \u2013 a tankard marked to show equal shares, so drunk from by a number of fellow-drinkers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Study in group seated (6)","output":"### Answer: SEDENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: seated\nDEN in SET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Who'll cause chatter to falter? Reverse of that (6)","output":"### Answer: GASBAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Who'll cause chatter to falter? Reverse of that\nReverse of GAB SAG, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two-dollar coin, along with one I pocketed (6)","output":"### Answer: TOONIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Two-dollar coin\nTO (along with) + I in ONE \u2013 nickname of the Canadian $2 coin, by analogy with the $1 Loonie"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tooth from shellfish, front part at the bottom (5)","output":"### Answer: CRENA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tooth\nNACRE with its \"front part\" moved down. Crena, meaning a notch or tooth, is perhaps better known from compounds such as \"crenulation\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Monkey, one caught by higher creature (7)","output":"### Answer: HANUMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Monkey\nAN in HUMAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Southern footway leads to this Staffs village (5)","output":"### Answer: SPATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Staffs village\nS + PATH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Welsh of old in waves going over the top (6)","output":"### Answer: WOUNDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: going over the top\nW + OUNDY (obs. \"wavy\", e.g. in heraldry). It's an archaic word meaning \"excessively\", so \"going over the top\"."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Watergate, mostly to do with concealing plan (8)","output":"### Answer: ABOIDEAU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Watergate\nIDEA in ABOU[T]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Caught in police trap, worried blokes getting time \u2013 it indicates special needs (12)","output":"### Answer: STATEMENTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: it indicates special needs\nATE MEN \"caught in\" STING \u2013 legal;\/educational jargon for providing a legal obligation for special needs provision for a child"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nasty colour? One should be in shade (5)","output":"### Answer: TAINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nasty colour\nA in TINT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oblique, or prone (7)","output":"### Answer: INCLINED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Oblique\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Logical fallacies laid out round heart of theorem (5)","output":"### Answer: IDOLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Logical fallacies\n[the]O[rem] in LAID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chant captivates lug in this arrangement? (7)","output":"### Answer: STOWING \n ### Explanation: Definition: arrangement\nTOW (to lug) in SING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plague interrupting side-branch in poet's ancestry (6)","output":"### Answer: LYNAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: poet's ancestry\nNAG in LYE (side-branch of a railway)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Merchants, bent, taking one in (6)","output":"### Answer: BANIAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Merchants\nAN in BIAS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ingredient of antipasto attracting carnivore (5)","output":"### Answer: STOAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: carnivore\nHidden in antipaSTO ATtracting"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's in Alaska, not Alabama (5)","output":"### Answer: SITKA \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's in Alaska, not Alabama\nIT in ALASKA less ALA, &lit \u2013 Sitka is a city in Alaska, which gives its name to the Sitka spruce, much used in commercial forestry"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foxy creature, me, devious, circling runs (5)","output":"### Answer: ZERDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Foxy creature\nR in AZED* \u2013 technically an indirect anagram, but I suppose an excusable one"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former Asian PM divorced husband by note for stud (6)","output":"### Answer: BUTTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: stud\n[Benazir] BHUTTO less H, + N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Calls for strong acids? (6)","output":"### Answer: PHONES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Calls\nA substance with pH 1 or PH ONE is a strong acid"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small vehicle race (6)","output":"### Answer: STRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: race\nS + TRAIN \u2013 race\/strain in the biological sense"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Key exercise removes hair (8)","output":"### Answer: EPILATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: removes hair\nE + PILATES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At home I'm spinning a dress (4)","output":"### Answer: MINI \n ### Explanation: Definition: a dress\nReverse of I'M IN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artist born with excessive diamonds rejecting 75% of will (10)","output":"### Answer: BOTTICELLI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Artist\nB + OTT + ICE + reverse of [w]ILL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheer up birds, it's digital entertainment! (7,4)","output":"### Answer: CONSOLE GAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: digital entertainment\nCONSOLE (cheer up) + GAME (birds)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anticipating pierced hysterics over ITV comic (10)","output":"### Answer: PREDICTIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Anticipating\nITV* in PIERCED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reading from New Testament extract (4)","output":"### Answer: TEXT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reading\nHidden in testamenT EXTract (with \"New\" being redundant)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Provisionally arrange course of medicine with iodine left out (6,2)","output":"### Answer: PENCIL IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Provisionally arrange\nPENICILLIN less I (one of them) and L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feel angry about sport being used for punishment? (6)","output":"### Answer: FERULE \n ### Explanation: Definition: punishment\nRU in FEEL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After taunting Eton, I received good kicking (6)","output":"### Answer: TOEING \n ### Explanation: Definition: kicking\n(ETON I)* + G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English tax firm returns set of 8 (6)","output":"### Answer: OCTAVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: set of 8\nE VAT CO, all reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lots and lots of money? I will get a number of notes (11)","output":"### Answer: CENTILLIONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lots and lots\nCENT (money) + I'LL + 10 (number) + NS (notes)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A kitty making love in an apartment on a waterbed? (6)","output":"### Answer: AFLOAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: on a waterbed\nTwo cryptic indications: A FLOAT (kitty), and O in A FLAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finally, hospital patient was under treatment for itchy feet (10)","output":"### Answer: WANDERLUST \n ### Explanation: Definition: itchy feet\nAnagram of [hospita]L [treatmen]T WAS UNDER \u2013 the first of several German loan-words in the puzzle, the others being ERSATZ, KITSCH, SCHADENFREUDE and ZEITGEIST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: US and England lay in ruins in days of yore (4,4,4)","output":"### Answer: AULD LANG SYNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: days of yore\n(US ENGLAND LAY)* \u2013 the phrase literally means \"old long since\", hence \"long ago\" or \"days gone by\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second liaison featuring, at last, one cheap thrill (6,4)","output":"### Answer: TICKLE PINK \n ### Explanation: Definition: thrill\nTICK (second) + [on]E [chea]P in LINK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A meeting place in the street (6)","output":"### Answer: AVENUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: street\nA + VENUE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One virtually geocryptic (5,3)","output":"### Answer: ALTER EGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: One virtually\n\"Alter ego\" is a cryptic indication of \"geo\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fahrenheit zero perhaps completed what the Earth did in the Ice Age (5,4)","output":"### Answer: FROZE OVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: completed what the Earth did in the Ice Age\nF + ZERO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wealth is a barrier restricting disease (9)","output":"### Answer: AFFLUENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wealth\nA + FLU in FENCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Substitute ending for the Four Seasons: a last waltz (6)","output":"### Answer: ERSATZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: Substitute\nLast letters of thE fouR seasonZ A lasT waltZ"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On debit, a little freedom? (8,2,4)","output":"### Answer: ENTITLED TO BAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: On debit, a little freedom\n(ON DEBIT A LITTLE)*, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hands back in exchange (4)","output":"### Answer: SWAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: exchange\nReverse of PAWS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A bit of slapstick? It's cheap and vulgar (6)","output":"### Answer: KITSCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: vulgar\nHidden in slapsticK IT'S Cheap"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One night in Paris with skinhead northerners (6)","output":"### Answer: INUITS \n ### Explanation: Definition: northerners\nI + NUIT (French for \"night\") + S[kin]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shaking some projectiles (7)","output":"### Answer: AQUIVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shaking\nA QUIVER would contain arrows, which are projectiles"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charged terrorist after watching bingo (5)","output":"### Answer: LADEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Charged\n[Osama] BIN LADEN with \"bin going\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Design and build trade with firm following (3,4)","output":"### Answer: ART DECO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Design\nTRADE* + CO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hairlines with centre parting recede and wear away (6)","output":"### Answer: ABLATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: wear away\nABLATE (related to \"ablative\", familiar to those who studied Latin) means to wear away, but otherwise I can't parse this."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Going to put reader off (9)","output":"### Answer: DEPARTURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Going\n(PUT READER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Phone with bum coin (7)","output":"### Answer: RINGGIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: coin\nRING + GIT \u2013 the Ringgit is the currency of Malaysia, though 1 Ringgit appears to be a note rather than a coin (so the clue could have said \"bum note\"!)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reaction to striker's own goal from such a defender (13)","output":"### Answer: SCHADENFREUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reaction to striker's own goal\n(SUCH A DEFENDER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perspective relating to age and size? Get it fixed (9)","output":"### Answer: ZEITGEIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perspective relating to age\n(SIZE GET IT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nonconformist defeated Clegg in speech (7)","output":"### Answer: BEATNIK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nonconformist\nBEAT + \"Nick\" (Clegg, former LibDem leader and Deputy Prime Minister)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What might Lady Hillingdon do before considering her country's one wild shot? (3,4)","output":"### Answer: LIE DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: What might Lady Hillingdon do before considering her country\n(ONE WILD)* \u2013 Lady H is reputed to be the originator of the phrase \"lie down [or lie back, or close your eyes] and think of England\" \u2013 see here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Injured girl's arm (7)","output":"### Answer: CUTLASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: arm\nCUT + LASS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Democracy cliches keep coming round (6)","output":"### Answer: CYCLIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: coming round\nHidden in democraCY CLIChes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 50% off suit and shirts, of course (5)","output":"### Answer: SUSHI \n ### Explanation: Definition: course\nSU[it] + SHI[rts]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remove 22 down from Davison or dispatch vessel \u2026 (5)","output":"### Answer: AVISO \n ### Explanation: Definition: dispatch vessel\nPeter DAVISON, 5th Doctor, less his \"coat\" or outer letters. An Aviso is a naval dispatch boat."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 appearing behind time, Doctor Who's vehicle docked with velocity and energy (7)","output":"### Answer: TARDIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: appearing behind time\nTARDI[S] + V + E. Tardive means late in (biological) development \u2013 new word for me, but easily guessable from words such as \"tardy\", and very helpfully clued."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor Who: McGann hollow as performer (7)","output":"### Answer: SHOWMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: performer\nAnagram of WHO + M[cGan]N + AS. Paul McGann was the 8th Doctor"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Catching heel of scorer (5)","output":"### Answer: LISZT \n ### Explanation: Definition: scorer\nHomophone of \"list\", mean to lean over or \"heel\" (as used in sailing, for example). Scorer = composer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Singer and saviour for some taking over series (9)","output":"### Answer: CHORISTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Singer\nO[ver] in CHRIST + E.R (TV series)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leave report outside US government office (5,10)","output":"### Answer: STATE DEPARTMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: US government office\nDEPART (leave) in STATEMENT (report)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: McCoy read novel, The Common People (9)","output":"### Answer: DEMOCRACY \n ### Explanation: Definition: The Common People\n(MCCOY READ)* \u2013 Sylvester McCoy, 7th Doctor"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pleasurable tying up to bed (5)","output":"### Answer: FUTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: bed\nTO in FUN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Who currently is in Top Shop? (7)","output":"### Answer: CAPALDI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Who currently\nCAP (top) + ALDI (supermarket) \u2013 Peter Capaldi is the 12th and current Doctor, formerly known as the sweary Malcolm Tucker in the political series \"The Thick of It\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anticipate turning over of repeat (7)","output":"### Answer: FORERUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Anticipate\nOF reversed + RERUN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sharp clue for Pertwee? (5)","output":"### Answer: ACUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sharp\n\"A cute\" could be a clue for PER + TWEE. Jon Pertwee, 3rd Doctor"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wears out wingers from Everton \u2014 Bill with disheartened Blues (9)","output":"### Answer: ENFEEBLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wears out\nE[verto]N +FEE (bill) + BL[U]ES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As Time Lord is regenerated and made human? (10)","output":"### Answer: MORTALISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: made human\n(AS TIME LORD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bakers working in North America, here? (8)","output":"### Answer: NEBRASKA \n ### Explanation: Definition: here\nBAKERS* in NA. Two Bakers have played the Doctor \u2013 Tom Baker, 4th (and longest serving) and Colin Baker, 6th"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second behind first (6)","output":"### Answer: ASSIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Second\nASS (behind) + 1ST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Christopher Eccleston's at this point (4)","output":"### Answer: HERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: at this point\nHidden in christopHER Eccleston (with the 's as hidden indicator). CE was the 9th Doctor, and first of the revived series in 2005"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English piece having advanced lines in the form of letters (10)","output":"### Answer: EPISTOLARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: in the form of letters\nE + PISTOL (\"piece\" is slang for a gun) + A[davanced] + RY (railway, lines)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One copying Patrick Troughton, initially a gun is held (8)","output":"### Answer: PARODIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: One copying\nA ROD (another slang word a for gun) IS in the initials of Patrick Troughton (2nd Doctor)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lot of love from some wearing clothing (6)","output":"### Answer: KISMET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lot\nSOME less O (love) in KIT. Kismet = fate or lot."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Acting to support Number 12 (4)","output":"### Answer: NOON \n ### Explanation: Definition: 12\nNO (number) + ON (acting)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless sex with model? A Spice Girl pulled up bloomers (10)","output":"### Answer: CLEMATISES \n ### Explanation: Definition: bloomers\nReverse of SE[X} + SIT + A + MEL C (Melanie Chisolm, one of the Spice Girls)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State of the stout? Head under bar drinking barrel (10)","output":"### Answer: ROTUNDNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: State of the stout\nTUN in ROD (again!) + NESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beat old set with education (8)","output":"### Answer: EXCELLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beat\nEX + CELL + ED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hartnell's cast for entrance in US (8)","output":"### Answer: ENTHRALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: entrance in US\nHARTNELL* \u2013 William Hartnell was the series' first Doctor, and mine"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Draw purse to support mother (3,3)","output":"### Answer: MAP OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Draw\nMA + POUT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drop Smith, Tennant's back (6)","output":"### Answer: FORGET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drop\nFORGE + [Tennan]T \u2013 Matt Smith and David Tennant were the 11th and 10th Doctors respectively"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cruise missing small film (4)","output":"### Answer: COAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: film\nCOAST (cruise) less S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Detailed healthy, large sporting body (4)","output":"### Answer: FIFA \n ### Explanation: Definition: sporting body\nFI[T] + FA[T]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quick resolution \u2014 not quite what you bargained for? (5,7)","output":"### Answer: SHORT MEASURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: not quite what you bargained for\nSHORT (quick) + MEASURE (resolution, as in something decided by a committee)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Landed outside one mile boundary (5)","output":"### Answer: LIMIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: boundary\n1 M in LIT (landed, as in \"alighted\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer cheers during solemn watch, causing division in north (9)","output":"### Answer: WAPENTAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: division in north\nPEN (writer) + TA (thanks, cheers) in WAKE. A Wapentake is an an old administrative subdivision of a county, etc, similar to the \"hundred\"."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brave don penning article (7)","output":"### Answer: WEATHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brave\nTHE in WEAR (to don, put on)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Current queen entering London street with large cast (7)","output":"### Answer: THERMAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Current\nR[egina] in THE MALL less L \u2013 a kind a current favoured by hang-gliders et al"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like warning signs Alan Turing devised, changing number for radius (10)","output":"### Answer: TRIANGULAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like warning signs\n(ALAN TURING)* with one of the Ns replaced by R. Triangular road signs are warnings (as opposed to e.g. speed limits, which are circular)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wayside flower not very sharply cut (4)","output":"### Answer: ETCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: sharply cut\nVETCH less V"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Apply oneself to doubles after change of ends (4)","output":"### Answer: SWOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Apply oneself\nTWOS with the outer letters exchanged"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Itinerant men and ladies devouring last of free cakes (10)","output":"### Answer: MADELEINES \n ### Explanation: Definition: cakes\nE in (MEN LADIES)* \u2013 I don't know if I've ever eaten a madeleine, but I do know that one has great significance in Proust's * \u00c0 la recherche du temps perdu"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What Cupid drew, heading off after artist and explorer (7)","output":"### Answer: RALEIGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: explorer\nRA + [S]LEIGH \u2013 Cupid is one of Santa's reindeer in Clement Moore's poem *The Night before Christmas*. Sir Walter Raleigh is the explorer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dispatch impertinent player from team (7)","output":"### Answer: FORWARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dispatch\nThree definitions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Those running last once regularly backed by Merry Monarch (9)","output":"### Answer: ANCHORMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Those running last\nMONARCH* + reverse of [o]N[c]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oscar's dipping into sordid material (5)","output":"### Answer: VOILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: material\nO in VILE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little Mo's racket not the main attraction? (6,6)","output":"### Answer: SECOND FIDDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: not the main attraction\nSECOND (\"just a mo\") + FIDDLE (racket)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Compatible notes written about clubs in terrace (9)","output":"### Answer: SIMPATICO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Compatible\nReverse of MIS (notes, as in do-re-mi) + C in PATIO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dilapidated house not left standing (8)","output":"### Answer: OUTSHONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: left standing\n(HOUSE NOT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Possibly keep barge horse? (5)","output":"### Answer: TOWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Possibly keep\nDouble definition \u2013 \"keep\" as in a mediaeval castle, and a horse tows a barge"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With king banished, \u00e9migr\u00e9 at length set forth (9)","output":"### Answer: EXPATIATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: set forth\nEXPATRIATE less R (\"at length\") because \"expatriate\" is often abbreviated to \"ex-pat\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two things dawn may bring for insectivore (6)","output":"### Answer: SUNDEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: insectivore\nSUN + DEW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prepare to fight again behind military leader (5)","output":"### Answer: REARM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prepare to fight again\nREAR (behind) + M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mess up part of drill, keeping quiet (4,2)","output":"### Answer: BLOW IT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mess up\nLOW in BIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left in open country, one often gets drunk (6)","output":"### Answer: HEALTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: one often gets drunk\nL in HEATH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brazen manoeuvres UN has made (9)","output":"### Answer: UNASHAMED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brazen\n(UN HAS MADE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nameless local chasing temporary accommodation with no confidence (9)","output":"### Answer: TENTATIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: with no confidence\nTENT + [n]ATIVE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Censured delegate was on the move (8)","output":"### Answer: REPROVED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Censured\nREP[resentative] + ROVED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feast before cutting down (6)","output":"### Answer: SPREAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feast\nPRE in SAD \u2013 I spent a while wondering whether SEREAD was an obscure kind of feast.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State capital's second terminus erected within a couple of years (6)","output":"### Answer: SYDNEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: State capital\nS + reverse of END in Y Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Setter's appearing in tolerable climbing gear from the East (6)","output":"### Answer: KIMONO \n ### Explanation: Definition: gear from the East\nI'M ON (setter's appearing) in reverse of OK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cash primarily what's tempting fences? (5)","output":"### Answer: LUCRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cash primarily what's tempting fences?\nC[ash] in LURE, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animal tucks in, if turning up truffles, say (5)","output":"### Answer: FUNGI \n ### Explanation: Definition: truffles, say\nGNU in IF, all reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animal found by watering hole caught in tangled 2 net (8)","output":"### Answer: ELEPHANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Animal\nPH (public house) in (LEA NET)* \u2013 it seems a bit unfair that this includes an anagram of an intersecting word, especially when the clue to LEA is itself less than totally helpful"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It provides only limited cover for what a driver needs (6)","output":"### Answer: SPEEDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: It provides only limited cover\nDouble definition \u2013 skimpy swimwear and a car's speedometer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Players found in gainful employment following 1 (6)","output":"### Answer: CASTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: following 1\nCAST (players) + LE \u2013 because it occurs in gainfuL Employment? It \"follows 1\" in Elephant and Castle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet old relative involved in facing frantic race against time (8)","output":"### Answer: FRAGRANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sweet\nGRAN in first letters (facing \u2013 a poor indication) of Frantic Race Against Time"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suffice to see very small amounts in range (9)","output":"### Answer: DOLOMITES \n ### Explanation: Definition: range\nDO (suffice) + LO (see!) + MITES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Speech containing nothing sounding like regret for following 1 (5)","output":"### Answer: SHREW \n ### Explanation: Definition: following 1\nS[peec]H + homophone of \"rue\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A single representative Yorkshire river to be polluted (6)","output":"### Answer: IMPURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: polluted\n1 MP + URE (Yorkshire river)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contradicted the falsehood implicated in plot (6)","output":"### Answer: BELIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Contradicted\nLIE in BED \u2013 I really dislike this kind of clue, where a crucial part of the wordplay (LIE) is also the main component of the meaning of the answer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mistakes discovered by 21 in time (6)","output":"### Answer: ERRATA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mistakes\nRAT (=grass, someone who betrays or tells on someone) in ERA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminal is left alone (6)","output":"### Answer: ITSELF \n ### Explanation: Definition: alone\n(IS LEFT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: German writer sadly no longer following 1 (5)","output":"### Answer: GRASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: following 1\nDouble definition \u2013 G\u00fcnter Grass died earlier this year, hence \"sadly no longer\"; there are various pants called Elephant Grass"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Special treatment for setter perhaps, prior to reprimand (3,6)","output":"### Answer: RED CARPET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Special treatment\nRED (Setter) + CARPET (reprimand)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Out only when facing the bowling (2,6)","output":"### Answer: ON STRIKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Out\nDouble definition. \"Only\" seems redundant here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reptile in empty state swallowing a whole game bird (6)","output":"### Answer: IGUANA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reptile\nI guess this is GUAN in I[ow]A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eccentric journalist went to extremes to cover up (6)","output":"### Answer: WHACKO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Eccentric\nHACK in (the extremes of) W[ent t]O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Said to be averse to GBS abroad (8)","output":"### Answer: OFFSHORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: abroad\nIf you're averse to GBS then, homophonically, you're \"Off Shaw\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It runs schools, so the yarn goes (3)","output":"### Answer: LEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: It runs schools\nDouble definition \u2013 a Local Education Authority, and (rather obscurely?) \"a measure of yarn\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It typically hangs onto its West African branches to put by accumulated cash (5)","output":"### Answer: POTTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: It typically hangs onto its West African branches\nPOT (accumulated cash) + TO. The Potto is a primate found in parts of West Africa"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A tame role I resolve to improve (10)","output":"### Answer: AMELIORATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: improve\n(A TAME ROLE I)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He is distinctly superior \u2014 heads off everyone else from Everton? (6)","output":"### Answer: TOFFEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Everton\nTOFF + E[veryone] E[lse]. Everton Toffees are (or were?) a brand or type of sweets"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finally heads are gonna roll following 1 (4)","output":"### Answer: SEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: following 1\nLast letters of headS arE gonnA rolL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No shock having this world's eventual finish on track (5,4)","output":"### Answer: EARTH WIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: No shock having this\nEARTH (world) + WIRE (\"A wire stretched over or across the starting and finishing line on a racetrack, hence esp the finishing line itself (orig US)\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English author has deadline subverted by deadly rival (6,5)","output":"### Answer: DANIEL DEFOE \n ### Explanation: Definition: English author\nDEADLINE* + FOE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Berlin havoc got round with offer of reconciliation (5,6)","output":"### Answer: OLIVE BRANCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: offer of reconciliation\n(BERLIN HAVOC)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Facelift very hard to engineer for tortured romantic hero (10)","output":"### Answer: HEATHCLIFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: tortured romantic hero\nAnagram of FACELIFT + HH (very hard, as on pencils)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exploiting equal like one totally left in charge (9)","output":"### Answer: PARASITIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exploiting\nPAR (equal) + AS (like) + I + T[otally] + IC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Straight used car improperly disposed of from converted terraced house (6)","output":"### Answer: HETERO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Straight\nAnagram of TERRACED HOUSE less USED CAR \u2013 subtractive anagrams like this are common in Otterden's puzzles. There are two anagram indicators (\"improperly\" and \"converted\") to show that the removed letters are not in the same order in the main fodder. Some people care a lot about this, but I am not among them \u2013 it seems to me that you can shuffle TERRACED HOUSE to get HETERO USED CAR, and then remove USED CAR."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crude first remark to finish with an exclamation of disgust (5)","output":"### Answer: ROUGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crude\nR[emark] + [t]O + UGH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left at the altar saying, in Venice: \u2026 (4)","output":"### Answer: LIDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: in Venice\nL + I DO (a \"saying\" at the altar, though as I never tire of saying the traditional vows are \"I will\"). And \"in Venice\" is not a definition of LIDO\u2026"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 \"And not an abnormal occurrence!\" (3)","output":"### Answer: NOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: And not\nHidden in abNORmal"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Come right, ousted by church record (7)","output":"### Answer: ARCHIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: record\nARRIVE (come) with the second R replaced by CH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oh, very sad \u2014 we cut and ran (7)","output":"### Answer: OVERSAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: ran\nO[h] VER[y] SA[d] W[e] \u2013 similar devices are to be found in 14a and 23d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Looking fit, if half unbuttoned (5)","output":"### Answer: TONED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Looking fit\nYes, it's half of unbutTONED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In the act (Act II, ii), like Macbeth (3-6)","output":"### Answer: RED-HANDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: In the act\nDouble definition: in Act II, Scene ii of the Scottish Play, Macbeth returns from murdering Duncan with blood on his hands. Lady M tells him: \"wash this filthy witness from your hand.\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fast food returned without hesitation is still food (4)","output":"### Answer: GRUB \n ### Explanation: Definition: food\nBURGER less ER, reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Basic stripping of crude mimes and arty frolics (11)","output":"### Answer: RUDIMENTARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Basic\n[c]RUD[e] [m]IME[s] [a]N[d] + ARTY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 10 impose love to embrace a given sweetheart (2,9,7)","output":"### Answer: IN FLAGRANTE DELICTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: 10\nA GRANTED [sw]E[et] in INFLICT O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Set callback in Adelaide (4)","output":"### Answer: LAID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Set\nTwo cryptic indications here: reverse of DIAL (call) and hidden in adeLAIDe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Model barred from turning on model (10)","output":"### Answer: SIMULATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: model\nSTIMULATION less [Ford Model] T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greeting funny girl with wig outside the merry-go-round (9)","output":"### Answer: WHIRLIGIG \n ### Explanation: Definition: merry-go-round\nHI + GIRL* in WIG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some of Jordan's water (5)","output":"### Answer: FJORD \n ### Explanation: Definition: water\nIt took me a ridiculously long time to see that it's hidden in oF JORDan"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Derailing the work of the armed forces (7)","output":"### Answer: DEFENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: the work of the armed forces\nDe-railing = DE FENCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bite is capable of 22 (6)","output":"### Answer: CANAPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: \nCAN APE (is capable of simulation)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strike dictatorial Sunni movement (10,6)","output":"### Answer: INDUSTRIAL ACTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: \n(DICTATORIAL SUNNI)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird feels sad losing wings (5)","output":"### Answer: EGRET \n ### Explanation: Definition: \n[r]EGRET[s]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jack of all trades can supply jambon (3-3,3)","output":"### Answer: ODD-JOB MAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: \nJambon is an anagram of JOB MAN, so it's an ODD JOB MAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps oral sex, but not giving head in the morning (4)","output":"### Answer: EXAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: \n[s]EX + AM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Team has true following of stars (8)","output":"### Answer: SIDEREAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: \nSIDE + REAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing like slender girls for unscrupulous traffickers (4,4)","output":"### Answer: WIDE BOYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: \nWIDE BOYS is the opposite of \"slender girls\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Representing no certain job scheme, North Sea oil finally switched off (2,6,2)","output":"### Answer: ON BEHALF OF \n ### Explanation: Definition: \nLast letters of nO certaiN joB schemE, NortH SeA oiL + OFF"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strange to be upset about blundering courage (7-2)","output":"### Answer: DERRING-DO \n ### Explanation: Definition: \nERRING in reverse of ODD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ben's partner was in debt and showed signs of inflation (8)","output":"### Answer: BILLOWED \n ### Explanation: Definition: \nBILL (Ben's partner in the classic children's TV programme) OWED (was in debt)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Authorised workplace for Labour today (8,10)","output":"### Answer: OFFICIAL OPPOSITION \n ### Explanation: Definition: \nOFFICIAL (authorised) + OP (work) POSITION (place)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refuse to acknowledge noise outside broadcast (6)","output":"### Answer: DISOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: \nSOW in DIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The old-fashioned generation's nervous (2,4)","output":"### Answer: ON EDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: \nAnother well-hidden answer: old-fashiONED GEneration"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pressed four-page ad to be reduced by half (5)","output":"### Answer: URGED \n ### Explanation: Definition: \nHalves of [fo]UR [pa]GE [a]D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Protocol book holding up, briefly and audibly, an obstruction to progress for the allies (4)","output":"### Answer: BLOC \n ### Explanation: Definition: \nHidden in reverse of protoCOL Book, and homophone of \"block\" (obstruction)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Went for private piece by author that is not printed (6-2,7)","output":"### Answer: JOINED-UP WRITING \n ### Explanation: Definition: that is not printed\nJOINED UP (i.e. joined the army, so \"went for private\", as in the expression \"he went for a soldier\") + WRITING (piece by author)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Replaced gold vessel filled with English fruit (7)","output":"### Answer: ROSEHIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: fruit\nOR \"re-placed\" + E in SHIP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Devilish traditions appeal (7)","output":"### Answer: IMPLORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: appeal\nIMP + LORE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very large note (3)","output":"### Answer: SOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: note\nSO L[arge] \u2013 Sol or Soh is the fifth note in the tonic sol-fa scale"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Goalie turns out to make the rules (11)","output":"### Answer: REGULATIONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: rules\n(GOALIE TURNS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An available sum in foreign money no use here? (10)","output":"### Answer: LANCASHIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: no use here\nAN + CASH in LIRE \u2013 the definition is perhaps a bit weak"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Join the main mass (4)","output":"### Answer: SEAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Join\nSEA + M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Story young girl lisped (4)","output":"### Answer: MYTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Story\nA lisped version of \"miss\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Divorced, eh? Good news for one in for the long term (4,6)","output":"### Answer: FREE PARDON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Good news for one in for the long term\nFREE (divorced) + PARDON (eh?) \u2013 someone serving a long prison term would be glad of it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Elegantly decadent discovery: unnamed licensee has been sacked (3,2,6)","output":"### Answer: FIN DE SIECLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Elegantly decadent\nFIND + LICENSEE* less N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charge less than the whole meal allowance (3)","output":"### Answer: FEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Charge\nFEE[D] \u2013 again, I was worried about how \"feed\" was defined, but Chambers gives \"an amount or allowance of food given eg to babies or to cattle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ancient European expelled from a Victorian city (7)","output":"### Answer: AGELONG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ancient\nA + GEELONG minus one of its Es \u2013 I was a bit sceptical of the definition, but Chambers defines age-long (with a hyphen) as \"having been in existence a long time\", so fair enough"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A daughter in French port finally off? Not so fast! (7)","output":"### Answer: ANDANTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not so fast\nA + D in NANTE[S] \u2013 Italian term used in music to indicate a slowish tempo: it literally means just \"going\" (from *andare*), but is often translated by music teachers as \"at a walking pace\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Farm animals doing less well \u2014 a blow in expensive area (11,4)","output":"### Answer: STOCKBROKER BELT \n ### Explanation: Definition: expensive area\nSTOCK (farm animals) + BROKER (more broke \u2013 doing less well) + BELT (a blow)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: City judge putting line through revoked law (9)","output":"### Answer: JERUSALEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: City\nJ + L in reverse of MEASURE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sugar controller's rude remark cut short: it starts again (7)","output":"### Answer: INSULIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sugar controller\nINSUL[T] + IN[SULT]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Airy, last to believe what actually exists? (8)","output":"### Answer: ETHEREAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Airy\n[believ]E + THE REAL (what exists)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Release record, Savanna Herd Rounded Up (5)","output":"### Answer: UNPEG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Release\nEP in GNU (regarded as a plural, as in a herd of gnu), reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trail grew doubtful, however magnified (4,5)","output":"### Answer: WRIT LARGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: magnified\n(TRAIL GREW)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charge one: being unable to speak, keeping quiet (6)","output":"### Answer: IMPUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Charge\nI + P in MUTE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Imogen's confession of alcoholism, in one of several forms (7)","output":"### Answer: ISOTOPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: one of several forms\n\"I SO TOPE\" is the confession"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Argues strenuously, displaying poor judgment (5)","output":"### Answer: GUESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: poor judgment\nHidden in arGUES Strenuously \u2013 a guess doesnt have to be poor judgement, though I suppose it can be"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not unknown for prince to hold drinking bout \u2014 a sign of the future? (9)","output":"### Answer: HARBINGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: a sign of the future\nBINGE (drinking bout) in HARRY less Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One way to get team something in a pie (9)","output":"### Answer: MINCEMEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: something in a pie\nIf you MINCE [the letters of] MEAT you get TEAM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pike played by him \u2014 a victory, when reeled into the bank (8)","output":"### Answer: LAVENDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pike played by him\nA V in LENDER (bank) \u2013 today's UK general knowledge clue: the actor Ian Lavender played Private Frank Pike in the TV series Dad's Army"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cross with bell regularly interrupting dance (7)","output":"### Answer: TANGELO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cross\n[B]E[L]L in TANGO \u2013 a cross between a tangerine and a grapefruit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ministry to abolish border posts? (7)","output":"### Answer: DEFENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ministry\nTo abolish border posts might be to DE-FENCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be about to visit castle, having to change tickets (6)","output":"### Answer: REBOOK \n ### Explanation: Definition: to change tickets\nReverse of BE in ROOK (castle \u2013 chess piece)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Saying a few words, starts to come apart (5)","output":"### Answer: FRAYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: starts to come apart\nHomophone of \"phrase\" (a few words)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Decipher joke (5)","output":"### Answer: CRACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Decipher\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supporter of popish church leaders? Pal at it papers lambasted (13)","output":"### Answer: PAPAPRELATIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Supporter of popish church leaders\n(PAL AT IT PAPERS)* \u2013 \"a supporter of popish prelates\", says Chambers, which doesn't leave me much the wiser \u2013 apparently it's a nonce-word used by Sir Walter Scott"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A north American bee, I love honey \u2013 it's ability to revivify (9)","output":"### Answer: ANABIOSIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: ability to revivify\nA + NA + B + I + O + SIS (honey, as in a girlfriend)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Child on nurse's back, a weight to carry (4)","output":"### Answer: TOTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a weight to carry\nTOT + [nurs]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One with a poor hand, south leads what's easily overtaken (8)","output":"### Answer: SCRAWLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One with a poor hand\nS + CRAWLER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's shot down in sport and may be found in chic restaurants (6)","output":"### Answer: CRESTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: What's shot down in sport\nHidden in chiC RESTAurants \u2013 a reference to the Cresta Run"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One pulled back Rex tucking into rubber bone (6)","output":"### Answer: ULNARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: bone\nAN< + R in ULE (a rubber tree, and its produce)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Puzzling word in Shakespeare, troublesome, certainly English (7)","output":"### Answer: HARDOKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Puzzling word in Shakespeare\nHARD + OK + E \u2013 an unexplained word found in the folio of *King Lear"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With yen for love, anticipation leads to deception (4)","output":"### Answer: HYPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: deception\nHOPE (anticipation) with O replaced by Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bottled retsina, acidic stuff (7)","output":"### Answer: STEARIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: acidic stuff\nRETSINA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bairn's nappy particular child lost (4)","output":"### Answer: OOSY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bairn's nappy\nCHOOSY less CH \u2013 adjectival form of Scots oose, meaning \"fluff, nap\", so the nappy is not what Americans call a diaper, though I remember dealing with some oozy ones of those.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Check a small covered wagon (7)","output":"### Answer: TARTANA \n ### Explanation: Definition: small covered wagon\nTARTAN + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ascot rules active against appearing in e.g. civet (6)","output":"### Answer: CRAVAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ascot\nR + A + V in CAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Daughter with relations is terrifying (6)","output":"### Answer: DAUNTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: is terrifying\nD + AUNTS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Monk: 'I dressed for God going round in exotic garb' (8)","output":"### Answer: KIMONOED \n ### Explanation: Definition: in exotic garb\n(I MONK)* + DEO< (the ablative form of deus, hence \"for God\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Substance got from sulphur fool's ingested (4)","output":"### Answer: GIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Substance\nS in GIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Draws breath among south-east Asian people (9)","output":"### Answer: SINHALESE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Asian people\nINHALES in SE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gossip provoking giggle about the state of France, bootless at heart (13)","output":"### Answer: TITTLE-TATTLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gossip\nL'ETAT + [boo]TL[ess] in TITTER. Houston, we have a problem[1]: the first L of this clashes with the final E of 21d, TRANSE. I can only guess that Azed accidentally entered either TITTEL- or TITTER- as the first part of this word in his grid, and it escaped subsequent checking. (Incidentally, tittle-tattler was used in a clue in Azed 2091.)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Round dish, a long time with bit of butter on (6)","output":"### Answer: PATERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Round dish\nPAT + ERA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leg of horse (5)","output":"### Answer: PINTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: horse\nPIN (leg) + TO (of \u2013 given as a meaning of \"to\" in Chambers, though I can't think offhand of an example to show this)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old red mineral like this turns up with garden worker around (7)","output":"### Answer: ROSAKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old red mineral\nSO< in RAKE \u2013 it's \"an obsolete variant of realgar [a red mineral]\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reversion of property in conversion of the manse, etc (11)","output":"### Answer: ESCHEATMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reversion of property\n(THE MANSE ETC)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Business centre \u2013 exchange those on the fringes and you'd end with nothing (4)","output":"### Answer: TOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Business centre\nIf you exchange the T and N you get NOWT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Decorative work: little daughter thus becomes grown woman (5)","output":"### Answer: INLAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Decorative work\n..and if you put D[aughter] IN LAY you get LADY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailing ship: one's trained there with instructor (11)","output":"### Answer: THREE-MASTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sailing ship\nTHERE* + MASTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Walls person briefly gets shut up inside (8)","output":"### Answer: PERPENTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Walls\nPENT in PERS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Large-scale work: artist put on mouldings in circles (8)","output":"### Answer: ORATORIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Large-scale work\nRA + TORI (plural of torus, a moulding) in O O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Offering to the departed, unusually rash sum included (7)","output":"### Answer: SRADDHA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Offering to the departed\nADD in RASH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Went racing among wild set? This'll take Scots straight through (6)","output":"### Answer: TRANSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: This'll take Scots straight through\nRAN in SET* \u2013 Scots word for a \"through passage\", with its last letter clashing with 33a"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wise judge misled by denial (6)","output":"### Answer: DANIEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wise judge\nDENIAL* \u2013 as in \"A Daniel come to judgment, yea, a Daniel!\u2014\/O wise young judge, how I do honor thee!\" from Act 4 Scene 1 of *The Merchant of Venice\"*, referring to the apocryphal Book of Susanna (included as a chapter of the canonical Book of Daniel by some)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Xmastime includes a stretch that involves these neighbours of Santa? (5)","output":"### Answer: SAMIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: neighbours of Santa\nAnagram of MASTI or ASTIM from inside \"Xmastime\" (so could the clue read \".. includes two stretches..\"?) \u2013 the word means \"Lapps\", and is listed in C under its singular form Saam, which is why the rubric says it \"takes some finding\", though not if you happen to have the Chambers app on your iPhone.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where in N. Africa you've to change and link with another plane (5)","output":"### Answer: RABAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where in N. Africa\nAlthough I knew RABAT as the capital of Morocco, I was completely baffled by the rest of the clue until I looked the word up in Chambers and found it's a geometrical term meaning \"to rotate into coincidence with another plane\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fencing dodge? There's a short book on it (4)","output":"### Answer: VOLT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fencing dodge\nVOL + 'T \u2013 a move in fencing, also spelt volte"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To overcome Labour, Conservative turned blue (6)","output":"### Answer: COBALT \n ### Explanation: Definition: blue\n LAB in TO + C, all reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reportedly mean birds (7)","output":"### Answer: POULTRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: birds\n Homophone (-ish) of \"paltry\" (mean)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weak tea? Never brew Darjeeling to begin with! (9)","output":"### Answer: ENERVATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Weak\n (TEA NEVER)* + D[arjeeling]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opportunity follows the debut of Basil Brush (5)","output":"### Answer: BROOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brush\n B[asil] + ROOM (opportunity)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 500 join in tour round royal house (5)","output":"### Answer: TUDOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: royal house\n D in TOUR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: America's main problem? Moving into action (9)","output":"### Answer: ANIMATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: action\n A MAIN* + INTO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ponders complicated answer (7)","output":"### Answer: RESPOND \n ### Explanation: Definition: answer\n PONDERS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cigar ignited over top of light bulb (6)","output":"### Answer: GARLIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: bulb\n L[ight] in CIGAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beamed Scotty initially a long way down (6)","output":"### Answer: SMILED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beamed\n S[cotty] + MILE + D[own]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old Liberals accept national (and English) complaints (7)","output":"### Answer: WHINGES \n ### Explanation: Definition: complaints\n N and E separately in WHIGS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man stole diamonds in the East Midlands (9)","output":"### Answer: LEICESTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: in the East Midlands\n ICE (diamonds, in gangster slang) in LESTER. I still don't like \"in X\" for \"a place in X\"."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cook delivers off-break (5)","output":"### Answer: BAKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cook\n BREAK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A dash of orange liqueur or spirit? (5)","output":"### Answer: ANGEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: spirit\n Hidden in orANGE Liqueur"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gap: \"Everything Must Go!\" (9)","output":"### Answer: CLEARANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gap\n Double definition \u2013 \"Everything Must Go!\" is the traditional slogan of a CLEARANCE sale"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bit of evidence Piers M. shredded for large organisations (7)","output":"### Answer: EMPIRES \n ### Explanation: Definition: large organisations\n E[vidence] + (PIERS M)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Admiral's sole upset is in the news (6)","output":"### Answer: NELSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Admiral\n SOLE* in N, N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: City street to shout about (7)","output":"### Answer: CHESTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: City\n ST in CHEER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 3 sitcom produced by 24 (5)","output":"### Answer: BREAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: 3 sitcom\n Double definition \u2013 Bread was a 1980s sitcom set in Liverpool"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Royal fund backs rise of corrupt City (9)","output":"### Answer: LIVERPOOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: City\n Reverse of EVIL (corrupt) + R + POOL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet prince is promising bachelor no more (7)","output":"### Answer: PUDDING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sweet\n P[rince] + BUDDING less B"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Yummy barman regularly seen in shadow (5)","output":"### Answer: UMBRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: shadow\n Alternate letters of yUmMy BaRmAn"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is using more than one stopwatch cheating? (3-6)","output":"### Answer: TWO-TIMING \n ### Explanation: Definition: cheating\n Double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arabian soldiers first pursue the old (6)","output":"### Answer: YEMENI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arabian\n YE (supposed old spelling of \"the\") MEN I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two ways to describe article or piece (6)","output":"### Answer: STRAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: piece\n AN in ST + RD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Review of doing 1 + 2 + 3? (7-2)","output":"### Answer: SUMMING-UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Review\n Double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Give back pound from mouldy mulberries (9)","output":"### Answer: REIMBURSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Give back\n MULBERRIES* less L (pound)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bear up and manage etc, before society notices (7)","output":"### Answer: DETECTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: notices\n Reverse of TED (teddy bear) + ETC* + S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Struggle about new maze (6)","output":"### Answer: WARREN \n ### Explanation: Definition: maze\n WAR + RE + N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scottish minister no longer has temperature, doctor (7)","output":"### Answer: SURGEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: doctor\n STURGEON (Nicola S, First Minister of Scotland) less T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chelsea fan also rioting on Tyneside (6)","output":"### Answer: SLOANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chelsea fan\n ALSO* + NE \u2013 reference to Sloanes or Sloane Rangers who live in Chelsea. \"Tyneside\" as a definition for NE is a bit of a stretch."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mathematician keeps things working smoothly, they say (5)","output":"### Answer: EULER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mathematician\n Homophone of \"oiler\". Leonhard Euler was one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, though probably not a household name, alas."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rulers engagements attract not a single word of disapproval (5)","output":"### Answer: KINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rulers\n BOOKINGS less BOO; \"single\" seems redundant here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Couldn't find reason for failed campaign (4,5)","output":"### Answer: LOST CAUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: failed campaign\nLOST (couldn't find) + CAUSE (reason)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It holds the unloved emperor motionless (5)","output":"### Answer: INERT \n ### Explanation: Definition: motionless\nNERO less O in IT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English head of college and builder (7)","output":"### Answer: ERECTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: builder\nE + RECTOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To agree without reservation (7)","output":"### Answer: TOTALLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: without reservation\nTO TALLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hibernian flag on hospital (5)","output":"### Answer: IRISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hibernian\nIRIS (flag) + H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Respect some hesitation in one's excuses, perhaps (9)","output":"### Answer: DEFERENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Respect\nER in DEFENCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shoplifter's dilemma? (4,2,2,5,2)","output":"### Answer: TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shoplifter's dilemma\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ruling based on popular decisions (9)","output":"### Answer: DEMOCRACY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ruling based on popular decisions\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He can't laugh \u2014 he's got an announcement to make (5)","output":"### Answer: CRIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: he's got an announcement to make\nDouble definition \u2013 the announcer is a Town Crier"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party with blonde when weather forecast's favourable (3,4)","output":"### Answer: SET FAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: weather forecast's favourable\nSET (party) + FAIR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loud and biased form of amusement (7)","output":"### Answer: FUNFAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: form of amusement\nF + UNFAIR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Right opposite (5)","output":"### Answer: WRONG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Right opposite\nCryptic definition \u2013 \"wrong\" is the opposite of right"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very many are of minor importance (9)","output":"### Answer: COUNTLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Very many\nIf you're of minor importance then you COUNT LESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ideal valet becomes unkempt and is relieved (10)","output":"### Answer: ALLEVIATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: relieved\n(IDEAL VALET)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Star skater is knocked out (8)","output":"### Answer: ASTERISK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Star\n(SKATER IS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The spirit of Hogmanay? (6)","output":"### Answer: SCOTCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: The spirit of Hogmanay\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A natural hanger-on, in a manner of speaking (4)","output":"### Answer: BURR \n ### Explanation: Definition: A natural hanger-on\nDouble definition \u2013 part of a plant that sticks to your clothes, and a rolled R in speech"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Those that supported Cassius show unsuspected faults (4,2,4)","output":"### Answer: FEET OF CLAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: unsuspected faults\nDouble definition \u2013 reference to Cassius Clay, aka Muhammad Ali (I originally wondered if the expression came from *Julius Caesar*, but it's actually biblical, from the Book of Daniel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen's state carriage (8)","output":"### Answer: VICTORIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Queen\nThree definitions, though both the Australian state and the carriage are named after the Queen"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He wrote songs to provide capital (6)","output":"### Answer: BERLIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: He wrote songs\nDouble definition \u2013 Irving Berlin, songwriter and the capital of Germany"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop and point at the river (4)","output":"### Answer: STAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stop\nS + TAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Commit an indiscretion by leaving out a decent chap? (4,1,5)","output":"### Answer: DROP A BRICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Commit an indiscretion\nDROP (leave out) A BRICK (decent chap, in old slang)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Introduce force, showing initiative (10)","output":"### Answer: ENTERPRISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: initiative\nENTER + PRISE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reaching new position of authority (2,6)","output":"### Answer: IN CHARGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: position of authority\nREACHING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Times are changing for Arab states (8)","output":"### Answer: EMIRATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arab states\n(TIMES ARE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Acting technique depicting part of Hamlet's madness (6)","output":"### Answer: METHOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Acting technique\nDouble definition \u2013 method acting, as devised by Stanislavski, and Polonius's line \"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't\", describing Hamlet's odd behaviour"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King upset aunt in church (6)","output":"### Answer: CANUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: King\nAUNT* in CE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stitched up in news broadcast? (4)","output":"### Answer: SEWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stitched up\nNEWS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outlet for dispersing fuel (4)","output":"### Answer: FLUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Outlet\nFUEL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fundamentally change tune and dare to get jazzy (8)","output":"### Answer: DENATURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fundamentally change\n(TUNE DARE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Butt in reproachfully (5)","output":"### Answer: ROACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Butt\nHidden in repROACHfully"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of orchestra lacking right instrument (4)","output":"### Answer: BASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: instrument\nBRASS less R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nuts ground in big machine (10)","output":"### Answer: LOCOMOTIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: big machine\nLOCO (mad, nuts) + MOTIVE (ground or grounds)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like a chestnut horse brought in to lad for grooming (3,3)","output":"### Answer: OLD HAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like a chestnut\nH in (TO LAD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They pass quickly, with record time crossing border (8)","output":"### Answer: EPHEMERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: They pass quickly\nHEM in EP + ERA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artist cut receding hair (7)","output":"### Answer: POLLOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Artist\nLOP (cut) reversed + LOCK \u2013 the artist is Jackson Pollock"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Intelligentsia urge religious celebration (7)","output":"### Answer: EGGMASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Intelligentsia\nEGG (urge) + MASS \u2013 a new word for me: Chambers gives \"intellectuals as a group\" (perhaps derived from \"egghead\"?)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Neighbour of Oxford tutor found by a search engine (8)","output":"### Answer: ABINGDON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Neighbour of Oxford\nThe tutor might be A BING DON, Bing being Microsoft's web search engine"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person wanting compensation about fashionable label for mug (6)","output":"### Answer: SUCKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: mug\nCK (Calvin Klein, fashionable label) in SUER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: School with hippy founders ditching conservative belief system (10)","output":"### Answer: PHILOSOPHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: belief system\n(SCHOOL HIPPY)* less C"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thematic accompaniment is cold and hot (4)","output":"### Answer: CHIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thematic accompaniment\nC + HIP \u2013 one of the chips to go with your fish"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Back country without hospital? 9, 10 and 11 other answers might make it (5)","output":"### Answer: SHOAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: 9, 10 and 11 other answers might make it\nH in reverse of LAOS \u2013 shoals are made up of fish"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Delicate present wrapped by Roman and others (8)","output":"### Answer: ETHEREAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Delicate\nHERE (present) in ET AL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Al Gore is amazing for wives and girlfriends (8)","output":"### Answer: SERAGLIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: wives and girlfriends\n(AL GORE IS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What the Sun produces is reporter's ruin (4)","output":"### Answer: RAYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: What the Sun produces\nHomophone of \"raze\" (to the ground)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ponder extremely elegant hairdo (6)","output":"### Answer: MULLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: hairdo\nMULL + E[legan]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foreign parents embracing companion in bars where birds are found (7)","output":"### Answer: PERCHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: where birds are found\nCH in PERES (French fathers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Primarily despondent spirit for one getting beaten (4)","output":"### Answer: DRUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: one getting beaten\nD[espondent] + RUM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rubbish for parodying, like some theatrical entertainment (10)","output":"### Answer: PANTOMIMIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: like some theatrical entertainment\nPAN (to criticise, rubbish) + TO MIMIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy's mum to swear (6)","output":"### Answer: SHAVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boy\nSH (quiet, mum) + AVER. Rather dated slang for a boy or youth"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gripping action as prince and heir admits following Charles's mistress endlessly (4-6)","output":"### Answer: HALF-NELSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gripping action\nF[ollowing] + NEL[L Gwynn, Mistress of Charles II] in HAL + SON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Witch's laugh before midnight? (3)","output":"### Answer: HAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Witch\nHA (laugh) + [ni]G[ht]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sham complaint Liberal's dropped (3)","output":"### Answer: COD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sham\nCOLD less L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Comic writer's novel managed to skirt round primitive urges (8)","output":"### Answer: SHERIDAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Comic writer\nSHE (H Rider Haggard novel) + ID (primitive urges) in RAN (managed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Game for every paparazzo (7)","output":"### Answer: SNAPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: paparazzo\nSNAP (card game) + PER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ambassador's to be dressed in cream \u2014 and that's an order (6)","output":"### Answer: BEHEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's an order\nHE in BEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loudly show irritation with article that's cut (6)","output":"### Answer: SCYTHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: cut\nSCY (\"sigh\") + THE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exclusive story's beginning to get approval in Spain (4)","output":"### Answer: SOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exclusive\nS[tory] + OLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pick holes in garment with a run in it (4)","output":"### Answer: CARP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pick holes\nR in CAP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aristocrat getting half of tax on game (7)","output":"### Answer: DUCHESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Aristocrat\nDU[TY] + CHESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: US fast food is old-fashioned stuff \u2014 make good (4,3)","output":"### Answer: CORN DOG \n ### Explanation: Definition: US fast food\nCORN (old-fashioned stuff) + DO (make) + G \u2013 and American fast food consisting of a sausage in batter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greylag reed houses share a view (5)","output":"### Answer: AGREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: share a view\nHidden in greylAG REEd"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hardly a revealing character, Black Beauty? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: DARK HORSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hardly a revealing character\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deadly omen affected Tutankhamun, visually (6-4)","output":"### Answer: ALMOND-EYED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tutankhamun, visually\n(DEADLY OMEN)* \u2013 a look associated with ancient Egypt: see here for example"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'm astonished by K\u00f6chel's fiddle (4)","output":"### Answer: COOK \n ### Explanation: Definition: fiddle\nCOO (I'm astonished!) + K (as used to refer to Mozart's music in K\u00f6chel's catalogue). \"Fiddle\" as in \"cook the books\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Increase in tourism misrepresented, which is rather a dampener (11)","output":"### Answer: MOISTURISER \n ### Explanation: Definition: rather a dampener\nRISE in TOURISM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thinner, washed out, in need of courage (5,6)","output":"### Answer: WHITE\u00a0SPIRIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thinner\nWHITE (washed out) + SPIRIT (courage)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dear little book found in stall (4)","output":"### Answer: BABY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dear\nB in BAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Decorative singer, actual or fraudulent, bags gold (10)","output":"### Answer: COLORATURA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Decorative singer\nOR in (ACTUAL OR)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I almost do casual work and I perform, making a list (9)","output":"### Answer: ITEMISING \n ### Explanation: Definition: making a list\nI TEM[P] + I SING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turning out in transitive school (5)","output":"### Answer: TUTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: school\nOUT* in TR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Horny GP after surgery is a monster (7)","output":"### Answer: GRYPHON \n ### Explanation: Definition: monster\n(HORNY GP)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Education basically ruined her rest (5,2)","output":"### Answer: THREE RS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Education\n(HER REST)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Abolish one method to get humour into Homerian acknowledgement of stupidity (2,4,4)","output":"### Answer: DO\u00a0AWAY\u00a0WITH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Abolish\nA WAY + WIT in D'OH (Homer Simpson's exclamation)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Church of Rome: six of its members shunned superficially shiny stuff (6)","output":"### Answer: CHROME \n ### Explanation: Definition: shiny stuff\nCH[URCH OF] ROME \u2013 seems rather an odd clue, but I suppose it works"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It indicates the previous clue, say, is less sensitive than before (4,6)","output":"### Answer: EVEN NUMBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: It indicates the previous clue, say\nAs in \"even more numb\" \u2013 the previous clue is 2, which is an even number"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: School's head, useless creep (5)","output":"### Answer: SIDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: creep\nS + IDLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artisan's stylus possessed by renowned Egyptologist (9)","output":"### Answer: CARPENTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Artisan\nPEN in CARTER (Howard Carter, who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Upper class Henry entering bishop's address here in Germany (4)","output":"### Answer: RUHR \n ### Explanation: Definition: here in Germany\nU H in RR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animal used moor for recreation (8)","output":"### Answer: DORMOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Animal\n(USED MOOR)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ancient vessel \u2014 pull a nasty face, inhaling smoke (5,3)","output":"### Answer: GREEK URN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ancient vessel\nREEK in GURN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One who makes longer drawing instrument (10)","output":"### Answer: PROTRACTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: One who makes longer\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One medium Pils drunk without oxygen at the time of collapse (9)","output":"### Answer: IMPLOSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: collapse\nI + M + O in PILS* + ON (at the time of)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cleaning up pop group not quite into rock (8)","output":"### Answer: SWABBING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cleaning up\nABB[A] in SWING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bible's out with day, month, year for David or Jonathan? (8)","output":"### Answer: DIMBLEBY \n ### Explanation: Definition: David or Jonathan\n(BIBLE D M Y)* \u2013 the Dimblebys are a famous dynasty of British broadcasters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Career time for hot shell-suited swimmer (6)","output":"### Answer: TURTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: shell-suited swimmer\nHURTLE with the H replaced by T \u2013 it's perhaps possible to read the clue the other way round and get HURTLE as the answer, but I think it works better this way (and the online verson agrees)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Toothy creature happened to be holding back web address (6)","output":"### Answer: WALRUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Toothy creature\nURL reversed in WAS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anything at all should! (5)","output":"### Answer: OUGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Anything at all\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hamper request to be in punt (6)","output":"### Answer: BASKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hamper\nASK in BET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American coach keeps bill for calculator (6)","output":"### Answer: ABACUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: calculator\nAC in A BUS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fell back into space (4)","output":"### Answer: ROOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: space\nReverse of MOOR (a fell)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldier calling about a container (10)","output":"### Answer: CARABINEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Soldier\nA BIN in CAREER \u2013 I know this word best (or only?) in its Italian plural form of Carabinieri"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Immediately make amends without a bit of conceit (2,4)","output":"### Answer: AT ONCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Immediately\nC in ATONE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agree to strike detectives with energy (8)","output":"### Answer: COINCIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Agree\nCOIN (strike) + CID + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top cipher breaker is prescient (9)","output":"### Answer: PROPHETIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: prescient\n(TOP CIPHER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animal runs after snake (4)","output":"### Answer: BOAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Animal\nBOA + R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crazy cricketers (4)","output":"### Answer: BATS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crazy\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Meet at its centre as arranged (9)","output":"### Answer: INTERSECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Meet\n(ITS CENTRE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gold found in country's comprehensive survey (8)","output":"### Answer: PANORAMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: comprehensive survey\nOR in PANAMA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ancient American lodge in ruins (3-3)","output":"### Answer: AGE-OLD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ancient\nA + LODGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Affairs of everyone one found in social events (10)","output":"### Answer: DALLIANCES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Affairs\nALL I in DANCES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What the smart admirer presses (4)","output":"### Answer: SUIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: What the smart admirer presses\nA sort of double\/cryptic definition \u2013 the smart admirer may press his suit both literally and metaphorically"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Had fun when being escorted round old vessel (6)","output":"### Answer: LARKED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Had fun\nARK in LED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bill has duct coming (6)","output":"### Answer: ADVENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: coming\nAD (bill) + VENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gondolier eats large processed fish (7)","output":"### Answer: BLOATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: fish\nL in BOATER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Minos reformed apostle (5)","output":"### Answer: SIMON \n ### Explanation: Definition: apostle\nMINOS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Evacuate from island (7)","output":"### Answer: EXCRETE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Evacuate\nEX (from) + CRETE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jumpin' up and down in a reel (6)","output":"### Answer: BOBBIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: a reel\nBOBBIN[g]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deceives with many promises? That's deliberate! (9)","output":"### Answer: CONSCIOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: deliberate\nCONS (deceives) + C (100) + IOUS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet, one who is recklessly wasteful (7)","output":"### Answer: SPENDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poet\nDouble definition, though surely a spender isn't necessarily wasteful, let alone recklessly so"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lucifer creates hostility over marriage (8,5)","output":"### Answer: FRICTION MATCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lucifer\nFRICTION (hostility) + MATCH \u2013 friction matches (of which Lucifer was a brand) replaced the earlier, dangerous, chemical versions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guard Irishman's posh car (9)","output":"### Answer: PATROLLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Guard\nPAT + ROLLER (Rolls Royce)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Instrument used these days in melee (7)","output":"### Answer: BRADAWL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Instrument\nA.D. in BRAWL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pleased criminal passed by (7)","output":"### Answer: ELAPSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: passed by\nPLEASED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Peter's the first one on the fiddle? (7)","output":"### Answer: CELLIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: one on the fiddle\nCELL (Peter is slang for a prison cell) + 1ST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old man slow to develop taste (6)","output":"### Answer: PALATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: taste \nPA + LATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nebraska upset over appeal result (5)","output":"### Answer: ENSUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: result\nNE< + SUE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Symbol not beginning to draw into web (8)","output":"### Answer: ENTANGLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to draw into web\n[P]ENTANGLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Break South American state holding one back (6)","output":"### Answer: HIATUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Break\nS + I in UTAH, all reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cultivate cash carrier (4)","output":"### Answer: TILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cultivate\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird keeper's cartel breaking wind (10)","output":"### Answer: AUSTRINGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bird keeper\nRING in AUSTER (the South wind) \u2013 an austringer is a keeper of goshawks. Perhaps a bit unfair to use one rather obscure word (auster) in the wordplay for another"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jump back, receiving Catholic item in post (6)","output":"### Answer: PARCEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: item in post\nRC in reverse of LEAP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supposing Romeo's turned in hidden treasure to sea dweller (8)","output":"### Answer: STARFISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: sea dweller\n(IF R) reversed in STASH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tom, perhaps, keeping sloths in discomfort (7)","output":"### Answer: MALAISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: discomfort\nAIS in MALE. The AI is the three-toed sloth, well known to Scrabble players"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slightly drunk, admitting copper's an element (7)","output":"### Answer: MERCURY \n ### Explanation: Definition: element\nCU in MERRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Involving transmutation of racy pigs? (8)","output":"### Answer: SPAGYRIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Involving transmutation\n(RACY PIGS)* \u2013 relating to alchemy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Root around books on summit (6)","output":"### Answer: POTATO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Root\nReverse of OT ATOP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trendy grub was first to be garnished with mash (or kale, initially) (6,4)","output":"### Answer: PULLED\u00a0PORK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trendy grub\nLED (was first) in PULP OR K[ale]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New recruit to a country (4)","output":"### Answer: CUBA \n ### Explanation: Definition: country\nCUB + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something in wine bar turning brown outside (6)","output":"### Answer: TANNIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Something in wine\nINN reversed in TAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless vigour on horseback causing decay (8)","output":"### Answer: GANGRENE \n ### Explanation: Definition: decay\nReverse of ENERG[y] + NAG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman prepared to rise, supporting popular uprising (8)","output":"### Answer: INTIFADA \n ### Explanation: Definition: uprising\nIN (popular) + reverse of ADA FIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pothead to be sick in bucket (4)","output":"### Answer: PAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: bucket\nP[ot] + AIL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Climbing plant, climbing, snags good strip of skin (6)","output":"### Answer: AGNAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: strip of skin\nG in reverse of LIANA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Name-dropping spinster resolved to keep going (7)","output":"### Answer: PERSIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: keep going\nSPINSTER* less N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Want coast to receive label (8)","output":"### Answer: SHORTAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Want\nTAG in SHORE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hymn to periodical pong curtailed by one sort of scanner (10)","output":"### Answer: MAGNIFICAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hymn\nMAG (periodical) + NIF[F] + I + CAT (scanner)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pressure garment protecting centre of wound (6)","output":"### Answer: DURESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pressure\n[wo]U[nd] in DRESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Swapped baby cherub in divinatory system \u2014 one's gone missing (10)","output":"### Answer: CHANGELING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Swapped baby\nANGEL in [I] CHING (Chinese divination)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second deterrent, allegedly loud (8)","output":"### Answer: STRIDENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: loud\nS + TRIDENT (missile system)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ten Arabs affected by pesticide (8)","output":"### Answer: RATSBANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: pesticide\n(TEN ARABS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tightwad's self-esteem Tolkienian baddies lifted (7)","output":"### Answer: SCROOGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tightwad\nReverse of EGO + ORCS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More than one friend securing draw, mostly (6)","output":"### Answer: PLURAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: More than one\nLUR[E] in PAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dog keeps family from throwing up (6)","output":"### Answer: PUKING \n ### Explanation: Definition: throwing up\nKIN in PUG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bit of hair left to hound (4)","output":"### Answer: CURL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bit of hair\nCUR + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unglazed pottery, \u2014\u2014 tea dish? This is baked possibly (4)","output":"### Answer: BISK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unglazed pottery\nA composite anagram: (THIS IS BAKED)* = BISK + (TEA DISH)* \u2013 BISK is an alternative spelling of \"bisque\", and both are related to \"biscuit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hybrid fruit, quaint when cooked in seaweed (9)","output":"### Answer: ORTANIQUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hybrid fruit\nQUAINT* in ORE (dialect word for seaweed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plumed caps tremble endlessly \u2013 likewise back to front (6)","output":"### Answer: SHAKOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plumed caps\nSHAK[E] + SO<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Abdominal appendage getting screwed up with door (6)","output":"### Answer: UROPOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Abdominal appendage\n(UP DOOR)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old, you'll lose love twice, sadly, at the proper time (4)","output":"### Answer: DULY \n ### Explanation: Definition: at the proper time\n(OLD YOU)* minus the two Os"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Henry and Laurie in transport? Lorry's more his thing! (7)","output":"### Answer: HAULIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lorry's more his thing\nH + LAURIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Language type presenting imperial monarch in capitals (5)","output":"### Answer: UGRIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Language type\nGRI (Georgius Rex Imperator) in UC (upper case, capitals). The Ugric family includes Hungarian, and a few other rather obscure languages"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Economic theorist, one set on penetrating dimness (10)","output":"### Answer: MONETARIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Economic theorist\nONE + TAR (\"to set on\", in the third headword in Chambers) in MIST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dialect spreading more widely, nothing accepted by lowing herd (5)","output":"### Answer: KOINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dialect spreading more widely\nO in KINE \u2013 often used in the name \"Koine Greek\" (the language of the New Testament), but also more generally \"any dialect that has spread and become the common language of a larger area\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing in ruins of Napoli revealing part of old Roman empire (7)","output":"### Answer: POLONIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of old Roman empire\nO in NAPOLI"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The old compensate for fruit pa peeled (4)","output":"### Answer: APAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: The old compensate for\nPAPAYA with the outer P and A \"peeled\" off"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Savoury snack \u2013 Oz maybe tucks into it (6)","output":"### Answer: SAMOSA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Savoury snack\nAMOS (Oz: writer etc) in S.A."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Impatient to be heard when published, but chary about it (6)","output":"### Answer: SHOUTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Impatient to be heard\nOUT in SHY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Elizabeth, queen, completely succeeded for subjects of old (9)","output":"### Answer: BETHRALLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: subjects of old\nBETH + R + ALL + S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Celebrants, set nervously beset by religious awe repeatedly? (8)","output":"### Answer: FEASTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Celebrants\nSET* in FEARS (as in \"the fear of God\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stand? By the sound of it one may be at the end of the line (4)","output":"### Answer: DACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: one may be at the end of the line\nHomophone of \"dais\" (a kind of stand), and a dace may be on the end of a fishing line"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: School book with something to read about antelope (8)","output":"### Answer: BOSCHBOK \n ### Explanation: Definition: antelope\nSCH + B in BOOK. Strange that \"book\" appears in the clue and also as part of the wordplay, but it's perfectly sound"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Antique bronze, perhaps, with gold touches, put up (6)","output":"### Answer: STATUA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Antique bronze\n(AU TATS)<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two jackdaws and a parrot (4)","output":"### Answer: KAKA \n ### Explanation: Definition: a parrot\nKA (Scots word for a jackdaw, also spelt \"kae\"). When I had one of the Ks I though the answer might be KIKI, the name of the parrot in Enid Blyton's \"Adventure\" books.. anyone else remember those?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Edible fungus, all right in wine (not weak) coming up (5)","output":"### Answer: ENOKI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Edible fungus\nOK in WINE< minus W"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former standards having to kick in for very old-fashioned fusspot (10)","output":"### Answer: SQUARE-TOES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Former standards having to kick in for very old-fashioned fusspot (10)\nTOE (kick) in SQUARES (Shakespearian standards)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A couple of knaves getting on top of one in nasty spots (7)","output":"### Answer: PURPURA \n ### Explanation: Definition: nasty spots\nTwice PUR (a jack, in cards) + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Completely clean rupee, one of them crumpled (6)","output":"### Answer: REPURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Completely clean\nAnagram of RUPEE + R[upee]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What makes it impossible to straighten coils is so awkward (9)","output":"### Answer: SCOLIOSIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: What makes it impossible to straighten\n(COILS IS SO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Well imbued, after exchange of parts (4)","output":"### Answer: EDDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Well\nDYED with its two halves swapped"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl with work among ladies is missing lively dance (9)","output":"### Answer: GALLOPADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: lively dance\nGAP + OP in LADIES less IS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Calcium modified salty earth, influence in chemical make-up (8)","output":"### Answer: CATALYSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: influence in chemical make-up\nCA + SALTY* + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Parliament head in woolly tangle in Holyrood ? (7)","output":"### Answer: KNESSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Parliament\nNESS in KET (Scots for metted wool)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dwelling hut, place going up to house friend overseas (6)","output":"### Answer: MIA-MIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dwelling hut\nAMI in reverse of AIM (to place, says Chambers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appendage to mitre one's donned almost without cuts (6)","output":"### Answer: INFULA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Appendage to mitre\nIN FUL[L] + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relish cooking cuts briefly in ovens (5)","output":"### Answer: LEHRS \n ### Explanation: Definition: ovens\nRELISH* less I'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drive away with van (4)","output":"### Answer: GOAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drive\nGO (away, as an imperative) + AD (both \"ad\" and \"van\" are short for \"advantage\" in tennis)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pad or shorten? (8)","output":"### Answer: COMPRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pad\nDouble definition (the pad being one used in first aid etc)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unruffled college head dressed in tartan (6)","output":"### Answer: PLACID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unruffled\nC[ollege] in PLAID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Same ship, different stress (8)","output":"### Answer: EMPHASIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: stress\n(SAME SHIP)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A ship-to-shore cable (6)","output":"### Answer: HAWSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: A ship-to-shore cable\nCryptic definition (the clue is trying to suggest a telegram rather than the literal cable used in docking a ship)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tall and thin and large, awkward Yank (5)","output":"### Answer: LANKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tall and thin\nL + YANK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Big-headed celebrity! (9)","output":"### Answer: GREATNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: celebrity\nGREAT (big) + NESS (head)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Assortment of cigars there's to be found in a shop (4,8)","output":"### Answer: CASH REGISTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: to be found in a shop\n(CIGARS THERES)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The French marche militaire? (12)","output":"### Answer: MARSEILLAISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: The French marche militaire\nCryptic(ish) definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Long-term category for art students? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: LIFE CLASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: art students\nLIFE (long prison term) + CLASS (category)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: United to make reparation (5)","output":"### Answer: ATONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to make reparation\nUnited = AT ONE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ruined, becoming used to it (6)","output":"### Answer: INURED \n ### Explanation: Definition: used to it\nRUINED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Snakeskin shoe? (8)","output":"### Answer: MOCCASIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: shoe\nThere are several types of moccasin snake"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Biblical judge required? Dig one out (6)","output":"### Answer: GIDEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Biblical judge\n(DIG ONE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cut that could be needless (8)","output":"### Answer: LESSENED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cut\nNEEDLESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American language with new role in church (6)","output":"### Answer: CREOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: American\nROLE* in CE, and two definitions: a creole is a language that is a \"mixture\" of others, and the word is also used to describe settlers in Louisiana (or possibly the definition is just \"American language\", but I think that works less well)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feeling depressed, give doctor a ring (6)","output":"### Answer: MOPING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feeling depressed\nMO (Medical Officer) + PING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Previously prepared to study, boy and girl pulled up (5-4)","output":"### Answer: READY MADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Previously prepared\nREAD (study) + reverse of ED + AMY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Way to avoid duty at sea? (5,3,4)","output":"### Answer: SWING THE LEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Way to avoid duty at sea\nCryptic definition \u2013 another one with nautical references, this time trying to suggest smugglers, but instead it's a phrase meaning avoiding work. I think the clue would work better grammatically if it was \"How to avoid\u2026\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This said, repair is quickest (5)","output":"### Answer: LEAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: This said, repair is quickest\nReference to the saying \"least said, soonest mended\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recorder involved in test case (8)","output":"### Answer: CASSETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Recorder\n(TEST CASE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: When Roy rides out, it's laughable (8)","output":"### Answer: DERISORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: laughable\n(ROY RIDES)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ike and Monty rent a shop (7,5)","output":"### Answer: GENERAL STORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a shop\nGENERALS (as Ike and Monty were) + TORE (rent)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Examples of incessant change (9)","output":"### Answer: INSTANCES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Examples\nINCESSANT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The little devil! Telling stories, making insinuations (8)","output":"### Answer: IMPLYING \n ### Explanation: Definition: making insinuations\nIMP + LYING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With great insight, golf club has filled a key staff vacancy (8)","output":"### Answer: PROFOUND \n ### Explanation: Definition: With great insight\nThe club has recruited a professional, so the PRO is FOUND"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I snoop around to discover cause of death (6)","output":"### Answer: POISON \n ### Explanation: Definition: cause of death\n(I SNOOP)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Did lines, when kept in (6)","output":"### Answer: PENNED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Did lines\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Communist firm about belief (5)","output":"### Answer: CREDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: belief\nRED in CO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It might be barricaded, so you'll have to pee elsewhere (2-2,4)","output":"### Answer: NO-GO AREA \n ### Explanation: Definition: It might be barricaded\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 9 Pull up second best drink (4,5)","output":"### Answer: STOP SHORT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pull up\nS[econd] + TOP (best) + SHORT (drink \u2013 e.g. a shot of spirits in a pub)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: City's time-consuming trading floor areas, a main obstacle, it's said (10)","output":"### Answer: PITTSBURGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: City\nHomophone of \"pits\" + \"[ice]berg\" *Thanks to Rullytully for the correction: the PITTS part is T in PITS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Picture maker shows the doctor punched by a right and left (6)","output":"### Answer: WARHOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Picture maker\nA R in [Doctor] WHO + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Defence of police officer who's in thick with a potentially violent crowd? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: RIOT GEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Defence of police officer who's in thick with a potentially violent crowd\nAs far as I can see this is just a (not very cryptic and rather verbose) definition. Am I missing something?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Check by golfer on each prominent US family member (7)","output":"### Answer: CHELSEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: prominent US family member\nCH (check, as in chess) + [Ernie] ELS + EA. Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Bill & Hillary"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hot sexual desire, no uncontrolled movement \u2014 that deserves a medal, maybe! (7)","output":"### Answer: HEROISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: that deserves a medal, maybe\nH + EROTICISM less TIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revolutionary cart heading off with city's protection (8)","output":"### Answer: UMBRELLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: protection\n[T]UMBREL (cart that carried people to the guillotine during the French Revolution) + LA (Los Angeles)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Representations of modern culture left around the state (3,3)","output":"### Answer: POP ART \n ### Explanation: Definition: Representations of modern culture\nPA (Pennsylvania) in PORT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mix fluid after rinse (10)","output":"### Answer: FRATERNISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mix\n(AFTER RINSE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drug king apprehended by former athletics star (4)","output":"### Answer: COKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drug\nK in [Sebastian, now Lord] COE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Misses reverse gear (extremely laborious) (5)","output":"### Answer: GIRLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Misses\nReverse of RIG + L[aboriou]S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Year before getting paid results in hunger (8)","output":"### Answer: YEARNING \n ### Explanation: Definition: hunger\nY + EARNING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foundation spa's dog-washing device (8)","output":"### Answer: FOOTBATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: dog-washing device\nFOOT (foundation) BATH (spa). I'm not sure what the dog is doing here.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very excited starter? (4)","output":"### Answer: SOUP \n ### Explanation: Definition: starter\nSO + UP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Launch fitting with a different side indicator (6)","output":"### Answer: PROPEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Launch\nPROPER (fitting) with the second R changed to L[eft]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To conduct yourself with love in a Quaker family works (7)","output":"### Answer: FACTORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: works\nACT + O in FRY (Quaker family that included Elizabeth, prison reformer, currently depicted on the \u00a35 note)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's bad for circulation of mobile toy sales (8)","output":"### Answer: ASYSTOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's bad for circulation\n(TOY SALES)* \u2013 asystole is \"flatlining\", so more a lack of circulation than something that's bad for it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Which market researchers might use to sharpen image of pop musicians? (5,5)","output":"### Answer: FOCUS GROUP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Which market researchers might use\nFOCUS (sharpen) + [pop] GROUP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mark's mathematical symbol covering temperature (6)","output":"### Answer: STIGMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mark\nT in SIGMA (Greek letter, used in maths to indicate a sum)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: For some students, months of learning literary composition in Her Majesty's care (6,4)","output":"### Answer: HILARY TERM \n ### Explanation: Definition: For some students, months of learning\nLITERARY* in HM. Hilary is the second term of the academic year at the universities of Oxford and Dublin"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant turning out eg lasers (8)","output":"### Answer: EELGRASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant\n(EG LASERS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Landing a blow and bringing the match alive? (8)","output":"### Answer: STRIKING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Landing a blow\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Name mainly used when king enters (7)","output":"### Answer: MARILYN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Name\nR in MAINLY. This took me much longer thanit should have because I wanted it to be a word ending in -NYM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lifting skirt to get on \u2014 it's not what it seems (6)","output":"### Answer: MIRAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's not what it seems\nReverse of RIM + AGE (to get on)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slapstick exponent encountered by Simon? (6)","output":"### Answer: PIEMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: encountered by Simon\nAs the nursery rhyme says, \"Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair\". The slapstick exponent would use a custard pie"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Examine, top to bottom, listening devices (4)","output":"### Answer: CANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: listening devices\nSCAN with S moved to the end. \"Cans\" is used for \"headphones\" by sound techncians etc"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To avoid losing energy, mother touring city gets guide (4,5)","output":"### Answer: VADE MECUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: guide\nEVADE less its first E, + EC (postal area of the City of London) in MUM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show disdain with clues written the wrong way (4)","output":"### Answer: SPIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Show disdain\nReverse of TIPS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cameron and Osborne blocking current change (5)","output":"### Answer: COINS \n ### Explanation: Definition: change\nI (symbol for electric current) \"blocked by\" CONS[ervatives]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Battling with foremost of setters and their art (9)","output":"### Answer: SWORDPLAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Battling\nS[etters] + WORDPLAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New dialect coming from area around mouth? (7)","output":"### Answer: DELTAIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: coming from area around mouth\nDIALECT*, the mouth being that of a river, i.e. a delta"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Then I see inside bright lobby (7)","output":"### Answer: SOLICIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: lobby\nSO (then) + I C in LIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stuck a fancy note and cards in post (2,4,4,3)","output":"### Answer: AT ONE\u2019S WITS\u2019 END \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stuck\nA + NOTE* + WITS in SEND"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Students don't easily follow concept in political philosophy (5,8)","output":"### Answer: CLASS STRUGGLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: concept in political philosophy\nCLASS (students) + STRUGGLE (don't easily follow)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stargazer is someone with a conviction about one constellation (7)","output":"### Answer: GALILEO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stargazer\nReverse of LAG (convict) + I LEO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Firm with a flipping furious worker (7)","output":"### Answer: ADAMANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Firm\nA + reverse of MAD + ANT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fat, eating rubbish? Time I'm sent away to get a petite figure (9)","output":"### Answer: STATUETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: petite figure\nTAT in SUET + TIME less I'M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Terrorists backing intelligence from Middle Eastern country (5)","output":"### Answer: IRAQI \n ### Explanation: Definition: from Middle Eastern country\nIRA + reverse of IQ"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A bit of excitement for people dating? (4)","output":"### Answer: ITEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: people dating\nHidden in excITEMent"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What could be 90-ton lightweight (9)","output":"### Answer: NONENTITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: lightweight\n(NINETY TON)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sin by iconic rebel clergyman (4-4)","output":"### Answer: VICE-DEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: clergyman\nVICE (sin) + [James] DEAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bore physician, needing his services (5)","output":"### Answer: DRILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bore\nDR + ILL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where the rubber trade's plied, or a maple sugar's refined (7,7)","output":"### Answer: MASSAGE PARLOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where the rubber trade's plied\n(OR A MAPLE SUGARS)* \u2013 people are \"rubbed\" in a massage parlour."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With assets emptied, taps into business with good revenue stream (7)","output":"### Answer: CASHCOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: good revenue stream\nA[sset]S + H C (tap) in CO + W. Chambers only gies this as two words."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flash behind TV when satellite disappears (7)","output":"### Answer: MOONSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: when satellite disappears\nMOON (\"to display the bare buttocks for insult or shock value\") + SET (TV)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tracker of criminal traveller given \u00a31,000 to hide diamonds twice (6,3)","output":"### Answer: POLICE DOG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tracker of criminal\nICE (slang for diamonds) + D[iamonds] in [Marco] POLO (traveller) + G[rand] (\u00a31000)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Car's a trifle old, reaching junction in reverse (6)","output":"### Answer: TOYOTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Car\nReverse of A + TOY + O + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flattery overwhelms daughter in cute pants, it's learnt later (5,9)","output":"### Answer: ADULT EDUCATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's learnt later\nD in CUTE* (with \"pants\" as the anagram indicator), in (\"overwhemed by\") ADULATION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be undecided about transformation in Tesla coil (9)","output":"### Answer: OSCILLATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Be undecided\n(TESLA COIL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Renovate expensively \u2014 grand door frames provided (8)","output":"### Answer: GENTRIFY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Renovate expensively\nG + IF (provided) in ENTRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Back off beach, returning catch to dock (7)","output":"### Answer: SHORTEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: dock\nSHOR[E] + reverse of NET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of deal involved aid with rent (5-2)","output":"### Answer: TRADE-IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sort of deal\n(AID RENT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ex-champ is a legend wanting a comeback (6)","output":"### Answer: AGASSI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ex-champ\nReverse of IS SAGA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Entering capital, turned up taxi counters (5)","output":"### Answer: ABACI \n ### Explanation: Definition: counters\nReverse of CAB in A1"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Smooth wrapping paper, easily damaged? (7)","output":"### Answer: FRAGILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: easily damaged\nRAG (newspaper) in FILE (to smooth)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sprout inspiring celebrated bird (7)","output":"### Answer: BUSTARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: bird\nSTAR in BUD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oliver Twist, perhaps, in the Queen's Speech on a regular basis (5)","output":"### Answer: OFTEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: on a regular basis\n\"Often\" used to be pronounced \"orphan\" by in some accents, including the Queen's, and perhaps still is"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: British dependency no good for flamingoes in a storm (4,2,3)","output":"### Answer: ISLE OF MAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: British dependency\nFLAMINGOES* less G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spot recalled into which hefty eater takes a great deal \u2014 that's behind the tongue (10)","output":"### Answer: EPIGLOTTIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's behind the tongue\nPIG + LOT in reverse of SITE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Popular daily, vacuous newspaper in short? (4)","output":"### Answer: INDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: newspaper in short\nIN (popular) + D[ail]Y \u2013 nickname for The Independent"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Christmas crackers to grip on, those for Elizabeth? (11)","output":"### Answer: MONARCHISTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: those for Elizabeth\nON in CHRISTMAS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Those making rowdy brawls from fairy lights, perhaps? (11)","output":"### Answer: SPOONERISMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Those making rowdy brawls from fairy lights, perhaps\n\"Lairy fights\", which could mean \"rowdy brawls\", is a spoonerism of \"fairy lights\". In the absence of other wordplay and the crucial checking letter, I wondered if this could be SPOONERISTS, but there seems to be no such word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crackers \u2014 what are they for? (4)","output":"### Answer: NUTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crackers\nDouble definition: nuts = mad = crackers, and a (topical) reference to nutcrackers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Censor wicked and loathsome extremists heading for Richmond in US state capital (10)","output":"### Answer: BOWDLERISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Censor\nW[icke]D + L[oathsom]E + R[ichmond] in BOISE (capital of Idaho)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hasty devil, posh as it happens, scoffing last of vol-au-vents (9)","output":"### Answer: IMPULSIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hasty\nIMP + U + [vol-au-vent]S in LIVE (as it happens)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tax contributing to development, it helps (5)","output":"### Answer: TITHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tax\nHidden in developmenT IT HElps"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Christmas present in obscurity (7)","output":"### Answer: NOWHERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: in obscurity\nNOW (Christmas) + HERE (present)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little time on Whale Island (7)","output":"### Answer: MINORCA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Island\nMIN[ute] + ORCA (killer whale)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Those in the red hats initially stuffing turkey in retail establishment (6,4)","output":"### Answer: FLOWER SHOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: retail establishment\nOWERS (those in [the] red) + H[ats] in FLOP (turkey, as in a unsuccessful play, etc)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A Norway spruce in part of Northern Ireland (6)","output":"### Answer: ANTRIM \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of Northern Ireland\nA + N + TRIM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man in life, flawed genius primarily, as writer (3,7)","output":"### Answer: IAN FLEMING \n ### Explanation: Definition: writer\n(MAN IN LIFE)* + G[enius]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cardinal virtue finally turning up, little time to live (5)","output":"### Answer: EXIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: to live\nReverse of SIX (cardinal number) + [virtu]E + T[ime]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Game all I cooked in partridges etc (9)","output":"### Answer: BILLIARDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Game\n(ALL I)* in BIRDS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Advise against a plate of food Boxing Day (8)","output":"### Answer: ADMONISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Advise against\nMON[day] in A DISH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foppish behaviour in mind say, dude's first to gyrate (8)","output":"### Answer: DANDYISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Foppish behaviour\n(MIND SAY D[ude])"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Box clever in the end, entering school as writer (10)","output":"### Answer: CHESTERTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: writer\nCHEST (box) + [cleve]R in ETON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make dull creations lively (9)","output":"### Answer: NARCOTISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make dull\nCREATIONS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A newspaper I love in outskirts of Chilean capital (8)","output":"### Answer: ASUNCION \n ### Explanation: Definition: capital\nA SUN + I O in C[hilea]N. Asunci\u00f3n is the capital of Paraguay"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's up high, punched by old boxer? (8)","output":"### Answer: SOUTHPAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: boxer\nO in (WHAT'S UP)*. Southpaw is (mostly US) slang for a left-handed boxer, or a left-handed person generally"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scrooge investing capital in theory \u2014 that's how he's known (6)","output":"### Answer: MISTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's how he's known\nT[heory] in MISER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wilder verbal attack starts in European city (6)","output":"### Answer: GENEVA \n ### Explanation: Definition: European city\nGENE (G. Wilder, actor) + V[erbal] A[ttacks]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ultimately, reverie in short? (5)","output":"### Answer: DREAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ultimately, reverie in short\n[reveri]E in DRAM (shot of whisky etc, a \"short\"), &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Down which Father Christmas sped, did you say? (4)","output":"### Answer: FLUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Down which Father Christmas\nHomophone of \"flew\" . If you don't like \"Down which Father Christmas\" as a definition, perhaps you can take the clue as another &lit."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: National articles (including a series of letters) (6)","output":"### Answer: AFGHAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: National\nFGH (consecutive letters of the alphabet) in A + AN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Said to hitch up with the enemy of the sea (8)","output":"### Answer: MARITIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: of the sea\n\"Marry\" + TIME (proverbially \"the enemy\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird has no energy to collect dole money for the landlord (8)","output":"### Answer: PUBLICAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: landlord\nU[nemployment] B[enefit] in PELICAN less E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Read about redhead getting tough (6)","output":"### Answer: STURDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: tough\nR[ed] in STUDY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good or bad, sits a plant (12)","output":"### Answer: SATISFACTORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Good\n(SITS A)* + FACTORY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not in favour of Ain't Misbehavin' (4)","output":"### Answer: ANTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not in favour of\nAIN'T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Porter back in speed move (8)","output":"### Answer: RELOCATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: move\nReverse of COLE (Porter, songwriter) in RATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The odds on awful scoop splashed out in the paper (8)","output":"### Answer: FOOLSCAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: paper\nAnagram of odd letters of AwFuL + SCOOP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: God of generosity (4)","output":"### Answer: EROS \n ### Explanation: Definition: God\nHidden in genEROSity"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What makes Bunny buy into pretentious behaviour? (4-8)","output":"### Answer: NAME-DROPPING \n ### Explanation: Definition: pretentious behaviour\nIf you remove the \"names\" (Ns) from BUNNY you get BUY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not half kick, my chilli pickles (6)","output":"### Answer: KIMCHI \n ### Explanation: Definition: pickles\nFirst halves of KIck My CHIlli. Kimchi is a very popular dish in Korea"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fast harmful drugs here (8)","output":"### Answer: PHARMACY \n ### Explanation: Definition: drugs here\nHARM in PACY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A single ship? That's a joke (3-5)","output":"### Answer: ONE-LINER \n ### Explanation: Definition: That's a joke\nONE + LINER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: European leader to disappear a hundred times (6)","output":"### Answer: DANISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: European\nVANISH with its \"leader\" V (5) replaced by D (500)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's better than a full house as cause for reform? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: FOUR ACES \n ### Explanation: Definition: What's better than a full house\n(CAUSE FOR)* \u2013 reference to Poker hands"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keeps register to put a stop to motion (4,5)","output":"### Answer: HOLD STILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: put a stop to motion\nHOLDS TILL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fine point of Germanic etymology (6)","output":"### Answer: NICETY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fine point\nHidden in germaNIC ETYmology"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Order to pen rap music part here (10,5)","output":"### Answer: MANUSCRIPT PAPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: here\n(PEN RAP MUSIC PART)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Roguish partner chasing roguish cars (8)","output":"### Answer: RASCALLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Roguish\nCARS* + ALLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ultimately slept with family member to be provocative (5)","output":"### Answer: TAUNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: be provocative\n[slep]T + AUNT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A communist uprising blocks proposal for temperance (10)","output":"### Answer: MODERATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: temperance\nReverse of A RED in MOTION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hotel needs hand in development (10)","output":"### Answer: INNOVATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: development\nINN + OVATION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps bishop with cold mouth and nose first to catch dreaded disease (9)","output":"### Answer: CLERGYMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perhaps bishop\n[The dreaded] LERGY in initial letters of Cold Mouth And Nose. Chambers only gives the spellings LURGY and LURGI for the disease (originally from the Goon Show)."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stinger capable of releasing poison? It's often nasty to begin with (8)","output":"### Answer: SCORPION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stinger capable of releasing poison? It's often nasty to begin with\nFirst letters of Stinger Capable Of Releasing Poison It's Often Nasty, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vulgar criminal Blair indicted at last (6)","output":"### Answer: RIBALD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vulgar\nBLAIR* + [indicte]D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be good when 40, as they say (5)","output":"### Answer: EXCEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Be good\nHomophone of XL (Roman numerals for 40)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He composed some enjoyable harmonies (5)","output":"### Answer: LEHAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: He composed\nHidden in enjoyabLE HARmonies"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Destroy and put into a bag (9)","output":"### Answer: VANDALISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Destroy\nAND in VALISE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He tries to swindle with a business offer (9)","output":"### Answer: CONTENDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: He tries\nCON + TENDER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One is vertical in flight (5)","output":"### Answer: RISER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One is vertical in flight\nCryptic defintion \u2013 the \"flight\" is a staircase"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Today's most popular writer? (7)","output":"### Answer: BALLPEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Today's most popular writer\nCryptic definintion, I suppose, the idea being that ballpoints are the most commonly used pens nowadays"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extract from part of a book about a ship (7)","output":"### Answer: PASSAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Extract\nA SS in PAGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not the best way to beat an opponent? (5)","output":"### Answer: WORST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not the best\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Organ with a drum (3)","output":"### Answer: EAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Organ with a drum\nCryptic (or literal) definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The depth of depression (5)","output":"### Answer: NADIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: The depth of depression\nCryptic (again, not very) definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Set of teeth chatter uncontrollably (7)","output":"### Answer: RATCHET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Set of teeth\nCHATTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The estate agent's lying (7)","output":"### Answer: SITUATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: The estate agent's lying\nCryptic definition \u2013 as in \"the property situtate at 27 High Street..\", though I would have thought that was more typical of lawyers' language (e.g. in title deeds) than of estate agents'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disciplinary panel, when assembled (5)","output":"### Answer: PENAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disciplinary\nPANEL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quite composed and skilled, to be fair (9)","output":"### Answer: EQUITABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to be fair\nQUITE* + ABLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agreed it's forged, detectives admitted (9)","output":"### Answer: COINCIDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Agreed\nCID in COINED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Risk having a dog at home (5)","output":"### Answer: INCUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Risk\nA dog at home is an IN CUR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look in British Columbia for powerful alliance (4)","output":"### Answer: BLOC \n ### Explanation: Definition: powerful alliance\nLO in BC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Name in credit as thriller writer (8)","output":"### Answer: CHANDLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: thriller writer\nHANDLE in CR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No charge is made, so get release (4)","output":"### Answer: FREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: No charge is made\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Words in action? (8)","output":"### Answer: EVIDENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Words in action\nCryptic definition, referring to a legal action"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Catch the blame after net is damaged (6)","output":"### Answer: ENTRAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Catch\nNET* + RAP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A cross can't be played with \u2014 it's very holy (10)","output":"### Answer: SACROSANCT \n ### Explanation: Definition: very holy\n(A CROSS CAN'T)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Light sleep? (6)","output":"### Answer: SIESTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Light sleep\nCryptic definition: I suppose referring to the fact that siestas are taken in the daytime"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expensive address (4)","output":"### Answer: DEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Expensive\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One who submits to retreat (5)","output":"### Answer: BOWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One who submits\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jet noise ban (5-5)","output":"### Answer: PITCH-BLACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jet\nPITCH (noise, as in the pitch of a note, I assume) + BLACK (ban)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Profiteer without gain \u2014 that is strange (5)","output":"### Answer: EERIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: strange\nPROFITEER less PROFIT + I.E."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rings about noises (8)","output":"### Answer: RESOUNDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rings\nRE + SOUNDS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's no advantage to retire (8)","output":"### Answer: DRAWBACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: no advantage\nTo retire is to DRAW BACK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Set up games around pub \u2014 one game in particular (6)","output":"### Answer: TENNIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: one game in particular\nReverse of INN in SET (games \u2013 not the \"set\" that's in the clue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With it, the essay is without purpose (6)","output":"### Answer: TRENDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: With it\nEND in TRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old northerner caught in trap (4)","output":"### Answer: PICT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old northerner\nC in PIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small group to split over religious instruction (4)","output":"### Answer: TRIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small group\nRI in TO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Book the last waltz in time (4)","output":"### Answer: EZRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Book\n[walt]Z in ERA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: E.g. fringe publish campaign's opener in shed (7)","output":"### Answer: HAIRCUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: E.g. fringe\nAIR + C[ampaign] in HUT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Syringes creating nervy attitude, we hear? (5)","output":"### Answer: HYPOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Syringes\nHomophone of \"high pose\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pa quitting procession travelled up north (4)","output":"### Answer: RADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: travelled up north\n[PA]RADE \u2013 \"rade\" is a Scottish or Northern variant of \"rode\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ditch job in Oz, good split (4)","output":"### Answer: GRIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ditch\nG + RIP, with two definitions, both a bit obscure: a small ditch, and an Australian word for a job"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anchor securing net at sea with line as ballast (9)","output":"### Answer: KENTLEDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: ballast\nNET* + L in KEDGE (anchor)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A grey gee transported Scottish pedlar (6)","output":"### Answer: YAGGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scottish pedlar\n(A GREY G)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Allure and experience surrounding Wellington, according to Boney? (6)","output":"### Answer: SEDUCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Allure\nDUC (French for Duke) in SEE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bones: look for them buried in Roman marketplaces (6)","output":"### Answer: FEMORA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bones\n'EM in FORA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Metrical form, hybrid, having to conform to its rules outwardly? (6)","output":"### Answer: SCAZON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Metrical form\nZO (the famous and cruciverbially useful hybrid cattle) in SCAN (to follow prosodic rules). A Scazon is also known as a choliamb, whose definition will test your knowledge of poetical terminology: \"a variety of iambic trimeter having a spondee for an imabus at the sixth foot\". The names come from the Greek for \"limping\" or \"lame\"."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Congenial (9)","output":"### Answer: SIMPATICO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Congenial\nThe competition word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Magic one conceals this sprite maybe (4)","output":"### Answer: ICON \n ### Explanation: Definition: sprite maybe\nHidden in magIC ONe, the definition relating to computer animation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scots own highland region whence river emerges (4)","output":"### Answer: NAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scots own\nNAIRN less R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Polished \u2014\u2014? May be seen in Daphnis and Chloe, i.e. spinning (6)","output":"### Answer: CHAIN\u00c9 \n ### Explanation: Definition: Polished \u2014\u2014? May be seen in Daphnis and Chloe, i.e. spinning\nComposite anagram \u2013 (DAPHNIS CHLOE IE)* = POLISHED CHAINE \u2013 &lit, because chain\u00e9 is a ballet term, and D&C is a ballet (by Ravel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Herd drunk? Not I. I deferred maybe (5)","output":"### Answer: KNELT \n ### Explanation: Definition: deferred maybe\nKINE LIT less I twice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Adherents of the Good Book garbled extent, introducing mass (7)","output":"### Answer: TEXT-MEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Adherents of the Good Book\nM in EXTENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe Scotch day shortened, weather fickle? (12)","output":"### Answer: WHISKY-FRISKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: fickle\nWHISKY (Scotch, maybe) + FRI[day] + SKY (weather)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: E.g. old bloodhound, hot in pursuit? (5)","output":"### Answer: RACHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: E.g. old bloodhound\nH in RACE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small group, a real laugh with last going to No. 1 (4)","output":"### Answer: TRIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small group\nRIOT (as in \"he's a riot\") with the T moved to the front"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King off the fizz, King retaining energy for sport (6)","output":"### Answer: RUGGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: sport\nE in KRUG (champagne) less K + K"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fine instruments? Composer must have died for us (6)","output":"### Answer: STRADS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fine instruments\nSTRAUSS (take your pick from several composers) with D replacing US"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fix upper limit on e.g. car modelled with bloke around (9)","output":"### Answer: CHARGE-CAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fix upper limit on\n(EG CAR)* in CHAP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Glimpse person collared by a copper (6)","output":"### Answer: APER\u00c7U \n ### Explanation: Definition: Glimpse\nPER in A CU"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arabesque is caught in dancing room (7)","output":"### Answer: MORISCO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arabesque\nIS C in ROOM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Knack, one which anglers have at heart (4)","output":"### Answer: HANG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Knack\nHidden in whicH ANGlers \u2013 hang=knack as in \"get the hang of..\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What ministers show: latitude, fine in business centre (9)","output":"### Answer: CLERICITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: What ministers show\nL + ERIC (an old blood-fine in Ireland) in CITY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some dragonflies chase flies \u2013 name one (7)","output":"### Answer: AESCHNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Some dragonflies\nCHASE* + N A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Individual in Highland festival with lunar decoration? (6)","output":"### Answer: MOONED \n ### Explanation: Definition: with lunar decoration\nONE in MOD (a kind of Highland festival)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chaps in 'eadgear, one displaying tufty parts (6)","output":"### Answer: AMENTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: tufty parts\nMEN in [H]AT + A, plural of \"amentum\", a catkin"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One colt has raced round, given a kick? (6)","output":"### Answer: SPICED \n ### Explanation: Definition: given a kick\nI C in SPED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On quitting Jerusalem, Italian consumed pasta (4)","output":"### Answer: ZITI \n ### Explanation: Definition: pasta\nIT in ZI[ON]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Give way, almost, on cutting in, indicating diversion? (5)","output":"### Answer: CONED \n ### Explanation: Definition: indicating diversion\nON in CED[E]. I found it mildly interesting that the wordplay in this clue and the previous one involves ON, given literally in the clue both times"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Starts to mature after teenage years \u2013 too familiar? (4)","output":"### Answer: MATY \n ### Explanation: Definition: too familiar\nInitial letters of Mature After Teenage Years"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finished dealing? It won't stop here (7,7)","output":"### Answer: THROUGH TRAFFIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: It won't stop here\nTHROUGH (finished) + TRAFFIC (dealing)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Acclaim withdrawal of anti-Brit sentiment? (5)","output":"### Answer: KUDOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Acclaim\nReverse of SOD UK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He thinks he's Romeo, present on balcony (4,4)","output":"### Answer: GOD\u2019S GIFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: He thinks he's Romeo\nGODS (upper balcony in a theatre) + GIFT (present)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tip of tool piercing irregular hole in ancient artefact (7)","output":"### Answer: NEOLITH \n ### Explanation: Definition: ancient artefact\nT[OOL] in (HOLE IN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: See you dispose of last two bits of Stilton, say, with port (7)","output":"### Answer: CHEERIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: See you\nCHEE[SE] + RIO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Farmer's work clothes with durable fabric (5)","output":"### Answer: TWILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: durable fabric\nW[ith] in TILL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Salesman wearing brown is bored in theatre (9)","output":"### Answer: TREPANNED \n ### Explanation: Definition: bored in theatre\nREP in TANNED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On change of trade, factory offers tedious work (9)","output":"### Answer: TREADMILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: tedious work\nTRADE* + MILL (factory)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Female artist's backing cut (5)","output":"### Answer: SHEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: cut\nSHE + reverse of RA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seafood concession cut by demand (7)","output":"### Answer: SCALLOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seafood\nCALL in SOP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He goes on to land after turning (7)","output":"### Answer: WINDBAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: He goes on\nWIND (turning) + BAG (to land, e.g. a fish)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sporting tours hosted by seven star players (8)","output":"### Answer: VIRTUOSI \n ### Explanation: Definition: star players\nTOURS* in VII"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Local's first in to deliver soothing treatment (5)","output":"### Answer: SALVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: soothing treatment\nL[ocal] in SAVE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Best of United's wingers running round Hearts scorer? (6,8)","output":"### Answer: GEORGE\u00a0GERSHWIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: scorer\nGEORGE (George Best played for Manchester United) + H in WINGERS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carpeting and doing well at the job (6,2,4)","output":"### Answer: TAKING\u00a0TO\u00a0TASK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Carpeting\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cattle round-up was carried over (5)","output":"### Answer: RODEO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cattle round-up\nRODE (was carried) + O[ver]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little cakes topped and iced with no training necessary (9)","output":"### Answer: UNSKILLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: with no training necessary\n[B]UNS + KILLED (ice, in gangster slang)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Snobbish type going off before Derby, perhaps (4,3)","output":"### Answer: HIGH HAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Snobbish type\nHIGH (going off, like old food) + HAT (a derby is a type of hat); I didn't know this expression: it means a top hat, and by extension the sort of person who wears one"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Root's declaring, with last pair going berserk (7)","output":"### Answer: RADICLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Root\nAnagram of DECLARI[NG]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ultimately, if you sing, you make intricate music (5)","output":"### Answer: FUGUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: intricate music\nLast letters of iF yoU sinG yoU makE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's gathered within barrier engineers brought in (9)","output":"### Answer: INFERENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: What's gathered\nRE in IN FENCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Goners' ledger\" prepared here in London? (7,5)","output":"### Answer: GOLDERS GREEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: here in London\n(GONERS LEDGER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like 10 and 27, not all recurring (9)","output":"### Answer: ITERATIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: recurring\nALLITERATIVE, as 10d and 27a are, less ALL. The other long answers \u2013 1a and 1d \u2013 are also alliterative (1a only by spelling, not pronunciation) so I'm surprised they weren't included in the clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Those deserving a lighter sentence? (9)","output":"### Answer: ARSONISTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Those deserving a lighter sentence\nCryptic definition, arsonists being \"lighters\" of fires."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cave in Spain, base for one male tramp (7)","output":"### Answer: IMPLODE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cave in\nI + M + PLOD + E (Spain)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Devious fellow circumventing island's criminals (3,4)","output":"### Answer: LOW LIFE \n ### Explanation: Definition: criminals\nI in FELLOW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Future change required, with rise of pound (5)","output":"### Answer: LATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Future\nALTER with the L (\u00a3) moved"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Subordinate to roar half-heartedly (5)","output":"### Answer: BELOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Subordinate to\nBEL[L]OW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Initiates approaches to restrain old boys' clubs (9)","output":"### Answer: COMMENCES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Initiates\nMEN (old boys) + C in COMES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl one met at a party (4)","output":"### Answer: GALA \n ### Explanation: Definition: party\nGAL + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's part of a kit of beer supplied to Germany with chaser (4,4)","output":"### Answer: BASS DRUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's part of a kit\nBASS (brand of beer) + D (Germany) + RUM (could be drunk as a chaser)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy initiated and carried out some spooning (6)","output":"### Answer: LADLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: carried out some spooning\nLAD LED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Qualification shows everything about a girl (1,5)","output":"### Answer: A LEVEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Qualification\nEVE in ALL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl, star at last in Crazy Lady for about four weeks (5,3)","output":"### Answer: LUNAR DAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: about four weeks\nUNA + [STA]R in LADY* \u2013 as the moon always shows the same face to us, its day is the same as a lunar month, i.e. about 29 days"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New boy? (6)","output":"### Answer: JUSTIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: boy\nNew = JUST IN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ashdown's May forfeit at end of vote: a myth? Not exactly, at last (3,2,3)","output":"### Answer: EAT MY HAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ashdown's May forfeit\n[VOT]E + (A MYTH)* + AT. Reference to Paddy Ashdown's promise that he would eat his hat if the exit polls at the UK General Election last May turned out be correct. They were, and he did (sort of)."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's sweet girl in some trouble (8)","output":"### Answer: MOLASSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's sweet\nLASS in ~~MESS~~ SOME* *Thanks to those who pointed out my careless error here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl auto enthusiasts? (6)","output":"### Answer: CARMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Girl\nCAR MEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl to excel with food (8)","output":"### Answer: BEATRICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Girl\nBEAT + RICE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Isn't able to get girl into bed (6)","output":"### Answer: CANNOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Isn't able to\nANN in COT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boatman in Paris (capital!) to find a boy (6)","output":"### Answer: JEROME \n ### Explanation: Definition: boy\nJE (French \"I\") + ROME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl sent crazy by LSD in the '60s (8)","output":"### Answer: STERLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: LSD in the '60s\n(GIRL SENT)* \u2013 LSD being pounds, shillings and pence, as used up to 1971"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Imperfect, flawed, failing you fundamentally? (4)","output":"### Answer: IFFY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Imperfect, flawed, failing you fundamentally\nFirst letters &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps my girl's only starting letting loose (4,5)","output":"### Answer: SONG TITLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perhaps my girl\nS (from \"girl'S\") + O[nly] + LETTING* \u2013 the title of this song"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Write badly without direction and make slow progress (5)","output":"### Answer: CRAWL \n ### Explanation: Definition: make slow progress\nSCRAWL less S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clue for a TV show where beer is made (4-3)","output":"### Answer: MASH-VAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: where beer is made\nMASH VAT could be a clue for \"A TV\" \u2013 I think the fact that MASH is also a TV show is a red herring: \"show\" here is just a link-word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Enlist boy soldier, the last to be replaced by noon (5)","output":"### Answer: ENROL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Enlist\nERROL with [soldie]R replaced by N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy and girl turned up sick inside (7)","output":"### Answer: CAMILLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boy and girl\nILL in CAME \u2013 Camille can be either a boy's or girl's name"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sour spice used in and around Lent (9)","output":"### Answer: SPLENETIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sour\nAnagram of SPICE \"in and around\" LENT \u2013 spLENeTic"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy said to be heathen? (7)","output":"### Answer: GODFREY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boy\nHomophone of GOD-FREE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Middle of single bed that is badly askew, in which one gets no sleep (4,5)","output":"### Answer: LIES AWAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: gets no sleep\nL (middle of singLebed) + I.E. + A (one) in ASKEW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheerful Boatman's a mischievous chap, prone to compileritis? (2,7)","output":"### Answer: UP ONESELF \n ### Explanation: Definition: prone to compileritis\nUP (cheerful) + ONE'S (Boatman's) + ELF \u2013 a bit of an in-joke, \"compileritis\" being many a word used on here by former commenter hedgehoggy to refer to \"showing off\" by setters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unpleasant sensations, lacking love (9)","output":"### Answer: NASTINESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unpleasant sensations, lacking love\nSENSATIONS* less O, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two-part choral work has no place for heartless imp of a boy (7)","output":"### Answer: ANTHONY \n ### Explanation: Definition: boy\nANTIPHONY less I[M]P"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Subdues partner's boy (7)","output":"### Answer: STEPSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: partner's boy\nSTEPS ON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hairnet girl used for curling (7)","output":"### Answer: RINGLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hair\nIt wouldn't be Boatman without a lift-and-separate: (NET GIRL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Screw as a boy, perhaps eaten by lion? (5)","output":"### Answer: CHEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Screw\nHE in CAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This animal under study could lead to grass (5)","output":"### Answer: OUNCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: animal\nIf you put OUNCE under DEN you get DENOUNCE = tell on = grass"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In the present state, article lies about leader in Ireland (2,2,2)","output":"### Answer: AS IT IS \n ### Explanation: Definition: In the present state\nA + I in SITS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Adversary in Satan, ticklish (4)","output":"### Answer: ANTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Adversary\nHidden in satAN TIcklish"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Those going through life with US and Iraq in conflict (10)","output":"### Answer: QUALIFIERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Those going through\n(LIFE US IRAQ)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man thrown, lake emptied (6)","output":"### Answer: CASTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Man\nCAST + L[ak]E \u2013 a Castle is a \"man\" in chess"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bum kneaded during dance \u2014 that's groping (8)","output":"### Answer: FUMBLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: groping\nBUM* in FLING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Calf, perhaps, in a state (3,6)","output":"### Answer: NEW JERSEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: a state\nThe calf could be a new[-born] Jersey cow"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is party lacking in cunning game? (1,3)","output":"### Answer: I SPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: game\nIS PARTY less ART"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: See fruit (4)","output":"### Answer: DATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: See\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Initially, two dances for the organ? (9,5)","output":"### Answer: FINANCIAL TIMES \n ### Explanation: Definition: organ\nThis took me a while to spot: the Financial Times is often called the FT, and in the phonetic alphabet those two letters are Foxtrot and Tango \u2013 both dances"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No sweat with this dance (8)","output":"### Answer: CAKEWALK \n ### Explanation: Definition: No sweat with this\nDouble definition \u2013 if something is a cakewalk then it's very easy, or \"no sweat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fall in the US not entirely reversed, fifty shared (6)","output":"### Answer: MUTUAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: shared\nReverse of AUTUM[n] + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Back of wrist held in interpretation of rumba with wide lift (4,6)","output":"### Answer: DUMB WAITER \n ### Explanation: Definition: lift\n[wris]T in (RUMBA WIDE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Othello in James Bond? Not quite (4)","output":"### Answer: MOOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Othello\nJames Bond was played by Roger MOOR[e] in seven of the films"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One patiently sitting at the riverside left in rage (6)","output":"### Answer: ANGLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One patiently sitting at the riverside\nL in ANGER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Goddess going after credit crunch (6)","output":"### Answer: CRISIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: crunch\nCR + ISIS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dance with me for some hanky-panky? (3,4)","output":"### Answer: CON GAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: some hanky-panky\nCONGA + ME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dance that's literarily unexpected (5)","output":"### Answer: TWIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dance\nDouble definition \u2013 1960s dance, and an unexpected ending to a story (i.e. in literature, or \"literarily\" (I misread this as \"literally\", which might almost work)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless line of people in the money, no longer in need of a drink (7)","output":"### Answer: LIQUEUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\nQUEU[E] in LIR[A] (former currency of Italy, though still used in Turkey)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dance throw over a short distance (6)","output":"### Answer: SHIMMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dance\nI MM (i.e. one millimetre) in SHY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 3 becomes 9? Then the magic ends (6,3)","output":"### Answer: TRIPLE SEC \n ### Explanation: Definition: 3\nTRIPLES + [th]E [magi]C. Triple sec is a liqueur (3 down)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Giving is seasonal? (7)","output":"### Answer: SPRINGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Giving\nDouble definition \u2013 springy = like spring = seasonal"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A few initially left troubled in the grip of disease \u2014 might they be lucky? (6,7)","output":"### Answer: RAFFLE TICKETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: might they be lucky\nA + F[ew] + LEFT* in RICKETS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little hesitation shifting butt around in dance \u2014 this one? (9)","output":"### Answer: JITTERBUG \n ### Explanation: Definition: this one\nER (hesitation) in BUTT*, all in JIG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Horrifying figure, character rising up, calculating to the core (7)","output":"### Answer: DRACULA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Horrifying figure\nReverse of CARD* (character) + middle letters of [calc]ULA[ting}"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lover stupidly mad with passion and fervour, ultimately (7)","output":"### Answer: ADMIRER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lover\nMAD* + IRE + [fervou]R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stuck to salsa dancing (2,1,4)","output":"### Answer: AT A LOSS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stuck\n(TO SALSA)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dance exercise covers a leading position (6)","output":"### Answer: PAVANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dance\nA VAN in PE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Almost barking, dog's first to break cover (7)","output":"### Answer: BANDANA \n ### Explanation: Definition: cover\nD[og] in BANANA[s] (mad, barking)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bra came undone, which is ghastly (7)","output":"### Answer: MACABRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: ghastly\n(BRA CAME)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capital letters written in ink \u2014 a bulletin (5)","output":"### Answer: KABUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Capital\nHidden in inK A BULletin"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Defence given by ol' prince, closet racist? (9,11,4,3)","output":"### Answer: POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Defence\nPOLITICAL CORRECTNESS is an anagram (GONE MAD) of OL' PRINCE, CLOSET RACIST \u2013 and sort of &lit, referring perhaps to Prince Philip's notoriously un-PC remarks. \n*288 corrected to 28 in published version"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Marine animal rejected horse with one limb (10)","output":"### Answer: NUDIBRANCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Marine animal\nReverse of DUN + I BRANCH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fuel flushed the wrong way by van, initially (4)","output":"### Answer: DERV \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fuel\nReverse of RED + V[ehicle]. Derv is an acronym for Diesel Engined Road Vehicle, but means the diesel fuel itself"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where one's going with halves of tuna exchanged \u2014 that's poverty (11)","output":"### Answer: DESTITUTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: poverty\nDESTINATION with TU replacing NA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: [Pool superstar's cycled backwards] (4)","output":"### Answer: LIDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pool\nIDOL \"cycled backwards\" \u2013 the brackets around the clue suggest that it will be replaced in the final version"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bar duo play during set of gigs (one sings) (10)","output":"### Answer: TROUBADOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: one sings\n(BAR DUO)* in TOUR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Squeeze, briefly bottling wine that's found at mine? (9)","output":"### Answer: EXCAVATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's found at mine\nCAVA in EXTOR[T]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Peter out to follow popular musical genre (5)","output":"### Answer: INDIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: musical genre\nIN (popular) + DIE (peter out)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outspoken Dutch little 'uns covering for privates (1-6)","output":"### Answer: Y-FRONTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: covering for privates\nHomophone of \"wife [Dutch] runts\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The greatest lover of all in Le Tour? (6)","output":"### Answer: BIKING \n ### Explanation: Definition: in Le Tour\nThe BI-KING would be the greatest lover of all (both) sexes; and if you're in the Tour de France you are biking"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sommelier's slur being ignored (6)","output":"### Answer: NOBODY \n ### Explanation: Definition: being ignored\nThe sommelier might complain that a wine has NO BODY; a nobody is a being [that is] ignored"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Do I dabble with ecstasy after clubbing \u2026 it's powerful (4-6)","output":"### Answer: ABLE-BODIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: powerful\n(DO I DABBLE E)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Final phase, in which top mark is obtained (5)","output":"### Answer: ALPHA \n ### Explanation: Definition: top mark\nHidden in finAL PHAse"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Copper produced from this awkward email chat? (9)","output":"### Answer: MALACHITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Copper produced from this\n(EMAIL CHAT)* \n*The published clue is ** Target of mine's naughty email chat? (9)**, which I think is an improvement"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet way to turn one on! (4)","output":"### Answer: CUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sweet\nIf you CUT E then \"one\" becomes \"on\". Not sure about the grammar of this.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Returned, sobbing more \u2014 sounds like you have germs! (8)","output":"### Answer: BACTERIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: germs\nHomophone of \"back tearier\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is exciting new large one 50\/50 to get around? (8)","output":"### Answer: ENLIVENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Is exciting\nN L I in EVENS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's part of the grid, but is not as cryptic (10)","output":"### Answer: SUBSTATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's part of the grid\n(BUT IS NOT AS)* \u2013 a substation is part of the electricity grid"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soaks stare at us, when in a state (9)","output":"### Answer: SATURATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Soaks\n(STARE AT US)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One rowing with lady ultimately washing up here? (8)","output":"### Answer: SCULLERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: washing up here\nSCULLER + [lad]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poke sore bottom of girl leaving (she might run) (8)","output":"### Answer: PRODUCER \n ### Explanation: Definition: she might run\nPROD (poke) + ULCER less [gir]L \n*The published version has **drama queen** instead of **she might run**: again I think this is an improvment"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sat following this in China (6)","output":"### Answer: FRIEND \n ### Explanation: Definition: China\nSat[urday] follows the END of FRI[day]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Take down stuff on ship, ruing errors (5)","output":"### Answer: UNRIG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Take down stuff on ship\nRUING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Terrible Russian vehicle out of 60s! (4)","output":"### Answer: IVAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Terrible Russian\nVAN is a vehicle, but apart from that I'm stumped. *Thanks (appropriately) to Van Winkle: it's MINIVAN less MIN[ute] (60 seconds)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailor is married to Elizabeth, a superior lady (6)","output":"### Answer: ABBESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: a superior lady\nAB + BESS \u2013 an Abbess may be a Mother Superior, though I dare say there are technical differences between the two"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Venerate a midnight rider (6)","output":"### Answer: REVERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Venerate\nDouble definition \u2013 from Paul Revere and his famous midnight ride"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seen in church when spring returns before Easter starts (4)","output":"### Answer: APSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seen in church\nReverse of SPA + E[aster]. The definition is grammatically inaccurate, and could easily be fixed by making the clue read \"It's seen in church\u2026\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rose and made a speech without a single drink (10)","output":"### Answer: ORIGINATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rose\nI GIN in ORATED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's an offence to go to a part of Putin's Russia (6)","output":"### Answer: CRIMEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of Putin's Russia\nCRIME + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conversation piece? (8)","output":"### Answer: DIALOGUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Conversation piece\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spot gloomy principal (9)","output":"### Answer: BLACKHEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spot\nBLACK + HEAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Right in line (4)","output":"### Answer: TRUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Right\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Too wrapped up in financial solvency (4)","output":"### Answer: ALSO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Too\nHIdden in financiAL SOlvency"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lout knocked nurse cold (9)","output":"### Answer: SCOUNDREL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lout\n(NURSE COLD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Philosopher offers wine and gold, when entertaining us (8)","output":"### Answer: ROUSSEAU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Philosopher\nUS in ROS\u00c9 + AU"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Don't make a message plain (6)","output":"### Answer: ENCODE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Don't make a message plain\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Frozen waterfalls? (10)","output":"### Answer: HAILSTORMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Frozen waterfalls\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: None of it is good, it's said (4)","output":"### Answer: NEWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: None of it is good, it's said\nCryptic definition \u2013 \"no news is good news\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Acquiescent types originally serving in a Gulf country (3-3)","output":"### Answer: YES-MEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Acquiescent types\nS[erving] in YEMEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Took off and levelled out (6)","output":"### Answer: PLANED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Took off\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clothes appear new on student (7)","output":"### Answer: APPAREL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clothes\nAPPEAR* + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish seems to be right in the light (5)","output":"### Answer: BREAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fish\nR in BEAM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tolerate a most unusual church (7)","output":"### Answer: STOMACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tolerate\n(A MOST)* + CH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A miracle-man, he's involved in jailbreak (6)","output":"### Answer: ELIJAH \n ### Explanation: Definition: A miracle-man\nJAIL* in HE, though the clue would seem to indicate HE in JAIL*.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: So in love, with demeanour transformed (9)","output":"### Answer: ENAMOURED \n ### Explanation: Definition: So in love\nDEMEANOUR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put to death \u2014 and do it with a will (7)","output":"### Answer: EXECUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put to death\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disturb canary hatching here, possibly (4,9)","output":"### Answer: BIRD SANCTUARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: here, possibly\n(DISTURB CANARY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One wouldn't credit such transactions (4,5)","output":"### Answer: CASH SALES \n ### Explanation: Definition: One wouldn't credit such transactions\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loan may be arranged, though it's irregular (7)","output":"### Answer: ANOMALY \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's irregular\n(LOAN MAY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: We hear you possibly enlist in domestic service, perhaps (7)","output":"### Answer: UTENSIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: domestic service, perhaps\nU (\"we hear you\") + ENLIST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Given an income, but at the finish was in debt (7)","output":"### Answer: ENDOWED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Given an income\nEND + OWED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pay for a seat (6)","output":"### Answer: SETTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pay\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is able to hold on, as a rule (5)","output":"### Answer: CANON \n ### Explanation: Definition: a rule\nCAN + ON \u2013 \"hold\" would usually indicate ON in CAN, but I suppose this just about works"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Controversial candidate wanting power \u2026 and nearly becoming president? (6)","output":"### Answer: TRUMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: president\n[Donald] TRUM[P] + AN[D]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Call on setter to retire \u2014 it makes you sick! (6)","output":"### Answer: EMETIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: it makes you sick\nReverse of CITE ME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Draw fellow in back as means of identification (1-3)","output":"### Answer: E-FIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: means of identification\nF in reverse of TIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Glamorous people I follow around (and refuse to stop) (10)","output":"### Answer: GLITTERATI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Glamorous people\nLITTER (refuse) in reverse of I TAG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Language needing clarification \u2014 plain English! (6)","output":"### Answer: NEPALI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Language\n(PLAIN E)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor not male \u2014 one patient at it (2,3,3)","output":"### Answer: ON THE JOB \n ### Explanation: Definition: at it\nNOT* + HE + JOB (patient person)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Taking part in tiebreaker hasn't lost \u2014 it's working (6,3)","output":"### Answer: PAYING OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: working\nPLAYING OFF less L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boss's room not quite finished (4)","output":"### Answer: STUD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boss\nSTUD[Y]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cash from court gets Henry on track (4)","output":"### Answer: PATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: track\nPAT (Cash, tennis player, so \"from court\") + H \u2013 see 24a for a similar trick with a sportsman's name"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sign to west, proper elections (9)","output":"### Answer: PRIMARIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: elections\nPRIM to the left or \"west\" of ARIES (astrological sign)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Claptrap from Conservative members occasionally worth recalling (8)","output":"### Answer: TOMMYROT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Claptrap\nReverse of TORY MM [w]O[r]T[h]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Instructions to massage deep, not hard (6)","output":"### Answer: RUBRIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Instructions\nRUB + RIC[H]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rose sportingly let out after retraction at the last minute (4,2,4)","output":"### Answer: JUST IN TIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: at the last minute\nJUSTIN (Rose, golfer) + reverse of EMIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eight organisations rejected features writer (4)","output":"### Answer: ROTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: writer\nHidden in reverse of eigHT ORganisations. Philip Roth, author of *Portnoy's Complaint*, among many novels"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refrain from taking action over training centre? (6)","output":"### Answer: EUSTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: training centre\nReverse of NOT SUE, Euston station being a railway terminus or \"training centre\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Holder and others sounded greatly impressed (6)","output":"### Answer: SLAYED \n ### Explanation: Definition: greatly impressed\nSlade, which features Noddy Holder"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Material upset big cheese (7)","output":"### Answer: TAFFETA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Material\nReverse of FAT + FETA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extreme skill? Partly luck, on reflection (5)","output":"### Answer: ULTRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Extreme\nReverse of ART + LU[ck]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Group heading off to fish for sport (7)","output":"### Answer: ANGLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: sport\n[G]ANG + LING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: China's quite regularly embraced change (6)","output":"### Answer: MUTATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: change\nAlternate letters of qUiTe in MATE (rhyming slang \u2013 \"china plate\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wrong people arrested for eliminating female bully (9)","output":"### Answer: TORMENTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: bully\nMEN in TORT (a civil wrong) + FOR less F"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brought round to prepare, regularly, a cold meal for queen (3,4)","output":"### Answer: CAT FOOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: meal for queen\nReverse of DO OFT A C (\"queen\" = female cat)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Our own dear land (3-3,7)","output":"### Answer: RIP-OFF BRITAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Our own dear land\nCryptic definition, with \"dear\" = \"expensive\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suggests it's raised among prisoners (9)","output":"### Answer: INTIMATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Suggests\nReverse of IT in INMATES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Liberal academic finds employment (7)","output":"### Answer: PROFUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Liberal\nPROF + USE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet (old woman) cut very complicated lines (7)","output":"### Answer: MARVELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poet\nMA + anagram of VER[Y] + LL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Was son left outside? (7)","output":"### Answer: EXISTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Was\nS in EXITED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quickly aware of pair on top (6)","output":"### Answer: PRONTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quickly\nPR + ONTO (aware of)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Horse nibbling Mr Turner's nuts (5)","output":"### Answer: BARMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: nuts\nReverse of MR in BAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Earthy jazz style Y-Yank backs, endlessly cheered inside (9)","output":"### Answer: GUTBUCKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Earthy jazz style\nBUCKE[D] in reverse of T-TUG. It's \"a rhythmically simple, raucous, earthy and emotional style of playing jazz\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like a stronger martini in club? Not very (5)","output":"### Answer: DRIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like a stronger martini\nDRIVER (golf club) minus V"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Compass case, part to confront with measure of bits missing (8)","output":"### Answer: BITTACLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Compass case\nBIT (part) + TACKLE (confront) less K (\"measure of bits\", in sizes of computer memory)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person often following 'account', always penned by number one? (5)","output":"### Answer: PAYEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Person often following 'account'\nAY (always) in PEE (number one)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Placed in vessel it lives (5)","output":"### Answer: VITAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: lives\nIT in VAS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New brood, kept inside dry once covered in straw? (7)","output":"### Answer: THATCHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: covered in straw?\nHATCH In T[ee]T[otal]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What can bore well, or screw (though old)(5)","output":"### Answer: MISER \n ### Explanation: Definition: What can bore well\nDouble definition \u2013 this meaning of \"screw\" is perhaps the origin of the name [Ebenezer] Scrooge. A miser is also a \"well-boring instrument\" (i.e. it bores wells, rather than being good at boring)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Transferring old basin taken back, with second installed (7)","output":"### Answer: REMOVAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Transferring\nMO in LAVER<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strangely mad in the head, one had to pray for others (7)","output":"### Answer: BEADMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: one had to pray for others\nMAD* in BEAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good grain \u2013 did the first go to market? (5)","output":"### Answer: GRICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: did the first go to market\nG + RICE; a grice is a little pig, as in \"this little piggy went to market\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foreign prince having entered temple, with time inside (7)","output":"### Answer: INFANTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Foreign prince\nIN + FANE (temple)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Have a go at containing flow of water with waterworks fully active (5)","output":"### Answer: TEARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: with waterworks fully active\nEA in TRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dynasty has briefly to hold back (5)","output":"### Answer: SHANG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dynasty\n'S (short for has) + HANG (hold back)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I act misguidedly bagging cat as reprisal ? (8)","output":"### Answer: TALIONIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: as reprisal\nLION in (I ACT)* \u2013 related to *lex talionis*, the principle of \"an eye for an eye\" etc"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As a devotee of Charles, I'll be gripped by stylish vigour (5)","output":"### Answer: ELIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: As a devotee of Charles\nI in ELAN \u2013 reference to Charles Lamb, known for his *Essays of Elia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The poodle is poorly? Maybe he, put to sleep thus, old (6)","output":"### Answer: SOPITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: put to sleep thus, old\nComposite anagram: (THE POODLE IS)* = HE SOPITE OLD \u2013 to sopite is to put to sleep"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I intend getting drunk around company reeking of fags? (9)","output":"### Answer: NICOTINED \n ### Explanation: Definition: reeking of fags\nCO in (I INTEND)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fatuous fellow from Ohio in Republican party (4)","output":"### Answer: GOOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fatuous fellow\nO[hio] in GOP (Grand Old Party)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One localized conflict that is unexpected for old poet (7)","output":"### Answer: UNWARIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: unexpected for old poet\nUN (dialect \"one\") + WAR + I.E."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old coin revealed when my trash is recycled (7)","output":"### Answer: THRYMSA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old coin\n(MY TRASH)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dig up short note misplaced in air-trap (5)","output":"### Answer: UNBED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dig up\nU-BEND with the N \"misplaced\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ticker reset when chicken's put in cooker (9)","output":"### Answer: KITCHENER \n ### Explanation: Definition: cooker\nHEN in TICKER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mutiny in the form of riot tar stirred up \u2013 and where? (11)","output":"### Answer: TRAITORSHIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mutiny\n(RIOT TAR)* + SHIP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former saying, what Sam came out with briefly (4)","output":"### Answer: DICT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Former saying\nDouble definition \u2013 old word for a saying, and abbreviation for Dictionary, as famously produced by Samuel Johnson"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tree down under, reverse of healthy after start of blight (5)","output":"### Answer: BELAH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tree down under\nB[light] + HALE<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wife, three-quarters fidgety, right? Backbreaker may floor one (8)","output":"### Answer: WRESTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Backbreaker may floor one\nW + RESTLE[SS] + R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eastern tree I found restricted by a tabu, rudimentary (11)","output":"### Answer: ABECEDARIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: rudimentary\nE CEDAR I in A BAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An army's quota I cut in endless tally? (9)","output":"### Answer: STRATONIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: An army's\nRATION less I in STIC[k} (tally)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tribe met in the wars turn hostile (8)","output":"### Answer: EMBITTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: turn hostile\n(TRIBE MET)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Palm Monsieur put in his wine as 'food factor' (7)","output":"### Answer: VITAMIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: food factor\nITA (\"the miriti palm\") M in VIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deadly poison I included in a short story (7)","output":"### Answer: ACONITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deadly poison\nI in A CONTE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extract of bromine also strengthens (5)","output":"### Answer: NEALS \n ### Explanation: Definition: strengthens\nHidden in bromiNE ALSo \u2013 a variant of \"anneals\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spectator is fancily dressed \u2013 showing \u2013\u2013 esprit perhaps (5)","output":"### Answer: ASCOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spectator is fancily dressed \u2013 showing \u2013\u2013 esprit perhaps\nComposite anagram &lit (SPECTATOR IS)* = ASCOT ESPRIT, with reference to the fancy outfits worn at Ascot races"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Acres typical of lord, landed (4)","output":"### Answer: ALIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: landed\nA + LIT (drunk \"as a lord\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moved on,w switching parts of advantage (4)","output":"### Answer: GEED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Moved on\nEDGE with its two halves swapped (I've shown the clue as it was published, with a superfluous w)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inside a kind of beach hotel, in shy and quiet Murray, a drink (6)","output":"### Answer: SHANDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: a drink\nH[otel] in SANDY (kind of beach); AND in SHY; SH + ANDY (Murray, tennis player) \u2013 having three cryptic indications in one clue must be some kind of record"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old timer (6,4)","output":"### Answer: SECOND HAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exceptional person in a short skirt to ravish when stripped (4,4)","output":"### Answer: RARA AVIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exceptional person\nRA-RA + [r]AVIS[h] \u2013 literally meaning \"rare bird\", this expression comes the Roman poet Juvenal's *Satires"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bimbo extremely lewd, perhaps come up and use a figleaf (10)","output":"### Answer: BOWDLERISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: use a figleaf\nB[imb]O + LEWD* + RISE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Puzzle from the south of France all right, you said (6)","output":"### Answer: SUDOKU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Puzzle\nSUD + OK + \"you\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Type of roast beef foul, not half nasty (8)","output":"### Answer: SPITEFUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: nasty\nSPIT [type of roast] + halves of beEF foUL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Phoneboxes endlessly vandalised? I blame immigrants (9)","output":"### Answer: XENOPHOBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: I blame immigrants\nAnagram of PHONEBOXE[s]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Compiler the woman would dump in the outhouse (4)","output":"### Answer: SHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Compiler\nSHE'D, plus three definitions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Starts to stir up serious trouble out of a success story? That's helpful! (9)","output":"### Answer: ACCESSORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: That's helpful\nA SUCCESS STORY less (in order) the first letters of Stir Up Serious Trouble"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To accumulate win, snob needs the lot (8)","output":"### Answer: SNOWBALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: To accumulate\nW in SNOB + ALL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Partly explains it, untouched and unmoved (2,4)","output":"### Answer: IN SITU \n ### Explanation: Definition: unmoved\nHidden in explaINS IT Untouched"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Presence of an entry in Cinderella's timetable? (10)","output":"### Answer: ATTENDANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Presence\nCinderella's timetable might say \"AT TEN: DANCE\". Do we know the Prince's ball was at ten? This seems a bit vague"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's right, in love, to get protection (6)","output":"### Answer: ARMOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: protection\nR in AMOUR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steady start to trade in fur stalls (6)","output":"### Answer: STABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: stalls\nT[rade] in SABLE, and two definitions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Figure includes Newton's fourth law (7)","output":"### Answer: STATUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: law\n[new]T[on] in STATUE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Siege with intent to produce lamentation (5)","output":"### Answer: ALAMO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Siege\nLamentation is an anagram of ALAMO + INTENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Debate such set-up ignored is corrupt (7)","output":"### Answer: DEBAUCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: corrupt\nDEBATE SUCH minus the reverse of SET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jenny's cake (6)","output":"### Answer: ECLAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jenny\nDouble definition \u2013 Jenny is this comedian, for those that don't know of her"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kinky lovers use the Guardian \u2014 emphatically so (9)","output":"### Answer: OURSELVES \n ### Explanation: Definition: the Guardian \u2014 emphatically so\n(LOVERS USE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Talk about events? (7)","output":"### Answer: DISCUSS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Talk about\nA \"false plural\" of DISCUS (event), or you could think of events = event + S = discus + S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clean male, captivated by weapon, becomes adventurous (13)","output":"### Answer: SWASHBUCKLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: adventurous\nWASH BUCK in SLING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finished warhead steering into swamp (9)","output":"### Answer: OVERWHELM \n ### Explanation: Definition: swamp\nOVER + W[ar] + HELM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Songs in a traditional setting for him (7)","output":"### Answer: SINATRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: him\nHidden in songS IN A TRAditional, and kind of &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plain instinct to enter contest (7)","output":"### Answer: EVIDENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plain\nID (as in Freudian theory) in EVENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Following up in reproductive unit: erythematous uterine disorder (7)","output":"### Answer: RETINUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Following\nHidden in reverse of reproductivE UNIT ERythematous, and UTERINE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Light gold carriage (6)","output":"### Answer: LANDAU \n ### Explanation: Definition: carriage\nLAND (to light) + AU"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Sir\", as he is British originally (5)","output":"### Answer: SAHIB \n ### Explanation: \"Sir\", as he is British originally (5)\nFirst letters &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: News reader? (7)","output":"### Answer: COMPASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: News reader\nYou can read the cardinal points (N E W S) on a compass"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bean you are told to put in liqueur (7)","output":"### Answer: CURACAO \n ### Explanation: Definition: liqueur\nUR (homophone of \"you are\") in CACAO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anchor just lifted, ready for a journey (5)","output":"### Answer: ATRIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Anchor just lifted\nA TRIP \u2013 the word describes an anchor that is \"just drawn out of the ground\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bore to babble about English goal (9)","output":"### Answer: PENETRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bore\nE NET in PRATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Golf range played over par? Not by him! (4,6)","output":"### Answer: GREG NORMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: him\nG + NORM in RANGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Language of email service without vowels (4)","output":"### Answer: HTML \n ### Explanation: Definition: Language\nHOTMAIL without its vowels. In fact the name of Hotmail \u2013 the first major web-based email service \u2013 was based on the name HTML, and it was originally styled as HoTMaiL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Negotiator: I translate secrets into Norwegian (11)","output":"### Answer: INTERCESSOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Negotiator\nI + SECRETS* in NOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tramp's uberpuzzle \u2014 over a billion approve (6,5)","output":"### Answer: RUBBER\u00a0STAMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: approve\nB in (TRAMP'S UBER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Told small joke (4)","output":"### Answer: SPUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Told\nS+PUN (\"told\" as in \"spun a yarn\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dog sprinted after socialist's bone for fruit (10)","output":"### Answer: REDCURRANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: fruit\nRED + CUR RAN + T[-bone]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Defender's daughter kidnapped by young man\" \u2014 by this paper (not the Scotsman) (9)","output":"### Answer: BODYGUARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Defender\nD in BOY + GUARDIAN less IAN (Scotsman)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hiding behind executive table (5)","output":"### Answer: INDEX \n ### Explanation: Definition: table\nHidden in behIND EXecutive \u2013 not sure the cryptic grammar works here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With stream flowing, it's most relaxing (7)","output":"### Answer: WARMEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: most relaxing\nW + STREAM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turn? I can't \u2014 it's enormous! (7)","output":"### Answer: TITANIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: enormous\n(I CAN'T IT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Storm protection (6)","output":"### Answer: CHARGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Storm\nDouble definition \u2013 storm as in an attack, and protection as in \"in my charge\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hawk lifts royal sheep above the tops of elm trees (6)","output":"### Answer: MARKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hawk\nReverse of K RAM + E[lm] T[rees]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supplements that might cause grumbling? (10)","output":"### Answer: APPENDICES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Supplements\nDouble definition \u2013 the online version gives this spelling, but I think it could equally well be APPENDIXES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Great manager (5)","output":"### Answer: SUPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Great\nDouble definition \u2013 manager as in super[visor] or super[intendent]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fabulous creature presses on each star thistle, for example (9)","output":"### Answer: CENTAUREA \n ### Explanation: Definition: star thistle, for example\nCENTAUR + EA. Centaurea is a genus of plants that incudes the Star Thistle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Schedule time and relaxation \u2014 otherwise heads roll! (4)","output":"### Answer: ROTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Schedule\nInitial letters of Time And Relaxation Otherwise, \"rolled\" by two positions (or just an anagram of them)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Correct a chess move \u2014 take it back! (8)","output":"### Answer: CHASTISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Correct\nReverse of IT in (A CHESS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ruler's sexy lover gets gold and diamonds (8)","output":"### Answer: OVERLORD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ruler\nLOVER* + OR + D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vegetable, green and sweet (10)","output":"### Answer: PEPPERMINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: sweet\nPEPPER (vegetable) + MINT (shade of green)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A cucubebe? (9)","output":"### Answer: TESSERACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: A cucubebe\nA tesseract is 4-dimensional cube, whose 3-d representration can look like a cube inside a cube, i.e. cu(cube)be."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This can shoot down Spooner's top boast (8)","output":"### Answer: CROSSBOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: This can shoot\nSpoonerism of \"boss crow\". The word \"down\" seems redundant in the cryptic reading, but perhaps a crossbow could show down a bird?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's more ridiculous \u2014 I'm lost for words after Australian has bowled Root (8)","output":"### Answer: ABSURDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's more ridiculous\nA (Australian) + B[owled] + SURD (a mathematical expression involving square (or other) roots) + ER (sound of hesitation)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plot flirts with danger (6)","output":"### Answer: GARDEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plot\nDANGER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A vehicle with 50% engine capacity lacks motor co-ordination (6)","output":"### Answer: ATAXIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: lacks motor co-ordination\nA + TAXI + C (half of CC = engine capacity) \u2013 I think the definition would work better with \"lacking\" instead of \"lacks\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trainee pet bites revolting little man (5)","output":"### Answer: CADET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trainee\nED rising or \"revolting\" in CAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fit in baguette? (4)","output":"### Answer: AGUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fit\nHidden in bAGUEtte"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turning head, see about top issue (6)","output":"### Answer: ESCAPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: issue\nCAP (top) in ESE (SEE with its \"head turned\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Women on stage overdoing hoax savage in act (4-3)","output":"### Answer: WHAM-BAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: savage in act\nW + HAM (overdoing things on stage + BAM (a hoax \u2013 this was new to me) \u2013 a reference to the phrase \"wham, bam, thank you Ma'am\", defined in Chambers as \"quick impersonal sexual intercourse that brings speedy satisfaction to the male\" , hence \"savage in act\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old ruler conspiring with night owl cries off (4)","output":"### Answer: INCA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old ruler\nIN CA[HOOTS]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps SPECTRE agent is an oddball, wearing dodgy syrups (7,3)","output":"### Answer: RUSSIAN SPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perhaps SPECTRE agent\n(IS AN)* in SYRUPS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Business centre revolutionised by ticking boxes (4)","output":"### Answer: CITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Business centre\nHidden in (\"boxed by\") reverse of bY TICking"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leak: phosphorus beginning to appear (4)","output":"### Answer: PEEP \n ### Explanation: Definition: to appear\nPEE (leak) + P"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Way to waste time that is contemptible! (3)","output":"### Answer: PAH \n ### Explanation: Definition: that is contemptible\nPATH less T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Architectural feature's old, very old, look! (5)","output":"### Answer: OVOLO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Architectural feature\nO V O LO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American's apparently neutral deity (3)","output":"### Answer: LAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: deity\nA \"between L[eft] and R[ight]\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greer's kind in pool not making either end? (6)","output":"### Answer: WIMMIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Greer's kind\n[S]WIMMIN[G] \u2013 though I don't know whether Germaine Greer has ever been one to use this particular kind of feminist language."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 100 on head of sex god's a sizeable wedge (5)","output":"### Answer: CHUNK \n ### Explanation: Definition: a sizeable wedge\nC + HUNK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Part of Campania\" is sign over football club on day of pranks (4,2,5)","output":"### Answer: ISLE OF CAPRI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of Campania\nIS + LEO + FC + APR I (April Fools' Day)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Withdraw organisation with HQ in New York, perhaps (5)","output":"### Answer: UNSAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Withdraw\nUN (has HQ in New York) + SAY (perhaps)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 for separating an area, of course (5)","output":"### Answer: APRON \n ### Explanation: Definition: area, of course\nPRO in AN. Apparent;y an apron is the name for an area next to the green on a golf course, though Chambers doesn't give this meaning."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The taxman's covering letter (3)","output":"### Answer: ETA \n ### Explanation: Definition: letter\nHidden in thE TAxman"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Angela's supporter, backing the Queen, briefly (6)","output":"### Answer: BRAZIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Angela\nBRA + reverse of LIZ. Angela Brazil was (or indeed is) famous for her schoolgirl stories"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In a very short time, girl to be quiet (6)","output":"### Answer: MODISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: In\nMO + DI + SH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 8 doubt expressed before using most of federal capital (6)","output":"### Answer: HUMBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: 8\nHUM + BER[N] (capital of the Swiss Confederation)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Renegade postgraduate reformed, no longer taking drug (8)","output":"### Answer: APOSTATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Renegade\nPOSTGRADUATE* less DRUG \u2013 Otterden likes these subtractive anagrams \u2013 see also 7d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 8 to end socialist setback (4)","output":"### Answer: ODER \n ### Explanation: Definition: 8\n[t]O + reverse of RED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 8 working on NHS, getting ahead (10)","output":"### Answer: SHENANDOAH \n ### Explanation: Definition: 8\n(ON NHS AHEAD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most of us have at least one bluff relation (4,7)","output":"### Answer: BANK\u00a0ACCOUNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most of us have at least one\nBANK (bluff, as a geographical feature) + ACCOUNT (relation, a telling) \u2013 a rather unhelpful definition, I thought"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 8 instrument approached afresh \u2014 just one of five! (3,7)","output":"### Answer: SAN JOAQUIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: 8\nBANJO with its first letter changed (though with no indication of what to change to) + A QUIN (one of five). It's a river in California"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 8 cockney fixer (4)","output":"### Answer: NILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 8\nCockney pronunciation of \"nail\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dispersed in Serbia, now residents elsewhere in Europe (8)","output":"### Answer: IBERIANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: residents elsewhere in Europe\n(IN SERBIA)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 8 drink to be served up not even ready (6)","output":"### Answer: MURRAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: 8\nReverse of RUM (\"up\" in an across clue?) + odd letters of ReAdY \u2013 the Murray is the longest river in Australia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 8 index in article by the Scotsman (6)","output":"### Answer: AMAZON \n ### Explanation: Definition: 8\n\"A-Z\" (index) in A MON (Scots form of \"man\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 8 one departing from Niagara Falls (6)","output":"### Answer: ANGARA \n ### Explanation: Definition: 8\nNIAGARA* less I \u2013 a thousand-mile-long river in Siberia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old liner is able to get carrier by radio (8)","output":"### Answer: CANBERRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old liner\nCAN (is able) + a not very close homophone \"bearer\". The *Canberra* was a P&O liner"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 8 is under grit spreader (6)","output":"### Answer: TIGRIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: 8\nGRIT* + IS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 8 firm ushers in lots of real trouble (8)","output":"### Answer: COLORADO \n ### Explanation: Definition: 8\nCO + first letters of Lots Of Real + ADO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stamped out first sign of megalomania in former Prime Minister (6)","output":"### Answer: MINTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stamped out\nM[egalomania] + IN TED (Heath)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Limits us in Bond novel (6)","output":"### Answer: BOUNDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Limits\nAnagram of US + BOND. It looks as if the clue should mean US in BOND*, but I suppose you can put US in BOND and then take the anagram"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He takes care of one to shrug away from violation of human rights (6)","output":"### Answer: HITMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: He takes care of one\n(HUMAN RIGHTS)* less SHRUG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Runner, with broken right toe, a curse (11)","output":"### Answer: WATERCOURSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Runner\nW[ith] + (R TOE A CURSE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State rescue vessel comes back to a massive explosion (8)","output":"### Answer: KRAKATOA \n ### Explanation: Definition: massive explosion\nReverse of AK (Alaska) + ARK, + TO A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old lady has money for Indian food (3,5)","output":"### Answer: NAN BREAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Indian food\nNAN (old lady) + BREAD (money)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 8 reported beer after school (6)","output":"### Answer: GAMBIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: 8\nGAM (school of whales) + \"beer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 8 25% reduction of electric power to audio visual aid (6)","output":"### Answer: VLTAVA \n ### Explanation: Definition: 8\nV[O]LT + AVA \u2013 the Volt isn't a measure of power in the technical sense, but colloquially I think it's OK. However I'm not keen on \"25% reduction\" meaning \"remove one letter from inside the word\", though I suppose it's accurate enough. I know the name of this Czech river (also called the Moldau) from the music of the same name by Smetana, but I pity anyone who doesn't know it trying to solve on the bus.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 8 needs to begin joint, otherwise he was desperate (6)","output":"### Answer: JORDAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: 8\nJ[oint] + OR + DAN (Desperate Dan, character in *The Dandy**)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: African dictator involved in no good calling (6)","output":"### Answer: NAMING \n ### Explanation: Definition: calling\n(Idi) AMIN in N G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American stars encountered in amusement park (3,6)","output":"### Answer: BIG DIPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: American stars\nDouble definition \u2013 Big Dipper is the American name for the constellation we call the Plough; paradoxically, it's now a more British term for the fairground ride"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Elevate one among many (5)","output":"### Answer: HOIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Elevate\nI in HOST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Storm created by Shakespeare (7)","output":"### Answer: TEMPEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Storm\nDouble defintion (just about), or maybe just an extended single definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Skinhead frisked and betrayed to the police (7)","output":"### Answer: SHOPPED \n ### Explanation: Definition: betrayed to the police\nS[kin] + HOPPED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trouble caused by a small number in New York (5)","output":"### Answer: ANNOY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trouble\nA + NO in NY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Winning measure from brusque school principal (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SHORT HEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Winning measure\nSHORT (brusque) + HEAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exaggerated accounts submitted by salesmen? (10,5)","output":"### Answer: TRAVELLERS\u2019 TALES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exaggerated accounts\nDefinition with an extra hint"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shame! Say it's wrong (9)","output":"### Answer: DISCREDIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shame\nDouble definition (though again, only just)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Infant left in tower here (5)","output":"### Answer: BABEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: tower here\nBABE + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sentimental girl takes nothing back (7)","output":"### Answer: MAUDLIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sentimental\nMAUD + reverse of NIL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Looks for a friendly word (7)","output":"### Answer: REGARDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Looks\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short summary concerning capital investment (5)","output":"### Answer: RECAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Short summary\nRE (concerning) + CAP (short for capital investment?)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Graduate repeatedly brought in to reform old university (4,5)","output":"### Answer: ALMA MATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: old university\nMA + MA in ALTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's taken out in wool-gathering (10)","output":"### Answer: ABSTRACTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: taken out\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This can provide an image that includes love \u2014 for oneself? (8)","output":"### Answer: EGOMANIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: for oneself\nO in (AN IMAGE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left one extremely out of sorts (6)","output":"### Answer: LIVERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: out of sorts\nL+ I + VERY \u2013 perhaps seen more often in this sense as \"liverish\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Identify the precise location (4)","output":"### Answer: SPOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Identify\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A strict, or a liberal, gentleman? (10)","output":"### Answer: ARISTOCRAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: gentleman\n(A STRICT OR A)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It currently controls rose that is rambling (8)","output":"### Answer: RHEOSTAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: It currently controls\n(ROSE THAT IS)* \u2013 a rheostat is a device that provides variable electrical resistance, and hence varies the current"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheeky, but attractive, feature (6)","output":"### Answer: DIMPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cheeky, but attractive, feature\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boss to pore over books endlessly (4)","output":"### Answer: STUD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boss\nSTUD[y]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Christian virtue fills a need, somehow (4-6)","output":"### Answer: SELF-DENIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Christian virtue\n(FILLS A NEED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An opening revelation (10)","output":"### Answer: DISCLOSURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: An opening\nDouble definition, though the \"opening\" meaning is probably obsolete (and in any case very close to \"revelation\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deerstalkers' comedowns? (8)","output":"### Answer: EARFLAPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deerstalkers' comedowns\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bear I let out \u2014 yes, let out! (8)","output":"### Answer: LIBERATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: let out\n(BEAR I LET)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spring changes course (6)","output":"### Answer: SOURCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spring\nCOURSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Great girl, marrying unlawfully (6)","output":"### Answer: BIGAMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: marrying unlawfully\nThe familiar BIG AMY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor about to get an increase (4)","output":"### Answer: MORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: an increase\nMO + RE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Storm caused by parking on drive (4)","output":"### Answer: RAMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Storm\nRAM (drive) + P \u2013 I was going to question the definition, but Chambers gives \"to rage\" as one of the meanings of RAMP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A cheat simply becomes abstruse (12)","output":"### Answer: METAPHYSICAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: abstruse\n(A CHEAT SIMPLY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Institution has a lot that's not perfect (7)","output":"### Answer: UNIDEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: not perfect\nUNI + DEAL (as in \"a raw deal\" for one's lot, I suppose) \u2013 rather a strange word, but presumably Chifonie painted himself into a corner here."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opposed to old church in biblical town (7)","output":"### Answer: ANTIOCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: biblical town\nANTI + O + CH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Communication when school rejected sanction (7)","output":"### Answer: NOTELET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Communication\nReverse of ETON + LET (sanction, in the sense of \"allow\". See also 17d and 18d)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Walk in nature's strange way (7)","output":"### Answer: SAUNTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Walk\nNATURES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creates questionnaires (5)","output":"### Answer: FORMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Creates\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reprobates ultimately bomb boats (9)","output":"### Answer: BLIGHTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reprobates\n[bom]B + LIGHTERS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Others lie about hosts (9)","output":"### Answer: HOTELIERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: hosts\n(OTHERS LIE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crew try fruit (5)","output":"### Answer: MANGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: fruit\nMAN (crew, as a verb) + GO (try)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Each heavenly body belonging to an outstanding group (3-4)","output":"### Answer: ALL-STAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: belonging to an outstanding group\nALL (each) + STAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Subsequently the French turned sideways (7)","output":"### Answer: LATERAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: sideways\nLATER + reverse of LA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eastern Nevada promises to be green (7)","output":"### Answer: ENVIOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: green\nE + NV + IOUS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Willing to examine a note (7)","output":"### Answer: TESTATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Willing\nTEST A TE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Don appears after ironing formal wear (7,5)","output":"### Answer: EVENING DRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: formal wear\nEVENING (ironing) + DON \u2013 I don't like \"don\" = \"dress\" as they are not really equivalent"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man inhales oxygen that's less dry (7)","output":"### Answer: MOISTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: less dry\nO in MISTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor helps at mountain range (3,4)","output":"### Answer: THE ALPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: mountain range\n(HELPS AT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Friend has a supply of food that's tasty (9)","output":"### Answer: PALATABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: tasty\nPAL + A TABLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Youth leader 'appily listens a long time (5)","output":"### Answer: YEARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: a long time\nY + [h]EARS \u2013 with \"'applily\" being there only to indicate the dropped H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clued up and enthusiastic about University College Hospital (2,5)","output":"### Answer: IN TOUCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clued up\nINTO UCH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Messenger has porter keeping mail (7)","output":"### Answer: APOSTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Messenger\nPOST in ALE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expression doctor hears up front (4,2,6)","output":"### Answer: TURN OF PHRASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Expression\n(HEARS UP FRONT)* \u2013 second use of \"doctor\" as an anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ought, in more difficult circumstances, to stop here (4,8)","output":"### Answer: HARD\u00a0SHOULDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: stop here\nSHOULD in HARDER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spoke to rudely about American being cut off (9)","output":"### Answer: INSULATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: cut off\nA in INSULTED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Test authorised on reflection here in Israel (3,4)","output":"### Answer: TEL AVIV \n ### Explanation: Definition: here in Israel\nReverse of VIVA (test) + LET \u2013 second use of \"let\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Allow insulating material is a disappointment (3-4)","output":"### Answer: LET DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: a disappointment\nLET (and again!) + DOWN (insulating material)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mike arranged siesta for artist (7)","output":"### Answer: MATISSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: artist\nM (Mike in the phonetic alphabet) + SIESTA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Operatic heroine partners French invaders (7)","output":"### Answer: NORMANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: French invaders\nNORMA (title character in opera by Bellini) + N S (partners in Bridge)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tree product initially stopped during check (5)","output":"### Answer: RESIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tree product\nS[topped] in REIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Caught god's part in Sophocles play? (6)","output":"### Answer: CHORUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: part in Sophocles play\n C + HORUS (Egyptian god)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boring 13s of play a trial (3,3)","output":"### Answer: DRY RUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: a trial\n DRY (boring) + RUN (series of performances of a play)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Noted work based on play, say, 12 twice (6)","output":"### Answer: OTELLO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Noted work based on play\n TELL (say) in O (\"the round\") twice \u2013 Verdi's opera (a \"noted\" work) based on the play \"Othello\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Current book in mess distorted playwright's principles (8)","output":"### Answer: IBSENISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: playwright's principles\n I (electric current) + B + (IN MESS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Players from station on the radio (4)","output":"### Answer: CAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Players\n Homophone of \"caste\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hot, tense leading man \u2014 and, for Brecht, plays may be seen thus (2,3,5)","output":"### Answer: IN THE ROUND \n ### Explanation: Definition: plays may be seen thus\n IN (hot, fashionable) + T[ense] + HERO + UND (German \"and\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Playing eg Willy Loman, retiring chap's arrested by police (11)","output":"### Answer: PERFORMANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Playing\n Reverse of REP (Willy Loman is the eponymous character in Arthur Miller's \"Death of a Salesman\") + MAN in FORCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Way to play with voice, capturing large bird (10)","output":"### Answer: ALLEGRETTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Way to play\n L EGRET in ALTO \u2013 Italian word (diminutive of \"allegro\") used in music to indicate a lively performance"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They're played in Hawaii and here by two card players (4)","output":"### Answer: UKES \n ### Explanation: Definition: They're played in Hawaii\n UK (here) + E S (players in bridge); the ukulele originated in Hawaii"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sordid party offers something to play (8)","output":"### Answer: BASEBALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: something to play\n BASE (sordid) + BALL (party)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pretty daughter is not back in play (6)","output":"### Answer: DAINTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pretty\n D + AIN'T + [pla]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What Puck will make in play is what happens before PM arrives (6)","output":"### Answer: AMENDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: What Puck will make in play\n Before afternoon starts, AM ENDS. The reference is to the last couplet of \"A Midsummer Night's Dream\", where Puck, aka Robin Goodfellow, says \"Give me your hands if we be friends,\/And Robin shall restore amends.\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Playmaker, one running round Arsenal's No 7 (6)","output":"### Answer: MILLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Playmaker\n [arsena]L in MILER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What 17 plays finding obstacle in course (8)","output":"### Answer: ROULETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: What 17 plays\n LET in ROUTE \u2013 not all betters play roulette, so this should perhaps read \"What 17 may play..\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Player of monsters to pull old samurai's clothing (6)","output":"### Answer: LUGOSI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Player of monsters\n LUG + O + S[amura]I \u2013 Bela Lugosi famously played Dracula, and also Frankenstein's monster, and probably others"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek plays Brahms and Liszt trio with ease (8)","output":"### Answer: ORESTEIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Greek plays\n (TRIO EASE)* \u2013 \"Brahms and Liszt\" is rhyming slang for \"pissed\"=drunk"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Healthy food, fare for Hollywood player (6)","output":"### Answer: BRANDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hollywood player\n BRAN + DO (fare, as in \"fare you well\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rest international player, holding six-footer back (6)","output":"### Answer: CATNAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rest\n Reverse of ANT (insect, six-footer) in CAP (international sportsperson)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Making slow movement in song that's playing (6)","output":"### Answer: NOSING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Making slow movement\n (IN SONG)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Play with Italian footballers lacking freshness (7,4)","output":"### Answer: WINTER\u2019S\u00a0TALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Play\n W[ith] + INTER (Inter Milan, football team) +STALE. To be picky the title of the play is actually *The* Winter's Tale"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contest to put in crosses for these players? (8)","output":"### Answer: FORWARDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: players\n WAR in FORDS (crosses a river)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conservative government skewered by revolutionary writer in 25 play (8)","output":"### Answer: CRUCIBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 25 play\n Reverse of BIC in C RULE \u2013 again, the title of Miller's play is *The* Crucible"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American player not in love with a shaggy-haired creature (6)","output":"### Answer: ALPACA \n ### Explanation: Definition: shaggy-haired creature\n AL PACINO less IN O, + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Race to enter competition with right player (6)","output":"### Answer: BETTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: player\n TT (motorbike races) in BEE (competition) + R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In Barcelona, the regular number of players (6)","output":"### Answer: ELEVEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: number of players\n EL (\"the\" in both Spanish and Catalan) + EVEN (regular)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ogle diva regularly? I see plays here (3,3)","output":"### Answer: OLD VIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: plays here\n Alternate letters of OgLe DiVa + I C (no homophone needed: \"see\" is the spelled-out name of the letter C)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Those with a common ancestor, see, put on board (5)","output":"### Answer: CLADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Those with a common ancestor\nC (see) + LADE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Initially rather proper, before love (5)","output":"### Answer: PRIMO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Initially\nPRIM + O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It doesn't necessarily mean rhyming in deployment of note\/lote round hokku's end (13)","output":"### Answer: HOMEOTELEUTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: It doesn't necessarily mean rhyming\nHOME (in) + [hokk]U in (NOTE LOTE)* \u2013 it's \"the use or occurrence of similar word endings\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tea supplying energy after study (5)","output":"### Answer: CONGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tea\nCON (study) + GO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drunken bar where diamonds are found? Jewellers made it up (7)","output":"### Answer: MIRBANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jewellers made it up\nBAR* in MINE (diamonds are found in a mine). Chambers says it's \"an apparently meaningless word\u2026 a name for nitrobenzene, as used in perfumery\" \u2013 so should the jewellers in the clue have been perfumiers?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Baptismal robe, most rich in embroidery (8)","output":"### Answer: CHRISTOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Baptismal robe\n(MOST RICH)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: SI unit end of a lecture brought to the fore (5)","output":"### Answer: KATAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: SI unit\nA TALK with K moved to the front"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It enables a gun to pivot in turn when moved about (8)","output":"### Answer: TRUNNION \n ### Explanation: Definition: It enables a gun to pivot\n(IN TURN)* + ON (about)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Descriptive of a valve sat uncomfortably in stomach (8)","output":"### Answer: BISTABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Descriptive of a valve\nSAT* in BIBLE (one of the stomachs of a ruminant)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Master at a loss with hard insolence (5)","output":"### Answer: MOUTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: insolence\nM + OUT + H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I may play composition of Satie, with 50% Chopin (8)","output":"### Answer: PIANISTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: I may play\nAnagram of SATIE + [cho]PIN, and \"semi-&lit\" as both composers wrote mostly for the piano"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flowers ships conveyed westwards (7)","output":"### Answer: DAHLIAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flowers\nReverse of SAIL HAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bones? Studied old couple from Roman times (5)","output":"### Answer: RADII \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bones\nRAD (old form of \"read\") + II (Roman 2)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It disperses fevers, in fairness (13)","output":"### Answer: DEFERVERSCENCY \n ### Explanation: Definition: It disperses\nFEVERS* in DECENCY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Touches of yellow and red distinguishing some gardens (5)","output":"### Answer: YARDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: gardens\nFirst letters of Yellow And Red Distinguishing Some"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Found in tea glass, we should be sent back! (5)","output":"### Answer: ALGAE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Found in tea glass, we should be sent back\nHidden in reverse of tEA GLAss, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An old woman with sun screen above her little darling (11)","output":"### Answer: CHICK-A-BIDDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: little darling\nCHICK (Anglo-Indian sun screen) + A BIDDY (old woman)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sub with chart entered wee stretch of water (6)","output":"### Answer: LOCHAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: wee stretch of water\nCH[art] in LOAN (sub)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Special deal for atomiser? Write off (8)","output":"### Answer: AMORTISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Write off\nATOMISER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wrinkly holds one up saying no (6)","output":"### Answer: DENIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: saying no\nA in reverse of LINED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loaf little one's consumed in pen (6)","output":"### Answer: STOTTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Loaf\nTOT in STY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gunners, model side on the outside, clobbered, losing heart (11)","output":"### Answer: DEMORALISED \n ### Explanation: Definition: losing heart\nRA in (MODEL SIDE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grand border but it's lacking light (4)","output":"### Answer: GLIM \n ### Explanation: Definition: light\nG + LIM[it]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A single leg bone (6)","output":"### Answer: PERONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: leg bone\nPER (a) + ONE \u2013 another name for the tibia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Emphasize unpleasantly it's an old stone (5)","output":"### Answer: RUBIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: old stone\nRUB IN (as in \"don't rub it in!\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mother keeping close to monkey (4)","output":"### Answer: MONA \n ### Explanation: Definition: monkey\nON (close to) in MA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contemplation about lives showing ill-treatment (8)","output":"### Answer: MISUSING \n ### Explanation: Definition: showing ill-treatment\nIS in MUSING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: James, about to dress up, calling for income from land-holders (6)","output":"### Answer: JAGIRS \n ### Explanation: Definition: income from land-holders\nReverse of RIG in JAS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Male's internal organs in meat wagon (6)","output":"### Answer: HEARSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: meat wagon\nEARS in HE \u2013 \"Male's\" needs to be read has \"Male has\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gaelic speaker set about translation of Ido (6)","output":"### Answer: GOIDEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gaelic speaker\nIDO* in GEL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Home of salt, famously \u2013 I act differently after even pinches of it (6)","output":"### Answer: ATTICA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Home of salt, famously\n[s]A[l]T + (I ACT)* \u2013 the region around Athens, giving its name to \"Attic salt\" = dry wit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cold viands, say, half of it served up with a certain topping(5)","output":"### Answer: TILED \n ### Explanation: Definition: with a certain topping\nReverse of DELI + [i]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Earth: parts of grave regularly covering one (4)","output":"### Answer: GAEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Earth\nAlternate letters of GrAvE + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sidewalk lip a vehicle conceals (4)","output":"### Answer: PAVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sidewalk\nHidden in liP A VEhicle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where one might well end up introducing quantifier into Anglican year (8)","output":"### Answer: CEMETERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where one might well end up\nMETER in CE Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Filipino crop a bit in front by this summer (5)","output":"### Answer: ABACA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Filipino crop\nNot sure about this \u2013 presumably the \"summer\" is an ABACUS. The \"this\" would suggest that the clue is actually defining ABACUS \u2013 see also 24a"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Obscenities begin to be uttered after sado\u00admasochism (4)","output":"### Answer: SMUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Obscenities\nSM + UT[tered]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Booze draws drunk into trees (10)","output":"### Answer: ZEBRAWOODS \n ### Explanation: Definition: trees\n(BOOZE DRAWS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dived without a springboard and hurtled forward (6)","output":"### Answer: LUNGED \n ### Explanation: Definition: hurtled forward\nPLUNGED less its first letter or \"springboard\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A mild TUC review is as from a sacred text (8)","output":"### Answer: TALMUDIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: as from a sacred text\n(A MILD TUC)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ah Harpo! Possibly one of the greats of yesteryear (7)","output":"### Answer: PHARAOH \n ### Explanation: Definition: one of the greats of yesteryear\n(AH HARPO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prime minister abandons dodgy poolrooms for a sherry (7)","output":"### Answer: OLOROSO \n ### Explanation: Definition: sherry\nPOOLROOMS* less PM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Simplest production, where characters have been cast badly (8)","output":"### Answer: MISSPELT \n ### Explanation: Definition: where characters have been cast badly\nSIMPLEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This habit would not be adopted by Conrad, for instance (6)","output":"### Answer: JOSEPH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Conrad, for instance\nCryptic\/double defnition: a Joseph is \"a caped overcoat worn by women in the 18c for riding\", so a man (e.g. Joseph Conrad) wouldn't wear it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They trail along behind \u2014 hospital department hours being trimmed a long time (10)","output":"### Answer: ENTOURAGES \n ### Explanation: Definition: They trail along behind\nENT (hospital dept) + [h]OUR[s] + AGES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This party starts otherwise with fish (4)","output":"### Answer: DORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: fish\nTORY with a different (unspecified) first letter. This can surely only be a clue to TORY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: That's the place to take a line off the record (5)","output":"### Answer: THERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: That's the place\nTHE RECORD minus CORD (line)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How the weather can heat kettles (8)","output":"### Answer: ELEMENTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: weather\nDouble definition, though rather a confused one"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clergyman served up opening drink (8)","output":"### Answer: VERMOUTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\nReverse of REV + MOUTH (opening)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Preliminary passion (4)","output":"### Answer: HEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Preliminary\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Took views overheard before first sign of danger (6)","output":"### Answer: SEIZED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Took\nHomophone of \"sees\" + D[anger]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Admire spa from a very small vessel (7)","output":"### Answer: EYEBATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: a very small vessel\nEYE (admire) + SPA (bath)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Matching degree course (8)","output":"### Answer: PARALLEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Matching degree course\nCryptic definition: I think from the meaning of parallel as a line of latitude."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leave Ted behind for adventuresome tripping, involving lots of shifting about (10)","output":"### Answer: MANOEUVRES \n ### Explanation: Definition: lots of shifting about\nADVENTURESOME* less TED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Film about collaboration between Goering and Hitler (6)","output":"### Answer: GANDHI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Film\nHidden in goerinG AND HItler"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cosy gropes possible with these navigational aids! (10)","output":"### Answer: GYROSCOPES \n ### Explanation: Definition: navigational aids\n(COSY GROPES)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of \"bandit person\" bearing a weapon (3-5)","output":"### Answer: ONE-ARMED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sort of \"bandit\nONE (person) + ARMED (bearing a weapon)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part when equal bottom \u2014 about the last chance (8)","output":"### Answer: SEPARATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part\nSEAT (bottom) \"about\" PAR (equal) + [th]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They label back to front to confound (7)","output":"### Answer: STAGGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: to confound\nTAGGERS (those who label) with the last letter moved to the front"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Instinctive move to eat at pub (6)","output":"### Answer: INNATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Instinctive\nINN + EAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Teased short girl over cast-off (6)","output":"### Answer: JOSHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Teased\nJO (from \"Little Women\") + SHED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Provides the odd steroid from the east (4)","output":"### Answer: DOES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Provides\nOdd letters of StErOiD, reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Letter from Scotsman in POW camp returned (9)","output":"### Answer: GALATIANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Letter\nIAN in reverse of STALAG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An hour and two thirds to dress Posh Spice (5)","output":"### Answer: CUMIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spice\nAn hour and two thirds is 100 minutes, or C MIN; put a U (\"posh\") in there to get the spice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Erotic dancing over seven month time period aiding childbirth (9)","output":"### Answer: OBSTETRIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: aiding childbirth\nBST (British Summer Time, which lasts from the end of March to the end of October) in EROTIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It should be impossible to pick husband largely on chum's tip (5)","output":"### Answer: CHUBB \n ### Explanation: Definition: It should be impossible to pick\nC[hum] + HUBB[y] \u2013 Chubb won a competition in 1818 for locks that could only be opened with the correct key, i.e. they are unpickable"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ignore wife in labour, longing to be back in Scottish islands (6)","output":"### Answer: ORKNEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scottish islands\nWORK \"ignoring\" W + reverse of YEN. You can say \"Orkney\" or \"the Orkney Islands\", but \"the Orkneys\" is regarded as a bit of a faux pas by the locals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cockney retained or kept old soap from the '90s (8)","output":"### Answer: ELDORADO \n ### Explanation: Definition: soap from the '90s\n'ELD OR 'AD + O \u2013 Eldorado was a short-lived and much-derided BBC soap opera about ex-pats in Spain"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Antlers composed of bone (7)","output":"### Answer: STERNAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: of bone\nANTLERS* \u2013 meaning \"related to the sternum\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Taken aback by a boring legal document, one listing goods (7)","output":"### Answer: WAYBILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: one listing goods\nReverse of BY A in (\"boring\") WILL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More 3 in job scene, reportedly (8)","output":"### Answer: OBSCENER \n ### Explanation: Definition: More 3\nHidden in jOB SCENE Reportedly \u2013 cunningly suggesting a homophone clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One in pursuit of raw meat dish (6)","output":"### Answer: CHILLI \n ### Explanation: Definition: meat dish\nCHILL (raw) + I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Runs off and weds, unclothed and hungry (5)","output":"### Answer: UNFED \n ### Explanation: Definition: hungry\nRemove the outer letters of rUNs oFf wEDs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clue 9 as \"eccentric economist's acolyte\" (9)","output":"### Answer: KEYNESIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: economist's acolyte\nKEY (clue) + (NINE AS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Run away from stiff brush (5)","output":"### Answer: COPSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: brush\nCORPSE (stiff) less R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Church loves to plug support for education (9)","output":"### Answer: SCHOOLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: education\nCH + O O in SLING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sheepish labourer, first to bathe in the sea at Calais (6)","output":"### Answer: LAMBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sheepish labourer\nB[athe] in LA MER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps catch nothing, upset about cricket practice (8)","output":"### Answer: FASTENER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perhaps catch\nFA (nothing, as in \"sweet FA\") + reverse of RE NETS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Despicable file they have finally redacted twice (6)","output":"### Answer: FILTHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Despicable\nFILE THEY with [hav]E removed twice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ban organisation over rackets involving drug and spirits (7)","output":"### Answer: UNDINES \n ### Explanation: Definition: spirits\nUN (United Nations, run by Ban Ki-moon) + E in DINS \u2013 Undines or Ondines are water spirits"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Source gold after gold filling falls out of tooth (6)","output":"### Answer: AUTHOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Source\nUsing the two familiar abbreiviations for gold: AU + T[oot]H + OR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Partly believes in Badger, storybook hero! (6)","output":"### Answer: SINBAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: storybook hero\nHidden in believeS IN BADger (Badger being a hero of \"The Wind in the Willows\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thought Gide gag no good at all (4)","output":"### Answer: IDEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thought\nGIDE GAG less all occurrences of G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like inhaling air in northern French city (6)","output":"### Answer: AMIENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: northern French city\nMIEN (air) in AS (like). I went to Amiens in August 1999 to watch the total eclipse of the sun. Fortunately the clouds cleared just in time."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cry for attention close to waterfall animated Olive (3)","output":"### Answer: OYL \n ### Explanation: Definition: animated Olive\nOY + [waterfal]L \u2013 Olive Oyl was Popeye's girlfriend in the animated series"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anti-corruption agency as of now regularly failing (3)","output":"### Answer: SFO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Anti-corruption agency\nAlternate letters of aS oF nOw. As this abbreviation for the Serious Fraud Office isn't a pronounceable word it should surely be indicated as (1,1,1)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article read aloud for Queen (4)","output":"### Answer: ANNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Queen\nHomophone of \"an\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loveless lad is left confused and alone (2,6)","output":"### Answer: BY ITSELF \n ### Explanation: Definition: alone\nBOY less O + (IS LEFT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: County evacuated after historic forest fire (7)","output":"### Answer: ARDENCY \n ### Explanation: Definition: fire\nARDEN + C[ount]Y \u2013 \"As You Like It\" is set n the forest of Arden, named after an area of Warwickshire"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Judge supporting embargo on outsize instruments (6)","output":"### Answer: BANJO \n ### Explanation: Definition: instruments\nBAN (embargo) + J[udge] + OS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bottom of league in Cheshire and East Lancashire? (6)","output":"### Answer: CHEESE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lancashire?\n[leagu]E in CHES + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pointless snooker shot from John Higgins's sixth frame of Open (6)","output":"### Answer: CANNON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pointless snooker shot\nCAN (toilet \u2013 John) + sixth letter of higgiNs + O[pe]N \u2013 a cannon scores points in Billiards but not in Snooker"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Got to know sailors in leathers, half-cut (6)","output":"### Answer: LEARNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Got to know\nRN in LEAT[hers]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Australian with ancestry in Lincoln? (9)","output":"### Answer: ABORIGINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Australian\nORIGIN in ABE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cream and gold seen in plant (5)","output":"### Answer: IVORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cream\nOR in IVY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fifty-one line up endlessly on right for a drink (7)","output":"### Answer: LIQUEUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: a drink\nLI (51) + QUEU[E] + R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Denounced a cricket club not new to exploitation (7)","output":"### Answer: ACCUSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Denounced\nA + CC + USED (exploited)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One wants to be so described (5)","output":"### Answer: NEEDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: One wants to be so described\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Providing people with different occupations (9)","output":"### Answer: REHOUSING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Providing people with different occupations\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Riches of the arts, perhaps, for personal adornment (7,8)","output":"### Answer: OSTRICH FEATHERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: personal adornment\n(RICHES OF THE ARTS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scold or nag \u2014 matter put straight (9)","output":"### Answer: TERMAGANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scold\n(NAG MATTER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Return of spirit in open discussion (5)","output":"### Answer: FORUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: open discussion\nOF reversed + RUM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flies east via resorts (7)","output":"### Answer: AVIATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flies\n(EAST VIA)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dashing fellow who went to the top at sea (7)","output":"### Answer: GALLANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dashing fellow\nA TOPGALLANT sail is one that is above the topsail on a ship. \"That\" would be better than \"who\" here."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Company about to broadcast somewhere in Egypt (5)","output":"### Answer: CAIRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: somewhere in Egypt\nAIR in CO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fresh delivery of an American magazine (3,6)","output":"### Answer: NEW YORKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: American magazine\nNEW + YORKER (type of delivery in cricket)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Argument about leaving the parade ground (7,3)","output":"### Answer: FALLING OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Argument\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Victory or defeat (8)","output":"### Answer: CONQUEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Victory\nDouble definition \u2013 conquest can refer to the act of conquering, or of being conquered"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fine quality diamonds worn with shirt in New York (6)","output":"### Answer: NICETY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fine quality\nICE (slang for diamonds) + T[-shirt] in NY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: False witness who turns up to abuse (4)","output":"### Answer: LIAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: False witness\nReverse of RAIL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Indifference of some soldiers (10)","output":"### Answer: DETACHMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Indifference\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Don't totally accept the cut-price offer (8)","output":"### Answer: DISCOUNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Don't totally accept\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Various trees but no great variety (6)","output":"### Answer: BONSAI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Various trees but no great variety\nCryptic definition, with \"great\" in the sense of \"large\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Found out, Eddy coloured (4)","output":"### Answer: DYED \n ### Explanation: Definition: coloured\nEDDY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Preparing for the night? (10)","output":"### Answer: REHEARSING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Preparing for the night\nCryptic definition, the \"night\" being a performance (\"it'll be all right on the night\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some grates designed as fuel-savers (10)","output":"### Answer: GASOMETERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: fuel-savers\n(SOME GRATES)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doing nothing but fighting? (8)","output":"### Answer: INACTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Doing nothing\nA fighting soldier is IN ACTION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lugs around old currency reserves (8)","output":"### Answer: EARMARKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: reserves\nMARK in EARS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fruit is seen in the fall (6)","output":"### Answer: RAISIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fruit\nIS in RAIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One won't be the first to do it (6)","output":"### Answer: FOLLOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: One won't be the first to do it\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Saucy curve (4)","output":"### Answer: ARCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Saucy\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turn pale, not having a costume (4)","output":"### Answer: GOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: costume\nGO WAN less A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Watergate: various clues lead to impeachment (6)","output":"### Answer: SLUICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Watergate\nAnagram of CLUES + I[mpeachment]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: End result when thief raids church and takes the van? (5,3)","output":"### Answer: LEADS OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: takes the van\nWhen the thief raids the church the LEAD'S OFF the roof"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turn back slow runners between defensive lines (8)","output":"### Answer: MIDFIELD \n ### Explanation: Definition: between defensive lines\nReverse of DIM + FIELD (runners in a race)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Defeat secured by best original means to an end in 15 (4,6)","output":"### Answer: LEAD PIPING \n ### Explanation: Definition: means to an end in 15\nPIP (defeat, as in \"pipped at the post\") in LEADING. Lead piping is one of the murder weapons in the game of Cluedo"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Land with inexperienced leader is OK (5,5)","output":"### Answer: GREEN LIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: OK\nGREEN (inexperienced) + LIGHT (to land)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small blocks of 15 countryman may have to get over (6)","output":"### Answer: STILES \n ### Explanation: Definition: countryman may have to get over\nS + TILES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Request for help \u2014 involving British right? (3,5)","output":"### Answer: SOB STORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Request for help\nB in SOS (request for help) + TORY (right) \u2013 and the whole thing is also a request for help; not quite an &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Champion's more natural without it (8)","output":"### Answer: CRUSADER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Champion\nSA (Sex Appeal, \"it\") in CRUDER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Indigenous person from Hungary breaking fast (6)","output":"### Answer: APACHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Indigenous person\nH in APACE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Earl's angry after last of men in gang ran through (10)","output":"### Answer: SQUANDERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: ran through\n[me]N in SQUAD + E[arl] + RED (angry)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: China 15's outcome (4)","output":"### Answer: MATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: China\nDouble definition \u2013 rhyming slang \"china plate\" = \"mate\", and the end of a game of chess"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thieving can be attractive (6)","output":"### Answer: TAKING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thieving\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rounded eggs cracking on the shelf not recognised (8)","output":"### Answer: UNAVOWED \n ### Explanation: Definition: not recognised\nReverse of OVA in UNWED (on the shelf)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spare person providing support in kitchen garden (8)","output":"### Answer: BEANPOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spare person\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prime time cycling contests (6)","output":"### Answer: EVENTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: contests\nSEVEN (prime number) + T, with the letters \"cycled\" round"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheese out of date, possibly acquired in 15 (9,6)","output":"### Answer: LEICESTER\u00a0SQUARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: possibly acquired in 15\nLEICESTER (cheese, usually prefxed by \"Red\") + SQUARE (out of date) \u2013 Leicester Square is one of the properties in Monopoly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fielding's wanton, no-good heathen (7)","output":"### Answer: INFIDEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: heathen\nFIELDING* less G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Enthusiastic doctor resigned after end of case (9)","output":"### Answer: ENERGISED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Enthusiastic\n[cas]E + RESIGNED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One element of 15 could be 50 of the other \u2026 (7)","output":"### Answer: LADDERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: One element of 15\nL (50) + ADDERS (snakes, to go with the ladders in the board game)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 and another, regularly seen in tree (5)","output":"### Answer: ASPEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: tree\nASP (snake) + [s]E[e]N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jerry's turned up, beating this chap with specious argument (7)","output":"### Answer: SOPHIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: chap with specious argument\nReverse PO'S (PO = chamber pot, jerry) + THIS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 15's terminal way to fill Ely cathedral post, maybe (9,6,7)","output":"### Answer: FENCHURCH\u00a0STREET STATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: 15's terminal\nSTREET (way) in FEN CHURCH (as Ely cathedral might be described) + STATION (post) \u2013 one of the four stations in Monopoly (I spent far too long trying to justify LIVERPOOL STREET.. here)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Diversion \u2014 you'll need to mount up for it (5,4)","output":"### Answer: BOARD GAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Diversion\nBOARD (to mount) + GAME (keen, up for it)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Divert troops, repeatedly keeping away (7)","output":"### Answer: REROUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Divert\nOUT (away) in RE (troops) twice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen keeled over during a function, one of two in Ulster, perhaps (7)","output":"### Answer: ARMHOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: one of two in Ulster, perhaps\nHM reversed in A ROLE \u2013 the Ulster here is a coat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mum not seen to follow 15 (5)","output":"### Answer: DOGGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mum not seen\nDOG (follow) + GO (board game). To lie doggo is to be quiet and hidden"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Henry loathed fashion, including college scarf (9)","output":"### Answer: HEADCLOTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: scarf\nH (abbreviation for the SI unit Henry) + C in LOATHED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Available money? (5)","output":"### Answer: READY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Available\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dacre's rag admits liberal sources (7)","output":"### Answer: CRADLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: sources\nL in DACRES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English, Two-Knights and Spanish cry about Black's honour (7)","output":"### Answer: ENNOBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: honour\nE + N twice + B in OLE!"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They succeed in their schemes (5)","output":"### Answer: HEIRS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They succeed\nHidden in tHEIR Schemes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leader Cook steals single with gratitude when batting (9)","output":"### Answer: CHIEFTAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leader\nI in CHEF + TA + IN (batting, in cricket)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Manager of Palace? (4,11)","output":"### Answer: LORD CHAMBERLAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Manager of Palace\nCryptic defintion \u2013 the Lord Chamberlain is the senior officer of the Royal Household: the clue is trying to make us think of a manager of (football team) Crystal Palace, but it was fairly obvious that another kind of palace was involved"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not a 23 across, first acting officer (9)","output":"### Answer: CENTURION \n ### Explanation: Definition: officer\nCENTAUR less A + I + ON (acting)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Long distance traveller to arrive on time (5)","output":"### Answer: COMET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Long distance traveller\nCOME + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heroic worker from Rhondda, say? (7)","output":"### Answer: VALIANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Heroic\nHomophone (-ish) of \"valley ant\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fabulous creature revealed by smell or sound (7)","output":"### Answer: CENTAUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fabulous creature\nHomophone (a closer one this time) of \"scent or\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Special ice cream or cake (5)","output":"### Answer: SCONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: cake\nS + CONE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Freshening up cleans American rapper of scandal (9)","output":"### Answer: ESCLANDRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: scandal\nCLEANS* + [Dr] DRE. The word is the French equivalent of \"scandal\" (and related to \"slander\"): Chambers defines it as \"notoriety; any unpleasantness\", which doesn't seem to be quite the same thing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One might crave church love that's universal but timeless (10)","output":"### Answer: CHOCAHOLIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: One might crave\nCH + O + CA[T]HOLIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Royalist without care (8)","output":"### Answer: CAVALIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Royalist\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short Book of Goon? (6)","output":"### Answer: ECCLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Short Book\nDouble definition \u2013 abbreviation of the book of Ecclesiastes, and the character played by Spike Milligan in the Goon Show"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Governor of German city changed direction twice? (4)","output":"### Answer: BOSS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Governor\nBONN, with both Ns changed to S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: When to take train, that is? Having two, it departs full and returns empty (7,3)","output":"### Answer: WHEELIE BIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: it departs full and returns empty\nEL (elevated train) + IE + BI in WHEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carry On films, of course, uncover bottoms after lifting pictures (8)","output":"### Answer: TRANSFER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Carry\nReverse of ART + last letters of oN filmS oF coursE afteR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek character with bad back's terribly bad (6)","output":"### Answer: LAMBDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Greek character\nReverse of MAL + BAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kind of fifty pence piece (4)","output":"### Answer: TYPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kind\nHidden (a piece of) in fifTY PEnce"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The old racer racing around Italy? (10)","output":"### Answer: CHARIOTEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: The old racer racing around Italy\nI in (THE O RACER)* &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No chance of dessert? (3-7)","output":"### Answer: NON-STARTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: No chance\nDouble definition \u2013 a dessert is not a starter, and a non-starter has no chance, though I think the grammar of the definition is not quite right"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Councillor, supported by America, rejecting left-wing activist (8)","output":"### Answer: CRUSADER \n ### Explanation: Definition: activist\nCR + US + A + reverse of RED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weapons loaded with bullets to begin with and they're blown up (8)","output":"### Answer: ARMBANDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: they're blown up\nB[ullets] + AND in ARMS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Admiral's strong grasp (6)","output":"### Answer: NELSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Admiral\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English mathematician's trick with a variable (6)","output":"### Answer: CONWAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: English mathematician\nCON (trick) + W[ith] A Y \u2013 John Conway, formerly at Cambridge, and latterly at Princeton, who is well known for his contributions to many areas of mathematics, including the \"recreational side\"; he's perhaps best known for his Game of Life. I used to know him quite well when I was a graduate student at Cambridge."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Son wears old soldier's garment (4)","output":"### Answer: VEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: garment\nS in VET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 100,0,100,1,000? Nonsense! (4)","output":"### Answer: COCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nonsense\nC (100) + O + C (again) + K (1000)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's left in Parisian art gallery (6)","output":"### Answer: ESTATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: What's left\nES (Parisian \"art\", or \"are\", as in \"tu es\") + TATE (gallery)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woods manages to keep still (8)","output":"### Answer: COPPICES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Woods\nPIC (photo, a still) in COPES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Elvis's joint position of authority (8)","output":"### Answer: KINGSHIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: position of authority\nKING'S HIP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Noble poplar is topped, with sides lopped (6)","output":"### Answer: ARISTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Noble\nHidden in poplAR IS TOpped"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most MPs' patrons tour mountain chain (12)","output":"### Answer: BACKBENCHERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most MPs\nBEN (mountain) + CH in BACKERS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ditch dance, ejecting hundreds (2-2)","output":"### Answer: HA-HA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ditch\nCHA-CHA less the two Cs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bath site, area covered by extended rental (8)","output":"### Answer: LONGLEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bath site\nA[rea] in LONG LET. Longleat is the seat of the Marquess of Bath, famous for its safari park (\"Have you seen the lions of Longleat?\"). Capability Brown did some work on the grounds around 1760."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Knight left at once, galloping across line (8)","output":"### Answer: LANCELOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Knight\nL (left) + L (long) in (AT ONCE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recall crew tackling crown of elm tree (4)","output":"### Answer: NEEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: tree\nE[lm] in reverse of MEN (crew) \u2013 it's a tree found in India: new to me, but the clueing is clear"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Directors begin dithering in spring's union rounds (7,5)","output":"### Answer: WEDDING BELLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: union rounds\nAnagram of D D (directors) + BEGIN in WELL'S (spring's), with a whimsical definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He enjoyed 9, lodge or genteel houses (6)","output":"### Answer: GEORGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: He enjoyed 9\nHidden in lodGE OR GEnteel. Take your pick of Georges I-VI."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Topper, old and jaunty, covers topless 13 (5,3)","output":"### Answer: OPERA HAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Topper\nO [h]AHA in PERT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He tends neat laurel screening mock bananas (8)","output":"### Answer: STOCKMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: He tends neat\nMOCK* in STAN (Laurel \u2013 a bit naughty to omit the initial capital). \"Neat\" means cattle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen is reclining in shade (6)","output":"### Answer: SIENNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: shade\nReverse of ANNE IS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dirty pictures finish on top (4)","output":"### Answer: SOIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dirty\nOILS with the last letter moved to the top"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Redecorate Gaelic bar with symbols for numbers (9)","output":"### Answer: ALGEBRAIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: with symbols for numbers\n(GAELIC BAR)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Start to educate Catholic in the present moral code (6)","output":"### Answer: ETHICS \n ### Explanation: Definition: moral code\nE[ducate] + C in THIS (\"the present\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 17 to surpass skill British possess (10,5)","output":"### Answer: CAPABILITY BROWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: 17\nCAP + ABILITY + BR + OWN \u2013 Capability Brown's real first name was Lancelot: not much of a definition, but there's additional help with the reference in 15d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carpenter's job limits new council's responsibility (8)","output":"### Answer: PLANNING \n ### Explanation: Definition: council's responsibility\nN in PLANING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hibernian girl hit it off (5)","output":"### Answer: IRISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hibernian\nIRIS (girl) + HIT less IT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uprooted old Irishman, ready to drop trousers (10)","output":"### Answer: EXTIRPATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Uprooted\nEX (old) + PAT in (\"trousered by\") TIRED (ready to drop)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Admin guy meets spy handling Middle East (10)","output":"### Answer: MANAGEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Admin\nMAN + ME in AGENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 5 down's bag is large, with small point (9)","output":"### Answer: LANDSCAPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 5 down's bag\nL AND S CAPE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Palace establishment ordered to release various stats (8)","output":"### Answer: BLENHEIM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Palace\nESTABLISHMENT* less STATS \u2013 another estate that Capability Brown worked on"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trees in not very attractive Hampshire town (6)","output":"### Answer: ALDERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trees\nALDERSHOT less HOT (very attractive)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Classic order: cook most of cereal (5)","output":"### Answer: DORIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Classic order\nDO (cook) RIC[e]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Buff fine beard (4)","output":"### Answer: FAWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Buff\nF + AWN \u2013 buff and fawn are light-brown colours (maybe aka beige)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Swelling on the skin, constant inside as well (5)","output":"### Answer: BOTCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Swelling on the skin\nC in BOTH \u2013 a familiar word, but the \"swelling\" sense was new to me"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: College in university tailed and brought back Japanese fish (7)","output":"### Answer: MEDACCA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Japanese fish\nC in reverse of ACADEM[Y]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One long imprisoned in doomed fort's war cry of old (9)","output":"### Answer: ALALAGMOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: war cry of old\nA LAG in ALAMO'S \u2013 the preamble says that this \"appears in earlier editions\"; as I don't have the latest edition I can't verify that it doesn't appear in that, but it is in the 11th Edition (2008)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Persian sect twice seen to be wrapped in hoax (6)","output":"### Answer: BABISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Persian sect\nBIS in BAM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Antebellum line no longer included in standard (6)","output":"### Answer: PRE-WAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Antebellum\nREW (Spenserian form of \"row\" = line) in PAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bones of a child extracted from fluid (4)","output":"### Answer: ILIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bones\nFILIAL (of a child) less FL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Caulis one's taken from ploughed furrows (5)","output":"### Answer: SULCI \n ### Explanation: Definition: furrows\nCAULIS* less A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Class kept in have a go at architectural ornamentation (7)","output":"### Answer: TRACERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: architectural ornamentation\nRACE in TRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Asteroid disintegrating passed Earth, energy lost (10)","output":"### Answer: STAR-SHAPED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Asteroid\n(PASSED EARTH)* less (one) E \u2013 using \"asteroid\" in its literal sense of \"like a star\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The hachis prepared around start of Chanukah \u2013 it's kosher (10)","output":"### Answer: SCHECHITAH \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's kosher\nC in (THE HACHIS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gripped? Reverse of gripped in that minor role (7)","output":"### Answer: BIT-PART \n ### Explanation: Definition: minor role\nReverse of RAPT (gripped) in (gripped by) BIT (another definition of \"gripped\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outer garment, often black? This is a reddish-brown one (5)","output":"### Answer: ABAYA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Outer garment, often black\nA BAY + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wife's clothing reverse of fashionable, being OS? (4)","output":"### Answer: UNIX \n ### Explanation: Definition: OS?\nReverse of IN in UX, OS = Operating System, of which Unix is an example"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Household area retained by old couple (6)","output":"### Answer: MENAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Household\nA in MENGE (archaic word for \"to unite\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deep (but short) depression \u2013 soothing sound by doctor with start of each (6)","output":"### Answer: COOMBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deep (but short) depression\nCOO + MB + E[ach]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bother about glut I neglected? (9)","output":"### Answer: FUSTILUGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bother about glut I neglected\n(GLUT I)* in FUSS &lit , with the \"I\" referring to a \"gross overgrown person\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lines in middle of boat float like fish (8)","output":"### Answer: OROPESA \n ### Explanation: Definition: float like fish\nROPES in [b]OA[t] \u2013 it's a fish-shape float used in minesweeping"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After party, enthusiasm cut short drops off (5)","output":"### Answer: DOZES \n ### Explanation: Definition: drops off\nDO + ZES[T]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clerk holding chump in palm (7)","output":"### Answer: BABASSU \n ### Explanation: Definition: palm\nASS in BABU"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recognized restraint shown on alternate parts of altar frontal (6)","output":"### Answer: TABULA \n ### Explanation: Definition: frontal\nTABU + [a]L[t]A[r]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cut out embrace (4)","output":"### Answer: CLIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cut out\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mince is hot in pot (7)","output":"### Answer: HASHISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: pot\nHASH IS H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No sweat \u2013 effect of that disposal of crime patch (10)","output":"### Answer: EMPHRACTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: No sweat \u2013 effect of that\n(CRIME PATCH)* \u2013 it's something that blocks the pores, so its effect might be \"no sweat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Backs advance after run cutting turf up (5)","output":"### Answer: DORSA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Backs\nR in reverse of SOD + A[dvance]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of herd given guidance, like a monk? (6)","output":"### Answer: COWLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: like a monk\nCOW LED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wake for poet, something providing uplift before day's ending (5)","output":"### Answer: ABRAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wake for poet\nA BRA + [da]Y \u2013 another Spenserian word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Adamic, shelters shivering after a while? (10)","output":"### Answer: MOTHERLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Adamic\nMO + SHELTERS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like a profile of unlit fuzzy part of head (9)","output":"### Answer: OUTLINEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like a profile\nO[f] + UNLIT* + EAR \u2013 meaning \"like an outline\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like lentils? Poach roughly with fish (7)","output":"### Answer: PHACOID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like lentils\nPOACH* + ID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman, one with power where men are moved around? (7)","output":"### Answer: CHAPESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Woman\nA + P \"in CHESS\" (where men are moved around)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Certainly fool's given a lift, being squiffy (6)","output":"### Answer: STINKO \n ### Explanation: Definition: squiffy\nReverse of OK NIT'S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ancient deity, something in Somerset that's set up? (6)","output":"### Answer: TAMMUZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ancient deity\nReverse of ZUMMAT \u2013 supposed Somerset version of \"something\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cocktail creating nasty smell after spree (5)","output":"### Answer: BUMBO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cocktail\nBUM + BO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prove fit, taking in run (5)","output":"### Answer: ARGUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prove\nr in AGUE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fine skipping folk dancing love \u2026 such music? (4)","output":"### Answer: KOLO \n ### Explanation: Definition: such music\nFOLK* less F + O \u2013 a Serbian dance or its music"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stunner dismissed after 17 (8)","output":"### Answer: KNOCKOUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stunner\nKNOCK (a batsman's innings) + OUT (dismissed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Courageous 22 across (5)","output":"### Answer: STOUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Courageous\nST (street, way) + OUT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Big performance opening pot (4,4)","output":"### Answer: STAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Big performance\nSTART + URN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dogs help us past bears, a wearing circuit (5,5)","output":"### Answer: LHASA\u00a0ASPSOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dogs\nHAS (bears) A in LAP (circuit) + SOS (help us)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clement secures gold for the title (6)","output":"### Answer: MILORD \n ### Explanation: Definition: title\nOR in MILD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Government leader took advantage of accommodating group, allowing freedom of movement (8)","output":"### Answer: GUSSETED \n ### Explanation: Definition: allowing freedom of movement\nG + SET in USED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Press the accelerator (in\/out) \u2014 that's sweet! (7)","output":"### Answer: REVENGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's sweet\nREV ENGINE less IN \u2013 \"revenge is sweet\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spell \"pot\" without the first letter (7)","output":"### Answer: INNINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spell\n[W]INNINGS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 10 and 3 out for local network (8)","output":"### Answer: ETHERNET \n ### Explanation: Definition: local network\nAn anagram of TEN + THREE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weber's first, A minor (unfinished) \u2014 it's avant-garde (3-3)","output":"### Answer: WAY-OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: avant-garde\nW + A + YOUT[H]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Surface injury restricting butterfly circling close to home \u2014 one trampled on outside the door (7,3)","output":"### Answer: WELCOME MAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: one trampled on outside the door\n[hom]E in COMMA (butterfly), in WELT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gentle hint, a member assumes (4)","output":"### Answer: TAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gentle\nHidden in hinT A MEmber"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Saw out (5)","output":"### Answer: DATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Saw\nDouble definition \u2013 \"out\" as in \"unfashionable\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wild tiger and man, one on the 22 across (8)","output":"### Answer: EMIGRANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: one on the 22 across\n(TIGER MAN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leg hit, out! (2,6)","output":"### Answer: ON STRIKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: out\nON (leg side in cricket) + STRIKE (hit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tree Cheshire cat partially climbs (4)","output":"### Answer: ACER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tree\nHidden in reverse of cheshiRE CAt. Acer is the Maple genus"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 22 across, bird resting? (6)","output":"### Answer: BOWLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: 22 across\nThis is an OWL \"in BED\", and to be bowled is a way [to be] out in cricket"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailor gathering bottom of sail in time, so free (2,5)","output":"### Answer: AT LARGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: free\n[sai]L in TAR in AGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One taking someone out, seeing Wally and Charlie in (8)","output":"### Answer: ASSASSIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: One taking someone out\nASS + ASS + IN, using two slang names for a fool"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Elaboration 22 across, follow brackets (10)","output":"### Answer: COMPLEXITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Elaboration\nEXIT in (\"bracketed by\") COMPLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In articles about poems, odd bits missed (2,4)","output":"### Answer: AT HOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: In\nEven letters of [p]O[e]M[s] in A + THE \u2013 the first of two answers defined as \"in\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King into vice, toe-curling \u2014 thrill too much? (10)","output":"### Answer: OVEREXCITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: thrill too much\nREX in (VICE TOE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moon, eg named for orbiting around Mercury in the end (8)","output":"### Answer: GANYMEDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Moon\n[mercur]Y in (EG NAMED)* \u2013 Ganymede is the largest moon of Jupiter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Valet stuffs fruit for epicure (8)","output":"### Answer: GOURMAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: epicure\nMAN (valet) in GOURD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uncertain which way to turn for 22 across (7)","output":"### Answer: STUMPED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Uncertain which way to turn\nDouble definition \u2013 another way to be out in cricket"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Intend to keep right before end of motorway \u2026 (6)","output":"### Answer: TRENDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: In\nR in TEND + [motorwa]Y, with lift-and-separate to get IN as the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 as comedian shunted (4-2)","output":"### Answer: WITH-IT \n ### Explanation: \u2026 as comedian shunted (4-2)\nWIT + HIT, using the ellipsis to \"borrow\" the definition from the previous answer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cuba's mountainous and unwelcoming (6)","output":"### Answer: CHILLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: unwelcoming \nC[uba] + HILLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Private eye turned round to see pretty girls (3-3)","output":"### Answer: PIN-UPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: pretty girls\nPI (private investigator) + reverse of SPUN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Visitor found in the bingo hall (6)","output":"### Answer: CALLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Visitor\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dislike adult adaptation (8)","output":"### Answer: AVERSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dislike\nA + VERSION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A cat that's very small (4)","output":"### Answer: ATOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's very small\nA TOM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cut Spike's allowance (10)","output":"### Answer: LACERATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cut\nLACE (as in to lace\/spike a drink) + RATION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Six-footer to remain in splinter group (5,6)","output":"### Answer: STICK INSECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Six-footer\nSTICK IN SECT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Try to stop my old Dutch being resolute (10)","output":"### Answer: DETERMINED \n ### Explanation: Definition: resolute\nDETER (try to stop) + MINE (old version of \"my\") + D[utch]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rotten Row? (4)","output":"### Answer: RANK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rotten\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Godless individuals involved in robberies (8)","output":"### Answer: ATHEISTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Godless individuals\nA familiar charade: AT HEISTS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sample fragments of trees (6)","output":"### Answer: MAPLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: trees\nSAMPLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Posh student staying in holiday development (6)","output":"### Answer: RESULT \n ### Explanation: Definition: development\nU (posh) + L (student) in REST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contrived to get engineer into car (6)","output":"### Answer: FORCED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Contrived\nCE (~~Chartered~~ Civil Engineer) in FORD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Embassy official gets certificate on time (8)","output":"### Answer: DIPLOMAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Embassy official\nDIPLOMA + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man left on river? More than one concerned (6)","output":"### Answer: PLURAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: More than one concerned\nP (pawn \u2013 chess man) + L + URAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Have convulsions about cheeseparing in cultural expression (4,4)","output":"### Answer: FINE ARTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: cultural expression\nNEAR (stingy, cheeseparing) in FITS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Start undesirable group (6)","output":"### Answer: OUTSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Start\nOUT + SET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Restrained Charlie's impulsiveness (6)","output":"### Answer: CHASTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Restrained\nC + HASTE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time in club is precise (4,2)","output":"### Answer: SPOT ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: precise\nT in SPOON (type of golf club)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aristocrat to protest over troublesome noises (11)","output":"### Answer: MARCHIONESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Aristocrat\nMARCH + NOISES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mice also damaged clothing (8)","output":"### Answer: CAMISOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: clothing\n(MICE ALSO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vehicle rapidly becoming a shell (8)","output":"### Answer: CARAPACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a shell\nCAR + APACE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aristocrat tours street for badger (6)","output":"### Answer: PESTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: badger\nST in PEER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Actually denied arrangement (6)","output":"### Answer: INDEED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Actually\nDENIED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oscar quits first, nevertheless (4,2)","output":"### Answer: EVEN SO \n ### Explanation: Definition: nevertheless\nEVENS (quits, as in betting) + O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fruit for parent and child (6)","output":"### Answer: DAMSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fruit\nDAM + SON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer's way to address monarch, hiding expression of distaste (7)","output":"### Answer: MAUGHAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Writer\nUGH in MA'AM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bottle, or something Dutchman can get from one (7)","output":"### Answer: COURAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bottle\nDouble definition \u2013 bottle is slang for courage, and Dutch courage is the kind you get from drinking"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old movie idol opposed to drink and to inn, oddly (9)","output":"### Answer: VALENTINO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old movie idol\nV (against) + ALE + (TO INN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prime text I revised for document someone going may need (4,6)","output":"### Answer: EXIT PERMIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: document someone going may need\n(PRIME TEXT I)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foremost of brews served in miniature beer mug (4)","output":"### Answer: TOBY \n ### Explanation: Definition: beer mug\nB[rews] in TOY \u2013 reference to a Toby Jug"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Work of 1 across mentioned in speech of 12 26 (5,3,3)","output":"### Answer: CAKES AND ALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Work of 1 across\nA novel by Somerset Maugham, and a phrase from Sir Toby Belch in *Twelfth Night*: 'Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chief's equal, it's said, as source of 14 (11)","output":"### Answer: SHAKESPEARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: source of 14\nHomophone of \"Sheik's peer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finishes off eclair, gateau, scones and rock cake (4)","output":"### Answer: RUSK \n ### Explanation: Definition: cake\nFinal letters of eclaiR gateaU sconeS and rocK \u2013 one of several cakes (of various kinds) in the puzzle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Has recollections about cars, not sweet in retrospect (10)","output":"### Answer: REMINISCES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Has recollections\nRE (about) MINIS (cars) + reverse of SEC (of wines, dry, not sweet)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former PMs, choice of some at party gathering? (9,5)","output":"### Answer: NEWCASTLE BROWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: choice of some at party gathering\nTwo widely-separated Prime Ministers: Lord Newcastle (1754-1756 and 1757-1762) and Gordon Brown (2007-2010) cobine to give a famous (some would say disgusting) brand of beer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rude noise as part of rebel chant (5)","output":"### Answer: BELCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rude noise\nHidden in reBEL CHant"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Source of Scotch \u2014 produced glass, we hear, in light colour (3,4)","output":"### Answer: SKY BLUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: light colour\nHomophone of \"Skye\" (where some Scotch whisky is produced) + \"blew\" (made glass)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kind of bun, besides, being dunked? (7)","output":"### Answer: CHELSEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kind of bun\nELSE \"dunked in\" CHA (tea)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crowded around doctor going around old base (6)","output":"### Answer: MOBBED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crowded around\nO in MB (bachelor of medicine) + BED (base)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most of drink I consumed in university area, ideal place (6)","output":"### Answer: UTOPIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: ideal place\nTOP[e] (to drink) + I in U A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passed over tool specially chosen (4-6)","output":"### Answer: HAND-PICKED \n ### Explanation: Definition: specially chosen\nPICK (tool) in HANDED (passed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person not keeping still after first of moonshine's finished (5)","output":"### Answer: MOVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Person not keeping still\nM[oonshine] + OVER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of Atlantic that's cold, with ice least dispersed (6,3)","output":"### Answer: CELTIC SEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of Atlantic\nC + (ICE LEAST)* \u2013 part of the Atlantic to the west of the British Isles"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Makes, as we hear, containers with taps for serving drinks (4)","output":"### Answer: URNS \n ### Explanation: Definition: ontainers with taps for serving drinks\nAnother homophone, of \"earns\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arid zone endlessly north of an inhabitant of state (8)","output":"### Answer: ARIZONAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: inhabitant of state\nARI[d] ZON[e] \"to the north of\" AN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Novelist writes, in a way, for well-adapted groups (8)","output":"### Answer: ECOTYPES \n ### Explanation: Definition: well-adapted groups\n[Umberto] ECO + TYPES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drunkenly dine with bun and ale? Sure (10)","output":"### Answer: UNDENIABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sure\n(DINE BUN ALE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Asian money that is securing saucy neckwear (6,3)","output":"### Answer: KIPPER TIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: neckwear\nPERT in KIP (the currency unit of Laos, I learn) + IE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Frantically trains, for instance, group of top Russians (8)","output":"### Answer: TSARINAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: group of top Russians\nTRAINS* + AS (for example)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With reason, soundly consider road that's raised (8)","output":"### Answer: CAUSEWAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: road that's raised\nCAUSE + (yet another) homophone of \"weigh\" (consider)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kind of cake found in old book, cut by 50% (6)","output":"### Answer: ECCLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kind of cake\nFirst half of ECCLESIASTES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inconclusively ask the man what's problem with expiration? (6)","output":"### Answer: ASTHMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: problem with expiration\nAS[k] TH[e] MA[n]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Belonging to part of digestive system some bile activates (5)","output":"### Answer: ILEAC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Belonging to part of digestive system\nHidden in bILE ACtivates"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oatmeal cake, to considerable extent, left (4)","output":"### Answer: FARL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Oatmeal cake\nFAR (to a considerable extent) + L \u2013 a new word for me: as far as I can tell farls are not necessarily made from oatmeal"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Delivery man's hat (6)","output":"### Answer: BOWLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Delivery man\nDouble definition \u2013 a bowler in cricket makes \"deliveries\". There's another hat in 19d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Couple hire out jewellery (8)","output":"### Answer: BRACELET \n ### Explanation: Definition: jewellery\nBRACE + LET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek devours the classics (6)","output":"### Answer: GREATS \n ### Explanation: Definition: the classics\nGR + EATS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unfit? Rue running after this! (2,6)","output":"### Answer: IN FUTURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: after this\n(UNFIT RUE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fighter doctored torn receipt (11)","output":"### Answer: INTERCEPTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fighter\n(TORN RECEIPT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English associate adopts an issue (7)","output":"### Answer: EMANATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: issue\nAN in E MATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extra rushed round resort (2,5)","output":"### Answer: TO SPARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Extra\nSPA in TORE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tales about government united in red tape? (11)","output":"### Answer: REGULATIONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: red tape\nGU in RELATIONS (tales, i.e. things that are \"related\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Give one international a disadvantage (8)","output":"### Answer: HANDICAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: a disadvantage\nHAND + I + CAP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King entering the country gets an injury (6)","output":"### Answer: SPRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: an injury\nR in SPAIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Confuse utterly, being crazy in drink (8)","output":"### Answer: BEWILDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Confuse utterly\nWILD in BEER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Superstar went ahead without the facts (6)","output":"### Answer: LEGEND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Superstar\nGEN (facts) in LED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One has an obligation to gather up rubbish and litter (6)","output":"### Answer: DEBTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: One has an obligation\nReverse ROT (rubbish) + BED (a litter)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old woman's daughter getting child a quid? That's the lot! (5,5)","output":"### Answer: GRAND TOTAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: That's the lot\nGRAN +D + TOT + A + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Buys a hundred sheets of paper (8)","output":"### Answer: ACQUIRES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Buys\nA C (100) QUIRES (measures of paper)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appropriate churchwardens' instrument (8)","output":"### Answer: BAGPIPES \n ### Explanation: Definition: instrument\nBAG + PIPES (a churchwarden is a kind of pipe)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Don eats roast bird (8)","output":"### Answer: WHEATEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: bird\nHEAT in WEAR \u2013 as I've said before, I dont think \"wear\" and \"don\" are really the same thing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Yobbo is left unconscious (4)","output":"### Answer: LOUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Yobbo\nL + OUT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rain when event is over (4)","output":"### Answer: TEEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rain\nReverse of MEET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy found in eastern borders of US swamp (10)","output":"### Answer: EVERGLADES \n ### Explanation: Definition: US swamp\nLAD in E VERGES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deliberately damage shoe given time (8)","output":"### Answer: SABOTAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deliberately damage\nSABOT (a clog) + AGE \u2013 the word sabotage actually derives from \"sabot\", from the sense of \"walking noisily\". The story that it comes from workers throwing their clogs into factory machines to break them is apparently a myth"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mature offspring harbour an issue (8)","output":"### Answer: SEASONED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mature\nA SON (issue) in SEED (offspring)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tory laid out with skill (8)","output":"### Answer: ADROITLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: with skill\n(TORY LAID)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Page wearing drunkard's hat (6)","output":"### Answer: TOPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: hat\nP in TOPER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recognise man immediately (4)","output":"### Answer: KNOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Recognise\nK (King, a chessman) + NOW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Signs agreement enclosing minute area for itinerants (6)","output":"### Answer: NOMADS \n ### Explanation: Definition: itinerants\nM + A in NODS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Terribly mistreated, without one right or freedom (7)","output":"### Answer: LIBERTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: freedom\nTERRIBLY* less one of its Rs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Film star getting short romantic missive with love (9)","output":"### Answer: VALENTINO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Film star\nVALENTIN[E] + O. This also appeared as an answer in Brendan's last puzzle (clued then as \"Old movie idol opposed to drink and to inn, oddly\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Royalty for author (5)","output":"### Answer: JAMES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Royalty\nDouble definition: one of two British kings, or six Scottish), and Henry James"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Female caught between happiness and ecstasy (5)","output":"### Answer: JOYCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Female\nC in JOY + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Without question, one clue needs revising \u2014 key is good use of language (9)","output":"### Answer: ELOQUENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: good use of language\nQ in (ONE CLUE)* + E (musical key)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Zero return after call for capital (6)","output":"### Answer: DUBLIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: capital\nDUB (to call) + reverse of NIL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heartless war and the like, hard for unfortunate person (6)","output":"### Answer: WRETCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: unfortunate person\nW[a]R + ETC + H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: President initially not differing from United States government (7,7,5)","output":"### Answer: ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: President\nHe has the same initials as United States Government.. Grant claimed that his middle initial didn't stand for anything, but Simpson was his mother's maiden name"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flag that man's writing for ethnic idioms (9)","output":"### Answer: IRISHISMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: ethnic idioms\nIRIS (flag) + HIS + MS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perspective provided by early European immigrant (5)","output":"### Answer: ANGLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perspective\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flower's sudden growth around lake (5)","output":"### Answer: BLOOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flower\nL in BOOM. In cryptic clues, sometimes a flower *is* a flower"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Concerning resistance to a head, try to be too clever (9)","output":"### Answer: OVERREACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: try to be too clever\nOVER (concerning) + R + EACH (a head)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ruin of the French city of Paris (7)","output":"### Answer: DESTROY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ruin\nDES (French \"of the\") + TROY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of press immersed in scoop \u2014 late news (6)","output":"### Answer: PLATEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of press\nHidden in scooP LATE News"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In that way, Asian islander upset Indians (7)","output":"### Answer: NAVAJOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Indians\nReverse of SO JAVAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After short time, lines put over end of dinghy producing fish (5)","output":"### Answer: MOLLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: fish\nMO (short time) + LL + [dingh]Y. Perhaps a rather obscure definition \u2013 it's a genus of fish from the Americas \u2013 but it's clearly clued. Molly Bloom's name is probably a reference to the magic herb Moly, which was given to Odysseus to protect him from the magic of Circe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Innovative resident introducing new service for consumers (6,3)","output":"### Answer: DINNER SET \n ### Explanation: Definition: service for consumers\nN in RESIDENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Liberal American writer upset former European monarch (7)","output":"### Answer: LEOPOLD \n ### Explanation: Definition: European monarch\nL + reverse of POE+ OLD \u2013 one of three Belgian kings, and other lesser royalty"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finishes off big job you pronounced a gem (5)","output":"### Answer: BIJOU \n ### Explanation: Definition: a gem\nBI[g] JO[b] + U (\"you, pronounced\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Narcotism, in altered state, for such as Coleridge (9)","output":"### Answer: ROMANTICS \n ### Explanation: Definition: such as Coleridge\nNARCOTISM* , with a nice surface reading: Coleridge's *Kubla Khan* was famously inspired by an opium-induced dream"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Votes for unknown characters from central Russia (6)","output":"### Answer: YESSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Votes for\nY (unknown) + ESSES, the central characters of ruSSia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hog a lot of time as 23 (6)","output":"### Answer: PIGEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: 23\nPIG + EON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Run into my position in field with small force Achilles led (9)","output":"### Answer: MYRMIDONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: force Achilles led\nR in MY MID-ON (fielding position in cricket) + S[mall] . The Myrmidons were warriors led by Achilles in Homer's Iliad"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bush, as graduate, really confused about university (3,6)","output":"### Answer: BAY LAUREL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bush\nBA + U in REALLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Account of events showing husband is right (7)","output":"### Answer: HISTORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Account of events\nH IS TORY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Irish quarter in turmoil as result (6)","output":"### Answer: ULSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Irish quarter\nRESULT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King who has feast after Christmas? (7)","output":"### Answer: STEPHEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: King\nTwelfth-century king of England; and St Stephen's Day is 26 December, aka the Feast of Stephen, as in *Good King Wenceslas"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailor's laconic moral statement (6)","output":"### Answer: SINBAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sailor\nSIN [is] BAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animated 13's all-round achievement as striker (5)","output":"### Answer: HOMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Animated 13\nDouble definition \u2013 do I really need to link to this one?, and a home run in baseball, which involves the striker going all round the field"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rein charge that's getting circuitous (8)","output":"### Answer: INDIRECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: circuitous\n\"RE in\" INDICT (charge)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Product of an evil regime? (6)","output":"### Answer: EMIGRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Product of an evil regime\nREGIME* &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Elks frolicking in humid light (4,4)","output":"### Answer: DESK LAMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: light\nELKS* in DAMP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Local peaceful end is nigh, perhaps, as a perishing alternative (10)","output":"### Answer: PUBLISHING \n ### Explanation: Definition: perishing alternative\nPUB (local) + [peacefu]L + (IS NIGH)* \u2013 a reference to the academic's saying \"publish or perish\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He would have said no need for plastic surgery (6)","output":"### Answer: ADONIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: He would have said no need for plastic surgery\n(SAID NO)* &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Celebrities may be the reason for TV dinners (8)","output":"### Answer: NOTABLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Celebrities\nIf you have NO TABLES you might have to eat your dinner in front of the telly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Young lady put away discussion (6)","output":"### Answer: DEBATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: discussion\nDEB (for debutante, I think, rather than as just a diminutive of Deborah) + ATE (put away)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: County council Islamic extremists following a regular pattern (6)","output":"### Answer: CYCLIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: following a regular pattern\nCY + CL + I[slami]C"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fits a little over three in sleepy disposition (8)","output":"### Answer: EPILEPSY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fits\nPI (3.14\u2026) in SLEEPY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some streets are just the ticket for 9 (3-3)","output":"### Answer: ONE-WAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Some streets are\nDouble definition \u2013 an emigr\u00e9 would presumably buy a one-way ticket"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rooftops Mr Turner built to withstand the elements (10)","output":"### Answer: STORMPROOF \n ### Explanation: Definition: built to withstand the elements\n(ROOFTOPS MR)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ignore puzzles set centrally as a dispenser of 21 (6)","output":"### Answer: NOZZLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: dispenser of 21\n\"Central\" letters of igNOre puZZLes sEt \u2013 a slightly vague indication: why take three letters from \"puzzles\"?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Immoral and indecent commercial (8)","output":"### Answer: DECADENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Immoral\nAD \"in DECENT\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Forecourt offering a French guide to Porte de l'Evolution (8,6)","output":"### Answer: UNLEADED PETROL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Forecourt offering\nUN (French \"a\") + LEAD (guide) + (PORTE DE L)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fruit cocktail (4,4)","output":"### Answer: PINK LADY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fruit\nDouble definition \u2013 a variety of apple (officially called \"Cripps Pink\", I learn) and a cocktail based on gin and coloured with grenadine"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some other pestilence (6)","output":"### Answer: HERPES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Some other pestilence\nHidden in otHER PEStilence &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unions here have another go at capturing soldiers position (8,6)","output":"### Answer: REGISTRY OFFICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unions here\nGIS in RETRY + OFFICE (job, position). I know I'm fighting a losing battle here, but the correct term is Register Office"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attractive person on a poster, primarily exposed in a state of undress (10)","output":"### Answer: DISHABILLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: state of undress\nDISH + A BILL + E[xposed] \u2013 the French form with \"d\u00e9s-\" is perhaps more common, but this seems to be a valid anglicisation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Frog once found pincer movement by crab's head pernicious (6,8)","output":"### Answer: PRINCE CHARMING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Frog once\nPINCER C[rab] + HARMING. To be picky again, I don't think the frog that turns into a prince when kissed is actually Prince Charming (as in stories such as Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Draw round receptacle for pipes (6)","output":"### Answer: TUBING \n ### Explanation: Definition: pipes\nBIN in TUG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rubbish pile with bronze award (5,5)","output":"### Answer: NOBEL PRIZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: award\n(PILE BRONZE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fastest at which rise of the Mariana Trench? (3,5)","output":"### Answer: TOP SPEED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fastest\nReverse of DEEP SPOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Broadway not as bad as the proverbial (6)","output":"### Answer: BYWORD \n ### Explanation: Definition: the proverbial\nBROADWAY* less its \"A\"s(\"not as\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Region that's Spanish and American, inter alia (9)","output":"### Answer: ANDALUSIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Region that's Spanish\nAND + US in ALIA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moment when these birds became extinct (4)","output":"### Answer: MOAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: these birds became extinct\nMO AS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's when to start, but nothing's on time (4,4)","output":"### Answer: ZERO HOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's when to start\nZERO + HOUR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Right to sue me, perhaps, so start again (6)","output":"### Answer: RESUME \n ### Explanation: Definition: start again\nR + (SUE ME)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thin and pale, we try a doctor (6)","output":"### Answer: WATERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thin and pale\n(WE TRY A)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Value a quiet compliment (8)","output":"### Answer: APPRAISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Value\nA + P + PRAISE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pretend to influence (6)","output":"### Answer: AFFECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pretend\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Confusion that doesn't have one's head in a whirl (8)","output":"### Answer: TAILSPIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Confusion that doesn't have one's head in a whirl\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prepared bean soup served by a court officer (8)","output":"### Answer: SUBPOENA \n ### Explanation: Definition: served by a court officer\n(BEAN SOUP)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Saying when? (6)","output":"### Answer: DATING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Saying when\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dilatory sort of hero worship (8)","output":"### Answer: IDOLATRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: hero worship\nDILATORY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: She's seen in a classy French resort at end of June (6)","output":"### Answer: EUNICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: She\n[Jun]E + U (classy) + NICE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Motorway fury at illusory prospect of refreshment (6)","output":"### Answer: MIRAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: illusory prospect of refreshment\nM1 + RAGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Result of having a crush on sugared almonds (8)","output":"### Answer: MARZIPAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Result of having a crush on sugared almonds\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A complaint I'd not put in a guide (4)","output":"### Answer: AGUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: A complaint\nA GUIDE less I'D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Play patience (9)","output":"### Answer: TOLERANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Play\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Engagement ring from one who will care, naturally (5)","output":"### Answer: ARENA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Engagement ring\nHidden in cARE NAturally, with a cryptic defintion \u2013 a ring where e.g. gladiators \"engage\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: See a bishop's concern (7)","output":"### Answer: DIOCESE \n ### Explanation: Definition: See\nDouble definition, or rather the same definition twice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look round New York \u2014 it's crazy! (5)","output":"### Answer: LOONY \n ### Explanation: Definition: crazy\nLO + O + NY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He may have to wait for his money (7)","output":"### Answer: SERVANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: He may have to wait for his money\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A drink knocked over ran away swiftly \u2014 wasted (9)","output":"### Answer: ATROPHIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: wasted\nA + reverse of PORT + HIED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Forgets my sails may be badly rigged (7)","output":"### Answer: MISLAYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Forgets\n(MY SAILS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leave to enter guilty plea? (9)","output":"### Answer: ADMISSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leave to enter\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Abandoned type petting outside university (9)","output":"### Answer: FOUNDLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Abandoned type\nU in FONDLING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nursing management (9)","output":"### Answer: TREATMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nursing\nDouble definition (just about)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A drink or two on the quiet (4,3)","output":"### Answer: PALE ALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: A drink\nP + ALE + ALE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lamb, say, is perhaps unfathomable (7)","output":"### Answer: ABYSMAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: unfathomable\n(LAMB SAY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stress? One isn't affected (7)","output":"### Answer: TENSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stress\n(ONE ISN'T)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fear head chopped off in mistake (5)","output":"### Answer: ERROR \n ### Explanation: Definition: mistake\nTERROR less its first letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Do impressive work as a huntsman? (5)","output":"### Answer: CHASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Do impressive work\nDefinition + a hint \u2013 to chase is to \"decorate metal by engraving\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sally turned to married big shot (3,3)","output":"### Answer: BON MOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sally\nReverse of TO M NOB"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Largely tolerate flash woman (8)","output":"### Answer: BEATRICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: woman\nBEA[R] + TRICE (a short time, a flash)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lie about side causing bad feeling (8)","output":"### Answer: FRICTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: bad feeling\nR (side \u2013 a bit vague!) in FICTION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poor fellow you dumped \u2014 what's his name? (6)","output":"### Answer: THINGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: what's his name\nTHIN + GUY less U"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Forced Horse and Hound to act as host (2,3,7)","output":"### Answer: DO THE HONOURS \n ### Explanation: Definition: act as host\n(HORSE HOUND TO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Believe no one's keeping calm (4)","output":"### Answer: EVEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: calm\nHidden in beliEVE No"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Patsy's stolen surveyor's van \u2014 these should help with identification (8)","output":"### Answer: MUGSHOTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: these should help with identification\nMUG'S (mug = stooge, patsy) + HOT (stolen) + S (leading letter or \"van\" of \"surveyor\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Making an erotic compilation (8)","output":"### Answer: CREATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Making\n(AN EROTIC)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look equal (4)","output":"### Answer: PEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Look\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plan to go at sixty \u2014 regret abandoning first career (4,8)","output":"### Answer: EXIT STRATEGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plan to go\n(AT SIXTY [R]EGRET)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Government's wrong about working \u2014 you're not, if you have to do this (4,2)","output":"### Answer: SIGN ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: you're not, if you have to do this\nG in SIN + ON (working). For non-British solvers, to sign on is to register for the dole\/unemployment benefit\/Jobseeker's Allowance\/whatever comes next on the Euphemism Treadmill."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Frozen 24 days before Christmas? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: ICED OVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Frozen\n24 days before Christmas is DEC 1, or ICED OVER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Things better after this run \u2014 terribly green beforehand (8)","output":"### Answer: RECOVERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Things better after this\nR[un] + ECO + VERY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little boy's in the toilet (6)","output":"### Answer: THRONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: toilet\nRON in THE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blades trio Arsenal bound (4)","output":"### Answer: OARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blades\nHidden in triO ARSenal"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Madness holding church function in the country (9)","output":"### Answer: MACEDONIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: country\nCE + DO in MANIA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heartless but correct about age (6)","output":"### Answer: THIRTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: age\nNearly had to give up on parsing this \u2013 but it's a reversal of Y[e]T RI[g]HT. \"Age\" is rather a vague definition."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Defensive way of thinking rubbish \u2014 entitle army to go on manoeuvres (6,9)","output":"### Answer: BUNKER MENTALITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Defensive way of thinking\nBUNK + (ENTITLE ARMY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: While Henry's involved with singer, I don't like it (8)","output":"### Answer: ALTHOUGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: While\nH in ALTO + UGH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Letter home contained money (5)","output":"### Answer: RHINO \n ### Explanation: Definition: money\nIN in RHO. Rhino is slang, of uncertain origin, for money"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tabs kept by spooks conclusively spying on revolutionary individual like me (10)","output":"### Answer: CIGARETTES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tabs\n[spyin]G in CIA + reverse of SETTER. Tabs is slang for cigarettes: apparently mainly a Geordie (Newcastle area) thing \u2013 apparently from a brand name."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get too aroused by kiss with boob out, reportedly (10)","output":"### Answer: OVEREXCITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get too aroused\nEX (homophone of X, a kiss) in OVERCITE \u2013 homophone of \"oversight\", a mistake or boob"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chance of us saving a bit of money \u2014 why hotel this time is cheaper (5,4)","output":"### Answer: HAPPY HOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: this time is cheaper\nP Y H in HAP OUR. Happy Hour is a time when pubs etc sell drinks at lower-than-usual prices"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prime Minister can upset European? Not very much! (8)","output":"### Answer: PITTANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not very much\nPITT + CAN* + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Going down south, wanting to be respectable (6)","output":"### Answer: DECENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: respectable\nDESCENT with S \"wanting\" or missing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capturing no-good criminal to a T (5)","output":"### Answer: TANGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: T\nNG in (TO A)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Picked up torch in Swiss city (4)","output":"### Answer: BERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Swiss city\nHomophone (at least in its anglicised pronunciation) of \"burn\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The very thing I do? (3,3,3,4)","output":"### Answer: ONE\u00a0AND\u00a0THE\u00a0SAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: The very thing\nONE (I) + DO (ditto \u2013 the same)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What links husband with awfully pretty ex (9)","output":"### Answer: HYPERTEXT \n ### Explanation: Definition: What links\nH + (PRETTY EX)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reach deprived area with no hospital (3,2)","output":"### Answer: GET TO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reach\nGHETTO less H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What about political correctness around \"old age\"? (5)","output":"### Answer: EPOCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: age\nO[ld] in PC in EH (\"what?\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A regular swimmer's taken by to see the old king (9)","output":"### Answer: ALEXANDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: old king\nA + X (by, as in multiplication) in LEANDER (who swam the Hellespont every night)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Least exciting airport to start from (7)","output":"### Answer: DULLEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Least exciting\nDULLES (airport serving Washington DC) + T[o]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Commander and navigator retired for shag? (7)","output":"### Answer: TOBACCO \n ### Explanation: Definition: shag\nReverse of OC + CABOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Complains noisily, if sweet potato gets immersed after two peelings (7)","output":"### Answer: YAMMERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Complains noisily\nYAM + [im]MERS[ed]. Technically Yam and Sweet Potato do not mean the same thing, except in some parts of the USA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How's your father to beat time as part of a circle? (7)","output":"### Answer: SEXTANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of a circle\nSEX (\"how's your father\") + TAN + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 9 ate out after 6 in Asian capital (9)","output":"### Answer: VIENTIANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Asian capital\nVI + (NINE ATE)* \u2013 Vientiane is the unlikely-looking capital of Laos (its spelling is of French origin): useful to know for pub quizzes.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exclude being served by rude baristas (5)","output":"### Answer: DEBAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exclude\nHidden in ruDE BARistas"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Darn it! Whipping time \u2014 poor bottom! (5)","output":"### Answer: NADIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: bottom\n(DARN IT)* less (\"whipping\") T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Source of peace symbol appearing as repeated note by tenor in musical (5,4)","output":"### Answer: OLIVE TREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Source of peace symbol\nT in OLIVER + E E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Those keeping note of regnal number? (3,6,4)","output":"### Answer: TWO LITTLE BOYS \n ### Explanation: Those keeping note of regnal number? (3,6,4)\nI have absolutely no idea what this is about \u2013 it's the title of the song made famous by Rolf Harris, so perhaps \"number\" is the definition, but otherwise\u2026*Thanks to Rullytully and JuneG for the explanation: the TWO LITTLE BOYS are Reg and Al, who are \"keeping\" a \"note\" (n) in Reg(n)Al"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Don't worry, if some reported missing? (2,7)","output":"### Answer: NO PROBLEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Don't worry\nIf the \"sum\" is missing then there is \"no problem\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oh no, that's horrible as Hagar (5)","output":"### Answer: AARGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Oh no\nHAGAR* \u2013 a reference to the cartoon strip \"Hagar the Horrible\" (which, I've just discovered, should have an umlaut on the first A)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Made in the mould of a Conservative rising at beginning of speech in parliament (3-4)","output":"### Answer: DIE CAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Made in the mould\nReverse of (A C) + S in DIET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tricky place to put sexy bottom (3,4)","output":"### Answer: HOT SEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tricky place\nHOT (sexy) + SEAT (bottom)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 includes a short new blog about red light area? (6,3)","output":"### Answer: SIGNAL BOX \n ### Explanation: Definition: red light area\n(A N BLOG)* in SIX (the clue number), with a quirky defintion \u2013 the signalman might set red lights"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quiet time, briefly, before playing duet (5)","output":"### Answer: MUTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quiet\nM (minute, I suppose) + DUET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Badminton, say, for the long weekend? (5-3,5)","output":"### Answer: THREE-DAY EVENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Badminton\nDouble definition \u2013 the Badminton Horse Trials are a three-day event (in the technical horsey sense); and a long weekend might last three days"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boundary sign on border out here, perhaps (4-6,3)","output":"### Answer: FOUR-POSTER BED \n ### Explanation: Definition: out here, perhaps\nFOUR (boundary, in cricket) + POSTER (sign) + BED (border, in a garden) \u2013 you might be \"out\", i.e. asleep, in one of these"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exam initially chosen for a type of college in the US (9)","output":"### Answer: ELECTORAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: type of college in the US\nELECT (chosen \u2013 too close to the meaning of the full answer for my taste) + ORAL (exam)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lament about surprisingly barren bush (9)","output":"### Answer: CRANBERRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: bush\nBARREN* in CRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's key to adult having fun around Hull or Grimsby, say (7)","output":"### Answer: SEAPORT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hull or Grimsby, say\nE (key) + A in SPORT (fun)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Battered plaice's a dish not on the menu (7)","output":"### Answer: SPECIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: a dish not on the menu\nPLAICES* \u2013 specials are dishes served by pubs that are (usually) written on blackboards rather than the main menu"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leave from 19 down (5)","output":"### Answer: ENDOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leave\nHidden in nineteEN DOWn"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dead small and born a fool (5)","output":"### Answer: DWEEB \n ### Explanation: Definition: a fool\nD + WEE +B"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dispossess the people of power? Current duty is to enter revolt (9)","output":"### Answer: PRIVATISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dispossess the people of\nP (power) + I (symbol for electric current) + VAT (duty) in RISE (revolt). The \"is\" in the clue is a (deliberate?) red herring, not corresponding to the IS in the answer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Skip round, eager to go outside (5)","output":"### Answer: AVOID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Skip\nO (round) in AVID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Links with a displaced ally (5)","output":"### Answer: CHINA \n ### Explanation: Definition: ally\nCHAIN with the A out of place. In rhyming slang, China = china plate = mate"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 18 area protects a liberal country (9)","output":"### Answer: AUSTRALIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: country\nA L in AUSTRIA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He might run articles without hindrance (7)","output":"### Answer: ATHLETE \n ### Explanation: Definition: He might run\nLET (hindrance) in A + THE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Concerned with complaint from spirit-drinking obsessive (7)","output":"### Answer: ANGINAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Concerned with complaint\nGIN in ANAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 18 society forged union along with English (5)","output":"### Answer: SWEDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 18\nS + WED + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 18 area, abandoned by country, shows 26 (3)","output":"### Answer: IRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 26\nIRE[LAND]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Public love 18 environmentalist (5)","output":"### Answer: OVERT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Public\nO + VERT (French \"Green\"). I see that the French equivalent of the Green Party is Europe \u00c9cologie \u2013 Les Verts, formed in 2010; an interesting reversal of the way the Ecology Party in Britain became the Green Party in 1985."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unreliable British leader, scoundrel in charge (7)","output":"### Answer: ERRATIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unreliable\nER (the Queen) + RAT + IC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Terrible blues, if amenable to union? (7)","output":"### Answer: FUSIBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: amenable to union\n(BLUES IF)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird's tail opens out in extravagant display (5,4)","output":"### Answer: POPE\u2019S NOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bird's tail\nOPENS* in POSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A period to welcome 18 fellows, and time for emotional control (5,10)","output":"### Answer: ANGER\u00a0MANAGEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: emotional control\nGERMAN in AN AGE + MEN + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The 18 farewell? (5)","output":"### Answer: LEAVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: The 18 farewell\nLE (French \"the\") AVE (Latin \"farewell), &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Johnson and Cameron, say, bringing in sadness primarily for 18s (9)","output":"### Answer: ESTONIANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: 18s\nS[adness] in ETONIANS (Boris Johnson and David Cameron were contemporaries at Eton)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Apparently good to be in 18 community? That's great (4)","output":"### Answer: EPIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: great\nPI (apparently good) in EC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: End with 18 losing heart (6)","output":"### Answer: FINISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: End\nFIN[N]ISH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: French legend unknown by one 18 (6)","output":"### Answer: ZIDANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: French legend\nZ (unknown) + I DANE \u2013 Zinedine Zidane, French footballer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trouble, with divine Greek lady overwhelming married friend (8)","output":"### Answer: MESSMATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: friend\nM in MESS (trouble) + ATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pretty loud shock in Hackney (4)","output":"### Answer: FAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pretty\nF + [h]AIR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 18 area needing 18 state's leader (8)","output":"### Answer: HOLLANDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: state's leader\nHOLLAND + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's in your head, if not entirely wide awake (4)","output":"### Answer: IDEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: What's in your head\nHidden in wIDE Awake"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man maybe following a walkway (5)","output":"### Answer: AISLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: walkway\nA + ISLE [of Man]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Government failed about 18 area \u2014 what will brighten things up? (5,5)","output":"### Answer: GLOSS PAINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: what will brighten things up\nG + SPAIN in LOST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unfinished second drink (5)","output":"### Answer: LATTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\nLATTE[R]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Back continental way: tolerant, embracing a unionist (8)","output":"### Answer: EUROPEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: unionist\nReverse of RUE (French \"street\") + A in OPEN. \"European\" is used here in the sense of one favourable to European institutions, especially the EU, hence a \"unionist\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cut off during oppressive days (8)","output":"### Answer: INCLOSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cut off\nIN CLOSE D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Losing vote, joins cheers for 18 party (6)","output":"### Answer: FIESTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: 18 party\nFIXES (joins) less X (vote) + TA (thanks, cheers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carry round goods for one who can't afford them (6)","output":"### Answer: BEGGAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: one who can't afford them\nGG in BEAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 18 vote's announced (4)","output":"### Answer: POLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 18\nHomophone of \"poll\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: God! Escalating crisis for Britain (4)","output":"### Answer: SUEZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: crisis for Britain\nReverse of ZEUS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quick to miss leader in uncertainty (4)","output":"### Answer: RISK \n ### Explanation: Definition: uncertainty\n[B]RISK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ebbing, a tide keeping down in California city (8)","output":"### Answer: PASADENA \n ### Explanation: Definition: California city\nSAD in reverse of A NEAP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Male bodybuilder ostensibly starts to become a he-man (5)","output":"### Answer: RAMBO \n ### Explanation: Definition: a he-man\nRAM + ~~B (first letter of \"body\", hence \"bodybuilder\") + O[stensibly]~~ first letters of Bodybuilder Ostensibly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dandy bagging large turkey (4)","output":"### Answer: FLOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: turkey\nL in FOP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ground-to-air, false lift (5,5)","output":"### Answer: RAISE ALOFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: lift\n(TO AIR FALSE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tricky time getting randy (6)","output":"### Answer: THORNY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tricky\nT + HORNY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lad with eight shifts came to rest (8)","output":"### Answer: ALIGHTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: came to rest\n(LAD EIGHT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old firing range is bandy and randy (7)","output":"### Answer: BOWSHOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old firing range\nBOWS (is bandy, as in legs) + HOT. Bowshot is \"the distance to which a bow can send an arrow\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A wine inspiring us beyond love to get randy (7)","output":"### Answer: AROUSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: randy\nO + US in A RED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Parcel is forced in vent (8)","output":"### Answer: SPIRACLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: vent\n(PARCEL IS)* \u2013 spiracles are breathing holes found on some animals, including insects, so perhaps a missed opportunity to link to the next answer.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As a heretic, worshipping cricket, perhaps? (6)","output":"### Answer: INSECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: cricket, perhaps\nA worshipping heretic might be IN [a] SECT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Condemn US complex with posh entrance that's not been taken down (10)","output":"### Answer: UNCONSUMED \n ### Explanation: Definition: not been taken down\nU (posh) + (CONDEMN US)* \u2013 \"entrance\" tells us that the U comes first"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing between brandy and candy for travel writer (5,4)","output":"### Answer: MARCO POLO \n ### Explanation: Definition: travel writer\nO between MARC (brandy) and POLO (mint)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Randy song about rear end of setter, Pasquale? (6-2)","output":"### Answer: TURNED ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Randy\n[sette]R in TUNE + DON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party overcoming brute without a fuss (8)","output":"### Answer: BALLYHOO \n ### Explanation: Definition: fuss\nBALL + YAHOO less A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 22 across, toothed thing soaring over head of prey (4)","output":"### Answer: WASP \n ### Explanation: Definition: 22 across\nReverse of SAW + P[rey]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Handy underwear, longing to hold it up (6)","output":"### Answer: NEARBY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Handy\nBRA in YEN, all reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dandy, Stanley or Douglas, perhaps? (7)","output":"### Answer: CAPITAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dandy\nDouble definition: \"dandy\" = \"capital\" as in \"excellent\", and Stanley and Douglas are examples of capitals (of the Falklands and the Isle of Man, respectively)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Native American landing place, more scary (8)","output":"### Answer: CREEPIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: more scary\nCREE + PIER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Possibly one or two in hospital, or around university, in pants? (5,5)","output":"### Answer: SMALL HOURS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Possibly one or two\nH + U in OR, in SMALLS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English couple after dandy candy (6)","output":"### Answer: TOFFEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: candy\nTOFF (a dandy) + E E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ever so sorry I invested in odd parts of rarest funds (10)","output":"### Answer: RESERVOIRS \n ### Explanation: Definition: funds\n(EVER SO)* + I in R[a]R[e]S[t]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In company twice as exceptional, it's a special event (8)","output":"### Answer: OCCASION \n ### Explanation: Definition: special event\n(IN CO CO AS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sit up to collect ring in dish (8)","output":"### Answer: ESCALLOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: dish\nCALL in reverse of POSE \u2013 a variant of \"scallop\", or possibly of \"escalope\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 22 across, stratum ignoring one little bit (7)","output":"### Answer: TERMITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 22 across\nTIER less I + MITE (little bit, as in the widow's mite)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A chart covering North America looking north \u2014 country further south? (6)","output":"### Answer: PANAMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: country further south\nNA in A MAP, all reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nation about right for Gandhi (6)","output":"### Answer: INDIRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gandhi\nR in INDIA. Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister of India from 1980 until her assassination in 1984"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: US author Frost ultimately \u2014 this? (4)","output":"### Answer: POET \n ### Explanation: Definition: this\n[Edgar Allan] Poe + T, referring to the poet Robert Frost"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steals fitting in error (15)","output":"### Answer: MISAPPPROPRIATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Steals\nAPPPROPRIATE in MISS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be taunted about a young socialite (9)","output":"### Answer: DEBUTANTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a young socialite\n(BE TAUNTED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some find a bikini bizarre in Spanish resort (5)","output":"### Answer: IBIZA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spanish resort\nHidden in bikinI BIZArre"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's hard work imbibing rum cocktail in storm (7)","output":"### Answer: TURMOIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: storm\nRUM* in TOIL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A summons? Nothing to us, being hardened (7)","output":"### Answer: CALLOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: hardened\nCALL + O + US"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of the Weekend supplement? (3)","output":"### Answer: EKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: supplement\nHidden in weEKEnd"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Multiply without going forth (7)","output":"### Answer: INBREED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Multiply without going forth\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A parliamentary term? (7)","output":"### Answer: SESSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: A parliamentary term\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Collects the rags for recycling (7)","output":"### Answer: GATHERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Collects\n(THE RAGS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet that people come across (7)","output":"### Answer: BRIDGES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poet\nDouble definition, the poet being Robert Bridges"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Welcome return for a girl (3)","output":"### Answer: EVA \n ### Explanation: Definition: girl\nReturn of AVE (Latin \"hail\" or \"welcome\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vocal stallholder (7)","output":"### Answer: CHORIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vocal stallholder\nCryptic definition \u2013 one who sits in a choir stall"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thief starts right but gets wrong result (7)","output":"### Answer: RUSTLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thief\nR + RESULT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Result of unseen incomplete \u2014 result to follow (5)","output":"### Answer: ENSUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to follow\nAnagram of UNSEE[n]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blues, perhaps, at university, who never get a first (7-2)","output":"### Answer: RUNNERS-UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: who never get a first\nRUNNERS \u2013 an example of sportspeople, who may be blues at Oxford and Cambridge (and elsewhere) \u2013 + UP (at university)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Formal protests about gifts (15)","output":"### Answer: REPRESENTATIONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Formal protests\nRE (about) + PRESENTATIONS (gifts)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Explained what spectacles did (4,6,5)","output":"### Answer: MADE THINGS CLEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Explained\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like a judge with robes in disarray (5)","output":"### Answer: SOBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like a judge\nROBES* \u2013 referring to the expression \"sober as a judge\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Depression felt by motorists? (7)","output":"### Answer: POTHOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Depression felt by motorists\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Annoyed when rating took the helm? (7)","output":"### Answer: RANKLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Annoyed\nRANK (rating) + LED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Goes into new recipes (7)","output":"### Answer: PIERCES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Goes into\nRECIPES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They hang about in the cold (7)","output":"### Answer: ICICLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: They hang about in the cold\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They have to make cuts in this business (9)","output":"### Answer: TAILORING \n ### Explanation: Definition: They have to make cuts in this business\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spartan dress, it's becoming standard (5,3,7)","output":"### Answer: STARS AND STRIPES \n ### Explanation: Definition: standard\n(SPARTAN DRESS ITS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Last drink cheers (7,2)","output":"### Answer: BOTTOMS UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: cheers\nBOTTOM (last) + SUP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slip of a girl losing head on river (3)","output":"### Answer: ERR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Slip\n[h]ER + R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One hasn't been taught to play by it (3)","output":"### Answer: EAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: One hasn't been taught to play by it\nCryptic definition \u2013 untaught musicians play by ear"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One taking a bad view of everything? (4,3)","output":"### Answer: EVIL EYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One taking a bad view of everything\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loose dentures for nothing! (3,4)","output":"### Answer: SET FREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Loose\nSET (dentures) + FREE (for nothing)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scholar raised voice \u2014 \"Sir!\" (7)","output":"### Answer: BARONET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sir\nBA (scholar) + reverse of TENOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Study in group including, leading politician (7)","output":"### Answer: INSPECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Study\nIN + P (\"leading politician\") in SECT. The comma is presumably just a typo"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Punters search distractedly for pickpocket (13)","output":"### Answer: PURSE-SNATCHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: pickpocket\n(PUNTERS SEARCH)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: When coming from behind old horse breaks bone (7)","output":"### Answer: SCAPULA \n ### Explanation: Definition: bone\nCAPUL (old word for a horse) in reverse of AS (when)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Egg cell produced by ducks before due time in Scotland (5)","output":"### Answer: OOTID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Egg cell\nO + O + TID (Scot. \"fit time or condition\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Biblical apparatus (a large number or one) (7)","output":"### Answer: MASSORA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Biblical apparatus\nMASS (large numnber) + OR A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Was frightened of consuming article only lightly touched (9)","output":"### Answer: FEATHERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: only lightly touched\nTHE in FEARED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Historical land tax the Queen leaves to disperse (5)","output":"### Answer: SCATT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Historical land tax\nSCATTER less ER. I guessed this word was essentially the same as \"scot\", as in the expression \"scot free\", but they seem to have different origins."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tantrum made public, ordered outside (7)","output":"### Answer: BOUTADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tantrum\nOUT (made public) in BADE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Historian, chap confused with gen? Horror (13)","output":"### Answer: CHRONOGRAPHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Historian\n(CHAP GEN HORROR)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In a thin voice you'll need to rebuild with line not forte (7)","output":"### Answer: REEDILY \n ### Explanation: Definition: In a thin voice\nRE-EDIFY (rebuild) with F replaced by L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Middle distance for Muscovite, run in singlet (5)","output":"### Answer: VERST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Middle distance for Muscovite\nR in VEST \u2013 the Verst is an old Russian unit of length, about two-thirds of a mile."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Religious teacher gets going about source of ecumenism (7)","output":"### Answer: STARETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Religious teacher\nE[cumenism] in STARTS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strange guys having regular trim of matted locks (5)","output":"### Answer: TAGGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: of matted locks\nAlternate letters of sTrAnGe GuYs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Darwinian unit, information held in rectangular compartment (7)","output":"### Answer: PANGENE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Darwinian unit\nGEN in PANE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: We'll be accepted by group the misguided term 'deep' or 'benign' (13)","output":"### Answer: SWEET-TEMPERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: benign\nWE in SET + (TERM DEEP)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tenderloin like this is bathed in juice when flipped (5)","output":"### Answer: PSOAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tenderloin\nSO in reverse of SAP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chariot: race that involves this etc (5)","output":"### Answer: RATHA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chariot\nComposite anagram: (RACE THAT)* = RATHA + ETC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reel for denoting dramatically lyrical music (6)","output":"### Answer: SPINTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: denoting dramatically lyrical music\nSPIN (reel) + TO (for)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jock's artfully dextrous getting fish to rise (4)","output":"### Answer: SLEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jock's artfully dextrous\nReverse of EELS \u2013 Scots form of \"sly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fervent until trapped by a girl (7)","output":"### Answer: AMATORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fervent\nTO (until) in A MARY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pooh accordingly delays bit of honey to the end (4)","output":"### Answer: TUSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pooh\nTHUS with H[oney] moved to the end"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Product of Tesco, it's added to and enlarges one like itself (5)","output":"### Answer: COSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's added to and enlarges one like itself\nTESCO* \u2013 a coset is a concept in the theory of mathematical Groups, but the definition here mirrors the one given in Chambers: \"a set which when added to another set resuts in a larger set\", which is not particularly meaningful."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheer up jumper overturned in ditch when one's thrown (6)","output":"### Answer: HOORAH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cheer up\nReverse of ROO (jumper) in HAH[A]. \"Up\" doesn't seem to make sense as part of the definition, but otherwise what is it there for? Is a roo an \"up jumper\"?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: School book? Number left off study in the back (6)","output":"### Answer: READER \n ### Explanation: Definition: School book\nDE[n] in REAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conservative, tho' with EU etc prepared for a bunk (9)","output":"### Answer: COUCHETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a bunk\nC + (THO EU ETC)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make early plans for speed ring, circuitous (9)","output":"### Answer: PREDESIGN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make early plans for\n(SPEED RING)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mingling of vowels, key moment when 'i' becomes 'a' (6)","output":"### Answer: CRASIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mingling of vowels\nCRISIS with the first I replaced by A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clergyman losing head in service offering advice on parenting (6)","output":"### Answer: RELATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: service offering advice on parenting\n[p]RELATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exercises outside, wind rising \u2013 woolly coat maybe needed (6)","output":"### Answer: PELAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: woolly coat maybe\nReverse of GALE in PE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's performed doloroso, dreadful when a bit of giocoso intervenes (5)","output":"### Answer: DIRGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's performed doloroso\nG[iocoso] in DIRE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I must rise for senior churchman's reception \u2013 that's understood (5)","output":"### Answer: ROGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's understood\nReverse of EGO in RR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In contact with uppish maid, was flirting (5)","output":"### Answer: TOYED \n ### Explanation: Definition: was flirting\nTO (in contact with) + reverse of DEY (a dairymaid)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: District held by rebel troops (4)","output":"### Answer: BELT \n ### Explanation: Definition: District\nHidden in reBEL Troops"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Miners' truck? It's for aligning machine parts (4)","output":"### Answer: TRAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Miners' truck\nDouble definition (in the second sense, a short form of \"trammel\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: May's former position as the country's leader (7,7)","output":"### Answer: ENGLAND CAPTAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: May's former position\nReferring to the cricketer Peter May, who was captain of England from 1955 to 1961. I suppose this is a double definition, but it hardly qualifies in my opinion"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scribble leads to error in flyer \u2014 that's dangerous (9)","output":"### Answer: DOODLEBUG \n ### Explanation: Definition: flyer \u2014 that's dangerous\nDOODLE (scribble) + BUG (error) \u2013 nickname for the V1 flying bomb used by the Germans in WW2"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A figure of authority in plain clothes (5)","output":"### Answer: MUFTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: A figure of authority\nDouble definition \u2013 \"an expounder of Muslim law\" and \"plain clothes\" , though the second meaning apparently derives from the first"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of the stars in the state, begin to work (5)","output":"### Answer: RIGEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: One of the stars\nRI (Rhode Island) + GEL (begin to work)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nag raved endlessly: nothing wrong in that (9)","output":"### Answer: ROSINANTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nag\nO SIN in RANTE[D]. Rosinante (spelled Rocinante in the original) is Don Quixote's horse, or by extension any worn-out nag"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: May's predecessor, the well-known revolutionary meeting resistance (8)","output":"### Answer: THATCHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: May's predecessor\nTHAT (the well-known) + CHE + R. Theresa May's predecessor, most specifically as a female PM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In window frame place prominent slogan (6)","output":"### Answer: SPLASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: prominent slogan\nPL in SASH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: May's not hard: a saint? (6)","output":"### Answer: TERESA \n ### Explanation: Definition: a saint\nTHERESA less H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's wrong with a sort of \"Right Hon\" for May? (8)","output":"### Answer: HAWTHORN \n ### Explanation: Definition: May\nWHAT* + (R HON)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Marvellous exact opposite of May, perhaps \u2014 a bright star (9)","output":"### Answer: SUPERNOVA \n ### Explanation: Definition: a bright star\nSUPER (marvellous) + NOV (6 months after May) + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Serious start on galvanising party (5)","output":"### Answer: GRAVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Serious\nG + RAVE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blue and put in lead, ultimately (5)","output":"### Answer: ADULT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blue\nHidden in leAD ULTimately \u2013 as in \"blue\/adult film\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Critical of lateness, I blow up (9)","output":"### Answer: ESSENTIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Critical\n(LATENESS I)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Assuming power, remarkably ardent, can head Westminster team (4,3,7)","output":"### Answer: DEAN AND CHAPTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Westminster team\nP in (ARDENT CAN HEAD)* \u2013 the governing body of Westminster Abbey, rather than anything to do with the Palace of Westminster"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bush, say (American chap) \u2014 and now Cameron? (5,9)","output":"### Answer: ELDER STATESMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: and now Cameron\nELDER (bush, say) + STATES MAN (American chap)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On fast track up, Osborne finally failed the country (7)","output":"### Answer: GEORGIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: country\nGEORG[E] + reverse of A1 (road)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 15 seconds to get simple cocktail dress on? (3,6)","output":"### Answer: ALL BLACKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: 15\nALL BLACK (cocktail dress \u2013 \"little black number\") + S[econds], with just \"15\" (Rugby team) as definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prevented plot arising: fought, while heading off (8)","output":"### Answer: DEBARRED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prevented\nReverse of BED (plot) + [W]ARRED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Impressive eventual successor to May (6)","output":"### Answer: AUGUST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Impressive\nDouble definition \u2013 August \"eventually\" succeeds May"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Athenian turmoil is May's opportunity \u2014 new leaders wanted (5)","output":"### Answer: TIMON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Athenian\nFirst letters of Turmoil Is May's Opportunity New, and referring to Shakespeare's Timon of Athens"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: High-status woman elected, taking fizzy drink (7)","output":"### Answer: INFANTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: High-status woman\nIN (elected) + FANTA (fizzy orange drink("}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Failing opportunity, turn up to get university position (4-10)","output":"### Answer: VICE-CHANCELLOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: university position\nVICE (failing) + CHANCE (opportunity) + reverse of ROLL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Southern Region has a name for plunging in dagger? No way (9)","output":"### Answer: PATAGONIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Southern Region\nA TAG in PONIARD (a dagger, I find) less RD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Veto our side employing a bitch, regularly vulgar (8)","output":"### Answer: BANAUSIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: vulgar\nA in (\"employed by\") BAN (veto) + US (our side), + A [b]I[t]C[h]. A new word for me, from the Greek for an artisan"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put in new position in unexpected delight (7)","output":"### Answer: RAPTURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: delight\nPUT* in RARE (unexpected)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Working with a parliament, making cuts (2,1,4)","output":"### Answer: ON A DIET \n ### Explanation: Definition: making cuts\nON (working) + A DIET (parliament)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What May must do with naval leadership rival? (6)","output":"### Answer: GOVERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: What May must do\nHer (unsuccessful) rival, if in the navy, would be [Michael] GOVE RN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Betray first sign of ruthlessness, a heavyweight (3,2)","output":"### Answer: RAT ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Betray\nR[uthlessness] + A TON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I am man gone to struggle (9)","output":"### Answer: AGAMEMNON \n ### Explanation: Definition: I am man gone to struggle\n (AM MAN GONE)* \u2013 an &lit, as Agamemnon went off to the Trojan war"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One driven off to break senior pilot (5)","output":"### Answer: STEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: pilot\n TEE (which is \"driven off\") in SR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In style, velcro's singular reason for delay (5,8)","output":"### Answer: LEVEL CROSSING \n ### Explanation: Definition: reason for delay\n Hidden in styLE, VELCRO'S SINGular \u2013 it took me a while to spot this, even after guessing the answer and trying various anagrams"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fiddle with air in tyre, of course (9)","output":"### Answer: ITINERARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: course\n (AIR IN TYRE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charge to have a good time \u2014 it makes you cry! (4,3)","output":"### Answer: TEAR GAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: it makes you cry\n TEAR (to charge) + GAS (good time, as in \"it's a gas\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tragedy turning to good day (7)","output":"### Answer: OTHELLO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tragedy\n Reverse of TO + HELLO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cape Town's last bendy tree (5)","output":"### Answer: PECAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: tree\n Anagram of CAPE [two]N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: For one second and forever (3)","output":"### Answer: SAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: For one\n S + AY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: From delicatessen, a chocolate chip (5)","output":"### Answer: NACHO \n ### Explanation: Definition: chip\n Hidden in delicatesseN, A CHOcolate"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"E\" is embarrassingly accurate (5,2,4)","output":"### Answer: CLOSE TO HOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: embarrassingly accurate\n The letter E is the ending of, or \"close to\", \"home\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put stamp on US officer's restraining order (7)","output":"### Answer: FRANKED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put stamp on\n RANK in FED[eral agent]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Measurement akin to leaking? (6,3)","output":"### Answer: INSIDE LEG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Measurement\n In the word \"leaking\", \"akin\" is INSIDE LEG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Canine possibly loves being in dry hotel (5)","output":"### Answer: TOOTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Canine possibly\n OO in TT (teetoal) H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With joy, pig returns unopened truffles, perhaps (5)","output":"### Answer: FUNGI \n ### Explanation: Definition: truffles, perhaps\n FUN + reverse of [P]IG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seize the day pass camper's out to snaffle (5,4)","output":"### Answer: CARPE DIEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seize the day\n DIE (to \"pass\") in CAMPER. I guessed this (it's from an ode by Horace) from the definition, and found it a bit hard to work out the surface reading"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen in cast eagerly leaves (4,4)","output":"### Answer: EARL GREY \n ### Explanation: Definition: leaves\n R in EAGERLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sage regrettably raised to limit sex (6)","output":"### Answer: SALVIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sage\n VI (6 = sex in Latin) in reverse of ALAS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Failure of something in the bedroom carries no charge (10)","output":"### Answer: NEGLIGENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Failure\n NC in NEGLIGEE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rock can be kind on the ear (6)","output":"### Answer: GNEISS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rock\n Homophone of \"nice\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Abandoning East, not a fan of the rich element (8)","output":"### Answer: ANTIMONY \n ### Explanation: Definition: element\n ANTI-MONEY less E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Major Victor's a lady (4)","output":"### Answer: ASHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Major Victor\n A SHE \u2013 Arthus Ashe, tennis champion"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mark (and others) on shortened beat of copper? (8)","output":"### Answer: METALLIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: of copper\n M + ET AL + LIC[K]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hitherto, picture frames matter (5)","output":"### Answer: TOPIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: matter\n Hidden in hitherTO PICture"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman's knickers (swapping never ends!) and where they're thrown? (3,7)","output":"### Answer: HEN PARTIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: where they're thrown\n HEN (woman) + PANTIES with N replaced by R (the \"ends\" of NeveR) *Thanks to Eileen for pointing out that it's actually HER PANTIES with the N and R swapped)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like an egg from duck, empty (5)","output":"### Answer: OVOID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like an egg\n O + VOID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's tied up in Oxford (8)","output":"### Answer: SHOELACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One's tied up in Oxford\n Cryptic definition \u2013 Oxford is a style of man's laced shoe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe it's a square number (6)","output":"### Answer: FIGURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maybe it's a square\n Double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing in a kiln after throwing clay (6)","output":"### Answer: KAOLIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: clay\n O in (A KILN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dodgy mo, with shaved head (4)","output":"### Answer: IFFY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dodgy\n [J]IFFY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dead \u2014 their message is to weep (4)","output":"### Answer: DRIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: to weep\n D + RIP (a \"message to the dead\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something to drink, not drinking out of cap (4)","output":"### Answer: BEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Something to drink\nBETTER (to cap) less TT (teetotal)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fighter's back to the middle, hurt (3)","output":"### Answer: AIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: hurt\n[Muhammad] ALI with the last letter moved to the middle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Laid-back character first to oppose man of strict judgments (5)","output":"### Answer: DRACO \n ### Explanation: Definition: man of strict judgments\nReverse of CARD (\"he's a character\") + O[ppose]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: You twice said killer is a poet (7)","output":"### Answer: WHITMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: a poet\nW (\"you said twice\") + HITMAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suspect couple bound to be uncertain, legally (2,5)","output":"### Answer: IN DUBIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: uncertain, legally\n(II + BOUND)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wet creature finds nucleus of fluid in dry feature (3,6)","output":"### Answer: SEA URCHIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wet creature\n[fl]U[id] in SEAR CHIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lean on back of spade in wood (5)","output":"### Answer: EBONY \n ### Explanation: Definition: wood\n[spad]E + BONY (slim, lean)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pig for the compost heap? (6)","output":"### Answer: ROTTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pig\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Monsters provided twisted tails (6)","output":"### Answer: FIENDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Monsters\nReverse of IF + ENDS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seeds to eat when you are out of liqueur (5)","output":"### Answer: CACAO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seeds to eat\nCURACAO less U R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Planes must be so in war, or hit when failing scrutiny, ultimately (9)","output":"### Answer: AIRWORTHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Planes must be so\n(WAR OR HIT)* + [scutin]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More than one ridiculous work, it proves irksome (7)","output":"### Answer: SATIRES \n ### Explanation: Definition: More than one ridiculous work\nSA (sex appeal, \"it\") + TIRES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second not the sixth drink (5)","output":"### Answer: LATTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\nLATTE[r]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Last of gravy in red sauce (4)","output":"### Answer: MAYO \n ### Explanation: Definition: sauce\n[grav]Y in [Chairman] MAO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Forceful grabbing a round (7)","output":"### Answer: PAUNCHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: round\nA in PUNCHY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grass to throw, only two thirds (6)","output":"### Answer: BAMBOO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grass\nTwo-thirds of BAMBOOZLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pedestrian pursuit of Members of Parliament under Blair's leadership (5)","output":"### Answer: BOWLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pedestrian pursuit\nB[lair] + OWLS (as in \"a parliament of owls\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shakespearean character with flash clothing, one in employment as empress (5,6)","output":"### Answer: MARIE LOUISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: empress\nARIEL in MO + I in USE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: US illustrator, reliable type with some skill (8)","output":"### Answer: ROCKWELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: US illustrator\nROCK (a reliable type) + WELL (as in \"he does it well\/with skill\"). Norman Rockwell is the illustrator."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Change around position in higher education (7)","output":"### Answer: VARSITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: higher education\nSIT in VARY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Result of Republican fighters entering race? That'd be telling (9)","output":"### Answer: NARRATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: telling\nR[epublican] + RA (Royal Artillery \u2013 fighters) in NATION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Healthy dessert \u2014 small piece of pineapple per person (5)","output":"### Answer: PEACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Healthy dessert\nP[ineapple] + EACH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Whopping six-footer in US army? (5)","output":"### Answer: GIANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Whopping\nThe six-footer is an insect, so a GI ANT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bar snack 14 had? (9)","output":"### Answer: CHOCOLATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bar snack\n\"Bar snack\" as in bar of chocolate, and a reference to *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nervous model heading off wearing jersey inside out (7)","output":"### Answer: JITTERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nervous\n[S]ITTER in JerseY with its \"inside out\", i.e. removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chump or pork pie served after fish (7)","output":"### Answer: CHARLIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chump\nCHAR (fish) + LIE (pork pie, rhyming slang)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Software for visual effects, unpleasant type (3)","output":"### Answer: CAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Software for visual effects\nDouble definition \u2013 the software is Computer Aided Design"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wavy line marking flow of water across lake (5)","output":"### Answer: TILDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wavy line\nL in TIDE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tipping back over edge, cat comes a cropper (5,2)","output":"### Answer: SLIPS UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: comes a cropper\nLIP in reverse of PUSS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Apparently unknown constituent works (7)","output":"### Answer: FACTORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: works\nFACTOR Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mobile traffic man's to cross 26 27's hero (9,2,3)","output":"### Answer: FANTASTIC MR FOX \n ### Explanation: Definition: 26 27's hero\n(TRAFFIC MANS TO)* + X"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One line written during course had repelled another 29 (5,4)","output":"### Answer: ROALD DAHL \n ### Explanation: Definition: 29\nL in ROAD + reverse of HAD + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shilling put back in old accounts (5)","output":"### Answer: TALES \n ### Explanation: Definition: accounts\nSTALE (old) with the S moved to the end"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weapon maker hasn't succeeded, another having mightier armoury (9)","output":"### Answer: WORDSMITH \n ### Explanation: Definition: another having mightier armoury\nSWORDSMITH less its first S \u2013 the WORDSMITH has mightier armoury because \"the pen is mightier than the sword\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hitch end of chain in sink (4)","output":"### Answer: SNAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hitch\n[chai]N in SAG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tub-thumper's cycling, always on the move (6)","output":"### Answer: ERRANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: always on the move\nRANTER, with the last two letters moved to the front"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: British PM briefly abolishes bills (6-4)","output":"### Answer: BATTLE-AXES \n ### Explanation: Definition: bills\nB + ATTLE[E] + AXES. A bill or billhook is a type of battle-axe similar to a halberd"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uncharitable characterisation of a female setter? (6)","output":"### Answer: BITCHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Uncharitable characterisation of a female setter?\nCryptic definition \u2013 think of the setter as a type of dog"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Insisted on backing church to stop closure (8)","output":"### Answer: ENFORCED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Insisted on\nFOR (backing) CE in END"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Workmate's potty, bouncing up and down (4)","output":"### Answer: OPPO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Workmate\n\"Up and down\" versions of PO (chamberpot, potty)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like to jump up without slowing down (8)","output":"### Answer: PARALLEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like\nRALL (abbreviation of Rallentando, used in music to mean \"slowing down\") in reverse of LEAP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Saying \"scat!\", you put your foot in it (4)","output":"### Answer: SHOE \n ### Explanation: Definition: you put your foot in it\nHomophone of \"shoo\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 26 27's protagonist fixes housing shortage, ultimately (5)","output":"### Answer: JAMES \n ### Explanation: Definition: 26 27's protagonist\n[shortag]E in JAMS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supremely evil influence in Chartist reforms (10)","output":"### Answer: ANTICHRIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Supremely evil influence\n(IN CHARTIST)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plaint on ousting enemy's mounted men (5)","output":"### Answer: ELEGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plaint\nENEMY with NEM (\"mounted men\") replaced by LEG (the \"on\" side in cricket)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Genial father casually welcoming in Parisian (8)","output":"### Answer: FRIENDLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Genial\nFR + EN (French \"in\") in IDLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Better public school's secured with foreign capital (4,4)","output":"### Answer: CAPE TOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: foreign capital\nCAP (to better) + W (with) in ETON \u2013 Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa (other cities are capitals for other functions)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fluorine scare created problems (6)","output":"### Answer: FACERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: problems\nF + SCARE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Middle Easterners like wives out of bounds (6)","output":"### Answer: OMANIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Middle Easterners\n[W]OMANIS[H]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outdoor celebration in Tenerife terminated (4)","output":"### Answer: FETE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Outdoor celebration\nHidden in teneriFE TErminated"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Too large to fit into a small circle (4)","output":"### Answer: ALSO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Too\nL in A S O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Renovator, one angling to get round former pope (one off) (9)","output":"### Answer: FURBISHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Renovator\nURB[AN] (former pope) in FISHER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chum maybe slugs round in repetitive performance (8)","output":"### Answer: ROOM-MATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chum maybe\nAMMO< in ROTE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It may catch you speeding round after bachelor party's over? (5)","output":"### Answer: GATSO \n ### Explanation: Definition: It may catch you speeding\nSTAG< + O[ver]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jock's bound to take tour away from his taxman (4)","output":"### Answer: STEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jock's bound\nSTENTOUR (= stentmaster, \"a person who determines the amount of tax to be paid\", from Scots \"stent\"= a tax) less TOUR, and STEN (or stend) is Scots \"to bound\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What corrupt emporium conceals presto (7)","output":"### Answer: UP-TEMPO \n ### Explanation: Definition: presto\nHidden in corrUPT EMPOrium \u2013 I don't think \"up tempo\" necessarily implies \"presto\", but I suppose it's close enough"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Volume of added liquid robbing cordyline of energy finally (5)","output":"### Answer: TITRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Volume of added liquid\nTI TREE (a tree of the genus Cordyine) less its final E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ecstasy and LSD distributed rarely in the past (4)","output":"### Answer: SELD \n ### Explanation: Definition: rarely in the past\n(E LSD)* \u2013 a variant of \"seldom\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old means of defence, one chaps installed in pile? (8)","output":"### Answer: MINIMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old means of defence\nI MEN in MINT (as in \"make a mint\", or a \"pile\" of money\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of bone enters rump after it's minced (10)","output":"### Answer: PRESTERNUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of bone\n(ENTERS RUMP)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dental gaps at aforementioned back, trapping chewed meat (10)","output":"### Answer: DIASTEMATA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dental gaps\nMEAT* in (AT SAID)<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One driving oxen gets road all snarled up (8)","output":"### Answer: GOADSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One driving oxen\n(GETS ROAD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl displaying cotton twill (4)","output":"### Answer: JEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Girl\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wild cat said to appear where coastal drives occur (5)","output":"### Answer: LINKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: where coastal drives occur\nHomophone of \"lynx\" \u2013 a links is a seaside golf course"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Collations like those consumed without footwear by travellers (7)","output":"### Answer: REPASTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Collations\nAS THOSE less HOSE (footware) in REPS (travelling salesmen)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crowning this king involves pink toga (4)","output":"### Answer: ATOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crowning\nATOP KING = (PINK TOGA)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Developer's constituent, one plenty backed (5)","output":"### Answer: METOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Developer's constituent\nME (one) + LOT<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expert in herbal medicine has cut troublemaker on register (8)","output":"### Answer: SIMPLIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Expert in herbal medicine\n'S (has) + IMP + LIST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soft coral that's supplanted centre of calcium compound (9)","output":"### Answer: ALCYONIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Soft coral\nAnagram of CALCIUM wih the central C replaced by YON. Alcyonium is a genus of corals that includes the species called \"dead man's fingers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Form of amnesia, forgetting eastern edible fish (4)","output":"### Answer: FUGU \n ### Explanation: Definition: edible fish\nFUGU[E]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sinuous tart took the initiative, getting one flustered (7)","output":"### Answer: RATTLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: flustered\nTART* + LED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Value support (4)","output":"### Answer: BASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Value\nDouble definition \u2013 I'm not sure about the \"value\" part: perhaps as a base of logarithms or (e.g.) decimal notation; or it may be the result of a misreading of the Chambers definition: \"'low in place, value, estimation or principle;'\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Long-running serial and accordingly a mishmash (6)","output":"### Answer: SOAPIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Long-running serial\nSO A PIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Constituent of ipecac to note for throwing up in the evening (7)","output":"### Answer: EMETINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Constituent of ipecac\nReverse of ITEM (\"to make a note of\") in ENE (variant of E'EN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Masked image, thing with end obscured (5)","output":"### Answer: MATTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Masked image\nMATTER minus its last letter or end"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dwarf was famously one stout errant, working? (11)","output":"### Answer: STERNUTATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dwarf was famously one\n(STOUT ERRANT)* \u2013 the Dwarf in question is Sneezy, but Chambers only defines the word as \"a substance that causes sneezing\" as opposed to \"a sneezer\", as the clue would seem to require"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An Italian vehicle, one with pains once getting doubled up inside (8)","output":"### Answer: VENETIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: An Italian\nReverse of I + TEEN ( = pains) in VAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Frolic before number one marriage \u2013 Scotch drunk (11)","output":"### Answer: CAPERNOITIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scotch drunk\nCAPER + NO 1 TIE. There's a note that this \"appears in earlier editions [of Chambers]\" \u2013 fortunately I'm still using the 11th edition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With which one views from afar endlessly frisky gypsy girl (8)","output":"### Answer: SPYGLASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: With which one views from afar\nGYPS[y]* + LASS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hawk seen from below perched on ancient seat (7)","output":"### Answer: TASSELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hawk\nSAT< + SELL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leading musicians, such as merit's rendered abnormal (7)","output":"### Answer: MAESTRI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leading musicians\n(AS MERIT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Youngsters with yen for mini (6)","output":"### Answer: TEENSY \n ### Explanation: Definition: mini\nTEENS + Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sense of hopelessness at getting lost in analysis (5)","output":"### Answer: ANOMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sense of hopelessness\nAN[AT]OMY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless deception brought about Dido's end? Typical of Aeneas (5)","output":"### Answer: TROIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Typical of Aeneas\n[did]O in TRIC[k] \u2013 Troic = Trojan, and Aeneas was a Trojan hero"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Without gravity, mature over a long time in space (4)","output":"### Answer: AEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: a long time in space\nA[G]E + ON (over)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Meals? With each ignored I contrived to lose weight (4)","output":"### Answer: SLIM \n ### Explanation: Definition: to lose weight\nAnagram of MEALS less EA[ch] + I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Terrible Harry Grout mostly with yours truly taking drugs (8)","output":"### Answer: GRUESOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Terrible\nES (drugs) in anagram (indicated by \"Harry\") of GROU[t] + ME (yours truly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exploited, took drugs (4)","output":"### Answer: USED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exploited\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cells turn to fix as drug dealt externally (10)","output":"### Answer: GUARDROOMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cells\nReverse MOOR in (AS DRUG)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Welcoming back to prison, more angry one might cause disturbance at night? (6)","output":"### Answer: SNORER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one might cause disturbance at night\nN (\"back to prisoN\") in SORER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steal show outside, returning fruitless (8)","output":"### Answer: ABORTIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fruitless\nReverse of ROB in EVITA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turn old when locked up for comedy? On the contrary (7)","output":"### Answer: TRAGEDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: comedy? On the contrary\nAGED (old) in TRY (turn)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two characters giving one sound jab that's hit hard (7)","output":"### Answer: DIGRAPH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Two characters giving one sound\nDIG (a jab) + RAP H \u2013 as Chambers points out, the PH in this word is an example of a digraph"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One tends to nag youngster on frame (5-3)","output":"### Answer: HORSE-BOY \n ### Explanation: Definition: One tends to nag\nHORSE (frame, e.g. clothes-horse) + BOY. A horse-boy tends the \"nags\" in his stables"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Protection around grass (6)","output":"### Answer: CASING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Protection\nCA (around) + SING (grass, tell on)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Predetermine Fed's choice of letter? American with it (10)","output":"### Answer: FOREORDAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Predetermine\nF OR E OR D (choice of letters from FED) + A + IN (with it)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Choose to sleep around, caught making penetration (4)","output":"### Answer: PICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Choose\nC in reverse of KIP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dry man inside with a foreign letter (5)","output":"### Answer: THETA \n ### Explanation: Definition: foreign letter\nHE in TT (teetotaller) + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Move back over after time without Norman Stanley Fletcher, initially (8)","output":"### Answer: TRANSFER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Move\nT + NSF in reverse of REAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Can resident regularly reveal porkies on TV show? (8)","output":"### Answer: PRISONER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Can resident\nP[o]R[k]I[e]S + ON + E.R."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lights in HMP Slade out around one (9)","output":"### Answer: HEADLAMPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lights\nA in (HMP SLADE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One messes up Godber's pants (6)","output":"### Answer: BODGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One messes up\nGODBER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Escape? Never! (7)","output":"### Answer: GETAWAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Escape\nGET AWAY! = never!"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pleased to fiddle, dropping skirts and bloomers (8)","output":"### Answer: GLADIOLI \n ### Explanation: Definition: bloomers\nGLAD + [v]IOLI[n]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheats and rogue start to make up stories (10)","output":"### Answer: IMPOSTURES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cheats\nAnagram (\"rogue\") of M[ake] + UP STORIES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He wrote because one needs second volume (6)","output":"### Answer: ASIMOV \n ### Explanation: Definition: He wrote\nAS + I + MO + V"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Noted deliveries, Porridge set twice cracked up (10,4)","output":"### Answer: REGISTERED POST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Noted deliveries\n(PORRIDGE SET SET)* \u2013 the first of two very nice Porridge-related anagrams"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminal chap beds with Mr Ronnie Barker (8,8)","output":"### Answer: DOBERMAN PINSCHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Barker\n(CHAP BEDS MR RONNIE)* \u2013 and another one"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Line from old TV programme (7)","output":"### Answer: DYNASTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Line\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Content to shop or tour city (6)","output":"### Answer: OPORTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: city\nHidden in shOP OR TOur. The Portuguese call this city just PORTO \u2013 the initial O is a definite article"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Talk following Tory party lines? (6)","output":"### Answer: CONGAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: party lines\nCON + GAS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most adequate unit of current, just in case (7)","output":"### Answer: AMPLEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most adequate\nAMP (unit of electric current) + LEST (just in case)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Base including second home (5)","output":"### Answer: ROOST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Base\nS in ROOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: True to form, runner put on old coat, perhaps? (9)","output":"### Answer: OUTERWEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: coat, perhaps\nO + TRUE* + WEAR (river, runner)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A flavour eating donkey, part braised (1,2,9)","output":"### Answer: A LA CASSEROLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: braised\nA + ASS in LACE (flavour, as in to lace a drink) + ROLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 8 unmasking red, risky operation still (6,6,7,3)","output":"### Answer: TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: 8\n(RED RISKY OPERATION STILL)* \u2013 very appropriately describing the plot of John le Carr\u00e9's thriller"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's despicable list (4)","output":"### Answer: HEEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: One's despicable\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Well, what might have me beatified? (2,8)","output":"### Answer: MY GOODNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Well\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One isn't a worker behind party issue (9)","output":"### Answer: CONSONANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: One isn't a\nCON[servative] + SON (issue) + ANT (worker). The definition has to be read as \"One [example of a consonant] isn't A\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mission accomplished, like another military operation on all fronts (5)","output":"### Answer: ALAMO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mission\nFirst letters of Accomplished Like Another Military Operation. The site of the famous battle was a Catholic mission"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Both journeys on a return ticket to remote location (7)","output":"### Answer: OUTBACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: remote location\nWhen you have a return ticket you go OUT and BACK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Factor when last in race, fast catching me (7)","output":"### Answer: ELEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Factor\n[rac]E + ME in LENT (fast)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Barely covering the fundamentals of rules, insufficient for legal expert (6)","output":"### Answer: JURIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: legal expert\nR[ules] I[nsufficient] in JUST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nut pasta (6)","output":"### Answer: NOODLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nut\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Baseball player shot due to rifle (10)","output":"### Answer: OUTFIELDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Baseball player\n(DUE TO RIFLE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bottom of charts, not very good track (5)","output":"### Answer: SPOOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: track\n[chart]S + POOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: For the future then? Yours truly, for starters (9)","output":"### Answer: ANTIPASTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: starters\nIf you're for the future you might be ANTI-PAST, plus I for \"yours truly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Will official survive in the end, after old court restructured? (8)","output":"### Answer: EXECUTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Will official\nEX (old) + [surviv]E + COURT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tail of nuthatch in bird book (8)","output":"### Answer: THRILLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: book\n[nuthatc]H in TRILLER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flash speed not good enough (6-4)","output":"### Answer: SECOND-RATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: not good enough\nSECOND (flash, short time) + RATE (speed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old vessel, ship under contract, originally transporting yarn swiftly (5,4)","output":"### Answer: CUTTY SARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old vessel\nCUT (to contract) + T[ransporting] Y[arn] S[wiftly] + ARK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Irritating devil, perhaps, penning average score for 1960s' song (8,4)","output":"### Answer: ITCHYCOO PARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: 1960s' song\nITCHY + PAR in COOK (devilling is a way of cooking) \u2013 a 1967 song by the Small Faces"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Source of information in the Times about bird (8)","output":"### Answer: INTERNET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Source of information\nIN + ERNE (bird) in T T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be brave at first in bending the rule of law in advance notice of possible charges? (6,2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: BEWARE OF THE BULL \n ### Explanation: Definition: advance notice of possible charges\nBE + B[rave] in (THE RULE OF LAW)* \u2013 it's a pity that OF and THE appear in both the anagram fodder and the answer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lead key or bolt, ultimately (6)","output":"### Answer: ESCORT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lead\nESC[ape] + OR [bol]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soccer team from Louisiana, one beset by yobs (4,7)","output":"### Answer: BOCA JUNIORS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Soccer team\nCAJUN (from Louisiana) + I in BOORS \u2013 it's an Argentinian football team"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get better phoning old explorer (7)","output":"### Answer: RALEIGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: old explorer\nHomophone (\"phoning\") of \"rally\" \u2013 Sir Walter's surname is pronounced in various ways, but this one at least seems possible"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Official: Domino's backing employee (7)","output":"### Answer: STAFFER \n ### Explanation: Definition: employee\nReverse of REF (offical) + FATS (Domino, performer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unprecedented tax on fat man's in force here (3,8,4)","output":"### Answer: NEW SCOTLAND YARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: force here\nNEW + SCOT (tax, as in \"scot-free\") + ANDY in LARD \u2013 the name of several buildings used by the Metropolitan Police"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get rid of old car that won't start (5)","output":"### Answer: EXPEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get rid of\nEX + [O]PEL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Noisy protest extremely unchristian \u2014 head dished out a hundred lines (3,3,3)","output":"### Answer: HUE AND CRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Noisy protest\nAnagram of U[nchristia]N + HEAD, + C (100) + RY (railway = Iines) (I've just noticed that the letters of both UN and HEAD are in order in the \"anagram\", so perhaps that bit needs to be interpreted slightly differently)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Truly settled? I yearn to move out! (2,7)","output":"### Answer: IN REALITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Truly\nLIT (settled) in (I YEARN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thought of money spent (5)","output":"### Answer: MUSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thought\nM + USED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Free \u2026 or the BBC's heading for extinction (5)","output":"### Answer: UNTIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Free\nAUNTIE (nickname of the BBC) with its first letter (\"heading\") becoming \"extinct\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drinking straight from jugs (9)","output":"### Answer: BREASTFED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drinking straight from jugs\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nurse gets to make short work of a repressed policeman (9)","output":"### Answer: ENDEAVOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: policeman\nE[nrolled] N[urse] + A in (\"repressed by\") DEVOUR \u2013 Endeavour is the first name of Inspector Morse"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turning in one's irritation increased (5)","output":"### Answer: RISEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: increased\nHidden in reverse of oNE'S IRritation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I slapped Alice's bum \u2014 no good and not a logical way to win an argument (7,8)","output":"### Answer: SPECIAL PLEADING \n ### Explanation: Definition: not a logical way to win an argument\n(I SLAPPED ALICE)* + NG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country house like this cut rent, previously (7)","output":"### Answer: LESOTHO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Country\nSO (like this) in LET (to rent) + HO (house)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hearing again about shelter \u2014 time to turn over (7)","output":"### Answer: RETRIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hearing again\nRE (about) + reverse of LAIR + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: That is right \u2014 one that's managed at the top (7)","output":"### Answer: RANIERI \n ### Explanation: Definition: That is right \u2014 one that's managed at the top\nRAN (managed) + I.E.R + I, &lit \u2013 Claudio Ranieri, former footballer and current manager of Leicester City, who famously won the 2015-16 Premier League"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Result of depression whilst husband's away? Could be (3-12)","output":"### Answer: LOW-SPIRITEDNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Result of depression whilst husband's away? Could be\n(DEPRESSION WHILST)* less H, and a sort of &lit definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Current clue can't possibly impress (9)","output":"### Answer: INCULCATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: impress\nI (electric current) + (CLUE CAN'T)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Couple in difficulty (5)","output":"### Answer: HITCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Couple\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fat tax mentioned \u2014 thin on top! (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SPARE TYRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fat\nSPARE (thin) + homophone of \"tire\" (to tax)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bill's fellow rider (3-2)","output":"### Answer: ADD-ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: rider\nAD + DON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animal lover from country's said nothing \u2014 beast is providing lifts outside (7,2,6)","output":"### Answer: FRANCIS OF ASSISI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Animal lover\nHomophone of \"France's\" + O + ASS IS in reverse of IF (providing)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turned another colour after swallowing tablet and looking upset (3-4)","output":"### Answer: RED-EYED \n ### Explanation: Definition: looking upset\nE (ecstasy tablet) in REDYED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Embarrassing situation \u2014 knight pulled groin limbo dancing (9)","output":"### Answer: IMBROGLIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Embarrassing situation\n(GROIN LIMBO)* less N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bad boy's crimes affected social worker (9)","output":"### Answer: MISCREANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bad boy\nCRIMES* + ANT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being useless, essentially without instrument (7)","output":"### Answer: UTENSIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: instrument\nENS (\"being or existence\") in [F]UTIL[E]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: County female finished on top (7)","output":"### Answer: DONEGAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: County\nDONE + GAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inclined to be a fool about left (5)","output":"### Answer: ATILT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inclined\nL in A TIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Liberal dons feel sorry for king \u2026 and queen? (5)","output":"### Answer: RULER \n ### Explanation: Definition: queen?\nL in (\"donned by\") RUE (feel sorry for) + R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Radiator provided by a hotelier (3,6)","output":"### Answer: OIL HEATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Radiator\n(A HOTELIER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Showing no flaws, though I have a lot (5)","output":"### Answer: IDEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Showing no flaws\nI + DEAL (as in \"a great deal\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fork out for trunk at university (5,2)","output":"### Answer: STUMP UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fork out\nSTUMP (trunk \u2013 not sure how there are equivalent, perhaps as the trunk\/stump of a tree) + UP (at university)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regularly late, yet sounding chivalrous (7)","output":"### Answer: NIGHTLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Regularly late\nHomophone of \"knightly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Equestrian, it's clear, about to return (5)","output":"### Answer: RIDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Equestrian\nRID (clear) + reverse of RE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Accommodation for those not wishing to move when they retire (9)","output":"### Answer: BEDSITTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Accommodation for those not wishing to move when they retire\nCryptic definition \u2013 if you live in one you don't have far to go at bedtime.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Just the same, it can't be bettered (7,8)","output":"### Answer: PERFECT LIKENESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Just the same, it can't be bettered\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Salt recollected in sea song (9)","output":"### Answer: SEASONING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Salt\n(IN SEA SONG)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Targets given by teachers for work (5)","output":"### Answer: MARKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Targets\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bad habit in which Tom gets dressed as a French aristocrat (7)","output":"### Answer: VICOMTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a French aristocrat\nTOM* in VICE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: River of wine? (7)","output":"### Answer: MADEIRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: River\nDouble definition \u2013 the river is a tributary of the Amazon"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Famous composer? Hear, hear (5)","output":"### Answer: LISZT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Famous composer\nHomophone of \"list\" (=hear)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drowsy, left the cigar to go out (9)","output":"### Answer: LETHARGIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drowsy\nL + (THE CIGAR)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They are forced into private service (10)","output":"### Answer: CONSCRIPTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They are forced into private service\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Swimmer appears to be thrashing about (8)","output":"### Answer: FLOUNDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Swimmer\nDouble definition (sort of \u2013 the \"thrashing about\" indicates the wrong part of speech)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Even when frayed, it should be kept (6)","output":"### Answer: TEMPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Even when frayed, it should be kept\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A full one should give you a capital start (4)","output":"### Answer: STOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: A full one should give you a capital start\nCryptic definition \u2013 after a full stop the next letter would be a capital"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The crime of performing badly? (10)","output":"### Answer: WRONGDOING \n ### Explanation: Definition: The crime\nWRONG + DOING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Close to fighting, call on support (8)","output":"### Answer: RINGSIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Close to fighting\nRING (call) + SIDE (support, as in \"side with\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dismissive order to a drummer, perhaps (4,2)","output":"### Answer: BEAT IT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dismissive order to a drummer, perhaps\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's somebody's work, oddly enough (4)","output":"### Answer: PLAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's somebody's work\nCryptic definition: a play is a playwright's work, but play is also the opposite of work"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Painter's bill to cite rework (10)","output":"### Answer: BOTTICELLI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Painter\n(BILL TO CITE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Insects are developing immunity (10)","output":"### Answer: RESISTANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: immunity\n(INSECTS ARE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An outrage otherwise concealed by ill-will (8)","output":"### Answer: ENORMITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: An outrage\nOR in ENMITY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grannies making money (8)","output":"### Answer: EARNINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: money\nGRANNIES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To make a charge is a county council practice (6)","output":"### Answer: ACCUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: To make a charge\nA + CC + USE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old city of crazy artists (6)","output":"### Answer: MADRAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old city\nMAD RAS (RA = Royal Academician). \"Old city\" because Madras is now know as Chennai"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Evil, possibly depraved (4)","output":"### Answer: VILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: depraved\nEVIL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailor to finish the game on board (4)","output":"### Answer: MATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sailor\nDouble definition \u2013 the game is chess"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pill getting cold in a very hot sauce (7)","output":"### Answer: TABASCO \n ### Explanation: Definition: hot sauce\nTAB (Pill) + C in A SO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Meteorological formation right in position (7)","output":"### Answer: STRATUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Meteorological formation\nR in STATUS \u2013 Stratus is a type of cloud"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I drink when disheartened, as more aloof (5)","output":"### Answer: ICIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: more aloof\nI + CI[D]ER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some thinker, supporter kept in check by government department (9)","output":"### Answer: FOREBRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Some thinker\nFO (Foreign Office) + BRA in REIN (check)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vehicle tours doubly popular around the middle of Basildon, area untouched by the sun (6,4)","output":"### Answer: BIKINI LINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: area untouched by the sun\n[bas]IL[don] in IN IN, all in BIKE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pretty light (4)","output":"### Answer: FAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pretty\nDouble definition \u2013 I confidently put VERY here as one of my first entries (a Very light is a distress flare), causing myself some trouble later"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I don't know how I make money with debts (3,6,2)","output":"### Answer: IT\u2019S BEYOND ME \n ### Explanation: Definition: I don't know\n(I MONEY DEBTS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Middle Eastern nirvana in it's elapsed, somewhat in recession (11)","output":"### Answer: PALESTINIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Middle Eastern\nHiden in reverse of nirvaNA IN IT'S ELAPsed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: US singer-songwriter's notes, perhaps? (4)","output":"### Answer: CASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: US singer-songwriter\nDouble definition \u2013 the singer being Johnny Cash"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I end up struggling to catch winger, beginning to exhibit lack of skill (10)","output":"### Answer: INEPTITUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: lack of skill\nTIT (bird, winger) in (I END UP)* + E[xhibit]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dog kennels in Germany, an architectural feature (3,6)","output":"### Answer: BOW WINDOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: an architectural feature\nIN D in BOWWOW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wet second and first (5)","output":"### Answer: MOIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wet\nMO + 1ST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fruit grew hot (7)","output":"### Answer: ROSEHIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fruit\nROSE (grew) + HIP (fashionable, hot)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animal studied and highly-valued, it's said (3,4)","output":"### Answer: RED DEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Animal\nHomophone of \"read + dear\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short tweet getting through, it's felt (6)","output":"### Answer: TRILBY \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's felt\nTRIL[L] + BY (through)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Elastic persisting, most flexible (10)","output":"### Answer: SPRINGIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: most flexible\nPERSISTING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King Lear's opening, rubbish (5)","output":"### Answer: OFFAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: rubbish\nOFFA + L[ear]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jaguar ultimately has spotted coat? Grab one that's plain (9)","output":"### Answer: SERENGETI \n ### Explanation: Definition: plain\n[jagua]R in SEEN + GET I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Centre dismissed in game \u2014 red! (4)","output":"### Answer: RUBY \n ### Explanation: Definition: red\nRU[G]BY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trapped by bear, a tiger briefly leaves container (3,5)","output":"### Answer: TEA CADDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: leaves container\nA CA[T] in TEDDY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Start to dig the salt of the earth, among other things, as possible building material (3-5,6)","output":"### Answer: SUN-DRIED BRICKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: possible building material\nD[ig] + BRICK (salt of the earth) in SUNDRIES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hot fashion in order around 2000, describing spectacles, perhaps (4-6)","output":"### Answer: HORN-RIMMED \n ### Explanation: Definition: describing spectacles, perhaps\nH + MM in (IN ORDER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Low-fat mayo, perhaps \u2014 dive in naked! (6-3)","output":"### Answer: SKINNY-DIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: dive in naked\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Counter, on top of which room key (5,3)","output":"### Answer: SPACE BAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: key\nSPACE (room) + BAR (counter)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Swop tailored clothing passion for sporty trousers (4,4)","output":"### Answer: PLUS TWOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: sporty trousers\nLUST (passion) in SWOP* \u2013 like plus fours, only less so"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Head in miniature, wee like a mouse (6)","output":"### Answer: MURINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: like a mouse\nM[iniature] + URINE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unrelenting influence of children, affectedly proper and sweet (6,5)","output":"### Answer: PESTER POWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unrelenting influence of children\n(PROPER SWEET)* \u2013 as Chambers puts it, \"the ability of children to influence their parents' behaviour by making frequent requests\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flying off (4)","output":"### Answer: HIGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flying\nDouble definition \u2013 \"off\" as in food that has gone bad or \"high\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alexander drinking hot drink (6)","output":"### Answer: SHANDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\nH in Sandy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dye produced from male snake (6)","output":"### Answer: MADDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dye\nM + ADDER \u2013 madder is a dye made from plants of the genus Rubia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cannabis grown by extremely hirsute politician (4)","output":"### Answer: HEMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cannabis\nH[irsut]E + MP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Priest with sorry tale meets good girl that's seen in shop window (5,5)","output":"### Answer: PLATE GLASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's seen in shop window\nP + TALE* + G + LASS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English slang confused divine messengers (6)","output":"### Answer: ANGELS \n ### Explanation: Definition: divine messengers\nE + SLANG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Retired editor and member dined with representative (8)","output":"### Answer: DELEGATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: representative\nReverse of ED + LEG (member) + ATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Follow someone round shopping centre for chit-chat (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SMALL TALK \n ### Explanation: Definition: chit-chat\nMALL in STALK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Son yet to burst swelling (4)","output":"### Answer: STYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: swelling\nS + YET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rescue second bit of cork from wine (4)","output":"### Answer: SAVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rescue\nSOAVE (Italian wine) less [c]O[rk]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: South American admitting new crime over instrument (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SNARE DRUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: instrument\nN in SA + reverse of MURDER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shell ruined her plans (8)","output":"### Answer: SHRAPNEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shell\n(HER PLANS)* \u2013 I'm no military expert, but surely shrapnel is what a shell produces rather thean the shell itself"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mostly sell diamonds to Italian city (6)","output":"### Answer: VENICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Italian city\nVEN[D] + ICE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Handler of sea creatures mistreated his frogmen (10)","output":"### Answer: FISHMONGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Handler of sea creatures\n(HIS FROGMEN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Called for part of ladder (4)","output":"### Answer: RUNG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Called\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Navy twice entering part of ship where animals are kept (6)","output":"### Answer: KENNEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: where animals are kept\nN twice in KEEL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Present leaders of synod display non-conformist belief (6)","output":"### Answer: HERESY \n ### Explanation: Definition: non-conformist belief\nHERE (present) + SY[nod]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strict master leaves relative a bone (7)","output":"### Answer: STERNUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: bone\nSTERN + [M]UM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fruit in bottom of skip covered by pale bananas (5)","output":"### Answer: APPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fruit \n[SHI]P in PALE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place for dopiest criminal? (7)","output":"### Answer: DEPOSIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Place\nDOPIEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pigmented circle of plant artist rejected (6)","output":"### Answer: AREOLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pigmented circle\nReverse of ALOE + RA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very happy to be blonde indeed! (9)","output":"### Answer: DELIGHTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Very happy\nLIGHT \"in DEED\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prize claimed by retro setters (7)","output":"### Answer: ROSETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prize\nHidden in retRO SETTErs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Insect found by very tall parent? (5-4-4)","output":"### Answer: DADDY-LONG-LEGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Insect\nDouble definition \u2013 I believe this refers to a kind of spider in the US, but over here it's definitely an insect"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Massive thing lit a haven development (9)","output":"### Answer: LEVIATHAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Massive thing\n(LIT A HAVEN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Familiar routine in school getting mark of approval (7)","output":"### Answer: SCHTICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Familiar routine\nSCH + TICK \u2013 a Yiddish word (properly spelt \"shtik\") meaning \"a familiar routine\u2026 adopted by, and associated with, a comedian, etc\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dreamy piece of music written by clergyman on lake (7)","output":"### Answer: REVERIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dreamy piece of music\nREV + ERIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weird coincidence initially covered up by university childminder (7)","output":"### Answer: UNCANNY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Weird\nC[oincidence] in U NANNY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's agitated about small amount of sleep (6)","output":"### Answer: SNOOZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: sleep\nOZ (ounce, small amount) in ONES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thinner vegan eating sauce (5)","output":"### Answer: NERVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: sauce\nHidden in thinNER VEgan. Sauce\/nerve in the sense of cheek"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After church, longed to take a tea inside? Took certain steps (11)","output":"### Answer: CHA-CHA-CHAED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Took certain steps\nCH + A CHA in ACHED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sloppy work is accepted by roofing specialist (8)","output":"### Answer: SLAISTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sloppy work\nIS in SLATER \u2013 a Scots\/Northern word for \"wet slovenly work\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Backing raps, go at a lick (5)","output":"### Answer: SPANK \n ### Explanation: Definition: go at a lick\nReverse of KNAPS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time in Scottish isle for a local spree (5)","output":"### Answer: SKYTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a local spree\nT in SKYE \u2013 another Scots word, related to \"skit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Neck ornament from outfit that is reversed in greeting (7)","output":"### Answer: HEITIKI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Neck ornament\nReverse of (KIT IE) in HI"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Transformed bore's snorting cocaine, in the grove (6)","output":"### Answer: SCROBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: grove\nC in BORES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheers when right gets in \u2013 outstanding (10)","output":"### Answer: PROSILIENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: outstanding\nLIEN (legal right) in PROST (cheers!)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Enchantress bewitched mariner entering dingy hovel? (10)","output":"### Answer: REIM-KENNAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Enchantress\nKEN (\"a house, esp. a disreputable one\") in MARINER*; we have to read \"entering\" as \"inserting\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Injure the hooves of old brutes made to work (6)","output":"### Answer: SURBET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Injure the hooves of old\nBRUTES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hide on front of ancient shield (5)","output":"### Answer: PELTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: shield\nPELT A[ncient]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: North African location that's fresher according to taste (7)","output":"### Answer: TANGIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: North African location\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poke round centre of pus in swelling (5)","output":"### Answer: PROUD \n ### Explanation: Definition: swelling\n[P]U[S] in PROD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fusillade from religious campaigner (5)","output":"### Answer: SALVO \n ### Explanation: Fusillade from religious campaigner (5)\nDouble definition \u2013 gunshots, and a member of the Salvation Army, hence \"religious *campaigner\"*, I suppose"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something like a porthole on side of cruise vessel, cosmetic (8)","output":"### Answer: EYELINER \n ### Explanation: Definition: cosmetic\nEYE (\"a round hole or window\") + LINER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reversal of shares in spec had failed, leaving one short (12)","output":"### Answer: CASH-STRAPPED \n ### Explanation: Definition: short\nPARTS< in (SPEC HAD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Therapy can transform this druggie with art (4)","output":"### Answer: HYPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: druggie\nTHERAPY is an anagram of HYPE + ART"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leader of choir, one to separate its extreme members (6)","output":"### Answer: CANTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leader of choir\nAN TO in C[HOI]R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Confirmed boozer? His heart drops only a bit as doubles appear (5)","output":"### Answer: ALIKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: as doubles appear\nALKIE (alcoholic) with the central letter K moved down one place"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminal in a nick? Its contents are few (7)","output":"### Answer: CANIKIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Its contents are few\n(IN A NICK)* \u2013 it's a small can"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Element of this synonym describing 'difficult' fit (5)","output":"### Answer: HISSY \n ### Explanation: Definition: describing 'difficult' fit\nHidden in tHIS SYnonym"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Policemen abroad, one facing a risk when rumbled? (6)","output":"### Answer: ASKARI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Policemen abroad\nA + (A RISK)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unruly youth had up with older female, one behind bars? (8)","output":"### Answer: DETAINEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: one behind bars\nReverse of TED (Teddy Boy \u2013 unruly youth) + AINEE (femimine form of French \"older\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cures onset of twinge in bust? It's common among bathers (12)","output":"### Answer: BREAST STROKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's common among bathers\nREASTS (smokes, cures) in BROKE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seat missing head and leg making sort of slide? (7)","output":"### Answer: HAIRPIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: sort of slide\n[C]HAIR + PIN (leg)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In which every early Irish lord ruled here (8)","output":"### Answer: CHEVERYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Irish lord ruled here\nHidden in whiCH EVERY Early, and perhaps a try at an &lit, but the wording is a bit unnatural"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Caged creatures often having distorted leg and ribs (7)","output":"### Answer: GERBILS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Caged creatures often\n(LEG RIBS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old verse form isn't reproduced in the main (7)","output":"### Answer: SESTINA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old verse form\nISNT* in SEA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flat bracket as once seen in a funnel? (6)","output":"### Answer: MUTULE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flat bracket\nUT (old \"as\") in MULE \u2013 a funnel is a cross between a male horse and female donkey; a mule is usually the other way round but Chambers suggests that a looser interpretation is possible"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wild and woolly creature, girl in a state (6)","output":"### Answer: ARGALI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wild and woolly creature\nGAL in A R[hode] I[sland]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wretched characters in drain, rock bottom (5)","output":"### Answer: NADIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: rock bottom\nNADIR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not properly burnt, unchanged with a bit of lotion applied (5)","output":"### Answer: SAMEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not properly burnt\nSAME + L[otion] \u2013 used to describe an \"underburnt\" brick"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very little in press turned up? Not good (4)","output":"### Answer: EVIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not good\nV in reverse of LIE (for which Chambers gives \"to press\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One on mobile crashing Sierra seeing judge (9)","output":"### Answer: APPRAISER \n ### Explanation: Definition: judge\nAPP (one on mobile) + SIERRA* \u2013 rather unfortunate that this comes so soon after the sentencing of a lorry driver who killed four people after being distracted by his phone"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 5 in 1, say (5)","output":"### Answer: OPINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: say\nPI (Private Eye) in ONE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Love sex from behind hugging old singer's wife (4,3)","output":"### Answer: YOKO ONO \n ### Explanation: Definition: singer's wife\nO in reverse of O (love) + NOOKY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New colour walls intense (7)","output":"### Answer: VIOLENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: intense\nN in VIOLET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Had ring, got married around noon (5)","output":"### Answer: OWNED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Had\nO (ring) + N in WED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shot decent score in golf? Caddie regularly records ranking (3,6)","output":"### Answer: HIT PARADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: records ranking\nHIT (shot) + PAR (golf score) + alternate letters of cAdDiE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Real teaser? Diane James (UKIP) news story torn out (4,1,4,4,2,6,2,4)","output":"### Answer: MANY A TRUE WORD IS SPOKEN IN JEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Real teaser\n(DIANE JAMES UKIP NEWS STORY TORN)*, but I don't really understand the definition, except as a vague allusion to the phrase. Diane James recently stood down after only 18 days as the leader of UKIP. As I've said before, I'm not keen on these long anagrams, however ingenious or apposite they may be. I guessed this one when I had the crossing letters for SPOKEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor and mother almost watch performance (9)","output":"### Answer: RIGMAROLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: performance\nRIG (to doctor) + MA + ROLE[X]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trinket in tea room (5)","output":"### Answer: CHARM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trinket\nCHA (tea) + RM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: So, time up! Lie endlessly to get incentives (7)","output":"### Answer: STIMULI \n ### Explanation: Definition: incentives\nSo TIMe Up LIe, with the last letters omitted"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chapter in play is an old piece (7)","output":"### Answer: DRACHMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: an old piece\nCH in DRAMA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It could be butter on reflection? (5)","output":"### Answer: MARGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It could be butter on reflection\nReverse of EG (it could be) + RAM (a \"butter\"), &lit \u2013 taking us back to the old adverts that claimed that Stork, or some other margarine, tasted like butter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Paint can out, red is stirred (9)","output":"### Answer: UNDERCOAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Paint\n(CAN OUT RED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bobby Moore heartlessly playing with a teenager in the '60s? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: BABY BOOMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: teenager in the '60s\nAnagram of BOBBY MO[O]RE + A. Baby boomers are those born between about 1946 and 1964, some of whom (including me) would have been teenagers in at least some of the 1960s"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Me, by vodka shot (having skipped introductions), put on floor (6)","output":"### Answer: KAYOED \n ### Explanation: Definition: put on floor\nAnagram of [m]E [b]Y [v]ODKA \u2013 this word, or variants of it, have been popular recently: KAYOS from Arachne and KAYO from Paul"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Christmas box contains something given for playing loud music? (4)","output":"### Answer: ASBO \n ### Explanation: Definition: something given for playing loud music\nHidden in christmAS BOx. For those that don't know this acronym, it's an Anti-social behaviour order \u2013 I see from the Wikipedia article that they no longer exist"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldier to inspect magazine (7,3)","output":"### Answer: PRIVATE EYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: magazine\nPRIVATE (soldier) + EYE (inspect)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State how Trump refers to race? Trouble follows (8)","output":"### Answer: COLORADO \n ### Explanation: Definition: State\nCOLOR (American spelling of \"colour\", hence \"race\") + ADO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pictures home with space around houses (6)","output":"### Answer: CINEMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pictures\nIN + EM in CA (circa, about)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet, as Mourinho gets sacked (10)","output":"### Answer: HARMONIOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sweet\n(AS MOURINHO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They help some do business course \u2014 learner filling in exams (5,5)","output":"### Answer: EPSOM SALTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They help some do business\nEPSOM (race course) + L in SATS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They reckon a conservative exploits nurses (8)","output":"### Answer: ABACUSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: They reckon\nA C in ABUSES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Day airport doesn't open place for terminal departure? (5,3)","output":"### Answer: DEATH ROW \n ### Explanation: Definition: place for terminal departure\nD + [H]EATHROW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Swelling: it stops blood (6)","output":"### Answer: GOITRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Swelling\nIT in GORE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Directors check broadcasts (6)","output":"### Answer: CHAIRS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Directors\nCH + AIRS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A little sore when run is miles (4)","output":"### Answer: SOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: A little\nSORE with R replaced by M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American guy failed English (4)","output":"### Answer: DUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: American guy\nDUD + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Generous applause? A bit (8)","output":"### Answer: HANDSOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Generous\nHAND (applause) + SOME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agree with right-wing scoundrel (6)","output":"### Answer: CONCUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Agree\nCON[servative] + CUR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show appreciation of the hard stuff without hesitation (4,1,4)","output":"### Answer: LIKE A SHOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: without hesitation\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Island of the Greeks, or of the Spanish (5)","output":"### Answer: DELOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Island of the Greeks\nDE LOS is Spanish for \"of the\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Orienteering involves partners in selfish behaviour (3-9)","output":"### Answer: MAN\u2011SPREADING \n ### Explanation: Definition: selfish behaviour\nN S (partners in Bridge) in MAP READING \u2013 \"a neologism used to describe a man sitting in public transport with legs wide apart, thereby covering more than one seat\": a familiar sight, even if you don't know the expression"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hello, sailor! (4)","output":"### Answer: AHOY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hello, sailor\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Altering a single letter, strong grip secretary's taken on bureaucratic nightmare (10)","output":"### Answer: PAPERCHASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: bureaucratic nightmare\nPA (secretary) + PURCHASE (strong grip) with the U changed to E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Water could flow and came thus from woodwork? (7,3)","output":"### Answer: CRAWLED OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: came thus from woodwork\n(WATER COULD)* \u2013 referring to the expression \"crawled out of the woodwork\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lament singular country expressed? (4)","output":"### Answer: WAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lament\nHomophone of \"Wale\", a fanciful \"singular\" of \"Wales\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Run into tax on business producing hypocritical poster (7,5)","output":"### Answer: CONCERN TROLL \n ### Explanation: Definition: hypocritical poster\nR in CONCERN (business) + TOLL (tax) \u2013 \"Someone who posts to an internet forum or newsgroup, claiming to share its goals while deliberately working against those goals, typically, by claiming \"concern\" about group plans to engage in productive activity, urging members instead to attempt some activity that would damage the group's credibility, or alternatively to give up on group projects entirely.\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A disguise said to be useful (5)","output":"### Answer: AVAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: to be useful\nHomophone of \"a veil\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drunk, be taken over by hopeless inertia (9)","output":"### Answer: INEBRIATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drunk\nBE in INERTIA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's unavoidable when born a dame (4-2)","output":"### Answer: NEED BE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's unavoidable\nNEE (born) + DBE (standing for the full title \"Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire\", female equivalent of the KBE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A descendant tours one foreign capital (8)","output":"### Answer: ASUNCION \n ### Explanation: Definition: foreign capital\nUN (French \"one\") in A SCION. Asunci\u00f3n is the capital of Paraguay"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Success, covering top of lift shaft (4)","output":"### Answer: HILT \n ### Explanation: Definition: shaft\nL[ift] in HIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Viciously attack note on instrument (4)","output":"### Answer: NUKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Viciously attack\nN + UKE (ukulele)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soviet leader chucked in a German camp (6)","output":"### Answer: STALAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: camp\nSTALIN with IN \"chucked\" + A G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leading pair in heretic group of mine almost converted Diana (2,7,3,1)","output":"### Answer: MY HUSBAND AND I \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leading pair\nThis is the obscure one: Jan Hus was a Czech priest burned for heresy in 1415, so a \"heretic group of mine\" could be MY HUS BAND, followed by AND I, which is an anagram of DIAN[A]. It's a phrase associated with the Queen (hence \"leading pair\"), but in fact not used much, if at all, by her for many years; I suspect she may have been advised against it because it was widely lampooned"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldiers move gleefully, clutching new weaponry (8)","output":"### Answer: ORDNANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: weaponry\nN in OR (other ranks \u2013 soldiers) DANCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appeal Lily put out to Doris: stop work (4,2,1,3)","output":"### Answer: CALL IT A DAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: stop work\nIT (appeal) in CALLA (a type of lily) + [Doris] DAY (actress) \u2013 I had trouble parsing this as I was trying to make appeal = CALL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bank stores finished letter with agreement but no will (10)","output":"### Answer: RESIGNEDLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: with agreement but no will\nSIGNED (\"finished letter\") in RELY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Backs small numbers to receive mercy (5-8)","output":"### Answer: THREE QUARTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Backs\nQUARTER (mercy) in THREES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drinking tea, endlessly observing Albert (5,5)","output":"### Answer: WATCH CHAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Albert\nCHA in WATCHIN[G] \u2013 a Prince Albert is a type of watch chain"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: theguardian.com is one no man made work (6,4)","output":"### Answer: DOMAIN NAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: theguardian.com is one\nAnagram of I (one) + NO MAN MADE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Delight to beat American singing group (4,4)","output":"### Answer: GLEE CLUB \n ### Explanation: Definition: American singing group\nGLEE + CLUB"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not good to throw around gold coin (6)","output":"### Answer: FLORIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: coin\nOR in FLING less G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Using loose pad, I dry bed (4)","output":"### Answer: WADI \n ### Explanation: Definition: bed\nWAD (loose pad) + I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agog to see Wounded Knee (4)","output":"### Answer: KEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Agog\nKNEE* \u2013 a very easy one to finish with"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Allegorist's work written after deep reflection (5)","output":"### Answer: AESOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Allegorist\nReverse of SEA + OP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most resentful, driven to extremes by Anglican priest (8)","output":"### Answer: ANGRIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most resentful\nOuter letters of ANG[lican p]RIEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Late cut imposed by government (11,3)","output":"### Answer: INHERITANCE TAX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Late cut imposed by government\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cleaned up last of goo that's hung around (8)","output":"### Answer: HOOVERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cleaned up\n[go]O in HOVERED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Church of England deacon's first in diocese to pull out (6)","output":"### Answer: SECEDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to pull out\nCD + D[eacon] in SEE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Delivers lectures after colleague's third one (9)","output":"### Answer: LIBERATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Delivers\n[co]L[league] + I (one) + BERATES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Needing a place to go, fellow's withdrawn (5)","output":"### Answer: ALOOF \n ### Explanation: Definition: withdrawn\nA + ~~reverse of~~ LOO (toilet, place to go) + F"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Don to test lines in fashion (3,2)","output":"### Answer: TRY ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Don to test\nRY (railway, lines) in TON (fashion) \u2013 to try something on is to don it as a test"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sue fell over bench here (9)","output":"### Answer: COURTROOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: bench here\nCOURT (to sue) + reverse of MOOR (fell)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Source of milk for army medic in capital? (6)","output":"### Answer: MOSCOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: capital\nThe source of milk is the MO'S COW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hard evidence of life in realms of Neptune and Pluto (8)","output":"### Answer: SEASHELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hard evidence of life\nSEAS (Neptune's realm in mythology) + HELL (Pluto's) \u2013 very nice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sex party: beauty shot making historic record (6,8)","output":"### Answer: BAYEUX TAPESTRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: historic record\n(SEX PARTY BEAUTY)* \u2013 the pictorial record of the Norman conquest in 1066, which is really an embroidery, not a tapestry, and was probably made in England, though it's now exhibited in Bayeux (I saw it there \u2013 eek! \u2013 nearly 50 years ago)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Transport back in family's favour (8)","output":"### Answer: KINDNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: favour\nReverse of SEND (to transport) in KIN'S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vogue journalist didn't last (5)","output":"### Answer: FADED \n ### Explanation: Definition: didn't last\nFAD (vogue) + ED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Great enjoyment from a superior type of dancing (1,4,3,4)","output":"### Answer: A\u00a0HIGH\u00a0OLD\u00a0TIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Great enjoyment\nA + HIGH (superior) + OLD-TIME (dance)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Youngster departs leaving trunk beside train (9)","output":"### Answer: SCHOOLBOY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Youngster\nSCHOOL (to train) + BODY (trunk) less D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remove press, under pressure (5)","output":"### Answer: PURGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Remove\nP + URGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Genuine article received by BBC missing last chapter (9)","output":"### Answer: AUTHENTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Genuine\nTHE in AUNTI[e] (BBC nickname) + C"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On the way, I abandoned honour (4)","output":"### Answer: GONG \n ### Explanation: Definition: honour\nGOING less I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Awkward adjustment to get in lane (9)","output":"### Answer: INELEGANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Awkward\n(GET IN LANE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish glide on the surface (5)","output":"### Answer: SKATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fish\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Minding your own business? (4-8)","output":"### Answer: SELF-EMPLOYED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Minding your own business\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deteriorate, as hungry hens might? (3,2,4)","output":"### Answer: RUN TO SEED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deteriorate\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vessels crack up below neck (9)","output":"### Answer: SAUCEPANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vessels\nSAUCE (insolence, neck) + reverse of SNAP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With nobody coming in, Cook stood alone (2,4,3)","output":"### Answer: ON ONE\u2019S TOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: alone\nNONE in STOOD* \u2013 this expression is rhyming slang, from Tod Sloan"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Language most extreme characters used in Westminster? (5)","output":"### Answer: SWAZI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Language\nAZ in SW1 (Westminster postcode area)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Individual without husband on this? (5)","output":"### Answer: SHELF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Individual without husband on this\nH in SELF, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shaft cut, keeping close to well (4)","output":"### Answer: AXLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shaft\n[wel]L in AXE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party member left in the same place, one dumped (3-3)","output":"### Answer: LIB-DEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Party member\nL + IBIDEM (Latin for \"in the same place\", usually abbreviated to \"ibid.\") minus the second I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appeal to protect tree by hospital power supply years ago (6,4)","output":"### Answer: CALDER HALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: power supply years ago\nALDER + H in CALL \u2013 part of what is now Sellafield"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In advance, give a sort of force to claim (10)","output":"### Answer: PRETENSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: claim\nPRE + TENSION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Substitute powdering her nose, by the sound of it? (2,4)","output":"### Answer: IN LIEU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Substitute\nHomophone of \"in loo\" \u2013 \"powdering my nose\" is a euphemism for going to the toilet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Right-wing bunch that was organised by one proverbially mad? (3,5)","output":"### Answer: TEA PARTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Right-wing bunch\nDouble definition \u2013 reference to the Mad Hatter's tea party in *Alice in Wonderland"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cold part in which fish is taken by one reptile (9)","output":"### Answer: CROCODILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: reptile\nCOD I in C ROLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small piece of paper in sink (4)","output":"### Answer: SLIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small piece of paper\nJust a double definition, I think, despite the misleading S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Education's No 1 place to the West? (4)","output":"### Answer: YALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Education's No 1 place to the West\nE[ducation] + LAY, reversed, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Colon now having a turn with obstruction (9)","output":"### Answer: ASPINWALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Colon now\nA SPIN (turn) + WALL \u2013 obstruction. A former name for the city of Col\u00f3n in Panama (as I did not know)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Condition is put into agreement for one seeking to avoid conflict (8)","output":"### Answer: PACIFIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: one seeking to avoid conflict\nIF IS in PACT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nude is forced to get minimal attire (6)","output":"### Answer: UNDIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: minimal attire\n(NUDE IS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Group meeting this month, one absolutely fixed (3,2,5)","output":"### Answer: SET IN STONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: absolutely fixed\nSET (group) + INST (this month) + ONE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Imprisoned in Exeter, a human demon (4)","output":"### Answer: RAHU \n ### Explanation: Definition: demon\nHidden in exeteR A HUman : a demon in Hindu mythology"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lovers being brusque almost after social function (6)","output":"### Answer: DOTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lovers\nDO (party, social function) + TERS[E]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Confused situation created by men in service (6)","output":"### Answer: MORASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Confused situation\nOR (other ranks) in MASS (religious service)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American lyricist said to be someone still developing technique? (7)","output":"### Answer: LEARNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: someone still developing technique\nHomophone of [Alan Jay] Lerner, lyricist of *My Fair Lady* etc"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hot dish served up in Italian party (5)","output":"### Answer: BALTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hot dish\nReverse of IT + LAB[our]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Interpret old poet (7)","output":"### Answer: EXPOUND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Interpret\nEX [Ezra] Pound"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A writer enthralling mum, being transformative? (6)","output":"### Answer: APEMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: being transformative\nMA in A PEN \u2013 a \"transformative being\" or intermediate species"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Profane girl lacking seriousness (9)","output":"### Answer: DISHALLOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Profane\nDI + SHALLOW \u2013 strange-looking word until you read it as dis-hallow, = to profane"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Female in something underground before work that is well above ground level (7)","output":"### Answer: ROOFTOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: that is well above ground level\nF in ROOT + OP[us]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I start life that's formed with tiny particle? (13)","output":"### Answer: FERTILISATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: I start life that's formed with tiny particle\n(I START LIFE)* + ION, and a nice &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stardust is evident in court \u2014 one believes everything has been planned (9)","output":"### Answer: CALVINIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: one believes everything has been planned\nALVIN (Stardust, rock singer) + IS in CT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Long day in which one has little energy when books are balanced? (4,3)","output":"### Answer: YEAR END \n ### Explanation: Definition: when books are balanced\nE in YEARN D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Routine changes where life develops (2,5)","output":"### Answer: IN UTERO \n ### Explanation: Definition: where life develops\nROUTINE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sediment outside back of the church drains (7)","output":"### Answer: LEECHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: drains\n[th]E + CH in LEES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mug takes stupid risks injecting drug (6)","output":"### Answer: KISSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mug\nE in RISKS* \u2013 mug and kisser are both slang for the face"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fran\u00e7oise who played tennis, ace on grass (5)","output":"### Answer: DURRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: grass\nFran\u00e7oise D\u00dcRR (a famous and highly successful tennis player I had never heard of) + A, to give another name (also new to me) for Sorghum"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hanky-panky king breaking bank, say? (6,8)","output":"### Answer: MONKEY BUSINESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hanky-panky\nK in MONEY BUSINESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Might one secure horse, or look to inhale dope? (5)","output":"### Answer: LASSO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Might one secure horse\nASS (idiot, dope) in LO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good Lord is merciful (8)","output":"### Answer: GRACIOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Good Lord\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: City where bird's docked after brief tack (7)","output":"### Answer: NAIROBI \n ### Explanation: Definition: City\nNAI[L] + ROBI[N]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cleaner artist succeeding, having wiped rear (7)","output":"### Answer: KLEENEX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cleaner\n[Paul] KLEE + NEX[T]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dressing I love, head in lint, best bandages (5)","output":"### Answer: AIOLI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dressing\nI O + L[int] in A1 (best)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More likely to bounce back, more like May might you say? (9)","output":"### Answer: SPRINGIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: More likely to bounce back\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Starter despatched, desserts fresh out of the oven in range of slugs (5,4)","output":"### Answer: RIFLE SHOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: range of slugs\n[T]RIFLES + HOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Marvellous computer screens generating interest, initially (5)","output":"### Answer: MAGIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Marvellous\nG[aining] I[nterest] in MAC (computer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tremendous battle, lost cause, never ends (7)","output":"### Answer: MONSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tremendous\nMONS (WW1 battle) + last letters of losT causE neveR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Architectural feature I see in European city (7)","output":"### Answer: PORTICO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Architectural\nI C in PORTO (local name for what we call Oporto)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Swimming in state, contents of bath swallowed (8)","output":"### Answer: NATATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Swimming\n[b]AT[h] in NATION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refuse drink, very strong (5)","output":"### Answer: CHAFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Refuse\nCHA (tea, drink) + FF (fortissimo, literally \"very strong\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capital turned over by Hollywood actor, hero getting cheers (6,1,7)","output":"### Answer: THANKS A MILLION \n ### Explanation: Definition: cheers\nT[om] HANKS + reverse of LIMA + LION (hero)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Other half of worryingly immature plan? (7,5)","output":"### Answer: MELANIA TRUMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Other half\n(IMMATURE PLAN)* and an all-too-appropriate surface reading"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Welcomed back by enemies, industrious Japanese American (5)","output":"### Answer: NISEI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Japanese American\nHidden in reverse of enemIES INdustrious \u2013 \"an American or Canadian whose parents were immigrants from Japan\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Save someone nice, shelled in error (9)","output":"### Answer: ECONOMISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Save\nAnagram os SOMEONE [n]IC[e]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Villain escaping justice punched by Women's Institute, important people (7)","output":"### Answer: BIGWIGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: important people\nWI in [Ronnie] BIGGS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kiss money (7)","output":"### Answer: SMACKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kiss\nDouble definition \u2013 slang word for a pound, I think more commonly used in the plural, as in \"five smackers\", or \"smackeroonies\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Knowing little, one impressed by church body (5)","output":"### Answer: NAIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Knowing little\nI in NAVE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Involved in fraud, one in five not looking straight? (9)","output":"### Answer: SQUINTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: looking straight\nQUIN (one of five) in STING (a con, fraud)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sucker, one no longer in love with farm worker? (9,3)","output":"### Answer: EXTRACTOR FAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sucker\nEX TRACTOR FAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Romantic composer in many cases sounded ahead of baroque composer (9)","output":"### Answer: OFFENBACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Romantic composer\nHomophone of \"often\" + BACH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Digital manicure shaped tip of fingernail (9)","output":"### Answer: NUMERICAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Digital\nMANICURE* + [fingernai]L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leading woman, Queen Sturgeon's back in Scottish team (3,4)","output":"### Answer: HER NIBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leading woman\nER + [sturgeo]N in HIBS (Hibernian, football team)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Name of a place where Cruise, say, is about \u00a325 (7)","output":"### Answer: TOPONYM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Name of a place\nPONY (slang for \u00a325) in TOM (Cruise, actor)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ultimate in American wit, a funny author (5)","output":"### Answer: TWAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: author\nAnagram of [america]N + WIT + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Porcelain from Hiroshima, right? (5)","output":"### Answer: IMARI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Porcelain\nHidden in hirosIMA RI, and an apt surface as Imari is a kind of Japanese pottery"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scorer defining route for lexicographer (7)","output":"### Answer: WEBSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: lexicographer\nST (street, route) in [Carl Maria von] WEBER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Catchy thing, 16th incantation? (7)","output":"### Answer: MANTRAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Catchy thing\nIf the first incantation is Mantra A, the 16th is MANTRA P"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Joker somewhat caustic, I'm occasionally contrary (5)","output":"### Answer: COMIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Joker\nHidden in reverse of caustiC, I'M OCcasionally"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rats dropping in, tenor distraught, one in a state? (9)","output":"### Answer: VERMONTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one in a state\nVERM[in] + TENOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Film director requires great intellect to capture scene after evacuation (10)","output":"### Answer: EISENSTEIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Film director\nS[cen]E in EINSTEIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: President is cross (4)","output":"### Answer: FORD \n ### Explanation: Definition: President\nDouble definition \u2013 there's also John Ford, who wrote music for some classic Westerns"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As swine in decay, they can't fly (11)","output":"### Answer: CASSOWARIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: they can't fly\nAS SOW in CARIES (dental decay)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Point to the new 19 and use new one of 5 down's (4,4,1,4,2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: ONCE UP A TIME IN THE WEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: one of 5 down's\nAnagram of POINT TO THE NEW CINEMA + USE. As usual with these long anagrams, I admire the construction, and in this case particularly the reference to another answer, but probably wouldn't have bothered to work it out if I didn't have to explain it here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of 5 down's is Jerusalem, with those people at the front (3,7)","output":"### Answer: THE MISSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: One of 5 down's\nTHEM (those people) + IS SION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being prepared, add last of sauce to sardines in a stew (9)","output":"### Answer: READINESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Being prepared\nSARDINES* + S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chance rugby game won't start (5)","output":"### Answer: EVENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chance\n[S]EVENS (type of Rugby)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shame to shackle American bear (7)","output":"### Answer: SUSTAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: bear\nUS in STAIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good and bad (6)","output":"### Answer: WICKED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Good\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen, perhaps, wrapping up problem puzzle (6)","output":"### Answer: BEMUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: puzzle\nReverse of SUM in BEE (which could be a queen)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Authority in control, he has contract for renegotiation (10)","output":"### Answer: TECHNOCRAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Authority in control\n(HE CONTRACT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pin I check under top of roof (5)","output":"### Answer: RIVET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pin\nR[oof] + I VET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Right image adopted by greater Italian scorer (9)","output":"### Answer: MORRICONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Italian scorer\nR ICON in MORE \u2013 Ennio Morricone, Italian composer who is probably most famous for his huge output of film music, some of which appears elsewhere in the puzzle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Only off for 12 (4)","output":"### Answer: NOON \n ### Explanation: Definition: 12\nIf you only have \"off\" then you have NO ON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Install new parts, strong girder finally put up over it (8)","output":"### Answer: RETROFIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Install new parts\nReverse of FORTE [girde]R + IT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scorer sent in, as doubled up in torment (5-5)","output":"### Answer: SAINT-SAENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scorer\n(SENT IN AS AS)* \u2013 music from *The Carnival of the Animals* was used in the film *Days of Heaven*, for which Morricone wrote most of the music"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most insignificant languages ultimately easiest to pick up (9)","output":"### Answer: SLIGHTEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most insignificant\n[language]S + LIGHTEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pitch business with regret after turning up to see Brussels official (8)","output":"### Answer: EUROCRAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brussels official\nReverse of TAR (pitch) CO (business) + RUE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Group meeting bending over to welcome Lutheran leader (8)","output":"### Answer: CONCLAVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Group meeting\nL[utheran] in CONCAVE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of 5 down's ideas, a Roman pic for composition (6,8)","output":"### Answer: CINEMA PARADISO \n ### Explanation: Definition: One of 5 down's\n(IDEAS A ROMAN PIC)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agreement is working under alliance of nations (6)","output":"### Answer: UNISON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Agreement\nUN + IS ON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Films to avoid, including Terminator for a start (5)","output":"### Answer: MISTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Films\nT[erminator] in MISS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foul conclusion in contest, ugly (4)","output":"### Answer: VILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: ugly\n[fou]L in VIE (to contest)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Liqueur isn't drunk in a British hospital (7)","output":"### Answer: ABSINTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Liqueur\nISNT* in A B H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bother includes this for new parent \u2013 it's bottomless (5)","output":"### Answer: ABYSM \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's bottomless\nThe new parent is \"baby's mother\", which leaves \"bother\" when you remove the ABYSM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Horseman in the wars, separated from gig, laughing wildly (5)","output":"### Answer: UHLAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Horseman in the wars\nAnagram of LAUGHING less the letters of GIG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lad found wild vetch in trees (6)","output":"### Answer: ALDERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: trees\nLAD* + ERS (\"the bitter vetch\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: US backwoods no longer on one's doorstep? Shows displeasure about that (7)","output":"### Answer: BOONIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: US backwoods\nNIE (old form of \"nigh\") in BOOS \u2013 a shortened form of the perhaps more familiar \"boondocks\", meaning wild or remote country"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like a damp squib? Hate it going off cold afte 6th of November (8)","output":"### Answer: BATHETIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like a damp squib\nB (sixth letter of november) + (HATE IT)*+ C, with a typo for \"after\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Navigational aid for planes created in Alberta (Canada) (5)","output":"### Answer: TACAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Navigational aid for planes\nHidden"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fine US novelist in a lather (5)","output":"### Answer: FROTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: lather\nF + (Philip) ROTH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Server making erstwhile tennis star tense (5)","output":"### Answer: ASHET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Server\n(Arthur) ASHE + T \u2013 it's a serving dish"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vessel for one \u2013 or none? Stick around (5)","output":"### Answer: CANOE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vessel for one\nO (zero) CANE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scotsman's mean, sister admitting a rage when hard done by (8)","output":"### Answer: NEAR-GAUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scotsman's mean\n(A RAGE)* in NUN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small radius in two records, rarely separate (7)","output":"### Answer: DISCERP \n ### Explanation: Definition: rarely separate\nR (radius) in DISC + EP (two types of record)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Australian enters wearing hat with patterned ornamentation (6)","output":"### Answer: INLAID \n ### Explanation: Definition: with patterned ornamentation\nA in IN LID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Name of distinguished scientists I introduced to their priest? (5)","output":"### Answer: CURIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Name of distinguished scientists\nI in CUR&Eactute; (French priest)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having a prominent belly (10)","output":"### Answer: VENTRICOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Having a prominent belly\nThe competition word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something like a moraine found in The Skerries (5)","output":"### Answer: ESKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Something like a moraine\nHidden"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Self-conscious about comb reduced to fragments (7)","output":"### Answer: SHREDDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: reduced to fragments\nREDD (to tidy, or comb) in SHY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beat type, vagrant swapping portions (4)","output":"### Answer: BOHO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beat type\nHOBO with its two halves swapped \u2013 short for Bohemian, or \"beat type\"\/Beatnik"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poor soil, a mixture of chalk and so on (9)","output":"### Answer: SOLONCHAK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poor soil\n(CHALK SON ON)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small fish I set before granny, good inside (6)","output":"### Answer: INANGA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small fish\nI + G in NANA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Energy spent, the harvest reveals Scot's traditional belief (6)","output":"### Answer: THREAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scot's traditional belief\nTHE less E + REAP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet's vow to produce opening of elegy in a hurry (6)","output":"### Answer: HEASTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poet's vow\nE[legy] in HASTE \u2013 Spenserian variant of \"hest\", itself also an archaic word for a vow, related to \"behest\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left inside, the old carry on with proficiency (4)","output":"### Answer: ABLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: with proficiency\nL in ABY (to continue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bed rug having slipped off, one's stirring (6)","output":"### Answer: BUDGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one's stirring\n(BED RUG)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some Peruvian money restricting source of action, a sweetener (8)","output":"### Answer: SORBITOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: a sweetener\nORBIT in SOL (Peruvian currency) \u2013 Chambers gives \"sphere of action\" for ORBIT, which I'm not sure is the same as \"source..\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wee Scots birdie, she comes fluttering through (11)","output":"### Answer: MOSS-CHEEPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wee Scots birdie\n(SHE COMES)* + PER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Real advances before almost headlong start of enfilade (11)","output":"### Answer: SUBSTANTIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Real\nSUBS (advance payments) + TANTIV[Y] + E[nfilade]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drunk? Drunk having imbibed barrel \u2013 not good, right? (9)","output":"### Answer: STONKERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drunk\nKE[G] + R in STONED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Roughly looks at housing senior service in old barracks (8)","output":"### Answer: CASERNES \n ### Explanation: Definition: old barracks\nRN (Royal Navy, the senior service) in CA (about, roughly) + SEES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worker losing openings for work after that political scandal (6)","output":"### Answer: ERGATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Worker\nWATERGATE less the first letters of Work After That"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worsted ribbon, most ungentlemanly? (6)","output":"### Answer: CADDIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Worsted ribbon\n\"Most\", i.e. almost, CADDIS[H] \u2013 apparently no connection with the Caddis fly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vacate clubhouse couch (6)","output":"### Answer: QUITCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: couch\nQUIT + CH \u2013 another name for couch grass"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tax, common custom added at foot of bill (6)","output":"### Answer: ACCUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tax\nACC (account, bill \u2013 a change from the more usual AC) + USE (common custom)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Celtic strip, exciting for the fans without ambient chant? (4)","output":"### Answer: TIRR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Celtic strip\nSTIRRING (exciting for the fans \u2013 or anyone else!) less the surrounding SING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mansion's closing? It's free to go round outside (4)","output":"### Answer: RIND \n ### Explanation: Definition: outside\n[mansio]N in RID (free). Having just done the Everyman as a warm-up, I was primed for this from that puzzle's 26a: \"Clear about nitrogen outside\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No one in particular risking being run over? (3,2,3,6)","output":"### Answer: MAN IN THE STREET \n ### Explanation: Definition: No one in particular\nDouble definition, with \"in the street\" meaning \"walking in the middle of the road\", I suppose, though it doesn't really have that connotation for me"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be editor of Independent, admitting wife is no friend of cyclists (4,4)","output":"### Answer: HEAD WIND \n ### Explanation: Definition: no friend of cyclists\nW in HEAD IND"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small car to tour one's island, or islands (10)","output":"### Answer: MICRONESIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: islands\nONE'S I in [Nissan] MICRA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be hard to swallow, as snack in pub: conviction follows (6,6)","output":"### Answer: BEGGAR BELIEF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Be hard to swallow\nEGG in BAR + BELIEF (conviction) \u2013 not keen on this, as BELIEF has pretty much the same meaning in the cryptic reading and the answer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They're the world's biggest: word does get round (8)","output":"### Answer: REDWOODS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They're the world's biggest\n(WORD DOES)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remarkable Edith Evans in the lead gets awarded part that can't be changed (3,3,2,4)","output":"### Answer: THE DIE IS CAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: that can't be changed\nEDITH* + E[vans] + IS CAST (= gets a part) \u2013 from Julius Caesar's (alleged) phrase, Alea iacta est"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Russian notes endless desire to take litre in hard liquor (4,4)","output":"### Answer: SWAN LAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Russian notes\nWAN[T] + L in SAKE \u2013 ballet with music by Tchaikovsky, hence \"Russian notes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Discredit popular girl I go out with (10)","output":"### Answer: INVALIDATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Discredit\nIN (popular) + VAL + I DATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The situation: what a lot of whoppers our country tells! (3,3,4,4)","output":"### Answer: HOW\u00a0THE\u00a0LAND\u00a0LIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: The situation\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Setter accepts a second opportunity: it opens out (8,6)","output":"### Answer: CASEMENT\u00a0WINDOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: it opens out\nA S in CEMENT (a \"setter\") + WINDOW (opportunity)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wicketkeeper quietly dropped for silly mistake (6)","output":"### Answer: STUMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: silly mistake\nSTUMPER (as a wicketkeeper might be) less P \u2013 not sure whether I've seen this word before: it can mean a counterfeit note, a failure, or a horse sure to lose, as well as a silly mistake, as here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Virtually \u2014 gold? (2,4,2)","output":"### Answer: AS GOOD AS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Virtually\nDefinition + hint"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fight to keep the NHS so? (4-3-3)","output":"### Answer: FREE-FOR-ALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fight\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old-fashioned bum paper (6,3,5)","output":"### Answer: BEHIND THE TIMES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old-fashioned\nBEHIND (bottom, bum) + THE TIMES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I want more from officer before coming round (6)","output":"### Answer: ENCORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: I want more\nNCO in ERE (before)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Saviours of the planet like Kermit to have fun (5,5)","output":"### Answer: GREEN PARTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Saviours of the planet\nGREEN (like Kermit the Frog) + PARTY (have fun)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thought: I don't run the paper on whisky! (8)","output":"### Answer: IMAGINED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thought\nI'M A GIN ED[itor]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heartily destroy every memory (6)","output":"### Answer: RECALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: memory\n[w]REC[k] + ALL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sound of bouncing around tail of the plane (6)","output":"### Answer: BOEING \n ### Explanation: Definition: plane\n[th]E in BOING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exploit soundly-built farm girl (8)","output":"### Answer: MILKMAID \n ### Explanation: Definition: farm girl\nMILK (to exploit) + homophone of \"made\" (built)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Set new record that's very demanding (5)","output":"### Answer: STEEP \n ### Explanation: Definition: very demanding\nSET* + EP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agreement to unit working the instrument (9)","output":"### Answer: ACCORDION \n ### Explanation: Definition: instrument\nACCORD + 1 (unit) + ON (working)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In which a boxer may drop his guard? (3,6)","output":"### Answer: DOG KENNEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: In which a boxer may drop his guard\nCryptic definition, though I'm not entirely sure what Rufus is getting at here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl in New York taking speed (5)","output":"### Answer: NYMPH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Girl\nNY + M.P.H."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No longer plentiful, for instance (7)","output":"### Answer: EXAMPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: instance\nEX + AMPLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sausage and veal cooked in sauce (7)","output":"### Answer: SAVELOY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sausage\nVEAL* in SOY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Statement of faith many repeat (5)","output":"### Answer: CREDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Statement of faith\nC (100) + REDO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The German returns depressed (3)","output":"### Answer: SAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: depressed\nReverse of DAS, German \"the\" for neuter nouns"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clause added for a cyclist (5)","output":"### Answer: RIDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clause added\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fifty snakes \u2014 and their partners (7)","output":"### Answer: LADDERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: their partners\nL + ADDERS \u2013 I'm sure I've seen this, or something like it, a few times before"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unnecessary loss of a point irritates (7)","output":"### Answer: NEEDLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: irritates\nNEEDLES[S] \u2013 .. and this one even more often"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They are bound to look better and last longer (5)","output":"### Answer: BOOKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They are bound to look better and last longer\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Began by being made a member (9)","output":"### Answer: INITIATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Began\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An old philosopher now in charge of dissecting? (9)","output":"### Answer: ANATOMIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: now in charge of dissecting\nAN ATOMIST (proponent of the old philiosphy of atomism)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bill gets free bitter (5)","output":"### Answer: ACRID \n ### Explanation: Definition: bitter\nAC + RID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Accustomed to being exploited (4)","output":"### Answer: USED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Accustomed\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Large bed ordered? Capital! (8)","output":"### Answer: BELGRADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Capital\n(LARGE BED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Handy fencing implement (4)","output":"### Answer: EPEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Handy fencing implement\nCryptic definition, though I'm not sure what \"handy\" is doing here: \u00e9p\u00e9es are held in the hand, but so are any fencing swords"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Illegally transfers money from Arundel's refurbishment (8)","output":"### Answer: LAUNDERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Illegally transfers money\nARUNDEL'S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What most fish have to be weighed on (6)","output":"### Answer: SCALES \n ### Explanation: Definition: What most fish have\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New stars never cross (10)","output":"### Answer: TRANSVERSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: cross\n(STARS NEVER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gloomy sergeant major has face put out (6)","output":"### Answer: DISMAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gloomy\nSM in DIAL (face)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In certain charts it may indicate a mile (4)","output":"### Answer: INCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: it may indicate a mile\nHidden in certaIN CHarts \u2013 it may represent a mile in e.g. the old \"one inch to one mile\" Ordnance Survey maps"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Do well, taking about ninety fish (5)","output":"### Answer: EXCEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Do well\nXC in EEL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Calling for a statement (10)","output":"### Answer: PROFESSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Calling\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Measures the mast beams (5)","output":"### Answer: YARDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Measures\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They fill much of their working days (8)","output":"### Answer: DENTISTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They fill much of their working days\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After a cover up, politician is shilly-shallying (8)","output":"### Answer: DILATORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: shilly-shallying\nReverse of LID + A TORY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: God willing, it's all right to admit artist and composer (6)","output":"### Answer: DVORAK \n ### Explanation: Definition: composer\nDV (Deo Volente, God willing) + RA in OK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alcohol providing animation (6)","output":"### Answer: SPIRIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Alcohol\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cane provided by master (4)","output":"### Answer: BEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cane\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One on the front line in Russia? (4)","output":"### Answer: IVAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: One\nI + VAN, with a bit of an overlap of definition and wordplay"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mythological princess performed with nothing on (4)","output":"### Answer: DIDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mythological princess\nDID + O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Think again about Welshman lagging behind on bend (8)","output":"### Answer: REASSESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Think again about\nI nearly had to give up on parsing this, but it's obvious (-ish) when you see it: ASS (behind) in (\"lagging\") REES (Welshman) + S (bend)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foul what detective chief superintendent did (6)","output":"### Answer: RANCID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Foul\nHe RAN the C.I.D."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop calling on British \u2014 that's to do with success (5,3)","output":"### Answer: BRING OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: to do with success\nB + RING OFF"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A lot of credit goes to a writer showing imagination (6)","output":"### Answer: POETIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: imagination\n[Edgar Allan] POE + TIC[K] (credit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cowboy's mate a friend of Dorothy \u2014 point taken (5)","output":"### Answer: TONTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cowboy's mate\nN[orth] in TOTO (Dorothy's dog in 'The Wizard of Oz'), giving the companion of the Lone Ranger (who wasn't strictly speaking a *cowboy*\u2026)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fellow, bird \u2026 nothing to stop them? She might have done (9)","output":"### Answer: CHAPERONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: She\nO in CHAP + ERNE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Getting frisky with 2 \u2014 claims such relationships are unsuitable (12)","output":"### Answer: MISALLIANCES \n ### Explanation: Definition: such relationships are unsuitable\n(ALIENS CLAIMS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Issue payments from here (3,4,2,3,3,3)","output":"### Answer: THE BANK OF MUM AND DAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Issue payments from here\nCryptic definition \u2013 where parents help out their issue (i.e. children) financially"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Speaker's rejected point about suspensions (9)","output":"### Answer: MORATORIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: suspensions\nORATOR in reverse of AIM (point)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Happening twice in 1770 (5)","output":"### Answer: EVENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Happening\nIt occurs twice in sEVENTeen-sEVENTy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crime-fighter flying to each country in turn, initially (8)","output":"### Answer: SUPERMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crime-fighter flying\nUS (country) reversed + PER MAN (to each)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grow old (gran finally going into home) (6)","output":"### Answer: EXPAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grow\nEX (old) + [gra]N in PAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Advised not to go swimming in lake, deep at one end (8)","output":"### Answer: MENTORED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Advised\nNOT* in MERE + D[eep]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Run about looking lively!\" is instruction to players (6)","output":"### Answer: RUBATO \n ### Explanation: Definition: instruction to players\nR + ABOUT* \u2013 Italian term referring to music that is not played in strict tempo. The literal meaning is \"robbed\", meaning that time is \"stolen\" from one part of the music and restored elsewhere"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Life on other planets? One's right to start off sceptical (6)","output":"### Answer: ALIENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Life on other planets\nA + LIEN + S[ceptical]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Miss cue on air \u2014 sorry! (9)","output":"### Answer: SIGNORINA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Miss\nSIGN (cue) + (ON AIR)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They're sure out of their minds, these criminals (4-8)","output":"### Answer: SAFE-CRACKERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: criminals\nSAFE (sure) + CRACKERS (insane)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unique all-rounder regularly missed (5)","output":"### Answer: ALONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unique\nAlternate letters of AlL-rOuNdEr"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Showing off count's diamonds failed to impress (3,2,3)","output":"### Answer: CUT NO ICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: failed to impress\nCOUNT* + ICE (diamonds)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Press reduction (8)","output":"### Answer: DECREASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Press\nDouble definition \u2013 to press or iron something is to de-crease it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Need to go to France, you said? Maybe everyone requires accommodation (4,2,6)","output":"### Answer: CALL OF NATURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Need to go\nALL in (TO FRANCE U)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recreation ground \u2014 men's team hosting United (9)","output":"### Answer: AMUSEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Recreation\nU in (MEN'S TEAM)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop fighting egghead in glasses! (8)","output":"### Answer: STEMWARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: glasses\nSTEM WAR + E[gg]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ready? Most are told to hurry out (6,2)","output":"### Answer: GEARED UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ready\nMost [of] AR[E] in GEED UP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bowler's craft timeless (6)","output":"### Answer: SEAMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bowler\nSTEAMER less T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: High area of mountainside not safe for climbing (6)","output":"### Answer: STONED \n ### Explanation: Definition: High\nHidden in reverse of mountainsiDE NOT Safe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: School evicting privileged lady from land (5)","output":"### Answer: TRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: School\nTERRAIN less E.R."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Secretary \u2014 person with importance that tops the pile? (11)","output":"### Answer: PAPERWEIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: that tops the pile\nPA + PER + WEIGHT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New classes seeing how films are recorded (7)","output":"### Answer: INTAKES \n ### Explanation: Definition: New classes\nFilms are recorded IN TAKES, and INTAKES refers to new pupils (i.e. clases) at a school"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drive back suspect, like top-class fighter of old (7)","output":"### Answer: SAMURAI \n ### Explanation: Definition: fighter of old\nReverse of RUM (odd, suspect) + AS (like) + A1"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Freshly crowned leaders of Greece and Rome put down (9)","output":"### Answer: GARLANDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Freshly crowned\nG[reece] A[nd] R[ome] + LANDED (put down). \"Freshly\", I suppose, because garlands are (or originally were) made of freshly-picked leaves and flowers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little devil that's caught cutting part of plant (5)","output":"### Answer: BRACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of plant\nC in (cutting) BRAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cereal crop cut at end of season for nominal fee (10,4)","output":"### Answer: PEPPERCORN RENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: nominal fee\nPEPPER (season) + CORN + RENT (cut)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Great sport with deer \u2014 sadly it'll set you back a bit (10,4)","output":"### Answer: RETROGRADE STEP \n ### Explanation: Definition: it'll set you back a bit\n(GREAT SPORT DEER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poor journalist longing to get back outside (5)","output":"### Answer: NEEDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poor\nED in reverse of YEN (desire, longing)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Muse as setter consumes exotic lemon pie I overlooked (9)","output":"### Answer: MELPOMENE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Muse\nAnagram of LEMON PIE less I in ME \u2013 the Muse of Tragedy, who makes rather fewer appearances in crosswords than her sister Erato (and maybe Clio, Rhea and Calliope)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eg Boris's message rejected by Scotsman (7)","output":"### Answer: ETONIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Eg Boris\nReverse of NOTE + IAN (standard crossword Scotsman) \u2013 reference to Boris Johnson, the well-known Old Etonian and Leave campaign liar"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good place for reception where trouble may flare up? (3,4)","output":"### Answer: HOT SPOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Good place for reception\nDouble definition \u2013 the reception is for mobile phones, sometimes contrasted with a \"not spot\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slips in field, perhaps, chasing cunning wingers (11)","output":"### Answer: FLYCATCHERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: wingers\nFLY (cunning) + CATCHERS (as slips on the cricket field may be)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New Father Ted plot curtly condemned as child's work (5,3,3,4)","output":"### Answer: PETER\u00a0AND\u00a0THE\u00a0WOLF \n ### Explanation: Definition: child's work\nAnagram of NEW FATHER TED PLO[t]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Authentic sound coming from cockle (5)","output":"### Answer: PUKKA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Authentic\nHomophone of \"pucker\" (to cockle is to pucker, as I did not know)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Novelist's career to come to an end (7)","output":"### Answer: RUSHDIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Novelist\nRUSH (to career) + DIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chilled dessert served up after rest (5,2)","output":"### Answer: EASED UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chilled\nEASE + reverse of PUD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grouse, maybe, as valiant effort restricts runs (4,4)","output":"### Answer: GAME BIRD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grouse\nR in GAME BID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eponymous man of Nazareth appearing randomly in records (6,2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: TARZAN\u00a0OF\u00a0THE\u00a0APES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Eponymous man\n(OF NAZARETH)* in TAPES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminal deferring pint, impressed by police? (13)","output":"### Answer: FINGERPRINTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: impressed by police\n(DEFERRING PINT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In office, reasonably well placed (7,6)","output":"### Answer: SITTING PRETTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: well placed\nSITTING (in office) + PRETTY (reasonably)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cyclist skirting large metropolis, Rome perhaps (4,4)","output":"### Answer: HOLY CITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rome perhaps\nL in (Sir Chris) HOY + CITY (metropolis)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One state's revolutionary broadcast blocked by another (7)","output":"### Answer: ROMANIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: state\nOMAN (a state) in reverse of AIR (to broadcast)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First to last, benefit in backing police is hard to fathom (7)","output":"### Answer: DELPHIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: hard to fathom\nHELP, with the first letter moved to the end, in reverse of CID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bizarre public reaction, battle being lost (5)","output":"### Answer: OUTRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bizarre\nOUT (public) + RE[action]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cost of keeping a good woman (6)","output":"### Answer: DAMAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cost\nA G in DAME \u2013 cost as in \"what's the damage?\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make clear term's known (5,3)","output":"### Answer: SPELL OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make clear\nSPELL (term,period of time) + OUT (known)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having no drive, going under (6)","output":"### Answer: OWNING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Having\nDROWNING less DR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look back across road \u2014 that's a fast car (8)","output":"### Answer: DRAGSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: fast car\nST (road) in reverse of REGARD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prospect of this isn't half depressing \u2014 could be better! (9,5)","output":"### Answer: PRESIDENT TRUMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prospect of this isn't half depressing \u2014 could be better\n(ISNT + DEPRE[SSING])* + TRUMP (to better), and definitely &lit \u2013 just over a week to go till his finger is on the button.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appeal I made certainly gets polite response (2,8)","output":"### Answer: MY PLEASURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: polite response\nMY PLEA (appeal I made) + SURE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look round three particular shows (4)","output":"### Answer: PEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Look\nHidden in reverse of thREE Particular"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Planted, proved hard to avoid (4)","output":"### Answer: SOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Planted\nSHOWN (proved) less H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prepared in a little yard not at this location (2,3,5)","output":"### Answer: AT THE READY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prepared\nTHERE (not here) in A TAD Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ended with a polluter changing fuel (8, 6)","output":"### Answer: UNLEADED PETROL \n ### Explanation: Definition: fuel\n(ENDED A POLLUTER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Still time? Rushed old writer's one line short (8)","output":"### Answer: TRANQUIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Still\nT + RAN + QUIL[L]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bill's after that woman from EastEnders (6)","output":"### Answer: POSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bill\nPOST (after) + 'ER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lost boys set free fox? (8)","output":"### Answer: SLYBOOTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: free fox\n(LOST BOYS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make up for going on TV (6)","output":"### Answer: OFFSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make up for\nOFF (going) + SET (TV)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A number of Romans on the way to boat (4)","output":"### Answer: DHOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: boat\nD (Roman 500) + HOW (\"the way\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worker raised weapon outside \u2014 positive danger to trespassers (7)","output":"### Answer: MANTRAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: danger to trespassers\nANT in reverse of ARM + P"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminal hiding note in comic (8)","output":"### Answer: GANGSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Criminal\nN in GAGSTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sharing stripper? Nah, that's gross (11)","output":"### Answer: PARTNERSHIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sharing\n(STRIPPER NAH)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scandal concerning the French envoy? (6)","output":"### Answer: LEGATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: envoy\nLE-GATE, as in various -GATE scandals, originating from Watergate"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Push out foolish doubter (7)","output":"### Answer: OBTRUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Push out\nDOUBTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Do nothing in endeavour to start with the right people (4,5)","output":"### Answer: TORY PARTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: the right people\nO in TRY + PARTY (a do)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gossip did this \u2014 her tongue's beginning to flow freely (4,3,4)","output":"### Answer: DISH THE DIRT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gossip\n(DID THIS HER T[ongue])* *thanks to Muffyword for correcting my original wrong parsing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capital invested in model planes (9)","output":"### Answer: MOSQUITOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: planes\nQUITO (capital of Ecuador) in [Kate] MOSS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crooked gent reported a total loss (5-3)","output":"### Answer: WRITE-OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: total loss\nHomophone of \"wry toff\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Idiot's stolen a black jumper (7)","output":"### Answer: WALLABY \n ### Explanation: Definition: jumper\nA B in WALLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A disease one has contracted from rodents (7)","output":"### Answer: AGOUTIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: rodents\nA + GOUT + 1'S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spectre at the feast mentioned trouble at Lloyds (6)","output":"### Answer: BANQUO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spectre at the feast\nHomophone of \"bank woe\". Banquo's ghost appears to Macbeth at the feast in Act 3 Scene 4 of the Scottish Play."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Almost late after hold-up \u2014 I'm annoyed (4)","output":"### Answer: DRAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: I'm annoyed\nReverse of TARD[Y]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Circular spot on square (6)","output":"### Answer: ADJUST \n ### Explanation: Definition: square\nAD (advertistment, circular) + JUST (spot on)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Provokes party leader to stop plots (6)","output":"### Answer: SPITES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Provokes\nP[arty] in SITES. I'm not sure that spite = provoke"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bay with a sailing ship (4)","output":"### Answer: BARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bay\nDouble definition \u2013 the \"bay\" is a dog's bark"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A relatively complex document (6,4)","output":"### Answer: FAMILY TREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: A relatively complex document\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Examiner reported to be a smoker (6)","output":"### Answer: CENSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: a smoker\nHomophone of \"censor\". This could just as well work the other way round, and the crossing letters don't help"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rocket, key one, behind time (8)","output":"### Answer: ESCALATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rocket\nESC[ape] (key) + A (one) + LATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Assistant admits guilt, returns make up (9)","output":"### Answer: REPLENISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: make up\nSIN in HELPER, all reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fret about soldier's surprised expression (4)","output":"### Answer: HAAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fret\nReverse of RA + AH \u2013 I learned this word for a sea-mist or fret from my Scottish stepfather"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lie back, following strike (4)","output":"### Answer: BIFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: strike\nReverse of FIB + F[ollowing]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Daughter in week-long struggle to get information (9)","output":"### Answer: KNOWLEDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: information\nD in (WEEKLONG)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Don is too much of a libertine (8)","output":"### Answer: HEDONIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: a libertine\n~~(THE DON IS)* \u2013 \"too much\" as an anagram indicator?~~ Ignore that \u2013 I saw when solving that it's hidden in tHE DON IS Too, but forgot when writing up"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Makes clean clothes for the theatre (6)","output":"### Answer: SCRUBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Makes clean\nDouble definition \u2013 scrubs are clothes worn by surgeons etc; the name presumably comes from \"scrubbing up\", which makes this rather a weak DD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mercenary's arrival more certain, lacking capital (10)","output":"### Answer: ADVENTURER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mercenary\nADVENT (arrival) + [S]URER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Librarian stifles vocal outburst (4)","output":"### Answer: ARIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: vocal outburst\nHidden in librARIAn"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First Lady hates cooking meat loaf (6)","output":"### Answer: HASLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: meat loaf\nAnagram of L[ady] + HATES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scales initially costing an arm and a leg? (6)","output":"### Answer: CLIMBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scales\nC[osting] + LIMBS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scientists here made flexible card envelopes (7)","output":"### Answer: ACADEME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scientists here\nMADE* in ACE \u2013 often seen in the phrase \"groves of Academe\", which I learn comes originally from Horace: *silvas Academi"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy's toilet (5)","output":"### Answer: JAKES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boy's\nDouble definition \u2013 old (Chambers says Shakepearian) slang for a toilet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second slight reduction in expensive flavouring (7)","output":"### Answer: SAFFRON \n ### Explanation: Definition: expensive flavouring\nS + AFFRON[T]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Approach bar, wanting last bitter (6)","output":"### Answer: POLICY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Approach\nPOL[E] (bar) + ICY \u2013 \"approach\" as in \"My policy\/approach is to\u2026\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shake it a little to create excitement (9)","output":"### Answer: TITILLATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to create excitement\n(IT A LITTLE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put up security (7)","output":"### Answer: SHELTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put up\nDouble definition \u2013 put up as in accommodate, but again the two meanings are very close"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They take others off ropes in a storm at sea (13)","output":"### Answer: IMPERSONATORS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They take others off\n(ROPES IN A STORM)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Balls follows Labour Party (remains thereof) (9)","output":"### Answer: LEFTOVERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: remains thereof\nLEFT (Labour) + OVERS (balls in cricket), with the surface referring to former MP Ed Balls"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: French stick the majority on range (7)","output":"### Answer: BREADTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: range\nBREAD (French stick \u2013 a definition-by-example) + TH[E]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left water spraying across sunlounger (7)","output":"### Answer: WASTREL \n ### Explanation: Definition: lounger\nS[un] in (L WATER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Catch spy hanging up a device (7)","output":"### Answer: GUBBINS \n ### Explanation: Definition: a device\nSNIB (a catch on e.g. a lock) + BUG (spy), all reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Advice given to middlemen \u2014 move quietly (6)","output":"### Answer: TIPTOE \n ### Explanation: Definition: move quietly\nTIP (advice) + TO + E (middle letter of mEn)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Raise millions to provide new tanks, say (5)","output":"### Answer: REARM \n ### Explanation: Definition: provide new tanks, say\nREAR + M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One offering praise, threshold of a sort in old-fashioned counter (10)","output":"### Answer: COMPLIMENTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One offering praise\nLIMEN (\"the threshold of consciousness\", as found in \"subliminal\") in COMPTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lecturer with distinctive character where anchorites gather (5)","output":"### Answer: LAURA \n ### Explanation: Definition: where anchorites gather\nL + AURA \u2013 it's \"a group of recluses' cells\", from a Greek word (the girl's name comes from laurel, possibly via Laurence)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short journey for droshky, first of vehicles formerly (5)","output":"### Answer: VERST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Short journey for droshky\nV[ehicles] + ERST (formerly) \u2013 it's a Russian unit of length, just over 1 km"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State-of-the-art auto dept. given a make-over (8)","output":"### Answer: UP-TO-DATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: State-of-the-art\n(AUTO DEPT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With OU first this fool becomes best (4)","output":"### Answer: TWIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: fool\nIf you put OU before TWIT you get OUTWIT = to best"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'll get in a fury changing small advance in Maldivian money (7)","output":"### Answer: RUFIYAA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maldivian money\nI in (A FURY)* + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clergyman, one trapped in scam (5)","output":"### Answer: CANON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clergyman\nAN in CON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Priest has to criticize regressive standards? (6)","output":"### Answer: PETALS \n ### Explanation: Definition: standards\nP + SLATE< \u2013 among many definitions of \"standard\", Chambers includes \"the uppermost petal of a papilionaceous flower\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Timber tree planted in past succeeded for parts of zillah (8)","output":"### Answer: PARGANAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: parts of zillah\nARGAN (Moroccan timer tree) in PA (abbreviation for past, in the grammatical sense, I guess) + S. A zillah is an administrative district in India, of which the pargana is a subdivision"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Noseband: five kept in case puzzled lad (8)","output":"### Answer: CAVESSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Noseband\nV in CASE* + SON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Viv failing oral test initially \u2013 wild bird (6)","output":"### Answer: AVOCET \n ### Explanation: Definition: wild bird\n[VIV]A VOCE + T[est]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Censure that gets to upmarket inn with a bug found crawling around (5)","output":"### Answer: STROP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Censure\n~~[G]ASTROP[UB]~~ If you put GAUB (anag of A BUG) around STROP, you get a GASTROPUB"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trolleyman oiled left and right liberally (7)","output":"### Answer: DOLLIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trolleyman\n(OILED L R)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's regularly tapped litre in the shade? (4)","output":"### Answer: HULE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One's regularly tapped\nL in HUE \u2013 variant of \"ule\", a rubber tree"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What could be gloomier? Chemical substance formed of smaller units (8)","output":"### Answer: OLIGOMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chemical substance formed of smaller units\nGLOOMIER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's held firmly, even in grip of one who's given up? (5)","output":"### Answer: TENET \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's held firmly\nENE in TT (teetotaller)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Once behind, right at back of field? (5)","output":"### Answer: AREAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Once behind\nAREA (field) + R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Land specially set aside requiring loan in cash for glorious show (12)","output":"### Answer: RESPLENDENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: glorious show\nRES ([Native American] reservation) + LEND in PENCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loose group to take firmly in hand (6)","output":"### Answer: CLUTCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Loose group\nDouble definition \u2013 \"loose\" because Chambers says \"(loosely) a number, group\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rebel of old, part of a small group and unable to speak about it (6)","output":"### Answer: MUTINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rebel of old\nIN in MUTE \u2013 old variant of mutiny or (as here) mutineer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opening about to weaken? Later enrichment may change it (7)","output":"### Answer: PROTORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Later enrichment may change it\nROT in PORE \u2013 also spelt proto-ore"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ma lost to illness? She wore the trousers perhaps (4)","output":"### Answer: LADY \n ### Explanation: Definition: She wore the trousers perhaps\n[MA]LADY \u2013 not sure why she might \"wear the trousers\", particularly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Salary, limitless, rising in computer unit (5)","output":"### Answer: NEPIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: computer unit\n[S]TIPEN[D]< \u2013 it's short for Naperian digit, aka nat or nit, and more related to mathematical information theory than computers in particular"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A try-on arranged for e.g. Cressida? (6)","output":"### Answer: TROYAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: e.g. Cressida\n(A TRY-ON)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Help when investing in variety of laces on bustle (8)","output":"### Answer: ESCALADO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Help when investing\nLACES* + ADO \u2013 using ladders to scale castle walls (investment = miitary blockade). It's also the name of a horse-racing game which I had as a child (it was rather disappointing)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bank on support \u2013 instruct incoming bat (11)","output":"### Answer: BARBASTELLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: bat\nBAR + TELL in BASE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stone lifted with point inserted for sort of cement (5)","output":"### Answer: TRASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: sort of cement\nRAS (point) in ST<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mavourneen on the beach, dipping tip of toe in (7)","output":"### Answer: ASTHORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mavourneen\nT in ASHORE (on the beach)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trainee investigator on the up receiving bit of promotion (5)","output":"### Answer: CADET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trainee\nAD in reverse of TEC (detective, investigator)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Star group, aging but not dead, needing vehicles to get around (6)","output":"### Answer: VOLANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Star group\nOL[D] in VANS \u2013 Volans is a constellation of the southern hemisphere, depicting a flying fish"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plane staff, we hear, revealing whence stags secrete stuff (6)","output":"### Answer: CRUMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: whence stags secrete stuff\nHomophone of \"crewmen\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wild spree? Bachelor's last occurs in this old-fashioned bar (6)","output":"### Answer: SPERRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: old-fashioned bar\nR in SPREE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old name? Uncle Epaminondas certainly has this (5)","output":"### Answer: CLEEP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old name\nHidden \u2013 related to the (possibly) better-known \"yclept\", meaning \"named\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Go to work on \u2026', not good? At least it wasn't blasphemous (4)","output":"### Answer: EGAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: At least it wasn't blasphemous\n\"EGG AD\" (of which \"Go to work on.. \" was the start of the slogan) less (one) G. Fay Weldon was involved in creating the campaign, though she denies coming up with the actual words \u2013 \"egad!\" is a minced oath, an evasion of \"oh God\" or similar"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fag chewed by German hounds (7)","output":"### Answer: AFGHANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: hounds\nFAG* + HANS (stereotypical German name)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Using more TNT could cause trouble (7)","output":"### Answer: TORMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: trouble\n(MORE TNT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Involved with swindle, right to get out hurriedly (5)","output":"### Answer: SCRAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: to get out hurriedly\nR in SCAM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Performer who can tread about quietly? Not this one! (3,6)","output":"### Answer: TAP DANCER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Performer who can tread about quietly? Not this one\nP in (CAN TREAD)*, and sort of &lit, though not quite, and the anagram doesn't really seem to be indicated"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Money for the landlord after an earthquake? (6,4)","output":"### Answer: GROUND RENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Money for the landlord\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Desert one's post, though left in charge? (4)","output":"### Answer: FLEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Desert one's post\nL in FEE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It reduces the noise on some flights (5,6)","output":"### Answer: STAIR CARPET \n ### Explanation: Definition: It reduces the noise on some flights\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tenderising chopped-up cooking components (11)","output":"### Answer: INGREDIENTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tenderising\nTENDERISING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refuse to eat quickly (4)","output":"### Answer: FAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Refuse to eat\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strained, as Indian tea is? (3-7)","output":"### Answer: FAR-FETCHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Strained\nDouble definition, though the second seems very weak to me \u2013 Indian tea may be fetched from afar, but so are lots of things"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Architect's plan for advancement (9)","output":"### Answer: ELEVATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Architect's plan\nDouble definition, though \"plan\" is usually used in contrast to \"elevation\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record some inadvertent errors (5)","output":"### Answer: ENTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Record\nHidden in inadvertENT ERrors"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Phil bumped into fellow swimmer (7)","output":"### Answer: DOLPHIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: swimmer\nPHIL* in DON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dug out old coloured cover for madam (7)","output":"### Answer: EXHUMED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dug out\nM[adam] in EX HUED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fix a direction indicator (6)","output":"### Answer: ASSIGN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fix\nA + S + SIGN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: She turned to stone (6)","output":"### Answer: GORGON \n ### Explanation: Definition: She turned to stone\nA barely cryptic definition \u2013 more of a general knowledge question"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Notice a government official's conduct (10)","output":"### Answer: ADMINISTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: conduct\nAD (notice) + MINISTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wood spirit (5)","output":"### Answer: SATYR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wood spirit\nUnless I'm missing something, this seems to be a plain definition. Did Rufus forget to finish writing the clue? (I suppose it could be trying to make us think of wood alcohol)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'd trap nun out in cricket game (3-3-3)","output":"### Answer: TIP-AND-RUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: cricket game\n(I'D TRAP NUN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Harvest a variety of rape (4)","output":"### Answer: REAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Harvest\nRAPE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get out and look inside meat dish (8)","output":"### Answer: ESCALOPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: meat dish\nLO in ESCAPE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hill splits and falls, perhaps (8)","output":"### Answer: TORRENTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: falls, perhaps\nTOR (hill) + RENTS (splits)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They may be in for supper but then out all night (5,5)","output":"### Answer: FALSE TEETH \n ### Explanation: Definition: They may be in for supper but then out all night\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'm in a state of exhilaration (9)","output":"### Answer: ANIMATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: exhilaration\nI'M in A NATION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boring place but it makes lots of money! (8)","output":"### Answer: OILFIELD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boring place but it makes lots of money\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Food container originally produced in layers (8)","output":"### Answer: EGGSHELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Food container originally produced in layers (8)\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beat in run to hospital, exploding myth (6)","output":"### Answer: RHYTHM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beat\nR + H + MYTH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loved to see the dreadnought wrecked (6)","output":"### Answer: ADORED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Loved\nAnagram of DREAD + O (nought)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This criminal may be cleared (5)","output":"### Answer: FENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: criminal\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He wrote music for half the band and part of the orchestra (4)","output":"### Answer: BACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: He wrote music\nBA[nd] + [or]CH[estra]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Without love, beast has to hurt, so droop faced? (6,9)","output":"### Answer: WALRUS\u00a0MOUSTACHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: droop faced\nO in WALRUS MUST ACHE \u2013 rather weak clueing of the \"walrus\" part (though fortunately the expression is well known) and the definition doesn't indicate a noun phrase"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dessert knocked over, drunk has dried fruit (7)","output":"### Answer: LOOFAHS \n ### Explanation: Definition: dried fruit\nFOOL< + ASH* \u2013 loofahs are made from the dried fibrous \"skeleton\" of a type of gourd"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Male ensnared by a more dreadful lover (7)","output":"### Answer: ADMIRER \n ### Explanation: Definition: lover\nM in A DIRER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Springboks not quite heard? (3)","output":"### Answer: SPA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spring\nMy last one in \u2013 it's almost all of SPAR (to box \u2013 sounds like \"boks\"), with a lift-and-separate definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suggestion of a fit body, not half! Lady Chatterley's Lover, possibly? (1,3,2,5)","output":"### Answer: A BIT OF ROUGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lady Chatterley's Lover, possibly\nLady C's lover was Mellors, the gamekeeper, so he was her bit of rough, but I don't understand the rest \u2013 A BIT OF = suggestion, ROUGH = half of \"a fit body\"? *Thanks to Tom \u2013 A FIT BO[dy] is an anagram (\"rough\") of A BIT OF"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dealing with commercial arrangement (10)","output":"### Answer: ADDRESSING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dealing with\nAD + DRESSING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Combination locks, late '70s style? (4)","output":"### Answer: PERM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Combination\nDouble definition \u2013 short for \"permutation\" (which, at least to mathematicians, isn't the same as a combination, bur not far off), and the hairstyle (not just from the late 70s, but perhaps particularly associated with footballers at the time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Comic called in about exercise for writer (4,6)","output":"### Answer: LEAD PENCIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: writer\nPE (exercise) in (CALLED IN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dante acts up, spoiling writer's moving technique (3,3,5)","output":"### Answer: CUT AND PASTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: writer's moving technique\n(DANTE ACTS UP)* \u2013 writers might use it to move text around"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He fought a wild animal \u2014 that's not on (3)","output":"### Answer: ALI \n ### Explanation: Definition: He fought\nA LI[on] \u2013 referring to the boxer Muhammad Ali, of course"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Asian leaves house in mid-Sicily after Corleone initially quits mob (3,4)","output":"### Answer: PAK CHOI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Asian leaves\nPACK (mob) less C[orleone) + HO in [Si]CI[ly] \u2013 Pake choi is also known as Chinese cabbage, hence \"Asian leaves\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One Direction's festival season's ending (7)","output":"### Answer: EASTERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: One Direction\nEASTER + N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I must remain serious, you're joking! (4,4,2,5)","output":"### Answer: DON\u2019T MAKE ME LAUGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: I must remain serious, \nSomewhere between a crytpic and double definition \u2013 I wasn't very impressed by this one"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No one remaining hairy in sports? Be careful what you say! (5,4,4)","output":"### Answer: WALLS HAVE EARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Be careful what you say\nALL SHAVE in WEARS (sports, as in \"sports a moustache\"). I think of this as a WW2 slogan, but it goes back a long way, and (at least according to this) may have come into English via a Hebrew expression"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of ten eaten up by fat cat (7)","output":"### Answer: LEOTARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: cat\nA mistake here, I think \u2013 the online solution gives LEOTARD here \u2013 reverse of TOE (one of ten) in LARD, but the definition surely must be of LEOPARD. Is there an editor in the house?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Without knowing, white unicorn's heading up to god (8)","output":"### Answer: UNAWARES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Without knowing\nReverse of WAN U[nicorn] + ARES (Greek god of war)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tongue a degree pronounced, cut (5)","output":"### Answer: MASAI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tongue\nMA + SAI[D]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A round end is round, plain and simple (9)","output":"### Answer: UNADORNED \n ### Explanation: Definition: plain and simple\n(A ROUND END)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tone with which doctor plugs drain (6)","output":"### Answer: TIMBRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tone\nMB in TIRE (to drain)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party with two runners? (7)","output":"### Answer: CAROUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Party\nTwo types of \"runner\": CAR (as the the used-car salesman's \"good runner\") + [river] OUSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Our home is a hole in the ground (5)","output":"### Answer: EARTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Our home\nDouble definition \u2013 planet and fox's lair"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sucker has wee in lift during comedy routine (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SHEEP TICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sucker\nReverse of PEE (= wee) in SHTICK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One in twelve boxes unsatisfactory, one tiny part (9)","output":"### Answer: MILLIONTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: tiny part\nILL I in MONTH (one of 12)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Minister and earls surprisingly backing movement (8)","output":"### Answer: REVERSAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: backing movement\nREV[erend] + EARLS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen binds princess up, then knight captured again (7)","output":"### Answer: RETAKEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: captured again\nKATE [Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge] in ER, reversed + N (knight in chess)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Similar drinks brought together with classy French wine (7)","output":"### Answer: CHATEAU \n ### Explanation: Definition: French wine\nCHA + TEA (similar drinks) + U (classy) \u2013 simple, but I liked it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Musical creation of Sullivan, The Mikado (6)","output":"### Answer: ANTHEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Musical creation\nHidden in sullivAN, THE Mikado"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: By which one might recognise a prize archer? (5)","output":"### Answer: CUPID \n ### Explanation: Definition: archer\nIt's the ID of a CUP, or CUP ID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Power company after ultimate in riches (5)","output":"### Answer: STEAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Power\n[riche]S + TEAM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A hero netting brave header for England (6)","output":"### Answer: ALBION \n ### Explanation: Definition: England\nB[rave] in A LION. Albion originally referred to the island of Great Britain, but is sometimes used for just England"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Decay on Scottish isle to the west, one can tell (8)","output":"### Answer: NARRATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: one can tell\nROT ARRAN, reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Holidaymaker in Canada, say, with nothing to lose? One stripping off (8)","output":"### Answer: NATURIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: One stripping off\nN[orth] A[merican] TOURIST less O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American oath, therefore, lacking wonderful irritating thing? (11)","output":"### Answer: SONOFABITCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: American oath\nSO (therefore) + NO (lacking) + FAB (wonderful) + ITCH (irritating thing). You might expect this to be separate words or hyphenated, but Chambers and others give it as a single word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trespass where Canadian voters had faith, when short of gold (7)","output":"### Answer: INTRUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trespass\nIN TRUDEAU less AU \u2013 referring either to Pierre Trudeau (Prime Minister of Cananda 1968\u20131979 and 1980\u20131984) or his son Justin (2015\u2013)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What to do with mortar, so flatter to a great extent? (3,2,2,4,1,6)","output":"### Answer: LAY IT ON WITH A TROWEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: flatter to a great extent\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Insect, horse too biting rear of wolf (8)","output":"### Answer: HOVERFLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Insect\nH (horse) + [wol]F in OVERLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Notable cat reclining on rug (6)","output":"### Answer: BIGWIG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Notable\nReverse of GIB (a tomcat) +WIG (rug). I didn't know this meaning of GIB, but BIGWIG was the only possible answer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of two in Buenos Aires toasting a bloomer? (8)","output":"### Answer: TANGOIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: One of two in Buenos Aires\nTOASTING* \u2013 the tango originated, and is still popular, in Argentina, and of course it takes two to tango. I don't particularly like 'a bloomer' as the anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Key again removing both sides of lockbox before expertly rattled (2-4)","output":"### Answer: RE-TYPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Key again\nAnagram of EXPERTLY less the outer letters of LockboX"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not exactly like that, rise to one's feet at every entrance (4,2)","output":"### Answer: SORT OF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not exactly\nSO (like that) + initial letters of Rise To One's Feer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Every step up an Italian mountain the bounder has to climb \u2014 that's some trip! (10)","output":"### Answer: TARANTELLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: trip\nReverse of ALL ETNA RAT (I suppose ALL ETNA is 'Every step up an Italian mountain'). The tarantella (supposed to have originated from the convulsive reaction to a spider's bite) is an energetic dance, or 'trip'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anything within like desert allowing for passage of wind? (8)","output":"### Answer: DRAUGHTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: allowing for passage of wind\nAUGHT in DRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's paid to take out another two nitwits with it (8)","output":"### Answer: ASSASSIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: One's paid to take out another\nASS + ASS (two nitwits) + IN (with it, fashionable)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No change with this, as bird beset by plague (8)","output":"### Answer: BANKNOTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: No change with this\nKNOT in BANE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Musical composition a strain, too baroque? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: TRIO SONATA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Musical composition\n(A STRAIN TOO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Book's accuracy needing no introduction (4)","output":"### Answer: RUTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Book\n[T]RUTH. I originally thought it might be [F]ACTS, but this works much better. Ruth is the eighth book of the Old Testament"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Still excited? (10)","output":"### Answer: BREATHLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Still\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clandestine boarder observed circling tug, always (8)","output":"### Answer: STOWAWAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clandestine boarder\nTOW in SAW (observed) + AY (always)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fit dresses on a model's back, designed for a similar model (8)","output":"### Answer: ANALOGUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a similar model\nAnagram of ON A [mode]L in AGUE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foreign Office suggesting this at least? (6,2)","output":"### Answer: UPWARD OF \n ### Explanation: Definition: at least\nIn a down clue, FO is UPWARD OF"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criticised, flaming shackles hurt (6)","output":"### Answer: RAILED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Criticised\nAIL (hurt) in RED (flaming)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stab, an injection (4)","output":"### Answer: SHOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stab\nDouble definition \u2013 shot=stab=attempt"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rising star, Shakespeare's local flower (4)","output":"### Answer: AVON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shakespeare's local flower\nReverse of NOVA \u2013 a very easy one to finish on"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dark pitch masking blemish (7)","output":"### Answer: SWARTHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dark\nWART (blemish) in SHY (to throw, pitch)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two low grades in remarkable performance as undergraduate? (7)","output":"### Answer: STUDENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: undergraduate\nD and E (low grades in an exam) in STUNT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One by the side of the road, drinker boozily guzzles (4)","output":"### Answer: KERB \n ### Explanation: Definition: One by the side of the road\nHidden in drinKER Boozily"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Diet has the expected result, one overcome by expression of sorrow (10)","output":"### Answer: PARLIAMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Diet\nPAR (expected result, as in golf) + I in LAMENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alien after map to find Earth, perhaps? (6)","output":"### Answer: PLANET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Earth, perhaps\nPLAN + ET (alien)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Voice encapsulating almost everything as US author (8)","output":"### Answer: SALINGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: US author\nAL[L] in SINGER \u2013 J D Salinger, author of *The Catcher in the Rye"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conclusion to Father Ted recalled by thespian critic (9)","output":"### Answer: DETRACTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: critic\nReverse of ([Fathe]R TED) + ACTOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Message for all to endorse in plump Christmas bird (5,5)","output":"### Answer: ROUND ROBIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Message for all to endorse\nROUND (plump) + ROBIN (bird associated with Christmas)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sudden jerk, head on mattress touching springs (5)","output":"### Answer: SPASM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sudden jerk\nSPAS (springs) + M[attress]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boring, excruciating test in filling? (9)","output":"### Answer: DENTISTRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boring, excruciating test in filling\n(TEST IN)* in DRY (boring), &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leave queen to scrub rear, splashing around in the tub (8)","output":"### Answer: BEQUEATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leave\nAnagram of QUEE[N] in BATH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: If cheap clothes on, I suspect, cops primarily sent out? (3,7,6)","output":"### Answer: THE FASHION POLICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: If cheap clothes on, I suspect, cops primarily sent out\n(IF CHEAP CLOTHES ON I)* less C[ops], and an &littish definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One in a suit, clobber for the association (4)","output":"### Answer: CLUB \n ### Explanation: Definition: One in a suit\nThree definitions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Penalty shot to spare (7)","output":"### Answer: APLENTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: to spare\nPENALTY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Out at sea (7)","output":"### Answer: STUMPED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Out\nDouble defintion \u2013 a way of being out in cricket, and confused"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Balancing act \u2014 sewiously? (7)","output":"### Answer: WHEELIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Balancing act\nVague homophone of 'really' with the R pronounced as W"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Epic hat designed for livery? (7)","output":"### Answer: HEPATIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: livery\n(EPIC HAT)* \u2013 livery as in 'relating to the liver'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Going round the twist prematurely, it's casually suggested? (6)","output":"### Answer: TWIRLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Going round the twist\nAnother slightly dodgy (indicated by 'casually') but amusing homophone, this time of 'too early'. Reminds me of the Christmas cracker joke: Why is 5am like a pig's tail?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Authorities swindle underdogs (9)","output":"### Answer: DOMINIONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Authorities\nDO + MINIONS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Senior lady cutting fabric (7)","output":"### Answer: NANKEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: fabric\nNAN (Grandmother = senior lady) + KEEN (cutting)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bars in house however extremely loose: order locks (5,4,4)","output":"### Answer: BRUSH ONE\u2019S HAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: order locks\nAnagram of BARS IN HOUSE H[oweve]R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Again arrange upset boxes she jumbled up (9)","output":"### Answer: RESHUFFLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Again arrange\nSHE* in ('boxed by') RUFFLE (upset)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is he about to prick cases in specialist bakery? (3,4)","output":"### Answer: PIE SHOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: specialist bakery\n(IS HE)* in ('cased by') POP (to prick a balloon)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird underneath cup lifted in style overhead (7)","output":"### Answer: TOPKNOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: style overhead\nReverse of POT + KNOT (bird)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hermit \u2014 as regards one of these, solitude initially welcomed? (7)","output":"### Answer: RECLUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hermit\nS[olitude] in RE CLUE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fishtails in sausage meat for dog (6)","output":"### Answer: BASSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: dog\nBASS (fish) + last letters (tails) of sausagE meaT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Knock over pass, I'm not sure for the substitute (5)","output":"### Answer: LOCUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: substitute\nReverse of COL + UM ('I'm not sure')"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Elected fraud? Two leaders quit establishment (9)","output":"### Answer: INCEPTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: establishment\nIN (elected) + [DE]CEPTION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He gets time, if he's crooked (5)","output":"### Answer: THIEF \n ### Explanation: Definition: He gets time, if he's crooked\nT + (IF HE)* &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rash caused by rough, dry loofah (9)","output":"### Answer: FOOLHARDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rash\n(DRY LOOFAH)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Claim note is ready (5)","output":"### Answer: DOUGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: ready\nHomophone (\"claim\") of \"doh\" (note, as in doh-re-mi) \u2013 dough and ready are both slang for money"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'm in agreement, being retired and over 50 :-) (6)","output":"### Answer: SMILEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: :-)\nL in reverse of (I'M in YES)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They kick out online winners? (8)","output":"### Answer: EVICTORS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They kick out\nE-VICTORS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: False charges for Spooner's alcoholic rolls (3,4)","output":"### Answer: BUM RAPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: False charges\nSpoonerism of \"rum baps\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relish church tune played on Sunday \u2014 at last! (7)","output":"### Answer: CHUTNEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relish\nCH + TUNE* + [Sunda]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clown welcomes fun about ring with fire (3,5)","output":"### Answer: CON FUOCO \n ### Explanation: Definition: with fire\nFUN* + O in COCO [the Clown]. *Con fuoco* is used in music to tell the performer to play \"with fire\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fiddle made from metal by royal couple (6)","output":"### Answer: TINKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fiddle\nTIN + two royals: K[ing] and E.R."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With this, one might be out of special prison (5)","output":"### Answer: SNICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: With this, one might be out\nS + NICK (prison) \u2013 in cricket, a snick is 'a glancing blow off the edge of the bat', which might lead to the batsman being caught out"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They maintain in-flight safety (5,4)","output":"### Answer: STAIR RODS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They maintain in-flight safety\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In Paris, the Bill's the origin of security tips (5)","output":"### Answer: LEADS \n ### Explanation: Definition: tips\nLE (French \"the\") + AD (bill) + S[ecurity]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ten common outbursts? My lips are sealed (2,7)","output":"### Answer: NO COMMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: My lips are sealed\n(TEN COMMON)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: About to experience the finale of William Tell (6)","output":"### Answer: INFORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tell\nIN FOR + [Willia]M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Porous flour regularly kept in basement (8)","output":"### Answer: CELLULAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Porous\n[f]L[o]U[r] in CELLAR \u2013 Chambers gives \"porous\" as one of its definitions of CELLULAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chop up dates and finally enjoy being regular (6)","output":"### Answer: STEADY \n ### Explanation: Definition: regular\nDATES* + [enjo]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 17 double-crossed one about to return (7)","output":"### Answer: SOLDIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: 17\nSOLD (double-crossed) + I + reverse of RE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Every other itchy European scratches head and neck (6)","output":"### Answer: THROAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: neck\n[i]T[c]H[y] + [C]ROAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Impoverish Russia symbolically over gulag being evacuated? (6)","output":"### Answer: BEGGAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Impoverish\nG[ula]G in BEAR (symbol of Russia)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Productive element in electric heater (4)","output":"### Answer: RICH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Productive\nHidden in electRIC Heater"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Have olives with nachos for starters (3)","output":"### Answer: OWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Have\nFirst letters of Olives With Nachos"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spot or mole? (3)","output":"### Answer: SPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spot\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Programming language lacks a first qualification (3)","output":"### Answer: BSC \n ### Explanation: Definition: qualification\nBASIC (programming language) less A and I (first \u2013 rather dubious, surely) \u2013 the (3) is perhaps a bit misleading, as this is (1,2) if anything, but abbreviations are often treated this way"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A number under 1,000,000? Wow! (3)","output":"### Answer: MAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wow\nM + A N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Possessing little money and no gold (4)","output":"### Answer: POOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Possessing little money and no gold\nP (penny, little money) + O + OR, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time to get mixed up letters, but not advanced puzzles (8)","output":"### Answer: TANGRAMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: puzzles\nT + AN[A]GRAMS \u2013 rather a vague indication to remove one of three As"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Manage to be relaxed, enjoying books and reading (7)","output":"### Answer: CONTROL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Manage\nNT + R (reading, as in the three Rs) in COOL (relaxed). Can \"enjoying\" indicate inclusion?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Squealed over getting tattooed (6)","output":"### Answer: OINKED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Squealed\nO + INKED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fine shopping area has river out front (6)","output":"### Answer: FACADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: front\nF + A[R]CADE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fleet's last crew member gets rid of small cutter (6)","output":"### Answer: TAILOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: cutter\n[flee]T + SAILOR (crew member) less S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Close friend in Guardian piece (6)","output":"### Answer: ENDING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Close\nHidden in friEND IN Guardian"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bill and Cyril worked to produce fibre (7)","output":"### Answer: ACRYLIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: fibre\nAC (account, bill) + CYRIL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wages and gratuity in post (7)","output":"### Answer: STIPEND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wages\nTIP in SEND"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fifty-one doctors appear to be members (5)","output":"### Answer: LIMBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: members\nLI (51) + M.B.S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article is made true to life (9)","output":"### Answer: REALISTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: true to life\n(ARTICLE IS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Certain to get drunk on Adam's ale (10)","output":"### Answer: WATERTIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Certain\nWATER (Adam's Ale) + TIGHT (drunk)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look on pound as an animal refuge (4)","output":"### Answer: LAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: animal refuge\nL (pound) + AIR = look (noun)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sounds like narrow waters but don't be confused (3,8)","output":"### Answer: SEE STRAIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: don't be confused\nHomophone of \"sea strait\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Breathing in irregularly when asleep in winter (11)","output":"### Answer: HIBERNATING \n ### Explanation: Definition: asleep in winter\n(BREATHING IN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stagger back, deprived of one's wits (4)","output":"### Answer: NUTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: deprived of one's wits\nReverse of STUN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It raises the spirit (10)","output":"### Answer: DISTILLERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: It raises the spirit\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Courage perceived to be genuine (9)","output":"### Answer: HEARTFELT \n ### Explanation: Definition: genuine\nHEART + FELT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Overshadow Snow White's friend (5)","output":"### Answer: DWARF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Overshadow\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This difficult sum recalled Panama, perhaps (7)","output":"### Answer: ISTHMUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Panama, perhaps\nTHIS* + reverse of SUM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cruel fluctuation in pence and pound for composer (7)","output":"### Answer: PURCELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: composer\nCRUEL in P + L (pound, again)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grants permits (6)","output":"### Answer: ALLOWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grants permits\nDouble definition (just about)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Distant meteor disintegrates (6)","output":"### Answer: REMOTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Distant\nMETEOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No choice for this holiday destination? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: LAST RESORT \n ### Explanation: Definition: No choice for this holiday destination\nCryptic defiinition, or perhaps defiinition + hint"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Canine tooth one has right in the centre (5)","output":"### Answer: CORGI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Canine\nR in the centre of COG I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: You may wind up eating it (9)","output":"### Answer: SPAGHETTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: You may wind up eating it\nCryptic definition, referring to the technique of winding spaghetti round a fork"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl puts one over teacher being sent up (4)","output":"### Answer: IRIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Girl\nI + reverse of SIR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Split up and set off with compass (8)","output":"### Answer: ESTRANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Split up\nSET* + RANGE (compass)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Give one an order to paint? (8)","output":"### Answer: DECORATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Give one an order\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Powerless person in the air (4-6)","output":"### Answer: HANG-GLIDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Powerless person in the air\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They may pass on what they know (9)","output":"### Answer: EXAMINEES \n ### Explanation: Definition: They may pass on what they know\nCryptic definition (not EXAMINERS, as I carelessly put at first)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Take-away Chinese place? (8)","output":"### Answer: SHANGHAI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Take-away\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Summary is merely theoretical (8)","output":"### Answer: ABSTRACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Summary\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be up in time for a parliamentary occasion (6)","output":"### Answer: DEBATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a parliamentary occasion\nReverse of BE in DATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beauty that totally occupies the viewer (6)","output":"### Answer: EYEFUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beauty\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get child out of bed to do sums (3,2)","output":"### Answer: TOTUP \n ### Explanation: Definition: to do sums\nThe TOT is UP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop! It's a hold-up! (4)","output":"### Answer: STEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stop\nDouble definition \u2013 a stem holds up a flower of leaf"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wasps of a kind, see, reverse of troublesome? (6)","output":"### Answer: CYNIPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wasps of a kind\nC + SNIPY<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nursery stuff, lush, set back round yard (4)","output":"### Answer: TOYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nursery stuff\nY in SOT<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Duck and every cut requiring no preparation before cooking (9)","output":"### Answer: OVEN-READY \n ### Explanation: Definition: requiring no preparation before cooking\nO + (AND EVERY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Highland cattle in the present time (4)","output":"### Answer: NOWT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Highland cattle\nNOW + T \u2013 related to the more familiar 'neat' for cattle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Faux pas at the bridge club? It's made by vicar all right! (6)","output":"### Answer: REVOKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Faux pas at the bridge club\nREV + OKE. To revoke is to fail to follow suit in Bridge and similar games"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nominal codes unscrambled, completely grasped (8)","output":"### Answer: SO-CALLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nominal\nALL in CODES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wherein you'll see initials of Turks, usually grand royals actually (5)","output":"### Answer: TUGRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wherein you'll see initials of Turks, usually grand royals actually\nFirst letters of Turks Usually Grand Royals Actually, &lit \u2013 it's 'the ornamental monogram of the Turkish Sultan'."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: China mug, eastern (5)","output":"### Answer: SPODE \n ### Explanation: Definition: China\nSPOD ('a socially inept person') + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rube, dunce men ragged without hindrance (12)","output":"### Answer: UNENCUMBERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: without hindrance\n(RUBE DUNCE MEN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rhone valley travellers may stay here \u2013 down payment required (5)","output":"### Answer: ARLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rhone valley travellers may stay here\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: E.g. curtain fabric, barely old but needing end trimmed (5)","output":"### Answer: SCRIM \n ### Explanation: Definition: E.g. curtain fabric\nSCRIMP (obsolete 'barely') less its last letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One end for church: permit to deconsecrate? (8)","output":"### Answer: UNHALLOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: to deconsecrate\nUN + [churc]H + ALLOW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One paid to keen, that is in the wake of Scottish spirit (6)","output":"### Answer: SAULIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One paid to keen\nSAUL (Scots 'soul') + I.E. giving a hired mourner"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Border giving Dutch trouble (4)","output":"### Answer: DADO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Border\nD + ADO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Navigation system that when faulty could make marine go north (9)","output":"### Answer: OMNIRANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Navigation system\n(MARINE GO N)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leader on the right board dismissed (4)","output":"### Answer: STAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leader\nSTAR[board]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Date's arranged with boy's latest regular (6)","output":"### Answer: STEADY \n ### Explanation: Definition: regular\nDATES* + [bo]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless sign of problem with engines arising \u2013 before they do? (4)","output":"### Answer: CONK \n ### Explanation: Definition: do\nReverse of KNOC[k] (engine noise indicating a problem) \u2013 I think I've only ever seen this in the phrase 'conk out', but Chambers seems to think it can appear on its own. There doesn't seem to be a definition here, except by implication: perhaps the clue could have said '\u2026before they do *this*'."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suspected terrorist, possibly, that is found clutching crumpled tenner (8)","output":"### Answer: INTERNEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Suspected terrorist, possibly\nTENNER* in I.E."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Symbol in score all over the place in operas (not old) (5)","output":"### Answer: PRESA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Symbol in score\nOPERAS* less O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like infected blister, sore? Rule punt out (12)","output":"### Answer: SEROPURULENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like infected blister\n(SORE RULE PUNT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bend in body and jerk gripping one \u2013 result of tumours (12)","output":"### Answer: SARCOMATOSIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: result of tumours\nARC in SOMA + I in TOSS \u2013 so if you ever need two twelve-letter words for unpleasant medical conditions, you know where to come.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Let's have fish, roughly a pound \u2013 what do you think? (5)","output":"### Answer: IDEAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: what do you think\nIDE (fish) + AS ('a Roman pound of 12 ounces'; 'roughly' seems redundant here)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cockney vagrant maybe left old coin (4)","output":"### Answer: OBOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: old coin\n[h]OBO + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kid lovey spoilt with ultimate in love, partner in wickedness once (9)","output":"### Answer: YOKE-DEVIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: partner in wickedness once\n(KID LOVEY [lov]E)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fully grown as one of the best players (6)","output":"### Answer: SEEDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fully grown\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Buzz, possibly? A brutal nun squashes bee with one! (9)","output":"### Answer: LUNARNAUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Buzz, possibly\n(A BRUTAL NUN)* less B, the Lunarnaut in question being Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin, second man on the moon"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most of crew in river swim brought up freshwater fish (8)","output":"### Answer: PERCIDAE \n ### Explanation: Definition: freshwater fish\nCRE[w] in EA DIP, all reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The old man makes something of short breaks (6)","output":"### Answer: PAUSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: short breaks\nPA USES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Secret remedies college fed to a prince (6)","output":"### Answer: ARCANA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Secret remedies\nC in A RANA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sycophantic one superior to maiden in cunning (5)","output":"### Answer: SLIMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sycophantic\nI + M in SLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Singular excrescence, malignant (5)","output":"### Answer: SWART \n ### Explanation: Definition: malignant\nS + WART"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Restless bird, kind, getting end away (4)","output":"### Answer: HUMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Restless bird\nHUMA[n] \u2013 Chambers defines this as 'a fabulous restless bird' (from the Persian for phoenix), which doesn't leave me much the wiser. Wikipedia knows a bit more."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pleasure-loving Scots, full of love, energetic (4)","output":"### Answer: GOEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: energetic\nO in GEY (Scots form of 'gay', in what is now the old-fashioned sense)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Once afloat, plan to tackle short wave (5)","output":"### Answer: ASWIM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Once afloat\nSW in AIM \u2013 'once' because it's an archaic word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Black Prince returns? Nonsense (4)","output":"### Answer: BLAH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nonsense\nB + HAL<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brainbox in cold bar with 100 records (6,5)","output":"### Answer: CLEVER CLOGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brainbox\nC + LEVER + C + LOGS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stand behind pet nocturnal mammal (5,4)","output":"### Answer: HONEY BEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: nocturnal mammal\nHONEY (pet \u2013 term of affection) + BEAR (to stand)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second American audibly kissed person in dock (7)","output":"### Answer: SUSPECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: person in dock\nS + US + 'pecked', though surely the person in the dock is the accused, not just a suspect"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More than one landed property develops bar frontage (7)","output":"### Answer: ESTATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: More than one landed property\nGESTATES less ('bar') its first letter or 'frontage'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Picks up European boxcar? (6)","output":"### Answer: HEARSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: boxcar\nHEARS + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This MEP, say, represented concerns (10)","output":"### Answer: SYMPATHIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: concerns\n(THIS MEP SAY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mostly courteous Polish lifted old red cabinet (9)","output":"### Answer: POLITBURO \n ### Explanation: Definition: red cabinet\nPOLIT[E] + RUB< + O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most here in need of treatment? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: REST HOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most here in need of treatment\n(MOST HERE)* &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disqualification may follow this after SALT's disputed (5,5)","output":"### Answer: FALSE START \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disqualification may follow this\n(AFTER SALTS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Again join rock concert touring north-east (9)","output":"### Answer: RECONNECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Again join\nNE in CONCERT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bush leaves for capital (8)","output":"### Answer: ACANTHUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bush\nAcanthus leaves are depicted in the capitals of some classical architectural columns, so this is technically a double definition, though it hardly qualifies."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In part from ancestral court (7)","output":"### Answer: ROMANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: court\nHidden fROM ANCEstral"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lie about providing effervescent tonic (7)","output":"### Answer: FICTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lie\nReverse of IF ('providing') + TONIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Advocate of trade holding back title (9)","output":"### Answer: BARRISTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Advocate\nReverse of SIR (title) in BARTER (trade)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Focus of Detective Frost? (5)","output":"### Answer: CRIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Focus of Detective Frost\nMiddle letter ('focus') of [dete]C[tive] + RIME (frost), &lit, with reference to the fictional and TV character Inspector Frost"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Porky's tip on the radio (4)","output":"### Answer: TALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Porky\nHomophone of 'tail' (tip) \u2013 porky = pork pie = lie (rhyming sang)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: R-rendition of Celtic air (Like a Long Tail Feather) (10)","output":"### Answer: RECTRICIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like a Long Tail Feather\nR + (CELTIC AIR)* \u2013 from 'rectrix', a bir's tail feather. My LOI, guessed from what seemed the most plausible arrangement of the anagram"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revulsion of empty hangar filled with gold, ornate ring tops (6)","output":"### Answer: HORROR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Revulsion\nOR in H[anga]R, + first letters of Ornate Ring"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conductor wants date put off (7)","output":"### Answer: RATTLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: put off\n[Sir Simon] RATTLE + D[ate]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Use a needle to wind back bird film? (7)","output":"### Answer: WESTERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: film\nReverse of SEW + TERN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Notch almost circling rod, used in a certain style of walking (6)","output":"### Answer: NORDIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: a certain style of walking\nROD* in NIC[k]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Universal misfit with loud mobile? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: FILM STUDIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Universal\n(MISFIT LOUD)* \u2013 this is a definition-by-example, so really needs a 'maybe' or something; the question mark might qualify, but it's a bit far from the 'definition'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Broadcast not fair!\": sweet, wrinkly thing (4)","output":"### Answer: UGLI \n ### Explanation: Definition: sweet, wrinkly thing\nHomophone of 'ugly' (which is actually the source of the name of the fruit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gallery not good for Christ's sayings (5)","output":"### Answer: LOGIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Christ's sayings\nLOGGIA less G \u2013 another unfamiliar word, meaning sayings generally, especially those of Jesus. I'm not keen on the use of 'not good' to mean removing one of the two Gs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fancies cultivated US soil in Louisiana's capital (9)","output":"### Answer: ILLUSIONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fancies\nAnagram of US SOIL IN L[ouisiana]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: United, king and queen stamp about \u2014 bizarre (7)","output":"### Answer: SURREAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: bizarre\nU + R + R in SEAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moral sense against lost discipline (7)","output":"### Answer: SCIENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: discipline\nCONSCIENCE less CON (against)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Android's radical with boron implant? (5)","output":"### Answer: ROBOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Android\nB in ROOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look after extra large fruit (7)","output":"### Answer: MORELLO \n ### Explanation: Definition: fruit\nMORE (extra) + L + LO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rather bleak form of iron (4)","output":"### Answer: NOIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rather bleak\nIRON* \u2013 as in *film noir* etc"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go-getting internee, Pearl, tearing around the city (15)","output":"### Answer: ENTREPRENEURIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Go-getting\nUR (ancient city) in (INTERNEE PEARL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Basics of brewing Pilsner (cf spirit) (5,10)","output":"### Answer: FIRST PRINCIPLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Basics\n(PILSNER CF SPIRIT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Account on agency model in essence is prepared Italian-style (10)","output":"### Answer: CACCIATORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: prepared Italian-style\nAC + CIA + [model] T in CORE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"First in Latin, almost\", I swaggered (7)","output":"### Answer: INITIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: First\nAnagram of IN LATI[n] I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wound up like a compass? (7)","output":"### Answer: NEEDLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wound up\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appeared to gobble, er, lush spread \u2014 such a pity! (5,5)","output":"### Answer: CRUEL SHAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: such a pity\n(ER LUSH)* in CAME (appeared)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pads out batter cakes (7)","output":"### Answer: WAFFLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pads out\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Last leg, erecting housing for three-year-old event (2,5)","output":"### Answer: ST LEGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: three-year-old event\nHidden in laST LEG ERecting \u2013 the St Leger is a race for three-year-olds (horses, that is..)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Might describe toenail wax with local protection (7)","output":"### Answer: INGROWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Might describe toenail\nGROW (to wax) in INN (pub, local)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Baby problem? (5)","output":"### Answer: ISSUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Baby\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like the Channel Islands, having cells for spores (4)","output":"### Answer: ASCI \n ### Explanation: Definition: having cells for spores\nAS C.I. Asci are fungal cells containing spores"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short words on book, lines not clear (6)","output":"### Answer: BLURRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: not clear\nBLUR[B] (words on book) + RY. I spent ages trying to justify LUR = short words.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Picture of old heavy drinker after time (6)","output":"### Answer: TALKIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Picture of old\nT + ALKIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is Best essentially keeping fit? (4)","output":"### Answer: EGOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Is\nGO (to fit) in [b]ES[t] \u2013 the definition is the plural of 'I'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Persistent complaints left by Chelsea wags (10)","output":"### Answer: BELLYACHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Persistent complaints\n(L BY CHELSEA)* \u2013 to fit the footballing theme, perhaps we could have had capitalised WAGs here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Force down extra large tablets before strong drinks (9)","output":"### Answer: ESPRESSOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: strong drinks\nES (ecstasy tablets) + PRESS (force down) + OS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Five in the morning with quiet attractive girl (4)","output":"### Answer: VAMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: attractive girl\nV + AM + P"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former Catholic entering United (4)","output":"### Answer: ONCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Former\nC in ONE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go to sleep with this bimbo model (not about to split) (9)","output":"### Answer: BARBITONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Go to sleep with this\nReverse of NOT in BARBIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Less sharp, bladdered, I put some bottles back (8)","output":"### Answer: STUPIDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Less sharp\nHidden in reverse of bladdeRED I PUT Some"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Port's stolen\", boozer admitted (6)","output":"### Answer: HOBART \n ### Explanation: Definition: Port\nBAR in HOT. Hobart is the capital of Tasmania"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Almost down a shot, sporting great entering wild party (10)","output":"### Answer: SATURNALIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: wild party\nTURN (shot) + ALI (sporting great) in SA[D] (down) + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turn around second leg (4)","output":"### Answer: SPIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Turn around\nS + PIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Goes stretches dry \u2014 most affected (6)","output":"### Answer: TWEEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: most affected\nWEES ('goes') in TT (teetotal) \u2013 a strange-looking word, but 'tweeest' would be even stranger"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Round-on-way\" line (6)","output":"### Answer: STRING \n ### Explanation: Definition: line\nST (street, way) + RING (a round)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Accept what's offered in cash \u2014 George Best cons bar when drunk (7,4,2,8)","output":"### Answer: BEGGARS\u00a0CAN\u2019T BE\u00a0CHOOSERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Accept what's offered\n(CASH GEORGE BEST CONS BAR)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put out film collection (5)","output":"### Answer: UPSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put out\nUP (film) + SET (collection) \u2013 I spent a lot of time trying to get an anagram of PUT into this.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Protection for an American series of games (7)","output":"### Answer: RUBBERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Protection for an American\nDouble definition \u2013 condoms ('chiefly N. Amer' says Chambers) and the term from Bridge. I think we need to read 'series' as a plural"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor on way, heroin injected carelessly (6)","output":"### Answer: ANYHOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: carelessly\n(ON WAY H)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gives up bitter? Get going! (4-5)","output":"### Answer: KICK-START \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get going\nKICKS TART"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Optic to discharge relief for bad spectator? (7)","output":"### Answer: EYEDROP \n ### Explanation: Definition: relief for bad spectator\nEYE (optic) + DROP (discharge)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: List of constituents each with large, smooth cut by Hannibal (9,4)","output":"### Answer: ELECTORAL ROLL \n ### Explanation: Definition: List of constituents\nLECTOR in EA L ROLL (to smooth, e.g. a cricket pitch). LECTOR is intended to mean the *Silence of the Lambs* character, but he is actually Hannibal LectEr. Tramp has already apologised for the error in the comments on the Guardian site and elsewhere, but surely this is the sort of thing that should be picked up in the editing process. However the definition is a bit of a giveaway, so I don't think anyone would have been seriously held up by this"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: United captain first to fill double on recovery (9)","output":"### Answer: RECAPTURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: recovery\nCAPT + U in RE RE ('on', doubled)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wretch finished with model (7)","output":"### Answer: OUTCAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wretch\nOUT + CAST (to model)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Past: pluck from memory (2,5)","output":"### Answer: BY HEART \n ### Explanation: Definition: from memory\nBY (past) + HEART (pluck, courage)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Career over? Confess getting treatment (7)","output":"### Answer: NURSING \n ### Explanation: Definition: treatment\nReverse of RUN + SING (confess)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trouble with greed, perhaps around looker (6)","output":"### Answer: ADONIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: looker\nADO + reverse of SIN (greed is one of the Seven Deadly Sins)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Singers from US behind AC\/DC covers (5)","output":"### Answer: BASSI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Singers\nASS (American 'behind') in BI[sexual]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Right outfit's pretentious on barman in theatre (10,5)","output":"### Answer: REPUBLICAN\u00a0PARTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Right outfit\nPUBLICAN in REP (repertory \u2013 theatre)+ ARTY (pretentious)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"It's stifling in Post Office\", newspaperman snapped (7)","output":"### Answer: PHOTOED \n ### Explanation: Definition: snapped\nHOT in PO + ED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What wine smuggler did to get rifle (7)","output":"### Answer: RANSACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: rifle\nThe smuggler RAN SACK (wine)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Object in orbit letter's spoken of (3)","output":"### Answer: EYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Object in orbit\nHomophone of (the letter) I \u2013 the orbit is the eye socket"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time to stop women chatting up London's mayor (11)","output":"### Answer: WHITTINGTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: London's mayor\nT in W + HITTING ON (chatting up) \u2013 Richard (Dick) Whittington, former Lord Mayor of London and pantomime hero"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Day younger goddess admits a rampant desire (10)","output":"### Answer: SATYRIASIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: rampant desire\nSAT[urday] + YR (younger) + A in ISIS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like poems close to Leonardo DiCaprio's heart (4)","output":"### Answer: ODIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like poems\nHidden (almost at the \"heart\") in leonardO DICaprio"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Over 501 (4)","output":"### Answer: DONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Over\nD (500) + ONE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Digit's good, dividing number reportedly better (10)","output":"### Answer: FOREFINGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Digit\nG in \"Four\" + FINER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bishop and pope occupying hotel rooms? One has a trek to town centre (11)","output":"### Answer: SUBURBANITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One has a trek to town centre\nB + URBAN (one of eight Popes) in SUITE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lazy individual shedding pounds and blubber (3)","output":"### Answer: SOB \n ### Explanation: Definition: blubber\nSLOB less L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Divine female has milkshakes (7)","output":"### Answer: LAKSHMI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Divine female\n(HAS MILK)* \u2013 she is the Hindu goddess of wealth, fortune and prosperity"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pirouetting in the raw, a nudist in the dark (7)","output":"### Answer: UNAWARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: in the dark\nHidden reverse of thE RAW A NUdist"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poor Sky TV reception \u2014 right shambles! (7-8)","output":"### Answer: POVERTY-STRICKEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poor\n(SKY TV RECEPTION R)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hacks through grass that's kept down (9)","output":"### Answer: REPRESSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: kept down\nPRESS (hacks) in REED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person who's paid before international rally? (7)","output":"### Answer: PROTEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: rally\nPRO (person who's paid) + TEST (an international match)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man who's learned caution: leader of mob holding bank up (8)","output":"### Answer: BOOKWORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Man who's learned\nBOOK (to caution, as the police might do) + reverse of ROW + M[ob]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Primate of country in Asia nearly crossing river (5)","output":"### Answer: INDRI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Primate\nR in INDI[A] \u2013 a type of Lemur"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Offensive broadcast to stop working (9)","output":"### Answer: AIRSTRIKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Offensive\nAIR (broadcast) + STRIKE (stop working)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What cook uses, one eating popular Italian food (6)","output":"### Answer: PANINI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Italian food\nIN (popular) in PAN I \u2013 some people get very upset at the use of panini as a singular, though it doesn't bother me; Picaroon avoids the issue by the use of the generic \"food\" here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Getting stick about high teas, having dressed down (7)","output":"### Answer: ROASTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: dressed down\nTEAS* in ROD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's foul running water in North America (5)","output":"### Answer: YUKON \n ### Explanation: Definition: water in North America\nYUK (\"it's foul!\") + ON (running)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lack of principles said to obstruct friendship (9)","output":"### Answer: AMORALITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lack of principles\nORAL in AMITY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cold cut of meat containing a seed from Cuba, say (9)","output":"### Answer: CARIBBEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: from Cuba, say\nA in C RIB + BEAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top select group, one defending art, perhaps (8)","output":"### Answer: LITERATI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Top select group, one defending art, perhaps\nART* in [E]LITE + I, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Russian writer knocked back very fine port (7)","output":"### Answer: NABOKOV \n ### Explanation: Definition: Russian writer\nReverse of V OK OBAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good question about old lady's wartime protection (3,4)","output":"### Answer: GAS MASK \n ### Explanation: Definition: wartime protection\nMA'S in G ASK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person parading topless, who might take a bow (6)","output":"### Answer: ARCHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: who might take a bow\n[M]ARCHER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: County's low quality food packaging area (5)","output":"### Answer: SALOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: County\nA in SLOP \u2013 old name for Shropshire"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Northerner's brief stay at a hotel in Paris? (5)","output":"### Answer: INUIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Northerner\n1 NUIT (French night)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Posh drinking place? Stick with round in dive? (6,3)","output":"### Answer: LOUNGE BAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Posh drinking place\nO in LUNGE (dive) + BAR (stick)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A bit isolated (5)","output":"### Answer: APART \n ### Explanation: Definition: isolated\nA PART"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top character central to Special Branch (5)","output":"### Answer: CLIMB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Top\n[spe]C[ial] LIMB"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Irony and a flowing form of language (4-5)","output":"### Answer: INDO-ARYAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: form of language\n(IRONY AND A)* \u2013 a family of languages that includes Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Musical books effective (7)","output":"### Answer: OPERANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: effective\nOPERA (musical) + N[ew] T[estament]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Knocking On Heaven's Door, primarily about an experienced performer (3,4)","output":"### Answer: OLD HAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: experienced performer\nOLD (knocking on) + AN in H[eaven's] D[oor]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like Bob Dylan in this melody? (5)","output":"### Answer: THEME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like Bob Dylan in this\nDylan is the theme in this crossword"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record about old fool (3)","output":"### Answer: COD \n ### Explanation: Definition: fool\nO in CD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Check sound's different at back (5)","output":"### Answer: AUDIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Check\nI think this is AUDIO with the O changed to the unspecified T \u2013 a bit unsatisfactory if so"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blues man mostly entertaining as well (7)","output":"### Answer: CHELSEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blues\nELSE (as well) in CHA[P] \u2013 Chelsea (football team) are known as The Blues"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Travelling, Dylan ultimately hired by musician (7)","output":"### Answer: HENDRIX \n ### Explanation: Definition: musician\nAnagram of [Dyla]N + HIRED, + X (multiplied by)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fan's short run to player (9)","output":"### Answer: EXTRACTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fan\nEXTR[A] (run in cricket) + ACTOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alas, old Bob Dylan cut short touring (5)","output":"### Answer: SADLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Alas\nS (shilling \u2013 bob) + anagram of DYLA[N]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wild one with horn? (5)","output":"### Answer: RHINO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wild one with horn\n(I HORN) &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Play Milan and Lyon in an insignificant way (9)","output":"### Answer: NOMINALLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: in an insignificant way\n(MILAN LYON)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Group pass bass around (4)","output":"### Answer: BLOC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Group\nReverse of B[ass] + COL (mountain pass)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ready for it? Tangled Up in Blue (6)","output":"### Answer: NUBILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ready for it\n(IN BLUE) \u2013 clever use of a Dylan title"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They may land in America with drummers: one gets laid first (10)","output":"### Answer: EGGBEATERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They may land in America\nEGG (one gets laid) + BEATERS (drummers) \u2013 American slang for helicopters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First set off Bob to list Answer's Blowin' In The Wind (6)","output":"### Answer: OBOIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Answer's Blowin' In The Wind\n[B]OB [T]O [L]IST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supporter and daughter crossing city (8)","output":"### Answer: BRADFORD \n ### Explanation: Definition: city\nBRA + D + FORD (river crossing)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American to talk about legend (4)","output":"### Answer: SAGA \n ### Explanation: Definition: legend\nReverse of A + GAS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record reviewed for college (4)","output":"### Answer: ETON \n ### Explanation: Definition: college\nReverse of NOTE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Work on movement: it might have spirit (5)","output":"### Answer: OPTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: it might have spirit\nOP + TIC \u2013 an optic is the familiar device using for dispensing spirits in a pub"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Identifying backing tune getting help in German (10)","output":"### Answer: DIAGNOSING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Identifying\nReverse of SONG + AID, + IN G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Half-hearted diet \u2014 steer clear of drink? (5)","output":"### Answer: DETOX \n ### Explanation: Definition: clear of drink\nD[I]ET + OX (steer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Non-acoustic guy? Dylan to cut LP by 22 across (8,8)","output":"### Answer: ELECTRIC LADYLAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: LP by 22 across\nDYLAN in ELECTRIC (non-acoustic) LAD (guy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Freewheeling coach, final couple dropped off with singer (8)","output":"### Answer: COASTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Freewheeling\nCOA[ch] + STING (singer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Has band to penetrate groups of women (6)","output":"### Answer: HAREMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: groups of women\nREM (rock band) in HAS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: You'll find a lot of holes in this cryptic puzzle (6)","output":"### Answer: RIDDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: You'll find a lot of holes in this\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make listener put on number (4)","output":"### Answer: EARN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make\nEARN + N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Upset star and make-up people? (4)","output":"### Answer: AVON \n ### Explanation: Definition: make-up people\nReverse of NOVA \u2013 Avon Cosmetics sell directly to consumers, hence their famous \"<ding dong> Avon calling!\" TV adverts"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Toy boy, not British, going up repeatedly (2-2)","output":"### Answer: YO-YO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Toy\n[B]OY, reversed, twice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bitter admission to female doctor (6)","output":"### Answer: HEALER \n ### Explanation: Definition: doctor\nALE (bitter) in HER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Union leader upset again about a creeper (6)","output":"### Answer: IGUANA \n ### Explanation: Definition: creeper\n(U AGAIN)*, though the wording of the clue suggest it should be U + AGAIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A bribe for Cork? (4)","output":"### Answer: BUNG \n ### Explanation: Definition: A bribe\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Just now \u2014 or just Christmas? (7,3)","output":"### Answer: PRESENT\u00a0DAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Just now\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Others acquire their habits from him (6)","output":"### Answer: TAILOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Others acquire their habits from him\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is able to sign for cage birds (8)","output":"### Answer: CANARIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: cage birds\nCAN (is able) + ARIES (astrological sign)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Salesman, flier and maintenance worker (9)","output":"### Answer: REPAIRMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: maintenance worker\nREP (salesman) + AIRMAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hide away from the French and American tax service (4)","output":"### Answer: LAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hide\nLA + IR (Internal Revenue? \u2013 as far as I know the US tax authority is always known as the IRS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Well-used footwear? (4)","output":"### Answer: PUMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: footwear\nDouble definition \u2013 you might pump water out of a well"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Followers stand here, confused (9)","output":"### Answer: ADHERENTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Followers\n(STAND HERE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor is going to ask us about a dish we've eaten abroad (8)","output":"### Answer: MOUSSAKA \n ### Explanation: Definition: dish we've eaten abroad\nMO + (ASK US)* + A \u2013 some of us have eaten moussaka at home (and perhaps never abroad)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tempt French duke into a bishop's domain (6)","output":"### Answer: SEDUCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tempt\nDUC in SEE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's branches are of relative importance (6,4)","output":"### Answer: FAMILY TREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's branches are of relative importance\nCryptic definition, with a wince at the incorrect \"it's\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Runner has zero energy (4)","output":"### Answer: NILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Runner\nNIL + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rules for clergymen (6)","output":"### Answer: CANONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rules\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cold-blooded calculators? (6)","output":"### Answer: ADDERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cold-blooded calculators\nDouble\/cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Enter US city in a huge new kind of business (7)","output":"### Answer: HAULAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: kind of business\nLA (Los Angeles) in (A HUGE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An ugly leg but a heavenly body! (5)","output":"### Answer: ANGEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: a heavenly body\nAN + LEG* \u2013 do angels have bodies?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In pre-Rome constitution he was the ruler (7)","output":"### Answer: EMPEROR \n ### Explanation: Definition: he was the ruler\n(PRE-ROME)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Political party on course (6)","output":"### Answer: GREENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Political party\nDouble definition, though surely greens would only ever be part of a course"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Showing unusual talent, are to take turns (9)","output":"### Answer: ALTERNATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: take turns\n(TALENT ARE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He's not paid when taking a friend over the old city (7)","output":"### Answer: AMATEUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: He's not paid\nA MATE + UR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Realise and convey how to act the part of a servant (5,3,5)","output":"### Answer: FETCH AND CARRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: how to act the part of a servant\nFETCH (realise) AND CARRY (convey) \u2013 I'm not sure about the first part: Chambers gives reach or attain' and 'to be effective', which might just about cover it, but I'm not convinced"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Entry to a commercial office (9)","output":"### Answer: ADMISSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Entry\nAD + MISSION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boring publicity men I take into account (7)","output":"### Answer: PROSAIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boring\nPROS (public relations officers) + I in AC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Upset at dense part of London (4,3)","output":"### Answer: EAST END \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of London\n(AT DENSE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They are made to lift up or to bring down (7)","output":"### Answer: TACKLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: They are made to lift up\nTwo overlapping definitions \u2013 as in block-and-tackle and rugby tackles respectively"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grand study about some in deep depression (6)","output":"### Answer: CANYON \n ### Explanation: Definition: depression\nANY (some) in CON (study). 'Grand' seems to be redundant"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Five hundred bet on a poet (5)","output":"### Answer: DANTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: poet\nD + ANTE, giving the Italian poet, as well as Rufus's alter ego in the FT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Depression over rotten clue (3-3)","output":"### Answer: TIP-OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: clue\nReverse of PIT (depression) + OFF"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: She opposes men on purpose (8)","output":"### Answer: OBJECTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: She opposes\nOBJECT (purpose) + OR ('other ranks', men), with an Arachne-style non-sexist \"she\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charge almost certain to prove trying (6)","output":"### Answer: SURTAX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Charge\nSUR[E] + TAX"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: People like Nelson meet up as arranged (8)","output":"### Answer: AMPUTEES \n ### Explanation: Definition: People like Nelson\n(MEET UP AS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Proceed unsteadily round bed, muffling soft sound (6-8)","output":"### Answer: COPPER-BOTTOMED \n ### Explanation: Definition: sound\nP and BOTTOM (bed \u2013 as in sea-bed) in PROCEED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old coach is last to leave, following after tea (4-6)","output":"### Answer: POST-CHAISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old coach\nPOST (after) + CHA (tea) +IS + [leav]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Manx side filled case (4)","output":"### Answer: FLAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: filled case\nFLAN[K] \u2013 a side with no tail"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This is not Long Island (4)","output":"### Answer: INCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: This is not Long\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note: wife's ignoring country custom to a great extent (3,3,4)","output":"### Answer: FAR AND AWAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: to a great extent\nFA (note) + R[W]ANDA + WAY (custom)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Proprietor adds rent for skilled weaver (8,6)","output":"### Answer: TRAPDOOR SPIDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: skilled weaver\n(PROPRIETOR ADDS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Intimate clothing troubles holding one back in capital (8)","output":"### Answer: BRASILIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: capital\nBRA + I in reverse of AILS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They say pop will die, having promised much (6)","output":"### Answer: FIZZLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: die, having promised much\nHomophone of \"fizz'll\", where pop = fizz = fizzy drink"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Motivate soldier in deceptively serene setting (8)","output":"### Answer: ENERGISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Motivate\nGI in SERENE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pull gently on large plant (6)","output":"### Answer: TEASEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: plant\nTEASE + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shot hit bull (4)","output":"### Answer: TOSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: bull\nSHOT* \u2013 bull and tosh both mean nonsense"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dangerous source of infestation, briefly substandard? (7)","output":"### Answer: PARLOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dangerous\nPAR (standard) + LOUS[E]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Off-key band to assemble at home (4-4)","output":"### Answer: FLAT-PACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: to assemble at home\nFLAT (off-key) + PACK (a group, band) \u2013 the definition needs to be read as an adjectival phrase"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scrounge child's food for theatre audiences (4,2,5)","output":"### Answer: BUMS ON SEATS \n ### Explanation: Definition: theatre audiences\nBUM (scrounge) + SON'S EATS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Essex opener run out twice in fourth match (6)","output":"### Answer: EQUATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: match\nE[ssex] + QUARTER (a fourth) less both its Rs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Current actor finally stops playing Hamlet (7)","output":"### Answer: THERMAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Current\nR in (\"stopping\") HAMLET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Official seat DIY centres supply, when temperature's dropped (9)","output":"### Answer: RESIDENCY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Official seat\n(DIY CENTRES)* less T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Policy Americans go wild for (11)","output":"### Answer: REAGANOMICS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Policy\n(AMERICANS GO)* \u2013 not quite &lit, but close"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record of suffering that can be glossed over? (9)","output":"### Answer: PAINTABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: that can be glossed over\nThe record is a PAIN TABLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Special ingredient's moreish, but calorie-free! (8)","output":"### Answer: ADDITIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Special ingredient\nADDICTIVE less C"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Announcement in Daily Express leader elicits mockery (7)","output":"### Answer: CHARADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: mockery\nAD in CHAR ('daily woman') + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cunning plans asthmatics produce? (7)","output":"### Answer: WHEEZES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cunning plans\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Neatening piece of frayed gingham? (6)","output":"### Answer: EDGING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Neatening\nHidden in frayED GINGham"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conservative PM to go Liberal? (4)","output":"### Answer: PEEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Conservative PM\nPEE (to go) + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ornamental moulding: mine also rancho adapted (12)","output":"### Answer: EGG-AND-ANCHOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ornamental moulding\nEGG (slang for a mine) + AND (also) + RANCHO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sang like Julie, famously, leaf fluttering in sward (7)","output":"### Answer: SOLFAED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sang like Julie, famously\nLEAF* in SOD \u2013 think of Julie Andrews singing \"Doe, a deer\u2026\" in *The Sound of Music"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird that's abandoned lake or \u2026 (4)","output":"### Answer: OUSE \n ### Explanation: Bird that's abandoned lake or \u2026 (4)\nOUSEL less L, with the definition appearing as the first word the next clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 River, with river craft around, something attached to schooner? (5)","output":"### Answer: PRUNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: something attached to schooner\nR in PUNT \u2013 the schooner here is a drinking glass (for sherry)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's played in casinos, getting clubs on edge? Well! (6)","output":"### Answer: CHEMMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's played in casinos\nC + HEM + MY \u2013 short form of the casino game chemin de fer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old German dancer much employed (6)","output":"### Answer: ALMAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old German\nALMA (Egyptian dancer)+ IN (much employed, i.e. fashionable)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like a pub with no beer that's captured attention? (6)","output":"### Answer: DREARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like a pub with no beer that's captured attention\nEAR (attention) in DRY (like a pub with no beer), &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of garden I dug over and fed (5)","output":"### Answer: DINED \n ### Explanation: Definition: fed\nHidden in reverse of garDEN I Dug"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Body sees poorly \u2013 being so? (8)","output":"### Answer: BOSS-EYED \n ### Explanation: Definition: so\n(BODY SEES)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bough twosome including linnet initially, then sandpiper (8)","output":"### Answer: DULE-TREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bough\nL[innet] in DUET + REE (aka reeve, a female sandpiper) \u2013 bough and dule-tree are both names for the gallows"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheese sample, e.g., wrapped by Tesco operative (5)","output":"### Answer: SCOOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cheese sample, e.g.\nHidden in teSCO OPerative"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A sermon after church? One bracer after another! (6)","output":"### Answer: CHASER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One bracer after another\nCH + A SER[mon]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Millions in trawler's catch, one following little hooks (6)","output":"### Answer: HAMULI \n ### Explanation: Definition: little hooks\nM in HAUL + I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Webbing, soft, a priest put on behind (6)","output":"### Answer: PALAMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Webbing\nP + A LAMA \u2013 it's webbing as in a bird's foot"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Special outfit for youngster (5)","output":"### Answer: SPRIG \n ### Explanation: Definition: youngster\nSP. + RIG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Curse of Scotland, partly seen in England? (4)","output":"### Answer: NINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Curse of Scotland\nHidden in seeN IN England \u2013 the nine of diamonds is known as the Curse of Scotland (for uncertain reasons). Is just \"nine\" a bit vague for it?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old records from a Roman centre of industry (7)","output":"### Answer: ARCHIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old records\nA RC (Roman [Catholic]) HIVE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Migrant worker, a brilliant one, cutting big tree in pieces (12)","output":"### Answer: GASTARBEITER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Migrant worker\nA STAR in (BIG TREE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I fancy roadkill \u2013 it's swell devouring monster (7)","output":"### Answer: GORCROW \n ### Explanation: Definition: I fancy roadkill\nORC in GROW \u2013 the carrion crow"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gorge on energy, creating muscle (5)","output":"### Answer: GLUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: muscle\nGLUT + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Earth in wild tundra of specified disposition (7)","output":"### Answer: NATURED \n ### Explanation: Definition: of specified disposition\nE in TUNDRA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blame milkmaid that's pinched almost half the cream (5)","output":"### Answer: DECRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blame\nCR[eam] in DEY (dialect word for a dairymaid)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old pointer adopted subservient posture, we hear? (5)","output":"### Answer: NEELD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old pointer\nHomophone of \"kneeled\" \u2013 obsolete form of \"needle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Holding h-hand , played Acol, making contract? (9)","output":"### Answer: COMMITTAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: contract\nM-MITT in ACOL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fellow, in appearance elegant (6)","output":"### Answer: HUMANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: elegant\nMAN in HUE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Son, self-assertive, admitting bad wrong, getting punishment in camp? (11)","output":"### Answer: SPUD-BASHING \n ### Explanation: Definition: punishment in camp\nS + BAD* in PUSHING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Frame for drying cheese or fish (4)","output":"### Answer: HAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Frame for drying cheese\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fool, headless chicken in court, in a stew (9)","output":"### Answer: CASSOULET \n ### Explanation: Definition: stew\nASS + [P]OULET in CT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bananas she iced burst open (7)","output":"### Answer: DEHISCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: burst open\n(SHE ICED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Herd mostly restricts greeting for US gum (7)","output":"### Answer: BEEHIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: US gum\nHI in BEEVE[S] (cattle) \u2013 gum is US dialect for a beehive, \"esp. one made from a hollow gum-tree\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Receivers of letters? From answers they can be found in (6)","output":"### Answer: ROMANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Receivers of letters\nHidden in fROM ANSwers \u2013 reference to Paul's Epistle to the Romans. The fourth hidden answer in this puzzle: is this a record?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of Bible oracle I mark beside patriarch's place (4)","output":"### Answer: URIM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of Bible oracle\nUR (Abraham's city) + I M \u2013 Urim and Thummim are mentioned in Exodus 28:30 and are (unspecified) objects used in divination."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Basin drying out regularly was situated in fort (5)","output":"### Answer: PLAYA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Basin drying out regularly\nLAY in PA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Catholic row over bishop, calling for one to succeed him (5)","output":"### Answer: COARB \n ### Explanation: Definition: one to succeed him\nOAR (row) in C B \u2013 \"an ecclesiastical successor\", from an Irish word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spar? Broach boxing rule (5)","output":"### Answer: SPRIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spar\nR in (\"boxed by\") SPIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One to cut French daily drink (8)","output":"### Answer: LEMONADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\nA in LE MONDE (French newspaper)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Many? Not so long and thanks for fish (5)","output":"### Answer: MANTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: fish\nMAN[Y] + TA (thanks)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In the 1980s, perhaps, one picking up hitchhiker's guide to galaxy? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: FORD\u00a0ESCORT \n ### Explanation: Definition: In the 1980s, perhaps, one picking up hitchhiker's guide to galaxy\nI think this is a kind of extended cryptic definition \u2013 the *Hitchhiker's Guide* character FORD Prefect might jave been given a lift or ESCORTed in one. Although the Escort was around in the 80s (the \"third-generation\" design came out in 1980) it goes back a lot further: I had driving lessons in one in 1970. This is perhaps an unusual case where some knowledge of the theme is helpful. The actual \"Hitchhiker's Guide\" was a book, but Ford Prefect acted as a kind of guide to Arthur Dent."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen at start of race is changing jockey? (10)","output":"### Answer: EQUESTRIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: jockey\nAnagram of QUEEN AT R[ace] IS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pen good section with feel for describing (6)","output":"### Answer: PIGSTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pen\nG S in PITY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Selected by The X Factor, a person's story's entertaining from the beginning (2,6)","output":"### Answer: AB INITIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: from the beginning\nIN (selected by) IT (the X factor) in A BIO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prefect reversing in car outside (7)","output":"### Answer: MONITOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prefect\nIN reversed in MOTOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Find short Arthur Dent's stripped off (7)","output":"### Answer: UNEARTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Find\nAnagram of ARTHU[R] [D]EN[T] \u2013 \"short\" indicates dropping the last letter of ARTHUR, \"stripped\" the removal of the outer letters of DENT and \"off\" the anagram"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Apes left pair of primates to go around island by Thailand (8)","output":"### Answer: IMITATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Apes\nI + T in [PR]IMATES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink, leaving head to settle (4,2)","output":"### Answer: EVEN UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: settle\n[S]EVEN UP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endlessly amusing for visitors, not old, like 25? (10)","output":"### Answer: FUTURISTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: like 25\nFU[N] + TOURISTIC less O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some terrific stuff in retrospect: like Life, the Universe and Everything? (3-2)","output":"### Answer: SCI-FI \n ### Explanation: Definition: like Life, the Universe and Everything\nHidden in reverse of terrIFIC Stuff"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flying first class, queen goes to island, briefly (8)","output":"### Answer: AIRBORNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flying\nAI (first class) + R + BORNE[O]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheese and soft, green fruit regularly not out (8)","output":"### Answer: PECORINO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cheese\nP + ECO (green) + [F]R[U]I[T] + N.O."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Or Adams short work, And Another Thing \u2026 Guides for hitchhikers? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: ROAD MAPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Guides for hitchhikers\nThis was a tricky one to parse \u2013 I initially thought it was a faulty anagram of OR ADAMS OP. Actually it's an anagram of OR ADAM[S] + PS (\"and another thing\")."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: US restaurant at end of universe with English lines for cover (6)","output":"### Answer: EATERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: US restaurant\nAT + [univers]E in E RY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country and its location left for study (7)","output":"### Answer: PERUSAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: study\nPERU + S[outh] A[merica] + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lack job, love to go to the top (8)","output":"### Answer: OMISSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lack\nO + MISSION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Big edition ran spread (10)","output":"### Answer: INORDINATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Big\n(EDITION RAN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Adventure mostly harmless and dry (6)","output":"### Answer: SAFARI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Adventure\nSAF[E] + ARI[D]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is nautical tour to show island? (5,5)","output":"### Answer: SAINT LUCIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: island\n(IS NAUTICAL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Toes cracking? It's a problem with bone (8)","output":"### Answer: OSTEITIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: a problem with bone\nTOES* + IT IS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Great time having sex (8)","output":"### Answer: THUMPING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Great\nT + HUMPING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Camels go out here? Hot, missing covers (7)","output":"### Answer: ASHTRAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Camels go out here\nH in (covered by) ASTRAY \u2013 Camel is an American cigarette brand"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet American dear by the sounds of it? (6)","output":"### Answer: MOUSSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sweet\nThe \"moose\" is an American \"deer\", so two homophones for the price of one (indicated by the plural \"sounds\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show behind heartless idiot (4)","output":"### Answer: MOON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Show behind\nMO[R]ON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After love setback I stole freely \u2014 no getting cold feet on these (4,5)","output":"### Answer: LINO TILES \n ### Explanation: Definition: no getting cold feet on these\nReverse of NIL + (I STOLE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drugs dropped at start of getaway car's last lark (5)","output":"### Answer: CAPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: lark\n[ES]CAPE + [CA]R \u2013 a bit odd that this crosses with 5d, which has \"caper\" in its clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Offer up newly scarce housing for one offender with another one (9)","output":"### Answer: SACRIFICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Offer up\nI (one) + F (the end of \"off\", or \"off ender\" \u2013 a nice trick) + I in SCARCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One moves to lead in police patrols and gets involved in crime (5)","output":"### Answer: ABETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: gets involved in crime\nBEATS (police patrols) with A moved to the front"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Informant in bank job (6)","output":"### Answer: TELLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Informant\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Persistent criminal put inside to get free food (8)","output":"### Answer: LIFELONG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Persistent\nFELON in LIG. A lig (new to me) is \"a party with free refreshments\", or as a verb, as here, \"to be a freeloader, esp in the entertainment industry\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A cell where assault might lead (7)","output":"### Answer: BATTERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: A cell\nDouble definition \u2013 electrical cell\/battery, and as in the phrase \"assault and battery\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mishap for police officer capturing ringleader (7)","output":"### Answer: CROPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mishap\nR[ing] in COPPER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look up to Scottish monarch, royal inside, one last European (8)","output":"### Answer: STARGAZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Look up\nR in STAG (the \"monarch of the glen\") + A + Z (last) + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Consuming desire begins at home in middle age (6)","output":"### Answer: DINING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Consuming\nD[esire] + IN (at home) + IN + [A]G[E]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's a fashion to speak of criminals (5)","output":"### Answer: CRAZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's a fashion\nHomophone of Krays"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Means of oversight for every single police officer in the Home Counties (9)","output":"### Answer: PERISCOPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Means of oversight\nPER (for every) + I (single) + COP in SE (South-east England = Home Counties)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article contains information by which force gets criminal (5)","output":"### Answer: THIEF \n ### Explanation: Definition: criminal\nI in THE + F"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Give clean interpretation of the Gospel (9)","output":"### Answer: EVANGELIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: of the Gospel\n(GIVE CLEAN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boatman involved in crime gets coppers annoyed (6)","output":"### Answer: PIRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boatman involved in crime\nP[ence] + IRATE \u2013 unusually there is only one mention of Boatman in the clues of this puzzle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clarification sought on fate of band of good-for-nothings (5,3)","output":"### Answer: SORRY LOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: band of good-for-nothings\nSORRY (used to ask for clarification: \"sorry?\") + LOT (fate)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Commit crime, giving judge backchat! (6)","output":"### Answer: PILFER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Commit crime\nReverse of REF[eree] LIP, though the reversal doesn't seem to be indicated, except possibly the \"back\" in \"backchat\", though this is already accounted for in backchat=lip, and anyway is in the wrong place"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminal case led to clean up, resulting in loss of deposit (7)","output":"### Answer: DESCALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: clean up, resulting in loss of deposit\n(CASE LED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Caper gets student doctor locked up (6)","output":"### Answer: GAMBOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Caper\nMB in GAOL (i.e. locked up) \u2013 an MB isn't necessarily a *student* doctor, though"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps this is time for a criminal (8)","output":"### Answer: SENTENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: time for a criminal\nDouble definition \u2013 the clue itself is a sentence"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As from any remote origins (4)","output":"### Answer: AFAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: As from any remote origins\nFirst letters of As From Any Remote, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Government by one in outrageous yacht, Russian sins denied (8)","output":"### Answer: AUTARCHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Government by one\nAnagram of YACHT RUSSIAN, less SINS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Interpret what's set down regularly in freehand (4)","output":"### Answer: READ \n ### Explanation: Definition: Interpret\nAlternate letters in fReEhAnD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arrested after sidekick lost nerve (8)","output":"### Answer: PANICKED \n ### Explanation: Definition: lost nerve\nPA (sidekick) + NICKED (arrested)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Detective lacks heart to present warrant (7)","output":"### Answer: DESERVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: warrant\nD[etectiv]E + SERVE (present)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Police officer solving crossword puzzle \u2014 would CPS's letters get ignored? (6)","output":"### Answer: ROZZER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Police officer\nAnagram of CROSSWORD PUZZLE, less WOULD CPS'S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Condescends to speak of northerners (6)","output":"### Answer: DEIGNS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Condescends\nHomophone of \"Danes\" (northern Europeans)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seize family at dinner \u2014 it's their cover (6)","output":"### Answer: NAPKIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's their cover\nNAP (to seize) +KIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like to strip \u2014 backed out (6)","output":"### Answer: ASLEEP \n ### Explanation: Definition: out\nAS (like) + reverse of PEEL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Popular dancer having taken to drink makes mistakes \u2014 bad ones (5-3)","output":"### Answer: BALLS-UPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: mistakes \u2014 bad ones\nSUP in BALLS (Ed Balls, former politician who appeared on *Strictly Come Dancing*)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shut up, Rocky appeared to be indifferent (8)","output":"### Answer: SHRUGGED \n ### Explanation: Definition: appeared to be indifferent\nSH + RUGGED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trust councillor's correct (6)","output":"### Answer: CREDIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trust\nCR + EDIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One wet area turned into somewhere drier (4)","output":"### Answer: GOBI \n ### Explanation: Definition: somewhere drier\nReverse of (1 BOG)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Afterwards errancy's corrected with tough punishment \u2026 or maybe not (3,7,6)","output":"### Answer: THE NAUGHTY CORNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: punishment \u2026 or maybe not\nTHEN (afterwards) + (ERRANCY TOUGH)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Those people outside bend the rule of God (8)","output":"### Answer: THEARCHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: the rule of God\nARCH in THEY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Followers, once having changed sides, totally exposed (8)","output":"### Answer: STARKERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: totally exposed\nSTALKERS with the L changed to R (the \"once\" means we don't also have to change the R)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Politically correct but pointless, OK? (6)","output":"### Answer: RIGHTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: OK\nRIGHT-ON (politically correct) less N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lead left separately working out what he expects to get (3,7)","output":"### Answer: TOP BILLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: what he expects to get\nPB (chemical symbol for lead) and L (\"separately\" \u2013 i.e. they are not adjacent) in TOILING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Area of Ohio was home to some Americans (4)","output":"### Answer: IOWA \n ### Explanation: Definition: home to some Americans\nHidden in ohIO WAs \u2013 there are *some* easy clues in this puzzle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Goods stored in purple round food container (6)","output":"### Answer: EGGCUP \n ### Explanation: Definition: food container\nReverse of (GG in PUCE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Comedy family (rag-and-bone men) are caught inside (8)","output":"### Answer: TROTTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Comedy family\nR (homophone of \"are\") in TOTTERS (rag-and-bone men) \u2013 the Trotters are Del Boy's family in Only Fools and Horses"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Randiest when getting massage \u2014 that's awkward (8)","output":"### Answer: STRAINED \n ### Explanation: Definition: awkward\nRANDIEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Way to travel \u2014 walk (6)","output":"### Answer: STRIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: walk\nST + RIDE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shared philosophy classes, frequently around at the same time (6,2,7)","output":"### Answer: SCHOOL OF THOUGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shared philosophy\nSCHOOL (classes) + THOUGH (at the same time) in OFT \u2013 the whole clue also works as a definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Getting away \u2014 fancy day off (7)","output":"### Answer: ELUSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Getting away\n[D]ELUSION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Model here \u2014 get a paper to begin with (4,5)","output":"### Answer: PAGE THREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Model here \u2014 get a paper to begin with\nAnagram of HERE GET A P[aper], &lit, referring to the bare-breasted models who used to appear on page 3 of *The Sun"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Treatment from top Eastern doctor accepted (3,4)","output":"### Answer: BED REST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Treatment\nE DR in BEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carly's condemned loutish habit on roads (and pavements)? (5)","output":"### Answer: LYCRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: loutish habit on roads (and pavements)\nCARLY* \u2013 reference to so-called \"lycra louts\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trump's British counterpart's the woman for you \u2014 an old nag! (7)","output":"### Answer: SHERGAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: an old nag\nSUGAR (Alan Sugar and Donald Trump appeared in the UK and US versions of *The Apprentice*) with U (\"you\") replaced by HER (\"that woman's\") \u2013 I nearly had to give up on this as I was trying to use \"that woman\" = SHE\u2026"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Drinking one beer in there won't hurt\" \u2014 department have a wild night out (5,3,4,3)","output":"### Answer: PAINT THE TOWN RED \n ### Explanation: Definition: have a wild night out\nA (one) \"drunk by\" PINT + WON'T* in THERE + D[epartment]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shocking! George is rampaging round university (9)","output":"### Answer: EGREGIOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shocking\nU in (GEORGE IS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: About to pick up Boris's book (7)","output":"### Answer: REBECCA \n ### Explanation: Definition: book\nRE (about) + homophone of \"Becker\" (tennis player) \u2013 the book is by Daphne du Maurier, made in to a famous film by Alfred Hitchcock"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moved paper getting thrown around (7)","output":"### Answer: SHIFTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Moved\nFT (newspaper) in SHIED (thrown)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sparkle in bed at end of evening (7)","output":"### Answer: GLITTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sparkle\n[evenin]G + LITTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ladies under pressure at first in plant (5)","output":"### Answer: LUPIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: plant\nFirst letters of Ladies Under Pressure + IN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Day trip? Quite the contrary (9)","output":"### Answer: NIGHTFALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Day trip? Quite the contrary\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A period return to Wembley, say (5)","output":"### Answer: ARENA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wembley, say\nReverse of AN ERA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A returned high ball is hard to stop (7)","output":"### Answer: ABOLISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: stop\nA + reverse of LOB + IS H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Liar not found out, when appearing in court (2,5)","output":"### Answer: ON TRIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: appearing in court\n(LIAR NOT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dirt, for example, seen back round edge (5)","output":"### Answer: GRIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dirt\nRIM in reverse of EG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cite other changes, being purely spec\u00adulative (9)","output":"### Answer: THEORETIC \n ### Explanation: Cite other changes, being purely spec\u00adulative (9)\n(CITE OTHER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cherry and almond pie made by a writer (7,8)","output":"### Answer: RAYMOND CHANDLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: writer\n(CHERRY AND ALMOND)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kit for vicars and boxers? (3,6)","output":"### Answer: DOG COLLAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kit for vicars\nAn overlapping double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hole in bamboo boat (5)","output":"### Answer: CANOE \n ### Explanation: Definition: boat\nO in CANE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Airs composed by priest, one living in Jerusalem? (7)","output":"### Answer: ISRAELI \n ### Explanation: Definition: one living in Jerusalem\nAIRS* + ELI (Old Testament priest)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It may cause ill-feeling (7)","output":"### Answer: AILMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: It may cause ill-feeling\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look after a bull for Daisy (2-3)","output":"### Answer: OX-EYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Daisy\nOX + EYE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aim always, say, to try hard (9)","output":"### Answer: ENDEAVOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: try hard\nEND + homophone of \"ever\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put in a difficult position and finished full of rage (10)","output":"### Answer: ENDANGERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put in a difficult position\nANGER in ENDED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go in \u2014 in my discomposure, shame (8)","output":"### Answer: IGNOMINY \n ### Explanation: Definition: shame\n(GO IN IN MY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leader of the squad tried to change step (6)","output":"### Answer: STRIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: step\nS[quad] + TRIED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reluctant to lose student showing promise (4)","output":"### Answer: OATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: promise\n[L]OATH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Great hotel renovated completely (10)","output":"### Answer: ALTOGETHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: completely\n(GREAT HOTEL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of alibi that has not been forged (4-4)","output":"### Answer: CAST-IRON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sort of alibi\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop in a crooked side street (6)","output":"### Answer: DESIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stop\nSIDE* + ST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Net gain from trawling? (4)","output":"### Answer: HAUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Net gain from trawling\nCryptic definition \u2013 the trawler's net brings up the haul of fish"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where to find alternating current (5,5)","output":"### Answer: TIDAL RIVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where to find alternating current\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They saw where fish comes in (10)","output":"### Answer: CARPENTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They saw\nCARP + ENTERS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It registers miles motored, possibly around the Orient (8)","output":"### Answer: ODOMETER \n ### Explanation: Definition: It registers miles\nE in MOTORED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Knight provides weapon to many (8)","output":"### Answer: LANCELOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Knight\nLANCE + LOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slip up in gunroom (6)","output":"### Answer: GARRET \n ### Explanation: Definition: room\nReverse of ERR in GAT[ling gun], with a lift-and-separate definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wine store is a short distance in vehicle (6)","output":"### Answer: CELLAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wine store\nELL (measure of length) in CAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'd look up to this hero (4)","output":"### Answer: IDOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: hero\nID + reverse of LO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Helps in case of serious disease (4)","output":"### Answer: AIDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Helps\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps Siamese, but not Thai food, here? (3,4)","output":"### Answer: CAT CAFE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perhaps Siamese, but not Thai food, here\nApparently cat caf\u00e9s are, as they say, a thing. I think this is basically an extended cryptic definition, with reference to the Thai custom of eating dog meat (which you wouldn't get at a *cat* caf\u00e9)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very wonderful edition, which can be folded (4,3)","output":"### Answer: SOFA BED \n ### Explanation: Definition: which can be folded\nSO FAB ED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Backed at high price to cover kilometres on a slope (5)","output":"### Answer: RAKED \n ### Explanation: Definition: on a slope\nK in reverse of DEAR \u2013 K (as opposed to km) for kilometres is often used by runners and cyclists"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Took a break, having minor illness: sacked! (9)","output":"### Answer: CHILLAXED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Took a break\nCHILL (minor illness) + AXED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kicking me out, man un\u00adknown: his revenge? (9)","output":"### Answer: MONTEZUMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: his\nAnagram of ME OUT MAN + Z \u2013 Montezuma's Revenge is a bad reaction to unfamiliar food"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At first, railway invested in just sufficient rail (5)","output":"### Answer: BARRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: rail\nR[ailway] in BARE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cavern rent by large split (5)","output":"### Answer: CLOVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: split\nL in COVE \u2013 clove is the past tense of cleave"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unprincipled position spoken in friendship (9)","output":"### Answer: AMORALITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unprincipled position\nORAL in AMITY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Putting off the calming of excitement? (9)","output":"### Answer: DEFERMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Putting off\nDE-FERMENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time after time, winning card one doesn't play (5)","output":"### Answer: TACET \n ### Explanation: Definition: one doesn't play\nT + ACE + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With dry wit, his life's said to be carefree (5)","output":"### Answer: WRYLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: With dry wit\nHomophone of \"Riley\", as the proverbially carefree Life of Riley, a phrase whose origin seems to be unknown"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminal broke into cart, a bloomer (4-5)","output":"### Answer: WAKE\u2011ROBIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: a bloomer\nBROKE* in WAIN \u2013 a name for various flowers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Violent criminal, a sheep rustler? (3-6)","output":"### Answer: RAM\u2011RAIDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Violent criminal\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Precisely correct article about source of rice (5)","output":"### Answer: PATNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: source of rice\nPAT (precisely correct, as in \"down pat\") + reverse of AN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gasp \u2014 that woman not suitable for 1 across (7)","output":"### Answer: PANTHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: not suitable for 1 across\nPANT + HER \u2013 presumably one wouldn't see a panther at a cat caf\u00e9"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small bottle gets rid of a torment (7)","output":"### Answer: SCOURGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: torment\nS + COUR[A]GE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cup perhaps parted from saucer amicably (7)","output":"### Answer: CERAMIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cup perhaps\nHidden in sauCER AMICably"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aristo seizes a head of state in rising (6,3)","output":"### Answer: TAKING\u00a0OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: rising\nA KING in TOFF"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rotten way to ride, clear of sides (5)","output":"### Answer: ADDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rotten\nSIDESADDLE (a way to ride) less SIDES. Apparently addle can be used as an adjective"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stir up anger about stratagem that finally failed (9)","output":"### Answer: ENCOURAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stir up\nCOU[P] in ENRAGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nazi thugs arresting film star (5)","output":"### Answer: SPICA \n ### Explanation: Definition: star\nPIC (film) in SA \u2013 the *Sturmabteilung*, the original paramilitary wing of the Nazi party, aka the Brownshirts. Spica is a star in the constellation Virgo \u2013 rather an obscure clue, I thought, though fortunately the unchecked letters only involve the familiar PIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Putting in every effort, drunk at party (4,5)","output":"### Answer: FULL BLAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Putting in every effort\nFULL (drunk) + BLAST (party)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Underwear rebellion? (5)","output":"### Answer: BOXER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Underwear\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Decrepit stranger has empty day to fill (7)","output":"### Answer: DODDERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Decrepit\nODDER (stranger) in D[a]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ancient city destination for one dismissed? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: EARLY\u00a0BATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: destination for one dismissed\nEARLY (ancient) BATH (city) \u2013 a footballer who is sent of is said to be taking an early bath"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fringes dated on ladies' clothing (9)","output":"### Answer: OUTSKIRTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fringes\nOUT (dated) + SKIRTS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where Guantanamo's endlessly wrong \u2014 it holds a baby (9)","output":"### Answer: INCUBATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: it holds a baby\nIN CUBA (where Guantanamo is) + TOR[T]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Daughter spreading powder, a blob on the end of her nose? (7)","output":"### Answer: DEWDROP \n ### Explanation: Definition: a blob on the end of her nose\nD + POWDER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Torment breaks character \u2014 how much can one bear? (7)","output":"### Answer: TONNAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: how much can one bear\nNAG (to torment) in TONE \u2013 the second \"torment\" in the clues, perhaps appropriately for this puzzle\u2026"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Subverting enemy country (5)","output":"### Answer: YEMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: country\nENEMY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American's teeth so much cleaner, they say, given dentist's request? (5)","output":"### Answer: WIDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: dentist's request\nApproximated American pronunciation of \"whiter\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Such furniture needs a bit of care, probably (5)","output":"### Answer: REPRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: furniture\nHidden in caRE PRObably, and perhaps &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fruit, now delivered (7)","output":"### Answer: CURRANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fruit\nHomophone of \"current\" (=\"now\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Copies of paper on Sunday (7)","output":"### Answer: MIRRORS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Copies\n[Daily] MIRROR + S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It falls slowly to begin with, at this time (4)","output":"### Answer: SNOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: It falls\nS[lowly] + NOW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Out-of-shape senator takes exercise, it's said (9)","output":"### Answer: ESPERANTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's said\nPE in SENATOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Snooker player breaks with end of cue (5)","output":"### Answer: WHITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Snooker player\nWITH* + E \u2013 Jimmy White, snooker player who, despite many successes, never won the World Championship, though he reached the final six times"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: From the east, say, royal Islamic leader to rise again (2-6)","output":"### Answer: RE-EMERGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: rise again\nReverse of EG (say) + R + EMEER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As written, all the world is 80% male? (4)","output":"### Answer: STAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: male\nAs Shakespeare wrote, \"All the world's a STAGE\", so take 80% of that\u2026"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like a beer? Nothing left for adult, mildly drunk (5)","output":"### Answer: HAPPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: mildly drunk\nHOPPY with O (nothing) replaced by A[dult]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Band of cloud (4)","output":"### Answer: BLUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Band\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former VP endlessly accepts foreign money for Native Americans (8)","output":"### Answer: CHEYENNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Native Americans\nYEN in [Dick] CHENE[Y]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look over 50? To begin with, please rest (5)","output":"### Answer: SLEEP \n ### Explanation: Definition: rest\nL (50) in SEE + P[lease]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: During exit, May's wrangling with European alarmist (9)","output":"### Answer: DOOMSAYER \n ### Explanation: Definition: alarmist\nMAYS* + E in DOOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sports teacher's instruction for Charlie, perhaps? (4)","output":"### Answer: DOPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Charlie\nThe teacher tells us to DO P.E. \u2013 a Charlie is a fool"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stuntman wrestling a cobra \u2014 it's tense! (7)","output":"### Answer: ACROBAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stuntman\n(A COBRA)* + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Modest bachelor, somewhat shy, wants female with fabulous heart (7)","output":"### Answer: BASHFUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Modest\nBA + SH[Y] + F + [fab]UL[ous]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go bird catching (4)","output":"### Answer: TURN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Go\nHomophone (\"catching\") of \"tern\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English poet getting crisp? (8)","output":"### Answer: BROWNING \n ### Explanation: Definition: English poet\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small joints allegedly lead to explosion (6)","output":"### Answer: SNEEZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: explosion\nS + homophone of \"knees\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Insect eats rice crackers and earth, wildly (8)","output":"### Answer: FIERCELY \n ### Explanation: Definition: wildly\nRICE* + E in FLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ruler is extremely popular in church (6)","output":"### Answer: PRINCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ruler\nP[opula]R IN CE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not even 1 + 10 = 3 (4)","output":"### Answer: TRIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: 3\nOdd letters of TeRn (1d) + 10"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Father rejected frippery, upset over her fringe (9)","output":"### Answer: PERIPHERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: fringe\nHER in anagram of FRIPPERY less FR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ask question of speller (5)","output":"### Answer: WITCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: speller\nHomophone (indicated by \"ask\" \u2013 not too sure about that..) of \"which\". The third homophone in the puzzle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good cut of meat (beef) (5)","output":"### Answer: GRUMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: beef\nG + RUMP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person snaring new skin of tigress? (8)","output":"### Answer: HUNTSMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Person snaring new skin of tigress\nN + T[igres]S in HUMAN, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Around 500 bathers swim widths (8)","output":"### Answer: BREADTHS \n ### Explanation: Definition: widths\nD in BATHERS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ultimate in vanity? Henry wears two pairs of glasses to call for attention (3-3)","output":"### Answer: YOOHOO \n ### Explanation: Definition: call for attention\n[vanit]Y + H in OO + OO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heads of schools are worried, 20% might cry (6)","output":"### Answer: SCREAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: cry\nSC[hools] + ARE* + M (20% of \"might\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weed at the waterfront (4)","output":"### Answer: DOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Weed\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Punch \u2014 drink up (4)","output":"### Answer: PLUG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Punch\nReverse of GULP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Catch tense boy touring Norway (central region) (9)","output":"### Answer: HEARTLAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: central region\nHEAR (catch) + T[ense] + N in LAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wee one blocks vessel close to shore (5)","output":"### Answer: URINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wee\nI in URN + [shor]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oval cone not completely reshaped? (7)","output":"### Answer: VOLCANO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Oval cone not completely reshaped\nAnagram of OVAL CON[e], &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old instrument still in position after fire (7)","output":"### Answer: SACKBUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old instrument\nSACK (to fire) + BUT (still) \u2013 the sackbut is an early form of the trombone"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man on board, occupant of crow's-nest? (4)","output":"### Answer: ROOK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Man on board\nDouble definition \u2013 chess piece; and the rook is a member of the crow family"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 20 Polish in a rocky area (10)","output":"### Answer: HISPANIOLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: 20\n(POLISH IN A)* + A[rea] \u2013 the name of the ship in Robert Louis Stevenson's *Treasure Island*, as well as the Caribbean island"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Force to work in small space to free about 50 (7)","output":"### Answer: ENSLAVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Force to work\nL in EN (printer's space) + SAVE (to free)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He avoids the motive for crime (7)","output":"### Answer: TREASON \n ### Explanation: Definition: crime\nTHE minus HE + REASON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Current point estimated to have moved around (10)","output":"### Answer: ITINERATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: moved around\nI (symbol for electric current) + TINE (point) + RATED \u2013 an odd word, though obviously related to \"itinerant\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Principal sea area off Ireland, not large (4)","output":"### Answer: MAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Principal\nMALIN (sea area in the Shipping Forecast) less L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Labour fails to suppress female PM (7)","output":"### Answer: BALFOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: PM\nF in LABOUR* \u2013 at the time of writing it's not clear whether this \"prediction\" will come true\u2026"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bridge is beginning to hinder one means of communication (7)","output":"### Answer: SPANISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: one means of communication\nSPAN (bridge) + IS + H[inder]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top fruit variety (5)","output":"### Answer: RANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: variety\nORANGE, \"topped\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foreign Office ordered to tackle Republican taboo (9)","output":"### Answer: FORBIDDEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: taboo\nR in F.O. + BIDDEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Irish member vets bogus oath (spoken in 1720, perhaps) (6,2,7)","output":"### Answer: SHIVER ME TIMBERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: oath\n(IRISH MEMBER VETS)* \u2013 a traditional pirate's oath, maybe spoken in 1720, but more relevantly in the answers to 17d and 20d: TREASURE ISLAND"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old sailing ships vex Times (8)","output":"### Answer: GALLEONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old sailing ships\nGALL + EONS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A river protects British on the defensive (2,3)","output":"### Answer: AT BAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: on the defensive\nB in A TAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old queen makes love among ship's timbers (8)","output":"### Answer: CAROLINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old queen\nO in CARLINE \u2013 Chambers defines this as \"a strong beam used for supporting the deck in a ship, etc\", so it's a timber rather than timbers. The echo of 1d is also perhaps a bit of a blemish. There have been various Queen Carolines, incuding the wives of George II and George IV: I don't know if any of them (or other Carolines) have particular pirate-y connections."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Notice small boarding party? Makes sense (4,2)","output":"### Answer: ADDS UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Makes sense\nAD (notice) + S in DUP (political party in Northern Ireland)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'd say young US man is able to pick up a Corsair (9)","output":"### Answer: BUCCANEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Corsair\nHomophone (-ish) of \"buck can hear\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Airline carries 16oz duck and port (6)","output":"### Answer: BILBAO \n ### Explanation: Definition: port\n1 LB in BA + 0"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Support wet crewman controlling aid (11,4)","output":"### Answer: RESTRAINING\u00a0HAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: controlling aid\nREST (support) + RAINING (wet) + HAND (crewman)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hesitate limiting English prisoner's energy source (4,5)","output":"### Answer: WAVE POWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: energy source\nE POW in WAVER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Team leader to cheer up, having lost second prize (8)","output":"### Answer: TREASURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: prize\nT + REASSURE minus one S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps divers sidebars need editing (3,5)","output":"### Answer: SEABIRDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perhaps divers\nSIDEBARS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's left with kitchen unit (6)","output":"### Answer: ISLAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: kitchen unit\nI'S + L + AND (with)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A doctor provided time off course (6)","output":"### Answer: ADRIFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: off course\nA + DR + IF (providing) + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Goldsmith holds papers up in port (5)","output":"### Answer: CADIZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: port\nReverse of ID in ZAC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chasing a double century, I hit out and get this (7)","output":"### Answer: ACCLAIM \n ### Explanation: Definition: this\nA + CC (Roman numerals) + I in LAM \u2013 the definition implies that the batsman would get acclaim for his 200"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Redoing treatment for cut (7)","output":"### Answer: IGNORED \n ### Explanation: Definition: cut\nREDOING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Surrounded, like European capital in defeat (5)","output":"### Answer: BESET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Surrounded\nE in BEST (to defeat)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recovers from River Tees flooding (9)","output":"### Answer: RETRIEVES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Recovers\n(RIVER TEES)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Though possibly original, it is less than novel (5,5)","output":"### Answer: SHORT STORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Though possibly original, it is less than novel\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: About the church in former times (4)","output":"### Answer: ONCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: in former times\nON C.E."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not a single mistake by a serviceman (6,5)","output":"### Answer: DOUBLE\u00a0FAULT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not a single mistake by a serviceman\nCryptic definition, with the 'serviceman' being a tennis player"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show how Devil and Saint rank in esteem (11)","output":"### Answer: DEMONSTRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Show\nDEMON + ST + RATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bloomer in which a pupil is involved (4)","output":"### Answer: IRIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bloomer\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put away for safety? (10)","output":"### Answer: IMPRISONED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put away for safety\nCryptic definition (.. for the safety of potential victims, presumably)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Event idly arranged \u2014 obviously (9)","output":"### Answer: EVIDENTLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: obviously\n(EVENT IDLY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Instrument played in Twelfth Night (5)","output":"### Answer: VIOLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Instrument\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Private study (7)","output":"### Answer: SANCTUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Private study\nCryptic definition \u2013 barely cryptic perhaps, but slightly misleading; 'private study' was what we used to call free periods at my school. Chambers gives the defintion 'a (very) private room'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foreign sailors find girl without transport (7)","output":"### Answer: LASCARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Foreign sailors\nCAR in LASS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailor girl with unmarried sisters in her care (6)","output":"### Answer: ABBESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: unmarried sisters in her care\nAB + BESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oil wheel (6)","output":"### Answer: CASTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Oil\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One drawing on his teacher's advice (3,7)","output":"### Answer: ART STUDENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: One drawing on his teacher's advice\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worth millions, weary \u2014 needing uplift (5)","output":"### Answer: MERIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Worth\nM + reverse of TIRE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where Albania introduced prohibition \u2014 among other things (5,4)","output":"### Answer: INTER ALIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: among other things\n'Albania' is BAN (prohibition) in ALIA, so the prohibition is INTER ALIA (I was trying to do something with the country code AL for a while)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: File often found after this arrest (4)","output":"### Answer: NAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: arrest\n'Nail file'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very hungry creature that flies round the States (8)","output":"### Answer: RAVENOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Very hungry creature\nRAVEN + O (round) + US"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Under pressure to turn up with sweets (8)","output":"### Answer: DESSERTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Under pressure\nA very familiar reversal of STRESSED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Actions against the defence (10)","output":"### Answer: OFFENSIVES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Actions against the defence\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The very last word in negotiations? (9)","output":"### Answer: ULTIMATUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: The very last word in negotiations\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Errs amid wayward lovers (8)","output":"### Answer: ADMIRERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: lovers\n(ERRS AMID)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: End of drive? (8)","output":"### Answer: AMBITION \n ### Explanation: Definition: End of drive\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Staggering along to a country in Africa (6)","output":"### Answer: ANGOLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: country in Africa\nALONG* + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ladies in fashion or models (6)","output":"### Answer: IDEALS \n ### Explanation: Definition: models\nLADIES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sail with two little boys (5)","output":"### Answer: ROYAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sail\nROY + AL \u2013 it wouldn't be Rufus without a nautical reference, here to this sail"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An old joke? (4)","output":"### Answer: JEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: An old joke\nJust a definition, really: 'jest' being a slightly old-fashioned word, not commonly used except in stock phrases such as 'surely you jest'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pipe band's leader chasing sailors, wearing Chanel (7)","output":"### Answer: CORNCOB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pipe\nRN in COCO (Chanel) + B[and]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rotate teepee (7)","output":"### Answer: TWIDDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rotate\nLift-and-separate: teepee = tee + pee = T + WIDDLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nancy's one swan is set free (5)","output":"### Answer: UNPEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: set free\nUN ('one' in French, e.g. in Nancy) + PEN (female swan)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bouncy, half-cut barman turns and departs for walk (9)","output":"### Answer: BOULEVARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: walk\nBOU[ncy] + reverse of RAVEL (composer or 'bar-man') + D[eparts]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gamble with a contraceptive method? A brainwave! (4,6)","output":"### Answer: BETA RHYTHM \n ### Explanation: Definition: A brainwave\nBET + A + RHYTHM [method, as recommended by the Catholic church for contraception]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Every so often go crazy over pasta (4)","output":"### Answer: ORZO \n ### Explanation: Definition: pasta\nAlternate letters of gO cRaZy, plus O. Orzo (Italian for barley) is a kind of pasta that looks like grains of rice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cairo-born criminal ringing commercial dating agency (11)","output":"### Answer: RADIOCARBON \n ### Explanation: Definition: dating agency\nAD in (CAIRO BORN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Coppers slam heartless order to leave train (5,6)","output":"### Answer: SMALL\u00a0CHANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Coppers\nS[la]M + ALL CHANGE (order to leave a train)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One ignored unspoken diplomacy (4)","output":"### Answer: TACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: diplomacy\nTACIT less I \u2013 I think I've seen this contruction a few times"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheating outrageously at ludo, Sue is probed by copper at last (10)","output":"### Answer: ADULTEROUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cheating\n[coppe]R in (AT LUDO SUE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Twisted and turned more than needed (9)","output":"### Answer: REDUNDANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: more than needed\n(AND TURNED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Either end of ancient American vessel (5)","output":"### Answer: AORTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: vessel\nA OR T (either end of AncienT) + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Struggling to evacuate county town of Cornwall, briefly (7)","output":"### Answer: COSTIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Struggling to evacuate\nCO[unty] + ST IVE[S] \u2013 it means 'constipated'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having lost perp stupidly, poor copper's been blue (7)","output":"### Answer: OBSCENE \n ### Explanation: Definition: blue\n(COPPER'S BEEN)* less PERP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lord Copper edging closer to junior doctors (6)","output":"### Answer: CRUMBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lord\nLast letter or \"closer\" of junioR in CU + MBS (doctors), with Lord! as an interjection as the definition. Not that it's relevant, but Lord Copper is the newspaper proprietor in Evelyn Waugh's *Scoop*, whose flunkeys never dare say no to him, just \"up to a point, Lord Copper\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Standing on couch with foot in bandage (6)","output":"### Answer: REPUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Standing\nRE (on) + PUT (couch, meaning to put in particular words) + [bandag]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Result of flying high over River Wye, reportedly in reverse direction (10)","output":"### Answer: CONTRARILY \n ### Explanation: Definition: in reverse direction\nR in CONTRAIL (condensation trail \u2013 the cloud-like lines left by aircrat, and the subject of some mad conspiracy theories about how the government is poisoning us) + Y ('Wye')"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Barnet lad discontented copper (5)","output":"### Answer: BOBBY \n ### Explanation: Definition: copper\nBOB (hairstyle \u2013 rhyming slang Barnet [Fair]) + B[o]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Land or borough in Holland for Spooner (5,4)","output":"### Answer: TOUCH DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Land\nSpoonerism of 'Dutch town'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regularly nibble and kiss horny mountaineer (4)","output":"### Answer: IBEX \n ### Explanation: Definition: horny mountaineer\nALternate letters of nIbBlE + X"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Starts to denounce inequality and social division in rant (8)","output":"### Answer: DIATRIBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: rant\nD[enounce] I[nequality] A[nd] + TRIBE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In row D? (3,2,3)","output":"### Answer: END TO END \n ### Explanation: Definition: In row\nD is the last letter or, or END TO, END"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Group including copper and bishop run down hill backwards (4,6)","output":"### Answer: BASE METALS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Group including copper\nB + reverse of SLATE MESA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dry-eyed husband angrily stifling curses (9)","output":"### Answer: DEHYDRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dry\nAnother lift-and-separate, though helped by the hyphen : DRAT (curses!) in (EYED H)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Obscure boozer between centre of Cleveleys and Morecambe? (8)","output":"### Answer: ESOTERIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Obscure\nSOT (drunkard, boozer) in [Clev]e[leys] + ERIC (Morecambe, entertainer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nipper picked up poems and scanned lines (8)","output":"### Answer: BARCODES \n ### Explanation: Definition: scanned lines\nReverse of CRAB (nipper) + ODES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crude paddles in dugout canoe (6)","output":"### Answer: COARSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crude\nOARS in C[ano]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Test a Tesla stock car (6)","output":"### Answer: ESTATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: car\nHidden in (or part of the 'stock' of) tEST A TEsla"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Club finally lost extremely tight game (5)","output":"### Answer: LOTTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: game\nBLOTTO (very drunk, 'extremely tight') less [clu]B"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opposed to social worker removing kids from Sid (4)","output":"### Answer: ANTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Opposed to\nANT (social worker \u2013 this used to be a very common indication, but I don't remember seeing it lately) + SID less S[on] and D[aughter]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With a heave, that's covered pig's head and into the stove it goes (3,4)","output":"### Answer: GAS PIPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: into the stove it goes\nGASP (heave) + P[ig] in I.E. (\"that is\"' \u2013 it's sometimes done in clues but I don't like the abbreviation to \"that's\" here)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of pig (no residue) gives cold shoulder (7)","output":"### Answer: IGNORES \n ### Explanation: Definition: gives cold shoulder\nHidden in pIG NO RESidue \u2013 the online solution gives IGNORED, which is clearly incorrect"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boatman backs a worker resisting (4)","output":"### Answer: ANTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: resisting\nANT (worker) + I (Boatman)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Without exception, ivy intertwines with tree tops, in my experience (5,4)","output":"### Answer: EVERY TIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Without exception\n(IVY TREE)* + \"tops\" of My Experience"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chew pig's tail with crackling (5)","output":"### Answer: GRIND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chew\n[pi]G + RIND (crackling)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Praise for Europe set down by one (it's about London) (8)","output":"### Answer: EULOGISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Praise\nEU + LOG (set down) + I (one) + SE (London is in the South-east, so the SE is \"about London\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pig's heart with good bit of chicken (4)","output":"### Answer: WING \n ### Explanation: Definition: bit of chicken\n[s]WIN[e] + G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They'll sell you a porky scratching \u2014 it's first on bar back (5)","output":"### Answer: LIARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They'll sell you a porky\nReverse of RAIL + S[cratching] (\"it's\" first letter). Porky = pork pie = lie in rhyming slang"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Might be in pigs' club (4)","output":"### Answer: IRON \n ### Explanation: Definition: club\nDouble definition \u2013 iron might be found in the form of pigs, and an iron is a golf club"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Invite trouble, if a stork flies (3,3,2)","output":"### Answer: ASK FOR IT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Invite trouble\n(IF A STORK)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First among characters hailed in each fiefdom (5)","output":"### Answer: CHIEF \n ### Explanation: Definition: First among characters hailed in each fiefdom\nFirst letters of Characters Hailed In Each Fiefdom, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Called for peace: change of heart by Katharine Viner (9)","output":"### Answer: CLAMOURED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Called\nCALM (peace) with its \"heart\" changed, + OUR ED \u2013 Katharine Viner is the Guardian's Editor-in-chief"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gracious sigh in pig Latin (1,3)","output":"### Answer: I SAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gracious\nHow you would say \"sigh\" in Igpay atinlay"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Naughty hog intent on getting food! (7)","output":"### Answer: YOGHURT \n ### Explanation: Definition: food\nHOG* in YURT (i.e. \"in tent\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Swine on time for part of pig (7)","output":"### Answer: TROTTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of pig\nT + ROTTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hock in pot with top tucked in (4)","output":"### Answer: PAWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hock\nW[ith] in PAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After a fight, lion pigs out (8)","output":"### Answer: SPOILING \n ### Explanation: Definition: After a fight\n(LION PIGS)* \u2013 after as in \"looking for\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sow spared being butchered (6)","output":"### Answer: SPREAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sow\nSPARED* \u2013 sow as a verb, not a pig"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of custard, say, has extremely greedy people losing face (3,5)","output":"### Answer: EGG YOLKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of custard\nE.G. (say) + G[reed]Y + [f]OLKS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pigs' group said to lack interest (6)","output":"### Answer: BORING \n ### Explanation: Definition: to lack interest\nHomophone of \"boar ring\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Apart from the top, where the solution goes \u2026 (4)","output":"### Answer: HERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: where the solution goes\nWHERE less its first or top letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What to add to number for when pigs fly till the cows come home (4,5)","output":"### Answer: EVER AFTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: till the cows come home\nWhen pigs might fly is \"never\", which get by putting EVER AFTER N[umber]. \"Till the cows come home\" doesn't really mean \"for ever\", though, just a very long time"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prepares one to step down where lights are seen (5)","output":"### Answer: GRIDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: where lights are seen\nGIRDS (prepares, as in \"gird one's loins\") with I (one) moved down.\"Lights\" are the entries in a crossword grid"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poke fun at pig (5)","output":"### Answer: SCOFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poke fun\nDouble definition (pig = eat greedily)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boatman's left no longer stuffing fat pig (8)","output":"### Answer: LARBOARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boatman's left no longer\nBOAR (pig) in LARD (fat) \u2013 obsolete term for left on a ship, replaced by \"port\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bogus dietitian without a degree is no expert (8)","output":"### Answer: INITIATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: no expert\nDIETITIAN* less D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not to be deceived: eating cinders is showing off (6)","output":"### Answer: FLASHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: showing off\nASH in FLY (not to be deceived)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pig's ear made of sacred woods (6)","output":"### Answer: CEDARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: woods\nSACRED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of pig \u2014 one, some say, that keeps hot (4)","output":"### Answer: CHOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of pig\nH in COP \u2013 pig is slang for a policeman"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Palm fern, regularly used after prayer (4)","output":"### Answer: AMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: used after prayer\nAlternate letters of pAlM fErN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man of strength holds information for painter (6)","output":"### Answer: TITIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: painter\nI[nformation] in TITAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Singer given concession dashed round (7)","output":"### Answer: SOPRANO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Singer\nSOP (concession) + RAN + O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: About to enter aircraft carrier (9)","output":"### Answer: FREIGHTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: carrier\nRE in FIGHTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old Bob kindly provides balloon (5)","output":"### Answer: SWELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: balloon\nS (Shilling, old 'bob') + WELL (kindly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Change a place in West London (5)","output":"### Answer: ACTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: a place in West London\nTo ACT ON something can be to change it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Performing a poor role unfavourably (2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: IN BAD PART \n ### Explanation: Definition: unfavourably\n'Performing a poor role' is to be IN a BAD PART"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hugo! Try exotic food (7)","output":"### Answer: YOGHURT \n ### Explanation: Definition: food\n(HUGO TRY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chuck set about old clergyman? That's badly done! (6)","output":"### Answer: SHODDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: badly done\nO DD in SHY (to throw, chuck)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Encourages catcalls around the street (6)","output":"### Answer: BOOSTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Encourages\nST in BOOS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dicky fainted when challenging (7)","output":"### Answer: DEFIANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: challenging\nFAINTED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In Spanish bar the French demonstrate vocal style (9)","output":"### Answer: CANTILENA \n ### Explanation: Definition: vocal style\nLE in CANTINA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One getting up in the middle of a flight (5)","output":"### Answer: RISER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One getting up\nDouble definition, the 'flight' being a staircase"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of Boito's cast in opera (5)","output":"### Answer: TOSCA \n ### Explanation: Definition: opera\nHidden in boiTO'S CAst. Arrigo Boito wrote the librettos for several of Verdi's operas, but not for Puccini's Tosca"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pushing for progress (9)","output":"### Answer: PROMOTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pushing\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Composer's given the Queen the case for carrying a weapon (7)","output":"### Answer: HOLSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: the case for carrying a weapon\n[Gustav] HOLST + ER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Looking for a woody plant to train? Try elm (6)","output":"### Answer: MYRTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: woody plant\n(TRY ELM)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Argument with one US jeweller (7)","output":"### Answer: TIFFANY \n ### Explanation: Definition: US jeweller\nTIFF + ANY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English flower Romeo found in temporary accommodation (5)","output":"### Answer: TRENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: English flower\nR in TENT \u2013 three very familiar crossword elements here!"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailors demolished angostura (9)","output":"### Answer: ARGONAUTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sailors\nANGOSTURA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nazi bodyguard about to plagiarise eastern writers (7)","output":"### Answer: SCRIBES \n ### Explanation: Definition: writers\nCRIB E in SS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sat and asked (5)","output":"### Answer: POSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sat\nDouble definition ('asked' as in 'posed a question')"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I left Egyptian city for a girl (9)","output":"### Answer: ALEXANDRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: a girl\nALEXANDRIA less I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recently Oscar got deflated by egghead (2,4)","output":"### Answer: OF LATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Recently\nO + FLAT + E[gg]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hard to control soldier leaving (6)","output":"### Answer: STRICT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hard\nRESTRICT (control) less R[oyal] E[ngineer]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant the Spanish gardens first (9)","output":"### Answer: GROUNDSEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant\nGROUNDS + EL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tender right-winger makes charitable donations (9)","output":"### Answer: OFFERTORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: charitable donations\nOFFER (to tender) + TORY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Society keener to get cleaner (7)","output":"### Answer: SWEEPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: cleaner\nS + WEEPER (one who keens)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clergyman receiving company of clergyman (6)","output":"### Answer: DEACON \n ### Explanation: Definition: clergyman\nCO in DEAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dramatist has entree cooked with a tiny slice of chervil (7)","output":"### Answer: TERENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dramatist\nAnagram of ENTREE + C, for the Roman playwright"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Church supports tax for drink (6)","output":"### Answer: SCOTCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\nSCOT (tax \u2013 origin of the phrase \"scot free\") + CH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's not appropriate to sleep in it (5)","output":"### Answer: INAPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: not appropriate\nNAP in IT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get ready for a boiled egg? One spills a lot (13)","output":"### Answer: BUTTERFINGERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: One spills a lot\nYou might BUTTER some FINGERS of bread (also called soldiers by some) to dip into your boiled egg"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some sort of old weapon king sheathed, not required (6)","output":"### Answer: SPARKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Some sort of old weapon\nK in SPARE (not required) \u2013 \"a weapon of some kind\", says Chambers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chill in Scots moor I experienced lacking plenty of clothing (5)","output":"### Answer: OORIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chill in Scots\nHidden (\"lacking plenty of clothing\") in mOOR I Experienced"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wine (not cha) leading to special ecstasy (5)","output":"### Answer: BLISS \n ### Explanation: Definition: ecstasy\n[CHA]BLIS + S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Early instrument? Nasty noise I extracted from it (7)","output":"### Answer: RACKETT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Early instrument\nRACKET + [I]T \u2013 the name of the Rackett (aka the Sausage Bassoon) seems to be unrelated to the various meanings of \"racket\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bubble from poet recreating wonder with lines (8)","output":"### Answer: ROWNDELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bubble from poet\nWONDER* + LL \u2013 Spenserian form of \"roundel\", meaning a bubble"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old Frenchman: on more than half his land he digs in clay (7)","output":"### Answer: GAULTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: he digs in clay\nGAUL + \"more than half\" of TER[RE] (French \"land\") \u2013 it's \"a person who digs gault\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Struggling along a marine has rounded cape, in mid-Atlantic? (13)","output":"### Answer: ANGLO-AMERICAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: in mid-Atlantic\nC in (ALONG A MARINE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Working together ultimately jockey often restrained frisky greys (7)","output":"### Answer: SYNERGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Working together\n[jocke]Y [ofte]N in GREYS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cracks in the skin (8)","output":"### Answer: RHAGADES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cracks in the skin\nThe competition word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bones, 50 found in a ruin restored, adult (7)","output":"### Answer: ULNARIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bones\nL in (A RUIN)* + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heads for Lord's as many dedicated amateur players train here (5)","output":"### Answer: LAMDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: players train here\nFirst letters of Lord's As Many Dedicated Amateur. LAMDA is the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, so a trainer of \"players\" in either the musical or theatrical sense, though I think mainly the latter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chap going round clubs for a dark spot (little luminance in club) (5)","output":"### Answer: MACLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a dark spot\nC in MALE; or L[uminance] in MACE (club), with the definition in the middle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: That lot's those likely to succeed after time (6)","output":"### Answer: THEIRS \n ### Explanation: Definition: That lot's\nT + HEIRS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Need lass, wayward, in get-up showing extreme daring (13)","output":"### Answer: DREADLESSNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: extreme daring\n(NEED LASS)* in DRESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What fiddler performs in pub, drunk \u2013 ouch! (5)","output":"### Answer: UPBOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: What fiddler performs\nPUB* + OW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: WG hit out with late boundary? (6)","output":"### Answer: TALWEG \n ### Explanation: Definition: boundary\n(WG LATE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like tender runners, trimmed fore and aft, requiring rods for support (8)","output":"### Answer: TRINGLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: rods for support\n[S]TRINGLES[S] (i.e. like young beans). Tringles are curtain rods"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pale green reeds growing wild over small acreage (6)","output":"### Answer: RESEDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pale green\nA[creage] in REEDS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Roll up as leave cut by half (4)","output":"### Answer: FURL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Roll up\nFURL[OUGH]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Early version of the Good Book buried in capital archives (5)","output":"### Answer: ITALA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Early version of the Good Book\nHidden in capITAL Archives \u2013 an early Latin version of the bible, also called the Italic Version or Vetus Latina"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of psalter to study when retiring and then go off (7)","output":"### Answer: NOCTURN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of psalter\nCON< + TURN (e.g. to \"go off\" your current route)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like guardsmen parading before evacuation of cantonment (5)","output":"### Answer: ERECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like guardsmen parading\nERE (before) + C[antonmen]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Justice? By the sound of it something regularly observed (4)","output":"### Answer: RITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: something regularly observed\nHomophone of \"right\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weed, a grass that's unusual in height (9)","output":"### Answer: SARGASSUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Weed\n(A GRASS)* in SUM \u2013 a type of seaweed that the Sargasso Sea is named after"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Goblin on earth amid trees changing places among immortals (9)","output":"### Answer: ETERNISES \n ### Explanation: Definition: places among immortals\nNIS (\"a friendly goblin\") + E[arth] in TREES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 150 I nominate on new list (8)","output":"### Answer: CLINAMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: list\nCL + I NAME + N \u2013 it means \"inclination\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Legendary traitor, dead, bloodied, beneath layer of humus (7)","output":"### Answer: MORDRED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Legendary traitor\nMOR (a layer of humus) + D + RED \u2013 Morded is a traitor in the legends of King Arthur"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Praises set working, reverse of careless kept in (6)","output":"### Answer: EXALTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Praises\nLAX< in SET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scottish ass regurgitated stuff to stop working (6)","output":"### Answer: CUDDIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scottish ass\nCUD + DIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At odds with Anglicanism for the moment? (5)","output":"### Answer: NONCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: the moment\n\"NON-CE\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pump supplying measure of liquid about right (5)","output":"### Answer: GRILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pump\nR in GILL \u2013 pump\/grill as in interrogate"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What drivers go through, lining up targets without tees (5)","output":"### Answer: GEARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: What drivers go through\nAnagram of TARGETS less its Ts"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A jaunt abandoned by king finally, involving a flapper? (4)","output":"### Answer: ALAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: involving a flapper\nA + LAR[K] \u2013 the \"flapper\" is a wing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rag offering dances for audience? (4)","output":"### Answer: HAZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rag\nHomophone of \"heys\" or \"hays\". Chambers defines \"hey\" as \"a country dance\", though strictly speaking it's more of a dance move or figure, in which dancers weave in and out of each other (as in The Dashing White Sergeant, for example)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I entirely agree Daisy is wrong accepting French alternative gin's partner (3,4,2)","output":"### Answer: YOU\u00a0SAID\u00a0IT \n ### Explanation: Definition: I entirely agree\nOU (French \"or\") in DAISY* + IT (as in \"gin and it\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Juliet's predecessor: one needing first aid, on reflection (5)","output":"### Answer: INDIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Juliet's predecessor\nI + N[eeding] + reverse of AID. India precedes Juliet in the NATO phonetic alphabet, though I see that technically Juliet is spelt Juliett there, apparently to help French speakers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Delight on large troopship? (9)","output":"### Answer: TRANSPORT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Delight\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wood nymph's uninspiring notice (5)","output":"### Answer: DRYAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wood nymph\nDRY + AD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endear fiancee regularly for a Guernsey lily, for example (6)","output":"### Answer: NERINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Guernsey lily, for example\nAlternate letters of eNdEaR fIaNcE. The Guernsey lily is *Nerine sarniensis"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Defensive barrier, square, for rebel holding king (8)","output":"### Answer: STOCKADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Defensive barrier\nS[quare] + TO (for) + K in CADE, the famous rebel, who I don't think we've seen for a while"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leanest flying kites (7)","output":"### Answer: ELANETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: kites\nLEANEST* \u2013 a genus of kites"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doc embraces member backing eastern chum (7)","output":"### Answer: COMRADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: chum\nARM in DOC, reversed, + E. Doc is one of Maskarade's other pseudonyms"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek character touring Crete, swimming and so forth (2,6)","output":"### Answer: ET CETERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: so forth\nCRETE* in ETA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Initially, Alan the entrepreneur returns to Mediterranean island city (6)","output":"### Answer: RAGUSA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mediterranean island city\nReverse of A[lan] SUGAR. Ragusa is a city on Sicily"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Teachers' pole (5)","output":"### Answer: STAFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Teachers\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Veteran officer in charge keeps unusual dope for local medication (9)","output":"### Answer: OPODELDOC \n ### Explanation: Definition: local medication\nDOPE* in OLD O[fficer] C[ommanding] \u2013 it's a kind of liniment"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: River abroad (5)","output":"### Answer: FORTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: River\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Price rush organised for millionaires' class (9)","output":"### Answer: SUPERRICH \n ### Explanation: Definition: millionaires' class\n(PRICE RUSH)* \u2013 Chambers does give this as a single word, though only as an adjective. Looking online for the noun, as needed here, I found a mixture of \"the super rich\", \"the super-rich\" and \"the superrich\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Actress, who is no more, sadly (6)","output":"### Answer: MONROE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Actress\n(NO MORE)*, and the whole clue is also a definition: Marilyn Monroe died almost 55 years ago, on 5 August 1962. I was too young at the time to know who she was, but I remember my mother being very upset at her suicide"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Celts, leaving consultancies, organised capital (8)","output":"### Answer: ASUNCION \n ### Explanation: Definition: capital\nAnagram of CONSULTANCIES less CELTS \u2013 it's the capital of Paraguay"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Help mistress, partly upset and guileless (6)","output":"### Answer: SIMPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: guileless\nHidden in reverse of hELP MIStress"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sink or swim, for a start, maybe here in Scotland (7)","output":"### Answer: KINROSS \n ### Explanation: Definition: here in Scotland\nAnagram of SINK OR S[wim]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some Atlantean or K\u00e4ssbohrer would certainly interest him! (6)","output":"### Answer: ANORAK \n ### Explanation: Definition: him\nThis is clearly mean to be a hidden answer, but it doesn't work \u2013 changing the clue to read \"AtlanteAN OR **A** K\u00e4ssbohrer\" would fix it. Atlanteans and K\u00e4ssbohrers are both types of bus, which a bus-spotting anorak might be keen on. Anorak is another of the setter's pseudonyms, as is Busman."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Coarse Italian patriot, somewhat (6)","output":"### Answer: RIBALD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Coarse\nPart of gaRIBALDi"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Green cross on Mediterranean island (4)","output":"### Answer: GOZO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mediterranean island\nGO (green, as in traffic lights) + ZO, the crossword setter's favourite crossbreed, with lots of alternative spellings. Yet another pseudonym \u2013 today's FT crossword is set by Gozo: I haven't solved it yet so don't know if it has a birthday-related theme"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Group topped ditch (1-2)","output":"### Answer: A-HA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Group\nHA-HA (ditch) minus its first letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old prior, as hermit losing a wee amount (3)","output":"### Answer: ERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old prior\nERE[mite] \u2013 prior = before"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dusky maiden? (3)","output":"### Answer: EVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: maiden\nDouble\/cryptic definition \u2013 eve[ning]s may be dusky"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Electrical discharge caused by car crash (3)","output":"### Answer: ARC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Electrical discharge\nHidden in (\"caused by\") cAR Crash"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Young Treherne appearing regularly (4)","output":"### Answer: TEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Young\nAlternate letters of TrEhErNe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Customers who have taken vows? (8)","output":"### Answer: REGULARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Customers\nDouble definition \u2013 a regular can be a customer of a pub, or (new to me) \"a member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Means to close entrance to labyrinth? (7)","output":"### Answer: EARPLUG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Means to close entrance to labyrinth\nCryptic definition: the labyrinth being part of the inner ear"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Display and make lace as well (6)","output":"### Answer: TATTOO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Display\nTAT (make lace) + TOO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Decadent English\/French social function (6)","output":"### Answer: EFFETE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Decadent\nE + F + FETE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Its partition was booked (3,3)","output":"### Answer: RED SEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Its partition was booked\nCryptic definition, referring to the parting of the Red Sea in (the book of) Exodus"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shelter for fine candlestick (6)","output":"### Answer: SCONCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shelter\nThree definitions: a shelter or earth work; at Oxford University, a \"fine\" paid by drinking a large amount of ale; and a candlestick, usually mounted on a wall"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disclose what offers kept a reserve (4,3,5,3)","output":"### Answer: TAKE THE WRAPS OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disclose\n(WHAT OFFERS KEPT A)* \u2013 the anagram indicated by the letters being \"re-served\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I can't earn redress, as race won easily (2,1,6)","output":"### Answer: IN A CANTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: as race won easily\n(I CAN'T EARN)* \u2013 I think \"at a canter\" is a more usual version of this phrase, but this version does seem to exist"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creature developing one horn (5)","output":"### Answer: RHINO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Creature\n(I HORN)* , with an &littish surface"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Continues to pay for the boy (5,2)","output":"### Answer: KEEPS ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Continues\nKEEP SON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cruel animal brush, it should be thrown out (7)","output":"### Answer: BRUTISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cruel\n(BRUSH IT)* \u2013 I read this as two definitions, with \"animal\" as an adjective"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Language establishing an audible bond (3)","output":"### Answer: TAI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Language\nHomophone of \"tie\" (bond): it's a variant form of \"Thai\" \u2013 I originally put TIE here, thinking the clue was faulty"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He often resorts to a piece in colour (7)","output":"### Answer: HABITU\u00c9 \n ### Explanation: Definition: He often resorts\nA BIT in HUE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country with rain after winter's half gone (7)","output":"### Answer: TERRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Country\n[win]TER + RAIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exclamation partygoers may make (7)","output":"### Answer: WHOOPEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exclamation\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American small change being found in school is dodgy (7)","output":"### Answer: SUSPECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: dodgy\nUS + P (penny, small change) in SECT (school)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some very early cereal (3)","output":"### Answer: RYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: cereal\nHidden in veRY Early"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appear on stage again in a more entertaining way (7)","output":"### Answer: REENTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Appear on stage again\nHidden in moRE ENTERtaining"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It may appear smart on the stern of a boat (7)","output":"### Answer: TRANSOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: the stern of a boat\n(SMART ON)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailor died a dissolute man (5)","output":"### Answer: DRAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sailor\nD + RAKE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clothes not a single woman will go out in (9)","output":"### Answer: TROUSSEAU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clothes not a single woman will go out in\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Say what you like, this right is not protected everywhere (7,2,6)","output":"### Answer: FREEDOM OF SPEECH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Say what you like\nDouble definition (just about)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Love someone who left hot drink out (5,3,5,2)","output":"### Answer: THINK THE WORLD OF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Love someone\n(WHO LEFT HOT DRINK)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jack found in church, we hear (5)","output":"### Answer: KNAVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jack\nHomophone of \"nave\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passing through Turkish capital, changing trains (7)","output":"### Answer: TRANSIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Passing through\nT[urkish] + TRAINS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Understanding French (7)","output":"### Answer: ENTENTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Understanding French\nA barely-cryptic definition \u2013 'Entente' is French for 'understanding'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unusual portion of toasted cheese (7)","output":"### Answer: RAREBIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: toasted cheese\nRARE + BIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's one after another (7)","output":"### Answer: PURSUER \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's one after another\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Start to speak without a single drink (9)","output":"### Answer: ORIGINATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Start\nI GIN in ORATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Improvident way to eat (4,4,2,5)","output":"### Answer: FROM HAND TO MOUTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Improvident\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exploded with fury, where there's commission to pay (9)","output":"### Answer: BROKERAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: where there's commission to pay\nBROKE + RAGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Avail oneself of sheep, we hear (3)","output":"### Answer: USE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Avail oneself of\nHomophone of ~~\"use\"~~ \"ewes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some of the musicians get the bird (3)","output":"### Answer: EMU \n ### Explanation: Definition: bird\nHidden in thE MUsicians"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Entrance for the colliery boss? (7)","output":"### Answer: PITHEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Entrance\nPIT + HEAD, again with an &littish surface"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Singular mistake in Latin translation (7)","output":"### Answer: ERRATUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Singular mistake in Latin translation\nCryptic definition (again, barely)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Starts out and trips (4,3)","output":"### Answer: SETS OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Starts out\nDouble definition (think of a bomb for the second)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Puts off one's retirement (5,2)","output":"### Answer: STAYS UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Puts off one's retirement\nCryptic definition, referring to a late bedtime"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Setting for a confrontation? (5)","output":"### Answer: SCENE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Setting\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opposing party lines (8)","output":"### Answer: CONVERSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Opposing\nCON[servative] + VERSE (lines)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's redolent of daisies, or umbrageous roses opening (5)","output":"### Answer: ODOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's redolent\nFirst letters of Of Daisies Or Umbrageous Roses"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Detained three lads on a regular basis (4)","output":"### Answer: HELD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Detained\nAlternate letters of tHrEe LaDs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Security company left to guard tower from rear (10)","output":"### Answer: COLLATERAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Security\nMy LOTP (last one to parse): reverse of ARE TALL (\"tower\") in CO L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In a bad way, failing to end pyloric spasms (6)","output":"### Answer: ROPILY \n ### Explanation: Definition: In a bad way\nAnagram of PYLORI[c]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Demanding individual senior nurses apply light touch (8)","output":"### Answer: STICKLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Demanding individual\nTICKLE (apply light touch) \"nursed by\" SR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make angry scene in Barking (7)","output":"### Answer: INCENSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make\n(SCENE IN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sticks end of stair rod into heart (7)","output":"### Answer: RHUBARB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sticks\n[stai]R + BAR in HUB \u2013 my LOI (after getting 6d: I was fixated on \"heart\"=\"core\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second coffee and Senior Service for slob (8)","output":"### Answer: SLATTERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: slob\nS + LATTE + RN (Royal Navy, the \"Senior Service\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fellow Lithuanian, perhaps, is blue (6)","output":"### Answer: COBALT \n ### Explanation: Definition: blue\nThe fellow Lithuanian is a CO-BALT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spooner's baking disaster is warning to the complacent (4-2,4)","output":"### Answer: WAKE-UP CALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: warning to the complacent\nSpoonerism of \"CAKE UP WALL\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Live with very discontented group (4)","output":"### Answer: BEVY \n ### Explanation: Definition: group\nBE + V[er]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sequence from Antonioni tear-jerker (5)","output":"### Answer: ONION \n ### Explanation: Definition: tear-jerker\nHidden in antONIONi"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rubbish home team lacking player around start of extra time (8)","output":"### Answer: TENEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rubbish home\nE[xtra] in TEN MEN (a football or cricket team missing one player) + T \u2013 I'm not sure a tenement is necessarily a \"rubbish\" home"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The third to rate this clue as \"moderate\" (4,4)","output":"### Answer: TONE DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: moderate\nThird letter of raTe + ONE DOWN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ancient linesman departs following 4-0 upset (4)","output":"### Answer: OVID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ancient linesman\nReverse of IV-0 + D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expensive diamonds separating pair from last of money (6)","output":"### Answer: PRICEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Expensive\nICE (diamonds) in PR + [mone]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: She has no illusions about top celebs (7)","output":"### Answer: REALIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: She has no illusions\nRE A-LIST \u2013 the \"she\" here is an Arachne trademark"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old bloke seized by desire to be feminine (8)","output":"### Answer: WOMANISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: feminine\nO MAN in WISH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Broken bed, a sorry conclusion to a boozy night out? (10)","output":"### Answer: DONER KEBAB \n ### Explanation: Definition: conclusion to a boozy night out\n(BROKEN BED A)* \u2013 the enumeration should be (5,5)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suave Turk removing clothes, source of annoyance (6)","output":"### Answer: URBANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Suave\n[t]UR[k] + BANE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Miners exit angrily, barely surviving (2,8)","output":"### Answer: IN EXTREMIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: barely surviving\n(MINERS EXIT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tearful under small blanket (8)","output":"### Answer: SWEEPING \n ### Explanation: Definition: blanket\nS + WEEPING \u2013 as in \"sweeping changes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Material from inverted belly button collected by oddly repressed priest (8)","output":"### Answer: RELEVANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Material\nReverse of NAVEL in pRiEsT (omitting the odd letters) \u2013 another nice hidden indicator (see also 14a)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Find you near the harbour (7)","output":"### Answer: UNEARTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Find\nHidden (\"harboured\") in yoU NEAR THe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get support from the French before long (4,2)","output":"### Answer: LEAN ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get support from\nLE + ANON (soon, before long)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of waste disposal system close to gypsy settlement (6)","output":"### Answer: COLONY \n ### Explanation: Definition: settlement\nCOLON (end of the alimentary canal) + [gyps]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dud and Pete's initial prominence (4)","output":"### Answer: BUMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: prominence\nBUM (dud) + P[ete] \u2013 reference (in an unusual order) to this pair, of course."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Player added a bit of cream to hair (7)","output":"### Answer: ACTRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Player\nA + C[ream] + TRESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl eats dace cooked in college (7)","output":"### Answer: ACADEMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: college\nDACE* in AMY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: South American seen in Dublin Castle (4)","output":"### Answer: INCA \n ### Explanation: Definition: South American\nHidden in dublIN CAstle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"I'm to enter a new arrangement\", articulated performer (10)","output":"### Answer: MARIONETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: articulated performer\n(I'M TO ENTER A)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Current fashion for scientist (6)","output":"### Answer: NEWTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: scientist\nNEW (current) TON (fashion)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant encircles lake? No kidding! (8)","output":"### Answer: HONESTLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant\nL in HONESTY (plant)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Latest news of holy woman's put down (4,5)","output":"### Answer: STOP PRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Latest news\nST + OPPRESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prize for lad keeping books (5)","output":"### Answer: BOOTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prize\nOT in BOY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gives a drenching to drunkards (5)","output":"### Answer: SOAKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gives a drenching\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Host attending the Queen (9)","output":"### Answer: PRESENTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Host\nPRESENT (attending) + ER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finished with model? That's a bit dim! (8)","output":"### Answer: OVERCAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: That's a bit dim\nOVER + CAST (model)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rub Pat the wrong way? That's sudden! (6)","output":"### Answer: ABRUPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: That's sudden\n(RUB PAT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scoundrels about to claim Oxford University is like death (10)","output":"### Answer: CADAVEROUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: like death\nAVER OU in CADS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dragging a piece of timber around Norwegian capital (4)","output":"### Answer: LONG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dragging\nN[orwegian] in LOG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A number embrace goddess? That's capital! (7)","output":"### Answer: TEHERAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: capital\nHERA in TEN \u2013 capital of Iran, more usually written as Tehran these days"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman in torment shows spirit (7)","output":"### Answer: BANSHEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: spirit\nSHE on BANE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Question many on trial (7)","output":"### Answer: CONTEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Question\nC + ON TEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldier's pretence of dissent (5)","output":"### Answer: REACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: dissent\nRE + ACT (pretence, as in \"put on an act\"))"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Study group in airmen's mess (7)","output":"### Answer: SEMINAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Study group\n(AIRMENS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creditor possesses coins (6)","output":"### Answer: CROWNS \n ### Explanation: Definition: coins\nCR + OWNS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trim blue carpet (5,4)","output":"### Answer: DRESS DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: carpet\nDRESS (trim) + DOWN (blue = sad)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailor gives lashings in support of officer (7)","output":"### Answer: MATELOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sailor\nMATE (ship's officer) + LOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arrangement for lecture about royal box (13)","output":"### Answer: ORCHESTRATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arrangement\nR CHEST in ORATION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cope with freak distribution? That gives nothing away! (5,4)","output":"### Answer: POKER FACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: That gives nothing away\n(COPE FREAK)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prevent honoured officer adopting the Roman way to tango (7)","output":"### Answer: OBVIATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prevent\nVIA + T in OBE (an \"honoured officer\", when referring to the recipient, not the honour itself)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Birds for every one in Wales (7)","output":"### Answer: SWANSEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: in Wales\nSWANS + EA[ch] \u2013 I don't like \"in Wales\" as the definition, but this is something of a Chifonie trademark"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Range of vessels in river (7)","output":"### Answer: EXPANSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Range\nPANS in EXE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Optical device advanced artist (6)","output":"### Answer: CAMERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Optical device\nCAME (advanced) + RA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Registers car (5)","output":"### Answer: ROLLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Registers\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Silly me, sure a fiddle featured in opera (3,10)","output":"### Answer: DIE\u00a0FLEDERMAUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: opera\n(ME SURE A FIDDLE)* \u2013 operetta by Johann Strauss II with a silly plot but lovely music"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cross capital, say, to give evidence (9)","output":"### Answer: TESTIMONY \n ### Explanation: Definition: evidence\nHomophone of \"testy money\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Court summons gangster caught having sex earlier (5)","output":"### Answer: CITAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Court summons\nC[aught] + IT (sex) + AL (Capone) \u2013 as the clue says, cital (from \"cite\") is \"a summons to appear\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strategy No 11 for an idiot (5)","output":"### Answer: PLANK \n ### Explanation: Definition: an idiot\nPLAN (strategy) + K (11th letter of the alphabet)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Found one soldier in elaborately decorated housing (9)","output":"### Answer: ORIGINATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Found\nI GI in ORNATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor pays out to this examining body? (7)","output":"### Answer: AUTOPSY \n ### Explanation: Definition: examining body\n(PAYS OUT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nuts about you, said film star (3,4)","output":"### Answer: MAE WEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: film star\nEWE (homophone of \"you\") in MAST (nuts used as animal feed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heavenly choir's first seen after DIY mishap leads to bad back (7)","output":"### Answer: IDYLLIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Heavenly\nDIY* + reverse of ILL + C[hoir]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Provision for baby agreed during brief correspondence (7)","output":"### Answer: LAYETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Provision for baby\nAY (yes, \"agreed\") in LETTE[R]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Absorbing content from singer-songwriter (9)","output":"### Answer: INGESTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Absorbing\nThe \"content\" of [s]INGE[r] + STING (songwriter \u2013 and also a singer, though this isn't used in the clue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tips off cruel schoolmaster? That's odd (5)","output":"### Answer: QUEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: odd\n[s]QUEER[s] \u2013 Wackford Squeers is the cruel headmaster of *Nicholas Nickleby"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Love rat often providing inspiration for poet (5)","output":"### Answer: ERATO \n ### Explanation: Definition: inspiration for poet\nHidden in lovE RAT Often. Erato is the Muse of lyric poetry"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A choreographer's entertaining friend that's French statesman (9)","output":"### Answer: ALABAMIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: statesman\nA + AMI (French \"friend\") in LABAN \u2013 Rudolf von Laban was a choreographer and dance theorist who developed a written notation for dance moves. Using the familiar trick of \"statesman\" = person from an American state"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: F\u00fchrer's edict ruined unknown opera (3,10)","output":"### Answer: DER\u00a0FREISCH\u00dcTZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: opera\n(F\u00dcHRER'S EDICT)* + Z (an unknown, in algebra) for the opera by Weber, very popular in its time but (I think) not often performed nowadays. It's rather pleasing that, for once, the umlauted U appears in both the anagram fodder and the answer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tiny Tim's first single, oddly playing around America right now (9)","output":"### Answer: INSTANTLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: right now\nA (America \u2013 I'm not sure when this would be used, other than in USA, but Chambers gives it) in an anagram of TINY + T[im] + odd letters of SiNgLe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where Puck gets a lot of stick, stalking female sculptor (5)","output":"### Answer: FRINK \n ### Explanation: Definition: sculptor\nF[emale] + RINK (where an ice hockey puck gets hit around). \u2013 the sculptor is Elisabeth Frink"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Saving money excited holding company (7)","output":"### Answer: ECONOMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Saving\nCO in MONEY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Muesli, a little yogurt, nuts \u2014 heaven! (7)","output":"### Answer: ELYSIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: heaven\nAnagram of (MUESLI + Y)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant herb, not rose, around ravine (9)","output":"### Answer: MACHINERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant\nCHINE (a ravine) in [Rose]MARY. Nice misdirection on the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 17 stuck halfway through Paul, Tramp, Vlad, even Rufus? Yes, initially (5)","output":"### Answer: ULTRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: 17\nThe \"middle\" of paUL TRAmp, and the first letters of Vlad Even Rufus Yes give VERY, which could mean \"ultra, e.g. \"this is an ultra-clever clue\". This and 17d cross-reference each other, so there's no actual definition except in the answers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More work required on song that's included with German opera (6,7)","output":"### Answer: UTOPIA LIMITED \n ### Explanation: Definition: opera\nUTOPIA (work by Sir Thomas More \u2013 a popular trick with setters) + MIT (German \"with\") in LIED (song \u2013 I'm not sure whether \"German\" in the clue is intended to apply to this as well as \"with\"). Utopia Limited is one of the lesser-known and less-successful works of Gilbert and Sullivan"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bass has warning about fish in opera (6,7)","output":"### Answer: ALBERT HERRING \n ### Explanation: Definition: opera\nB[ass] in ALERT + HERRING \u2013 comic chamber opera by Benjamin Britten"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Murder, with bad language beforehand (6,3)","output":"### Answer: POLISH OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Murder\nPOLISH (language) + OFF (bad, as in rotten food)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Setter, I'm cross about 7 (9)","output":"### Answer: EXTREMIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: 7\nAnagram of (SETTER I'M X)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A newly invented word, eg acoge? (7)","output":"### Answer: COINAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: A newly invented word\nA \"rebus\" clue \u2013 \"acoge\" (not a real English word, though it means \"[you] welcome\" in Spanish ) is CO IN AGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Book by author with no energy blockages (7)","output":"### Answer: LOGJAMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: blockages\nLOG (book) + JAMES less E \u2013 plenty of authors to choose from here: Henry, M.R., E.L. for example, not to mention James Joyce and many others"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brilliance of one of Elgar's Variations (5)","output":"### Answer: GLARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brilliance\nELGAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having no starter, drink Scotch (5)","output":"### Answer: QUASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scotch\n[s]QUASH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pre-emptively raiding timber pile, one dry within (11)","output":"### Answer: FIRST-ATTACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pre-emptively raiding\nA T[ee]T[otal] in FIR (timber) STACK \u2013 same concept as \"first-strike\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plateau thrilled mates going round Spain (6)","output":"### Answer: MESETA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plateau\nE in MATES \u2013 diminutive of the more familiar Mesa, meaning a steep flat-topped mountain, ultimately from Latin \"mensa\" = table"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: E.g. orpiment from NZ, mined with care (6)","output":"### Answer: ZARNEC \n ### Explanation: Definition: E.g. orpiment\n(NZ CARE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: River turns entering artificial lake \u2013 bridge now abandoned? (7)","output":"### Answer: PLAFOND \n ### Explanation: Definition: bridge now abandoned\nReverse of FAL in POND. Chambers says that a pond is \"usually artificial\", which hadn't occurred to me before. I knew plafond as French for ceiling (confusingly not floor, as it sounds rather like \"platform\"), but it's also the name of an early (\"abandoned\") version of the game of Bridge"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Court order: one like this restricts onset of bullying (4)","output":"### Answer: ASBO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Court order\nB[ullying] in A SO \u2013 acronym for AntiSocial Behaviour Order, now obsolete as they were replaced in 2014"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Glossy fabric lending special allure to one at secondary school? (6)","output":"### Answer: SATEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Glossy fabric\nS[ex] A[ppeal] + TEEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Law scrolls: one falling in fire's ruined (6)","output":"### Answer: SIFREI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Law scrolls\nI in FIRES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anatomical opening, vaguely bluish, seeping a bit of blood (5)","output":"### Answer: HILUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Anatomical opening\nAnagram of BLUISH, less B[lood]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Potter etc with arrangement round Chinese plants (8)","output":"### Answer: CERAMIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Potter\nRAMIS in ETC* \u2013 the Rami is a plant of the nettle family, used in fabrics"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In short, an unknown quantity, neither one nor the other (8)","output":"### Answer: INTERSEX \n ### Explanation: Definition: neither one nor the other\nIN + TERSE (short) + X"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fantastic course shows leader slipping to fourth place (5)","output":"### Answer: OUTR\u00c9 \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fantastic\nROUTE, with the R moved to fourth place"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cold sore for a spell (6)","output":"### Answer: SHIVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cold sore\nTwo rather obscure definitions \u2013 a cold sore (Scots dialect); and a splinter, which is also a definition of \"spell\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bantu speakers back at home with gnus wandering round (6)","output":"### Answer: NGUNIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bantu speakers\nReverse of IN in GNUS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy embraces love willingly (4)","output":"### Answer: SOON \n ### Explanation: Definition: willingly\nO in SON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Narrow opening is piercing rocky fault (7)","output":"### Answer: FISTULA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Narrow opening\nIS in FAULT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get out onto platform, but missing right stop (6)","output":"### Answer: DETAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: stop\nDETRAIN less R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bulge indicating large corporation round one's middle (6)","output":"### Answer: STROUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bulge\nR (middle letter of corpoRation) in STOUT (having a large corporation)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What'll separate rowers from back end? Hard frames with man in (11)","output":"### Answer: STERNSHEETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: What'll separate rowers from back end\nHE in STERN (hard) SETS. \"Set\" famously has a very large number of meanings: \"frame\" is one of them"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ardent male advance between two singles, one on date (11)","output":"### Answer: IMPASSIONED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ardent\nM[ale] PASS (advance) in I I, +ONE D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Describing fine mosaic rock, 'turned off-colour', we hear (6)","output":"### Answer: FELSIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Describing fine mosaic rock\nHomophone of \"fell sick\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Whistler 'Golden Maiden' getting a make-over? (6)","output":"### Answer: REFORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: a make-over\nREF (referee, who might blow a whistle) + OR + M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some additions to kerosene as fuel (5)","output":"### Answer: STOKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fuel\nHidden in additionS TO KErosene"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creatures clad in seaweed, with time extremely pungent (8)","output":"### Answer: TANGIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: extremely pungent\nTANGIES (\"Orcadian water spirit[s], appearing as a seahorse, or man covered in seaweed\") + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ceremonial staff, one from Siam (as was) \u2013 how nice! (6)","output":"### Answer: TAIAHA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ceremonial staff\nTAI (variant as \"Thai\") + AHA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old granny providing crib for toddler? (4)","output":"### Answer: TROT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old granny\nMore obscure definitions: three this time: \"old woman, crone\", \"crib\" and \"a toddling child\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perfect glance going wrong, one getting caught (7)","output":"### Answer: ANGELIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perfect\nI in GLANCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Coat in wax American cactus? Rescue works (6)","output":"### Answer: CEREUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: cactus\nTwo lots of wordplay: CERE (coat in wax)+ US; and RESCUE*, with the definition in the middle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tricks in groups of three are daunting (11)","output":"### Answer: CONSTERNATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: are daunting\nCONS + TERNATE \u2013 not a familiar word, but obviously related to \"consternation\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fairly new rule he's infringed cutting angle (8)","output":"### Answer: FRESHISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fairly new\nR HES* in FISH (to angle)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Have a distinct feeling about lawyer in brief really losing head (7)","output":"### Answer: ATTUITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Have a distinct feeling about\nATT[orney] + [Q]UITE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Raised pistol to catch something small but valuable (6)","output":"### Answer: NUGGET \n ### Explanation: Definition: something small but valuable\nReverse of GUN + GET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pigment that's brown or black turning livid round stone (6)","output":"### Answer: BISTRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pigment that's brown\nB[lack] + ST in IRE (\"turning livid\" -not sure about this, but I can just about believe it). Chambers labels the \"extremely angry\" definition of \"livid\" as \"informal\", which I find surprising as this is probably now its most common meaning"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thessalian ruler, jealous when roused, without justice (6)","output":"### Answer: AEOLUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thessalian ruler\nJEALOUS* less J. There are several mythological characters called Aeolus \u2013 the ruler of Thessaly is (I think) this one \u2013 not the keeper of the winds who gave his name to the Aeolian mode and harp"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Enjoys a cuppa when one's knocked off? More of it slows you down! (5)","output":"### Answer: HASTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: More of it slows you down\nHAS TE[A] \u2013 \"more haste less speed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hard left when driving in UK (4)","output":"### Answer: NEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hard\nDouble definition \u2013 the left is the near side in the UK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man on the make? (7)","output":"### Answer: CREATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Man on the make\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Massachusetts' murderer brought back, a deranged person (6)","output":"### Answer: MANIAC \n ### Explanation: Definition: a deranged person\nMA + reverse of CAIN (son of Adam & Eve, who killed his brother Abel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blunt criticism from decent chap to striker (8)","output":"### Answer: BRICKBAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blunt criticism\nBRICK (decent chap) + BAT (striker)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Undertake challenge (4,2)","output":"### Answer: TAKE ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Undertake\nDouble definition \u2013 rather a weak clue, as the meanings are almost identical, and the repetiton of 'take' is unfortunate"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: When moved, mother and father may talk thus (4,3,5)","output":"### Answer: FROM\u00a0THE\u00a0HEART \n ### Explanation: Definition: When moved, mother and father may talk thus\n(MOTHER FATHER)*, with an &littish definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In one class where everything is the same (10)","output":"### Answer: UNIFORMITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: In one class\nI think this is supposed to be a double definition, but again the two meanings are the same, and in any case \"in one class\" would define \"uniform\", so maybe it's a long cryptic def. *See comments: the consensus seems to be that it's actually FORM 1 or 1 FORM in UNITY (one), which makes it a better clue than I thought; but one of the Is seems be unaccounted for, unless FORM 1 = \"(unspecified) class (in a school)\" "}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make a touching gesture as evidence of a person's entitlement (3)","output":"### Answer: DUB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make a touching gesture as evidence of a person's entitlement\nCryptic definition: Chambers defines it as \"to confer knighthood upon (from the ceremony of striking the shoulders with the flat of a sword)\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The number that was offered initially (3)","output":"### Answer: TWO \n ### Explanation: Definition: number\nFirst letters of That Was Offered"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It may provide accompaniment to Pinafore production (10)","output":"### Answer: PIANOFORTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It may provide accompaniment\n(TO PINAFORE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More mature fruits used to make wine (12)","output":"### Answer: ELDERBERRIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: used to make wine\nELDER (more mature) + BERRIES (fruit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capers used to make pickle (6)","output":"### Answer: SCRAPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: pickle\nCAPERS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Watering's always in season (8)","output":"### Answer: SPRAYING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Watering\nAY (always) in SPRING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A steed in not very frisky form (6)","output":"### Answer: SEDATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: in not very frisky form\n(A STEED)* \u2013 the anagram doesn't seem to be indicated, unless we borrow \"frisky\" from the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lease included in legal document removed (7)","output":"### Answer: DELETED \n ### Explanation: Definition: removed\nLET (to lease) in DEED (legal document)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Island producing copper and barium (4)","output":"### Answer: CUBA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Island\nCU + BA (chemical symbols for the elements)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Give out overtime (4)","output":"### Answer: EMIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Give out\nReverse (\"over\") of TIME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Become established down under? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: TAKE ROOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Become established down under\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: True figure is in this region (5)","output":"### Answer: REALM \n ### Explanation: Definition: region\n~~L (Roman 50, so \"figure\") in REAL (true)~~ REAL + M (Roman 1000) *Thanks to Steve B for pointing out my careless error"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps a brave father put up with pain (6)","output":"### Answer: APACHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perhaps a brave\nReverse of PA + ACHE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Declares in a way they are from a chilly area (10)","output":"### Answer: ICELANDERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: they are from a chilly area\n(DECLARES IN)* \u2013 \"in\" has to do double duty to get the anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Policemen examine where the horses are kept (10)","output":"### Answer: CONSTABLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Policemen\nCON (study, examine) + STABLES (where horses are kept)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turn pale when it comes in (6)","output":"### Answer: WHITEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Turn pale\nIT in WHEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They strengthen walls but locks are also needed (10)","output":"### Answer: BUTTRESSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: They strengthen walls\nBUT + TRESSES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In trouble, daughter is told what she must do (10)","output":"### Answer: DISORDERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: In trouble\nD[aughter] IS ORDERED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Posted under protective cover (6)","output":"### Answer: MAILED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Posted\nDouble definition \u2013 sent by post or wearing chain mail"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nevertheless, is not to be satisfied with just part (5,3)","output":"### Answer: AFTER ALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nevertheless\nIf you're not satisfied with part then you might be AFTER ALL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Under treatment, impart personal depression (6)","output":"### Answer: ARMPIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: personal depression\nIMPART"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fleet is quiet in attack (5)","output":"### Answer: RAPID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fleet\nP (piano \u2013 quite) in RAID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The hand is in the foot (4)","output":"### Answer: FIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: The hand\nIS in FT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being old, agreed about being dropped (4)","output":"### Answer: AGED \n ### Explanation: Definition: old\nAGREED less RE (about)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Officer found with drug in empty shed is closely investigated (6)","output":"### Answer: SCOPED \n ### Explanation: Definition: closely investigated\nCOP (police officer) in S[he]D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New price includes chemist's third formula (6)","output":"### Answer: RECIPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: formula\n[ch]E[mist] in PRICE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passionate Australian given new room with American (7)","output":"### Answer: AMOROUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Passionate\nA + ROOM* + US"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Press agreement (7)","output":"### Answer: COMPACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Press\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regimen is proven to generate a flower (7,8)","output":"### Answer: EVENING PRIMROSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a flower\n(REGIMEN IS PROVEN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Play bagging nation's first award for acting (4)","output":"### Answer: TONY \n ### Explanation: Definition: award for acting\nN[ation] in TOY (to play). The Tony awards are named after the actress and director Antoinette \"Tony\" Perry"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: People injured by throwaway matches? (10)","output":"### Answer: CASUALTIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: People injured\nCASUAL TIES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oven from Rio is reset differently (10)","output":"### Answer: ROTISSERIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Oven\n(RIO IS RESET)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Commotion caused by heads of state talking in riddles (4)","output":"### Answer: STIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Commotion\nFirst letters of State Talking In Riddles"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flying alien contrives to secure a spell in the army? (8,7)","output":"### Answer: NATIONAL SERVICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: spell in the army\nA in (ALIEN CONTRIVES)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revered former editor pinching a large journalist's bottom (7)","output":"### Answer: EXALTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Revered\nA L [journalis]T in EX-ED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Retired queen and retinue prepare for new job (7)","output":"### Answer: RETRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: prepare for new job\nReverse of E.R. + TRAIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heavy drinking session sees new head of department drowning in ale (6)","output":"### Answer: BENDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Heavy drinking session\nN D[epartment] in BEER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revolutionary coming back to eat pub grub? (6)","output":"### Answer: DINNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: grub\nINN (pub) in reverse of RED (communist, revolutionary)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop king and fool becoming united by social ties (5-4)","output":"### Answer: CLOSE-KNIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: united by social ties\nCLOSE (stop) + K + NIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Verbose expert hearing short musical phrases (6)","output":"### Answer: PROLIX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Verbose\nPRO + homophone of \"licks\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Choose to throw giants' pants in river (9)","output":"### Answer: DESIGNATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Choose\nGIANTS* in [River] DEE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bishop adopting star competitor (5)","output":"### Answer: RACER \n ### Explanation: Definition: competitor\nACE in RR (Right Reverend)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put in an appearance outside retro car plant (8)","output":"### Answer: CAMOMILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: plant\nReverse of LIMO in CAME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short coat given to old philosopher (5)","output":"### Answer: PLATO \n ### Explanation: Definition: philosopher\nI think this is PLAT[E] (\"cover (a metal object) with a thin coating of a different metal\", which could mean to coat) + O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Herbicide makes a fellow a goner, unfortunately (5,6)","output":"### Answer: AGENT ORANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Herbicide\n~~(A FELLOW A GONER)* oops!~~ A GENT + (A GONER)* \u2013 Agent Orange was used as a defoliant by the US military in the Vietnam war"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Troy's first prophet turned up to encourage woodworker (4,7)","output":"### Answer: TREE SURGEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: woodworker\nT + reverse of SEER + URGE ON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Without cover, nude run is rescheduled (9)","output":"### Answer: UNINSURED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Without cover\n(NUDE RUN IS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fancy popular gallery keeping racist leader in charge! (9)","output":"### Answer: INTRICATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fancy\nR[acist] IC in IN (popular) TATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Various roads set out (8)","output":"### Answer: ASSORTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Various\n(ROADS SET)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brother returned short letter to someone from Brest? (6)","output":"### Answer: BRETON \n ### Explanation: Definition: someone from Brest\nBR + reverse of NOTE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sign made by team leader at sporting event (5)","output":"### Answer: TRACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sign\nT[eam] + RACE. The online solution has \"trade\", which must be a mistake *(now corrected, I see)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dared to wrestle a snake! (5)","output":"### Answer: ADDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: a snake\n~~ADDER*~~ D'oh! \u2013 I mean DARED*, of course"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First-class drug, working for a long time (4)","output":"### Answer: AEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: a long time\nA + E (drug) + ON (working)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tunes broadcast by soprano (4)","output":"### Answer: AIRS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tunes\nAIR (broadcast) + S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bishop with a note left behind by Kate Bush's first nanny in Russia (8)","output":"### Answer: BABUSHKA \n ### Explanation: Definition: nanny in Russia\nB + A + BUSH + KATE less TE (note), with \"nanny\" in the sense of grandmother"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pub run by Epstein's partner, going viral (4)","output":"### Answer: BARR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Epstein's partner, going viral\nBAR + R \u2013 referring to the Epstein-Barr virus"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capital returns from chihuahua's siblings (6)","output":"### Answer: BISSAU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Capital\nHidden in reverse of chihuahUA'S SIBlings. Bissau is the capital of the west African country of Guinea-Bissau"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vivacity shown by Hungarian writer after change of heart (4)","output":"### Answer: BRIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vivacity\nBIRO (pen, named after its inventor, the Hungarian Laszlo Biro) with the \"heart\" changed from IR to RI"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Coming out of WC shortly after one on throne pinches me (8)","output":"### Answer: EMERGENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Coming out\nME in E.R. + GENT[S]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of two Spice Girls in cooking area, with new decorated kitchen items (10)","output":"### Answer: ENAMELWARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: kitchen items\nMEL (Mel B or Mel C of the Spice Girls) in (AREA NEW)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Elder twin brother from eastern half of 5 (4)","output":"### Answer: ESAU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Elder twin brother\nE + [BIS]SAU \u2013 Jacob's elder brother in Genesis, he of the mess of pottage, and \"an hairy man\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Just the day before name's first given (4-6)","output":"### Answer: EVEN-HANDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Just\nEVE + N[ame] + HANDED (given)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good headgear for Indian flight? (4)","output":"### Answer: GHAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Indian flight\nG + HAT \u2013 among other tings it's \"a landing-stair on a riverside\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trick taking 30 minutes? Answer: 10 more needed (4)","output":"### Answer: HOAX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trick\nHO[ur] (i.e. half an hour) + A + X"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Voluntary fee after working topless for one man-hour (10)","output":"### Answer: HONORARIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Voluntary fee\nAnagram of [f]OR I MAN-HOUR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moved very slowly, having wrongly taken piano away (6)","output":"### Answer: INCHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Moved very slowly\nPINCHED (stole) less P"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cancel home TV licence, when discontented with Aida production? (10)","output":"### Answer: INVALIDATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cancel\nIN (home) + anagram of TV + L[ICENC]E + AIDA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cry as doll is pierced with end of needle (4)","output":"### Answer: KEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cry\n[needl]E in KEN (Barbie's boyfriend)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Landlord, male, wearing hairstyle that might cause trouble at opening time (6,4)","output":"### Answer: LETTER BOMB \n ### Explanation: Definition: that might cause trouble at opening time\nLETTER (landlord) + M in BOB"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rodent holding up two male animals (6)","output":"### Answer: MARMOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rodent\nReverse of TOM [cat] + RAM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Academic books written by doctor (4)","output":"### Answer: MOOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Academic\nMO (Doctor) + OT (Old Testament)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bananas the man will briefly put in fruit container (8)","output":"### Answer: NUTSHELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: fruit container\nNUTS + HE'LL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Female artist talked of member in congress? (10)","output":"### Answer: POLITICIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: member in congress\nHomophone of \"Polly Titian\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Football club in Warwickshire, allegedly (4)","output":"### Answer: REAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Football club\nHidden in warwickshiRE ALlegedly \u2013 the club is Real Madrid"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: US law is somewhat eccentric, only found in two states (4)","output":"### Answer: RICO \n ### Explanation: Definition: US law\nHidden eccentRIC Only. RICO is the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Playing a lute wearing jeans? On the contrary, suited for the small screen (10)","output":"### Answer: TELEVISUAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: suited for the small screen\nLEVIS in (A LUTE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finished with Hilary? End it with a falling-out (10)","output":"### Answer: TERMINATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Finished\nTERM (of which Hilary is an example, at Oxford University) + (END IT A)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prayer time in church after row (6)","output":"### Answer: TIERCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prayer time\nTIER + CE \u2013 a variant of Terce"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Group of players wanting tennis's No 1 place Andy Murray finally won (4)","output":"### Answer: TRIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Group of players\nT + RIO. Andy Murray won a gold medal at the Rio olympics: I assume \"finally\" means he won the finals,"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Among body of soldiers left in the dark (5)","output":"### Answer: UNLIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: in the dark\nL in UNIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Too fond of wife in Egyptian city going topless (very good topless) (8)","output":"### Answer: UXORIOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Too fond of wife\n[L]UXOR + [P]IOUS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Football club house criminal that's homeless (5)","output":"### Answer: VILLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Football club\nVILLAIN less IN (\"home\"), with two definitions (and the second \"football club\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go back? That's the right way out! (7)","output":"### Answer: REGRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Go back\nR + EGRESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He throws an earthenware vessel (7)","output":"### Answer: PITCHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: He throws\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tonic's taken in the right quantity (7)","output":"### Answer: PORTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: quantity\nR in POTION (tonic)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thomas, in retreat during action, gets lowered status (7)","output":"### Answer: DEMOTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: lowered status\nReverse of TOM in DEED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Happen to exhale (9)","output":"### Answer: TRANSPIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Happen\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Take in a bank somewhere in Germany (5)","output":"### Answer: TRIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: somewhere in Germany\nR in TIER \u2013 I've criticised Chifonie in the past for using the construction \"in Germany\" in such clues, so glad to see hime doing it \"properly\" here with the \"somewhere\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Daughter hit hard and lived (5)","output":"### Answer: DWELT \n ### Explanation: Definition: lived\nD + WELT \u2013 I didn't know that \"welt\" could be used as a verb, basically meaning \"to cause a welt\", i.e. to beat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quick to adopt retreat with conviction (9)","output":"### Answer: EARNESTLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: with conviction\nNEST (retreat) in EARLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Treated fairly and informed about energy price (9)","output":"### Answer: TOLERATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Treated fairly\nE RATE in TOLD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Delightful meal without papa (5)","output":"### Answer: SUPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Delightful\nSUPPER less (one) P"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crooner has energy for a lot of drinking (5)","output":"### Answer: BINGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a lot of drinking\nBING [Crosby] + E \u2013 repeated use of E for Energy very close to 17A; we had the same with R for Right in 1 and 9"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trustworthy girl gets many promises of money (9)","output":"### Answer: VERACIOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trustworthy\nVERA + C (100) + IOUS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Classical matricide finds drug in fashion stores (7)","output":"### Answer: ORESTES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Classical matricide\nE (drug) in STORES* \u2013 in Greek myth Orestes kills his mother Clytemnestra, and is then tormented by the Furies"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Romeo earned beaten backside (4,3)","output":"### Answer: REAR END \n ### Explanation: Definition: backside\nR + EARNED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Enlightened philosopher managed European corruption (7)","output":"### Answer: DIDEROT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Enlightened philosopher\nDID (managed) + E ROT \u2013 Denis Diderot, a prominent figure of the Enlightenment"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Coppers brought about an act of self-punishment (7)","output":"### Answer: PENANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: act of self-punishment\nAN in PENCE (coppers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Said to be set down in the grass (7)","output":"### Answer: REPUTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Said\nPUT in REED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refuse clothing over time (7)","output":"### Answer: GARBAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Refuse\nGARB + AGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charged over small transgressions (5)","output":"### Answer: EVILS \n ### Explanation: Definition: transgressions\nReverse of LIVE (electrically charged) + S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Living without Mike? There's a thought! (9)","output":"### Answer: SENTIMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: a thought\nM in SENTIENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Father seen before getting out of puff (5)","output":"### Answer: PADRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Father\nAD (puff) in PRE (before)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stand-in gets lock for siren (9)","output":"### Answer: TEMPTRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: siren\nTEMP (stand-in) + TRESS (lock of hair)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Run into student, first of intended victims (3,4)","output":"### Answer: HIT LIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: intended victims\nHIT (run into) + L (learner driver) + 1ST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man in dreary assembly of old foreign forces (3,4)","output":"### Answer: RED ARMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: old foreign forces\nM (man) in DREARY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bully fell upon teacher (9)","output":"### Answer: TORMENTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bully\nTOR (hill, fell) + MENTOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldiers bound to knock road safety device (5,4)","output":"### Answer: RADAR\u00a0TRAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: road safety device\nRA (Royal Artillery) + DART (move quickly, bound) + RAP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Newspaper bill? See identification! (7)","output":"### Answer: TABLOID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Newspaper\nTAB (bill) + LO ID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Type of oil processed in Leeds (7)","output":"### Answer: LINSEED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Type of oil\n(IN LEEDS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sharpen tack outside radio programme (5-2)","output":"### Answer: PHONE-IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: radio programme\nHONE in PIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Odd desire to store uranium waste (7)","output":"### Answer: RESIDUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: waste\nU in DESIRE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Six settle for excursion (5)","output":"### Answer: VISIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: excursion\nVI + SIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Length of string (5)","output":"### Answer: CHAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Length\nDouble definition: the chain is an old measurement of 66 feet or 22 yards \u2013 the length of a cricket pitch"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Faithful copy of old motor VIP's rejected (6)","output":"### Answer: CARBON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Faithful copy of old\nCAR (motor) + reverse of NOB \u2013 \"old\" belongs to the definition because carbon paper is not (much) used any more"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: National lawmen on the move, keeping quiet (8)","output":"### Answer: WELSHMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: National\nSH in LAWMEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Compositions needing correction, cutting or adapting (8)","output":"### Answer: CONCERTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Compositions\nAnagram of CORRECTION less OR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Current vote within dynasty for merger (6)","output":"### Answer: MIXING \n ### Explanation: Definition: merger\nI (symbol for electric current) + X (vote) in MING (Chinese dynasty)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tangled bit of elastic's a short-term liability (8,4)","output":"### Answer: FLOATING DEBT \n ### Explanation: Definition: a short-term liability\n(TANGLED BIT OF)* \u2013 \"short-term debt that is regularly refinanced in order to fund a government's or company's continuing operations\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: God's house in Tangier evacuated (4)","output":"### Answer: THOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: God\nHO (house) in T[angie]R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New flag adopted by diocese without reservation (8)","output":"### Answer: ENTIRELY \n ### Explanation: Definition: without reservation\nN + TIRE (to flag) in ELY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Veggie hors d'oeuvre \u2014 butcher cursed it! (8)","output":"### Answer: CRUDIT\u00c9S \n ### Explanation: Definition: Veggie hors d'oeuvre\n(CURSED IT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brings in petitions Republican's left (4)","output":"### Answer: PAYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brings in\nPRAYS less R; \"my job pays\/brings in \u00a3x a week\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On trip with mate, one stops Henry showing too much cheek (12)","output":"### Answer: HONEYMOONING \n ### Explanation: Definition: On trip with mate\nONE in HY + MOONING (\"showing too much cheek\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Light seat for two or more (6)","output":"### Answer: SETTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Light\nDouble definition \u2013 \"light\" as in \"alight\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trouble bather gets into? (3,5)","output":"### Answer: HOT WATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trouble\nDouble\/cryptic definition, the bather being someone having a bath rather than a swimmer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State old lady regretted, on reflection (8)","output":"### Answer: GRANDEUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: State\nGRAN + reverse of RUED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Approve first of great escapes please (6)","output":"### Answer: RATIFY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Approve\nGRATIFY (please) less G[reat]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Last drop of rain falling from isolated succulent (4)","output":"### Answer: ALOE \n ### Explanation: Definition: succulent\nALONE less [rai]N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Announcement of player's dismissal had the wrong effect (9)","output":"### Answer: BACKFIRED \n ### Explanation: Definition: had the wrong effect\nBACK (player, as in football etc) FIRED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Constrict end of iron bolt (6)","output":"### Answer: NARROW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Constrict\n[iro]N + ARROW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worthless hermit, criminal destined to hang? (9,6)","output":"### Answer: WHISTLER\u2019S MOTHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: destined to hang\n(WORTHLESS HERMIT) \u2013 the painting officially called *Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1*. Perhaps \".. that's destined to hang\" would have been a more satisfactory definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hard-skinned alien creature seen from below (8)","output":"### Answer: LAMINATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hard-skinned\nReverse of E.T. ANIMAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spellbound, consider snatching kiss (5)","output":"### Answer: HEXED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spellbound\nX (kiss) in HEED (consider)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Consort \u2014 for Henry the Second (4,6)","output":"### Answer: ANNE BOLEYN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Consort \u2014 for Henry the Second\nJust an extended, slightly cryptic, definition \u2013 Anne Boleyn was Henry VIII's second wife, so \"for Henry, the second\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old racing driver's less rash, nursing fractured toe (10)","output":"### Answer: CHARIOTEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old racing driver\nTOE in CHARIER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Odious current guards backed up (9)","output":"### Answer: REPUGNANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Odious\nReverse of UP in REGNANT. Elizabeth II is the current\/regnant Queen, I suppose, but regnant is really in contrast to \"Queen consort\". However, I see that Chambers also gives regnant = prevalent."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Did Frank ultimately change career? (8)","output":"### Answer: STAMPEDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: career\nSTAMPED (did frank) + [chang]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bouncer dismissing England opener's a winner (6)","output":"### Answer: VICTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: winner\nEVICTOR less E[ngland]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scoffed in ridicule at enemy (5)","output":"### Answer: EATEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scoffed\nHidden in ridiculE AT ENemy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Penny added to mischief-maker's money (4)","output":"### Answer: PELF \n ### Explanation: Definition: money\nP + ELF \u2013 a new word for me, though easy enough to guess from the clue (it seemed more likely than \"delf\"). Chambers says it's probably related to \"pilfer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Funny swimmer? (9)","output":"### Answer: CLOWNFISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: swimmer\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Daughters leave mottled fruit (5)","output":"### Answer: APPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fruit\nDAPPLED minus two Ds"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turning over, she finally sleeps in lace (5)","output":"### Answer: SPIKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: lace\nReverse of [sh]E + KIPS \u2013 lace\/spike as in adding drugs to a drink"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Talent show from America \u2014 edited, soulless and tired (9)","output":"### Answer: KNACKERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: tired\nKNACK (talent) + ER (US TV show) + E[dite]D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deer knocks back glitter (7)","output":"### Answer: SPARKLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: glitter\nReverse of ELK + RAPS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bet pound on leading filly, say (7)","output":"### Answer: FLUTTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bet\n~~F[illy] + UTTER (say), and two definitions~~ *Thanks to baerchen for correction:* F[illy] + L (pound) + UTTER (say)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unacceptable to only score 99? (3,2)","output":"### Answer: NOT ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unacceptable\n99 is not quite 100, so NO TON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quiet? Yes, quiet (3)","output":"### Answer: SHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: quiet\nSH + Y[es]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make Broad an extra batsman at the end (5)","output":"### Answer: WIDEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make Broad\nWIDE (extra [run] in cricket) +[batsma]N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Before victory, South led amazing trick (7)","output":"### Answer: SWINDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: trick\nS + WIN + LED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Colourful old children's TV show? (7)","output":"### Answer: RAINBOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: old children's TV show\nVague hint + definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To suggest making love handle, rip apart! (9)","output":"### Answer: PHILANDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: To suggest making love\n(HANDLE RIP)* \u2013 the definition seems a bit dubious, though Chambers does give \"flirt\", which might cover it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reportedly want massage (5)","output":"### Answer: KNEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: massage\nHomophone of \"need\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Surrey town, for example, hot in the morning (5)","output":"### Answer: EGHAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Surrey town\nE.G. + H + AM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stories about small mammal drawings (9)","output":"### Answer: LOTTERIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: drawings\nOTTER in LIES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They're cold inside, that is, on top of stick (4)","output":"### Answer: ICES \n ### Explanation: Definition: They're cold inside, that is, on top of stick\nC in I.E. + S[tick], &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bareback rider? (6)","output":"### Answer: GODIVA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bareback rider\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Runabout conked out, requiring energy not taken into account (10)","output":"### Answer: UNRECKONED \n ### Explanation: Definition: not taken into account\nRUN* (i.e. \"run about\") + E in CONKED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finger food with black liquid centre (6)","output":"### Answer: PINKIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Finger\nINK in PIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pest breaking the law in France \u2014 \"why?\", they ask (5,3)","output":"### Answer: WHEAT FLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pest\nF[rance] in (THE LAW)* + Y (homophone of \"why\") \u2013 the \"in\" seems the wrong way round, but you can just about read it as \"..(THE LAW)* [and] in [we have to put] F\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rowling receives a first Christmas card (4)","output":"### Answer: JACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: card\nA C[hristmas] in J K (Rowling, \"Harry Potter\" author)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ran over dear pet \u2014 tragic! (8)","output":"### Answer: OPERATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ran\n(O[ver] DEAR PET)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink made at sea (4)","output":"### Answer: MEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drink\nMADE* \u2013 see 25d for a similiarly simple clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not even science is above society functions (5)","output":"### Answer: SINES \n ### Explanation: Definition: functions\nOdd (not even) letters of ScIeNcE + S[ociety]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek character's upset with reading faulty Kindle \u2014 no lines? (10)","output":"### Answer: UNWRINKLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: no lines\nReverse NU (Greek letter) + W[ith] R[eading] + KINDLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Frenchman's wife to start again (5)","output":"### Answer: RENEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: to start again\nRENE + W[ife]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Evening time on island, around 1:50 (8)","output":"### Answer: TWILIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Evening\nT + I L (1, 50) in [Isle of] WIGHT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It delays working in a controlled way (8)","output":"### Answer: STEADILY \n ### Explanation: Definition: in a controlled way\n(IT DELAYS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's unusual for the Queen's Trust to exclude the Church (6)","output":"### Answer: RARITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's unusual\nR (Queen) + [CH]ARITY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Indian cigarette is close to the end (6)","output":"### Answer: BEEDIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Indian cigarette\nBE (= is, in dialect) + [th]E + DIE (end). New to me \u2013 a cheap Indian cigarette, also spelled \"bidi\" or \"beedi\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dishes regularly spoiled with 25% salt (4)","output":"### Answer: PIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dishes\nAlternate letters of sPoIlEd + S[alt] \u2013 a slight blemish that we've already had a pie in 4d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mary served as host (4)","output":"### Answer: ARMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: host\nMARY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bolt had worried about start of sprint (4)","output":"### Answer: DASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bolt\nS[print] in HAD*, with a misleading reference to the aptly-named sprinter Usain Bolt (whose name is famously an anagram of ABLUTIONS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hurry, if you want to use the weighing machine (4,2,2)","output":"### Answer: STEP ON IT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hurry\nDouble definition (sort of)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: High-rise central block (6)","output":"### Answer: MASSIF \n ### Explanation: Definition: High-rise central block\nCryptic-ish definition, referring to the Massif Central in France"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's put up for work on the outside (8)","output":"### Answer: SCAFFOLD \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's put up for work on the outside\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Who's this first on TV? No, in Bond film (6)","output":"### Answer: DOCTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Who's this first on TV\nDouble definition, referring to Doctor Who (the programme, not the character, for those who care deeply about the distinction) and Dr No"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl's back to oriental island (5)","output":"### Answer: ELSIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Girl\nReverse of E ISLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's only a rude version of song and dance (9)","output":"### Answer: ROUNDELAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: song and dance\n(ONLY A RUDE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The key part of a Houdini contract? (6,6)","output":"### Answer: ESCAPE CLAUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: The key part of a Houdini contract\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Far away \u2014 and not appearing to be distressed (6-6)","output":"### Answer: ABSENT\u2011MINDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Far away\nABSENT (not appearing) + MINDED (distressed \u2013 as in minding=objecting to? Not sure about this)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A device for catching people in the act? (6,3)","output":"### Answer: SAFETY NET \n ### Explanation: Definition: A device for catching people in the act\nCryptic definition, the \"people in the act\" being trapeze artists etc"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alan's wrong to be nosy (5)","output":"### Answer: NASAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: nosy\nALANS* \u2013 nosy as in \"pertaining to the nose\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailor, a Scotsman, is seen on the roads (6)","output":"### Answer: TARMAC \n ### Explanation: Definition: seen on the roads\nTAR (sailor) + MAC (Scotsman)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Breaks in knee-length trousers, we hear (8)","output":"### Answer: BREACHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Breaks\nHomophone of \"breeches\" (breaks)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A method for dealing with traffic? (3-3)","output":"### Answer: ONE-WAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: A method for dealing with traffic\nONE (a) + WAY (method); the whole clue is also the definition, but it doesn't qualify as &lit because the wordplay is only part of the clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stout friend, about 50, who shares digs (8)","output":"### Answer: FLATMATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: who shares digs\nL in FAT MATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relationship between matron and nurse (6)","output":"### Answer: SISTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relationship\nDouble definition \u2013 sister is (or was) intermediate in seniority between nurse and matron"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pass in English, overlooking slight error (6)","output":"### Answer: ELAPSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pass\nE + LAPSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not on time, when trade is slack (3-6)","output":"### Answer: OFF-SEASON \n ### Explanation: Definition: when trade is slack\nOFF (not on) + SEASON (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I shall receive therapy for abuse (3-9)","output":"### Answer: ILL\u2011TREATMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: abuse\nI'LL + TREATMENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stay clear when hungry prima donna turns up (5)","output":"### Answer: AVOID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stay clear\nThis is a reversal of DIVA with O, or 0 or nothing, inserted. And if there's nothing in you, you might be hungry. Not hard to solve, but rather too much indirection for my taste."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pay to take residence at university? (6,2)","output":"### Answer: SETTLE UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pay\nSETTLE (take residence) + UP (at university, particularly Oxford or Cambridge)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They go from bank to bank to stay business (8)","output":"### Answer: FERRYMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: They go from bank to bank to stay business\nCryptic definition \u2013 presumably the clue should read \".. stay *in* business\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turns up a real oddity \u2014 it's uncanny (12)","output":"### Answer: SUPERNATURAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: uncanny\n(TURNS UP A REAL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plan to surprise carol singer, after extra rest (3,2,4)","output":"### Answer: LIE IN WAIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plan to surprise\nLIE IN (an extra rest) + WAIT (carol-singer). Apparently carol-singers were called 'Waits' because they only sang on Christmas Eve, which was known as Waitnight or Watchnight, perhaps in reference to the shepherds who watched their flock by night"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It sounds highly unnatural (8)","output":"### Answer: FALSETTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: It sounds highly unnatural\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refuse CO agitating to send in troops (3,5)","output":"### Answer: USE FORCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to send in troops\n(REFUSE CO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A way the head master initially receives a complaint (6)","output":"### Answer: ASTHMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: complaint\nA + ST + HM + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place for a president to see twice (6)","output":"### Answer: ELYSEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Place for a president\nELY (ecclesiastical See) + SEE. The Elys\u00e9e Palace is the official residence of the President of France"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crown jewels? (5)","output":"### Answer: TIARA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crown jewels\nCryptic definition \u2013 a tiara is worn on the head, or crown"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regarding foregoing phrase, Chopin, right and left, played with (11)","output":"### Answer: ANAPHORICAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Regarding foregoing phrase\n(CHOPIN R L)* \u2013 it's often the case, as here, that the first answer has a lot of occurrences of the missing letter (and the same applies to 1d)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Camera man is captivated by extremes of excess (5)","output":"### Answer: ZEISS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Camera man\nIS in E[xces]S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With fancy drawers, kitchen container, wee one, gets left dry inside (11)","output":"### Answer: PANTALETTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: With fancy drawers\nL TT (teetotal,dry) in PAN + TAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Essayist with name like Apollo (6)","output":"### Answer: DELIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: like Apollo\nELIA (nickname of Charles Lamb) + N. Apollo was born on the island of Delos"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stubbs, say, English academician coming back unexpectedly (7)","output":"### Answer: UNAWARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: unexpectedly\nUNA (Stubbs, actress) + reverse of (E RA)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor on call dismissing several outsiders, often sarcastic (8)","output":"### Answer: IRONICAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: often sarcastic\n[docto]R ON CAL[l]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Church forecourts worshipping God alone (6)","output":"### Answer: LATRIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: worshipping God alone\nATRIA can be church forecourts as well as the more familiar entrance halls"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aero instrument adjusted rate divided by duration? (9)","output":"### Answer: ALTIMETER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Aero instrument\nTIME in RATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Borrower's bonds to put in statements expected to be valid (9)","output":"### Answer: POST-OBITS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Borrower's bonds\nTO in POSITS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sensitized photo equipment partly damaged in dual screen (9)","output":"### Answer: DRY-PLATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sensitized photo equipment\nPARTLY* in DS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No pond plant's beginning to resist strong wind (9)","output":"### Answer: NOR\u2019-EASTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: strong wind\nNO + REATE (water-crowfoot) + R[esist]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bishop in act that's converted gallery (7)","output":"### Answer: TERRACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: gallery\nRR in ACT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tick off copy, last in catalogue (7)","output":"### Answer: REPROVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tick off\nREPRO + [catalogu]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heroin bagged by secret police once \u2013 fuss in Glasgow (7)","output":"### Answer: STASHIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fuss in Glasgow\nH in STASI (secret police in East Germany)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Irish pop star (name like Katy), one supporting threesome (6)","output":"### Answer: TRIONA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Irish pop star\nThis singer, whose name is a shortened form of Catriona, itself a variant of Catherine or Katy, so a double definition of the answer, with wordplay TRIO + A, though it seems to me that this would only work in a down clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Star sensed vaguely not growing as big as one should (11)","output":"### Answer: STUNTEDNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: not growing as big as one should\nSUN + SENSED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet's very cold by reason of clutching glacier's edge (5)","output":"### Answer: FRORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poet's very cold\n[glacie]R in FOR (by reason of) \u2013 Spenserian form of \"frozen\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Favours night furniture allowing room for love French-style (9)","output":"### Answer: BEFRIENDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Favours\nRIEN (French \"nothing\" = \"love\") in BEDS. By coincidence the RIEN device came up in a Philistine puzzle this week)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Breaking in misappropriated rent, pence in small coin (12)","output":"### Answer: INTERCIPIENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Breaking in\nRENT* + P in CENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man known for his dog, love shown following friend (6)","output":"### Answer: PAVLOV \n ### Explanation: Definition: Man known for his dog\nPAL + O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Holds round thousand in old grain measures (7)","output":"### Answer: HEMINAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: old grain measures\nM IN in HAS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dullness in the work cited one's opened (7)","output":"### Answer: OPACITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dullness\nA in OP CIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sincere Italian going round many US football clubs (6)","output":"### Answer: INFELT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sincere\nNFL (National Football League) in IT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: News programme, first of those uncovering laxity in business centre (9)","output":"### Answer: ACTUALITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: News programme\nFirst letters of Those Uncovering Laxity in CITY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More than one beetle is exhilarating (7)","output":"### Answer: ELATERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: More than one beetle\nELATES = \"is exhilarating\". Elater is a genus of skipjack or click beetles"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: News agency one cheers, admitting skill (8)","output":"### Answer: ITAR-TASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: News agency\nART in I TA. The Soviet news agency TASS was renamed ITAR-TASS in 1992, the name reverted to TASS in 2014"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conte: with it tester requires translation (9)","output":"### Answer: STORIETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Conte\n(IT TESTER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More than one holding weapons, various dates (10)","output":"### Answer: FARMSTEADS \n ### Explanation: Definition: More than one holding\nARMS + DATES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recast cool robot play about time embellished (10)","output":"### Answer: COLORATURA \n ### Explanation: Definition: embellished\nCOOL* + T in R.U.R. (Karel ?apek's play about robots)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nautical rope for hoisting? Rage about frayed lint (8)","output":"### Answer: GIRTLINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nautical rope for hoisting\nLINT* in IRE \u2013 also called a gantline, \"a rope used in a single-block hoist\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Se\u00f1or managed none of Spanish ham? (7)","output":"### Answer: SERRANO \n ### Explanation: Definition: of Spanish ham\nSR + RAN + O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One celebrating rest from work, Friday coming round (7)","output":"### Answer: FEASTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One celebrating\nEASE in FR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having scurfy growth end of scraper peels off (7)","output":"### Answer: LEPROSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Having scurfy growth\nAnagram of [scrape]R + PEELS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most of nice air stimulated compound in some drugs (7)","output":"### Answer: ACRIDIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: compound in some drugs\n(NIC[e] AIR)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not once involved in sin, one makes a living (6)","output":"### Answer: EARNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one makes a living\nNE (old form of \"not\") in ERR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Went up and down \u2013 nothing found in dictionary (6)","output":"### Answer: YO-YOED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Went up and down\nO in OED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sex for Roman philosopher is noble (7)","output":"### Answer: VICOMTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: noble\nVI (=6, \"sex\" in Latin) + COMTE \u2013 I'd guess this is the least familiar philosopher in the puzzle to most people, so perhaps a little naughty not to mention that we're looking for a foreign nobleman.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Philosopher, one working a large amount (7)","output":"### Answer: MILLION \n ### Explanation: Definition: a large amount\nMILL + I + ON (working)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This is a reminder to invest pounds (4)","output":"### Answer: CLUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: This\nL in CUE \u2013 and the clue clues itself"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sanctimonious lines by philosopher, a junkie (4-6)","output":"### Answer: PILL-POPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: a junkie\nPI (sanctimonious) + L L + POPPER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dance suggestively, in extremely giddy tempo (6)","output":"### Answer: GYRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dance suggestively\nG[idd]Y + RATE (tempo)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Philosopher concerned with small units (8)","output":"### Answer: PLATOONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: units\nPLATO + ON (concerned with) + S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clothing collection and tea picked up by philosopher (9)","output":"### Answer: TROUSSEAU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clothing collection\nT (\"tea\") + ROUSSEAU"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King swallows drop of Lemsip, catching a chill (5)","output":"### Answer: RELAX \n ### Explanation: Definition: chill\nL[emsip] + A in REX"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Actress in Ultimo bra, gracefully twirling (5)","output":"### Answer: GARBO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Actress\nHidden in reverse of ultimO BRA, Gracefully"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A friend meets Mike using letters of introduction? (9)","output":"### Answer: ACRONYMIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: using letters of introduction\nA + CRONY + MIC (abbreviation for microphone, also spelled \"mike\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supply me with dosh in search for pleasure (8)","output":"### Answer: HEDONISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: search for pleasure\n(ME DOSH IN)* (supply = in a supple way)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unearth erstwhile philosopher (6)","output":"### Answer: EXHUME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unearth\nEX + HUME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Roman philosopher running into virgin (4,6)","output":"### Answer: MARK ANTONY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Roman\nKANT + ON (running) in [the Virgin] MARY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expression of pleasure as tedium's cut short (4)","output":"### Answer: GRIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Expression of pleasure\nGRIN[d]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finding court composer's given precedence (7)","output":"### Answer: VERDICT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Finding\nVERDI + CT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flatter hulk stripping off during a tryst (7)","output":"### Answer: ADULATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flatter\n[h]UL[k] in A DATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hip liberal philosopher \u2014 his work is decorative (7)","output":"### Answer: INLAYER \n ### Explanation: Definition: his work is decorative\nIN (fashionable, hip) + L + AYER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Head of Oundle has great final term (5)","output":"### Answer: OMEGA \n ### Explanation: Definition: final term\nO[undle] + MEGA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slept so badly in a state of deshabille (7)","output":"### Answer: TOPLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: in a state of deshabille\n(SLEPT SO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plain dancing? We're told why a ball may be so (2,4)","output":"### Answer: IN PLAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: a ball may be so\nPLAIN* + Y (sounds like \"why\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor or sleepy nurses run kind of hospital (9)","output":"### Answer: LEPROSERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: kind of hospital\nR[un] in (OR SLEEPY) \u2013 a hospital for lepers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A canoe travelling around one large group of islands (7)","output":"### Answer: OCEANIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: large group of islands\nI in (A CANOE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Acclaim actor lacking refinement in London park (7,6)","output":"### Answer: CLAPHAM\u00a0COMMON \n ### Explanation: Definition: London park\nCLAP + HAM (actor) + COMMON (lacking refinement)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: British philosopher welcomed by German and not hindered (9)","output":"### Answer: UNBLOCKED \n ### Explanation: Definition: not hindered\nB + LOCKE in UND (German for \"and\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Salt in wonderful starter of tabbouleh getting consumed (7)","output":"### Answer: ACETATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Salt\nACE (wonderful) + T[abbouleh) + ATE (consumed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look at cracking cryptic done like a Cyclops? (3-4)","output":"### Answer: ONE-EYED \n ### Explanation: Definition: like a Cyclops\nEYE in DONE* \u2013 the Cyclops had a single eye in the middle of its forehead"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One first rings a doctor, a specialist in feet (7)","output":"### Answer: IAMBIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: a specialist in feet\nA MB in 1 1ST \u2013 an iamb is a poetical foot, with the rhythm di-DAH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Occasion to eat a piece of cake (6)","output":"### Answer: PICNIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Occasion to eat\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man turned on philosopher (5)","output":"### Answer: HEGEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: philosopher\nHE + reverse of LEG (the \"on\" side in cricket). This is the place where the philosopher is actually the answer, rather than just part of it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fair to abolish Sabbath for good \u2026 er \u2026 god! (7)","output":"### Answer: JUPITER \n ### Explanation: Definition: god\nJUST with S replaced by PI, + ER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A classic, right? Sun's back chasing topless figure (7)","output":"### Answer: ODYSSEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: A classic\n[b]ODY + reverse of YES S[un]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: President's son steals 500 old bricks \u2026 (6)","output":"### Answer: ADOBES \n ### Explanation: Definition: bricks\nD (500) + O in ABE (Lincoln) S \u2013 a bullding material or brick made from dried mud"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 to cast magic over father's new crusade (8)","output":"### Answer: CAMPAIGN \n ### Explanation: Definition: crusade\nPA in MAGIC* + N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Copy sample evenly (3)","output":"### Answer: APE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Copy\nEven letters of sAmPlE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Massive\" British trip hop artist being difficult \u2026 (6)","output":"### Answer: TRICKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: \"Massive\" British trip hop artist\nTwo definitions, the first of which is well outside my comfort zone. Tricky is a pioneer of trip hop music, and a former member of Massive Attack"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 in front of the microphone, a number like a rousing song (8)","output":"### Answer: ANTHEMIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: like a rousing song\nA N + THE MIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drug ring back in Dorset town (5)","output":"### Answer: POOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dorset town\nReverse of E LOOP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moon rocks left this forge as standing stones (9)","output":"### Answer: MONOLITHS \n ### Explanation: Definition: standing stones\nMOON* + L + THIS* (\"forge\" as anagram indicator \u2013 a bit dodgy in my opinion)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After spinner's six deliveries, yorker initially provides breakthrough \u2026 (9)","output":"### Answer: DISCOVERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: breakthrough\nDISC (record, which spins on a turntable) + OVER (six deliveries) + Y[orker]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 in the '80s, Cook departs after knowing ball's caught (5)","output":"### Answer: FLOYD \n ### Explanation: Definition: in the '80s, Cook\nO in FLY (knowing) + D. Keith Floyd, 1980s TV chef whose presentation style involved drinking a lot of wine"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stage device returning characters without skill (4,4)","output":"### Answer: STAR TRAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stage device\nART in reverse of PARTS \u2013 it's a kind of stage trapdoor allowing the rapid appearance of a character"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Archer who's on the fiddle (6)","output":"### Answer: BOWMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Archer\nDouble definition \u2013 a fiddler (violinist) uses a bow, as does an archer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prince shall be undressed (3)","output":"### Answer: HAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prince\n[s]HAL[l]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cryptically, three in existence? (3,5)","output":"### Answer: OUT THERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: in existence\nA \"reverse\" anagram \u2013 \"out there\" is a cryptic indication of \"three\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Does comic admit working the cinemas? (6)","output":"### Answer: ODEONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: cinema\nON (working) in DOES* \u2013 chain of cinemas"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: God's peach and raspberry slice (7)","output":"### Answer: CHANDRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: God\nHidden in peaCH AND RAspberry . Chandra is a Hindu moon deity"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pop idol gains 1,000 pence by euro's collapse (7)","output":"### Answer: IMPLODE \n ### Explanation: Definition: collapse\nM (1000) P in IDOL* + E[uro]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Become bankrupt, when parts are traded for experience (7)","output":"### Answer: UNDERGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: experience\nGO UNDER with the two words interchaged"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stupid single honour for Croatian tennis player (9)","output":"### Answer: IMBECILIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stupid\n1 MBE + CILIC \u2013 Croatian tennis player Marin ?ili?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Studies dissertations (6)","output":"### Answer: ESSAYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Studies\nDouble definition \u2013 though the two meanings are very close, and in fact Chambers defines essay as \"a written composition less elaborate than a dissertation or treatise\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Downgrading Germany's European proposal (8)","output":"### Answer: DEMOTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Downgrading\nD + E + MOTION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gap sells pullovers and cardigans \u2014 even tops (5)","output":"### Answer: SPACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gap\nFirst letters (tops) of Sells Pullovers And Cardigans Even"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Play Nigel Short's hardest openings \u2014 such as this one? (7)","output":"### Answer: ENGLISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: this one\nNIGEL + first letters of Short's Hardest. Nigel Short is a chess grandmaster, who might play the English Opening"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scientist works here with harpoon and cage? Not he (13)","output":"### Answer: OCEANOGRAPHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scientist\nAnagram of HERE HARPOON CAGE, less HE, with an appropriate surface reading"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It transfers rotations to wellie he'd thrown (4,5)","output":"### Answer: IDLE WHEEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: It transfers rotations\n(WELLIE HE'D)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Manager's racing car problem: Tesla's been stolen (8)","output":"### Answer: OVERSEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Manager\nOVERSTEER less T (Tesla, unit of magnetic flux density, not the electric car)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Acquainted with molten tin? That hurts! (2,5)","output":"### Answer: IN TOUCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Acquainted\nTIN* + OUCH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pined for salary received in Japan? (7)","output":"### Answer: YEARNED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pined\nY (yen) EARNED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Efflorescent answer by Orlando, perhaps (6)","output":"### Answer: ABLOOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Efflorescent\nA + BLOOM (Orlando Bloom, actor)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Betray no sailor in uprising (3,2)","output":"### Answer: RAT ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Betray\nReverse of NO TAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Money boxes maintain returns, capital (7)","output":"### Answer: YEREVAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: capital\nReverse of AVER (maintain) in YEN. Slightly dodgy grammar in the cryptic reading\u2026 Yerevan is the capital of Armenia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Key issue: no girl getting hot tea (7)","output":"### Answer: HASHISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: tea\nHASH (the '#' key on a phone or computer keyboard, officially called the 'octothorpe') + IS[SUE] + H[ot]. Tea is slang for cannabis\/marijuana\/hashish"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Design of Hitler, say, combed across the forehead, perhaps? (9)","output":"### Answer: HAIRSTYLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: combed across the forehead, perhaps\n(HITLER SAY)*, with the whole clue referring to Hitler's actual hairstyle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rocket could pull one crew into the air (5,5)","output":"### Answer: STEAM TRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rocket could pull one\nTEAM (crew) in STRAIN (tune, air) \u2013 referring to Stephenson's Rocket rather than a space vehicle, as the surface reading suggests"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Price now for the country? (6)","output":"### Answer: JORDAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Price now\nDouble definition \u2013 model Katie Price, formerly known as Jordan, and the middle-eastern country"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spice Girl in rank underwear (8)","output":"### Answer: LINGERIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: underwear\nGERI (Halliwell, Ginger Spice) in LINE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drunk? Poor you, time to abstain (9)","output":"### Answer: CRAPULENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drunk\nCRAP (bad, poor) + U + LENT (time to abstain)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Covered cloaks are lacking in a particular sense? (5-5)","output":"### Answer: CLOTH-EARED \n ### Explanation: Definition: lacking in a particular sense\nARE in CLOTHED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remaining bottles primarily noxious and potent, not initially fit for cooking (4-5)","output":"### Answer: OVEN-READY \n ### Explanation: Definition: fit for cooking\nN[oxious] in OVER (remaining) + [h]EADY (potent)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lord, criminal admitting leak (4,4)","output":"### Answer: LIFE PEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lord\nPEE (leak) in LIFER (criminal serving a life sentence)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supporter, revolutionary behind outstanding newspaper (6)","output":"### Answer: RAFTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Supporter\nFT in reverse of REAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Parental role not substantial enough \u2014 that is absent in criminal being held (5,5)","output":"### Answer: TOOTH FAIRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Parental role\nTHIEF less I.E. in TOO AIRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bottle snatched by gorilla, I veer backwards (4)","output":"### Answer: VIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bottle\ngorilLA I Veer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Source of information, one of twelve rapidly emptied (7)","output":"### Answer: LIBRARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Source of information\nLIBRA (one of the twelve Zodiac signs) + R[apidl]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Climbers pocketing gold keys (7)","output":"### Answer: IVORIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: keys\nOR in IVIES \u2013 the white keys on pianos were still sometimes made from ivory as recently as the early 1970s; of course they're all made of plastic now, but the phrase \"tickling the ivories\" (*not* 'tinkling', please!) is still used"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Entrance way overseas welcoming country on the rise (7)","output":"### Answer: ENAMOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Entrance\nOMAN in RUE (French \"street\"), all reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Star's first opening scene having left club (7)","output":"### Answer: ARSENAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: club\nS[tar] in ARENA + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seed of a fruit lacking moisture finally died (6)","output":"### Answer: ALMOND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seed\nA LEMON less [moistur]E + D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: US author with 22 24 to follow, how might the story end, roughly speaking? (6,3)","output":"### Answer: HARPER LEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: US author\nA real groaner: 22 24 is HEIFER RAFTER, which sounds a bit like \"ever after\", which people in a story live \"happily\", or (roughly) HARPER LEE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mountain climber beginning to shiver, if not wearing pants, traditionally? (3,4)","output":"### Answer: SKI LIFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mountain climber\nS[hiver] + IF \"in KILT\", referrng to the idea that nothing is worn under the kilt (\"not wearing pants\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gracious to unite around band with Italian maestro (4,1,5,3)","output":"### Answer: WELL\u00a0I\u00a0NEVER\u00a0DID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gracious\nLINE (band) + VERDI (Italian maestro) in WELD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fabric cut up not long ago, a third off (9)","output":"### Answer: POLYESTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fabric\nReverse of LOP + two thirds of YESTER[day]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capital error over centre of Catholicism (7)","output":"### Answer: TRIPOLI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Capital\nTRIP (error) + [cath]OLI[cism] \u2013 probably a more familiar capital than 1 across"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Looker, career soaring, very famous dancer (7)","output":"### Answer: NUREYEV \n ### Explanation: Definition: famous dancer\nReverse of (EYE RUN) + V"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dude terribly worried when delivery expected (3,4)","output":"### Answer: DUE DATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: when delivery expected\nDUDE* + ATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fire shot after male bovine (6)","output":"### Answer: HEIFER \n ### Explanation: Definition: bovine\nHE + FIRE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note minister provided, written up (5)","output":"### Answer: FIVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Note\nReverse of (REV IF)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Massage with 4 free? Why the hurry? It's \u2026 (6,3,4)","output":"### Answer: WHERE\u2019S THE FIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Why the hurry\nAnagram of WITH SHEER (answer to 4d) FREE. The \"it's\u2026\" points us to the next clue \u2026"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 here \u2014 though there won't be any cheers from me! (7)","output":"### Answer: INGRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: there won't be any cheers from me\n\u2026 where for once the ellipsis has some meaning: the fire is IN [the] GRATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vermin Nick caught which can't be seen normally (7)","output":"### Answer: MICROBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: which can't be seen normally\nROB (steal, nick) in MICE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Understood sensitivity speaking about independence (5)","output":"### Answer: TACIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Understood\nI in TACT. I wasn't sure about I = independence (as opposed to independent), but Chambers has it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reasons to cut down on drink? (9)","output":"### Answer: RATIONALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reasons\nRATION ALE \u2013 pretty sure I've seen this idea a few times"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pill to get one horny (5)","output":"### Answer: ELAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: one horny\nE (Ecstasy) + LAND (to get), and elands have horns"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fight for settlement after criminal guilt's revealed (4,2,3)","output":"### Answer: SLUG IT OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fight for settlement\nGUILTS* + OUT (revealed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get this sent off! (5,4)","output":"### Answer: EARLY BATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get this sent off\nCryptic definition \u2013 a footballer who is sent off is said to be going for an early bath"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Band receiving money for hit (5)","output":"### Answer: SMASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: hit\nM in SASH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ultimately one run short (Chanderpaul built platform) (6,3)","output":"### Answer: LAUNCH PAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: platform\nAnagram of CHANDERPAUL less [on]E R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: God \u2014 picking up Ivy has worked out! (5)","output":"### Answer: SHIVA \n ### Explanation: Definition: God\nAnagram of (IV (homophone of \"Ivy\") + HAS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I object to boss \u2014 very offensive (7)","output":"### Answer: NOISOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: offensive\nI struggled with parsing this one: it's NO 1 (boss) + SO (very) + ME (I as a grammatical object)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Require question for government to be slanted (7)","output":"### Answer: OBLIQUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: slanted\nOBLIGE (require) with the G replaced by QU"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Allow plug for new bestseller \u2014 it's fine writing (6,7)","output":"### Answer: BELLES LETTRES \n ### Explanation: Definition: fine writing\nLET in (plugging) BESTSELLER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Said, greeting children: \"Look, you may eat in here\" (4,5)","output":"### Answer: HIGH CHAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: you may eat in here\nHIGH (homophone of \"hi\") + CH + AIR (a look)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Edit without day to respond (5)","output":"### Answer: REACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: to respond\nREDACT less D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pure woman? I need to think about that! (5)","output":"### Answer: SHEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pure\nSHE (woman) + ER (hesitant sound)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In reality? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: HOME TRUTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: In reality\nCryptic definition \u2013 the reality or truth you might have when you're at home, or \"in\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink port and punch \u2014 no beer at first (5)","output":"### Answer: RIOJA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drink\nRIO + JAB less B[eer]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eighth client I shafted got very angry (3,3,7)","output":"### Answer: HIT THE CEILING \n ### Explanation: Definition: got very angry\n(EIGHTH CLIENT I)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Say nothing about incident at hotel \u2014 a regular's claimed it's a delightful place (7,6)","output":"### Answer: SEVENTH HEAVEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's a delightful place\nEVENT + H[otel] in SH (say nothing) + A in EVEN (regular)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lad choosy about place of education (3,6)","output":"### Answer: DAY SCHOOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: place of education\n(LAD CHOOSY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clarity of phrases Poles translated (9)","output":"### Answer: SHARPNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clarity\nAnagram of PHRASES NS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old boy mounting naughty topless concubine (9)","output":"### Answer: ODALISQUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: concubine\nO + reverse of LAD + [R]ISQU\u00c9"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hour in Eagle drinking the amber liquid? (5)","output":"### Answer: URINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: the amber liquid\nHidden in hoUR IN Eagle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flyer run over outside (5)","output":"### Answer: DRONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flyer\nR in DONE (over)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rent place in Europe by the sea (5)","output":"### Answer: SPLIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rent\nDouble definition \u2013 Split is indeed by the sea, so that just extends the second definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: NCO arranged battle course (8)","output":"### Answer: CONSOMM\u00c9 \n ### Explanation: Definition: course\nNCO* + SOMME (WW1 battle)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Speculation is in the wind about doctor (6)","output":"### Answer: GAMBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Speculation\nMB (doctor) in GALE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More than one saw book of the Old Testament (8)","output":"### Answer: PROVERBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: More than one saw\nDouble definition \u2013 well, just about, as the OT book *is* a collectoin of \"saws\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doesn't fancy being drunk (6)","output":"### Answer: STONED \n ### Explanation: Definition: drunk\nDOESNT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A sucker for old-fashioned treatment (5)","output":"### Answer: LEECH \n ### Explanation: Definition: A sucker for old-fashioned treatment\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's clear to me, anyway, one will miss a deadline (4-5)","output":"### Answer: LATE-COMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one will miss a deadline\n(CLEAR TO ME)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What a game knight does when his coach is leaving? (5,2,5)","output":"### Answer: JUMPS\u00a0ON\u00a0BOARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: What a game knight does\nDefinition + hint \u2013 a knight \"jumps\" on the chessboard"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where a marathon runner may eventually succeed? (2,3,4,3)","output":"### Answer: IN\u00a0THE\u00a0LONG\u00a0RUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where a marathon runner may eventually succeed\nCryptic\/double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Down-at-heel illegal tenants (9)","output":"### Answer: SQUATTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Down-at-heel\nHint + definition \u2013 someone squatting is literally down on his heels"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spell \"shape\" incorrectly (5)","output":"### Answer: PHASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spell\nSHAPE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: End of the beef soup? (6)","output":"### Answer: OXTAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: End of the beef\nAnother \"just about\" double definition (using \"beef\" to mean an ox)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arrange for a mechanic (8)","output":"### Answer: ENGINEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arrange\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small number remove clothing and fall asleep (3,3)","output":"### Answer: NOD OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: fall asleep\nNO + DOFF"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's suitable in public (8)","output":"### Answer: EXOTERIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's suitable in public\nI don't think I've ever come across this word before: it's the opposite of \"esoteric\". Chambers gives \"intelligible to the uninitiated\", so suitable for telling to the public, I suppose"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Breaking up coal for the furnace (6)","output":"### Answer: CUPOLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: furnace\n(UP COAL)* \u2013 cupola is more commonly used to mean part of a dome, but it can also be \"a furnace used in iron foundries\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Caught \u2014 so done for it (6)","output":"### Answer: NOOSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Caught\n(SO DONE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It offers hospitality to all, but it's cold in winter (4,5)","output":"### Answer: OPEN HOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It offers hospitality to all\nDouble definition \u2013 a house would get cold if left open in winter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Communications equipment used in Alabama? (6,6)","output":"### Answer: MOBILE PHONES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Communications equipment\nExtended definition, referring to the city of Mobile, Alabama"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek for \"upper room\" (5)","output":"### Answer: ATTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Greek\nDouble definition \u2013 the Greek one is \"relating to Athens\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What a dogs likes with food is fertiliser (4,4)","output":"### Answer: BONE MEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: What a dogs likes with food\nDouble definition, with a typo of \"dogs\" for \"dog\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Adore old novel featuring a place of wealth and opportunity (2,6)","output":"### Answer: ELDORADO \n ### Explanation: Definition: a place of wealth and opportunity\n(ADORE OLD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A powerful comparison (6,2,2,2)","output":"### Answer: STRONG\u00a0AS\u00a0AN\u00a0OX \n ### Explanation: Definition: A powerful comparison\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plan to produce an indecent picture (9)","output":"### Answer: BLUEPRINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plan\nBLUE (indecent) + PRINT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dicky disowned, fades away (4,4)","output":"### Answer: DIES DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: fades away\nDISOWNED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Took vain steps, having support (8)","output":"### Answer: STRUTTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Took vain steps\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rush to find a vocation (6)","output":"### Answer: CAREER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rush\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: There's a point in this system (6)","output":"### Answer: METRIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: There's a point in this system\nCryptic definition \u2013 measurements in the Metric system may have a decimal point"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What he does is appropriate (5)","output":"### Answer: THIEF \n ### Explanation: Definition: What he does is appropriate\nCryptic definition (with \"appropriate\" as a verb)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A child-killer commonly rejected love (5)","output":"### Answer: ADORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: love\nA + reverse of [h]EROD \u2013 child-killer in the Massacre of the Innocents, as described in Matthew 2:16"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worry about work in America and Spain being complicated (9)","output":"### Answer: ELABORATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: complicated\nLABOR (US spelling) in EAT (worry) + E (Spain)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Did without underclothing at home \u2014 that's supposedly logical (4,5)","output":"### Answer: LEFT BRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's supposedly logical\nLEFT BRA IN. The left hemisphere of the brain is supposedly the \"logical\" side"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Order the Chambers app? (5)","output":"### Answer: EDICT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Order\nThe app would be an E-DICT[ionary]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dressmaker Tom dies in agony (7)","output":"### Answer: MODISTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dressmaker\n(TOM DIES)* \u2013 fancy dress shops sometimes have \"Modes\" as part of their name"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flyer's overalls not very messy (7)","output":"### Answer: ROSELLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flyer\nOVERALLS* less V \u2013 the Rosella is a kind of parrot"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Area that's wet and hot on planet (5)","output":"### Answer: MARSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Area that's wet\nMARS (*planet) + H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Impudence, sacking good-for-nothing? On the contrary (3)","output":"### Answer: ALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: nothing? On the contrary\nGALL (cheek, impudence) with the G removed or \"sacked\". Almost a \"lift-and-separate\", in that the hyphens need to be removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hello \u2014 a toy (5)","output":"### Answer: DOLLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: a toy\nA kind of double definition, if you regard the dash as a blank to be filled in, giving the name of the famous musical"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A doctor grew up to be saint (7)","output":"### Answer: AMBROSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: saint\nA + MB + ROSE \u2013 St Ambrose was a 4th century bishop of Milan"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Erected missile site north in Europe, you say (7)","output":"### Answer: UPSILON \n ### Explanation: Definition: you say\nUP (erected) + SILO + B, Upsilon is the Greek letter corresponding to U (\"you\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Consultant drops notice in a flap (5)","output":"### Answer: VISOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: a flap\nADVISOR less AD (notice)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To open self up, keep observing (9)","output":"### Answer: BEHOLDING \n ### Explanation: Definition: observing\nHOLD (keep) in BEING (self)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I, say, come for vacation, say (9)","output":"### Answer: PRONOUNCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: say\nPRONOUN (of which \"I\" is an example) + C[om]E \"vacated\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Smallholding in credit regularly (5)","output":"### Answer: CROFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Smallholding\nCR + OFT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Intelligent computer left in dining room (4)","output":"### Answer: HALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: dining room\nHAL (computer from the film *2001, A Space Odyssey*) + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One passing on secret award I'd received (8)","output":"### Answer: CONFIDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One passing on secret\nID in CONFER (to award)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reverberate, for example, but not much (4)","output":"### Answer: VERB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reverberate, for example\nHidden in reVERBerate, and \"reverberate\" is itself an example of a verb"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Out of uniform, mark down artist for head of state (2,6)","output":"### Answer: DE VALERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: head of state\nDEVALUE less U + RA \u2013 \u00c9amon de Valera was both Taoiseach and President of Ireland at various times"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gather foreign station is accepting new recruits from the front (6)","output":"### Answer: GARNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gather\nN in GARE (French for station) + R[ecruits]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sedate type is troubled with bedsores (10)","output":"### Answer: SOBERSIDES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sedate type\n(IS BEDSORES)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Book up a little table in a diner (6)","output":"### Answer: DANIEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Book\nHidden in reverse of tabLE IN A Diner"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Defeat good enemy? (4)","output":"### Answer: BEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Defeat\nDouble definition, from the saying \"the best [or sometimes the perfect] is the enemy of the good\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Parent's second novel not opened (5)","output":"### Answer: MOMMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Parent\nMO (moment, second) + [E]MMA (Jane Austen novel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: North African ladies, hard up, follow such regulars into place of learning (10)","output":"### Answer: SCHOOLROOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: place of learning\nAlternate letters of SuCh, + reverse of MOOR (African) LOO (toilet, e.g. Ladies)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A line authentic Nazis put first (5)","output":"### Answer: ARYAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: A line authentic Nazis put first\nA RY (railway, line) + A[uthentic] N[azis], &it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Howl perhaps that's horrible subsequently suppressed (8)","output":"### Answer: LAUGHTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Howl\nUGH (\"that's horrible!\") in (suppressed by) LATER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bounce clumsily along holding a coin for sweet (8)","output":"### Answer: LOLLIPOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: sweet\n1P in LOLLOP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man's encore: to go on one leg (6)","output":"### Answer: BISHOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Man\nBIS (what the French say when we would say \"encore\") + HOP. A Bishop is a chessman"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The tide may be heading away from part of duck's foot (6)","output":"### Answer: EBBING \n ### Explanation: Definition: The tide may be\n[W]EBBING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very intelligent creature to avoid cigarettes? (4)","output":"### Answer: VAPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to avoid cigarettes\nV + APE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Use tongue for a short musical phrase (4)","output":"### Answer: LICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Use tongue\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: So useful a person wasn't paid anything? (2-2)","output":"### Answer: GO-TO \n ### Explanation: Definition: So useful a person\nSomeone who wasn't paid anything GOT 0"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hat left in shady spot (6)","output":"### Answer: BOWLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hat\nL in BOWER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man used badly by Norse explorer (8)","output":"### Answer: AMUNDSEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: explorer\n(MAN USED)* + N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Accessory for many an artist attracts tax (6)","output":"### Answer: CRAVAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Accessory\nC (100, \"many\") + RA (artist) + VAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Desperately want to keep grannie's promise (8)","output":"### Answer: COVENANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: promise\nNAN in COVET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Check mail in print? That's capital! (5,6)","output":"### Answer: BLOCK LETTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: in print? That's capital\nBLCK (to check) + LETTER (mail)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hopes to keep husband in forces (7)","output":"### Answer: THRUSTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: forces\nH in TRUSTS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Biscuit old actor gives Hazel (3,4)","output":"### Answer: NUT TREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hazel\nNUT (biscuit, as in Ginger Nut) + [Herbert Beerbohm] TREE (actor) \u2013 a definition-by-example, so needs a question mark or \"maybe\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blossom makes church official initially feel let down (11)","output":"### Answer: ELDERFLOWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blossom\nELDER + F[eel] + LOWER (let down)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl gets merchandise inadvertently (8)","output":"### Answer: UNAWARES \n ### Explanation: Definition: inadvertently\nUNA + WARES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I get so agitated no one should ignore me (6)","output":"### Answer: EGOIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: no one should ignore me\n(I GET SO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Isn't poet poorly? Hurry! (4,2,2)","output":"### Answer: STEP ON IT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hurry\n(ISN'T POET)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Groups of workmen embracing oriental sacred flower (6)","output":"### Answer: GANGES \n ### Explanation: Definition: sacred flower\nE in GANGS. The Ganges is a sacred river of Hinduism"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Comment on old currency (6)","output":"### Answer: REMARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Comment\nRE (on) + MARK (former currency of Germany, and elsewhere)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trafficker retains a French solicitor (10)","output":"### Answer: IMPORTUNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: solicitor\nUN in IMPORTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Six-footer entertains soldier surreptitiously (2,6)","output":"### Answer: IN SECRET \n ### Explanation: Definition: surreptitiously\nRE (Royal Engineer) in INSECT (six-footer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disparage defender's incisiveness (8)","output":"### Answer: BACKBITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disparage\nBACK (defender in football etc) + BITE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arms becoming tired carrying piano leg (8)","output":"### Answer: WEAPONRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arms\nP[iano] + ON (leg side in cricket) in WEARY. A slight blemish that the word occurs in the clue to 20d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lead is found in Costa Rica (4)","output":"### Answer: STAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lead\nHidden in coSTA Rica; star as in leading role"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heads out to lunch (4)","output":"### Answer: NUTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Heads\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I see today's problem! Take your time! (4,4,2)","output":"### Answer: EASY DOES IT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Take your time\n(I SEE TODAY'S)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet admitting to holding up branch (8)","output":"### Answer: BROWNING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poet\nBR[anch] + OWNING (admitting to)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rubbish put out? It rusted (8)","output":"### Answer: DETRITUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rubbish\n(IT RUSTED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl to betray furniture designer (8)","output":"### Answer: SHERATON \n ### Explanation: Definition: furniture designer\nSHE + RAT ON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record and preserve an impasse (6)","output":"### Answer: LOGJAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: an impasse\nLOG (record) + JAM (preserve)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Comfortable about weaponry (4)","output":"### Answer: GUNS \n ### Explanation: Definition: weaponry\nReverse of SNUG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mark gets superb staff (4)","output":"### Answer: MACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: staff\nM + ACE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As do commissioner, Senegalese and classic beauty? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: COVER GIRL \n ### Explanation: Definition: beauty\nGIRLs of various kinds are 'COVERed' by comMISSioner, seneGALese and cLASSic"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Resist male (4)","output":"### Answer: BUCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Resist\nDouble definition (the first as in 'buck the trend')"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cowardly old Italian PM wearing outfit the wrong way round (8)","output":"### Answer: TIMOROUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cowardly\n [Aldo] MORO (Prime Minister of Italy in the 60s and 70s, kidnapped and murdered by the Red Brigades) in reverse of SUIT. *Thanks to Greensward and mynollo for correcting my original incorrect parsing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worthless slime's parting bow (2-4)","output":"### Answer: NO-GOOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Worthless\nGOO (slime) 'parting' NOD (bow)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unkindness in party needing sympathetic leaders (6)","output":"### Answer: RAVENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unkindness\nRAVE + N[eeding] S[ympathetic] \u2013 unkindness is one of several names for a group of ravens"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scold male, splitting up hunk and husband (8)","output":"### Answer: ADMONISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scold\nM in ADONIS + H[usband]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bad quotes recalled, including one from Plato (6)","output":"### Answer: SEPTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bad\nP[lato] in reverse of CITES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Egypt's last king inspired by old queen's home cooking ingredient (8)","output":"### Answer: TARRAGON \n ### Explanation: Definition: cooking ingredient\n[Egyp]T + R (king) in ARAGON (home of Henry VIII's first wife)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No regret for Piaf in smearing of alto from 1 down, say? (8)","output":"### Answer: ORIENTAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: from 1 down, say\nRIEN (from the song *Non, je ne regrette rien*, as famously sung by Edith Piaf) in ALTO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cut around page, newspaper's lead story (6)","output":"### Answer: SPLASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: newspaper's lead story\nP in SLASH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Coalition charlatans, by the sound of it? (8)","output":"### Answer: CHEETAHS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Coalition\nHomophone of 'cheaters'. Coalition is a collective term for cheetahs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Close school during breaks (6)","output":"### Answer: FINISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Close\nFISH (school \u2013 another collective) 'broken' by IN (during)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Interior alone ultimately in British parliament (6)","output":"### Answer: BOWELS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Interior\n[alon]E in B + OWLS (parliament of \u2026)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lead in pencil I gather erroneous \u2014 this the stuff? (8)","output":"### Answer: GRAPHITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: this the stuff\nP (leading letter of pencil) in (I GATHER)* \u2013 the so-called lead in pencils is actually graphite"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Combine equipment, including pole (4)","output":"### Answer: KNIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Combine\nN in KIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Device used by police ending in convictions \u2014 not entirely shallow then, on reflection? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SPEED TRAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Device used by police\n[conviction]S + reverse of PART DEEP ('not entirely shallow')"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Punch a delicate thing (5)","output":"### Answer: CHINA \n ### Explanation: Definition: delicate thing\nCHIN (to punch) + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wild flower containing nectar, primarily (7)","output":"### Answer: VIOLENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wild\nN[ectar] in VIOLET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Building \u2014 criminals removing roof (5)","output":"### Answer: ROOKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Building\n[C]ROOKS \u2013 like their cousins the ravens (and crows \u2013 see 7d), rooks have several collective nouns, including 'building'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second wind isn't always necessary then, initially (7)","output":"### Answer: INSTANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Second\nAnagram ('wind' to rhyme with 'bind') of ISNT , + first letters of Always Necessary Then"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recognisable features, with a thousand in exaltation (9)","output":"### Answer: LANDMARKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Recognisable features\nAND (with) M (1000) in LARKS (exaltation of..)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant, a big one that's monstrous (7)","output":"### Answer: BEGONIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant\n(A BIG ONE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spooner's chief murder weapons (9)","output":"### Answer: CROSSBOWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: weapons\nSpoonerism of BOSS CROWS (murder of..)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Abhorrent jerks created like humans, say? (9)","output":"### Answer: EARTHBORN \n ### Explanation: Definition: created like humans, say\nABHORRENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Emotional relief, as Tom is obliged to admit stress-related injury (9)","output":"### Answer: CATHARSIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Emotional relief\nCAT + RSI (repetitive strain injury) in HAS (is obliged)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part water, perhaps? (7)","output":"### Answer: ELEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part\nDouble definition, with water as one of the four classical elements"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Food on Italian table, dip in way (7)","output":"### Answer: LASAGNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Food on Italian table\nSAG in LANE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One starting to miss a diner (7)","output":"### Answer: LUNCHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: diner\nLAUNCHER less A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Union member translated duck's opening quack (5)","output":"### Answer: FRAUD \n ### Explanation: Definition: quack\nFRAU (German for 'wife', a 'union member') + D[uck]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lifting positions inspiring one exercise (3-2)","output":"### Answer: SIT-UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: exercise\nI in reverse of PUTS (positions)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Joe wanders around lavish old city (7)","output":"### Answer: JERICHO \n ### Explanation: Definition: old city\n RICH (lavish) in JOE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Swimmer to open Guinness bottles (7)","output":"### Answer: PENGUIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Swimmer\n Hidden in ('bottled' by) oPEN GUINness"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminal act caught out after strong drink (5)","output":"### Answer: FAGIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Criminal\n F (forte, strong) + ACT less CT + GIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prior calculations of stars orbiting around Earth by the 100 (9)","output":"### Answer: FORECASTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prior calculations\n E[arth] C (100) in (OF STARS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Muslim leaders reject onion\" \u2014 sure that's the answer? (10)","output":"### Answer: AYATOLLAHS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Muslim leaders\n Reverse of SHALLOT + AY (yes, sure) + A[nswer]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Team follows reserves by car (4)","output":"### Answer: TAXI \n ### Explanation: Definition: car\n TA (Territorial Army \u2013 reserves) + XI (cricket or football team)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Indian flower scared to travel a great deal with us (6,5)","output":"### Answer: SACRED\u00a0LOTUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Indian flower\n SCARED* + LOT + US \u2013 this flower"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Original one gave a mint to chew around lunchtime (11)","output":"### Answer: IMAGINATIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Original\n I (one) + I (1 pm, lunchtime) in (GAVE A MINT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disco suit (4)","output":"### Answer: CLUB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disco\n Double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like a cup, Mr, of icy lacquer? Some sent back (10)","output":"### Answer: CALYCIFORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like a cup\n Hidden in reverse of MR OF ICY LACquer \u2013 a generously easy clue for an obscure word: it's from \"calyx\", which is part of a plant, but also \"any cup-like structure in the body\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe too much salt is dangerous (9)","output":"### Answer: UNHEALTHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maybe too much salt is\n I think this is just a double definition, but a rather weak one if so"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cancel book \u2014 it's missing second page (5)","output":"### Answer: ANNUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cancel\n This must be ANNUAL (book) less A, with the A as the second letter of pAge, but I'm not keen \u2013 \"second page\" doesn't mean \"second letter of page\", and there's no indication that only one of the As in ANNUAL is to be removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vehicle reverses by king, queen and huntsman (7)","output":"### Answer: TRACKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: huntsman\n Reverse of CART + K + ER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short newspaper item on blown-up air-beds (7)","output":"### Answer: SIDEBAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Short newspaper item\n AIRBEDS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Great deliveries of oranges (6)","output":"### Answer: JAFFAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Great deliveries\n Double definition \u2013 a jaffa is a well-bowled ball in cricket"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keen to pirouette over good music (6)","output":"### Answer: REGGAE \n ### Explanation: Definition: music\n G in reverse of EAGER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Ban porn and chess!\", I raged (10)","output":"### Answer: CENSORSHIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ban\n (PORN CHESS I)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: US labour leader once blowing his top over large amount of waste (5)","output":"### Answer: OFFAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: waste\n [Jimmy] HOFFA (US trade union leader) less his first letter + L[arge]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Father is cheater, surprisingly, but not at board game (9)","output":"### Answer: PARCHEESI \n ### Explanation: Definition: board game\n PA + anagram of IS CHEATER less AT \u2013 Parcheesi is a board game (from Hindi 'pachisi') rather like Ludo"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No 1 church in France? (4)","output":"### Answer: NICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: in France\n N 1 CE \u2013 as I've often said, I don't like \"in France\" for \"a place in France\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Social climbers at college have quiche during the weekend (8)","output":"### Answer: UPSTARTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Social climbers\n UP (at college) + TART in S S (Saturday and Sunday)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most awful new wine is French (8)","output":"### Answer: NASTIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most awful\n N + ASTI + EST (\"is\" in French)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trouble brewing not to get one group honour (4,6)","output":"### Answer: BLUE RIBAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: honour\n Anagram of TROUBLE less TO + 1 BAND"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quality tea time during a competition run (9)","output":"### Answer: CHARACTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quality\n CHA (tea) + T in RACE + R[un]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Noble's wayward cousin hugged by retired transvestite (8)","output":"### Answer: VISCOUNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Noble\n COUSIN* in reverse of TV"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 1980 pop song, sung to grandmother (8)","output":"### Answer: BABUSHKA \n ### Explanation: Definition: grandmother\n Homophone (\"sung\") of Babooshka, 1980 Kate Bush song. Another one I'm not keen on,\n as the answer and homophone are just different spellings of the same word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To socialise, tramp hugs knight and bishop (6)","output":"### Answer: HOBNOB \n ### Explanation: Definition: To socialise\n N (abbreviation for knight in chess) in HOBO + B"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One walking, one talking without end (6)","output":"### Answer: AMBLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One walking\n I think this is RAMBLER, which can be a walker, or \"one talking without end\", less its first letter (end?) \u2013 but it all seems a bit vague and double-dutyish"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get up \u2014 finally Christmas! Too busy to play with toys (5)","output":"### Answer: YOYOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: toys\n Last letters of christmaS toO busY tO plaY, reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet not at home to have fun (4)","output":"### Answer: LARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: to have fun\n [Philip] LARKIN less IN (at home)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spiteful person \u2014 he will shortly act badly (7)","output":"### Answer: HELLCAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spiteful person\nHE'LL + ACT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two points about unusual Roman invaders of Britain (7)","output":"### Answer: NORMANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: invaders of Britain\nROMAN in N S (compass points)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of a dozen who swears (5)","output":"### Answer: JUROR \n ### Explanation: Definition: One of a dozen who swears\nCryptic definition (it would read better for me as \"\u2026 who swear\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two scholars put into reform school (4,5)","output":"### Answer: ALMA MATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: school\nMA MA in ALTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Green plan to recycle (10)","output":"### Answer: CHARTREUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Green\nCHART + RE-USE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Native American about to enter the Anglican Church (4)","output":"### Answer: CREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Native American\nRE in CE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sold at auction or demolished (7,4)","output":"### Answer: KNOCKED DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sold at auction\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A sitting target for disgruntled shareholders? (11)","output":"### Answer: CHAIRPERSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: A sitting target for disgruntled shareholders\nJust a rather vague cryptic definition, as far as I can see"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expedition set off (4)","output":"### Answer: TRIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Expedition\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brown's competence as a gardener (10)","output":"### Answer: CAPABILITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: competence\nNot sure how to describe this \u2013 either a cryptic defintion, or a double, with one definition wrapped around the other. Anyway, it's reference to Lancelot 'Capability' Brown"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Procrastinate when it's time to get up (9)","output":"### Answer: TEMPORISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Procrastinate\nTEMPO + RISE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not suitable in a part (5)","output":"### Answer: INAPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not suitable\nIN A PT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Yield\" as against \"surrender\" (7)","output":"### Answer: CONCEDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Yield\nCON (against) + CEDE (surrender)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Young creature to plead insanity (7)","output":"### Answer: TADPOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Young creature\n(TO PLEAD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Roughly appropriate greeting to a sailor (6)","output":"### Answer: HIJACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Roughly appropriate\nYou might say HI, JACK [Tar]! to a sailor"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A trial leading to the noose? (6)","output":"### Answer: LARIAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: noose\n(A TRIAL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl held up by minders, those employed to look after her? (10)","output":"### Answer: CARETAKERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: those employed to look after her\nReverse of KATE in CARERS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Draw a small amount (5)","output":"### Answer: TRACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Draw\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: People of the same calling (9)","output":"### Answer: NAMESAKES \n ### Explanation: Definition: People of the same calling\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Incline to drive quietly (4)","output":"### Answer: RAMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Incline\nRAM (to drive) + P"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Near riot breaks out towards the front (8)","output":"### Answer: ANTERIOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: towards the front\n(NEAR RIOT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: NCO set about constructing range (8)","output":"### Answer: SERGEANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: NCO\nRANGE* in SET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recognised a criminal perhaps but denied it, if found out (10)","output":"### Answer: IDENTIFIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Recognised a criminal perhaps\n(DENIED IT IF)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Skilled worker in force (9)","output":"### Answer: OPERATIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Skilled worker\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Enthusiastic, still supporting City (8)","output":"### Answer: ECSTATIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Enthusiastic\nEC (City of London postal area) + STATIC (still)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It may work wonders in Malta's new constitution (8)","output":"### Answer: TALISMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: It may work wonders\n(IN MALTAS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fuss after Kipling's work is turned into opera (6)","output":"### Answer: MIKADO \n ### Explanation: Definition: opera\nReverse of KIM (novel by Rudyard Kipling) + ADO. To be picky, the opera is *The* Mikado"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A number try out the French shrub (6)","output":"### Answer: MYRTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: shrub\nM (1000) + TRY* + LE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A male delegate? (5)","output":"### Answer: AGENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: delegate\nA GENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fellow in a sheltered place (4)","output":"### Answer: COVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fellow\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arm mob with rifle after rioting (8)","output":"### Answer: FORELIMB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arm\n(MOB RIFLE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tax free investments started by southern California (6)","output":"### Answer: FISCAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tax\nF[ree] I[nvestments] + S CAL \u2013 the definition uses \"tax\" as an adjective, as in \"tax year = fiscal year\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scorn one who is against court (8)","output":"### Answer: CONTEMPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scorn\nCON (one against) + TEMPT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Champ picked up some bits (4)","output":"### Answer: BYTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: some bits\nHomophone of \"bite\", and a byte is (usually) eight bits"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is almost all poetry garbled like Dracula or The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 3\/4? (10)","output":"### Answer: EPISTOLARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: like Dracula or The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 3\/4\nAnagram of IS AL[L] POETRY \u2013 I was going to complain that *Adrian Mole* isn't an epistolary novel (though *Dracula* is), but at least according to some sources the term can more apply more generally a novel told in various kinds of documents, e.g. a diary"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What policeman says inside lets you become obedient (8)","output":"### Answer: BEHAVING \n ### Explanation: Definition: obedient\nThe stereotypical policeman's remark is \"let's BE HAVING you\" (as in the old Christmas cracker joke \u2013 Where do policemen live? Letsby Avenue!)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bananas are a type of edible fruit (4)","output":"### Answer: NUTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bananas\nDouble definition. The \"are\" sits uncomfortably here: I think the clue might be better as \"Bananas: a type of edible fruit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supposing America brought back mysticism (4)","output":"### Answer: SUFI \n ### Explanation: Definition: mysticism\nReverse of IF US"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Commendation for fighter pilot capturing area in Arctic (8)","output":"### Answer: ACCOLADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Commendation\nA[rea] in COLD (Arctic), in ACE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How to allocate men's state benefits conclusively? (5,5)","output":"### Answer: MEANS TESTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: How to allocate men's state benefits conclusively\nAnagram of MENS STATE [benefit]S, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman's love? (4)","output":"### Answer: HERO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Woman's love\nHER + O, and another &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Receding hair, a hat, a muffler: disguise for spy (4,4)","output":"### Answer: MATA HARI \n ### Explanation: Definition: spy\nHIdden in reverse of haIR A HAT A Muffler"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On following a sinuous, unending river (6)","output":"### Answer: AMAZON \n ### Explanation: Definition: river\nA MAZ[Y] (like a maze, sinuous) + ON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rub in shampoo first on hair (6)","output":"### Answer: STRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rub in\nS[hampoo] + TRESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In paradise, sugar merchant is toothless (8)","output":"### Answer: EDENTATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: toothless\nEDEN + TATE (Henry Tate, as in Tate & Lyle, who also gave his name to the Tate Gallery)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer with title for monster with axes (5)","output":"### Answer: ORCZY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Writer with title\nORC + ZY, axes (plural of axis) in coordinate geometry: XY is more common for this trick, and I don't think ZY works as well. Baroness [Emma] Orczy, creator of the Scarlet Pimpernel, is the titled writer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Discharge nitric oxide back into river on schedule (11)","output":"### Answer: EXONERATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Discharge\nReverse of NO in EXE + RATION (schedule?)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No time for audit that is not using cash (2,6)","output":"### Answer: IN SPECIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: not using cash\nINSPECT (audit) less T + I.E. \u2013 it refers to \"the distribution of an asset in its present form, rather than selling it and distributing the cash proceeds\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bucks fashion for Kashmiri debauching after aid stolen (15)","output":"### Answer: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bucks\nAnagram of KASHMIRI DEBAUCHING less AID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Limited punishment for stealing fortified wine (6)","output":"### Answer: FINITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Limited\nIT (Italian Vermouth) in FINE (punishment) \u2013 \"for\" is needed for the surface but rather spoils the cryptic reading"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Assume odd characters withdrew petition (3)","output":"### Answer: SUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: petition\nIf you remove (withdraw) the odd characters of AsSuMe you're left with SUE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sucked up and praised at performance (9)","output":"### Answer: ASPIRATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sucked up\n(PRAISED AT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He seeks romance in a short suit (6,5)","output":"### Answer: LONELY HEART \n ### Explanation: Definition: He seeks romance\nI suppose a single or \"lonely\" heart would be a \"short suit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sparkling beer and tuna cross in blender (9)","output":"### Answer: EXUBERANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sparkling\n(BEER TUNA X)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bladed boot kills Catherine (3-5)","output":"### Answer: ICE-SKATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bladed boot\nICES (kills, as in e.g. US gangster slang) + KATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Holy man shafts homeless people (6)","output":"### Answer: STRAYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: homeless people\nST (saint) + RAYS (shafts of light)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deposit of sulphur in ground (5)","output":"### Answer: ROOST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deposit\nS in ROOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scoffed at European capital (3)","output":"### Answer: ATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scoffed\nAT + E[uropean]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Try harder to draw nose broken by punches before winning (4,4,5,2)","output":"### Answer: PULL ONE\u2019S SOCKS UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Try harder\nPULL (draw) + NOSE* + SOCKS (punches) + UP (winning)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most smutty erotica's sadly loveless (7)","output":"### Answer: RACIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most smutty\nEROTICAS* less O (love)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article by monk, one deduced (1,6)","output":"### Answer: A PRIORI \n ### Explanation: Definition: deduced\nA + PRIOR + I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Encountered some turbulent air (3)","output":"### Answer: MET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Encountered\nThis is hidden in soME Turbulent, but I can't see an indication, unless \"some\" is doing double duty, in which case \"air\" is redundant"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Paper round gets Puck into Telegraph? That's significant (11)","output":"### Answer: APPRECIABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: significant\nPAPER* + I in CABLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wave excessively, shortly before getting it on with a fresher (10)","output":"### Answer: UNDULATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wave\nUNDUL[Y] + (IT ON A)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Book, the last written in a long time (4)","output":"### Answer: EZRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Book\nZ (\"the last written\") in ERA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Model to order online in great volume (4)","output":"### Answer: TOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: great volume\nT (Ford Model T) + OM + E (prefix often meaning \"online\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pilot, one who ran over time getting to airport (6,4)","output":"### Answer: GEORGE BEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: airport\nGEORGE (nickname for autopilot \u2013 see 16d) + reverse of SEB[astian Coe] + T[ime], giving the name of Belfast City airport"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He sees Trump bad for women as a group (3,8)","output":"### Answer: THE SUPREMES \n ### Explanation: Definition: women as a group\n(HE SEES TRUMP)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bring to an end, removing the head! (3)","output":"### Answer: TOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bring to an end, removing the head\nSTOP (bring to an end) minus its \"head\", and it's an &lit, with the whole clue describing execution by beheading"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A 19's baby's toys (7)","output":"### Answer: RATTLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: baby's toys\n[Conductor Sir Simon] RATTLE'S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Line gut with ale, missing last bits of speech (7)","output":"### Answer: LINGUAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: of speech\nLIN[e] GU[t] AL[e]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Farm animals changed direction, with rain starting to hit area just south of London (11,4)","output":"### Answer: STOCKBROKER BELT \n ### Explanation: Definition: area just south of London\nSTOCK (farm animals) BROKE (changed direction) + R[ain] + BELT (hit) \u2013 the Stockbroker Belt particularly refers to parts of Surrey, SW of London"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Group filming soldier coming down hill (9)","output":"### Answer: PARAMOUNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Group filming\nPARA (\"soldier coming down\") + MOUNT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Found cold tea horrible (7)","output":"### Answer: LOCATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Found\n(COLD TEA)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Female, first of two ladies in extra large clothing (8)","output":"### Answer: OVERALLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: clothing\nVERA (female) + L[ady] twice in OS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finish your meal with some Costa espressos (3,2)","output":"### Answer: EAT UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Finish your meal\nEAT UP is TAE, which is hidden in cosTA Espressos"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Actor's way-out and eccentric, so great when holding party (5,4)","output":"### Answer: STAGE DOOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Actor's way-out\nDO in (SO GREAT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"My soldiers, my companions\" (The Queen) (6)","output":"### Answer: CORGIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: my companions\" (The Queen)\nCOR (my!) + GIS, giving the Queen's pets"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Who is Zo\u00eb Ball?\" starts reverberating where she works (7)","output":"### Answer: SHOWBIZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: where she works\nAnagram of WHO IS Z[oe] B[all]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like 3, 13 and 17, in first of poems by Frost (5)","output":"### Answer: PRIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like 3, 13 and 17\nP + RIME (frost) \u2013 3, 13 and 17 are prime numbers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Male who's on the up as a speculator (9)","output":"### Answer: THEORISER \n ### Explanation: Definition: speculator\nTHEO + RISER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Air traffic controller that's first leaving 20? (9)","output":"### Answer: AUTOPILOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Air traffic controller\nCryptic\/double definition referring to GEORGE in 20a"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Springer? He might add some spice (8)","output":"### Answer: SEASONER \n ### Explanation: Definition: He might add some spice\nSpring is a season, so springer might be SEASONER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An excellent conductor of energy in a storm, perhaps (7)","output":"### Answer: MAESTRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: An excellent conductor\nE in (A STORM)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former prime minister's missing a head of uniformed force out (7)","output":"### Answer: EXTRUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: force out\nEX + TRUDEAU less A U[niformed]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boot the filth found by chance, we hear (6)","output":"### Answer: MUKLUK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boot\nHomophone of \"muck luck\" \u2013 this type of boot"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Covers fish up (5)","output":"### Answer: TARPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Covers\nReverse of SPRAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short version of the greatest piece for former boy band member (5)","output":"### Answer: MALIK \n ### Explanation: Definition: former boy band member\nM[uhammad] ALI (the greatest) + K (King, chess piece). Even I have heard of Zayn Malik, who famously left the boy band One Direction in 2015"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fasten strip across counter top (5)","output":"### Answer: LATCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fasten\nC[ounter] in LATH (wooden strip)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Navy takes issue when commandeered by Shell staff (9)","output":"### Answer: PERSONNEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: staff\nSON (issue) in RN, all in PEEL (to shell, as in peas etc)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rushes to back of queue, showing false emotion (9,5)","output":"### Answer: CROCODILE\u00a0TEARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: false emotion\nCROCODILE (a queue) + TEARS (to rhyme with 'bears': speeds, rushes)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boat at sea in secure area of decomposing matter (4,3)","output":"### Answer: PEATBOG \n ### Explanation: Definition: area of decomposing matter\nBOAT* in PEG (to secure)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Large, in bold: TREASURE (7)","output":"### Answer: DARLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: TREASURE\nL in DARING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Backing down hollow (3)","output":"### Answer: PAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: hollow\nReverse of NAP (\"downy covering\") \u2013 pan = hollow as a geographical feature"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rejected member that went unheard as a philosopher (5)","output":"### Answer: HEGEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: philosopher\nReverse of LEG (member) + EH (\"I didn't hear that\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left the room scratched? (7)","output":"### Answer: RETIRED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Left the room\nThis seems to be just a rather weak double definition, unless I'm missing something"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leader's liable to be entertained by relative killer (7)","output":"### Answer: CAPTAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leader\nAPT in CAIN (who murdered his brother Abel in Genesis)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guardian cuts honeydew fudge for children's home (5,5)","output":"### Answer: WENDY HOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: children's home\nUS (the Guardian) in HONEYDEW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Corrections to banish URL digital cleanser (9)","output":"### Answer: NAILBRUSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: digital cleanser\n(BANISH URL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chemical secretion more flexible in mobile device? (9)","output":"### Answer: PHEROMONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chemical secretion\nMORE* in PHONE (mobile device, possibly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hogarth cloistered courtyard erased on right of illuminated print (5)","output":"### Answer: LITHO \n ### Explanation: Definition: print\nLIT (illuminated) + HOGARTH less GARTH (a cloistered courtyard)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Combination seal ultimately lacking (4)","output":"### Answer: BLOC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Combination\nBLOCK (to seal) less its last letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fibrous connective tissues taking little time to rise in layers (8)","output":"### Answer: STROMATA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fibrous connective tissues\nReverse of MO (moment, short time) in STRATA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wash without audio aid? Get away! (4)","output":"### Answer: SHOO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get away\nSHAMPOO less AMP (audio aid)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Season has ended \u2014 make an appearance, quickly! (6,2)","output":"### Answer: SPRING UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: make an appearance, quickly\nSPRING (season) UP (ended \u2013 as in \"time's up\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cook might have done so around North China (6)","output":"### Answer: FRIEND \n ### Explanation: Definition: China\nN in FRIED. In rhyming slang, China = china plate = mate"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Service craft: Weightless Moth (6,4)","output":"### Answer: MOTHER SHIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Service craft\nI have no idea how this works, apart from the definition: no doubt I'm missing something obvious.. *Thanks to NormanLinFrance and Hedgehog: MOTHER SHIPTON is a kind of moth, from which you have to remove a TON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Night-time threats to females (two Brummies nursing new offspring) (6)","output":"### Answer: INCUBI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Night-time threats to females\nN[ew] CUB in I (= Brummie) twice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flag down Cook? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: BLUE PETER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flag\nBLUE (sad, down) + PETER (Peter Cook, comedian etc)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Roof's berry-smeared \u2014 pity (2,5,3)","output":"### Answer: BE SORRY FOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: pity\n(ROOFS BERRY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old Greek physician: \"Wind precedes indigestion, ultimately\" (5)","output":"### Answer: GALEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old Greek physician\nGALE + [indigestio]N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anatomising includes particular kinds of atom (8)","output":"### Answer: NUCLIDES \n ### Explanation: Definition: particular kinds of atom\nINCLUDES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Graphical user interface initially overlapping cross tip (8)","output":"### Answer: GRATUITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: tip\nAn overlapping of GUI and RATTY (irritable, cross)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Naughty kid's fiddle (6)","output":"### Answer: TINKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Naughty kid\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revolutionary worker drowned in Wear (6)","output":"### Answer: DANTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Revolutionary\nANT in DON (put on, wear). Georges Danton was a prominent figure in the French Revolution"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No head on Nick's mop (4)","output":"### Answer: WIPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: mop\n[S]WIPE (nick = steal)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inventor's three lives (4)","output":"### Answer: BELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inventor\nBE (to live) + twice L (live \u2013 to rhyme with hive \u2013 as in an electric circuit). Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone (though some dispute his priority)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Catch wine circle substituting carbon (4)","output":"### Answer: HOOK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Catch\nHOCK (wine) with O replacing C"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Divination of a kind \u2013 look around, mood can change (10)","output":"### Answer: SPODOMANCY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Divination of a kind\n(MOOD CAN)* in SPY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One condemned to hard labour, notwithstanding the lash? (6)","output":"### Answer: FOR\u00c7AT \n ### Explanation: Definition: One condemned to hard labour\nFOR CAT \u2013 a French word, presumably related to \"force\", hence the cedilla to make the C sound as S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flowering plant, a devil to prune? (6)","output":"### Answer: ABELIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flowering plant\nA + BELIA[L]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: From which printer prepares moulds, strong and extended (5)","output":"### Answer: FLONG \n ### Explanation: Definition: From which printer prepares moulds\nF[orte] + LONG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Women in clan did part of housework (5)","output":"### Answer: SWEPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: did part of housework\nW in SEPT (Irish clan)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wing membrane: see one flap in a fly that bites (8)","output":"### Answer: PATAGIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wing membrane\nA TAG (flap) in PIUM (Brazilian biting fly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pure greed maybe \u2013 breakfast dish almost all polished off (7)","output":"### Answer: SINCERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pure\nSIN (of which greed is an example) + CEREAL less AL[L]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One following conductor closely, cheerful type regardless of op (6)","output":"### Answer: TIMIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: One following conductor closely\n[OP]TIMIST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Penultimate in over landing in long grass \u2013 one has a long hard look (6)","output":"### Answer: STARER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one has a long hard look\n[ov]E[r] in STARR \u2013 starr, or starr grass, is the kind of grass found in sand dunes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bit of old armour battles damaged (not the first) (6)","output":"### Answer: TASLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bit of old armour\nAnagram of [B]ATTLES \u2013 a variant of \"tasse\". Not SALLET, also a piece of armour, which I carelessly entered first after miscounting the letters of the anagram"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gloss cast light on standard operating procedure retrospectively (6)","output":"### Answer: POSTIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gloss\nReverse of LIT S.O.P."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beard left trimmed indicating areas of sovereignty (7)","output":"### Answer: IMPERIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: areas of sovereignty\nIMPERIAL (kind of beard) less L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fancy valve? You could make do with tranny (8)","output":"### Answer: DYNATRON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fancy valve\n(DO TRANNY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flight of steps formerly for one in litter? (5)","output":"### Answer: GRICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flight of steps formerly\nDouble definition \u2013 a small pig, and one of many variants of \"grece\", meaning a flight of steps (related to \"grade\" and \"degree\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rebuffed Scot is shown cold one left in vomit? (5)","output":"### Answer: SPULE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rebuffed Scot is shown cold one\nL in SPUE, and SPULE is a Scots word for shoulder, a cold one of which is a rebuff"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fodder for cattle from Cumbria initially, R. Lune swirling round (6)","output":"### Answer: LUCERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fodder for cattle\nC in (R LUNE)* \u2013 there is indeed a River Lune in Cumbria"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailors lost at sea, master going first (6)","output":"### Answer: MATLOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sailors\nMA + LOST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creative evolutionist shifted bearings on being drawn in (10)","output":"### Answer: BERGSONIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Creative evolutionist\nON in BEARINGS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What winds toff up like a thrill in a way that's disconcerting (12)","output":"### Answer: OFF\u2011PUTTINGLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: in a way that's disconcerting\n(TOFF UP)* + TINGLY (like a thrill)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Compensations in law, very tardy mostly, reverse of ideal (7)","output":"### Answer: SOLATIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Compensations in law\nSO LAT[E] + reverse of A1"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Love drug creating dudgeon, we hear? (5)","output":"### Answer: DAGGA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Love drug\nHomophone (subject to the usual caveats\u2026) of \"dagger\", dudgeon being an archaic word for a small dagger. Nothing (I think) to do with \"looking daggers\", which was my initial assumption"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rearing water parsnips takes in half of water for Chilean shrubs (6)","output":"### Answer: MAQUIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chilean shrubs\nAQ[ua] in reverse of SIUM (water parsnip). Maqui is from an indigenous South American language, and seems to be unrelated to Maquis, meaning shrubland, as used to describe French Resistance guerillas"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bulletin we scan nervously on street (8)","output":"### Answer: NEWSCAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bulletin\n(WE SCAN)* + ST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First in class, getting prize? (6)","output":"### Answer: CLEVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: First in class, getting prize\nC[lass] + LEVER (to prise or prize), &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spot runs up, circling one, barks briefly \u2013 not what golfer wants (4)","output":"### Answer: YIPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: barks briefly\nI in reverse of SPY (a bit of a blemish that SPY is also used in the wordplay of 2a, which intersects with this), and two definitions: short cries or barks, and \"a nervous twitching caused by tension before making a shot\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fast shift to get round what careless actress loses \u2013 being protective? (12)","output":"### Answer: FATHERLINESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: being protective\nHER LINES (what the careless actress loses) in FAST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mixed drink? Idiot imbibes second (5)","output":"### Answer: TWIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mixed drink\nS in TWIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's nicer, mostly less windy \u2013 yet muffler's required (8)","output":"### Answer: SILENCER \n ### Explanation: Definition: muffler\nAnagram of NICER + LES[S]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As Caesar might say, 'I don't want to end up a ghost' (7)","output":"### Answer: EIDOLON \n ### Explanation: Definition: ghost\nReverse (\"up\") of NOLO (Latin \"I don't want\" \u2013 the negative form of VOLO, as some may remember from school Latin) + DIE (end)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A bit of a bat, making 50 mid season? (6)","output":"### Answer: SPLICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: A bit of a bat\nL in SPICE (season) \u2013 part of a cricket bat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some foreign cash is tiny change (6)","output":"### Answer: TIYINS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Some foreign cash\n(IS TINY)* \u2013 currency units in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. The Izbek version is the least valuable coin in current circulation, so the wordplay is apt. (In fact it has dropped in value since that article was written, and is now about 10,800 to the UK penny)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heathen, as of old, I am following heathen deity (5)","output":"### Answer: PANIM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Heathen, as of old\nPAN + I'M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A plain yogurt? One's paying outrageously with this yeast (6)","output":"### Answer: TORULA \n ### Explanation: Definition: yeast\nComposite anagram: (A PLAIN YOGURT)* = PAYING + TORULA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fleece, essential for Arab as a nightshirt (5)","output":"### Answer: BASAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fleece\nHidden in araB AS A Nightshirt"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Had short massage? Pummel, more like (4)","output":"### Answer: DRUB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pummel\n'D (short for had, as in I'd) + RUB (massage)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Popular ideas, say, abandoned by centrists in particular (6)","output":"### Answer: PRISSY \n ### Explanation: Definition: particular\nRemove the central letters from P[opula]R I[dea]S S[a]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Who's running to announce starters of steak and kidney pie? (7)","output":"### Answer: ESCAPEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Who's running\nHomophone of S K P \u2013 initial letters of Steak [and] Kidney Pie"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Delight at me struggling with menus (9)","output":"### Answer: AMUSEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Delight\n(AT ME MENUS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bit of blusher, without changing foundation (5)","output":"### Answer: BASIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: foundation\nB[lusher] + AS-IS (without changing)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Standing by waterfront, a pensioner shelters (2,3)","output":"### Answer: ON TAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Standing by\nHidden in (sheltered by) waterfrONT A Pensioner"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spooner's important pager, one working with constant buzz? (9)","output":"### Answer: BEEKEEPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one working with constant buzz\nSpoonerism of \"key beeper\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Monarchistic, seeing separation on the way (7)","output":"### Answer: FORKING \n ### Explanation: Definition: separation on the way\nA monarchist is FOR [a] KING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stress about money's a first (6)","output":"### Answer: ACCENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stress\nA + C (circa, about) + CENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Duck last couple of punches thrown by champ (6)","output":"### Answer: ESCHEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Duck\n[punch]ES + CHEW (to champ)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: These ad breaks that pilot has? (7)","output":"### Answer: HEADSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: that pilot has\n(THESE AD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Irish sailors that'll take you to Bordeaux? (9)","output":"### Answer: CORKSCREW \n ### Explanation: Definition: that'll take you to Bordeaux\nThe sailors might be CORK'S CREW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish and fruit, right to the end (5)","output":"### Answer: GAPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fish\nGRAPE with the R moved to the end. The Gaper is a rather ugly fish found off the Eastern coast of the US"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relative, once topped, that is buried (5)","output":"### Answer: NIECE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relative\nI.E. in [o]NCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like panic disorders, making you troubled (2,1,6)","output":"### Answer: IN A PICKLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: troubled\n(LIKE PANIC)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country discussed problem with hooters (7)","output":"### Answer: CATARRH \n ### Explanation: Definition: problem with hooters\nHomophone of 'Qatar'. \"Hooter\" is old-fashioned slang for the nose (I particularly associate it with Tony Hancock and Sid James)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Likely to lead on 51 for 0 in Twenty20? (6)","output":"### Answer: FLIRTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Likely to lead on\nTwenty20 = 20 + 20 = FORTY, and change the O in that to LI"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It might be used when you tie top of plastic sack (4-3)","output":"### Answer: PLAY-OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: It might be used when you tie\nP[lastic] + LAY OFF (to sack workers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One night in Paris, being from colder climes (5)","output":"### Answer: INUIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: being from colder climes\nI + NUIT (French 'night')"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To make love, we let hips wiggle (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SLEEP WITH \n ### Explanation: Definition: To make love\n(WE LET HIPS)* \u2013 it should really be \"make love to\" to make the definition accurate, though that would spoil the (excellent) surface reading, of course"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More boxing seems regularly to go to points at the end (7)","output":"### Answer: EXTREMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: points at the end\nAlternate letters of [s]E[e]Ms in EXTRA (more)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guy about to propose, turning down starter (5)","output":"### Answer: CABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Guy\nC (about \u2013 again!) + [t]ABLE. Table (as a verb) is a famous example of a word that has opposite meanings in UK and US usage \u2013 to propose, and to remove from consideration"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Puts back mail criminal opens (9)","output":"### Answer: POSTPONES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Puts back\nPOST (mail) + OPENS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guarantee criticism, whipping off top (6)","output":"### Answer: ENSURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Guarantee\n[C]ENSURE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brewer's brief career, with appropriate following (3,3)","output":"### Answer: TEABAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brewer\nTEA[R] (to go fast, career + BAG (steal, appropriate)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: When raving, regret sun rising again (9)","output":"### Answer: RESURGENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: rising again\n(REGRET SUN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nearly attack over stream that's getting blacker (9)","output":"### Answer: CHARGRILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: blacker\nCHARG[E] + RILL. I think the defintion is \"blacker\", as in \"thing that blackens\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Want to secure extension in pretty close (7)","output":"### Answer: WARMISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: pretty close\nARM (extension) in WISH \u2013 close as in children's games: \"you're getting warmer\u2026\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appeal when wicket's taken by Aussie, caught by bowler? (6)","output":"### Answer: HOWZAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Appeal\nW in OZ, in HAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Restyle mobile without expansion (7)","output":"### Answer: TERSELY \n ### Explanation: Definition: without expansion\nRESTYLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Legendary medic on ice packs (6)","output":"### Answer: ICONIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Legendary\nHidden (packed) in medIC ON ICe. Describing something as iconic has become a much-overused clich\u00e9 in recent years"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Promise from Sunday Sport (5)","output":"### Answer: SWEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Promise\nS + WEAR (to sport)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hands in this sticker (5)","output":"### Answer: POKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hands in this\nAs verbs, \"poke\" and \"stick\" can be roughly synonymous; by extension so are \"poker\" and \"sticker\". And of course you have hands in the game of Poker"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Job description (7)","output":"### Answer: PATIENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Job description\nCryptic defintion, Job (Old Testament character) being proverbially patient"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish's journey across rough water (4,3)","output":"### Answer: TIDE RIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: rough water\nIDE (fish) in TRIP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet face about to fall (7)","output":"### Answer: GUMDROP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sweet\nReverse of MUG (face) + DROP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Do like it when current partner's around (7)","output":"### Answer: IMITATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Do like\nIT in I (symbol for electric current) MATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where old conservationist was keeping department ignorant (2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: IN THE DARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: ignorant\nD[epartment] in IN THE ARK (where Noah, an \"old conservationist\", was)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Why I 'ad to return (5)","output":"### Answer: YIELD \n ### Explanation: Definition: to return\nY (why) + I + [h]ELD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chap my boss made fun of (5)","output":"### Answer: GUYED \n ### Explanation: Definition: made fun of\nGUY + ED (Vlad's boss)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Surveyed scans A&E produced over 5d (9)","output":"### Answer: CANVASSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Surveyed\nAnagram of SCANS + A&E + V (Roman 5) + D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Raises environment finally with Green politician (4,5)","output":"### Answer: JACK STRAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: politician\nJACKS (raises) + [environmen]T + RAW (green)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Readily accept return of an immature creature (3,2)","output":"### Answer: LAP UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Readily accept\nReverse of PUPAL (relating to a pupa \u2013 nothing to do with pups!)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor's onto sickness in French port (5)","output":"### Answer: MALMO \n ### Explanation: Definition: port\nMAL (sickness, in French) + MO (doctor), to give the *Swedish* port"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Minder \u2014 Terry initially absent from start of story (9)","output":"### Answer: CHAPERONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Minder\nCHAPTER ONE (start of story) less T[erry]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Provided car with wing missing \u2014 dodgy in the extreme (7)","output":"### Answer: IFFIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: dodgy in the extreme\nIF (provided) + FIEST[A] (Ford car)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Game Boy's a throwback (7)","output":"### Answer: TOMBOLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Game\nTOM (boy) + reverse of A LOB"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A scolded bishop ignored bubbly (7)","output":"### Answer: AERATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: bubbly\nA + [B]ERATED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opening with work in disorder (7)","output":"### Answer: ENTROPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: disorder\nOP (work) in ENTRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Springer regularly does it in a sticky situation (7)","output":"### Answer: POGOING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Springer regularly does it in a sticky situation\nI think this is an extended definition, referring to someone \"springing\" on a Pogo Stick"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In college upset your old man (7)","output":"### Answer: TIMOTHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: man\nO in reverse of MIT (college) + THY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scary country, Spain after revolution (5)","output":"### Answer: EERIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scary\nReverse of EIRE + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Entertainer? Time stripper got topless! (3,6)","output":"### Answer: TAP DANCER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Entertainer\nT + [L]AP DANCER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Well in credit, Henry invested (5)","output":"### Answer: THICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Well in\nH in TICK (credit) \u2013 thick as in \"having a very close, friendly relationship\", or \"thick as thieves\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alarmed half of Tory ladies, I fancy, including these? (5,4,7)","output":"### Answer: DAILY\u00a0MAIL\u00a0READERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: these\nAnagram of ALARMED [to]RY LADIES I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Argued case for penny on petrol, sort of (7)","output":"### Answer: PLEADED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Argued case\nP + LEADED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: His doesn't work \u2014 it's bent (9)","output":"### Answer: DISHONEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: bent\n(HIS DOESN'T)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Can one settle comfortably outside city? (9)","output":"### Answer: NEWCASTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: city\nWC (toilet, can) in NESTLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Island's very good on the surface \u2014 stick around! (7)","output":"### Answer: JAMAICA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Island\nA1 with JAM (stick) + CA (around) \"on the surface\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conservative strongly backing demand (4,3)","output":"### Answer: CALL FOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: demand\nC + ALL FOR (strongly backing)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not requiring payment for singer (3,4)","output":"### Answer: PRO BONO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not requiring payment\nPRO (for) BONO (singer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Priest and sweetheart like sexy underwear in church office (7)","output":"### Answer: PRELACY \n ### Explanation: Definition: church office\nPRE + E (middle letter of swEet) + LACY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Speaking with sense is commended (5)","output":"### Answer: CITED \n ### Explanation: Definition: commended\nHomophone (\"speaking\") of \"sighted\" (with the sense of sight)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: System meant to hold up West Country tourist (5)","output":"### Answer: EMMET \n ### Explanation: Definition: West Country tourist\nHidden in reverse of sysTEM MEant \u2013 Emmet is a Cornish nickname for a tourist"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animal in a shopping centre turned round (5)","output":"### Answer: LLAMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Animal\nReverse of A MALL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Without preparation, extreme confusion surrounds Post Office (9)","output":"### Answer: EXTEMPORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Without preparation\nPO in EXTREME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Protection used before the French strike fundamentalist part of America (5,4)","output":"### Answer: BIBLE BELT \n ### Explanation: Definition: fundamentalist part of America\nBIB (protection) + LE + BELT (to strike)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relative enters sleepy land with person of no fixed abode (5)","output":"### Answer: NOMAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: person of no fixed abode\nMA in NOD. In Genesis, Cain \"dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden\" after killing his brother Abel, but as a modern expression \"the land of Nod\" just means sleep"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Polish punishments extremely severe! (7)","output":"### Answer: FINESSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Polish\nFINES + S[ever]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Made box containing Europe's last old penny (7)","output":"### Answer: CREATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Made\nE in CRATE (box) + D (penny, as in LSD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loosely state preference (5)","output":"### Answer: TASTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: preference\nSTATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Returned rotten fish (3)","output":"### Answer: DAB \n ### Explanation: Definition: fish\nReverse of BAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Area of swamp drained by expert (5)","output":"### Answer: SPACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Area\nS[wam]P + ACE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beans, maybe, grown from sticky stuff found in sediment (7)","output":"### Answer: LEGUMES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beans\nGUM in LEES (sediment in wine or beer making)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spouse in hospital visited by American musicians (7)","output":"### Answer: HUSBAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spouse\nH + U.S. BAND"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spot tail of largish New World mammal (5)","output":"### Answer: SLOTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: New World mammal\nSLOT (= spot as in an appointment) + [largis]H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Satisfactory\" secondary school getting Ofsted's fifth X at beginning of term (9)","output":"### Answer: COMPETENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Satisfactory\nCOMP[rehensive] + fifth letter of ofstEd + TEN + T[erm]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Popular report's shocking treatment for great thinker (9)","output":"### Answer: INTELLECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: great thinker\nIN + TELL (to report) + E[lectro] C[onvulsive] T[herapy]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Celebrity holding middle of musical instrument (5)","output":"### Answer: SITAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: instrument\nMiddle letter of musIcal in STAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Float up and down round large shapeless mass (4)","output":"### Answer: BLOB \n ### Explanation: Definition: shapeless mass\nL in BOB"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A new boss upset surgeon (8)","output":"### Answer: SAWBONES \n ### Explanation: Definition: surgeon\n(A NEW BOSS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Listened to chief with long hair (4)","output":"### Answer: MANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: long hair\nHomophone of \"main\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clergyman is always upset by \"RIP\" (8)","output":"### Answer: REVEREND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clergyman\nReverse of EVER + REND (to tear, rip)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Still using second strategy, not Conservative (6)","output":"### Answer: STATIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Still\nS + TA[C]TIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: ??? (10)","output":"### Answer: AMANUENSIS \n ### Explanation: ??? (10)\n*See preamble*, as the saying goes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In favour of rug design (6)","output":"### Answer: FORMAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: design\nFOR (in favour of) MAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bow out of second-rate finale (4)","output":"### Answer: BEND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bow\nB (send rate) + END"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lard deal (with 50% off) is disastrous (5)","output":"### Answer: FATAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: disastrous\nFAT (lard) + half of deAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spanish and English troops heard cry by very large swimmer (5,5)","output":"### Answer: SPERM\u00a0WHALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: very large swimmer\nSP + E + RM (Royal Marines) + homophone of \"wail\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First part of Dan Dare broadcast causing terror (5)","output":"### Answer: DREAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: terror\nD[an] + DARE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Huge creature found in shell of bizarre male insect? (8)","output":"### Answer: BEHEMOTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Huge creature\nB[izarr]E + HE MOTH. It's the Old Testament again: Behemoth is mentioned once in the book of Job chapter 40, and is taken by some creationists (in the 11 across?) as evidence that dinosaurs lived at the same time human beings (and they also think Job is factual, instead of poetic fiction)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A tipsy mate restricting Rex to Italian liqueur (8)","output":"### Answer: AMARETTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Italian liqueur\nA + R in MATE* + TO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animals eating farmer's last cereal product (6)","output":"### Answer: GROATS \n ### Explanation: Definition: cereal product\n[farme]R in GOATS. I hadn't heard of this cereal product: the word is not related to the name of the old coin, but it is to grits, as eaten in the US"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Private clubs hidden in trees, oddly (6)","output":"### Answer: SECRET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Private\nC in TREES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lose balance, upsetting lager (4)","output":"### Answer: SLIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lose\nReverse of PILS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lexicographer seeking to preserve minority language (4)","output":"### Answer: ERSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: minority language\nHidden in lexicographER SEeking \u2013 an (old) alternative name for Irish, or sometimes Scottish Gaelic"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Black stuff found on top of Turkish dessert (4)","output":"### Answer: TART \n ### Explanation: Definition: dessert\nTAR + T[urkish]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In scientific study trip miss coach; pity! (6,7)","output":"### Answer: ATOMIC PHYSICS \n ### Explanation: Definition: scientific study\n(MISS COACH PITY)* \u2013 this was obviously going to be an anagram, but I wasn't sure whether \"trip\" or \"pity\" was the indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Engineers new fabulous figures for property lists (4,5)","output":"### Answer: RENT ROLLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: property lists\nRE (Royal Engineers) + N + TROLLS (figure of fable)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old mnemonic device a joke at university (5)","output":"### Answer: QUIPU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old mnemonic device\nQUIP + U. The quipu is an Incan counting device made of knotted cords"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Legume, very hot, to eat with the others \u2026 (5)","output":"### Answer: VETCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Legume\nETC in VH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 guy has a way to avoid legume (9)","output":"### Answer: MANGETOUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: legume\nMAN + GET-OUT (a way to avoid..)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Force that turns English out at a yard in town (7)","output":"### Answer: TORQUAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: town\nTORQUE less E + A + Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where one may read the news, telling of traffic congestion (7)","output":"### Answer: AUTOCUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where one may read the news\nHomophone of \"auto ~~cue~~ queue\". I originally thought this might be \"article\", sounding like artic-al, as a queue of lorries might be\u2026"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Led astray and misused a month back (7)","output":"### Answer: SEDUCED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Led astray\nUSED* (\"mis-used\") + reverse of DEC[ember]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time went fast, they say; it's sickening (4,3)","output":"### Answer: BIRD FLU \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's sickening\nBIRD (prison sentence, time) + \"flew\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cell for one on the staff, briefly, at Oxford college (9)","output":"### Answer: CORPUSCLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cell\nCORPUS [Christi] CLE[F] (as found on a musical staff)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Needle, say, reversed to make lace (3,2)","output":"### Answer: GET AT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Needle\nReverse of EG (say) + TAT (make lace)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hesiod is truly entertaining poet (5)","output":"### Answer: ODIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: poet\nHidden in hesiOD IS Truly. Hesiod was an ancient Greek poet \u2013 I could not tell you whether he was entertaining"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Male deadlier when swinging the hammer here (6,3)","output":"### Answer: MIDDLE EAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: the hammer here\n~~(MALE DEADLIER)*~~ M + DEADLIER* \u2013 the hammer or malleus is one of the three small bones of the middle ear"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chap in key wager collapses complex mathematical construction (10,3)","output":"### Answer: MANDELBROT SET \n ### Explanation: Definition: complex mathematical construction\nMAN + ROTS in DEL (computer key) BET. By coincidence (and for reasons too complicated to explain) I was thinking about the Mandelbrot set while lying in bed last night, and perhaps as a result this was one of my first entries. It's a geometrical object of astonishing complexity and great beauty (and complex in another way, as its definition uses the so-called complex numbers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Showing a slight tinge, metal smoked, keeping temperature well up (9)","output":"### Answer: TINCTURED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Showing a slight tinge\nTIN + T in CURED. I suppose the \"well up\" just indicates that the T is near the beginning of CURED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Graphically transform most of pain relief (5)","output":"### Answer: MORPH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Graphically transform\nMORPH[ine] \u2013 where, rather unsatisfactorily I think, \"most of\" means \"more than half\". I suppose it could also be a shortening of the more old-fashioned MORPHIA, but the same objection applies"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lying undisturbed at first in peaceful state (7)","output":"### Answer: CALUMNY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lying\nU in CALM + N[ew] Y[ork]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cry of joy as overweight girl takes on husband (7)","output":"### Answer: HOSANNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cry of joy\nH + OS (outsize) ANNA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appropriate person looking for most prosperous area of the country? (9)","output":"### Answer: SEQUESTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Appropriate\nThe South-east is the most prosperous part of the UK, and someone looking for it might be an SE QUESTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Punch hole in cloth (5)","output":"### Answer: CHINO \n ### Explanation: Definition: cloth\nCHIN (to punch) + O (hole)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grunt, adjusting corset \u2014 it's no business of the state! (7,6)","output":"### Answer: PRIVATE SECTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's no business of the state\nPRIVATE (grunt is slang for a menial worker or low-ranking soldier) + CORSET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Pooch! That sweet sauce!\", as Spooner might do well to say (3,3,7)","output":"### Answer: CUT\u00a0THE\u00a0MUSTARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: do well\nSpoonerism of \"Mutt! The Custard\". The wordplay and definition are rather mixed up together in this clue, but I think it works"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: So great a number deprived of noble title? (9)","output":"### Answer: UNCOUNTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: So great a number\nThe nobleman deprived of his title might be UN-COUNT-ED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This on table in diner on Level 5 (9)","output":"### Answer: CAFETIERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: This on table\nCAFE (diner) + TIER E (fifth in the sequence Tier A, B, etc). I think the use of CAFE in the wordplay is rather weak, as it has essentially the same meaning as in the answer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top of loft in the morning frozen up: that's beside the point (7)","output":"### Answer: DECIMAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's beside the point\nReverse of L AM ICED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: During drinking bout, large mixer (7)","output":"### Answer: BLENDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: mixer\nL in BENDER (drinking bout)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: India feeds pest with a cucumber preparation (5)","output":"### Answer: RAITA \n ### Explanation: Definition: cucumber preparation\nI in RAT + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sow chews end of one waistcoat (5)","output":"### Answer: GILET \n ### Explanation: Definition: waistcoat\n[on]E in GILT (new to me: a dialect word for \"a young sow\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Check those printing religious tracts? (7)","output":"### Answer: REPRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Check\nAn R[eligious] E[ducation] PRESS might produce the tracts"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beaten revolutionary featured in flyer (7)","output":"### Answer: BIRCHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beaten\nCHE [Guevara] in BIRD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How sugar can be used, if at all? (3,6)","output":"### Answer: FOR TOFFEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: if at all\nDouble definition \u2013 Chambers defines \"for toffee\" as \"at all\", giving the example \"he can't dance for toffee\"; the \"if\" seems redundant for the cryptic reading"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chest protected by father's waterproof (5)","output":"### Answer: PARKA \n ### Explanation: Definition: waterproof\nARK (a chest, as in the Ark of the Covenant) in PA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brought books back on approval (4)","output":"### Answer: TOOK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brought\nReverse of O[ld] T[estament] + OK (approval)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perseveres and catches a little bird (6,2,2)","output":"### Answer: STICKS AT IT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perseveres\nSTICKS (catches \u2013 in the meanings \"to jam\" or \"to be detained by an impediment\") + A TIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gulf national sounding full of cold (6)","output":"### Answer: QATARI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gulf national\nHomphone of \"catarrh-y\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brexiteers asking for this defeat on polling day (7)","output":"### Answer: OUTVOTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: defeat on polling day\nThe Brexiteers wanted (and unfortunately got) a VOTE for \"OUT\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bear from America digging into soil (7)","output":"### Answer: SUSTAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bear\nUS in STAIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most utter support after turning up (6)","output":"### Answer: PUREST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most utter\nReverse of UP + REST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bloke gets the way things are done in small part of Cornwall (6,4)","output":"### Answer: BODMIN MOOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of Cornwall\nBOD (bloke) + MO (modus operandi) in MINOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Each individually at an advantage (5)","output":"### Answer: AHEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: at an advantage\nA HEAD (each) \u2013 I'm not sure what \"individually\" is doing here, as the surface works without it: does it just intensify \"each\"?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sum up chapter cut from historic volume one's penned (9)","output":"### Answer: EPITOMISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sum up chapter\nEPIC less C[hapter] + 1'S in TOME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Speeds up in speech, as ten strikes (7)","output":"### Answer: HASTENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Speeds up\nHidden in speecH, AS TEN Strikes \u2013 \"in speech\" might lead one to expect a homophone here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oriental crane ultimately like seabird (7)","output":"### Answer: EASTERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Oriental\n[cran]E + AS TERN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Update troops before attack (5)","output":"### Answer: REFIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Update\nRE (Royal Engineers, troops) + FIT (an attack)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An account traveller set, up providing support for climbers (7)","output":"### Answer: PERGOLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: support for climbers\nReverse of A LOG + REP (travelling salesman)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Liberal prone to adopting Conservative hairstyle (4,4)","output":"### Answer: ETON CROP \n ### Explanation: Definition: hairstyle\nC in (PRONE TO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crowd security? (6,2,7)","output":"### Answer: SAFETY IN NUMBERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crowd security\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Case based on word of chap, or chaps, before I'm involved (6,2,7)","output":"### Answer: BREACH OF PROMISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Case based on word of chap\n(OR CHAPS, BEFORE I'M)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Treasury theatre put on old romance with current investment (10)","output":"### Answer: REPOSITORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Treasury\nREP (theatre) + I (symbol for electric current) in O STORY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: His friend has Hamlet's first speech abridged (7)","output":"### Answer: HORATIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: His friend\nH[amlet] + ORATIO[n], and Horatio is Hamlet's friend in the play (\"there are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio\u2026\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor gets a payment covering time he has to serve in US (7)","output":"### Answer: DRAFTEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: he has to serve in US\nDR + T in A FEE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tense liar added ridiculous nonsense (10)","output":"### Answer: TARADIDDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: nonsense\nT + (LIAR ADDED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rebellious graduates wash thoroughly one day a week (7)","output":"### Answer: SABBATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: one day a week\nReverse of B.A.S + BATH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Injured Danes coming aboard in gloom (7)","output":"### Answer: SADNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: gloom\nDANES* in SS (in a ship, so \"aboard\") \u2013 perhaps a reference back to *Hamlet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Abject drunk lives without ever losing heart (7)","output":"### Answer: SERVILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Abject\nE[ve]R in LIVES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What diver may do with bill, on cutting pound (5)","output":"### Answer: PREEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: What diver may do with bill\nRE (about, on) in PEN (animal cage, pound), and a diver (bird) preens its feathers with its bill"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Employment from IT entrepreneur? (4)","output":"### Answer: JOBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Employment\nDouble definition, the second referring to the late Steve Jobs, co-founder of the Apple corporation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something metallic covering behind or something 18 covering much more? (6)","output":"### Answer: CAFTAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: something 18 covering much more\nAFT (behind) in CAN \u2013 the garment is more usually spelt with a K, but no doubt the C makes it easier to clue; see also 1d.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Acquaintance gets sealed deal? Not right (7)","output":"### Answer: CONTACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Acquaintance\nCONTRACT less R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suit constrains part of belly (9)","output":"### Answer: PINSTRIPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Suit\nPINS (constrains) + TRIPE (cow's stomach, used as food)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where some Brummies find home in Glastonbury (5)","output":"### Answer: ASTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where some Brummies find home\nHidden in glASTONbury"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Move furtively and quietly behind cowboy's enemy? (5)","output":"### Answer: CREEP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Move furtively\nCREE (native American tribe, as in Cowboys and Indians) + P (piano, quietly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former type of exam: English composition (9)","output":"### Answer: PASTORALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: composition\nPAST (former) + ORAL (exam) + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What colonist will do, having captured a foreign city (7)","output":"### Answer: SEATTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: foreign city\nA in SETTLE (what a colonist does)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Meal with nasty smell, the thing to send back (6)","output":"### Answer: TIFFIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Meal\nReverse of NIFF + IT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rev in moving circle? (6)","output":"### Answer: CLERIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rev\nCIRCLE* \u2013 Rev as in Reverend"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little dog eats poet's works and causes trouble (5,2)","output":"### Answer: PLAYS UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: causes trouble\nLAYS (poems) in PUP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Subsequently stifles one pet's noise, solution being found (4,5)","output":"### Answer: LIME WATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: solution\n1 MEW in LATER \u2013 Lime water is \"a diluted solution of calcium hydroxide\" according to Wikipedia, but a \"suspension\", which I'm pretty sure is not the same thing, according to Chambers. Both give it as a single word rather than two"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Indication of freezing time (5)","output":"### Answer: TEMPO \n ### Explanation: Definition: time\nIf it's freezing then the TEMP[erature] is 0 [degrees] (Celsius \u2013 sorry, Americans)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kind of senior officer leading army corps (5)","output":"### Answer: GENRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kind\nGEN[eral] + R[oyal] E[ngineers]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get your butts on the ground! (5,4)","output":"### Answer: ORDER ARMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get your butts on the ground\nCryptic definition of the drill sergeant's order to \"hold a rifle with its butt on the ground close to one's right side\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After travelling, you finally stayed for 24 hours (7)","output":"### Answer: TUESDAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: 24 hours\nAnagram of [yo]U + STAYED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like a rogue child invading a railway (6)","output":"### Answer: ARCHLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like a rogue\nCH in A RLY (railway \u2013 an alternative to the more familiar \"ry\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strikes briefly undermining firm making money (7)","output":"### Answer: COPECKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: money\nCO (company, firm) PECKS (strikes briefly); one-hundredth of a rouble; more usually spelt with an initial K, which Pasquale could have used he'd had KAFTAN for 1a, but again the C makes the clueing easier"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crime, but not of one type of criminal (5)","output":"### Answer: FENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: one type of criminal\nOFFENCE less OF"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alexander the Great's regent rebelling against father? (9)","output":"### Answer: ANTIPATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Alexander the Great's regent\nANTI-PATER \u2013 he was indeed regent to Alexander the Great"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One may shed some light, destroying secrets (7)","output":"### Answer: CRESSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: One may shed some light\nSECRETS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maoris hang around New Zealand writer (5,5)","output":"### Answer: NGAIO\u00a0MARSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: New Zealand writer\n(MAORIS HANG)* \u2013 an appropriate anagram for the NZ branch of the 'Queens of Crime'. I wonder how well known she is today, in comparison to her near-contemporary Agatha Christie, for example"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A curate is naughty? We understand the risks (9)","output":"### Answer: ACTUARIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: We understand the risks\n(A CURATE IS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mess about with difficult puzzle, not beginning (6)","output":"### Answer: TINKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mess\n[S]TINKER \u2013 as an example. the Glasgow Herald has a crossword called the Wee Stinker, notorious for its difficult and highly non-Ximenean clueing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extra money request when in need of a drink (6)","output":"### Answer: TIPPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\nTIP (extra money) + PLE[A]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In Parisian avenue, fellow would briefly dance (9)","output":"### Answer: ALLEMANDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: dance\nMAN'D in ALLEE (you'd think a Parisian avenue would be an *avenue*, as in *Avenue des Champs-Elys\u00e9es*, but this is a valid alternative)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: French brother endlessly drinking coffee is 11 (9)","output":"### Answer: FLATTERER \n ### Explanation: Definition: 11\nLATTE (coffee \u2013 yes, I know the word is Italian for \"milk\", but it's well-estabished in English as a type of coffee) in FRER[E]. A flatterer may be a CREEP (11a)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like some fabric in bed, fashionable (7)","output":"### Answer: COTTONY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like some fabric\nCOT (bed) + TONY \u2013 this meaning is listed under \"tone\" in Chambers (\"high-toned, fashionable\"), not \"ton\" (\"fashion, people of fashion\") as I expected"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remuneration restricts staff \u2014 it's a travesty (6)","output":"### Answer: PARODY \n ### Explanation: Definition: a travesty\nROD (staff) in PAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Collecting financial documents, work steadily and devotedly (7)","output":"### Answer: PIOUSLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: devotedly\nIOUS in PLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Escape from land after start of fighting (6)","output":"### Answer: FLIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Escape\nF[ighting] + LIGHT (to alight, land)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exercise in part of south-east England being reported (5)","output":"### Answer: WIELD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exercise\nHomophone of \"Weald\", an area of SE England between the North and South Downs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: German sectarian in school, reverse of learned, following senior (13)","output":"### Answer: SCHWENKFELDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: German sectarian\nSCH[ool] + KNEW< + F[ollowing] ELDER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Type of flagellate from domain that's obscure (10)","output":"### Answer: MONADIFORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Type of flagellate\n(FROM DOMAIN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's central to change is moving to end emergency? (5)","output":"### Answer: ALERT \n ### Explanation: Definition: emergency\nALTER with the middle letter moved to the end"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extra noggin set before the assembled company (6)","output":"### Answer: NO-BALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Extra\nNOB + ALL, and a no-ball is an extra in the cricket sense"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nile low? (4)","output":"### Answer: BLUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nile\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tower up, like dish with recipe for stuffing (6)","output":"### Answer: ASPIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tower up\nAS + R[ecipe] in PIE, with a less usual meaning of 'aspire', which the OED says is influenced by the unrelated 'spire'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The old in retreat about say-so, uneasily indifferent (7)","output":"### Answer: EASY-OSY \n ### Explanation: Definition: indifferent\nSAYSO* in YE< \u2013 apparently a Scots expession according to some sources, though C. doesn't mark it as such"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fairy dance, right round the family fire? (7)","output":"### Answer: RINGLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fairy dance\nINGLE in RT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keen on a selection of skin tones (4)","output":"### Answer: INTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Keen on\nHidden in skIN TOnes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old Scotsman's deranged to compete at Klosters, one might suppose? (6)","output":"### Answer: SKIVIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old Scotsman's deranged\nSKI VIE (compete) \u2013 Klosters is a ski resort"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eat cored and mashed yam roots (5)","output":"### Answer: ETYMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: roots\nE[a]T + YAM* \u2013 plural of etymon, meaning the root meaning of a word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some work round Mid-East, odd scene for what debs go through? (10)","output":"### Answer: EMERGENCES \n ### Explanation: Definition: what debs go through\nME in ERG (unit of work) + SCENE*. Do debs still \"come out\", or would \"..went through..\" have been more accurate?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shuffle back row organized to catch circling chaps (13)","output":"### Answer: REARRANGEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shuffle\nREAR (back [row]?) + RAN (organized) + MEN (chaps) in GET (catch). Rear can be \"the back\u2026 of an army\", which perhaps justifies \"back row\", or maybe I've misinterpreted this.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Meat coated in salt \u2013 it's hot and dry (6)","output":"### Answer: SHAMAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's hot and dry\nHAM in SAL \u2013 variant of \"shimall\", a hot, dry wind in the Middle East"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Company deficit is not special \u2013 these are huge (7)","output":"### Answer: COLOSSI \n ### Explanation: Definition: these are huge\nCO + LOSS + IS less S[pecial]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2014\u2014, it's time to relax \u2013 does it involve getting hammered? (11)","output":"### Answer: WORKING-OVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: does it involve getting hammered\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guinness from the brewery needed for impatient Irelanders? (6)","output":"### Answer: ENTIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Guinness from the brewery\nHidden in impatiENT IRElanders \u2013 \"port or stout as delivered from brewery\": surely this needs as indication that it's a definition-by-example?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jock's personal Parisian manikin (4)","output":"### Answer: NAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jock's personal\nDouble definition \u2013 'nain' is French for 'dwarf', which is one of the definitions of 'manikin', which explains why the clue doesn't use the French spelling 'mannequin'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arm (fin) to cover 'fair warrior' (6)","output":"### Answer: FINLAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: fair warrior\nFIN + LAY. I was worried about lay (as opposed to lay on) for cover, by Chambers gives it. The \"Some first names\" section of C. says that this name probably means \"fair warrior\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor uniquely curtailed on type of fibre (6)","output":"### Answer: DRALON \n ### Explanation: Definition: type of fibre\nDR + ALON[E]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: His life's carefree. Alpine, perhaps (5)","output":"### Answer: RILEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: His life's carefree\nDouble definition \u2013 to \"live the life of Riley\" is to be carefree, and the Riley Motor company made a car called the Alpine Tourer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Veg diet is varied for processing food (9)","output":"### Answer: DIGESTIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: processing food\n(VEG DIET IS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man noted for his song, unaccompanied, this writer's French (7)","output":"### Answer: SOLOMON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Man noted for his song\nSOLO + MON (French \"my\", i.e. \"this writer's\") \u2013 reference to the Song of Solomon in the Old Testament"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Core coat in aquatint images (6)","output":"### Answer: INTIMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Core coat\nAnother hidden: aquatINT IMAges"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carriage pin found in old pot (6)","output":"### Answer: TELEGA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Carriage\nLEG in TEA (marijuana, pot \u2013 Chambers says it's \"old US slang\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Early flight for holiday destination, often (6)","output":"### Answer: GREECE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Early flight\nDouble definition (an old word for a flight of stairs for the first)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Toil over painting e.g. eucalypt (6)","output":"### Answer: TEWART \n ### Explanation: Definition: eucalypt\nTEW (to toil \u2013 not \"hew\" as I guessed) + ART (of which a painting is an example)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: River, rapid roller near battlefield, one in spate? (5)","output":"### Answer: RISER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one in spate\nR + ISER \u2013 variant spelling of the site of a WW1 battle, but I don't know what \"rapid roller\" is doing, unless it's an alternative indication, or two, of R, which seems unlikely"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ring of the bell? My hooter was lit, too (4)","output":"### Answer: DONG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ring of the bell\nDouble definition \u2013 reference to Edward Lear's \"The Dong with a [not 'the', as I was convinced the title went] Luminous Nose\", though I'm not sure what the \"too\" is doing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extremely hairy Philistine reaches party in high spirits (5,2)","output":"### Answer: HYPED UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: in high spirits\nH[air]Y P[hilistin]E + DUP (political party)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In 26 without, say, a type of hat (4,3)","output":"### Answer: PORK PIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a type of hat\nLIEGE without EG (say) is LIE, for which PORK PIE is rhyming slang; it's also a type of hat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Frenchman with money for second drink (5)","output":"### Answer: JULEP \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\nJULES with S[econd] replaced by P[ence]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rake one chap used in occupation (9)","output":"### Answer: LIBERTINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rake\nI BERT in LINE (occupation, as in \"What's My Line\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some lemon has HNO3 containing carbon instead of nitrogen (6,4)","output":"### Answer: CITRIC ACID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Some lemon\nNITRIC ACID (HNO3) with C instead of N, though \"containing\" is a bit inaccurate"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party without a break (4)","output":"### Answer: SNAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: break\nA in SNP (another political party)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Puzzling row about a cowshed (hint: suspect not English) (12)","output":"### Answer: LABYRINTHINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Puzzling\nA BYR[E] + HINT* in LINE (another line, though with a different indication here)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Making holy doctors snort cocaine (12)","output":"### Answer: CONSECRATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Making holy\n(SNORT COCAINE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Broadcast fictions which give substance to soaps? (4)","output":"### Answer: LYES \n ### Explanation: Definition: substance to soaps\nHomophone of \"lies\" (fictions)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: My crime? Sat around, being crooked (10)","output":"### Answer: ASYMMETRIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: crooked\n(MY CRIME SAT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Journo backed definition that's undignified (9)","output":"### Answer: DEMEANING \n ### Explanation: Definition: undignified\nReverse of ED + MEANING (definition)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Subject of story told by Georgia (5)","output":"### Answer: LIEGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Subject\nLIE (another one) + GE (code for the country, not the US state)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Problem getting old Times supplement? (7)","output":"### Answer: SETBACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Problem\nSET BACK is TES, abbreviation for the *Times Educational Supplement*, always known to teachers as the \"Times Ed\", which I see is now officially called just TES; no longer an actual supplement to the paper, hence the \"old\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go wrong injecting soft enzyme (7)","output":"### Answer: TRYPSIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: enzyme\nP (soft) in TRY (a go) SIN (wrong). Trypsin is secreted by the pancreas, and is involved in the digestion of proteins"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Hello, sailor\" is appropriate, when moving (6)","output":"### Answer: HIJACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: appropriate, when moving\nHello, sailor = HI, JACK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Devout former judge and governor (6)","output":"### Answer: PILATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: judge and governor\nPI (devout) + LATE (former)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Copies potential partners, keeping mostly upbeat? (10)","output":"### Answer: DUPLICATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Copies\nUP + LIC[k] (to beat) in DATES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: President leading a merry dance? (5)","output":"### Answer: POLKA \n ### Explanation: Definition: merry dance\nPOLK (James K Polk, 11th president of the US) + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Biopic strewn with lust, not love\" (Advertiser) (9)","output":"### Answer: PUBLICIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Advertiser\n(BIOPIC LUST)* less O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thin artist reluctantly eating starters (4)","output":"### Answer: RARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thin\nRA + R[eluctantly] E[ating]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hook holding one black French dressing gown (8)","output":"### Answer: PEIGNOIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: dressing gown\nI in PEG + NOIR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spared once seduced, when short of time (8)","output":"### Answer: EXEMPTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spared\nEX [T]EMPTED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: City about right latitude for common sort of golf tournament (6,4)","output":"### Answer: STROKE PLAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: common sort of golf tournament\nR in STOKE (Stoke on Trent, which was granted City status in 1925) + PLAY (latitude)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Standard measures for ale? That's right (9)","output":"### Answer: YARDSTICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Standard\nYARDS (measures of ale) + TICK (mark against a correct answer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stops only child Penny filling in part of crossword (8)","output":"### Answer: OCCLUDES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stops\nO.C. + D (old penny) in CLUES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop for a time in Bury, meeting male having sex (8)","output":"### Answer: INTERMIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stop for a time\nINTER + M + IT (sex)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Topless match, with players from one side in shades (6)","output":"### Answer: GREENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: shades\n[A]GREE + NS (partners in Bridge)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blind test? (6)","output":"### Answer: SCREEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blind\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In power, May's tense (5)","output":"### Answer: MIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: power\nMIGHT is the past tense of \"may\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old man, twice party leader (4)","output":"### Answer: PAPA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old man\nI presume this is PA[rty] twice, though it's a bit of a stretch as (singular) \"party leader\". *A much better explanation from Larry et al: it's PA (old man) twice,\n with definition \"party leader\", which is P = PAPA in the NATO phonetic alphabet (or possibly Papa Doc Duvalier, though I'm less convinced by that)."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Position at end of battle after officer's retreat (6)","output":"### Answer: LOCATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Position\nReverse of COL[onel] + AT + [battl]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Radical replacing agnostic's in charge, having an official staff (8)","output":"### Answer: SCEPTRED \n ### Explanation: Radical replacing agnostic's in charge, having an official staff (8)\nSCEPTIC (agnostic) with IC replaced by RED (a radical)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second home of modest form, such as stoker uses (6)","output":"### Answer: SHOVEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: such as stoker uses\nS + HOVEL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Noble short crusade given God's protection (8)","output":"### Answer: MARQUESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Noble\nQUES[T] in MARS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wartime provision made by Disraeli \u2014 rather unorthodox (3-4,7)","output":"### Answer: AIR-RAID SHELTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wartime provision\n(DISRAELI RATHER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pious argument repelled all on aboard, you might say (10)","output":"### Answer: WORSHIPFUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pious\nReverse of ROW (argumen) + SHIPFUL (all [on] aboard) \u2013 I think this would read better without the \"on\", so I suspect a typo or faulty editing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Larva eats root (4)","output":"### Answer: GRUB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Larva\nTriple defintion \u2013 I initially thought \"eats\" was redundant, but of course it's a slightly slangy word for \"food\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: River \u2014 harmful water source (4)","output":"### Answer: RILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: water source\nR + ILL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Decorative scrollwork details on limo (10)","output":"### Answer: CARTOUCHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Decorative scrollwork\nCAR (limo) + TOUCHES (details)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finding success, mother and knight agreed to differ (6,3,5)","output":"### Answer: MAKING THE GRADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Finding success\nMA + (KNIGHT AGREED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leading couples refused to attend agency course (8)","output":"### Answer: TENDENCY \n ### Explanation: Definition: course\n[at]TEND [ag]ENCY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very game old soldier returning punch (6)","output":"### Answer: VIGOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: punch\nV + reverse of RU (Rugby Unon \u2013 game) +O + GI (soldier)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deliberately furtive about online meeting? (8)","output":"### Answer: SEDATELY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deliberately\nE-DATE in SLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Colleges of yore catering for all (6)","output":"### Answer: UNISEX \n ### Explanation: Definition: catering for all\nUNIS + EX (former, \"of yore\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Many turning tail never to be found (4)","output":"### Answer: LOST \n ### Explanation: Definition: never to be found\nLOTS with the last two letters (\"tail\") reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Episcopal staff from down under featured in Herald (7)","output":"### Answer: CROZIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Episcopal staff\nOZ in CRIER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Divine government chief welcomed by people in general (8)","output":"### Answer: THEARCHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Divine government\nARCH (chief) in THEY (people in general)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fireside repository of weird occult tales? (4,7)","output":"### Answer: COAL SCUTTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fireside repository\n(OCCULT TALES)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sound made by little dogs is irritating (6)","output":"### Answer: PIQUES \n ### Explanation: Definition: is irritating\nHomophone of \"pekes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tenant clutching bottle's last to come in again (2-5)","output":"### Answer: RE-ENTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: come in again\n[bottl]E in RENTER (tenant)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extremely desperate copyists giving marks out (9)","output":"### Answer: DESCRIBES \n ### Explanation: Definition: marks out\nD[esperat]E + SCRIBES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Overlooking the very last pair, Nutmeg's almost useless (11)","output":"### Answer: IMPRACTICAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: useless\nI'M (Nutmeg is) + PRACTICAL[LY] (almost)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Collaborators make worst bombs (9)","output":"### Answer: WORKMATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Collaborators\n(MAKE WORST)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Protective paper (8)","output":"### Answer: GUARDIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Protective\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Compared with acquaintance in song (foreign) (7)","output":"### Answer: LIKENED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Compared\nKEN (acquaintance) in LIED (German for \"song\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ghastly appeal for sanctuary has nothing in it (7)","output":"### Answer: HIDEOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ghastly\nO in HIDE US (as people might say when appealing for sanctuary)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Introduce trendy judge without filling court (6)","output":"### Answer: INJECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Introduce\nIN + J[udg]E + CT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nonconformist church raised cross \u2014 what's the point? (4)","output":"### Answer: CRUX \n ### Explanation: Definition: the point\nReverse of U[nited] R[eformed] C[hurch] + X (cross)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cryptically, how she runs home (9)","output":"### Answer: HOUSEWIFE \n ### Explanation: Definition: she runs home\nNot sure about this: I think the idea is that HOUSEWIFE is providing a cryptic indication of \"how\", but the best I can get is that it's HO and then you USE W[IFE]. I feel I must be missing something. (In Ximemes' book \"The Art of the Crossword\" he describes clueing HOUSEWIFE as an &lit: \"I have plenty of time to stitch, then I iron\" \u2013 HOU[R] + SEW + I FE \u2013 which is very clever, if rather showing its age.)*Thanks to Shirl: it's just that HOUSEWIFE = HOUSE + WIFE = HO + W = HOW."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bare land here (5)","output":"### Answer: STRIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bare\nDouble definition; bare as a verb, and strip as in landing strip"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Free to go through again, retaining key (7)","output":"### Answer: RELIEVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Free\nE (musical key) in RELIVE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl joining society left in first-class mess (7)","output":"### Answer: DEBACLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: mess\nDEB (a girl \"joining society\") + L in ACE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tip: fill the gaps between 7 (5)","output":"### Answer: POINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tip\nDouble definition \u2013 for the second, to point is to \"fill the joints of (brickwork or masonry) with smoothly finished mortar\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drool goes everywhere \u2014 he takes it on the chin (4,5)","output":"### Answer: GOOD LOSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: he takes it on the chin\n(DROOL GOES)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Users get authors to change one of their sources (6,9)","output":"### Answer: ROGET\u2019S\u00a0THESAURUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: one of their sources\n(USERS GET AUTHORS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Yen increased, provided one invested and got smarter? (9)","output":"### Answer: YUPPIFIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: got smarter\nIF (provided) + I in Y UPPED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He dresses Mother and Child (5)","output":"### Answer: MASON \n ### Explanation: Definition: He dresses\nMA + SON; \"dress\" here is probably in the sense of \"smooth the surface of (stone)\", as a mason might do"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turner cherished small silver dish (7)","output":"### Answer: LASAGNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: dish\nS AG in LANA (Turner, actress)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Did nurse prepare Mark for weariness? (7)","output":"### Answer: BOREDOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: weariness\nBORE (nursed) + DO (prepare) + M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fine chimney in Glasgow backs onto court (5)","output":"### Answer: MULCT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fine\nReverse of LUM (Scots word for chimney) +CT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pass priest eating Northern Irish food (9)","output":"### Answer: COLCANNON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Irish food\nCOL (mountain pass) + N in CANON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Insurance for Lib Dems? (5,5)","output":"### Answer: THIRD PARTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Insurance\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mike secretly tackling the Italian racket in construction (8)","output":"### Answer: BUILDING \n ### Explanation: Definition: construction\nIL (Italian \"the\") DIN in BUG (to put a microphone or \"mike\" on secretly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bond writer comes into a little money (6)","output":"### Answer: CEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bond\nME (\"the writer\") in CENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lost boring game? That's old hat (4)","output":"### Answer: TILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: old hat\nL[ost] in TIE (football match etc) \u2013 tile is an old-fashioned word for hat (as in the song: \"Where did you get that hat, where did you get that tile?\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contest what bad pupils are told to do? (4-2-4)","output":"### Answer: HEAD-TO-HEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Contest\nBad pupols might be sent to the headmaster, so told to HEAD TO [the] HEAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is Lincoln entirely standing up queen? (8)","output":"### Answer: ISABELLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: queen\nIS ABE + reverse of ALL. There have been a few queens called Isabella: perhaps the most famous is Isabella I of Castile, patron of Christopher Columbus"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reliable types initially keen to crack emerging economies (6)","output":"### Answer: BRICKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reliable types\nK[een] in BRICS, the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and (a recent addition the the group formerly known as BRIC) South Africa"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of church, perhaps eastern section (4)","output":"### Answer: APSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of church\nHidden in perhAPS Eastern"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sack actor, high with cocaine, opening at the Abbey? (6,4)","output":"### Answer: GOTHIC ARCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: opening at the Abbey\n(ACTOR HIGH C)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bitterness to do with feeling one's ignored (10)","output":"### Answer: RESENTMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bitterness\nRE + SENTIMENT less I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What pushy drivers do to gain entrance to estate (8)","output":"### Answer: TAILGATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: What pushy drivers do\nAnother one I'm not sure about \u2013 a gate can be the entrance to an estate, so I suppose you could \"tail\" it to gain entrance, but that doesn't seem a very satisfactory explanation. *Thanks to crypticsue: it's a reference to the tailgate as the rear door of an estate car"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Local chairman's heading off (8)","output":"### Answer: RESIDENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Local\n[P]RESIDENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It crushes steel forged under pressure (6)","output":"### Answer: PESTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It crushes\nP + STEEL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hawk carries this weapon (6)","output":"### Answer: MORTAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hawk carries this\nDouble definition, with the hawk as the device used to carry plaster or mortar"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Story about male constituent of 21 (4)","output":"### Answer: LIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: constituent of 21\nM in LIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Run off some cloth from old mill town on leaving (4)","output":"### Answer: BOLT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Run off\nTwo definitions (a bolt can be a length of cloth), and BOLTON less ON. Colcannon is a dish of leftover potatoes and cabbage, similar (or identical) to what's called bubble-and-squeak on this side of the Irish Sea"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slowly movin' to conceal swindle, a part of Asia (9)","output":"### Answer: INDOCHINA \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of Asia\nDO (to swindle) in INCHIN' + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old quarter, newer design (2,3)","output":"### Answer: OP ART \n ### Explanation: Definition: newer design\nO[ld] PART (quarter). The term op art dates from 1964, so I suppose it's newer than some; otherwise \"newer\" seems to be there just as a contrast to \"old\" in the surface reading"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A Rolling Stone introduces himself after good trick (7)","output":"### Answer: GIMMICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: trick\nG + I'M MICK [Jagger]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Parasite not quite attaching to cows, due to motion (7)","output":"### Answer: KINETIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: due to motion\nKINE (cows) + TIC[K] (parasite)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Straight part of routine a triumph (4)","output":"### Answer: NEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Straight\nHidden in routiNE A Triumph. As in taking your whisky straight\/neat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In brief half-light, stop to catch first bit of warbling \u2014 like this? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: DAWN CHORUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: this\nW[arbling] in ANCHOR (stop), in DUS[K]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With both flanks cleared, swap piece, drawing game (7)","output":"### Answer: HANGMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: drawing game\n[C]HANG[E] (swap) + MAN (piece in chess etc). Hangman is a game that involves drawing a gallows"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Patience perhaps a virtue, having invested time in a girl, foolishly (5,5)","output":"### Answer: LIGHT OPERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Patience perhaps\nT in HOPE (a virtue) in (A GIRL)*. Patience is one of the light operas of Gilbert and Sullivan"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regularly appearing, exam days when school's out (4)","output":"### Answer: XMAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: when school's out\nAlternate letters of eXaM dAyS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bloke cut metre off plant from Australia (3,4)","output":"### Answer: GUM TREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: plant from Australia\nGU[Y] + METRE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: US city airport not closing with start of operations (7)","output":"### Answer: ORLANDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: US city\nORL[Y] (Paris airport) AND (with) O[perations]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hello \u2014 a greeting interpreted the wrong way (5)","output":"### Answer: ALOHA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hello\nReverse of A HOLA (Spanish greeting)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pharaoh getting back scrubbed, hell amid gross depravity (9)","output":"### Answer: TURPITUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: depravity\nTUT (abbreviated version of Tutankhamun) less its last letter + PIT (hell) in RUDE (gross)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tinge out, 0.001kg boxes? Message noted (7,8)","output":"### Answer: SINGING\u00a0TELEGRAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Message noted\nTINGE* in (boxed by) SINGLE GRAM (0.001 kg). \"Noted\" as in \"with [musical] notes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where, perhaps, to buy a barrier for water (5,3)","output":"### Answer: ADAM\u2019S ALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: water\nYou might buy it at A DAM SALE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bitter cold in desert (5)","output":"### Answer: ACRID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bitter\nC in ARID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Punt with second payoff (8)","output":"### Answer: KICKBACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: payoff\nKICK (a punt is a type of kick in Rugby etc) + BACK (to second, support)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Picnic, outdoor exercise (4,2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: WALK\u00a0IN\u00a0THE\u00a0PARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Picnic\nDouble definition, with picnic meaning something very easy (perhaps more often seen in the negative: \"it's no picnic\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nonsense, such extremes entertained by low figure (9)","output":"### Answer: MOONSHINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nonsense\nS[uc]H in MOO (low) NINE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quickish pace from China, knees gone might you say? (6)","output":"### Answer: CANTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quickish pace\nHomophonically, \"Cantonese\" less \"knees\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criticism wears down characters \u2014 but these really hurt? (6,3,6)","output":"### Answer: STICKS\u00a0AND\u00a0STONES \n ### Explanation: Definition: these really hurt\nSTICK (criticism) SANDS TONES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Calibrate in a different way regarding micro-organisms (9)","output":"### Answer: BACTERIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: regarding micro-organisms\nCALIBRATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unprincipled behaviour of women, prince snaffling them all (8)","output":"### Answer: HARLOTRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unprincipled behaviour of women\nLOT (all, as in \"the lot\") in HARRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Force doctor and staff to join corporation (8)","output":"### Answer: MOMENTUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Force\nMO (doctor) + MEN (staff) + TUM (fat stomach, corporation). In physics, force and momentum are not the same thing, but words have common, non-technical, meanings too, and in that way it's a reasonable definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Caper has doctor incarcerated? (6)","output":"### Answer: GAMBOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Caper\nMB in GAOL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quite lovely (6)","output":"### Answer: PRETTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quite\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quite ugly (5)","output":"### Answer: PLAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quite\nDouble definition \u2013 a nice pair of double defs to end the puzzle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Self altogether absorbing, on reflection (3)","output":"### Answer: EGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Self\nHidden in reverse of altOGEther"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regal horror actor is what one's demanding? (6,5)","output":"### Answer: ASKING PRICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: what one's demanding\nAS KING (regal) + [Vincent] PRICE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop to catch a genre of music (7)","output":"### Answer: D[IX]IELAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: a genre of music\nDIE (stop) + LAND (to catch, e.g. fish)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ice melts with both micro-organisms used in this industrial research (7)","output":"### Answer: BIOTECH \n ### Explanation: Definition: industrial research\n(ICE BOTH)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little room to enter accommodation with no entrance, as accommodation blocked? (6)","output":"### Answer: IGLOOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: accommodation blocked\nLOO (little room) in [D]IGS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contrary part of a report introduced to the table, lacking a measure of resolution (7)","output":"### Answer: MEGAP[IX]EL \n ### Explanation: Definition: measure of resolution\nReverse of PAGE in MEAL (the table) less A. \"Pel\" is sometimes used as an abbreviation of pixel, so arguably this also works as a straight clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Squab's heart in nest (5)","output":"### Answer: DUREY \n ### Explanation: Squab's heart in nest (5)\n[sq]U[ab] in DREY (squirrel's nest)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like Bottom, like Paul! (3)","output":"### Answer: ASI[NINE] \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like Bottom\nAS I \u2013 and Bottom was turned into an ass in *A Midsummer Night's Dream"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unlimited French composer, I see (5)","output":"### Answer: AURIC \n ### Explanation: Unlimited French composer, I see (5)\n[F]AUR[\u00c9] + I C. Auric wrote music for a number of films, ranging from Cocteau's rather surreal *La Belle et la B\u00eate* to Ealing comedies such as *Passport to Pimlico"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endlessly carry in beer (7)","output":"### Answer: MILHAUD \n ### Explanation: Endlessly carry in beer (7)\nHAU[L] in MILD. Milhaud wrote a huge amount of music, including the ballets *La cr\u00e9ation du monde* and *Le b\u0153uf sur le toit*, influenced respectively by jazz and Brazilian music, but he is perhaps best known these days (as they say) for his suite *Scaramouche* for two pianos, and particularly the final movement, Brasileira"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Best reverse narcotic hell (3-3)","output":"### Answer: TIP-TOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Best\nReverse of POT (narcotic) + PIT (hell)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: When messed up, I snort line \u2014 through here? (7)","output":"### Answer: NOSTRIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: here\n(I SNORT L)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having lost capital, person in the money shortly (7)","output":"### Answer: POULENC \n ### Explanation: Having lost capital, person in the money shortly (7)\n[S]OUL in PENC[E] \u2013 probably the best-known composer of the group"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dog stray \u2014 feel terrible about it (11)","output":"### Answer: TAILLEFERRE \n ### Explanation: Dog stray \u2014 feel terrible about it (11)\nTAIL + ERR in FEEL*. The only female member of *Les Six"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Marker hit from behind (3)","output":"### Answer: TAB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Marker\nReverse of BAT (to hit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old plucker, one treating a chicken? (5)","output":"### Answer: HENDR[IX] \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old plucker\nHEN DR (doctor)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One disinclined to pass round wine, Women's Institute getting wasted (8)","output":"### Answer: HONEGGER \n ### Explanation: One disinclined to pass round wine, Women's Institute getting wasted (8)\nWINE less WI in HOGGER (one who hogs the ball, i.e. is disinclined to pass, e.g. in football)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pan, a vessel fed to small bird (8)","output":"### Answer: LAVATORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pan\nA VAT in LORY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vicious circles ending in heartbreak, lose control (4)","output":"### Answer: SKID \n ### Explanation: Definition: lose control\n[heartbrea]K in SID (Sid Vicious, member of the Sex Pistols)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disregard baker's produce flipped over (4)","output":"### Answer: SNUB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disregard\nReverse of BUNS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revolt in Peru is revolutionary (4,2)","output":"### Answer: RISE UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Revolt\n(PERU IS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heady record in the cup, detailed (8)","output":"### Answer: CEPHALIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Heady\nEP in CHALIC[E]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Out to replace leader, that's the point! (5)","output":"### Answer: PRONG \n ### Explanation: Definition: point\nWRONG (out) with the first letter changed. I'm not keen on clues like this where the replacement is not specified (maybe point is doing duty for P, but that's not in Chambers or anywhere else I can find as an abbreviation)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grass with designs on getting high? (5)","output":"### Answer: SWARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grass\nReverse of DRAWS (designs)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tearful film about love (5)","output":"### Answer: MOIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tearful\nO in MIST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perfect hosts a horror ultimately, under party chief whip? (8)","output":"### Answer: DOMINATR[IX] \n ### Explanation: Definition: chief whip\nDO (party) + A in MINT (perfect) + [horro]R. Somehow I can't help being reminded of the story of Norman Lamont and Miss Whiplash"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poor Paul requires some medical containers (8)","output":"### Answer: AMPOULES \n ### Explanation: Definition: medical containers\n(PAUL SOME)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Force into burrow one's rear \u2014 there's little space (8)","output":"### Answer: ROOMETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: little space\nMET (police force) in ROOT (burrow) + [on]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A threesome at cards, missing a spring? (5)","output":"### Answer: APRIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: spring\nA + PRI[A]L. Prial is \"three cards of the same denomination\" in various games, so a \"threesome\", though not in the sense of three players, as the surface suggests"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Southern island going down kitted up (5)","output":"### Answer: SCUBA \n ### Explanation: Definition: going down kitted up\nS + CUBA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One way still to go \u2026 (4)","output":"### Answer: LEFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: One way\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 that way for a drink (4)","output":"### Answer: PORT \n ### Explanation: Definition: that way \nDouble definition \u2013 linked to the previous clue as port is the left side of a ship (when looking forward)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Socialist supporter securing a British isle (6)","output":"### Answer: FABIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Socialist\nA B I in FAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good person keeps longing for container (6)","output":"### Answer: SACHET \n ### Explanation: Definition: container\nACHE in S[ain]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Landlady's army (4)","output":"### Answer: HOST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Landlady\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mineral cup \u2014 one dropped by academic before end of ceremony (10)","output":"### Answer: CHALCEDONY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mineral\nCHALICE (cup) less I + DON (academic) + [ceremon]Y. I knew this word, but I couldn't have said what it meant without looking it up. It's a type of quartz"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look hard, taking in 5, and go hungry (6)","output":"### Answer: STARVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: go hungry\nV (5) in STARE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Drug arrest\" in dog Latin? (8)","output":"### Answer: CANNABIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drug\nNAB in CANIS (Latin for dog)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Litigant's unsophisticated argument (9)","output":"### Answer: PLAINTIFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Litigant\nPLAIN + TIFF"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant nothing in drink (4)","output":"### Answer: ALOE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant\nO in ALE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reliable sort of music (4)","output":"### Answer: ROCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: sort of music\nRocks are famously reliable, as in \"you are my rock\" and \"rock-steady\" *Correction (thanks to James): it's actually a pukka double definition: \"Reliable sort\" and \"rock\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mark with sorrow, keeping Catholic back from crop protector (9)","output":"### Answer: SCARECROW \n ### Explanation: Definition: crop protector\nSCAR (mark) + reverse of (RC in WOE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Church painter, perhaps, or reformer (8)","output":"### Answer: CHARTIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: reformer\nCH + ARTIST. The Chartists were 19th-century movement calling for universal suffrage (for men) and other parliamentary reforms"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Have words with motorist of sorts, catching cold (6)","output":"### Answer: BICKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Have words\nC in BIKER (motorcycle rider)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stupid stories about journalist's headmaster (10)","output":"### Answer: DUMBLEDORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: headmaster\nDUMB + ED in LORE. Dumbledore is the headmaster of Hogwarts School in the Harry Potter stories"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capital of 15, mostly, getting turban adjusted (4,5)","output":"### Answer: ULAN BATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Capital\nAnagram of ALO[e] + TURBAN. It's the capital of Mongolia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Things discharged from cortege, startlingly (6)","output":"### Answer: EGESTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Things discharged\nHidden in cortEGE STArtlingly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sound of instrument gives sign (6)","output":"### Answer: SYMBOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: sign\nHomophone of \"cymbal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Concerning anterior part of flat iron dropping one off (7)","output":"### Answer: FRONTAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Concerning anterior part\nAnagram of FLAT IRON less I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old emmet's nice mess absorbed (7)","output":"### Answer: ANCIENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old\nNICE* in ANT (emmet)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A headless whale keeping a number of secrets (6)","output":"### Answer: ARCANA \n ### Explanation: Definition: secrets\nA, + A N in [O]RCA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chair duly arranged to be driven by liquid (9)","output":"### Answer: HYDRAULIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: driven by liquid\n(CHAIR DULY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of roof covering spaces that may be stretched (7)","output":"### Answer: TENSILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: that may be stretched\nENS (spaces in printing) in TILE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hardening Muslim leader receiving 100 \u2014 one hundred \u2014 a hundred divided by one (13)","output":"### Answer: CALCIFICATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hardening\nC in CALIF + I (one) C + I in A TON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cop for fit that's beyond remedy (9)","output":"### Answer: INCURABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: beyond remedy\nINCUR (\"cop for\" \u2013 slang expression) + ABLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Find new home for ambassador held up by wake (7)","output":"### Answer: REHOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Find new home for\nReverse of H[is] E[xcellency] in ROUSE (wake)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tough composer endlessly set in stone (7)","output":"### Answer: RUBBERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tough\n[Alban] BER[G] in RUBY (stone)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supreme general (7)","output":"### Answer: OVERALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: general\nTo be supreme is to be OVER ALL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strip joints given time (6)","output":"### Answer: DIVEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Strip\nDIVES (joints, as in dodgy bars etc) + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink, in the old days, uplifted cartoonist (5)","output":"### Answer: CRUMB \n ### Explanation: Definition: cartoonist\nRUM in reverse of BC (\"the old days\"). Cartoonist Robert Crumb, famous for Fritz the Cat and *Keep on Truckin'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Graft in turning around company \u2014 advanced without union (9)","output":"### Answer: INOCULATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Graft\nIN + U in reverse of CO + LATE (advanced)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Women, entering to perform main vocal part, avoid work (5,3,4)","output":"### Answer: SWING THE LEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: avoid work\nW in SING THE LEAD (to rhyme with \"heed\"). To swing the lead (rhymes with \"head\", i.e. the lead part) is to shirk duty or malinger"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cash's part of band? (5)","output":"### Answer: BRASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cash\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mixing short Cash record \u2014 round record? (9)","output":"### Answer: SCORECARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: round record\nAnagram of CAS[h] RECORD. A scorecard may be the record of a round of golf"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sod all CDs interlaced with American and English covers (7)","output":"### Answer: FACADES \n ### Explanation: Definition: covers\nFA ([Sweet] Fanny Adams = nothing = sod all) + CDS alternating with A and E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Instrument from a record hidden at either end? (7)","output":"### Answer: ALPHORN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Instrument\nA LP + H OR N (either end of HiddeN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hire cycles and frame (5)","output":"### Answer: EASEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: frame\nLEASE with the letters \"cycling\" around by one place"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tours' way? Currency brought back (3)","output":"### Answer: RUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tours' way\nReverse of EUR (standard abbreviation of Euro) \u2013 a street in the French city of Tours for example"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Start playing songs for concert (5)","output":"### Answer: ONSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Start\nON (playing) + SET (list of songs or pieces performed at a concert or other event)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Popeye's tip: his can supply contains it? (7)","output":"### Answer: SPINACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Popeye's tip: his can supply contains it\nP[opeye] in (HIS CAN)* &lit, where \"supply\" = \"in a supple way\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Big name taking British pop group right to US music producer (9)","output":"### Answer: VIBRAHARP \n ### Explanation: Definition: US music producer\nBR+ A-HA (Norwegian pop group) + R in VIP. Vibraharp is another (american) name for the vibraphone. I wanted this to be Vibraslap but of course couldn't make it wirk"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Took paper again, turning over to reveal a shocker (5)","output":"### Answer: TASER \n ### Explanation: Definition: shocker\nReverse of RE-SAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Provided a hit TV drama \u2014 one like this? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: SOAP OPERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: this\nSO (provided) + A + POP (to hit) + E.R. (US TV series) + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go up, ignoring first branch (4)","output":"### Answer: LIMB \n ### Explanation: Definition: branch\n[C]LIMB"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Work in pieces \u2014 big one breaking microphone (6)","output":"### Answer: MOSAIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Work in pieces\nOS (outsize) A in MIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Amazing Aldi's equal for food (10)","output":"### Answer: QUESADILLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: food\n(ALDI'S EQUAL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girls with large bums in America (6)","output":"### Answer: LASSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Girls\nL[arge] + ASSES (American for bottoms)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ring of Fire's on a television (8)","output":"### Answer: RESONATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ring\nHidden in fiRE'S ON A TElevision"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Key passage on the radio (4)","output":"### Answer: ISLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Key\nHomphone of \"aisle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Avoids working with society rejects (8)","output":"### Answer: DISAVOWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: rejects\nAVOIDS* + W[ith] S[ociety]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old artist mostly upset (4)","output":"### Answer: AGED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old\nReverse of DEGA[S]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Releases Father and Son around Spain twice (5)","output":"### Answer: FREES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Releases\nE twice in FR S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bribe Johnny Cash (10,5)","output":"### Answer: PROTECTION\u00a0MONEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bribe\nPROTECTION (Johnny \u2013 slang for a condom) + MONEY (cash)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recorded piece of music has depth (5)","output":"### Answer: NOTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Recorded\nNOTE (piece of music) + D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of Man in Black stood out, as a collector (8)","output":"### Answer: SHINBONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of Man\nIN B \"collected by\" SHONE (stood out)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note: one takes the late train (8)","output":"### Answer: REHEARSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: train\nRE (note, as in do-re-mi) + HEARSE (which \"takes the late\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Work in which musical? (3,3)","output":"### Answer: TOP HAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: musical\nOP in THAT (which)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turned out European heartlessly named girl inside (6)","output":"### Answer: ENSUED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Turned out\nSUE in E[uropean] + N[ame]D, with a nod to the song *A Boy Named Sue*, made famous by Johnny Cash"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Volume on speaker for siren (4)","output":"### Answer: VAMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: siren\nV + AMP, though amplifier=speaker is a bit loose"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Radical Winehouse left (4)","output":"### Answer: AMYL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Radical\nAMY [Winehouse, singer) + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Playing seconds from Johnny Cash: Cry! Cry! Cry! (4)","output":"### Answer: ROAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cry\nAnagram of the second letters of jOhnny cAsh cRy cRy, with the third \"Cry!\" acting as the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: S ign of cold weather, not special, teeth only ultimately chatter (5)","output":"### Answer: FROTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: chatter\nFROST less S + [teet]H. The clue (at least in the PDF version) incorrectly has a space between the S and I of \"Sign\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very complicated recipes (7)","output":"### Answer: PRECISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Very\nRECIPES. Chambers gives \"very, identical\" as one definition of precise; as in phrases such as \"the very\/precise thing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: All upset about tragic playing, requiring tranquillizer (9)","output":"### Answer: LARGACTIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: tranquillizer\nTRAGIC* in ALL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I am in favour of verse that's ad-lib (6)","output":"### Answer: IMPROV \n ### Explanation: Definition: ad-lib\nI'M PRO V[erse]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gooey stuff, not fat, on rear of univalve (5)","output":"### Answer: SLIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gooey stuff\nSLIM (not fat) + [univalv]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Asian language, no good in north Welsh town (6)","output":"### Answer: BANGLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Asian language\nNG in BALA (town in Snowdonia) \u2013 an alternative for the Bengali language"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Introductory musical section, one in a round (5)","output":"### Answer: ALAAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Introductory musical section\nA in A LAP \u2013 an introductory section to an Indian raga"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of flower Her Madge stuck in bent hatpin (8)","output":"### Answer: PERIANTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of flower\nER (the Queen, informally \"Her Madge\") in HATPIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mayflies etc a rheometer revived with pep! (13)","output":"### Answer: EPHEMEROPTERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mayflies etc\n(ETC A RHEOMETER PEP)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Lord's concerned with court examination (8)","output":"### Answer: RECTORAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: The Lord's\nRE + CT + ORAL \u2013 referring to the definition \"of God as a ruler\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing in excess? Sulk as before (5)","output":"### Answer: GLOUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sulk as before\nO in GLUT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet turns allowed for a pair of sixes maybe (6)","output":"### Answer: DUPLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: a pair of sixes maybe\nReverse of PUD (pudding, sweet) + LET \u2013 a duplet is \"a like throw of two dice\", e.g. a double six; I think the surface is suggesting scores in figure skating, etc, though I see that the system in which 6 was the maximum score in such events was superseded in 2005"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Busy getting lance's head in, as in a joust? (5)","output":"### Answer: ATILT \n ### Explanation: Definition: as in a joust\nL[ance] in AT IT (busy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Puckered' fabric? Piles machined round front of shirts (6)","output":"### Answer: PLISS\u00c9 \n ### Explanation: Definition: 'Puckered' fabric\nS[hirts] in PILES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Version of memoirs penned by posh name initially? It's plummy (9)","output":"### Answer: PERSIMMON \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's plummy\nMEMOIRS* in P[osh] N[ame]. The persimmon has (or is) a plum-like fruit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One who's agreed to meet in Coventry's terminus (7)","output":"### Answer: TRYSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One who's agreed to meet\nHidden in CovenTRY'S TERminus"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'll draw off liquor, a dash of rum \u2013 stick around (5)","output":"### Answer: CRANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: I'll draw off liquor\nR[um] in CANE \u2013 \"a bent pipe for drawing liquor out of a cask\", taking its name from the long-necked bird, I would presume"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Workshop with British work unit occupying fixed floor (11)","output":"### Answer: FLABBERGAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: floor\nLAB (workshop) + B + ERG (unit of work in the CGS system) in FAST (fixed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carmen, amateur, useless (4)","output":"### Answer: RACA \n ### Explanation: Definition: useless\nRAC (Royal Automobile Club, so \"car men\") + A. This word (meaning \"worthless\", from Chaldean) appears once in the bible, in Matthew 5:22: \"But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.\" So, mind what you say to your brother\u2026"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Barrel lost dry seal (5)","output":"### Answer: O-RING \n ### Explanation: Definition: seal\nBORING (dry) less B[arrel]. A failed O-ring seal was the cause of the *Challenger* Space Shuttle disaster in 1986"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One in hospital set perchance (5)","output":"### Answer: HAPLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: perchance\nA in H PLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tricky spot right inside shaft (6)","output":"### Answer: SCRAPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tricky spot\nR in SCAPE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plate e.g. duke nicked from club (5)","output":"### Answer: RIVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plate e.g.\nDRIVER (golf club) less D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Merge short section of text that's overrunning? (7)","output":"### Answer: COLLATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Merge\nCOL[umn] + LATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outstanding capital features in Bernini aquatints (4)","output":"### Answer: INIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Outstanding capital features\nHidden in bernINI Aquatints \u2013 plural of \"inion\", \"the external occiptal protuberance\", i.e. the slight bulge you can feel half way down the back of your skull, so \"capital\" here means \"of the head\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What may cause traumas at sea? (7)","output":"### Answer: SUMATRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: What may cause traumas at sea\nTRAUMAS* &lit \u2013 sumatra is a \"short violent squall\", named after the island"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cumbersome peahen trips catching end of bill on spike (11)","output":"### Answer: ELEPHANTINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cumbersome\n[bil]L in PEAHEN* + TINE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Protective garb, taking everything into account (7)","output":"### Answer: OVERALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Protective garb\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Impure metal forming second shower of missiles (7)","output":"### Answer: SPELTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Impure metal\nS + PELTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bristles? Use half of them wrongly (7)","output":"### Answer: SETULES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bristles\nAnagram of USE + [bris]TLES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Over 50, belle getting on a bit (6)","output":"### Answer: OLDISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: getting on a bit\nO[ver] L (50) + DISH (atttactive woman)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Currency unit, note about to increase over euro (5)","output":"### Answer: RUPEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Currency unit\nUP (to increase) in RE (note, as in do-re-mi) + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is in with climbing band of yesteryear (5)","output":"### Answer: MUSIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: band of yesteryear\nReverse of IS in CUM (with): archaically used to refer to a band of musicians. This is the sense used in the title \"Master of the Queen's Music\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Professional theologian providing some useful emails (5)","output":"### Answer: ULEMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Professional theologian\nHidden in usefUL EMAils"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like lardy-cake, or what it's served on, without topping? (4)","output":"### Answer: OILY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like lardy-cake\nDOILY less its \"topping\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former mate subject to senior officer in the Guards (4)","output":"### Answer: EXON \n ### Explanation: Definition: senior officer in the Guards\nEX (former mate) + ON (subject to) \u2013 it's \"one of the four commanding officers of the Yeomen of the Guard\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drivers get through distance that's unnatural (7)","output":"### Answer: MIRACLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's unnatural\nRAC (Royal Automobile Club) in MILE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No peace till one's buried (7)","output":"### Answer: HATCHET \n ### Explanation: Definition: No peace till one's buried\nCryptic definition, referring to the phrase \"burying the hatchet\", meaning making peace"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Melon, rotten fruit (5)","output":"### Answer: LEMON \n ### Explanation: Definition: fruit\nMELON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Board wanted to get you on board (9)","output":"### Answer: GANGPLANK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Board wanted to get you on board\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Her husband-to-be was a slippery customer (10)","output":"### Answer: CINDERELLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Her husband-to-be was a slippery customer\nCryptic definition, referring (rather vaguely) to Cinderella's glass slipper, which the Prince used to find her"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trunk not to be opened roughly (2,2)","output":"### Answer: OR SO \n ### Explanation: Definition: roughly\n[T]ORSO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Resolute mob rioting is vexatious (11)","output":"### Answer: TROUBLESOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: vexatious\n(RESOLUTE MOB)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seeking computer technology is inviting trouble (6,3,2)","output":"### Answer: ASKING FOR IT \n ### Explanation: Definition: inviting trouble\nASKING FOR (seeking) I[nformation] T[echnology]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Precious way to start a letter (4)","output":"### Answer: DEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Precious\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Housecoat a stone's throw away? (10)","output":"### Answer: PEBBLEDASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Housecoat a stone's throw away\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weed, crushed, smells oddly (9)","output":"### Answer: GROUNDSEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Weed\nGROUND (crushed) + odd letters of SmElLs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Schoolteacher's random call? (5)","output":"### Answer: HEADS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Schoolteacher\nDouble definition \u2013 headmaster\/mistress and \"heads or tails\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Showing no emotion over divine corpse (7)","output":"### Answer: DEADPAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Showing no emotion\nThe divine corpse might be DEAD PAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Commend phone function to roam (7)","output":"### Answer: APPROVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Commend\nAPP + ROVE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Out of spite, start to malign girl (6)","output":"### Answer: MALICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: spite\nM[align] + ALICE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make one think again (6)","output":"### Answer: REMIND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make one think again\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Competitor cannot broadcast about match (10)","output":"### Answer: CONTESTANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Competitor\nTEST (match) in CANNOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excellent performance on course for high-flyer (5)","output":"### Answer: EAGLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Excellent performance on course\nDouble definition \u2013 an eagle is a score of two under par in golf"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fragment of Messiah heard, part of a cycle (9)","output":"### Answer: HANDLEBAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of a cycle\nHomophone of \"Handel bar\", which might be a fragment of his *Messiah"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get a peep inside binder (4)","output":"### Answer: TAPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: binder\nHidden in geT A PEep"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top-level clearance (8)","output":"### Answer: HEADROOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Top-level clearance\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Assume control of Special K and overeat (4,4)","output":"### Answer: TAKE OVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Assume control of\nAnagram of K + OVEREAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be sacked \u2014 and guillotined? (3,3,4)","output":"### Answer: GET THE CHOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Be sacked\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Less popular time to be on shore, presumably, with boy (3,6)","output":"### Answer: OFF SEASON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Less popular time\nOFF SEA (\"on shore\") + SON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Players got on, plastered (8)","output":"### Answer: BANDAGED \n ### Explanation: Definition: plastered\nBAND AGED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Musical would be fine, if shortened (8)","output":"### Answer: OKLAHOMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Musical\nThe official abbreviation for the state is OK = fine. Strictly speaking the title of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical has an exclamation mark"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tries hard with a cereal (3,1,2)","output":"### Answer: HAS A GO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tries\nH + A SAGO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Restrained? Cheats appallingly (6)","output":"### Answer: CHASTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Restrained\nCHEATS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A block picked up is wood (5)","output":"### Answer: BALSA \n ### Explanation: Definition: wood\nReverse of A SLAB"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very light haircut a bargain? (4)","output":"### Answer: SNIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Very light haircut\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fresh white loaf fed the start of bread production (5,2,5)","output":"### Answer: FIELD OF WHEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: the start of bread production\n(WHITE LOAF FED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brown bread for the Queen? (5)","output":"### Answer: TOAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brown bread\nDouble definition \u2013 toast is literally \"brown bread\" , but it can also slangily mean dead (\"he is toast\") = brown bread (rhyming slang); and \"The Queen\" is a toast at a formal dinner"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Milled grain for a bloomer, say (9)","output":"### Answer: CORNFLOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Milled grain for a bloomer\nCORN (milled grain) + homophone of \"flower\", &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Round loaf with wild hazels (7)","output":"### Answer: COBNUTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: hazels\nCOB (round loaf) + NUTS (crazy, wild)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boatman's back with a change of heading \u2014 the French in retreat, unchanging (7)","output":"### Answer: ETERNAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: unchanging\nSTERN (\"boatman's back\") with the first letter changed to the (unspecified) E, + reverse of LA (French feminine \"the\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Herb we eat with bliss, when cooked (5,5)","output":"### Answer: SWEET BASIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Herb\n(WE EAT BLISS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy ran out of one type of bread (4)","output":"### Answer: GARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boy\nGRANARY (type of bread \u2013 actually a registered trademark) less RAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Surge observed in chapati \u2014 delicious! (4)","output":"### Answer: TIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Surge\nHidden in chapaTI DE licious"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loaf produced by Chinese people burying one (4,6)","output":"### Answer: HANG AROUND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Loaf \nA in HAN (Chinese people) + GROUND (produced?)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nasty review about Beethoven's Ninth (3,4)","output":"### Answer: NOT NICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nasty\nN (9th letter of Beethoven) in NOTICE (a review)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bread is torn apart by gull? (7)","output":"### Answer: SEABIRD \n ### Explanation: Definition: gull?\n(BREAD IS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quick butcher's got you turned around, say, and cut open (3-6)","output":"### Answer: EYE-GLANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quick butcher's\nReverse of YE (you) + EG (say) + LANCE (cut open). I didn't know this expression, but its meaning is obvious and it was clearly clued. Butcher's [hook] is rhyming slang for a look"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rustic bread ingredient specified in letters (5)","output":"### Answer: SPELT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rustic bread ingredient\nDouble definition: type of grain and \"spelled\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Elaborate sequel to Death Wish for now (7,5)","output":"### Answer: PASSING FANCY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wish for now\nPASSING (death) + FANCY (elaborate)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spooner's rascal ran off, getting damper in Australia? (9)","output":"### Answer: FLATBREAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: damper in Australia\nSpoonerism of \"brat fled\". Damper is a kind of unleavened bread used by stockmen and others in Australia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Commends review of nurses taking temperature twice (8)","output":"### Answer: ENTRUSTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Commends\nTwo separate occurrences of T in NURSES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They're often seen swimming as a pair in a pool (5)","output":"### Answer: DUCKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They're often seen swimming\nI think the \"pair in a pool\" are the two Os or 0s (i.e. ducks, as in cricket) in pOOl"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Looking ahead, is gene changed to give new finish to Irish loaf? (3-6)","output":"### Answer: FAR-SEEING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Looking ahead\nFARL (Irish soda bread, though Chambers doesn't give this specific meaning) with the last letter replaced by (IS GENE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Raised heated note out loud instead (6)","output":"### Answer: HEFTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Raised\nHEATED with A (note) replaced by F (forte, loud)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trim a slice of bread or naan (5)","output":"### Answer: ADORN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trim\nHidden in breAD OR Naan \u2013 the second hidden answer involving an Indian bread"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After French bread and jams (6)","output":"### Answer: STICKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: jams\nWhen it goes after \"French\" it gives us \"French sticks\", a type of bread."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: By eating a small loaf with this, one may avoid getting damper (6)","output":"### Answer: BROLLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: with this\nROLL in BY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek character, a bold man born at odds (9)","output":"### Answer: AGAMEMNON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Greek character\nA + GAME (bold) + odd letters of MaN bOrN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boatman displaces everyone, starting obliquely and cruelly (9)","output":"### Answer: ABUSIVELY \n ### Explanation: Definition: cruelly\nALLUSIVELY (obliquely) with ALL (everyone) replaced by AB (sailor, boatman)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Interrupts holiday \u2014 that's wrong (6,2)","output":"### Answer: BREAKS IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Interrupts\nBREAK (holiday) + SIN (a wrong)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soft bread, when legal (6)","output":"### Answer: TENDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Soft\nDouble definition, the second referring to \"legal tender\" for money = bread"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Substitute rum, the central element in hot toddy (2,4)","output":"### Answer: DO DUTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Substitute\nU (middle letter of rUm) in TODDY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Handles sliced white, a lady's (6)","output":"### Answer: WIELDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Handles\nAlternate letters (indicated by \"sliced\") of WhItE a LaDy'S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek character that's undone embracing Echo (5)","output":"### Answer: THETA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Greek character\nE (Echo in the NATO phonetic alphabet) in THAT*. The second \"Greek character\", in a different sense this time"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman puts crust of loaf on place in cupboard (5)","output":"### Answer: SHELF \n ### Explanation: Definition: place in cupboard\nSHE + L[oa]F"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Primarily suppress flatulence? The French do (7)","output":"### Answer: SWINDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: do\nS[uppress] + WIND (flatulence) + LE (French \"the\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Story of Dracula, say (7)","output":"### Answer: ACCOUNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Story\nHomophone of \"a count\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mark's tense opening letter from Crete (6)","output":"### Answer: STIGMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mark\nT in SIGMA (Greek letter)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Light up with Scottish smoker during one row (8)","output":"### Answer: ILLUMINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Light up\nLUM (Scots chimney) in I LINE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Adult with two 14s around? (3)","output":"### Answer: DAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Adult with two 14s around\nA between two D[aughters], &lit, with a question mark as not all dads have two daughters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Playing together with no hesitation in Jewish quarter (6)","output":"### Answer: GHETTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jewish quarter\nAnagram of TOGETHER less ER (hestitation). The word ghetto comes from the name of an area of Venice that jews were restricted to until it was dissolved by Napoleon"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Issue raised by the Guardian, not the Scotsman, surprisingly (8)","output":"### Answer: DAUGHTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Issue raised\nAnagram of THE GUARDIAN less IAN (scotsman)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of three patriarchs from two different 5s (5)","output":"### Answer: ISAAC \n ### Explanation: Definition: One of three patriarchs\nISA (tax-free savings account in the UK) + AC (another \"account\"). In Genesis, Isaac is the son of Abraham and father of Jacob"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Smearing teacher, having deployed a bug outside home (9)","output":"### Answer: BEDAUBING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Smearing\nB.ED. (Bachelor of Education) + IN (home) in (A BUG)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Apparently nobody's 12's brother died keeping goal (9)","output":"### Answer: UNCLAIMED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Apparently nobody's\nAIM (goal) in UNCLE (Dad's brother) + D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crazy about hotel swimming pool location (5)","output":"### Answer: BATHS \n ### Explanation: Definition: swimming pool location\nH[otel] in BATS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Final appearance of US actress \u2014 good! (8)","output":"### Answer: SWANSONG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Final appearance\n[Gloria] SWANSON + G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tip from Antonio Conte about start of play (3,3)","output":"### Answer: ACT ONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: start of play\nAnagram of A[ntonio] CONTE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Somewhat posh? A topper, perhaps (3)","output":"### Answer: HAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Somewhat posh? A topper, perhaps\nHidden in posH A Topper, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: So controlling! (8)","output":"### Answer: DOMINANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: So\nDouble definition \u2013 music theory time: in tonic sol-fa, \"so\" is the fifth note of the scale, also known as the dominant"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trendy female confronts a setter's notoriety (6)","output":"### Answer: INFAMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: notoriety\nIN + F + A + MY (setter's). I can't see this word without thinking of Kenneth Williams as Julius Caesar in *Carry on Cleo*: \"Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in for me!\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Running nude not dead hard? Not tried yet (7)","output":"### Answer: UNHEARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not tried yet\nAnagram of NU[d]E HARD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sounding very windy, if one that'll fly through stormy night shortly (7)","output":"### Answer: HOWLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sounding very windy\nOWL (one that'll fly) in anagram of NIGH[t]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weird sisters pollarding birches, say (7)","output":"### Answer: WITCHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Weird sisters\nSWITCHES (sticks used for beating, e.g. birch) \"pollarded\", i.e. with its top removed. The Weird Sisters are the three witches in *Macbeth*. (I spent a while trying to justify this as a homophone of \"wyches\", meaning certain types of tree)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nearly time to crash? (9)","output":"### Answer: NIGHTFALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nearly time to crash\nNIGH + T + FALL, &lit \u2013 \"crash\" as in \"crash out\" = go to bed or sleep"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tempt one lad to stray (4,2)","output":"### Answer: LEAD ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tempt\n(ONE LAD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of office layout extremely unusual in a wine store (8)","output":"### Answer: CELLULAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sort of office layout\nU[nusua]L in CELLAR. I don't think I've seen the word used in this sense \u2013 it's basically the opposite of open-plan"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sex appeal? A ton, when topless (5)","output":"### Answer: OOMPH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sex appeal\nA ton is 100 MPH, so remove the 1"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cry in support of kid's mother that's not big city material (7)","output":"### Answer: NANKEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: material\nNANNY (female goat) less NY + KEEN (to cry)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wee condoms, perhaps, if emerging from Spooner's boxers (13)","output":"### Answer: MIDDLEWEIGHTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: boxers\nSpoonerism of \"widdle\" (to urinate, wee) \"Mates\" (brand of condom, launched by Richard Branson)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fine and dandy before return match you lost (9)","output":"### Answer: BEAUTIFUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fine\nBEAU (dandy) + reverse of FIT match) + U (you) L[ost]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slight hill some say is a monster (8)","output":"### Answer: MINOTAUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: monster\nHomophone of \"minor tor\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 12 embraces partners getting married \u2014 a regular occurrence (3,4)","output":"### Answer: NEW MOON \n ### Explanation: Definition: a regular occurrence\nE W (partners in bridge) + M[arried] in NOON (12 o'clock)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Killer game (7)","output":"### Answer: HANGMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Killer\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: City can get on top of old Mexican in New York? (6)","output":"### Answer: LATINO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mexican in New York\nLA (Los Angeles) + TIN (can) + O[ld]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turning water green (5)","output":"### Answer: NAIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: green\nReverse of EVIAN (French mineral water)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bawdy author's first mob, so to speak (8)","output":"### Answer: RABELAIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bawdy author\nHomophone of \"Rabble A\", i.e. the \"first mob\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kind of kitten or cat, one included in bill (6)","output":"### Answer: ATOMIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kind of kitten\nTOM (cat) I in AC (account, bill). Reference to the girl group Atomic Kitten, which even I have heard of"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appear vaguely in room, where one goes mad unnoticed (4)","output":"### Answer: LOOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Appear vaguely\nLOO (room where one goes) + MAD less AD (notice)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of Atlantic's valuable reserve that's not yet exploited (6,4)","output":"### Answer: VIRGIN SOIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's not yet exploited\nVIRGIN (as in Virgin Atlantic + S (from Atlantic'**s**) + OIL (valuable reserve)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flowers return, fed with nitrogen, I detect (6)","output":"### Answer: SENSOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: I detect\nN I in reverse of ROSES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be proud of rhubarb that Mrs Grundy's bottled (8)","output":"### Answer: PROTRUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Be proud\nROT (nonsense, rhubarb) in PRUDE. \"Proud\" in the sense of sticking out"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two blokes meeting pedlar (7)","output":"### Answer: CHAPMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: pedlar\nCHAP + MAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What is in Washington? Start to explore and gape (7)","output":"### Answer: DEHISCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: gape\nEH (what?) + IS in DC+ E[xplore]. In botany, to dehisce is \"to burst or split open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen or similar content.\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He led miners from cliff to ravine (8)","output":"### Answer: SCARGILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: He led miners\nSCAR (cliff) + GILL (ravine); Arthur Scargill, leader of the miners' union during the strike of 1984-85"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I have no leisure \u2014 almost behind, for example, in verse (6)","output":"### Answer: IAMBUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: behind, for example, in verse\nI AM BUS[y]. \"Behind\" is an example of an iambus"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Huge old quantity halved in a sort of arithmetic (10)","output":"### Answer: MONUMENTAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Huge\nO NUM[ber] in MENTAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lied about being unemployed (4)","output":"### Answer: IDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: unemployed\nLIED* \u2013 a clue that seems strangely out of place by being so easy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: For delivery to a force to be reckoned with (4,2)","output":"### Answer: CARE OF \n ### Explanation: Definition: For delivery to\n(A FORCE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keeping wife and Jack working, makes index (3,5)","output":"### Answer: DOW JONES \n ### Explanation: Definition: index\nW J ON in DOES (makes)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pen a note: check boxes measuring small dimensions (8)","output":"### Answer: NANOTECH \n ### Explanation: Definition: measuring small dimensions\nHidden in (\"boxed by\") peN A NOTE Check \u2013 there's surely more to nanotechnology than just measuring.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: European misses out on a new beginning (4)","output":"### Answer: GERM \n ### Explanation: Definition: beginning\nGERMAN less A N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be undecided about one claim forgone (6)","output":"### Answer: WAIVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: claim forgone\nI in WAVER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I make careless mistake in feeble poem, after change of heart (8)","output":"### Answer: PALINODE \n ### Explanation: Definition: poem, after change of heart\nI NOD (make careless mistakes) in PALE. A palinode is \" an ode in which the writer retracts a view or sentiment expressed in an earlier poem.\" A new word to me, justified by its use in the theme."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More than one firm Tory type rejecting Heath from tedium (10)","output":"### Answer: CONSORTIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: More than one firm\nCON SORT [Ted]IUM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sympathised with one sort of public house under pressure (6)","output":"### Answer: PITIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sympathised with\nP + I + TIED (as in \"tied house\", a pub that is under an agreement to buy all or most of its beer from a particular brewery)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In predicament, fight with energy (6)","output":"### Answer: SCRAPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: In predicament\nSCRAP (fight) + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top-class con man? (5-5)","output":"### Answer: SUPER-DUPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Top-class\nDouble\/cryptic definition: a con man is one who dupes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very inaccurate shot (where one saw it coming?) (1,4,3)","output":"### Answer: A MILE OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: where one saw it coming\nDouble definition \u2013 as in \"I saw it coming a mile off\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vineyard Frenchwoman runs with less compassion (8)","output":"### Answer: CRUELLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: with less compassion\nCRU (vineyard) + ELLE + R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some roofs are abused (6)","output":"### Answer: SLATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Some roofs are\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Church oversees exam for singers (6)","output":"### Answer: CHORAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: for singers\nCH[urch] + ORAL (exam)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: According to judges, sons are not consanguineous (2-4)","output":"### Answer: IN-LAWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: not consanguineous\nIN LAW (according to judges) + S[ons]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King cobra kills every other Russian (4)","output":"### Answer: IGOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Russian\nAlternate letters of kInG cObRa"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Space station with a name (7)","output":"### Answer: MIRANDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: name\nMIR (Soviet\/Russian space station) AND (with) A. Sorry to get off to a critical start, but \"name\" seems a rather weak (if accurate) definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Getting a partner rowing? (7)","output":"### Answer: PULLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Getting a partner\nDouble definition \u2013 a slang meaning of \"pull\" that some may be unfamiliar with is \"to succeed in forming a (sexual) relationship with\"; and it's rowing in the boating sense"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guardian nursing river country (5)","output":"### Answer: URSUS \n ### Explanation: Guardian nursing river country (5)\nR in US (Guardian) + U[nited] S[tates]. Either there is no definition here, or it's an &lit that I don't understand. There's a minor character called Ursus who is a bodyguard (=\"nurse\"?) in the novel *Quo Vadis*, but that seems an unlikely explanation, to say the least"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Case of drink (oil of rum) (9)","output":"### Answer: PORTFOLIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Case\nPORT + (OIL OF)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pleasurable indulgence \u2014 sexed up element of Jane Austen work? (10)","output":"### Answer: SENSUALITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pleasurable indulgence\nSensuality might be a \"sexed-up\" version of [Sense and] Sensibility"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Linear DIY assistance that might be quickly withdrawn (4,7)","output":"### Answer: TAPE MEASURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Linear DIY assistance that might be quickly withdrawn\nCryptic definition, referring to those builders' metal tape measures that are pulled out of a case and can be retracted quickly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Published song by editor on the smaller side (11)","output":"### Answer: OUTNUMBERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: on the smaller side\nOUT (published) + NUMBER (song) + ED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sides removed from metal framework channel (4)","output":"### Answer: RILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: channel\n[g]RILL[e]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aged female impersonator reverses tide to pat tomcat (3,3,4)","output":"### Answer: BIG BAD WOLF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Aged female impersonator\nReverse of FLOW (tide) DAB (to pat) GIB (tomcat). The definition is a reference to the wolf in *Little Red Riding Hood* and his impersonation of the grandmother, an \"aged female\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hero cited fanciful four-syllable foot (9)","output":"### Answer: DITROCHEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: four-syllable foot\n(HERO CITED)*. A trochee is a two-syllable metric foot, and this is two of them. Chambers gives the splendidly unhelpful definition of \"a trochaic dipody\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Drugs kill\" bar (5)","output":"### Answer: ESTOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: bar\nES (plural of E[cstasy]) + TOP (kill)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One who concludes holding company is device to make text unreadable? (7)","output":"### Answer: ENCODER \n ### Explanation: Definition: device to make text unreadable\nCO in ENDER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Model imitation houses set boundaries (7)","output":"### Answer: DELIMIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: set boundaries\nHidden in (housed by) moDEL IMITation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet timid sort welcomes sex (6)","output":"### Answer: MOUSSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sweet\nS in MOUSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Discovering it sends homeowner up the wall (6,4)","output":"### Answer: RISING DAMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Discovering it sends homeowner up the wall\nA rather vague cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Colourful climber throws tantrums crossing icy Ural peaks (10)","output":"### Answer: NASTURTIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Colourful climber\nI[cy] U[rals] in TANTRUMS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Acting penfriend has no measure of dismay (5)","output":"### Answer: APPAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: dismay\nA (acting) + PEN-PAL less EN (printer's measure)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Casual piece \u2014 watch? (4-5)","output":"### Answer: PART-TIMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Casual\nPART (piece) TIMER (watch). I think the definition is a bit inaccurate \u2013 a part-timer is not necessarily a casual [worker]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Provided the central of this sentence (4)","output":"### Answer: LIFE \n ### Explanation: Definition: sentence\nThere seems to be a word missing from this clue \u2013 central part? \u2013 and as far as I can see the wordplay is just telling us that IF (provided) is the middle of the answer; the outside LE doesn't seem to be indicated"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: United's a member of football division (2,6)","output":"### Answer: IN LEAGUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: United's\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First two of irritating Pogues' wayward followers (8)","output":"### Answer: GROUPIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: followers\nAnagram of IR[ritating] + POGUES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Walked like a confined prisoner in stockinged feet, which prevents self-harm (6,4)","output":"### Answer: PADDED CELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: which prevents self-harm\nDouble definition \u2013 the prisoner might have padded [his] cell"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Penguin's blueish ruffles breaking up pair? (9)","output":"### Answer: PUBLISHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Penguin\nBLUEISH* in PR. Nitpicking again, Penguin is a definition-by-example so really needs a \"maybe\" or something. And the surface reading is pretty meaningless"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dish of pork topping and gold hog's back (8)","output":"### Answer: PORRIDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dish\nP[ork] + OR + RIDGE (Hog's Back is a name given to some ridges, e.g. this one"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fit a line to break the involuntary response (8)","output":"### Answer: ATHLETIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fit\nA + L in THE + TIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Times cutting report base (6)","output":"### Answer: BOTTOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: base\nTT in BOOM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remembered exactly Dicky having stroke (3,3)","output":"### Answer: OFF PAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Remembered exactly\nOFF (dicky) + PAT (to stroke) \u2013 bit of a pity that we've already seen \"pat\" in the clue to 22a"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Book scan reveals money (5)","output":"### Answer: BREAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: money\nB + READ"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worthy attempt to use too much (4)","output":"### Answer: GOOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Worthy\nGO (atttempt) + OD (overdose)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Normal procedure at home, interrupting course (7)","output":"### Answer: ROUTINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Normal procedure\nIN (at home) in ROUTE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Horses from stud mostly fed with corn mash (7)","output":"### Answer: BRONCOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Horses\nCORN* in BOS[S] (stud)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Friend beginning to play the fool (5)","output":"### Answer: CHUMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: fool\nCHUM + P[lay["}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Taking supporters back with cast (9)","output":"### Answer: SNAFFLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Taking\nReverse of FANS + FLING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At sea, eat no slugs as seafood (10)","output":"### Answer: LANGOUSTES \n ### Explanation: Definition: seafood\n(EAT NO SLUGS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boat's destination in song that sounds blue (4)","output":"### Answer: SKYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boat's destination in song\nHomophone of \"sky\", with reference to the Skye Boat Song (\"Speed, bonnie boat\" etc)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Head examiner is rating cool form (12)","output":"### Answer: CRANIOLOGIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Head examiner\n(IS RATING COOL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fully booked in mid-June and second half of July (12)","output":"### Answer: UNRESERVEDLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fully\nRESERVED in [j]UN[e] + [ju]LY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Month not the first that may be triumphal (4)","output":"### Answer: ARCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: that may be triumphal\n[M]ARCH. The Arc de Triomphe in Paris is a well-known example of a triumphal arch. There are triumphal marches too, e.g. the famous one in Verdi's *Aida"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unnecessary words? Not about bear (10)","output":"### Answer: PADDINGTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: bear\nPADDING (unnecessary words) + reverse of NOT, giving us the famous fictional bear"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Team, say, leading in America (9)","output":"### Answer: STATESIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: in America\nSTATE (say) + SIDE (team)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grand filling for soldier's jacket (5)","output":"### Answer: PARKA \n ### Explanation: Definition: jacket\nK (1000, a grand) in PARA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pottery broken by remote conflict (7)","output":"### Answer: WARFARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: conflict\nFAR (remote) in WARE (pottery, as in Delftware, Wedgwood ware)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A king involved in The French Connection (7)","output":"### Answer: LINKAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Connection\n(A KING)* in LE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remember to pay another visit (6)","output":"### Answer: RECALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Remember\nTo pay another visit is to RE-CALL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Abrupt changes of direction upset empty vessels (1-5)","output":"### Answer: U-TURNS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Abrupt changes of direction\nU[pse]T + URNS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Going on to make entrance without expert (2,8)","output":"### Answer: IN PROGRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Going on\nPRO (export) in INGRESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moderates get revolutionary to swallow arsenic (5)","output":"### Answer: EASES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Moderates\nAS (symbol for Arsenic) in reverse of SEE (to get)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cook is aware of audible college (9)","output":"### Answer: BRASENOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: college\nHomophone of \"braise\" (to cook) + \"knows\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish getting away from posh speaker? (4)","output":"### Answer: ORFE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fish\nAnother homophone: the \"posh\" (and rather old-fashioned) pronunciation of \"off\" as \"orff\". ORFE is an alternative name for that other familiar crossword fish, the ide"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Female writing line in smart gear (5,3)","output":"### Answer: CHICK LIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Female writing\nL in CHIC KIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: FBI agents entertained by Tess playing parts (8)","output":"### Answer: SEGMENTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: parts\nG-MEN in TESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Baker's aid is secure after turning on grill (7,3)","output":"### Answer: ROLLING PIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Baker's aid\n(ON GRILL)* + PIN (to secure)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Musical director finally hurried up? That's the story (9)","output":"### Answer: NARRATIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: story\nReverse of EVITA [directo]R RAN (hurried)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird dog? A small pig! (8)","output":"### Answer: CURASSOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bird\nCUR + A S SOW. The name is an anglicised version of Cura\u00e7ao"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Restful location in which time-wasting matriarch unwound? (8)","output":"### Answer: ARMCHAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Restful location\nAnagram of MATRIARCH less T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bones in back start to ache (6)","output":"### Answer: STERNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bones\nSTERN (back) + A[che]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Promise to participate (6)","output":"### Answer: ENGAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Promise\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Live comfortably after introduction to duchess (5)","output":"### Answer: DWELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Live\nD[uchess] + WELL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheese for entr\u00e9es that's also for starters (4)","output":"### Answer: FETA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cheese\nFirst letters of For Entr\u00e9es That's Also"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Screen cleaner we'll install like a flailing whip (8)","output":"### Answer: WASH-WIPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Screen cleaner\nAS (like) + WHIP* in WE. The redundant \"a\" seemed a minor blemish, but I suppose SHWI is \"a flailing whip\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dud leader in financial paper (4)","output":"### Answer: BUMF \n ### Explanation: Definition: paper\nBUM (dud) + F \u2013 originally meaning toilet paper, from \"bum-fodder\", later a derogatory term for official documents"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former compound in the parade-ground (5)","output":"### Answer: HEPAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Former compound\nHidden in tHE PARade-ground"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Salt tax grand, a beauty (7)","output":"### Answer: GABELLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Salt tax\nG A BELLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fine dress material: eastern one's about right (8)","output":"### Answer: \u00c9OLIENNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fine dress material\nLIEN in E ONE \u2013 a light silk material, from the same Greek origin as \"aeolian\"."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Players may look up to these old coaches (5)","output":"### Answer: FLIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Players may look up to these\nDouble definition \u2013 flies in the theatre (players = actors) and fly=a horse drawn cart"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seabird follows way back after dropping cod's head (5)","output":"### Answer: SKART \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seabird\nReverse of TRACKS (follows way) less C"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old-style wig, international line in China grass (7)","output":"### Answer: RAMILIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old-style wig\nI L in RAMIE (plant known as China Grass)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hush preceding absolute monarch, one finding speech difficult (9)","output":"### Answer: STUTTERER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one finding speech difficult\nST (hush!) + UTTER (absolute) ER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Palm tree hem with coir matting (7)","output":"### Answer: MORICHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Palm tree\n(HEM COIR)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shock amateur with mate, capturing pawn (5)","output":"### Answer: APPAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shock\nA + P in PAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wild horse hit a truck's rear, galloping (5)","output":"### Answer: TAKHI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wild horse\nAnagram of HIT + A [truc]K"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very bright American requiring support at first clue? (8)","output":"### Answer: BRAINIAC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Very bright American\nBRA IN 1 AC[ross]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greeting collapse with intake of doctor's first anticoagulant (7)","output":"### Answer: HIRUDIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: first anticoagulant\nHI + D[octor] in RUIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lost race having end of velskoen stuck in gutter (5)","output":"### Answer: RONNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lost race\n[velskoe]N in RONE (Scots word for a gutter). Spenserian (i.e. old or \"lost\") form of \"run\" = \"to race\"; and in case you were wondering, velskoen is \"a shoe made of rawhide\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Close couple tie knots, getting married (4)","output":"### Answer: ITEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Close couple\nTIE* + M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They guide travellers \u2013 tops sway when it's windy (8)","output":"### Answer: WAYPOSTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They guide travellers\n(TOPS SWAY)* \u2013 though hardly an anagram at all (I did wonder briefly if WAYSTOPS might be a word)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Signal flag with number of sheets fastened together (5)","output":"### Answer: WHEFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Signal\nW[ith] + HEFT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turning poorly, ate about nothing, variation depending on direction (10)","output":"### Answer: AEOLOTROPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: variation depending on direction\nO in (POORLY ATE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Youngsters turned up divided having landed in divorce? (7)","output":"### Answer: SPLIT-UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: divorce\nLIT in PUPS<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Distort main point about what's central to differences (5)","output":"### Answer: WREST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Distort\nR (middle letter of diffeRences) in WEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bypass transformed region (6)","output":"### Answer: IGNORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bypass\nREGION* \u2013 another very easy anagram clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Procurer providing pa with a bit of rumpy? (6)","output":"### Answer: PANDAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Procurer\nP AND A + R[umpy]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anvil bone broken, nasty rick involved (8)","output":"### Answer: BECK-IRON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Anvil\nRICK* in BONE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Edible seaweed available in plentiful variety (4)","output":"### Answer: ULVA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Edible seaweed\nHidden in plentifUL VAriety"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rule introduced in public school is binding (7)","output":"### Answer: FETTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: is binding\nR in FETTES (Edinburgh public school, whose former pupils include cricketer Malcolm Jardine, composer Sir Michael Tippett, and Tony Blair)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cock-a-hoop president has not become less formal, I held (10)","output":"### Answer: TRIUMPHANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cock-a-hoop\nI in TRUMP (he gets everywhere!) + AN'T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of prosencephalon, one embedded in layer (8)","output":"### Answer: STRIATUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of prosencephalon\nI in STRATUM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dimension embodied in form of ahimsa, what yoga can lead to (7)","output":"### Answer: SAMADHI \n ### Explanation: Definition: what yoga can lead to\nD in AHIMSA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beloved strips for old clowns (7)","output":"### Answer: JOSKINS \n ### Explanation: Definition: old clowns\nJO (Scots beloved + SKINS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strict law shut up regular feature of opera (6)","output":"### Answer: SHARIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Strict law\nSH (shut up!) + ARIA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nervous excitement still rising about bronze (6)","output":"### Answer: TETANY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nervous excitement\nTAN in YET<"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sensation over positive pedigree (5)","output":"### Answer: STIRP \n ### Explanation: Definition: pedigree\nSTIR + P"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Takes big risks? Pointers are in these (5)","output":"### Answer: DICES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Takes big risks\nPointers are INDICES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Climbing up sides of ridge, sheer (4)","output":"### Answer: PURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: sheer\nPU< + R[idg]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Become annoyingly amorous \u2014 we object going: \" ______ \" (3,1,4)","output":"### Answer: GET A ROOM \n ### Explanation: Become annoyingly amorous \u2014 we object going: \" ______ \" (3,1,4)\nGET (become) + anagram of AMOROUS less US (\"we\" as the grammatical object), with a kind of &lit feeling for the absent definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Singer's keeping last of home comforts (6)","output":"### Answer: CHEERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: comforts\n[hom]E in CHER'S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Removed Dexter, retired hurt (8)","output":"### Answer: DETACHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Removed\nReverse of TED (Dexter, cricketer, b. 1935)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eager to fight Rod and Henry in turn (4-2)","output":"### Answer: GUNG-HO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Eager to fight\nGUN (\"rod\" in gangster slang) + H[enry] in GO (a turn)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop working in centre of Beaune \u2014 I'm getting outta here! (5)","output":"### Answer: ADIEU \n ### Explanation: Definition: I'm getting outta here\nDIE in [be]AU[ne]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eat in low spirits, extremely low spirits (9)","output":"### Answer: MOODINESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: low spirits\nDINE (eat) in MOO (low) S[pirit]S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In replay, clatters dopy old wingers (12)","output":"### Answer: PTERODACTYLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: old wingers\n(CLATTERS DOPY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criminal's old mate wrong \u2014 10 isn't being clobbered (12)","output":"### Answer: EXTORTIONIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Criminal\nEX (old mate) + TORT (a civil wrong) + IO (10) + ISN'T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plan succeeded with huge cutting back (9)","output":"### Answer: STRATAGEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plan\nS[ucceeded] + reverse of MEGA (huge) TART (cutting)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer's book is out around second half of the month (5)","output":"### Answer: IBSEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Writer\nB in IS + reverse (\"around\") of [ju]NE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flash Gordon, flyer (6)","output":"### Answer: DRONGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: flyer\nGORDON* \u2013 the drongo is \"a songbird with glossy black plumage and typically a long forked tail and a crest, found in Africa, southern Asia, and Australia\", though the word is perhaps more familiar as Australian slang for a stupid person. Flash as in \"fancy\" for the nicely-appropriate anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Has new single out \u2014 it's dirty (8)","output":"### Answer: UNWASHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: dirty\nHAS* in UNWED (single)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Open Dad's wine (6)","output":"### Answer: PATENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Open\nPA + TENT (Spanish red wine, from *vino tinto*), with \"open\" as an adjective for the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Best saying 12 at start? That's unexpected! (2,6)","output":"### Answer: BY GEORGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: That's unexpected\nBY (homophone of \"bye\") + George (Best, footballer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blasted cat's bitten tot \u2014 that's upsetting (6)","output":"### Answer: GODDAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blasted\nADD (tot [up]) in MOG, all reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Juicy piece of news \u2014 time it proved effective (6)","output":"### Answer: TITBIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Juicy piece of news\nT + IT + BIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Narrator describes sport he wants you to join (9)","output":"### Answer: RECRUITER \n ### Explanation: Definition: he wants you to join\nRU (sport) in RECITER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Again Emperor's given order \u2014 Congress won't be restricted by it (4,8)","output":"### Answer: OPEN\u00a0MARRIAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Congress won't be restricted by it\n(AGAIN EMPEROR)*, with \"congress\" in the sexual sense for the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On top of one time beauty \u2014 she's fascinating (5)","output":"### Answer: HOURI \n ### Explanation: Definition: beauty \u2014 she's fascinating\nHOUR (time) + I (one)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweetheart's a joy \u2014 short but a really good looker (5,3)","output":"### Answer: EAGLE EYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a really good looker\n[sw]E]et + A GLEE + YE[t]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Director Nick has succeeded in style, but not content (8)","output":"### Answer: SCORSESE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Director\nS[ucceeded] in SCORE (nick) + S[tyl]E \u2013 pity about the repetition of S for succeeded (see 21a)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hard cash? Yes and no (7,5)","output":"### Answer: FOLDING MONEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hard cash? Yes and no\nDouble\/cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criticise cold wine scandal? (9)","output":"### Answer: CASTIGATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Criticise\nC + ASTI-GATE (generic suffix for a scandal, from Watergate)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Made a mistake \u2014 came clean after changing gender (6,2)","output":"### Answer: MESSED UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Made a mistake\nFESSED UP with F changed to M. It's just about possible to read this the other way round, but I think this is the most natural reading (and confirmed by the online solution)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Politicians here \u2014 most are reportedly not Labour (8)","output":"### Answer: STORMONT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Politicians here\nAnagram (\"Labour\") + MOST R (homophone of \"ARE\") NOT. Stormont is (the site of) the Northern Ireland Assembly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Found in Waterstone's, the right book (6)","output":"### Answer: ESTHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: book\nHidden in waterstonES THE Right. Esther is the 17th book of the Old Testament, one of two books that do not mention God (the other is the Song of Solomon)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nervous performing at the Fringe? (2,4)","output":"### Answer: ON EDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nervous\nON (performing) + EDGE (fringe)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cross, tense and nearly going nuts (5)","output":"### Answer: TIGON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cross\nT[ense] + anagram of GOIN[g]. A tigon is a cross between male tiger and a female lion"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old friends taking care of modern miss, including minister (9)","output":"### Answer: COMPADRES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old friends\nCO (care of) + PADRE in MS (modern \"miss\", or indeed \"Mrs\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Senior officer taking academic stream in philosopher William's place (5)","output":"### Answer: OCCAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: philosopher William's place\nO[fficer] C[ommanding] + CAM (Cambridge river) \u2013 reference to William of Occam (or Ockham, which, as I've only just discovered, is a village in Surrey, where he was born), famous for his philosophical \"razor\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Getting new gear? Sports official has it (5)","output":"### Answer: REFIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Getting new gear\nREF[eree] + IT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hills not unusually having bird sounds around (9)","output":"### Answer: QUANTOCKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hills\nNOT* in QUACKS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A party in difficulty (3)","output":"### Answer: ADO \n ### Explanation: Definition: difficulty\nA + DO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trees found by prince in a foreign country (11)","output":"### Answer: PHILIPPINES \n ### Explanation: Definition: a foreign country\nPHILIP + PINES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Incident is placed on record \u2014 lines of celebration? (7)","output":"### Answer: EPISODE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Incident\nEP (record) + IS + ODE (lines)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rubbish blocking entrance \u2014 nasty bit of wire? (7)","output":"### Answer: GAROTTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: nasty bit of wire\nROT in GATE \u2013 more correctly spelled \"garrote\", it was used for executions in Spain until as recently as 1974"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Throw husband out \u2014 ancient fellow whose wife has cheated (7)","output":"### Answer: CUCKOLD \n ### Explanation: Definition: fellow whose wife has cheated\nCHUCK less H + OLD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disciple following evangelist, a man of many words (7)","output":"### Answer: JOHNSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: a man of many words\nJOHN (evangelist) + SON (disciple) \u2013 reference to Samuel Johnson, who wrote a lot of words but more specifically I think to his famous Dictionary"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Naughty act of sexpot, seen retrospectively (2,4,5)","output":"### Answer: EX\u00a0POST\u00a0FACTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: seen retrospectively\n(ACT OF SEXPOT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boxer went down, with time running out (3)","output":"### Answer: ALI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boxer\nALIT (past tense of \"alight\", to get down from a train etc) less T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maiden featured in special birthday poem (9)","output":"### Answer: DITHYRAMB \n ### Explanation: Definition: poem\nM in BIRTHDAY* \u2013 the dithyramb was originally a hymn in honour of Dionysus, god of wine and fertility"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Surprise article, something you may get lost in ? (5)","output":"### Answer: AMAZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Surprise\nA MAZE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little women, never disheartened, about to begin again (5)","output":"### Answer: RENEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: begin again\nAnagram of W + NE[v]ER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State number being brought to head, having taken drug repeatedly (9)","output":"### Answer: TENNESSEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: State\nTEN + NESS (head) + E E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Body in vehicle \u2014 something for police to investigate? (7)","output":"### Answer: CARCASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Body\nCAR + CASE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aims of criminal joining Italy's No 1 illegal gang (7)","output":"### Answer: MAFIOSI \n ### Explanation: Definition: illegal gang\n(AIMS OF)* + I[taly]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Non-patriots in revolt \u2014 being negative, they are charged (11)","output":"### Answer: ANTIPROTONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: being negative, they are charged\n(NON-PATRIOTS)* \u2013 the anti-matter equivalent of the proton, negatively charged"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reward soldiers fairly (7)","output":"### Answer: REQUITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reward\nRE (Royal Engineers, soldiers) + QUITE (fairly, as in \"quite\/fairly good\") \u2013 a word that's more familiar in its negative form, in phrases such as \"unrequited love\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Submarine group very hot (7)","output":"### Answer: SEARING \n ### Explanation: Definition: very hot\nSEA + RING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plump and old, needing exercise? (3)","output":"### Answer: OPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plump\nO + PT \u2013 as in \"to plump for..\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clown organised teachers \u2014 fair target? (7)","output":"### Answer: COCONUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: fair target\nCOCO (famous clown) + NUT (teachers' union) \u2013 reference to coconut shies at fairs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small stone housed in French gallery \u2014 essential item for visitor (4-3)","output":"### Answer: MUST-SEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: essential item for visitor\nST[one] in MUSEE (French museum or gallery, as in *Mus\u00e9e du Louvre*)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rod deceased, having swallowed yellow chemical (11)","output":"### Answer: PERCHLORATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: chemical\nPERCH (= rod, unit of measure) + OR (yellow in heraldry) in LATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Theologian enthralled by church organ in Somerset village (7)","output":"### Answer: CHEDDAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Somerset village\nDD in CH + EAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Skipper goes round southern island missing bit of ship's apparatus (7)","output":"### Answer: CAPSTAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: bit of ship's apparatus\nS in CAPTAIN less I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excellent worker \u2014 I'll get stuck in, resisting authority (7)","output":"### Answer: DEFIANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: resisting authority\nI in DEF ANT, where DEF = excellent in hip-hop slang \u2013 a meaning I first learned from an Araucaria puzzle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revolutionary member of Eastern religion eating loaf (7)","output":"### Answer: JACOBIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Revolutionary\nCOB (loaf) in JAIN (member of Jainism, an Indian religion). Not to be confused with the Jacobites, the Jacobins were an anti-royalist group in the French Revolution"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spiritualists giving phoney answer (7)","output":"### Answer: SHAMANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spiritualists\nSHAM ANS \u2013 an appropriate description of spritualists' activities"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Simplicity I have found in nature, abandoning old city (7)","output":"### Answer: NAIVETE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Simplicity\nI'VE in NATURE less UR (ancient city, birthplace of Abraham in Genesis)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tree in river, weak top to bottom (3)","output":"### Answer: YEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tree\nWYE with the W moved to the bottom"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With lead removed, massive like a trace metal? (5)","output":"### Answer: OSMIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: like a trace metal\n[C]OSMIC \u2013 relating to the metallic element Osmium, which \"is found as a trace element in alloys, mostly in platinum ores.\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As may be an entrance at university, somewhere in Hampshire (2-3-4)","output":"### Answer: UP AND OVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: As may be an entrance\nUP (at university) + ANDOVER (Hampshire town) \u2013 some garage doors are called \"up and over\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nearest and dearest recollection of standard socialist leader once (4,6)","output":"### Answer: KING ALFRED \n ### Explanation: Definition: leader once\nKIN (nearest and dearest) + reverse of FLAG + RED (socialist)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party organiser's pretty funny \u2014 a reasonable chance (4,5,2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: FAIR CRACK OF THE WHIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: a reasonable chance\nI think this is FAIR (pretty) CRACK (a joke, a funny) + OF THE WHIP (party organiser's)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plots extremely pathetic and scenario is ludicrous (12)","output":"### Answer: CONSPIRACIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plots\nAnagram of P[atheti]C + SCENARIO IS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Simple switch turned on to receive call (12)","output":"### Answer: UNORNAMENTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Simple\nNAME (call) in (TURNED ON)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sham bribe to cross border, rubbish (10)","output":"### Answer: CODSWALLOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: rubbish\nCOD (sham) + WALL in SOP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Singer, a delicate creature, going after bouncer (9)","output":"### Answer: BALLADEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Singer\nBALL (\"bouncer\") + A DEER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record on piano, no way for music entrepreneur (7)","output":"### Answer: EPSTEIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: music entrepreneur\nEP + STEIN[WAY] \u2013 Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Saucy proposition that's illegal for a hooker? (7,4)","output":"### Answer: FORWARD PASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's illegal for a hooker\nFORWARD (saucy) + PASS (proposition, as in \"making a pass\"), with hooker being a player of Rugby, in which forward passes are not allowed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Call to hug tree, sounding rough (6)","output":"### Answer: CROAKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: sounding rough\nOAK in CRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seed that's old removed from a loch (6)","output":"### Answer: ALMOND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seed\nA + LOMOND less its first I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quit a golf game to wander idly (4,6)","output":"### Answer: KICK AROUND \n ### Explanation: Definition: to wander idly\nKICK (quit, as in \"kick the habit\") + A ROUND (game of golf)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Down to make an error (5)","output":"### Answer: FLUFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Down\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Player, a giant with red dicky (9)","output":"### Answer: TRAGEDIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Player\n(A GIANT RED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Norse collection needed, say, regularly (4)","output":"### Answer: EDDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Norse collection\nAlternate letters of nEeDeD sAy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Become angry: prayer causing breach of faith, unfortunately (4,1,3)","output":"### Answer: HAVE A FIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Become angry\nAVE in (\"breaching\") FAITH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman carrying pig lacking tail and hair (8)","output":"### Answer: PORTRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Woman carrying\nPOR[K] + TRESS. It's strange how some -ess words seem relatively innocuous (e.g. waitress, actress, though even there things are changing), while others, such as this one, seem ludicrously contrived and dated"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flame flickering over Bela Lugosi say, villain (10)","output":"### Answer: MALEFACTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: villain\nFLAME* + ACTOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Responsible, short advert written up in message (8)","output":"### Answer: CULPABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Responsible\nReverse of PLU[g] (advert) in CABLE (message)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Panels only entertained by fools (8)","output":"### Answer: CONSOLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Panels\nSOLE in CONS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wool top pulled up in the manner of pockets (6)","output":"### Answer: ALPACA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wool\nReverse of CAP (top) in A LA (in the manner of)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Saw catching top of thigh, hurt (6)","output":"### Answer: SPITED \n ### Explanation: Definition: hurt\nT[high] in SPIED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slave branded by one, the mark of a printer (5)","output":"### Answer: SERIF \n ### Explanation: Definition: the mark of a printer\nI in SERF (slave)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Play totally dominant role, as might a cannibal at breakfast time? (4,7,2,5)","output":"### Answer: HAVE SOMEONE ON TOAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Play totally dominant role\nDouble definition \u2013 the metaphorical meaning is clear, but it's not an expression I was particularly familiar with. Not one of Paul's greatest clues, I thought, but making the best of a rather clunky phrase, I suppose"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Musician's book is lacking support (6)","output":"### Answer: ASSIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: support\nBASSIST less B[ook]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Advanced because fighting Germany (7)","output":"### Answer: FORWARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Advanced\nFOR (because) + WAR (fighting) + D (~~D~~Germany)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Data not in for Red Arrows display? (9)","output":"### Answer: FORMATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Red Arrows display\nINFORMATION less IN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Long-distance traveller needs to reach Everest's base (5)","output":"### Answer: COMET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Long-distance traveller\nCOME + [everes]T, though \"reach\" is surely \"come to\", not just \"come\". Some might not like \"base\" for the last letter in an across clue, but I don't particularly object"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's exercise at 50? Get going! (5)","output":"### Answer: IMPEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get going\nI'M (one's, i.e. one is) + PE + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Effusive, improvised C sharp setting for Groom's Vow Rejected (9)","output":"### Answer: RHAPSODIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Effusive\nReverse of \"I DO\" (vow in some wedding ceremonies) in (C SHARP)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Barperson who has a sip (about a pint) (7)","output":"### Answer: TAPSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Barperson\nP (pint) in TASTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Caught in lie about old advocate's outfit (6)","output":"### Answer: TACKLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: outfit\nSlight contorted grammar here: the old advocate is a K[ing's] C[ounsel], who is reversed (about) and \"caught\" be TALE (lie)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Speaker's position, bottom of heap \u2014 shame (6)","output":"### Answer: PODIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Speaker's position\n[hea]P + ODIUM. Those who didn't like \"base\" in 10 might feel the same about \"bottom\" here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weed brings illness and bereavement (7)","output":"### Answer: BUGLOSS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Weed\nBUG (illness, as in \"suffering from a bug\") + LOSS \u2013 I didn't know the name (which comes from the Greek for \"ox-tongue\" \u2013 *bou..* for ox and *gloss..* for tongue), but I think I have some of it in my garden.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lacking competition, large organisation sat after work (9)","output":"### Answer: UNOPPOSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lacking competition\nUN (large organisation) + OP + POSED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Submit pill when temperature's taken (5)","output":"### Answer: TABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Submit\nTABLET less the second T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feature of fencing's noisy collapse (5)","output":"### Answer: FEINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feature of fencing\nHomophone of \"faint\" (collapse) \u2013 fencing as in swordplay"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turn the screw left not right ultimately, to relax? (7,2)","output":"### Answer: LIGHTEN\u00a0UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: to relax\nTIGHTEN UP with [righ]T replaced by L \u2013 nice misdirection to use the T where one might expect R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Play ten rounds as punishment (7)","output":"### Answer: PENALTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: punishment\n(PLAY TEN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Who might pierce inner ear, being vexed about Queen and Church (6)","output":"### Answer: ARCHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Who might pierce inner\nR + CH in EAR*. \"Inner\" is one of the sections of an archery target"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fact: if swimming round lake, that's trouble (7)","output":"### Answer: AFFLICT \n ### Explanation: Definition: trouble\nL in (FACT IF)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short cut round T-bar (5)","output":"### Answer: STRIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: bar\nT in S[hort) RIP (cut) \u2013 the hyphen has to be ignored"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Castrati failed to comprehend Latin composer (9)","output":"### Answer: SCARLATTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: composer\nL in CASTRATI* \u2013 Alessandro Scarlatti or his son Domenico: the former is perhaps more appropriate, as he wrote a lot of operas, which would no doubt have featured castrati at the time"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet, affectionate article on collection of books (7)","output":"### Answer: FONDANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sweet\nFOND + A + N[ew] T[estament]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Meeting different sorts of people (5)","output":"### Answer: RACES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Meeting\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jocular, mad, illogical centre for protected species (9)","output":"### Answer: ARMADILLO \n ### Explanation: Definition: protected species\nCentral letters in joculAR MAD ILLOgical \u2013 \"protected\" refers to the armadillo's tough shell, rather than its legal status"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To get unengaged, the chap had to take Kitty back (6)","output":"### Answer: DETACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: To get unengaged\nReverse of CAT in HE'D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spanish artist admits resistance against reverse driving aid (6)","output":"### Answer: MIRROR \n ### Explanation: Definition: driving aid\nR in MIRO (Spanish artist) + R[everse]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sales publicity for poet? (9)","output":"### Answer: PROMOTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sales publicity\nPRO (for) + [Andrew] MOTION, former Poet :Laureate"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Who thinks Rocky too tragic? (9)","output":"### Answer: COGITATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Who thinks\n(TOO TRAGIC)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Avoid stage production broadcast: it might infringe the rules (7)","output":"### Answer: MISPLAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: it might infringe the rules\nHomophone of \"miss play\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rogue commanded galleons originally (3,3)","output":"### Answer: BAD EGG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rogue\nBADE + G[alleon] twice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second one to cry \"Besom\"? (7)","output":"### Answer: SWEEPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Besom\nS + WEEPER \u2013 a besom is a broom made of twigs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pound no good \u2014 raise (4,2)","output":"### Answer: DUFF UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pound\nDUFF (no good) + UP (raise) \u2013 slang phrase (perhaps rather old-fashioned: I associate it with my schooldays 50 years ago) for \"beat up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feature of flower power: raised behind (5)","output":"### Answer: PETAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feature of flower\nP[ower] + reverse of LATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sands (new for start of athletics) settle (5)","output":"### Answer: BENCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: settle\nBEACH (sands) with A[thletics] replaced by N; a settle is a high-backed bench"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Friend who cleans out the stables? (6)","output":"### Answer: MUCKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Friend\nDouble definition (thought I would have said the stable-cleaner was a mucker-out)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reacts badly after Foreign Office prediction (8)","output":"### Answer: FORECAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: prediction\nFO + REACTS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Precise pointer to north (6)","output":"### Answer: NARROW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Precise\nN + ARROW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mended and put back in stock room? (8)","output":"### Answer: RESTORED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mended\nRE-STORED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I lead the singers; I'm working with orchestra (11)","output":"### Answer: CHOIRMASTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: I lead the singers\n(I'M ORCHESTRA)* \u2013 I'm sure I must have seen this nice anagram before, but don't remember it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy returning to study gets let in again (7)","output":"### Answer: READMIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: let in again\nREAD (study) + reverse of TIM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beryl is sometimes less than completely supple (7)","output":"### Answer: LISSOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: supple\nHidden in beryL IS SOMEtimes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Computer program giving an instruction to bedmaker? (11)","output":"### Answer: SPREADSHEET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Computer program\nThe bedmaker might be told to SPREAD the SHEET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Still revolutionary, having a role in American political movement (3,5)","output":"### Answer: TEA PARTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: American political movement\nA PART (role) in reverse of YET (still)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This writer's left to provide meaning (6)","output":"### Answer: IMPORT \n ### Explanation: Definition: meaning\nI'M (this writer is) + PORT (left)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Follower showing hot wrath against cricket side (6-2)","output":"### Answer: HANGER-ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Follower\nH + ANGER + ON (leg side in cricket)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Move rapidly in chosen profession? (6)","output":"### Answer: CAREER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Move rapidly\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brief note on Irish autobiography (6)","output":"### Answer: MEMOIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: autobiography\nMEMO + IR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mighty harmful, a plant (10)","output":"### Answer: POTENTILLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: plant\nPOTENT + ILL + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The acres translated into alternative units (8)","output":"### Answer: HECTARES \n ### Explanation: Definition: alternative units\n(THE ACRES)* \u2013 another apposite anagram, as acres and hectares are \"alternative units\" for area"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fellow with one remedy giving cosmetic treatment (8)","output":"### Answer: MANICURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: cosmetic treatment\nMAN + I CURE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldier describes one form of punishment (8)","output":"### Answer: CORPORAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Soldier\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: River song being heard (4)","output":"### Answer: AIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: River\nHomophone of \"air\" (song). The Aire is a river in Yorkshire (there are others in Switzerland and Australia)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fuss not yet dealt with (2-2)","output":"### Answer: TO-DO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fuss\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Helping after silly late change (10)","output":"### Answer: ALTERATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: change\nLATE* + RATION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dawn return to one's dwelling (4,4)","output":"### Answer: COME HOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dawn\nDouble definition, the first as it \"it dawned\/came home to me\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Try to get list set up as one with a succession policy? (8)","output":"### Answer: TESTATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: one with a succession policy\nTEST (try) + reverse of ROTA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Manual actions in service taking a long time (8)","output":"### Answer: MASSAGES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Manual actions\nMASS (service) + AGES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Islander putting a dead bird in tin (6)","output":"### Answer: SAMOAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Islander\nA MOA (extinct bird) in SN (chemical symbol for Tin, from the Latin *Stannum*)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Children's game with children a bit of a pain (4)","output":"### Answer: ITCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: a bit of a pain\nIT (game) + CH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chief and the old woman at home (4)","output":"### Answer: MAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chief\nMA (mother, old woman) + IN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Figure needing support about weight (7)","output":"### Answer: DIAGRAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Figure\nReverse of AID + GRAM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cycling French novelist? Certainly not! (5)","output":"### Answer: NEVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Certainly not\n[Jules] VERNE with the letters \"cycling\" two positions to the right"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boss wanting a pipe and new shorts (10)","output":"### Answer: LEDERHOSEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: shorts\nLEADER less (wanting) A + HOSE (pipe) + N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Smooth fellow, left-leaning priest (4)","output":"### Answer: FILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Smooth\nF[ellow] + reverse of ELI (priest in the OT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exciting star in music who might use a 27 12? (11)","output":"### Answer: MANICURISTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: who might use a 27 12\n(STAR IN MUSIC)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Potentially dodgy stuff in the claret left lechers too sozzled (11)","output":"### Answer: CHOLESTEROL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Potentially dodgy stuff in the claret\n(L LECHERS TOO)* \u2013 \"claret\" = blood"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of footmark effaced in procession (4)","output":"### Answer: ARCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of foot\nA \"lift-and-separate\" clue, where \"footmark\" has to be split: MARCH less M[ark]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The fourteenth rule overturned wrong score in game (4,6)","output":"### Answer: LAWN TENNIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: game\nLAW N (the 14th rule, after Law A, Law B etc) + reverse of SIN + NET (to score)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe menu's split bananas with cereal in (5,4)","output":"### Answer: PRICE LIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maybe menu\nRICE in SPLIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lack coordination to go 100% 27? (2,3,7,3,6)","output":"### Answer: BE ALL FINGERS AND THUMBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lack coordination\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like modern gadgets? Like everything, almost! (7)","output":"### Answer: DIGITAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like modern gadgets\nDIG IT AL[L]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Experiences with one unenlightened sect (7)","output":"### Answer: HASIDIM \n ### Explanation: Definition: sect\nHAS (experiences) + I + DIM \u2013 a sect of Judaism"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Use 1 10 on tender jacket of lace (6)","output":"### Answer: FONDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Use 1 10 on\nFOND (tender) + L[ac]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cameron's in an upset state (6)","output":"### Answer: NEVADA \n ### Explanation: Definition: state\nDAVE in reverse of AN. Ah, David aka Dave Cameron; I wonder what happened to him. Nothing good, I hope"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sound device in better film, after something corny? (3,7)","output":"### Answer: EAR TRUMPET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sound device\nEAR (of corn) + TRUMP (better) + E.T."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Military headgear from mum a big hit (5)","output":"### Answer: SHAKO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Military headgear\nSH (be quiet; mum) + A KO (knockout) \u2013 the shako is a tall military cap, originally Hungarian *cs\u00e1k\u00f3"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Daughters in drag come out, showing fair feature (6,3)","output":"### Answer: DODGEM CAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: fair feature\nD in (DRAG COME)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A fling, one of the Shades of Grey? (4)","output":"### Answer: ASHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: one of the Shades of Grey\nA + SHY (to fling)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Least usual alcohol, note, is in Champagne (8)","output":"### Answer: RUMMIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Least usual\nRUM + MI + EST (\"is\" in French)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Widespread internet application, one aiding relaxation (8)","output":"### Answer: MASSEUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: one aiding relaxation\nMASS (widespread) E (common prefix for Internet) + USE (application)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Advance so far up, welcoming spin in vehicle (10)","output":"### Answer: TROLLEYBUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: vehicle\nROLL (spin) in reverse of SUB (an advance of pay, etc) + YET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New linen hat worn by a man (9)","output":"### Answer: NATHANIEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: man\nA in (LINEN HAT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lose sports day, having fought (8)","output":"### Answer: SCRAPPED \n ### Explanation: Definition: fought\nSCRAP (lose) + PE (sports) + D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Concerned with using 1 10 (8)","output":"### Answer: TOUCHING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Concerned with\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where 1 10 are available (2,4)","output":"### Answer: ON HAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: available\nPretty much a plain definition once you know what 1 10 is, though it worked the other way round for me: I guessed this first and 26,1,10 followed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Said why a poor area's accepted protection (6)","output":"### Answer: ASYLUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: protection\nY (\"why\") in A SLUM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nick's ruling out place of worship (5)","output":"### Answer: NOTCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nick\nNOT CH[urch]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Used 1 10 on fabric (4)","output":"### Answer: FELT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Used 1 10 on\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Whence hydrocarbons are created? Snags awkwardly will include laboratory's closure (6)","output":"### Answer: SYNGAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Whence hydrocarbons are created\n[laborator]Y in SNAGS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leather for glue-making (special short cut) (6)","output":"### Answer: SPETCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leather for glue-making\nSP[ecial] (shortened) + ETCH (\"to cut or carve\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soft silky fabric (9)","output":"### Answer: CHARMEUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Soft silky fabric\nThe competition word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place for experiments I advanced in insect's facial parts (5)","output":"### Answer: LABIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: insect's facial parts\nLAB + I + A (as in A[dvanced]-levels)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What sailors sing turning boat round? (4)","output":"### Answer: YO-HO \n ### Explanation: Definition: What sailors sing\nReverse of HOY (boat) + O (round) \u2013 yo-ho can be \"a sailors' chant\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Colourful bird releasing cry of wonder within Broadway stalls (7)","output":"### Answer: PARQUET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Broadway stalls\nPAROQUET (bird \u2013 variant of parakeet) less O (cry of wonder)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Larval excreta frequently found on turnip (5)","output":"### Answer: FRASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Larval excreta\nFR + ASS (turnip = a fool)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Portion of unimportant refuse, or grot (5)","output":"### Answer: ANTRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: grot\nHidden in unimportANT Refuse \u2013 it's a cave or grot(to)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Offered tar an adapted sailing vessel (12)","output":"### Answer: FORE\u2011AND\u2011AFTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: sailing vessel\n(OFFERED TAR AN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rhubarb? Mix it with rolled oats in (12)","output":"### Answer: MUSSITATIONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rhubarb\nMUSS IT (OATS IN)* \u2013 \"rhubarb\" as in the words mumbled by background actors"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Once at sea, I was off course by miles (5)","output":"### Answer: ASWIM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Once at sea\n(I WAS)* + M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tail-ender moving to the front laps quickly (5)","output":"### Answer: SLICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: quickly\nLICKS with the S moved to the front"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Retiring, it's start of pension with what counts as final salary (7)","output":"### Answer: STIPEND \n ### Explanation: Definition: salary\nReverse of IT'S + P[ension] + END (what counts as final)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small joint, one acquiring name for weakest spirits (4)","output":"### Answer: JANN \n ### Explanation: Definition: weakest spirits\nJ + AN + N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Amateur artist near sheik's place? (5)","output":"### Answer: ARABY \n ### Explanation: Definition: sheik's place\nA + RA + BY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suggestive of formidable brigade, rebels uni sacked (9)","output":"### Answer: BLUE-RINSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Suggestive of formidable brigade\n(REBELS UNI)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time inside, dreadful years, he'll survive (6)","output":"### Answer: STAYER \n ### Explanation: Definition: he'll survive\nT in YEARS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A wee bittie s-scar (6)","output":"### Answer: SCLIFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: A wee bittie\nS + CLIFF (scar)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arrests more than one lock-keeper in person (4)","output":"### Answer: NABS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arrests\nDouble definition \u2013 a nab is \"a keeper of a door-lock\". I'm not sure what \"in person\" is doing here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First-time freshwater swimmers, oddly rig-less (7)","output":"### Answer: GRILSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: First-time freshwater swimmers\nRIGLESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pile? Team could be set up with this (5)","output":"### Answer: AMASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pile\nA very Azedian construction: if you take TEAM, and then have AM AS S (i.e. replace AM by S) you get TES, or \"set up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer can, in the midst of watery meandering (12)","output":"### Answer: SERPENTINOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: meandering\nPEN TIN in SEROUS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Start of privatizing rail, cause of irritation once (5)","output":"### Answer: PSORA \n ### Explanation: Definition: cause of irritation once\nP + SORA (a rail (bird)) \u2013 psora is an old word for scabies, source of the more familiar \"psoriasis\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What flies attract, all around river? (5)","output":"### Answer: TROUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: What flies attract\nR in TOUT, with reference to the flies used by anglers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Consistency shown by college formerly, at this point limited (9)","output":"### Answer: COHERENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Consistency\nC + HERE in ONCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beak giving signal for end of work? (6)","output":"### Answer: HOOTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beak\nDouble definition (beak and hooter are both slang for the nose)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grub up \u2013 hand-reared lamb coming round, and there's a pastry case (9)","output":"### Answer: CROUSTADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a pastry case\nROUST (to \"rout out\": rout = to grub up) in CADE (a lamb raised by hand after being abandoned by its mother)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Typical of child mostly, one with runs internally, and worms (7)","output":"### Answer: FILARIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: worms \nA + R in FILIA[L]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mosque servant (female) admitting Jesuits (6)","output":"### Answer: MASJID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mosque\nSJ in MAID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One fixes eyes on ball, one hit high, cover finally caught (6)","output":"### Answer: SKRYER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One fixes eyes on ball\n[cove]R in SKYER \u2013 a skryer is a crystal-ball gazer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where actors wait to enter, number in costume accessories? (5)","output":"### Answer: WINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where actors wait to enter\nN in WIGS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part among Midsummer leads, Oberon maybe? (5)","output":"### Answer: MERLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Oberon maybe\nHidden in midsumMER LEads \u2013 Merle Oberon, actress"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lead in screen trailer providing plug (5)","output":"### Answer: SCART \n ### Explanation: Definition: plug\nS[creen] + CART"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Path circling north and declining gradually (4)","output":"### Answer: WANY \n ### Explanation: Definition: declining gradually\nN in WAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Desperately wanting a 25% reduction in schoolwork (6)","output":"### Answer: ACHING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Desperately wanting\n[TE]ACHING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moon an afterthought, Tramp admitted (6)","output":"### Answer: PHOBOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Moon\nHOBO (tramp) in PS \u2013 Phobos is one of the two moons of Mars"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rewards of little value to the consumer (10,5)","output":"### Answer: STARVATION WAGES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rewards of little value to the consumer\nJust a (not particularly) cryptic definition, unless I'm missing something"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Orange ladies include her (6)","output":"### Answer: ANGELA \n ### Explanation: Definition: her\nHidden in orANGE LAdies"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Constantly reproducing, much like anti-abortionists, I see (8)","output":"### Answer: PROLIFIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Constantly reproducing\nPRO-LIF[E] + I C"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What those in authority earn? (3,5)","output":"### Answer: TOP BRASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: those in authority\nDouble\/cryptic definition (brass = money)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pop's rejected about 500 \u2014 these people are pathetic (6)","output":"### Answer: SADDOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: these people are pathetic\nD (500) in reverse of SODA'S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No wild enthusiasm amongst sailors for Vlad? (8)","output":"### Answer: ROMANIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vlad\n0 MANIA in R[oyal] N[avy]. Depending on who you believe, Vlad the Impaler was born in either Wallachia or Transylvania, both parts of modern Romania, though he lived long before that country existed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maintained an agent to guard stable (8)","output":"### Answer: AFFIRMED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maintained\nFIRM (stable) in A FED (FBI agent)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor has row about building material (6)","output":"### Answer: TIMBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: building material\nM.B. in TIER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fruit spread off your trolley? Question remains (9,6)","output":"### Answer: BUTTERNUT SQUASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fruit\nBUTTER (spread) + NUTS (off your trolley, crazy) + QU + ASH (remains) \u2013 one of those cases where what is botanically a fruit is considered a vegetable for culinary purposes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kissing isn't silent? No worries (6,6)","output":"### Answer: TONSIL TENNIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kissing\n(ISN'T SILENT NO)* \u2013 slang for French kissing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American not in play at the Globe (Merchant of Venice) (7)","output":"### Answer: ANTONIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Merchant of Venice\nA[merican] + (NOT IN)* + O (globe) \u2013 as all good pub quizzers know, the eponymous merchant is Antonio, not Shylock as some suppose"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Falls over a painter \u2014 get up! (7)","output":"### Answer: NIAGARA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Falls\nReverse of A RA (artist, painter) GAIN (to get)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refuse to accommodate one woman over style not normally seen in public (9)","output":"### Answer: BRAZILIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: style not normally seen in public\nReverse of A LIZA in BRAN (refuse) \u2013 removal of pubic hair (usually by waxing) so a \"style not seen in public\"!"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Particular place is affected (7)","output":"### Answer: SPECIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Particular\n(PLACE IS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: That chap's very quiet round caged beasts (6)","output":"### Answer: HIPPOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: beasts\nPP O in (\"caged\" by) HIS (that chap's)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animals bred, in short, to run in sporting event (9,5,6)","output":"### Answer: BADMINTON HORSE TRIALS \n ### Explanation: Definition: sporting event\n(ANIMALS BRED IN SHORT TO)* \u2013 knowing little of this event I guessed this might be a topical reference, but in fact the Trials took place at the beginning of May"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheers about Queen's error \u2014 that's wrong (2,5)","output":"### Answer: AT FAULT \n ### Explanation: Definition: wrong\nReverse of TA (thank you, cheers) + FAULT (an \"error\" I tennis \u2013 e.g. at the Queen's Club)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weird when retiring perfectly fit fighters (7)","output":"### Answer: SAMURAI \n ### Explanation: Definition: fighters\nReverse of RUM AS + A1 (perfectly fit, e.g. for military service)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sporting legend about to get beat (3,3)","output":"### Answer: RED RUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sporting legend\n~~Reverse of MURDER~~ *Thanks to cryptor for the correction: it's RE (about) + DRUM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artist's model turned up in same shot (7)","output":"### Answer: MATISSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Artist\nReverse of SIT (model) in SAME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Don't they like to see people getting on? (7)","output":"### Answer: AGEISTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Don't they like to see people getting on\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keen runner has easy run (5)","output":"### Answer: MOURN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Keen\nMO [Farah, runner] + RUN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cast her in lead? (9)","output":"### Answer: HEADLINER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cast her in lead\n(HER IN LEAD)* &lit (that is, the whole clue is the definition as well as the whole of the wordplay)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mate ends this old duty husband introduced (5)","output":"### Answer: CHESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mate ends this\nH in CESS (an old tax)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Runs large 21 down (7)","output":"### Answer: LADDERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Runs\nL + ADDERS (snakes)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Performance in hat likely to touch people (7)","output":"### Answer: TACTILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: likely to touch people\nACT in TILE (hat)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Baffling old cases that can be hard to interpret (5)","output":"### Answer: LINGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: that can be hard to interpret\nHidden in baffLING Old"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Envoy to dine with English earl now and then (9)","output":"### Answer: MESSENGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Envoy\nMESS (to dine) + ENG + alternate letters of EaRl"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scores of cinemas include it, oddly ignoring echo (10,5)","output":"### Answer: INCIDENTAL\u00a0MUSIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scores of cinemas include it\n(CINEMAS INCLUDE IT)* less one E (echo) \u2013 not quite an &lit, but the wordplay and definition do overlap"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Posted over a pack for confirmation maybe (9)","output":"### Answer: SACRAMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: confirmation maybe\nA CRAM in SENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Temptress wrong to restrict touching (5)","output":"### Answer: SIREN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Temptress\nRE (about, touching) in ~~SENT~~ SIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arriving at airport, female leaves confinement (5-2)","output":"### Answer: LYING-IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: confinement\nFLYING IN less F"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blackberry jam for one in authority (7)","output":"### Answer: BRAMBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blackberry\nBIBLE (authority) with I (one) replaced by RAM (to jam)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passed round plank, first of twenty (5)","output":"### Answer: DEALT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Passed round\nDEAL (wood, plank) +T[wenty]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cashier collecting rabbi's fare (9)","output":"### Answer: TRAVELLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: fare\nRAV (a rabbi) in TELLER (cashier in a bank etc). A fare is how a taxi-driver might describe a passenger, or traveller"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Digital problem Bill fixed in series (10)","output":"### Answer: CHILBLAINS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Digital problem\nBILL* in CHAINS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cutting as printed describes a radical lecturer (8)","output":"### Answer: SARDONIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cutting\nA R DON in SIC (\"as printed\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Game could spread across Spain (6)","output":"### Answer: CLUEDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Game\nE (Spain) in COULD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old newspaper put up charge (4)","output":"### Answer: ONUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: charge\nO + reverse of SUN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lutheran's one for his books, not me (10)","output":"### Answer: PROTESTANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lutheran\nPRO (one [who is] for) + TESTAMENT less ME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Diamonds? Pick 99 maybe (3,5)","output":"### Answer: ICE CREAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: 99 maybe\nICE (slang for diamonds) + CREAM (the pick)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crude TV family close to top getting stitched up? (6)","output":"### Answer: SEWING \n ### Explanation: Definition: getting stitched up\nEWINGS (the family in *Dallas*, who make their money from oil = crude) with S (the close) moved to the top"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feel sick to some extent, heaving, sailing here? (4)","output":"### Answer: ISLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: here\nHidden in reverse of feEL Sick \u2013 another &littish clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capital hoards 1,000 bananas and legumes (6,4)","output":"### Answer: MONKEY NUTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: legumes\nK (1000) in MONEY (capital) + NUTS (mad, bananas)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Royal courtesan condemned yarn spinners (10)","output":"### Answer: RACONTEURS \n ### Explanation: Definition: yarn spinners\nR + COURTESAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Daughter's unwell, losing energy, needing these? (8)","output":"### Answer: DRAUGHTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: these\nDAUGHTERS* less E \u2013 draughts in the old sense of doses of medicine"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grub that is given to hoi polloi (8)","output":"### Answer: SCRABBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grub\nSC (scilicet \u2013 namely, that is) + RABBLE (hoi polloi)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This writer's one among 160 to reach peak (6)","output":"### Answer: CLIMAX \n ### Explanation: Definition: peak\nI'M A in CLX (160 in Roman numerals)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless plain in central Russia generating winds (6)","output":"### Answer: SNAKES \n ### Explanation: Definition: winds\nNAKE[D] (plain) in [ru]SS[ia] \u2013 winds to rhyme with minds"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Game I play in Rome once (4)","output":"### Answer: LUDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Game\nLUDO is Latin for \"I play\" \u2013 also the origin of the name of the game"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brief supporter of games above and other game (4)","output":"### Answer: BOAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: other game\nA truncation of BOARD \u2013 the \"supporter\" of the thematic games \"above\" (i.e. above this clue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stylish performer in form on Court One (5,3)","output":"### Answer: CLASS ACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stylish performer\nCLASS (form), and \"Court One\" could be the A C[our]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Korean port a short distance ahead (6)","output":"### Answer: INCHON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Korean port\nINCH + ON \u2013 Inchon or Incheon was the site of a major battle of the Korean war"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not affected by team of stars (8)","output":"### Answer: SIDEREAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: of stars\nSIDE (team) + REAL (genuine, not affected)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wanting a woman in work, though not much of a catch (6)","output":"### Answer: MINNOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: not much of a catch\n(A WOMAN IN)* less (\"wanting\") A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Admit it's a bit limp \u2014 unworthy of review (3,2)","output":"### Answer: OWN UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Admit\nHidden in reverse of limP UNWOrthy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Accommodation in Euston? Who's travelling? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: TOWN HOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Accommodation\n(EUSTON WHO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time to arrest every person racing cars here (7,5)","output":"### Answer: DAYTONA BEACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: racing cars here\nDAY TO NAB EACH \u2013 city in Florida known for car racing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: D's place out in the sticks (4,2,6)","output":"### Answer: BACK\u00a0OF\u00a0BEYOND \n ### Explanation: Definition: out in the sticks\nD is the \"back\" (last letter) of beyonD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor hated smack \u2014 it's a killer (5,4)","output":"### Answer: DEATH BLOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's a killer\nHATED* + BLOW (smack \u2013 both blow and smack are slang terms for various drugs, but they don't overlap, so I think this is just in the sense of hitting)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He runs a large pub (5)","output":"### Answer: RALPH \n ### Explanation: Definition: He\nR A L P[ublic] H[ouse]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sandwich maybe for selling abroad (6)","output":"### Answer: EXPORT \n ### Explanation: Definition: selling abroad\nSandwich was one of the Cinque Ports, so it's an EX-PORT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uncomfortably hot relative's about to strip (8)","output":"### Answer: UNCLOTHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to strip\nHOT* in UNCLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turning it round is laborious (6)","output":"### Answer: TIRING \n ### Explanation: Definition: laborious\nReverse of IT + RING (round)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lower rent after Ray's moved (8)","output":"### Answer: AYRSHIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lower\nRAYS* + HIRE \u2013 referring to Ayrshire cattle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Twin's shy with men (6)","output":"### Answer: CASTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Twin\nCAST (shy = throw) + OR (Other Ranks \u2013 men)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Third of Nottingham supports Forest with passion (6)","output":"### Answer: ARDENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: with passion\nARDEN (Forest of Arden \u2013 an area of Warwickshire, and the fictional setting of *As You Like It*) + noTtingham"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Catch Penny breaking down \u2014 love is torture (9)","output":"### Answer: STRAPPADO \n ### Explanation: Definition: torture\nTRAP P in (\"breaking\") SAD (down) + O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Itchy? Tablets ordered that should prevent it (8,4)","output":"### Answer: CHASTITY BELT \n ### Explanation: Definition: that should prevent it\n(ITCHY TABLETS)* \u2013 \"it\" = sex"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refusal reportedly straight from the horse's mouth? (5)","output":"### Answer: NEIGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: straight from the horse's mouth\nHomophone of \"nay\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Band not repeating support for hard working American (8)","output":"### Answer: HONDURAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: American\nH + ON (working) plus DURAN (a non-repetitive Duran Duran)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Naked woman picked up in capital (3,5)","output":"### Answer: NEW DELHI \n ### Explanation: Definition: capital\nHomophone of \"nude Ellie\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scores showing great sharpness (6-6)","output":"### Answer: TWENTY\u2011TWENTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: great sharpness\nA score is TWENTY, and we have two of them. Contrary to popular belief, and the definition here, 20\/20 means \"normal\" visual acuity rather than anything particularly unusual"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finances prevent Kelvin getting really good car (9)","output":"### Answer: BANKROLLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Finances\nBAN + K + ROLLS (Rolls Royce)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plot to replace queen in east, following orders (8)","output":"### Answer: OBEDIENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: following orders\nORIENT with R replaced by BED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rubbish for a fighter (8)","output":"### Answer: SCRAPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: fighter\nSCRAP + PER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I get Nuala regularly playing cheeky parts (6)","output":"### Answer: GLUTEI \n ### Explanation: Definition: cheeky parts\nAnagram of I GET [n]U[a]L[a] \u2013 the Glutei are muscles in the buttocks"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gets relief from hearing joke (6)","output":"### Answer: WHEEZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: joke\nThe third homophone in this puzzle, this time of \"wees\" (urinates, so \"gets relief\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drama over bagging royal bird (5)","output":"### Answer: HERON \n ### Explanation: Definition: bird\nER (our favourite royal) in reverse of NOH (Japanese drama)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cleaner fuel? Yes and no (8)","output":"### Answer: CHARCOAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cleaner fuel? Yes and no\nCHAR (cleaner) + COAL, with a sort of &littishness, though I think charcoal is if anything a bit \"cleaner\" than coal"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uniform at school is vulgar stuff (6)","output":"### Answer: KITSCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: vulgar stuff\nKIT + SCH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Take advantage of old bed one enters (7)","output":"### Answer: EXPLOIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Take advantage of\nI in EX-PLOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having pistol, loved to drill through card (7)","output":"### Answer: SIDEARM \n ### Explanation: Definition: pistol\nDEAR (loved) in SIM (card in a mobile phone)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sex goddess very exciting at first to students (5)","output":"### Answer: VENUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sex goddess\nV[ery] E[xciting] + NUS (student union)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thoroughly searched, managed to get fired (9)","output":"### Answer: RANSACKED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thoroughly searched\nRAN (managed) + SACKED (fired)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artist can't get anyone to pose for this (4-8)","output":"### Answer: SELF-PORTRAIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Artist can't get anyone to pose for this\nCryptic defintion, though it would perhaps be more accurate to say \".. needn't get anyone\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beating faulty machine tests (12)","output":"### Answer: CHASTISEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beating\n(MACHINE TESTS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Taking pains to enjoy oneself (9)","output":"### Answer: MASOCHISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Taking pains to enjoy oneself\nCryptic defintion"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having much of the same quality? (5)","output":"### Answer: EQUAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Having much of the same quality\nHidden in samE QUALity, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hear a heavyweight attempt to deceive (3,2,2)","output":"### Answer: TRY IT ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: attempt to deceive\nTRY (to hear) + 1 TON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moving north in earnest to be as close as possible (7)","output":"### Answer: NEAREST \n ### Explanation: Definition: as close as possible\nAnagram of N in EARNEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sorry, failing to keep a Catholic devotion (6)","output":"### Answer: ROSARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Catholic devotion\nA in SORRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Online factory work? (8)","output":"### Answer: ASSEMBLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Online factory work\nCryptic definition, referring to assembly lines"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chop\u2009stick? (6)","output":"### Answer: CLEAVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chop\nDouble definition, using the two contradictory meanings of \"cleave\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A large tree, or a small plant (6)","output":"### Answer: ALPINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a small plant\nA L PINE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The high point of a sea voyage? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: CROW\u2019S NEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: The high point of a sea voyage\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of seeking stylish clothes (5,1,7)","output":"### Answer: AFTER A FASHION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sort of\nAFTER (seeking) + A FASHION (stylish clothes). Or possibly AFTER A for \"seeking\" \u2013 the A doesn't fit comfortably either way"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cricket team Juliet follows on radio (5)","output":"### Answer: INDIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cricket team\nDouble definition \u2013 Juliet follows India in the NATO phonetic alphabet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It may offer a sandwich course (5,3)","output":"### Answer: SNACK BAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: It may offer a sandwich course\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quietly sing one tune, losing heart in clammy conditions (8)","output":"### Answer: HUMIDITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: clammy conditions\nHUM 1 DI[T]TY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In men's room, set out failings of the elderly (6,7)","output":"### Answer: SENIOR\u00a0MOMENTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: failings of the elderly\n(IN MENS ROOM SET)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Youth's great need for excitement (6,3)","output":"### Answer: TENDER AGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Youth\n(GREAT NEED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cutter from the east (8)","output":"### Answer: SCIMITAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cutter from the east\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In trembling ecstasy, finally receive gems (4,4)","output":"### Answer: CATS\u2019 EYES \n ### Explanation: Definition: gems\n[reciev]E in ECSTASY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wonderful game Americans would play with owl (6)","output":"### Answer: SUPERB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wonderful game\nAmericans might play in the SUPERB[OWL]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Absolutely evenly (6)","output":"### Answer: FLATLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Absolutely\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Provide unusual trace (5)","output":"### Answer: CATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Provide\nTRACE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old man injecting drug fix once ready (6)","output":"### Answer: PESETA \n ### Explanation: Definition: once ready\nE[cstasy] + SET (fix) in PA \u2013 ready = cash, money, and the Peseta was the former currency of Spain"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Date surely problematic for Cotswold town (7)","output":"### Answer: DURSLEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cotswold town\nD + SURELY* \u2013 J K Rowling was born near Dursley, and used it as a name in the Harry Potter books; in particular Fiona Shaw played PETUNIA (Dursley)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Portrayer of women, after a fashion represented here (5,4)","output":"### Answer: FIONA SHAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Portrayer of women, after a fashion represented here\n(A FASHION)* + W, and I'll count it as an &lit (not just a portrayer of women: she played the title role in *Richard II*)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Director of British piece (5)","output":"### Answer: BROOK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Director\nB + ROOK (chess piece) \u2013 Peter Brook, film and theatre director"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unattached detective's left Greek island (5)","output":"### Answer: CRETE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Greek island\nDISCRETE less D[etective] I[nspector]'S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supply 11, importing check fabric (9)","output":"### Answer: VELVETEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: fabric\nVET in ELEVEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Less reliable fellow? That's right (7)","output":"### Answer: DICKIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Less reliable\nDICK (man, fellow) + I.E. (that is)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: End of old EMI's empire (6)","output":"### Answer: DEMISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: End\nHidden in olD EMI'S Empire"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thriller, first from Matthew Arnold (6)","output":"### Answer: MARNIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thriller\nM[atthew] + ARNIE \u2013 book made into a Hitchcock film. Fiona Shaw played Marnie Stonebrook (see 2d and 10a) in the TV series *True Blood"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As actor discontentedly simulated endless incest (7)","output":"### Answer: ARSENIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: As\nA[cto]R + anagram (\"simulated\") of INCES[t] \u2013 As is the chemical symbol for Arsenic"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beginning in Nice, tip poorly (9)","output":"### Answer: INCIPIENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beginning\n(IN NICE TIP)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The tragedy of some deaths (5)","output":"### Answer: MEDEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: tragedy\nHidden in soME DEAths \u2013 Shaw played the title role"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One way to score goal, say, with good skilful wing play (5,6)","output":"### Answer: HEDDA\u00a0GABLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: play\nHomophone of \"header\" + G + ABLE + R (right \u2013 one of the wings in football etc) \u2013 as played by Fiona Shaw"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rolling Stones' second, then Radiohead? Flunkey wants Queen (9)","output":"### Answer: TRUNDLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rolling\nSecond letter of sTones + first (head) of Radio + UNDERLING less ER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bloomer affecting most of nuptial agreement, essentially (7)","output":"### Answer: PETUNIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bloomer\nAnagram of NUPTIA[L] + [agre]E[ment]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A third pic of one daughter looking humourless (2-5)","output":"### Answer: PO-FACED \n ### Explanation: Definition: looking humourless\nP (one-third of PIC) + OF + ACE + D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rock and roller, in that context? (5)","output":"### Answer: STONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rock\nDouble definition \u2013 I think \"in that context\" is because the Rolling Stones are a rock band"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Actor from Turkey, old chap (9)","output":"### Answer: TRAGEDIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Actor\nTR + AGED IAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old man went first, accepting wife moved slowly (7)","output":"### Answer: DAWDLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: moved slowly\nW in DAD LED \u2013 the second time we've had \"Old man\" for father"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 21 breaking the law in foreign capital (5)","output":"### Answer: RUBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: foreign capital\nB (Bishop) in RULE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Witnesses gangster leaving beauty salon (7-2)","output":"### Answer: LOOKERS-ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Witnesses\nLOOKER (a beauty) + SALON less AL (Capone)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Joining together in greeting monarch (6)","output":"### Answer: YOKING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Joining\nYO (greeting) + KING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Young lad? He'll not need this! (6)","output":"### Answer: SHAVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Young lad\nDouble definition \u2013 a shaver is young man, presumably an ironic description, as he wouldn't need a shaver.. so \"double\" is perhaps being generous"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grisly death? C-in-C took the risk (7,2)","output":"### Answer: CHANCED IT \n ### Explanation: Definition: took the risk\n(DEATH C IN C)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Service mostly average? Press for example (4,5)","output":"### Answer: MASS MEDIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Press for example\nMASS (church service) + MEDIA[N]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Play in Claret & Blue's last game (7)","output":"### Answer: ELECTRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Play\nAnagram of CLARET+ [blu]E \u2013 another title role for Fiona Shaw"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Behaves badly, having drink after do (4,2)","output":"### Answer: ACTS UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Behaves badly\nACT (do) + SUP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Golfer underclubs? Stupid mistake (7)","output":"### Answer: CLANGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stupid mistake\nC + [Bernhard] LANGER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's bound to support black man going on board (6)","output":"### Answer: BISHOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: man going on board\nB + I'S + HOP (bound)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Initially named Wilson, actor recently playing rising swimmer (5)","output":"### Answer: PRAWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: swimmer\nInitial letters of Named Wilson Actor Recently Playing, reversed. Shaw was born Fiona Wilson"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exercise? One needs a bit (5)","output":"### Answer: DRILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exercise\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Monster bar ends being trashed, of course (12)","output":"### Answer: BANDERSNATCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Monster\n(BAR ENDS)* + NATCH (\"of course\"). The Bandersnatch made its first appearance in *Jabberwocky* \u2013 \"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!\/The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!\/Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun\/The frumious Bandersnatch!\" \u2013 and is also mentioned in *The Hunting of the Snark"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fuming acidic compound in volume that's not very unstable (5)","output":"### Answer: OLEUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fuming acidic compound\nAnagram of VOLUME less V. Oleum is also know as \"fuming sulpuric acud\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of a pair at loggerheads, during break or earlier (5)","output":"### Answer: KOREA \n ### Explanation: Definition: One of a pair at loggerheads\nHidden in breaK OR EArlier"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wife in top hat bizarrely \u2013 it's surely not seen alongside Panama (7)","output":"### Answer: TOWPATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's surely not seen alongside Panama\nW in (TOP HAT)* \u2013 presumably the Panama Canal doesn't have a towpath"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quarrel returning in pub, wrought among other things (6)","output":"### Answer: INWORN \n ### Explanation: Definition: wrought among other things\nROW< in INN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quiz one gets right in the end (5)","output":"### Answer: TRAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quiz\nR in TAIL. Chambers gives \"to quiz (informal)\" as one of the definitions of \"trail\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make small hole in middle of gigot \u2013 it may show cooking time's over (4)","output":"### Answer: PING \n ### Explanation: Definition: it may show cooking time's over\nPIN (\"to make a small hole in\") + [gi]G[ot]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party with free eats? Bind \u2013 ate elsewhere (3)","output":"### Answer: LIG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Party with free eats\nLIGATE less ATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Source of dabs? Swimming organ disguised gender (9)","output":"### Answer: FINGER-END \n ### Explanation: Definition: Source of dabs\nFIN + GENDER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crackpot, name unknown, joining a sect that's crazy (7)","output":"### Answer: NUTCASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crackpot\nNU (name unknown) + (A SECT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vehicle I loaded with rubles and goods for secret society (9)","output":"### Answer: CARBONARI \n ### Explanation: Definition: secret society\nR + BONA in CAR I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Potato store to bag for oneself (3)","output":"### Answer: HOG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Potato store\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One leaving Asian country, heading east for a lark (4)","output":"### Answer: JAPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a lark\nJAPAN less AN + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weighing machine returned two quarters short (in different ways) (5)","output":"### Answer: TRONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Weighing machine\nReverse of E (short for East) + NORT[H]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Advanced money including pound for unscripted stuff (6)","output":"### Answer: AD-LIBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: unscripted stuff\nA L in DIBS (money)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where truth's initially revealed? Therein it lies \u2013 get weaving! (7)","output":"### Answer: INTWINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: get weaving\n'T (it) in IN WINE \u2013 referring to the saying *in vino veritas"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This with dud ha-has ruins hare and hounds \u2013 race discontinued (5)","output":"### Answer: RONNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: race discontinued\nA composite anagram \u2013 (RONNE DUD HAHAS)* = HARE AND HOUNDS. This word \u2013 an old form of \"run\" \u2013 felt familiar, and indeed it appeared (with a different clue, of course) in Azed 2393"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pawns metal ore after screening (5)","output":"### Answer: FINES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pawns\nTwo definitions (both rather obscure)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two eggs all whipped up with art typical of the common folk (12)","output":"### Answer: RAGGLE\u2011TAGGLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: typical of the common folk\n(EGG EGG ALL ART)* \u2013 familiar to me from the folk song *The Raggle-taggle Gypsies"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Simple means of measuring drifts \u2013 or wine list, possibly? (11)","output":"### Answer: BOTTLE-CHART \n ### Explanation: Definition: Simple means of measuring drifts\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Coarse silk, pound off, I bagged (6)","output":"### Answer: DUPION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Coarse silk\nI in POUND"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sprung trap must be given priority over it? (6)","output":"### Answer: RAT-PIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sprung trap must be given priority over it\nTRAP* + IT, &lit \u2013 I thought this would be an old type of rat trap, but not quite: it's \"an enclosure where rats are worried by dogs\", as used in rat-baiting; so presumably the idea is that modern sprung traps are to be preferred to this"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's no good imbibing one Scotch once getting in the vicinity (5)","output":"### Answer: NYING \n ### Explanation: Definition: once getting in the vicinity\nYIN (Scots \"one\") in NG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wrote off a tractor? (5)","output":"### Answer: TOWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: a tractor\nWROTE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supply some microphones (4)","output":"### Answer: CROP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Supply\nHidden in miCROPhones"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: E.g. Ajax, name for one of several in siege (5)","output":"### Answer: HERON \n ### Explanation: Definition: one of several in siege\nHERO (Ajax is one) + N \u2013 siege is a collective noun for herons"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tailor denied thanks about ill-fitting cuirass (5)","output":"### Answer: LORIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: cuirass\nAnagram of TAILOR less TA (thanks) + C (about) \u2013 at least I think so: the about=C seems to make it an indirect anagram; or does C mean \"ill-fitting\", with \"about\" indicating the anagram?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small chestnut: prominent feature includes fashionable jockey's lid (9)","output":"### Answer: CHINCAPIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small chestnut\nIN + CAP (jockey's hat or \"lid\") in CHIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Resonant 'Hic!' gone after treatment (7)","output":"### Answer: ECHOING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Resonant\n(HIC GONE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Political theorist ranted wildly (6)","output":"### Answer: ARENDT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Political theorist\nRANTED* \u2013 Hannah Arendt, philosopher and political theorist."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eavesdrop on women's gathering in outlandish gear (6)","output":"### Answer: EARWIG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Eavesdrop on\nWI (Women's Institute) in GEAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One poet's to tidy up another (5)","output":"### Answer: DONNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One poet's to tidy up\nDONNE is an infinitive form of \"do\", which can mean \"tidy up\" (as in \"can I do you now, sir?\"), used by Spenser, who is \"one poet\", and John Donne is the other"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Democrat in a couple of states displaying passion for his country? (5)","output":"### Answer: ARDOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: passion for his country\nD in AR[kansas] + OR[regon] \u2013 \"passion for his country\" indicates the American spelling"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reservation not OK? You might hear it from bouncer (5)","output":"### Answer: BOING \n ### Explanation: Definition: You might hear it from bouncer\nBOOKING less OK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A bit of a twang, like one encountered in the Low Countries (5)","output":"### Answer: NASAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: A bit of a twang\nAS A in NL (Netherlands) \u2013 \"nasal\" has to be read as a noun: \"a sound uttered through the nose\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Children leaving a lunch played around with part of chicken wing? (4)","output":"### Answer: ULNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of chicken wing\nAnagram of A LUNCH less CH \u2013 familiar as a bone in the forearm, but it can also be in a bird's wing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of gun in story by right bugger? (8)","output":"### Answer: LISTENER \n ### Explanation: Definition: bugger\nSTEN (gun) in LIE (story) + R- the \"bugger\" being one who uses a bug or listening device"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Journalist's rubbish papers English rejected (6)","output":"### Answer: EDITOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Journalist\nReverse of ROT + ID (papers) + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guardian with head of state, one on horse? (4)","output":"### Answer: USER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one on horse\nUS (The Guardian) + ER (the Queen \u2013 head of state), with \"horse\" being slang for heroin"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 24 boy taken in by devil is wicked (3-7)","output":"### Answer: ILL-ADVISED \n ### Explanation: Definition: 24\nLAD in (DEVIL IS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Support many steady moves to cross road (3,3,8)","output":"### Answer: TEA\u00a0AND\u00a0SYMPATHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Support\nPATH in (MANY STEADY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What Newgate is for Dickens (3,4)","output":"### Answer: OLD NICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: What Newgate is\nDouble definition: Newgate is an old prison (\"nick\"), and both Old Nick and [the] Dickens are slang for the Devil. Not that it's relevant to the clue, but Newgate Prison is mentioned is several of Dickens's works"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inactive and without colour, having caught cold (7)","output":"### Answer: EXTINCT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inactive\nC in EX-TINT (without colour) \u2013 inactive as in an extinct volcano"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A learner admitted to periodical study in Oxford college (8)","output":"### Answer: MAGDALEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Oxford college\nA L in MAG (periodical) DEN (study). Magadalen College, Oxford spells its name differently to Magdalene College, Cambridge, but both pronounce it \"Maudlin\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two lots of gold rings extremely tough for creator (6)","output":"### Answer: AUTHOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: creator\nT[oug]H in AU + OR (versions of \"gold\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small chap, following big road over the hill, ran badly (10)","output":"### Answer: MISMANAGED \n ### Explanation: Definition: ran badly\nM1 (big road) + S MAN + AGED (over the fill)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outbreak of terror as hostage's grabbed (4)","output":"### Answer: RASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Outbreak\nHidden in terroR AS Hostage"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I appreciate that Hollywood actor wants the Order of Merit (6)","output":"### Answer: THANKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: I appreciate that\nTOM HANKS less OM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bow before short performance by American 2 (8)","output":"### Answer: ARCTURUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: 2\nARC (bow) + TUR[N] + US \u2013 a star (2 down) in constellation Bo\u00f6tes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Neglect odd parts of poem, lines showing blunder with words (8)","output":"### Answer: MISSPELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: blunder with words\nMISS (neglect) + odd letters of PoEm + LL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ace intro for sales pitch (4)","output":"### Answer: STAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ace\nS[ales] + TAR (pitch)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: For Les Bleus, a victory followed by day to chill out (6)","output":"### Answer: UNWIND \n ### Explanation: Definition: to chill out\nun (\"a\" in French) + WIN + D \u2013 a nod to France's recent victory in the World Cup (the French team is known as *Les Bleus*)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Simple man's abandoned without pity (7)","output":"### Answer: ARTLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Simple\nHEARTLESS less HE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Material for building awfully dreamy team up (5-3)","output":"### Answer: READY-MIX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Material for building\nDREAMY* + reverse of XI (eleven \u2013 team in cricket or football)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note celebrities eschewing ostentation (10)","output":"### Answer: MINIMALIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: eschewing ostentation\nMINIM (musical note) + A-LIST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Saintly carpenter's record breaking banter (6)","output":"### Answer: JOSEPH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Saintly carpenter\nEP in JOSH \u2013 I don't know if this name is relevant to the theme"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl with old party skirt's accompaniment for date? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: ANNO DOMINI \n ### Explanation: Definition: date\nANN + O + DO + MINI"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person taking land cut kind of irrigation, by the way (8)","output":"### Answer: COLONIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Person taking land\nCOLONI[c] (irrigation \u2013 quack therapy) + ST (street, way)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strike through ball from the wing, like a striker (5,3)","output":"### Answer: CROSS OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Strike through\nCROSS (a ball passed from the wing in football) + OUT (as someone on strike is). Note the \"ROSS\" hidden in this answer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Articles with weight showing what litotes is for TS Eliot? (7)","output":"### Answer: ANAGRAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: what litotes is for TS Eliot\nAN + A + GRAM, with an example of an anagram as the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Settle a match, perhaps (6)","output":"### Answer: ALIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Settle\nA + LIGHT (match \u2013 as in \"have you got a light?\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 10 to do arithmetic with new technology? (6)","output":"### Answer: ADDICT \n ### Explanation: Definition: 10\nADD (do arithmetic) + ICT (Information and Communications Technology)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thrash troublemaker's bottom in the open (4)","output":"### Answer: ROUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thrash\n[troublemake]R + OUT (in the open)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Money problem for the shoe-dwelling old woman? (9)","output":"### Answer: OVERISSUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Money problem\nIn the nursery rhyme, the old woman who lived in a shoe \"had so many children she didn't know what to do\", so she could be said to have over-issue. The word also means an issue of shares, banknotes, etc in excess of demand or ability to pay"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Siege in the style of Farah? (5)","output":"### Answer: ALAMO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Siege\nA LA MO (Sir Mo Farah, athlete)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bearing of player in the Iran-Contra affair (5)","output":"### Answer: NORTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bearing\nDouble definition \u2013 the second referring to Oliver North"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tip of rhubarb? No, I crave tripe! (9)","output":"### Answer: CARNIVORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tip of rhubarb? No, I crave tripe\nAnagram of R[hubarb] + NO I CRAVE, with a kind of &lit definition, though speaking as a carnivore myself I have no desire ever to eat tripe again after the one occasion on which I ate it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Green Goblin initially breaks into Number 10 \u2014 Spider-man's unaffected by this (7)","output":"### Answer: VERTIGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spider-man's unaffected by this\nVERT (green) + G[oblin] in 10"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uri can't bend screen (7)","output":"### Answer: CURTAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: screen\n(URI CAN'T)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grown out of Nick Park's 1993 trousers? (5)","output":"### Answer: WRONG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nick Park's 1993 trousers\nGROWN* \u2013 a helpfully explicit reference to The Wrong Trousers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crew finally returns from Vietnam (3)","output":"### Answer: MAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crew\nIt's reversed at the end (finally) of vietNAM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country ignoring church, starting to descend into sin (5)","output":"### Answer: GREED \n ### Explanation: Definition: sin\nGREECE less CE + D[escend]. Greed is one of the Seven Deadly Sins"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In the future city goes left, then sideways (7)","output":"### Answer: LATERAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: sideways\nLATER (in the future) + L.A. (city) reversed, i.e. going \"left\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop fighting when armistice really starts (4-3)","output":"### Answer: POST-WAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: when armistice really starts\nSTOP* + first letters of When Armistice Really, with the second part of the clue also providing the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trouble in bed? Politician's nail breaks (9)","output":"### Answer: COMPLAINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trouble\nMP + NAIL* in COT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Continue with German sausage roll? Not I (5)","output":"### Answer: RENEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Continue\nReverse of WIENER, less I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Offers to capture rebel leader and those taking flight (5)","output":"### Answer: BIRDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: those taking flight\nR[ebel] in BIDS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Infamous doughnuts, with holes on the outside, eaten in North America (9)","output":"### Answer: NOTORIOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Infamous\nTORI (\"dougnuts\") in O O (holes), all in N US"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ripped into eight or nine pieces (4)","output":"### Answer: TORN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ripped\nHidden in eighT OR Nine"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One bringing up children behind the Queen (6)","output":"### Answer: REARER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One bringing up children\nREAR (behind, as a noun) + ER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Griffin she turned into food (4,6)","output":"### Answer: FISH\u00a0FINGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: food\n(GRIFFIN SHE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like Jack in The Shining: extremely scary \u2013 chop, chop! (6)","output":"### Answer: PSYCHO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like Jack in The Shining\nAnagram \u2013 indicated by the second \"chop\" \u2013 of S[car]Y + CHOP. I had some doubt about this parsing, as the CHO at the end is CHOP \"chopped\", but that doesn't account for the initial P, so I think I'm right. The reference is to the novel and film *The Shining* and the character Jack Torrance \u2013 played by Jack Nicholson in the film, handily"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fuel container Tom can't use, but ___? (8)","output":"### Answer: JERRYCAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fuel container\nTom [cat] can't but JERRY [mouse] CAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vehicle that carries regular team and another (4)","output":"### Answer: TAXI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vehicle\nAlternate letters of TeAm + XI (eleven \u2013 cricket or football team)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spoil bag, so tea's stewed (8)","output":"### Answer: SABOTAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spoil\n(BAG SO TEA)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Men's back exercise \u2014 skipping, say? (4)","output":"### Answer: ROPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: skipping, say\nReverse of OR (Other Ranks, men) + PE (exercise)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe I swear to overthrow the French (5)","output":"### Answer: VOWEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maybe I\nVOW (swear) + reverse of LE. I is an example of a vowel"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Officials arrest girls misbehaving without latitude (10)","output":"### Answer: REGISTRARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Officials\n(ARREST GIRLS)* less L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bottom of messy drain (5)","output":"### Answer: NADIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bottom\nDRAIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Take for a ride via trams? (8)","output":"### Answer: OUTSMART \n ### Explanation: Definition: Take for a ride\nA \"reverse cryptic\" \u2013 TRAMS is an anagram (\"out\") of SMART"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mmmm \u2026 I'm upset by large cats (8)","output":"### Answer: MILLIONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mmmm\nReverse of I'M + L LIONS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small European bird spotted in outskirts of Prague (6)","output":"### Answer: PETITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small\nE TIT in P[ragu]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dowager welcomes knight's opening (6)","output":"### Answer: WINDOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: opening\nN (symbol for knight in chess) in WIDOW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Young English 8? (4)","output":"### Answer: CUBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 8\nCUB + E \u2013 8 is the cube of 2"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Craving for flour \u2014 is it regular? (4)","output":"### Answer: LUST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Craving\nI think this is supposed to be alternate letters of fLoUr iS iT, but I don't think it quite works because two consecutive letters (r and i) are omitted"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Direction to the Guardian's street (4)","output":"### Answer: WEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Direction\nWE (The Guardian) + ST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fabric obtained from male sheep (7)","output":"### Answer: BUCKRAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fabric\nBUCK (male) + RAM (sheep)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mentally unbalanced setter joining most of staff in place to have a drink (7)","output":"### Answer: BIPOLAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mentally unbalanced\nI (setter) + POL[E] in BAR. I suppose the definition is accurate, but it seems a bit insensitive to me"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rush meal by river (4)","output":"### Answer: TEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rush\nTEA + R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Long to get hold of narrow piece of cloth (9)","output":"### Answer: PINSTRIPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: cloth\nSTRIP in PINE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hard up family found in vacated squat (5)","output":"### Answer: SKINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hard up\nKIN in S[qua]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prepared to look for a partner that's fashionable (2,2,4)","output":"### Answer: UP TO DATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fashionable\nUP (prepared) + TO + DATE (look for a partner)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mine hard substance (4)","output":"### Answer: PITH \n ### Explanation: Definition: substance\nPIT + H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be inclined to adopt summer's latest fashion (5)","output":"### Answer: TREND \n ### Explanation: Definition: fashion\n[summe]R in TEND"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gang found in Cheshire town, reportedly (4)","output":"### Answer: CREW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gang\nHomophone of \"Crewe\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ten dimes sent as deposit (8)","output":"### Answer: SEDIMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: deposit\n(TEN DIMES)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Black stack of building material (5)","output":"### Answer: BRICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: building material\nB + RICK (as in hayrick\/haystack)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: University in conservative soap opera setting (9)","output":"### Answer: CAMBRIDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: University\nC + AMBRIDGE \u2013 setting for The Archers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Money for parties at hospital (4)","output":"### Answer: DOSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Money\nDOS (plural of DO) + H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird eating a little green man? (7)","output":"### Answer: MARTIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: little green man\nA in MARTIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cathy's first to meet girl in charge of Wuthering Heights, say (7)","output":"### Answer: CLASSIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wuthering Heights, say\nC[athy] + LASS + IC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Enormous shade screening top of garden (4)","output":"### Answer: HUGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Enormous\nG[arden] in HUE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brawl as drink stops sergeant major getting his cocktail (8)","output":"### Answer: SKIRMISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brawl\nKIR| (drink) in SM + HIS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Friend held up favourite brown moth (6)","output":"### Answer: LAPPET \n ### Explanation: Definition: brown moth\nReverse of PAL + PET \u2013 an unfamiliar word, but very clearly clued"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One on court in engagement with Djokovic initially is set down (8)","output":"### Answer: DICTATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: set down\nI CT in DATE (engagement) + D[jokovic]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rich source of opals found in new mine close to Witwatersrand (6)","output":"### Answer: MONIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rich\nO[pals] in MINE* + [Witwatersran]D \u2013 a variant spelling of \"moneyed\": cf the similar \"monies\", which always looks very odd to me"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get on all right in audition (4)","output":"### Answer: FARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get on\nHomophone of \"fair\" \u2013 my last one in, with the dreaded ?A?E pattern"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disgusted by new American at university not standing! (9)","output":"### Answer: NAUSEATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disgusted\nN[ew] A[merican] U[niversity] + SEATED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Share of extremely substantial diamonds (5)","output":"### Answer: SLICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Share\nS[ubstantia]L + ICE (criminal slang for diamonds)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time spent making slight modification (5)","output":"### Answer: TWEAK \n ### Explanation: Definition: slight modification\nT + WEAK (spent)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Couple stop as way to end a game of tennis (8)","output":"### Answer: TIEBREAK \n ### Explanation: Definition: way to end a game of tennis\nTIE (to couple) + BREAK (stop). Chambers only gives this as the hyphenated \"tie-break\"; strangely it then gives \"tiebreaker\" as unhyphenated"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Almost cool meal suitable for infants (8)","output":"### Answer: CHILDISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: suitable for infants\nCHIL[L] + DISH (meal)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prisoner I meant to rescue (6)","output":"### Answer: INMATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prisoner\n(I MEANT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: German car in which soundly to defeat the French (6)","output":"### Answer: BEETLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: German car\nBEET (homophone of \"beat\") + LE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Geological deposit found in Jurassic layer (4)","output":"### Answer: CLAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Geological deposit\nHidden in jurassiC LAYer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spain overcomes popular revolution (4)","output":"### Answer: SPIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: revolution\nSP + IN (popular) \u2013 Chambers doesn't give SP as an abbreviation for Spain, but I found some sources online"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Response to a monarch seizing territory down under (6)","output":"### Answer: ANSWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Response\nN[ew] S[outh] W[ales] in A ER (monarch)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Copper to escort dealer (6)","output":"### Answer: PUSHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: dealer\nP (penny, copper) + USHER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wife tastes portion of cheese (4)","output":"### Answer: FETA \n ### Explanation: Definition: cheese\nHidden in wiFE TAstes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor heating loo? That's divine! (10)","output":"### Answer: THEOLOGIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: divine\n(HEATING LOO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Humour woman or perish (6)","output":"### Answer: WITHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: perish\nWIT + HER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Set off and had a meal entertaining American (8)","output":"### Answer: LAUNCHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Set off\nA in LUNCHED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: User could turn out to be naive (9)","output":"### Answer: CREDULOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: naive\n(USER COULD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gritty French writer \u2026 (4)","output":"### Answer: SAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: French writer\nDefinition + hint, referring to the writer George Sand, the pseudonym of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin (1804-1876). I can't say I've ever read anything by her, but she's well-known to me as Chopin's lover"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 or German veteran (4)","output":"### Answer: GOLD \n ### Explanation: Definition: or\nG + OLD, with a cunningly inconspicuous definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Skinhead left Cliff's vehicle (6,3)","output":"### Answer: SPORTSCAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: vehicle\nS[kin] + PORT (left) + SCAR (cliff)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl sees Changing of the Guard (8)","output":"### Answer: DAUGHTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Girl\n(THE GUARD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ceases to be interrupted by Romeo's fits of temper (6)","output":"### Answer: STROPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: fits of temper\nR in STOPS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink supplier is more calm when absorbed by housework (10)","output":"### Answer: DISTILLERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drink supplier\nSTILLER in DIY (\"housework\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Overall to keep one trim (4)","output":"### Answer: NEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: trim\nA (one) in NET (overall)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mounted detective appears in circus (6)","output":"### Answer: RIDING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mounted\nD[etective] I[nspector] in RING (circus)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remove obstruction in river (6)","output":"### Answer: DELETE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Remove\nLET (obstruction, as in \"let or hindrance\") in DEE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Had a snack with one reclining in the studio (7)","output":"### Answer: ATELIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: studio\nATE + LIER (one lying or reclining)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second stroke is lower (5)","output":"### Answer: SLASH \n ### Explanation: Second stroke is lower (5)\nS + LASH \u2013 lower as in to slash\/lower prices, for example"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hypnotise student after Tehran explosion (7)","output":"### Answer: ENTHRAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hypnotise\nTEHRAN + L (Learner driver, student)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Accent producing mutual confusion (6)","output":"### Answer: UMLAUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Accent\nMUTUAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Superior found drunk with college girl (4-5)","output":"### Answer: HIGH-CLASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Superior\nHIGH (drunk) + C[ollege] + LASS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bring up death in crash (4-3)","output":"### Answer: REAR-END \n ### Explanation: Definition: crash\nREAR (bring up) + END (death)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fit to consume wine, Teddy gets lots of encouragement (4-9)","output":"### Answer: WELL\u2011SUPPORTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: lots of encouragement\nWELL (fit) + SUP PORT (consume wine) + ED; the definition seems grammatically inaccurate \u2013 adding the \"get\" doesn't help"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Luminary in performance is euphoric (9)","output":"### Answer: DELIGHTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: euphoric\nLIGHT in DEED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worker is less industrious after final warning (7)","output":"### Answer: GLAZIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Worker\n[warnin]G + LAZIER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop and see flipping makeover (7)","output":"### Answer: RESTYLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: makeover\nREST (stop) + reverse of ELY (diocese, see)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Placate primate hoarding vegetables (7)","output":"### Answer: APPEASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Placate\nPEAS in APE (primate)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ill-gotten wrap's new (6)","output":"### Answer: STOLEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ill-gotten\nSTOLE (a wrap) + N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Raving about new collection (5)","output":"### Answer: RANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: collection\nN (again!) in RAGE (raving, as a noun)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wore thick pants, something Protestants have (4,5)","output":"### Answer: WORK ETHIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: something Protestants have\n(WORE THICK)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Do parts of us smell? (5)","output":"### Answer: ODOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: smell\nDO in (\"parting\") OUR (of us)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prime Suspect's original episode cut short (5)","output":"### Answer: SEVEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prime\nS[uspect] + EVEN[t] \u2013 seven is a prme number"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Asking RAF technicians about operation (4,5)","output":"### Answer: SKIN GRAFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: operation\nHidden in aSKING RAF Technicians. As often seems to happen to me with hidden clues, this was one of my last ones in"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: According to Spooner, only that man Francis lives here (4,3)","output":"### Answer: HOLY SEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Francis lives here\nSpoonerism of \"solely he\", and a reference to Pope Francis"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Well-oiled Indian bowling team (2,5)","output":"### Answer: IN DRINK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Well-oiled\nIND. + RINK \u2013 Chambers gives \"2. A portion of a bowling green\u2026 allotted to one set of players; 3 A **division of a side** playing on such a portion\", which would make it part of a team rather than a team, but I am no expert"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dame Edna's initial career as terrible mother (5)","output":"### Answer: MEDEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: terrible mother\nAnagram of DAME + E. In Greek mythology, Medea accidentally killed her children"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Edges away from very pale woman (3)","output":"### Answer: SHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: woman\n[a]SHE[n]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Art of jazz trumpeter Armstrong touched us magically at the start (5)","output":"### Answer: TATUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Art of jazz\nFirst letters of Trumpeter Armstrong Touched Us Magically \u2013 \"Art of jazz\" is the great jazz pianist Art Tatum"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prevented from winning, VIP wept (7)","output":"### Answer: NOBBLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prevented from winning\nNOB (VIP) + BLED (wept)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Decent chap keeping member in trousers? (7)","output":"### Answer: GARMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: trousers?\nARM in GENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spill the beans and reveal one's unmarried (9)","output":"### Answer: SINGLETON \n ### Explanation: Definition: one's unmarried\nSING (to let on, e.g. to confess or inform to the police) + LET ON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spy provides this home phone number (5)","output":"### Answer: INTEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spy provides this\nIN (home) + TEL (phone number, as shown on letterheads etc)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pickle and cheese sandwiches start to niff (5)","output":"### Answer: BRINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pickle\nN[iff] in BRIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gutless Amazon repellently exploit workers \u2014 they make you sick (9)","output":"### Answer: NAUSEANTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: they make you sick\nReverse (\"repellently\") of A[mazo]N + USE ANTS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cow moos, repeatedly expelling gas in Welsh valleys (4)","output":"### Answer: CWMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Welsh valleys\nCOW MOOS less every O (oxygen) \u2013 I know this word (related to English \"coombe\") from the 26-letter pangram *Cwm fjord bank glyphs vext quiz"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor left to collect Arachne's eyewash (6)","output":"### Answer: DRIVEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: eyewash\nI'VE (Arachne's) in DR + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Medical labs in Netherlands engaging retired bouncer (6,4)","output":"### Answer: TENNIS BALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: bouncer\nHidden in reverse of medicaL LABS IN NETherlands"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Virginal Conservative on speed (6)","output":"### Answer: CHASTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Virginal\nC + HASTE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One idiot about to go around and disperse depleted uranium, say (8)","output":"### Answer: ACTINIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: uranium, say\nQuite a complex parsing here: reverse (\"around\") of I NIT (idiot) CA (about) + D[ispers]E. The actinides are a group of elements that includes Uranium"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Interminable sex act finally taking toll (4)","output":"### Answer: BONG \n ### Explanation: Definition: toll\nBON[k] + [takin]G. Bong\/toll as in the sound of a bell"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fan of Elizabeth Taylor is eccentric (8)","output":"### Answer: ROYALIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fan of Elizabeth\n(TAYLOR IS)* \u2013 Queen Elizabeth II, that is"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kid brother cheers up (4)","output":"### Answer: BRAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kid\nBR + reverse of TA (thanks, cheers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vacuous, happy folk in Maidenhead (5)","output":"### Answer: HYMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maidenhead\nH[app]Y + MEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stubborn butcher met dire end (10)","output":"### Answer: DETERMINED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stubborn\n(MET DIRE END)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Well-groomed male observed guards (5)","output":"### Answer: KEMPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Well-groomed\nM in KEPT (observed, in the sense of carrying out or celebrating a practice). KEMPT, a variant of \"combed\" is usually found in its negative version \"unkempt\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sophisticated editor backing British broadcasting (8)","output":"### Answer: DEBONAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sophisticated\nReverse of ED + B + ON AIR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Making dopey son search for love online (8)","output":"### Answer: SEDATING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Making dopey\nS + E-DATING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Class describing imaginary number for Einstein? (6)","output":"### Answer: GENIUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Einstein?\nI (the \"imaginary\" square root of minus one) in GENUS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Surviving by hiding in a tent abroad (6)","output":"### Answer: EXTANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Surviving\nX (multiplication sign = by) in (A TENT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cries of old boy wearing socks inside out (4)","output":"### Answer: SOBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cries\nOB in S[OCK]S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lascivious look of Bluebeard oddly vanishing (4)","output":"### Answer: LEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lascivious\nbLuEbEaRd with the odd letters removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Six excluded from Liberal whip (4)","output":"### Answer: LASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: whip\nLAVISH less VI"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expert's light touch with cards (3,4)","output":"### Answer: DAB HAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Expert\nDAB (light touch) + HAND (cards)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hilarious person inhales small quantity in fashionable club (3,4)","output":"### Answer: HOT SPOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: fashionable club\nTSP (teaspoonful \u2013 small quantity) in HOOT (hilarious person \u2013 \"he's a hoot!\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very modest debtor might (5)","output":"### Answer: POWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: might\nA modest debtor might be someone who owes a penny, so a P-OWER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In dons' room fitter installs minute security device (9)","output":"### Answer: SCRAMBLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: security device\nSCR (Senior Common Room) + M in ABLER (fitter) \u2013 I'm not sure what the \"In\" is doing in the cryptic reading"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What peripatetic philosopher does is obvious (6,2,6)","output":"### Answer: STANDS TO REASON \n ### Explanation: Definition: is obvious\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deplored coarse speaking (4)","output":"### Answer: RUED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deplored\nHomophone of \"rude\" (coarse)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Secure almost the best bottles shown initially here? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: WINE LIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: here\nWIN (to secure) + S[hown] in (\"bottled by\") ELIT[E]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Abandon working at landing places, lacking energy (8)","output":"### Answer: JETTISON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Abandon\nJETTI[E]S + ON (working)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pope is up for review (4)","output":"### Answer: PIUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pope\n(IS UP)* \u2013 name of twelve popes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheating a pair of zebras? (6-8)","output":"### Answer: DOUBLE-CROSSING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cheating\nDouble definition \u2013 anyone unfamiliar with the second meaning can find an explanation here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artist, an apprehensive type? (9)","output":"### Answer: CONSTABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Artist\nDouble definition \u2013 John Constable, artist, and a policeman, who might apprehend people"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One is admitting personnel in pilgrim garb (5)","output":"### Answer: IHRAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: pilgrim garb\nHR (Human Resources, the department formerly known in businesses as Personnel) \u2013 a garment worn by Muslim pilgrims to Mecca"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Risk loading silver on back of truck? There's no written record of it (4,3)","output":"### Answer: DARK AGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: There's no written record of it\n[truc]K + AG (silver) in DARE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: By main road, refuse collector about to leave north country (7)","output":"### Answer: NAMIBIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: country\nReverse of A1 (main road) + BI[N] MAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Information from page in browser (4)","output":"### Answer: DOPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Information\nP in DOE (deer, browsing animal)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Way in front, athlete 23 (3,6,6)","output":"### Answer: BOW STREET RUNNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: 23\nSTREET (way) in BOW (front, in a ship) + RUNNER (athlete)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Twosome avoiding initial exposure (6)","output":"### Answer: AIRING \n ### Explanation: Definition: exposure\n[P]AIRING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Neglect of French entertainer heartless (6)","output":"### Answer: DISUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Neglect\nDISEUSE (French entertainer) less its middle letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man trained with choir for musical (8)","output":"### Answer: HARMONIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: musical\n(MAN CHOIR)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy about to be put into cot made of wood (8)","output":"### Answer: TIMBERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: made of wood\nTIM + RE (about) in BED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Albanian pirates tortured refugee (11,4)","output":"### Answer: PALESTINIAN ARAB \n ### Explanation: Definition: refugee\n(ALBANIAN PIRATES)*. Is a Palestinian Arab necessarily a refugee?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bad stuttering may show evidence of intelligent behaviour (6,4)","output":"### Answer: TURING TEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: evidence of intelligent behaviour\nSTUTTERING* \u2013 the Turing Test was initially proposed by Alan Turing as a way of determining whether a machine could be said to think"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Before month half over, Democrat killed racist? (10)","output":"### Answer: PREJUDICED \n ### Explanation: Definition: racist?\nPRE (before) + JU[ne] or JU[ly] + D[emocrat] + ICED (killed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wildly impetuous, missing note (you shouldn't have!) in soprano role (8)","output":"### Answer: VIOLETTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: soprano role\nVIOLE[N]T + TA (thanks, you shouldn't have). Violetta is the eponymous main character in Verdi's La Traviata"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Powerful Catholic overwhelmed by weakness (8)","output":"### Answer: FORCIBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Powerful\nRC in FOIBLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Only fellow not given a grave (6)","output":"### Answer: SOLEMN \n ### Explanation: Definition: grave\nSOLE M[A]N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expand very large element (6)","output":"### Answer: OSMIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: element\nOS (outsize) is the chemical symbol of the element Osmium, so it's \"expanded\" to give the full name"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In poem, \"maid\" is \"girl\" (4)","output":"### Answer: EMMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: girl\nHidden in poEM MAid"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After a liaison's end, woman's heartache (6)","output":"### Answer: ANGINA \n ### Explanation: Definition: heartache\nA + [liaiso]N + GINA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person stealing beer wants second drink (8)","output":"### Answer: PILLAGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Person stealing\nPILS less (\"wanting\") S + LAGER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Split from sexually open-minded faction (6)","output":"### Answer: BISECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Split\nBI[-sexual] SECT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feature of some wines, eight swallowed in bar (5,3)","output":"### Answer: SCREW TOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feature of some wines\nCREW (as in a rowing eight) in STOP (to bar)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tot learning it, one getting potty? (6-8)","output":"### Answer: TOILET-TRAINING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tot learning it, one getting potty\nAnagram of TOT LEARNING IT + I (one), &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Great structure broadcaster's right to include in romp (10)","output":"### Answer: SKYSCRAPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Great structure\nSKY'S (Sky TV etc) + R in CAPER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mogul's capital of precious metal with Russia's banks (4)","output":"### Answer: AGRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mogul's capital\nAG (silver, precious metal) + R[ussi]A. Agra (formerly Akbarab\u0101d) was capital of the Mogul (or Mughal) empire for various periods in the 16th and 17th centuries"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Assist with half of letters? (4)","output":"### Answer: ABET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Assist\nHalf of alphABET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One like Napoleon artist gets to pose (10)","output":"### Answer: STRATEGIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: One like Napoleon\n(ARTIST GETS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Danger's kept for one key war yarn (3,5,6)","output":"### Answer: THE\u00a0GREAT\u00a0ESCAPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: war yarn\nE.G. (\"for one\") in THREAT + ESCAPE (key on computer keyboard)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sue's books, one with a scandalous ending (8)","output":"### Answer: LITIGATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sue\nLIT. (literature, books) + I + GATE (all-purpose suffix for a scandal, from Watergate)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like film-maker's second try to knock out western (4,2)","output":"### Answer: TAKE TO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like\nTAKE TWO less W, with a nicely inconspicuous definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Why outspoken opportunist's put before court (8)","output":"### Answer: CHANCERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: court\nCHANCER + Y (homophone of \"why\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Way a family member shows inactivity (6)","output":"### Answer: STASIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: inactivity\nST + A SIS[ter]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Group's chiastic rhyme scheme (4)","output":"### Answer: ABBA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Group\nDouble definition. Chiastic means \"like a cross\" (from the Greek letter chi), and its noun form chiasmus can mean the ABBA rhyme scheme (though I would have thought it would be more logical for it to mean ABAB)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rabbit seen twice somewhere in France (7)","output":"### Answer: GASCONY \n ### Explanation: Definition: somewhere in France\nGAS (slang for \"talk\", as is \"rabbit\") + CONY (an actual live rabbit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink to fortify for embellish\u00adment (8)","output":"### Answer: NECKLACE \n ### Explanation: Drink to fortify for embellish\u00adment (8)\nNECK (to drink) + LACE (fortify, e.g. a drink)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mostly tinned pulp caterer put away (11)","output":"### Answer: INCARCERATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: put away\nIN CA[n] (most of \"tinned\") + CATERER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: False information by great German chemist (6)","output":"### Answer: LIEBIG \n ### Explanation: Definition: German chemist\nLIE + BIG. Perhaps not the best-known of names, but Liebig is know as the founder of organic chemistry, among other achievements, and the clueing is clear"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Motioning to leave EU? This is very revealing (1-6)","output":"### Answer: G-STRING \n ### Explanation: Definition: This is very revealing\nGESTURING less E and U"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Awful ruling blocked by leading revolutionary (9)","output":"### Answer: REPUGNANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Awful\nReverse of UP (leading) in REGNANT (ruling)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: MC Hammer set to star without old lady (11)","output":"### Answer: TOASTMASTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: MC\nMA (mother, old lady) in (SET TO STAR)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poseur swots up about literary work (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SMART ALEC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poseur\nTALE in reverse of CRAMS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Liking what a songwriter may do (8)","output":"### Answer: PENCHANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Liking\nThe songwriter may PEN a CHANT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 20 lady's plump for a queen giving a twirl (7)","output":"### Answer: ELECTRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: 20 lady\nELECT (to plump for) + reverse of (A R)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wow! Current ruler drops ecstasy (7)","output":"### Answer: IMPRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wow\nI (symbol for electric current) + [E]MPRESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mail penned by jerk is depressing (6)","output":"### Answer: TRAGIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: depressing\nRAG (newspaper, e.g. the *Daily Mail* \u2013 other rags are available) in TIC (an involuntary jerk)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: M&S clothing very large for fashion star (4)","output":"### Answer: MOSS \n ### Explanation: Definition: fashion star\nOS (very large) in MS, giving the model Kate Moss"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tree yielding fruit he regularly cropped (6)","output":"### Answer: CERRIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tree\nCHERRIES less, separately, H and E \u2013 a similar construction is used in 22a"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Launch hit like a rabbit punch (6)","output":"### Answer: NUCHAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: like a rabbit punch\nLAUNCH* \u2013 nuchal is the adjectival form of nucha, meaning the nape of the neck, where a rabbit punch might be delivered"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Confined to clinic? I provide antibiotic (5)","output":"### Answer: CIPRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: antibiotic\nHidden in cliniC I PROvide"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pioneering gardener losing trade in short supply (5)","output":"### Answer: SCANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: in short supply\n[TRADE]SCANT (John Tradescant the Elder, after whom the plant genus Tradescantia is named)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inferior NFL team cancel (5)","output":"### Answer: SCRUB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inferior NFL team\nDouble definition: the first is \"a team of inferior players..\", though not necessarily in American Football, so this surely needs a \"maybe\" to avoid a definition-by-example"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Marie's head a judicial warrant cut, for the mob? (5)","output":"### Answer: MAFIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: the mob\nM[arie] + A FIA[t]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Those entering society releasing 50% in advance payments (5)","output":"### Answer: ANTES \n ### Explanation: Definition: advance payments\nDEBUTANTES (who are, or were, \"entering society\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ancient tower Open University unearthed in pieces from town (5)","output":"### Answer: BROGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ancient tower\nBOROUGH less OU separately or \"in pieces\". See also 9a"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like archetypal copper, not even interrupting screamer (8)","output":"### Answer: PLODDING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like archetypal copper\nODD in PLING (an exclamation mark, aka \"screamer\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Language institute attended by stupid taking in nothing (5)","output":"### Answer: IDIOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Language\nI[nstitute] + O in DIM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Seeds of Man, penned by Prosper M\u00e9rim\u00e9e (5)","output":"### Answer: SPERM \n ### Explanation: Definition: The Seeds of Man\nHidden in proSPER Merim\u00e9e"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Esmeralda, say, number one in girly sex appeal \u2013 stories will follow (6)","output":"### Answer: GITANA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Esmeralda, say\nG[irly] + IT (sex appeal) + ANA (stories). Presumably a reference to Esmerelda in *The Hunchback of Notre-Dame*, though she was kidnapped by gypsies rather than being born one"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old dotard pair, full of affection (6)","output":"### Answer: PLOVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old dotard\nLOVE in PR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Matthew, for one, got all flustered on the Paris commuter service (12)","output":"### Answer: TOLL-GATHERER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Matthew, for one\n(GOT ALL)* + THE + RER (the Parisian railway network R\u00e9seau Express R\u00e9gional \u2013 as the rubric says, this abbreviation is not in Chambers. The disciple Matthew is described as a \"publican\", meaning a tax-gatherer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Asian marsupial, stubborn creature copper captured (6)","output":"### Answer: CUSCUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Asian marsupial\nCU in CUSS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some Angolan cash wife put into floral festoon (4)","output":"### Answer: LWEI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Some Angolan cash\nW in LEI \u2013 a former subdivision of the Angolan kwanza"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless dispute, endless concupiscence \u2013 bad news for the fishing industry (7)","output":"### Answer: ARGULUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: bad news for the fishing industry\nARGU[E] + LUS[T] \u2013 a destructive fish louse"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Assassination in Japan might be seen to involve one (5)","output":"### Answer: NINJA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Assassination in Japan might be seen to involve one\nHidden in assassinatioN IN JApan, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sorcery making one snigger audibly? (5)","output":"### Answer: WICCA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sorcery\nHomophone of \"whicker\" (meaning to snigger) \u2013 not of \"wicker\", as I initially tried in vain to justify. Anyone whose speech is Rhotic, or does not have the Whine-Wine Merger, might complain, but in the Slip for the recent Spoonerisms puzzle, Azed said \"RP needs to be the norm throughout, I think.\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hush money, thanks you get in form of cash (8)","output":"### Answer: CHANTAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hush money\nTA in CHANGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rope leading horse that's increasingly lame? (6)","output":"### Answer: HALTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rope leading horse\nDouble definition: for the second, as in \"the halt and the lame\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scot's drunk, an alcoholic tipple endlessly imbibed in town? (10)","output":"### Answer: CAPERNOITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scot's drunk\nA PERNO[D] in CITY. I was pleased to find this was correct after working it out from the wordplay (and a few crossing letters)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Star group unrestrainedly enveloped in applause (10)","output":"### Answer: CHARIOTEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Star group\nARIOT in CHEER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Coals lit, noise inside brazier (8)","output":"### Answer: SCALDINO \n ### Explanation: Definition: brazier\nDIN in COALS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's very warm below prayer wall for this variety of spurge (7)","output":"### Answer: MANIHOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: variety of spurge\nMANI (a prayer wall in Tibetan Buddhism) + HOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strong snuff for female not naturally cool? (7)","output":"### Answer: FRAPPEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: not naturally cool\nF + RAPPEE (strong snuff)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of plug to work inside skewer (6)","output":"### Answer: SPIGOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sort of plug\nGO in SPIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Meat, a picnic requirement? (6)","output":"### Answer: HAMPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: picnic requirement\nHAM (meat) + PER (\"a\"as in \"twice a\/per week\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Figaro, say, one captivated by attractive girl (5)","output":"### Answer: DO-ALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Figaro, say\nA in DOLL. A literal translation of \"factotum\", as Figaro is in *The Barber of Seville*, and the famous aria"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Atila's accountable for destruction of this Bible version (5)","output":"### Answer: ITALA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bible version\nATILA* \u2013 this rang a bell, and it turns out to be a bit of an Azed favourite: I found four previous occurrences of it as an answer in the archives. No doubt its vowels make it a useful grid-filler"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ophelia's tears maiden's shown in repentance? (4)","output":"### Answer: RUME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ophelia's tears\nM in RUE \u2013 Shakespearean form of \"rheum\", so as might be used by Ophelia in *Hamlet* (though it doesn't actually occur in the text, as far as I can see)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of cups found in auctions? (7)","output":"### Answer: SADDLES \n ### Explanation: Sort of cups found in auctions? (7)\nDD (bra size, cups) in SALES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In the morning, Emma's left in plane (6)","output":"### Answer: JACKET \n ### Explanation: In the morning, Emma's left in plane (6)\nACK EMMA (military slang for a.m.) less EMMA, in JET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Start of Eton's PE teaching (5)","output":"### Answer: ONSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Start\nHidden in (\"of\") etONS [P]E Teaching"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Running second out of seven runs (9)","output":"### Answer: ENVELOPES \n ### Explanation: Running second out of seven runs (9)\nAnagram of SEVEN with the S \"run out\", + LOPES (runs)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turtle country (7)","output":"### Answer: TERRAIN \n ### Explanation: Turtle country (7)\nTERRA[P]IN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American wearing new chinos (8)","output":"### Answer: CUSHIONS \n ### Explanation: American wearing new chinos (8)\nUS in CHINOS* \u2013 are any cushions *not* padded?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cans food (6,5)","output":"### Answer: TOILET\u00a0SEATS \n ### Explanation: Cans food (6,5)\nTOILETS (cans) + EATS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chaste organ playing (4,7)","output":"### Answer: COAT\u00a0HANGERS \n ### Explanation: Chaste organ playing (4,7)\n(CHASTE ORGAN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: iPad's mobile platform (4)","output":"### Answer: DAIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: platform\nAnagram of I[P]ADS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Young female given a clue by a place Paul wrote to (7)","output":"### Answer: GALATIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: place Paul wrote to\nGAL + A TI[P] + A \u2013 as in St Paul's Epistle to the Galatians"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drive off after permission to leave fish in the sea (6,3)","output":"### Answer: CONGER EEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: fish in the sea\nCONG\u00c9 (permission to leave) + RE[P]EL (to drive off)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very happy journalist, after eating dish (6)","output":"### Answer: ELATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Very happy\n[P]LATE in ED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pirate had not started out wearing a crown (7)","output":"### Answer: TIARAED \n ### Explanation: Definition: wearing a crown\nAnagram (\"out\") of [P]IRATE + [h]AD (not started)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Goes across small river (6)","output":"### Answer: SHORTS \n ### Explanation: Goes across small river (6)\nR (small river) in SHOTS (attempts, goes)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Purge to get rid of father? (6)","output":"### Answer: DESIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: urge\nTo get rid of a father might be to DE-SIRE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Give permission, please (3)","output":"### Answer: LET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Give permission\nDouble definition ([P]LEASE being the second)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Back pass? (5)","output":"### Answer: STERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Back\nDouble definition (just about)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turpin's 11 when young? Not half! (4)","output":"### Answer: JUVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tur\nJUVE[nile]. Juve is slang for the football team Juventus, based in Turin. The \"11\u2033 refers to the size of the team and is not a cross-reference to \"terrain\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Instrument not originally orchestral (4)","output":"### Answer: CELL \n ### Explanation: Instrument not originally orchestral (4)\nCELLO less O[rchestral]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Championing of stewed apples, when touring round America (8)","output":"### Answer: ESPOUSAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Championing\nO (round) US in anagram of APPLES less one of its Ps"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Split from carpenter into sadomasochism (6)","output":"### Answer: SCHISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Split\nCHI[P]S (slang for a carpenter) in SM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Headingley, primarily a place for playing cricket (5)","output":"### Answer: AITCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Headingley, primarily\nA [P]ITCH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Discussed plot for outdoor event (4)","output":"### Answer: FETE \n ### Explanation: Definition: outdoor event\nHomophone of \"fate\" = [p]lot"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regularly swims with friend, a Mexican rope-maker (5)","output":"### Answer: SISAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: a Mexican rope-maker\nAlternate letters of SwImS + [P]AL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tart in a photo, arrested by policemen? On the contrary (6)","output":"### Answer: ACIDIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tart\nCID in A [P]IC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: President of a country? (8)","output":"### Answer: NATIONAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: resident\nA double definition (resident\/of a country), though again the two definitions are almost the same"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Players plan to lose a stone (6)","output":"### Answer: STRATA \n ### Explanation: Definition: layers\nSTRATAGEM less GEM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Farmer with time for a little sex (5)","output":"### Answer: GILET \n ### Explanation: Farmer with time for a little sex (5)\nGILES (stereotypical farmer) with S[ex] changed to T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Somewhat flat 7up (4)","output":"### Answer: VEST \n ### Explanation: Somewhat flat 7up (4)\nHidden in reverse of flaT SEVen"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chair a committee (9)","output":"### Answer: HEADBOARD \n ### Explanation: Chair a committee (9)\nHEAD (to chair) + BOARD (committee)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artist turned up in saloon? (3)","output":"### Answer: BRA \n ### Explanation: Artist turned up in saloon? (3)\nBAR (saloon) with the RA reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The French story about working much less (3,5)","output":"### Answer: LET ALONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: much less\nLE + ON (working) in TALE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 2 great in coat, did you say? (6)","output":"### Answer: PARKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: 2 great\nA homophone of \"parka\" for the first of the JAZZ greats, the saxophonist Charlie Parker"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 2 great understands sounds (4)","output":"### Answer: GETZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: 2 great\nAnother homophone, of \"gets\" (understands), for Stan Getz, another saxophonist"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 2 great calls bird for Spooner? (5,5)","output":"### Answer: MILES DAVIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: 2 great\nSpoonerism of \"dials mavis\", mavis being another name for the song thrush"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fuse blown at centre of bulb \u2014 that's handy (6)","output":"### Answer: USEFUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: handy\nFUSE* in [b]UL[b]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No stomach for chase, vegans sabotaged hunt (8)","output":"### Answer: SCAVENGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: hunt\nAnagram of C[has]E + VEGANS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spot something warmer then? (6)","output":"### Answer: NOTICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spot\nSomething warmer could be NOT ICE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Labour leader wearing retro styles rarely (6)","output":"### Answer: SELDOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: rarely\nL[abour] in reverse of MODES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 2 great, tall climbing plant for Spooner? (5,3)","output":"### Answer: PEGGY LEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 2 great\nWe don't often see two spoonerisms in a puzzle: this one is of \"leggy pea\", Peggy Lee's real name was Norma Deloris Egstrom"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 2 great into jamming, usually (6)","output":"### Answer: MINGUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: 2 great\nHidden in jamMING Usually \u2013 Charlie Mingus, bassist and pianist"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Those blowing hot and cold in Scottish town right to invade Outer Hebrides (10)","output":"### Answer: HAIRDRIERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Those blowing hot and cold\nAIRDRIE + R in the outer letters of HebrideS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Submissive man evidently embarrassing kids, initially (4)","output":"### Answer: MEEK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Submissive\nInitial letters of Man Evidently Embarrassing Kids"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sheep almost swallowing large falcon (6)","output":"### Answer: MERLIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: falcon\nL in MERIN[o]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mug with method, his work instrumental? (8)","output":"### Answer: STEINWAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: his work instrumental\nSTEIN (beer mug) + WAY for the famous manufacturer of pianos \u2013 as played by some of the \"2 greats\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 2 great continues to fade? (8)","output":"### Answer: PETERSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: 2 great\nPETERS ON \u2013 Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stuff and nonsense noted? (4)","output":"### Answer: JAZZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stuff\nTwo non-musical definitions of jazz from Chambers: \"to have sexual intercourse (with)\", which is also a slang meaning of \"stuff\"; and \"insincere or lying talk, nonsense (slang, esp. US)\", with \"noted\" to hint at the musical meaning. *Or maybe the \"stuff\" is, more innocently, as in \"all that jazz\"."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stiff examination encapsulating misery primarily, fellow gets over it (6)","output":"### Answer: FORMAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stiff\nF + M[isery] in ORAL. This reminds me of the famous cryptic definition \"A stiff examination\" for POST MORTEM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deserter, say, beneath a river (8)","output":"### Answer: APOSTATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deserter\nA PO (river) STATE (say)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A dictator finally gone mad, end of world catastrophically? (10)","output":"### Answer: ARMAGEDDON \n ### Explanation: Definition: end of world catastrophically\nA + [dictato]R + anagram of (GONE MAD [worl]D), with some overlap of wordplay and definition (or maybe an &lit, though I don't think it really works as one)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inject 2 with energy using a needle (6)","output":"### Answer: SEWING \n ### Explanation: Definition: using a needle\nE in SWING (jazz, perhaps a little loosely)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Over the way, priest welcoming new recruit (6)","output":"### Answer: ENLIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: recruit\nN in ELI (priest in the book of Samuel) + ST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Character last seen breaking into improvisation of rag, lifted 2 great (10)","output":"### Answer: FITZGERALD \n ### Explanation: Definition: 2 great\nZ (\"character last\") in (RAG LIFTED)* \u2013 singer Ella Fitzgerald"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Horse galloped over line finally, to see 2 great (8)","output":"### Answer: COLTRANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 2 great\nCOLT + RAN + [lin]E. John Coltrane, another sax man"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flower given to head of promotions in Barking, IT director onto it? (5,3)","output":"### Answer: MOUSE PAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: IT director onto it\nOUSE (river, \"flower\") + P in MAD (barking). A computer mouse might be described as an \"IT director\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Holiday bay (6)","output":"### Answer: RECESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Holiday\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: European title ending for rival, tough finish! (6)","output":"### Answer: ENAMEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: tough finish\nE + NAME + [riva]L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Taken in the wrong direction, one sliding down the motorway? (6)","output":"### Answer: MISLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Taken in the wrong direction\nM1 SLED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 2 great in prayer (4)","output":"### Answer: MONK \n ### Explanation: Definition: 2 great\nDouble definition, the second to be read as pray-er, and we end the jazz greats with Thelonious Monk"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get ready, while attracting lots of viewers (5,4)","output":"### Answer: PRIME TIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: attracting lots of viewers\nPRIME (get [something] ready) + TIME (while)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pilgrimage of posh bloke ends in Andhra Pradesh (5)","output":"### Answer: UMRAH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pilgrimage\nU + MR + last letters of andhrA pradesH \u2013 a Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pretend one's cool, entering declining years (7)","output":"### Answer: IMAGINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pretend\nI'M (one's) + IN (cool, fashionable) in AGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Helping discontented barista around coffee counter (7)","output":"### Answer: ABETTAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Helping\nB[arist]A reversed (around) + :LATTE reversed (counter)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time to abandon cabs for Central line (4)","output":"### Answer: AXIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Central line\n[T]AXIS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quite attractive guards finally stop all disruptive conduct (10)","output":"### Answer: COMPLETELY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quite\nLast letters of stoP alL disruptivE conducT in COMELY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short, slight Arab surrounded by water (7)","output":"### Answer: INSULAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: surrounded by water\nShortened INSUL[T] + AR[ab]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put up with some alterations to machines (7)","output":"### Answer: STOMACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put up with\nHidden in alterationS TO MACHines"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Raving angrily? It's cause of hoarseness (10)","output":"### Answer: LARYNGITIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: cause of hoarseness\n(ANGRILY IT'S)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Women going into loft backwards to make deliveries (4)","output":"### Answer: BOWL \n ### Explanation: Definition: to make deliveries\nW in reverse of LOB"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Airily attacked Trump's revolutionary deeds on regular basis (7)","output":"### Answer: STRAFED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Airily attacked\nReverse of FART'S (trump's) + alternate letters of dEeDs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Communist cobblers in extremely tremulous state (7)","output":"### Answer: TROTSKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Communist\nROT (nonsense, cobblers) in T[remulou]S + KY (Kentucky)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old fellows always lacking manners? Rubbish! (5)","output":"### Answer: OFFAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rubbish\nO FF + ALWAYS less WAYS (manners)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Development of gallstone gutted Victoria, for one (9)","output":"### Answer: GESTATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Development\nG[allston]E + STATION (of which Victoria is an example)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Over 100 Lilliputians sadly accepting love is mirage? (7,8)","output":"### Answer: OPTICAL ILLUSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: mirage\nO (Over) + O (~~over~~love) in anagram of C (100) LILLIPUTIANS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stellar couples sign book in advance (8)","output":"### Answer: BINARIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stellar couples\nB IN ARIES \u2013 the definition is of binary stars"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hairy humanoid oddly ignoring my meat pie (4)","output":"### Answer: YETI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hairy humanoid\nAlternate letters of mY mEaT pIe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exit half-cut Finn with scarlet jumper upside down (4,4)","output":"### Answer: FIRE DOOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exit\nFI[nn] + RED + reverse of ROO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mum returns quietly after month in Split (6)","output":"### Answer: DECAMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Split\nDEC[ember) + reverse of MA + P (quietly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leader of Greece pricking Europe's uneasy conscience (8)","output":"### Answer: SUPEREGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: conscience\nG[reece] in EUROPES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Summons male to move sinuously (6)","output":"### Answer: WRITHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to move sinuously\nWRIT (summons) + HE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Awfully shy friend stopping Bob vacillating (6-9)","output":"### Answer: SHILLY-SHALLYING \n ### Explanation: Definition: vacillating\nSHY* ALLY in SHILLING (bob)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refuse to be buried (8)","output":"### Answer: LANDFILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Refuse to be buried\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nervous sibling consumes pot, mostly, and heroin (8)","output":"### Answer: SKITTISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nervous\nKITT[y] (pot, as in a collection of money) in SIS, + H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A magistrate disrobed after firstly cursing, out of hearing (8)","output":"### Answer: ACOUSTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: of hearing\nFirst letters of Cursing OUT in A [j]USTIC[e] (Justice of the Peace = magistrate)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thin umpire in bit of sunshine (6)","output":"### Answer: RAREFY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thin\nREF in RAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Violet's neighbour doing somersaults round island (6)","output":"### Answer: INDIGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Violet's neighbour\nI in DOING* \u2013 indigo is next to violet in the traditional list of colours of the rainbow"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Using speech of Sadiq Khan, say, to oust PM (4)","output":"### Answer: ORAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Using speech\nMAYORAL (Sadiq Khan is the Mayor of London) less [Theresa] MAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Signal for lager \u2014 the cocktail requires a drop of Pilsner (9)","output":"### Answer: TELEGRAPH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Signal\nP[ilsner] in (LAGER THE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A pretty sharp accent (5)","output":"### Answer: ACUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: sharp\nA + CUTE (pretty), with two definitions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Respond to criminal racket, deporting 1,000 (5)","output":"### Answer: REACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Respond\nRACKET* less K (1000)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lara Croft initially backflips with weapons and sirens (3,6)","output":"### Answer: CAR ALARMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: sirens\nReverse of LARA C[roft] + ARMS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note: new heart put in here (7)","output":"### Answer: THEATRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: here\nHEART* in TE; a heart transplant would be done in an operating theatre"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 5 over 9 in, say, after 8? (7)","output":"### Answer: EVENING \n ### Explanation: Definition: after 8\nV + reverse (\"over\") of NINE in E.G. (say)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To surrender beat, The Jam finally retire underground (5)","output":"### Answer: METRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: underground\nLast letters of tO surrendeR beaT thE jaM, reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nice 1 follows Special 1 (3)","output":"### Answer: SUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: 1\nS[pecial] + UN (\"one\" in French, e.g. in Nice). The second \"1\" links to STAR to give the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Puzzling out some jargon (5)","output":"### Answer: LINGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: jargon\nHidden in puzzLING Out"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird's main city (7)","output":"### Answer: SWANSEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: city\nSWAN'S + SEA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Talk fast (7)","output":"### Answer: EXPRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Talk\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old Norse style originally discovered between 1100 and 1100 (9)","output":"### Answer: ICELANDIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old Norse\nELAN (style) + D[iscovered] between two instances on IC, i.e. 1 and 100 joined together"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One studies figures (5)","output":"### Answer: ICONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: figures\nI CONS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek work rejects independent, backing unknown cleaner (5)","output":"### Answer: DAILY \n ### Explanation: Definition: cleaner\nReverse of [I]LIAD (Greek work) + Y (unknown)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Celebrity ignores upper class creep (9)","output":"### Answer: REPTATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: creep\nREPUTATION less U \u2013 a new word for me, derived from \"reptile\", referring to the snake-like movement, or \"creep\", of some molecules. Read all about it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leading lady first to depart flight (4)","output":"### Answer: STAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leading lady\nSTAIR (a rather old-fashioned way of referring to a flight of stairs) less I (first)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To entertain, spin record without difficulty (6)","output":"### Answer: PLEASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: To entertain\nReverse of LP \"with EASE\", i.e. without difficulty"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Troubles at giant rave around 10 on Saturday (10)","output":"### Answer: AGITATIONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Troubles\n10 in (AT GIANT)* + S[aturday]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left in Paris? That's awkward (6)","output":"### Answer: GAUCHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Left in Paris\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Number 10 welcomes new American employee hugging Tory leader (8)","output":"### Answer: THIRTEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Number\nT in HIREE (US word for a new employee) in TEN *Thanks to greensward for pointing out that this gives an extra E \u2013 it's just HIRE (as in \"new hire\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He delivered letters (4)","output":"### Answer: MAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: letters\nHomophone (\"delivered\") of \"male\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spanish football manager abandons old league \u2014 the end of Bayern's keeper? (8)","output":"### Answer: GUARDIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: keeper\nPep GUARDIOLA (current manager of Manchester City) less O L, plus [bayer]N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Do they examine old warhorses? (4)","output":"### Answer: VETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Do they examine\nA kind of mixed-up double definition, referring to veterinary surgeons and military veterans"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: B to C minus 1 returns X (5)","output":"### Answer: TIMES \n ### Explanation: Definition: X\nReverse of SEMITONE (the interval between B and C) less ONE, with X as the symbol for multiplication"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'll place it round or roundish (10)","output":"### Answer: ELLIPTICAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: roundish\n(I'll PLACE IT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 19 across good to get up on 19 across and shine (5)","output":"### Answer: GLOSS \n ### Explanation: Definition: shine\nReverse of SOL (sun) + G on S (sun)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exchanges are down \u2014 isn't everything volatile (6,2)","output":"### Answer: TRADES IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exchanges\nAnagram of ARE D[own] ISN'T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fixed flag (8)","output":"### Answer: STANDARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fixed\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The key to a jailbreak? (6)","output":"### Answer: ESCAPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: key\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Arrivederci\" to xenophobe, holding up non-native (6)","output":"### Answer: EXOTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: non-native (6)\nHidden in reverse of arrivederCI TO XEnophobe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Front runner pulls out of wild motor race (4)","output":"### Answer: INDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: motor race\n[W]INDY \u2013 nickname of the Indianapolis 500 car race, and also of the Independent newspaper (now only published online)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Organic group manufactured from clay \u2026 (4)","output":"### Answer: ACYL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Organic group\nCLAY* \u2013 a component of some organic molecules"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 without science, regularly (4)","output":"### Answer: SINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: without\nAlternate letters of ScIeNcE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Broadcast mocking animal eating grain as fodder (3,5)","output":"### Answer: RYE GRASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: fodder\nGR in RYE (homophone of \"wry\" \u2013 mocking) + ASS (animal)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fatty substances put Tory leader on edge (6)","output":"### Answer: LIPIDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fatty substances\nLIP (edge) + IDS (Iain Duncan Smith, Tory leader 2001-2003)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man going on board with female, in steady relationship at first (6)","output":"### Answer: SURFER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Man going on board\nF in SURE + R[elationship]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl returned to look quickly through yearly publications (8)","output":"### Answer: ALMANACS \n ### Explanation: Definition: yearly publications\nALMA (girl) + reverse of SCAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Standard way of saying RAM must remain constant? (5,4,5,2,7,3)","output":"### Answer: THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Standard\nThe faithful ram (male sheep, not to be confused with Random Access Memory, as the surface would have us believe) would say \"there will never be another ewe\". The song was written for a long-forgotten film, but lives on as a jazz standard."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Badger runs through mown grass (5)","output":"### Answer: HARRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Badger\nR + R in HAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sting involving gin and rum drunk around Geordieland? (6,6)","output":"### Answer: GORDON SUMNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sting\nGORDON'S (brand of gin) + N.E. (\"Geordieland\" is in the north-east of England) in RUM* . The ~~stage~~ real name of musician Sting, who was born in Wallsend, making at least the \"Geordie\" part relevant \u2013 I don't know about the gin and rum"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A rook nested in smaller species' overcrowded area (6)","output":"### Answer: WARREN \n ### Explanation: Definition: overcrowded area\nA + R in WREN (a smaller bird than a rook)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Car that only young owners treasure always starts (6)","output":"### Answer: TOYOTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Car\nFirst letters of That Only Young Owners Treasure Always"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Southern river with very good crustaceans (6)","output":"### Answer: SCAMPI \n ### Explanation: Definition: crustaceans\nS + CAM + PI (sanctimonious, so \"very good\", if hypocritically so)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Adult errs when drunk? Butts in here, perhaps (8)","output":"### Answer: ASHTRAYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Butts in here, perhaps\nA[dult] + SHTRAYS (drunken way of saying \"strays\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article with piece about female trainspotter (6)","output":"### Answer: ANORAK \n ### Explanation: Definition: trainspotter\nNORA (female name) in A K[ing] (chess piece)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Piece of cake turned up? Keep mum on! (8)","output":"### Answer: PUSHOVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Piece of cake\nReverse of UP + SH (be quiet, keep mum) + OVER (on)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some running of errands for dogsbody (5)","output":"### Answer: GOFER \n ### Explanation: Definition: dogsbody\nHidden in runninG OF Errands. A gofer is a dogsbody who may be asked to \"go for\" things"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Topless thin torso, sporting white bloomers (10)","output":"### Answer: ARROWROOTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: white bloomers\n[N]ARROW + TORSO* \u2013 arrowroot, which the starch used for thickening in cooking comes from, has white flowers. The plural looks a bit odd but I suppose it's OK."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rogue with second name unknown (6)","output":"### Answer: SCALLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rogue\nS + CALL + Y (unknown in equations etc)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One writing piece about male star (9)","output":"### Answer: PENTAGRAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: star\nPEN + reverse of GAT (gun, piece) + RAM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Impractically theoretical medic taking round out to home by river (11)","output":"### Answer: DOCTRINAIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Impractically theoretical\nDOCTOR (medic) less O + IN (home) + AIRE (river)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crime committed against state senator? (4,7)","output":"### Answer: HIGH TREASON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crime committed against state\nIf TREASON is \"high\" it becomes SENATOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Those wrongly taking clarinet solos, discontentedly playing (10)","output":"### Answer: LARCENISTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Those wrongly taking\nAnagram of CLARINET S[olo]S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet from Maidenhead almost set off in posh car (9)","output":"### Answer: RHYMESTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poet\nHYME[n] + SET* in R[olls] R[oyce]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Notes drink causing muddled confusion (4-2)","output":"### Answer: MESS-UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: muddled confusion\nMES (plural of me, as in tonic sol-fa) + SUP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Essential for galop, metronome's rising speed (5)","output":"### Answer: TEMPO \n ### Explanation: Definition: speed\nHidden in reverse of galOP METronome's"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Computer keyboard's lead is waterproof (4)","output":"### Answer: MACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: waterproof\nMAC (computer) + K[eyboard] \u2013 short form of mac[k]intosh, a coat named \u2013 often, as here, with an extra K \u2013 after its inventor."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blame shifted, after royal subject knocked over dearest possession (3-4)","output":"### Answer: EWE-LAMB \n ### Explanation: Definition: dearest possession\nReverse of WE (\"royal subject\", as in the Royal We) + BLAME*. I see that the \"dearest possession\" sense has a biblical origin: in 2 Samuel 12 there is a story about \"[a] poor man [who] had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.\" Spoiler alert: things don't turn out well for the ewe-lamb."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scots one grabs stocking left out, no matter who \/ is getting in wax, reddish (6, 6)","output":"### Answer: ANYONE\/CERISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: no matter who\nNY[L]ON in ANE \/ IS in CERE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clumsy lassie, cross with pastry, \/ is going wild with racy language (6, 6)","output":"### Answer: TAUPIE\/SYRIAC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clumsy lassie\nTAU + PIE \/ (IS RACY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like a pigeon that is dead, not twitching inside \/ mat \u2013 cheers me (6, 6)","output":"### Answer: IN-TOED\/TATAMI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like a pigeon\nNOT* in I.E. D \/ TATA + MI (= me as the third note of the scale, as in do-re-mi)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The old spot censer boiling \/ seafood dish from Spain wrapped in sort of mantle (6, 6)","output":"### Answer: SCERNE\/PAELLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: The old spot\nCENSER* \u2013 old variant of discern \/ E in PALLA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Honouring saints, returning Catholic installed sort of crucifix \/ explosive priest clutching part of scripture sent back (6, 6)","output":"### Answer: T-CROSS\/AMATOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: sort of crucifix\nReverse of RC in TO SS (I think the definition is inaccurate, as a crucifix includes the crucified body)\/ Reverse of (OT in LAMA)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rolls over squashed by occupant of sty, causing distress \/ or turns in bloke supplying Jock's sty (6, 6)","output":"### Answer: SORROW\/CROOVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: distress\nRR (Rolls-Royce) + O[ver] in SOW \/ Reverse of OR in COVE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One fish tolerates another \/ being immature, number wrapped in furled genoa (6, 6)","output":"### Answer: HASSAR\/NONAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One fish\nHAS SAR \/ N in GENOA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tay auk flexing light coat \/ gobbled maigre \u2013 one records pictures (6, 6)","output":"### Answer: YUKATA\/IMAGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: light coat\n(TAY AUK)* \/ MAIGRE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Combustible pile requiring little gas or coal extract \/ fashions eyesores round centre of village (6, 6)","output":"### Answer: PYRENE\/STYLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: coal extract\nPYRE + NE (neon) \/ [vil]L[age] in STYES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suffers extremes of tummy rash \/ takin' part of muscular protein (5, 5)","output":"### Answer: HASTY\/ACTIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: rash\nHAS (suffers \u2013 with a similarity to 16a) + T[umm]Y \/ ACTIN[g] (taking [a] part)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Adolescent canine savaged \/ antelope \u2013 part of destiny, alas (6, 6)","output":"### Answer: NEANIC\/INYALA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Adolescent\nCANINE* \/ hidden in destINY ALA \u2013 not the (related) NYALAS, as I first thought"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Choice groove in broken sherd \/ penned by martial poet, start of epode a tyrant ordered (8, 8)","output":"### Answer: DRUTHERS\/TYRTAEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Choice\nRUT in SHERD* (from the US expression \"if I had my druthers\", derived from \"I'd rather..\") \/ anagram of E + A TYRANT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One 'awking footwear, sallow \/ chap, eastern, turning up, I treated as a friend (5, 5)","output":"### Answer: OSIER\/EN AMI \n ### Explanation: Definition: sallow\n[h]OSIER; osier = willow = sallow) \/ E + reverse of MAN + I (this is the two-word answer mentioned in the instructions)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Performance that's authentic involving townie \/ is irritating, mostly gratuitous (7, 7)","output":"### Answer: RECITAL\/NEEDLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Performance\nCIT in REAL \/ NEEDLES[s] \u2013 a very familiar construction"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Church offerings; \/ plan (8, 8)","output":"### Answer: ALTARAGE\/PROPOSAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Church offerings\nThe competition words"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Salmon with cut veg, \/ labiate plant Cathy cooked in steamer (7, 7)","output":"### Answer: PARSNIP\/STACHYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: veg\nPAR + SNIP \/ CATHY* in SS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kick boxing set crazily imbibing narcotic stuff \/ ergo dizzy with close to round delivering massive belt? (6, 6)","output":"### Answer: SAVATE\/OROGEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kick boxing\nAVA in SET* \/ ERGO* + ON (close to)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Offensive term for foreigner upsetting a Turk \/ ('smutty') that surprises me twice over (5, 5)","output":"### Answer: KRAUT\/COOMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Offensive term for foreigner\n(A TURK)* \/ COO + MY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conditionally it was part of contract we reckoned \/ a monstrosity, combining short time and very long time (5, 5)","output":"### Answer: \u2018TWERE\/TERAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Conditionally it was\nHidden in contracT WE REckon \/ T + ERAS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Investigation after soldiers brand companion (8)","output":"### Answer: RESEARCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Investigation\nRE (Royal Engineers \u2013 soldiers) + SEAR (to brand) + CH (Companion of Honour)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Skilled worker's close relatives (5)","output":"### Answer: MASON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Skilled worker\nMA + SON (two close relatives)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oscar tucked into overcooked fish (4)","output":"### Answer: DORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: fish\nO in DRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Story about fellow can be forgiven (10)","output":"### Answer: PARDONABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: can be forgiven\nDON (fellow) in PARABLE \u2013 I don't much like the gramatically-inaccurate \"can be forgiven\" as the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Event to talk about endlessly (6)","output":"### Answer: DISCUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Event\nDISCUS[S]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Well read American volume's devoured (8)","output":"### Answer: LITERATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Well read\nLITER (US spelling of \"litre\") + ATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy in distress becomes a champion (7)","output":"### Answer: PALADIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: a champion\nLAD in PAIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Senior churchman makes parson sympathise (7)","output":"### Answer: PRELATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Senior churchman\nP + RELATE \u2013 I can't find any justification for P=parson, though Chambers does give P = Pastor and Priest (either of which could have been used in the clue) which might justify it indirectly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dot moans about old creature (8)","output":"### Answer: MASTODON \n ### Explanation: Definition: old creature\n(DOT MOANS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink very quietly with opposition leader in Syria (6)","output":"### Answer: ALEPPO \n ### Explanation: Definition: in Syria\nALE (drink) + PP (pianissimo) + O[ppostion]. There seems to be a law that Chifonie has to include at least on example of \"in X\" = \"a place in X\" in every puzzle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pipe disintegrating each summer (10)","output":"### Answer: MEERSCHAUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pipe\n(EACH SUMMER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chop up hardwood? (4)","output":"### Answer: HASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chop up\nH[ard] + ASH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sniff at old Bob's foot sore? (5)","output":"### Answer: SCORN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sniff at\nS (shilling, bob) + CORN (sore place on the foot)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cut train in error? It's withdrawn! (8)","output":"### Answer: TACITURN \n ### Explanation: Definition: withdrawn\n(CUT TRAIN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A lemon is prepared for dessert (8)","output":"### Answer: SEMOLINA \n ### Explanation: Definition: dessert\n(A LEMON IS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contradict unknown understudy? (4)","output":"### Answer: DENY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Contradict\nDEN (study) + Y (unknown) \u2013 a second \"lift and separate\" clue (after 24a)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get high before big exams (6)","output":"### Answer: TRIPOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: exams\nTRIP (to get high) + OS (outsize \u2013 big). Tripos is the name of exams at Cambridge University"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vocal in revolutionary hymn (7)","output":"### Answer: CHORALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: hymn\nORAL in CHE (Guevara)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'm Bill and I'm not what I seem (8)","output":"### Answer: IMPOSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: I'm not what I seem\nI'M POSTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Footwear for English banker wearing suit (10)","output":"### Answer: ESPADRILLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Footwear\nE + RILL (\"banker\") in SPADE. I was worried about the suit being \"spade\" instead of \"spades\", but Bridge players talk about \"the spade suit\", so perhaps it's ok"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jewellery taken casually round port (6)","output":"### Answer: ANKLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jewellery\nL (left, port) in TAKEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Windbag caught milliner on TV (10)","output":"### Answer: CHATTERBOX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Windbag\nC + HATTER + BOX"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Church in request that's improper (8)","output":"### Answer: INDECENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: improper\nCE in INDENT (request)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Records evaluate hanging (8)","output":"### Answer: TAPESTRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: hanging\nTAPES + TRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Joiner getting worker's point fairly slowly (7)","output":"### Answer: ANDANTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fairly slowly\nAND (\"joining word\") + ANT (worker) + E (compass point)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A flirt is carefree (2,4)","output":"### Answer: AT EASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: carefree\nA TEASE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American chums adapted the same (2,4)","output":"### Answer: AS MUCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: the same\nA + CHUMS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shelter acceptable for some Rwandans (4)","output":"### Answer: HUTU \n ### Explanation: Definition: some Rwandans\nHUT + U (as in \"U and non-U\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not many voters out in storm: it could ruin the night (5,9)","output":"### Answer: LIGHT POLLUTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: it could ruin the night\nLIGHT POLL (\"not many voters\") + (OUT IN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Satisfy a companion to S. Beauty? (5)","output":"### Answer: SLAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Satisfy\nThe ballet S[wan] LAKE might be a companion to S[leeping] BEAUTY (both with music by Tchaikovsky)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Everything carried round is smashed (8)","output":"### Answer: TOTALLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: smashed\nALL in TOTED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Groundbreaker I used in wharf (7)","output":"### Answer: PIONEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Groundbreaker\nONE (=I) in PIER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: TV station securing opera about to broadcast (7)","output":"### Answer: RADIATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to broadcast\nReverse of AIDA in RTE (Irish broadcaster Raidi\u00f3 Teilif\u00eds \u00c9ireann)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Last piece of music recorded twice by a UN secretary-general? (5)","output":"### Answer: OUTRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Last piece of music\nAn \"indirect hidden\" from bOUTROs bOUTROs-Ghali. \"Outro\" is in contrast to \"intro\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dispose of foolish nonsense in contrasting volumes (6,3)","output":"### Answer: POLISH OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dispose of\nFOOLISH* in P F (soft and loud in music)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unmarked fruit kept in college is pulled out (9)","output":"### Answer: ELONGATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: pulled out\nMELON less M[ark] + GATED (kept in college as a punishment)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Messenger's spoken, having lesson in two parts (5)","output":"### Answer: BARER \n ### Explanation: Definition: lesson in two parts\nHomophone of \"bearer\", and to get the definition we have to split \"lesson\" into two parts, getting \"less on\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Over time, sailor gets trim (2,5)","output":"### Answer: TO SPARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Over\nT + OS (Ordinary Seaman) + PARE (to trim)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Power couple return to America as sex symbol (7)","output":"### Answer: PRIAPUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: sex symbol\nP + reverse of PAIR + US"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Think tooth \u2014 it chewed (8)","output":"### Answer: COGITATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Think\nCOG (tooth) + IT + ATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fail badly with a Japanese verse (5)","output":"### Answer: TANKA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Japanese verse\nTANK (fail badly) + A. Tank (meaning \"short poem\") is a Japanese verse form with lines of 5, 7 ,5, 7 and 5 syllables (in contrast to haiku, which has 5,7,5)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Act superficially, ordering makeshift cures (4,3,7)","output":"### Answer: SKIM\u00a0THE\u00a0SURFACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Act superficially\n(MAKESHIFT CURES)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Repossessed house and office (4,8)","output":"### Answer: LOST PROPERTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: office\nA repossessed house would be a \"lost property\" to its residents; railway stations etc may have a \"lost property office\", but plain \"office\" seems a bit weak as a definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Working month taken up with fertiliser (5)","output":"### Answer: GUANO \n ### Explanation: Definition: fertiliser\nReverse of ON AUG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: That elementary particle finally revealing signature in air (5,4)","output":"### Answer: THEME SONG \n ### Explanation: Definition: signature in air\nTHE MESON + [revealin]G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Produce more veg than what pokes out of the ground (7)","output":"### Answer: OUTCROP \n ### Explanation: Definition: what pokes out of the ground\nTo \"out-crop\" your rival on the allotment is to \"produce more veg than\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shoot dead, holding automatic at first in both hands (7)","output":"### Answer: LATERAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shoot\nLATE (dead) + A[utomatic] in R & L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worked in bathroom perhaps \u2014 it's over light (5)","output":"### Answer: TILED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Worked in bathroom perhaps\nReverse of IT + L[ight] E[mitting] D[iode]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One attending Macbeth in poorer age made to suffer (9)","output":"### Answer: OPERAGOER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One attending Macbeth\n(POORER AGE)* \u2013 this needs a \"maybe\" after \"Macbeth\" as the operagoer could be attending any number of operas. I would put a hyphen in the word, but dictionaries seem to disagree"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hurried up a stay in bed, worried for the NHS etc (7,5)","output":"### Answer: WELFARE STATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: the NHS etc\nReverse of FLEW (hurried) + A REST + ATE (worried)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Assessed situation of a Hobbit clan (4,5)","output":"### Answer: TOOK STOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Assessed situation\nThe Tooks are a family or clan of Hobbits in Tolkien's *The Hobbit* and *The Lord of the Rings*, so they are \"Took stock\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sentimental actor in summertime is captivated by rambling rose (3,6)","output":"### Answer: SOB SISTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sentimental actor\nIS in BST (British Summer Time), in ROSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bay where it all comes out? (3,4)","output":"### Answer: THE WASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bay\nFrom the saying \"iIt all comes out in the wash\", and The Wash, a large bay in East Anglia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regularly tempt to cut garment lower (7)","output":"### Answer: DEPRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: lower\n[t]E[m]P[t] in DRESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A kiss lifts me in Paris, as a rule (5)","output":"### Answer: AXIOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: a rule\nA + X + reverse of MOI"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Letters from secretary, a Chinese native (5)","output":"### Answer: PANDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: a Chinese native\nThe secretary is a PA, so the letters are P AND A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Final section of joint unfinished choral works (5)","output":"### Answer: ROACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Final section of joint\nAnagram of CHORA[L] \u2013 \"the butt of a marijuana cigarette [joint]\" as Chambers puts it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old coin container in Pennsylvania high spot (9)","output":"### Answer: ANNAPURNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: high spot\nANNA (former Indian coin) + URN in PA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fixed dot, so company could not be moved (5,4)","output":"### Answer: STOOD FIRM \n ### Explanation: Definition: could not be moved\n(DOT SO)* + FIRM (company)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Miles is after bear symbol (5)","output":"### Answer: TOTEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: symbol\nTOTE (to bear) + M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sheep hiding in ground cover, an airman's lifesaver (3,4)","output":"### Answer: MAE WEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: an airman's lifesaver\nEWE in MAST (nuts & acorns, which I suppose could cover the ground). The Mae West was the nickname of a US airman's life-jacket, named after the buxom actress"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Performing flea meets obstruction (a bit of foliage) (7)","output":"### Answer: LEAFLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: a bit of foliage\nFLEA* + LET (obstruction)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jack gets United to take on son Tom? (5)","output":"### Answer: JONES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tom?\nJ + ONE + S, with reference to the singer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Getting on Circle line with a large number (3)","output":"### Answer: OLD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Getting on\nO + L + D (500 \u2013 large number?: well, it depends what you're counting)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Natural lining material wrapped round end of the contents of basket (5)","output":"### Answer: MOSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: contents of basket\n~~E (last letter of the middle letters of bASKEt \u2013 a rather unusual construction) in MOSS~~ *Ignore that rubbish: it's \"end of thE\" in MOSS, and the infant Moses was found by hidden in an \"ark of bulrushes\", i.e. a basket, where he was found by Pharaoh's daughter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mechanical orbit circling round and around (7)","output":"### Answer: ROBOTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mechanical\nO (\"round\") in ORBIT* + C (circa, around)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Almost understand oddly clued \"shut off\" (7)","output":"### Answer: SECLUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: shut off\nSE[e] + CLUED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lightweight worker in goods packing? (5)","output":"### Answer: BOXER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lightweight\nDouble definition (\"lightweight\" is a def-by-example \u2013 the question mark at the end of the clue may be intended to show this)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heating and lighting, say, above school's entrance (9)","output":"### Answer: OVERHEADS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Heating and lighting, say\nOVERHEAD (above) + S[chool]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Easily removable WC with false nuts round tip of base (5-4)","output":"### Answer: LOOSE-LEAF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Easily removable\nLOO (toilet, WC) + [bas]E in FALSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ruby's shielded by firm belief (5)","output":"### Answer: CREDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: belief\nRED in CO (company \u2013 we had this the other way round in 11a)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Means of defence gets hot with top off (4)","output":"### Answer: ARMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Means of defence\n[W]ARMS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Game to sleep with nothing on next to Trotsky? (8)","output":"### Answer: NAPOLEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Game\nNAP + 0 + LEON \u2013 perhaps the reference to Trotsky is a nod to the the theme, as is \"sleep with nothing on\", from the original 4th Commandment \"No animal shall sleep in a bed\", later surreptitiously modified to \"No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Booted a bit of the pitch over the top of Hillsborough (4)","output":"### Answer: SHOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Booted\nH[illsborough] in SOD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wait, or do shifts as a broadcaster (5,3)","output":"### Answer: RADIO TWO \n ### Explanation: Definition: broadcaster\n(WAIT OR DO)* \u2013 Radio 2 is a BBC radio channel, the successor of the Light Programme"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Barbarian lifting a thin plate of bone (6)","output":"### Answer: ANIMAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Barbarian\nReverse of LAMINA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Circle left to access champ hit badly about the eye (10)","output":"### Answer: OPHTHALMIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: about the eye\nO (circle) + L in (CHAMP HIT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animal research facility about to introduce a tedious course (6)","output":"### Answer: BRUTAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Animal\nRUT (tedious course) in reverse of LAB \u2013 perhaps a pity that \"animal\" appears here so close to 5d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Till first sign of five in the morning about right? (4)","output":"### Answer: FARM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Till\nF[ive] + R in A.M."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stick around with Gold, an American student (5)","output":"### Answer: MAJOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: an American student\nReverse of JAM (to stick) + OR \u2013 an American student may say \"I'm a physics major\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Yes, regatta activated sedentary duck (4,6)","output":"### Answer: EASY\u00a0TARGET \n ### Explanation: Definition: sedentary duck\n(YES REGATTA)* \u2013 the definition is a (needless?) variant on \"sitting duck\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Art venue includes sex experience (5)","output":"### Answer: TASTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: experience\nS in TATE [Gallery]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sydney, if tarted up to present a trivial, cosy image to tourists (8)","output":"### Answer: DISNEYFY \n ### Explanation: Definition: to present a trivial, cosy image to tourists\n(SYDNEY IF)* \u2013 an odd-looking spelling, but Chambers has it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little pig's snitch (8)","output":"### Answer: SQUEALER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Little pig\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spa where males are heard to gain weight (6)","output":"### Answer: BUXTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spa\nHomophone of \"bucks\" + TON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hide bordering lake (you'll prosper in it) (6)","output":"### Answer: CLOVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: you'll prosper in it\nL in COVER \u2013 if you're well off you're \"in clover\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dance nut (4)","output":"### Answer: BALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dance\nDouble definition \u2013 nut=ball=testicle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artist lacks yen, in a way, for a joint (4)","output":"### Answer: HOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: a joint\n[David] HOCKNEY less YEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Newscaster keeps neutral in broadcast (4)","output":"### Answer: SNOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Newscaster\nN in SOW \u2013 Jon Snow, long-running presenter of Channel 4 News"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of stone tool that is shortly to be redesigned (6)","output":"### Answer: OOLITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sort of stone\nAnagram of TOOL + I.E."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One immersed in pale blue liquor tank (8)","output":"### Answer: AQUARIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: tank\nI in AQUA RUM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hairdressing course has a lot of dubious content but requires no skill initially (8)","output":"### Answer: COIFFURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hairdressing\nIFF[y] (dubious) in COURSE less S[kill]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record crowd causes hold-up (3,3)","output":"### Answer: LOG JAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: hold-up\nLOG (record) + JAM (crowd)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pretty short presidential message (4)","output":"### Answer: TWEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pretty\nTWEE[t] \u2013 reference to Trump's Twitter habit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Restraint in dark times \u2013 a feature of the Stock Exchange? (5,5)","output":"### Answer: SHARE INDEX \n ### Explanation: Definition: a feature of the Stock Exchange\nREIN in SHADE + X (multiplication sign \u2013 times)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Roman poet in love with 6d (4)","output":"### Answer: OVID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Roman poet\nO + VI D \u2013 not a reference to 6 down"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Respond to compound trace elements (5)","output":"### Answer: REACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Respond\nTRACE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tasteless individual starts to collect hideous Arabian vases (4)","output":"### Answer: CHAV \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tasteless individual\nFirst letters of Collect Hideous Arabian Vases"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Breed of wildfowl that's been confused with 24ac (5,5)","output":"### Answer: BRENT GEESE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Breed of wildfowl\nAnagram of BEEN + EGRETS (answer to 24ac)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Legal proviso: if Ulster joins the south, independence will follow (4)","output":"### Answer: NISI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Legal proviso\nNI (Ulster \u2013 not strictly correct, as often discussed) + S + I. Nisi is Latin for \"unless\", as in decree nisi for example"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Waders needed when East River gets turbulent (6)","output":"### Answer: EGRETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Waders\nAnagram (barely!) of E R GETS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former German chancellor meets disheartened Jewish leader for a sort of 4d (8)","output":"### Answer: KOHLRABI \n ### Explanation: Definition: a sort of 4d\n[Helmut] KOHL (German chancellor 1982 to 1998) + RA[B]BI"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bum goes round Liberal get-together to get a drink at the Fox & Roman perhaps (4,4)","output":"### Answer: REAL BEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: a drink at the Fox & Roman perhaps\nL BEE (get-together) in REAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First two boys to enter mile \u2013 silly clots! (6)","output":"### Answer: EMBOLI \n ### Explanation: Definition: clots\nFirst two letters of BOys in MILE*. I'm not keen on the use \"first two\" meaning \"first two of\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Text: 'Why oh why has nothing been attached to this see-saw?' (4)","output":"### Answer: YOYO \n ### Explanation: Definition: see-saw\nYOY (\"why oh why\" in textspeak) + O (nothing). Chambers has this hyphenated as YO-YO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Painting, an area of expertise that can provide a means of reducing friction. (8)","output":"### Answer: OILFIELD \n ### Explanation: Definition: a means of reducing friction\nOIL (painting) + FIELD (area of expertise)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Critical appraisals received for variety shows (6)","output":"### Answer: REVUES \n ### Explanation: Definition: variety shows\nHomophone of \"reviews\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vegetable ingredient in cock-a-leekie soup (4)","output":"### Answer: KALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vegetable\nHidden in cocK-A-LEekie \u2013 cock-a-leekie *is* a soup, so the last word is redundant both in the surface and in the cryptic reading"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be prone to wear twisted truss and get extremely bad-tempered (8)","output":"### Answer: SURLIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: extremely bad-tempered\nLIE (be prone) in TRUSS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Healthcare organisation involved in a local upset (4)","output":"### Answer: BUPA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Healthcare organisation\nReverse of A PUB \u2013 this is the acronym mentioned in the preamble"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be uncertain about state following leader in Washington (5)","output":"### Answer: WAVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Be uncertain\nW[ashington] + AVER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arachne's first puzzle will blow your mind (5)","output":"### Answer: AMAZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: blow your mind\nA[rachne] + MAZE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vote to conceal name in complex means tests (5)","output":"### Answer: EXAMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: tests\nX (vote) replaces N in MEANS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record the queen pursuing wild tigers (8)","output":"### Answer: REGISTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Record\nTIGERS* + ER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Compound used in ornamental engraving can make one ill (6)","output":"### Answer: NIELLO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Compound used in ornamental engraving\n(ONE ILL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Responses heard with ease by radio operators (6)","output":"### Answer: ECHOES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Responses\n\"Ease\" is a homophone of \"E\"s, and echo is E in the NATO phonetic alphabet (as used by radio operators)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dull player gets partial backing (4)","output":"### Answer: GREY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dull\nHidden in reverse of plaYER Gets"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Church leader associated with far-reaching Enterprise (4)","output":"### Answer: KIRK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Church\nDouble definition \u2013 Scottish church, and Captain Kirk of *Star Trek"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cry goes up: \"Let there be light!\" (4)","output":"### Answer: BULB \n ### Explanation: Definition: light\nReverse of BLUB"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revealing backside reportedly, kiss partner first? (8)","output":"### Answer: TELLTALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Revealing\nTELL (kiss's \"partner\" in the expression \"kiss and tell\") + homophone of \"tail\" (backside)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Useless dad not taken seriously at first (5)","output":"### Answer: PANTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Useless\nPA + first letters of Not Taken Seriously"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pass over waste container (4)","output":"### Answer: SKIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pass over\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wind far, all wrapped up in swelling burst of energy (5,5)","output":"### Answer: SOLAR\u00a0FLARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: burst of energy\n(FAR ALL)* in SORE (a swelling)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Furniture item solver suggested? (6)","output":"### Answer: SETTEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Furniture item\nThis raised a smile \u2013 the solver is a sett**ee** as opposed to a sett**er"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Penning notes on passing back, handyman defender (8)","output":"### Answer: ANTIBODY \n ### Explanation: Definition: defender\nReverse of OBIT (\"notes on passing\") in ANDY \u2013 a (perhaps rather parochial) reference to Andy Kane, known as Handy Andy on the BBC's *Changing Rooms* (or perhaps Handy Andy is a generic nickname for a handyman?)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deepest part of script in story likely to crumble (7)","output":"### Answer: FRIABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: likely to crumble\n[sc]RI[pt] in FABLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prowler, male part on parade, initially (7)","output":"### Answer: PANTHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prowler\nP[arade] + ANTHER (male part of a flower)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Music in middle of performance, played at centre (8)","output":"### Answer: ENTR\u2019ACTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Music in middle of performance\n(AT CENTRE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink carrier (6)","output":"### Answer: PORTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drink\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Standard for Morgan perhaps, happy fellow (5,5)","output":"### Answer: JOLLY\u00a0ROGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Standard for Morgan perhaps\nJOLLY (happy) + ROGER (fellow), and a reference to the privateer Captain Henry Morgan"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gloria Gaynor's first and last gig? (8)","output":"### Answer: SWANSONG \n ### Explanation: Definition: last gig\nSWANSON + G[aynor] \u2013 nice misdirection to the wrong Gloria"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: That's one place to go, briefly (2,3)","output":"### Answer: ID EST \n ### Explanation: Definition: That's\n1 + DEST[ination]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Together in print and embossed (2,6)","output":"### Answer: IN TANDEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Together\nHidden in prINT AND EMbossed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tie spoon on last (8)","output":"### Answer: NECKWEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tie\nNECK (kiss, spoon) + WEAR (to endure, last)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cricketer in female underwear (4)","output":"### Answer: SLIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cricketer\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Problem with smalls filling up well (6)","output":"### Answer: HASSLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Problem\nS S in HALE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Whip under the nether regions, as virago (7)","output":"### Answer: HELLCAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: virago\nHELL (nether regions) + CAT (whip)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Treat Peter to a Trial by Jury, say? (8)","output":"### Answer: OPERETTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trial by Jury, say\n(PETER TO A)* \u2013 TBJ was Gilbert and Sullivan's first collaboration, apart from *Thespis*, whose music is lost"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Touring Berlin, take nipper (5-5)","output":"### Answer: ANKLE-BITER \n ### Explanation: Definition: nipper\n(BERLIN LAKE)* \u2013 picturesque slang for a small child: Chambers tells me it's Australian, though this page traces it back to the US Harper's Magazine of the surprisingly early date of 1850"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl riding without support (6)","output":"### Answer: ASTRID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Girl\nASTRID[e]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Server you rolled up, on which a source of milk and bread (3,7)","output":"### Answer: TEA TROLLEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Server\nTEAT (source of milk) + ROLL (bread) + reverse of YE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cut tatting speed? (8)","output":"### Answer: LACERATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cut\nThe tatting speed is the LACE RATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foreign students having secured top grade, time for cheers (8)","output":"### Answer: ELEVATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: cheers\nA (top grade) + T in ELEVES (French for pupils, students)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Publisher taking initiative originally in shooting writer? (7)","output":"### Answer: PENGUIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Publisher\nI[nitiative] in PEN GUN (a \"shooting writer\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Knickers ultimately abandoned, sounds about right \u2014 for this? (6)","output":"### Answer: NOOKIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: this\nOK (right) in NOI[S]E (sounds) with the last letter of knickerS removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Individual opening individual correspondence (6)","output":"### Answer: PARITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: correspondence\nI (individual) in PARTY (another individual, as in legal documents etc)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Virtuoso matador holds animals' bodies (6)","output":"### Answer: SOMATA \n ### Explanation: Definition: animals' bodies\nHidden in virtuoSO MATAdor. The Som is name of the currencies of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: French way to back bad actor, a union player? (8)","output":"### Answer: EUROCRAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: a union player\nReverse of RUE (French for street, way) + ACTOR* \u2013 a Eurocrat might be a \"player\" in the European Union"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Local rep may offer this pre-lunch drink (2-4)","output":"### Answer: AM-DRAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Local rep may offer this\nThe pre-lunch drink is a DRAM in the morning (A.M.). The definition seems a bit inaccurate: rep = repertory theatre is professional, though I suppose there are some theatres called \"the Rep\" that might put on amateur productions. The Dram if the currency of Armenia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two British monarchs hosting posh nobility (8)","output":"### Answer: GRANDEUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: nobility\nU (posh) in G.R. and E.R. \u2013 the EUR in the answer is a (deliberate?) red herring, as it's just the code for the Euro, not its name."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Killed duelling, criminal's put on outfit oddly (11)","output":"### Answer: GUILLOTINED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Killed\nAlternate letters of OuTfIt in DUELLING* \u2013 though surely \"put on\" suggests that OTI should be on the outside.. The Loti is the currency of Lesotho"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A Liberal breaks rule to switch allegiance (7)","output":"### Answer: REALIGN \n ### Explanation: Definition: switch allegiance\nA L in REIGN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pen note about poet (7)","output":"### Answer: IMPOUND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pen\nReverse of MI (note, as in do-re-mi) + [Ezra] Pound"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Concerned with the cloth of skirt tailor retails (11)","output":"### Answer: MINISTERIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Concerned with the cloth\nMINI (skirt) + RETAILS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ring road, one not for pedestrian (8)","output":"### Answer: ORDINARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: pedestrian\nO + RD + I + NARY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Depression case from Kansas is trouble for the doctor (6)","output":"### Answer: DALEKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: trouble for the doctor\nDALE (valley, depression) + the \"case\" of K[ansa]S. I'm sure Doctor Who purists would want The Doctor to be capitalised. The Lek is the currency of Albania"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet's penning mock archaic article showing women on top (8)","output":"### Answer: DOYENNES \n ### Explanation: Definition: women on top\nYE (\"mock archaic [definite] article\") in [John] DONNE'S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dumplings not on, Edward's usual (6)","output":"### Answer: WONTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: usual\nWON T[ON] + ED. Both North and South Korea have the Won as their currency (though it's not the same, er, one)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: State capital built up last (2,4)","output":"### Answer: ST PAUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: State capital\n(UP LAST)*. St Paul (which adjoins Minneapolis, making the \"Twin Cities\") is the state capital of Minnesota"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Many a tender dog with sincere barking (in all across solutions here) (10)","output":"### Answer: CURRENCIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Many a tender\nCUR + SINCERE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Coordinated what soldiers did (6-2)","output":"### Answer: JOINED-UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Coordinated\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stock complaint from canonised cricket commentator? (8)","output":"### Answer: STAGGERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stock complaint\nS[ain]T + AGGERS, nickname of cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew. Staggers is a disease of cattle and sheep (\"stock\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most of city girl's old song (8)","output":"### Answer: MADRIGAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: old song\nMADRI[D] + GAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Victor snubbed in party dance (4)","output":"### Answer: REEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: dance\nREVEL less V"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spell a word (4)","output":"### Answer: TERM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spell\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cryptic entertains, displaying groups of letters (10)","output":"### Answer: TENANTRIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: groups of letters\nENTERTAINS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It could be true, mind shows undeveloped part (8)","output":"### Answer: RUDIMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: undeveloped part\n(TRUE MIND)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Respected papers covering party spreading lies (8)","output":"### Answer: IDOLISED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Respected\nDO + LIES* in ID (papers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two lots of the writer's books at hand (8)","output":"### Answer: IMMINENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: at hand\nI'M + MINE (two ways of saying \"the writer's\") + N[ew] T[estament]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stripping off, never mind getting a measuring device (6)","output":"### Answer: ETALON \n ### Explanation: Definition: a measuring device\nLET ALONE (\"never mind\"), minus its outer letters. (Not [G]ET ALON[G], which I was trying to justify to myself for a while) The etalon, used for measuring wavelengths of light, is also known as the Fabry\u2013P\u00e9rot interferometer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gangster to take drugs, holding nothing back (4)","output":"### Answer: HOOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gangster\nO (nothing) in DO H[eroin]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Avant-garde clothes taken from excited guy (4)","output":"### Answer: EDGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Avant-garde\nOuter letters (\"clothes\") of E[xcite]D G[u]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet porn model gets embarrassed (5,4)","output":"### Answer: LEMON DROP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sweet\n(PORN MODEL)* \u2013 a nice easy one to get us started"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nasty bloke following with revolver (5)","output":"### Answer: WHEEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: revolver\nW[ith] + HEEL (nasty person)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Band beginning to hire and fire (5)","output":"### Answer: TORCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: fire\nTORC (a band worn on the neck or arm) + H[ire]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Set off breaking into old school (9)","output":"### Answer: DETONATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Set off\nETON in DATED. We have to read this as \"breaking into old [we have] school\" \u2013 there's a similar construction in 4d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Francis's responsibility under discussion \u2014 quite understand (4,3)","output":"### Answer: HOLY SEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Francis's responsibility\nHomophone of \"wholly see\", with Francis being the current pope"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vet belonging to cult keeps quiet (7)","output":"### Answer: INSPECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vet\nP in IN SECT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dishy fellow gets some crumpet, right? (5)","output":"### Answer: PETRI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dishy fellow\nHidden in crumPET RIght \u2013 Julius Petri is credited with inventing the Petri dish"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gulls and other birds (7)","output":"### Answer: PIGEONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gulls\nDouble definition \u2013 gull and pigeon can both mean someone who is duped"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Traveller's opening bag outside station (5)","output":"### Answer: CASTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: station\nT[raveller] in CASE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extremely rich Scottish banker \u2014 it's annoying (7)","output":"### Answer: DEEPEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Extremely rich\nDEE (Scottish river or \"banker\") + PEST \u2013 for rich=deep, think of singing voices"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Son inclined to be awkward (7)","output":"### Answer: STILTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: awkward\nS + TILTED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Food's tested! Hamburger's the \u2026 (9)","output":"### Answer: PROVENDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Food\nPROVEN (tested) + DER (German \"the\", as a person from Hamburg would say)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 best \u2014 care for a trip to McDonald's? (5)","output":"### Answer: CREAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: best\nCARE* + M (the M-shaped \"golden arches\" symbolising McDonald's \"restaurants\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fruit and honey available (5)","output":"### Answer: MELON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fruit\nMEL (honey) + ON (available)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grew frustrated with trial \u2014 very clear to see (4,5)","output":"### Answer: WRIT LARGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: very clear to see\n(GREW TRIAL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Losing to drunk is a disgrace (4)","output":"### Answer: BLOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: a disgrace\nBLOTTO less TO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Monk upset about men lacking principle (6)","output":"### Answer: AMORAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: lacking principle\nOR (Other Ranks \u2013 men) in reverse of LAMA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Check on unemployed brother (6)","output":"### Answer: BRIDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Check\nBR + IDLE \u2013 another inverted construction \"on unemployed [, put] brother\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Showing Fury freaking out \u2014 nastiest pre-fight (8,8)","output":"### Answer: SPITTING\u00a0FEATHERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Showing Fury\n(NASTIEST PRE-FIGHT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer doesn't have a double (4)","output":"### Answer: TWIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: double\n[Mark] TWAIN less A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trusted Henry's newspaper column (5)","output":"### Answer: HOPED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trusted\nH + OP-ED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \"Isn't good\", tattooed actor Christopher said in short (10)","output":"### Answer: SUCCINCTLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: in short\nHomophone of \"sucks\" (isn't good) + \"inked\" (tattooed) + [Christopher] \"Lee\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Taking humour to begin with \u2014 Screw has it and Tramp (5)","output":"### Answer: TREAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tramp\nTHREAD (what a screw has) less H[umour], with a nod to two of Vlad's fellow setters (though we haven't seen Screw for a while)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strange! Half two in empty dockyard \u2014 where is everybody? (3,5,3,3,4)","output":"### Answer: THE WORLD AND HIS WIFE \n ### Explanation: Definition: everybody\nAnagram of HALF TWO IN D[ockyar]D WHERE IS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Publicly criticises records (4,4)","output":"### Answer: PUTS DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Publicly criticises\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rule-breaking very accomplished but shameful (6)","output":"### Answer: SORDID \n ### Explanation: Definition: shameful\nR[ule] in SO DID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: View of Boris Johnson? He's divisive (6)","output":"### Answer: THEORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: View\nHE in (\"dividing\") TORY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leading politician well-informed about cause of inflation (4)","output":"### Answer: PUMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: cause of inflation\nReverse of PM UP. I will refrain from political comment relating to our current PM or the divisive tory in the previous clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Air base reported (4)","output":"### Answer: MIEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Air\nHomophone of \"mean\" (base)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expression of surprise about a project for an airport (8)","output":"### Answer: HEATHROW \n ### Explanation: Definition: airport\nReverse of EH (surprise) + A THROW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Striking effect of exotic lace on hem of petticoat (5)","output":"### Answer: ECLAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Striking effect\nLACE* + [petticoa]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rugby player runs into old man (4)","output":"### Answer: PROP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rugby player\nR in POP (father, old man)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Controversial killing of animal possessing unusual source of divine grace (6,4)","output":"### Answer: BADGER CULL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Controversial killing\nAnagram of D[ivine] GRACE in BULL. Badgers are controversially culled because of the disputed belief that they spread bovine TB"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sail around shores of neglected land mass (6)","output":"### Answer: ISLAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: land mass\nSAIL* + N[eglecte]D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Waste product generated by people tucking into bad diets (8)","output":"### Answer: SEDIMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Waste product\nMEN in DIETS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carton containing large piece of fabric (7)","output":"### Answer: PLACKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: piece of fabric\nL in PACKET \u2013 I had to look this up to check: it is (among other meanings) \"an opening in a skirt, shirt, etc for a pocket, or at the fastening\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supporter of dictator hiding dresses in vacant toilet (7)","output":"### Answer: TSARIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Supporter of dictator\nSARIS in T[oile]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anthea's contributions to magazine? (8)","output":"### Answer: ARTICLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: contributions to magazine\n\"Anthea\" is made up of the articles AN, THE, A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bad-tembered taxi driver crossing river (6)","output":"### Answer: CRABBY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bad-tembered\nR in CABBY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Award for recycled bronze pile (5,5)","output":"### Answer: NOBEL PRIZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Award\n(BRONZE PILE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bottom of target (4)","output":"### Answer: BUTT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bottom\nDouble definition \u2013 American slang for the bottom, and \"a mark or mound for archery or shotting practice\"; also figuratively an object or target of ridicule"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: French department covered by precise regulations (5)","output":"### Answer: ISERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: French department\nHidden in precISE REgulations"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cook given SAE for picture (8)","output":"### Answer: ENVISAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: picture\n(GIVEN SAE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Priest is stopping money as act of vengeance (8)","output":"### Answer: REPRISAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: act of vengeance\nPR IS in REAL (currency of Brazil)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Discontinue concession over time (4)","output":"### Answer: STOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Discontinue\nT in SOP (concession)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brother visiting mafiosi's final resting place is paid illegally (6)","output":"### Answer: BRIBED \n ### Explanation: Definition: paid illegally\nBR + [mafios]I + BED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Head of Sheffield Wednesday is meeting Hillsborough's first Scandinavian (7)","output":"### Answer: SWEDISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scandinavian\nS[heffield] + WED + IS + H[illsborough]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I sneered rudely seeing sea nymphs (8)","output":"### Answer: NEREIDES \n ### Explanation: Definition: sea nymphs\n(I SNEERED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where cops may sit for a game of cards (5,5)","output":"### Answer: BLACK MARIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where cops may sit\nDouble definition \u2013 police van, and the card game also known as Hearts"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New undergarment is hot! (6)","output":"### Answer: STOLEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: hot\nSTOLE + N \u2013 we have to read this as \"New under garment\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leading setter's swapped seed for mathematician (10)","output":"### Answer: ARCHIMEDES \n ### Explanation: Definition: mathematician\nARCH (leading) + I'M (setter is) + SEED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hidden river flowing north around docks (8)","output":"### Answer: ECLIPSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hidden\nCLIPS (docks) in reverse of DEE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wise man protecting new boat from malicious damage (8)","output":"### Answer: SABOTAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: malicious damage\nBOAT* in SAGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old courts using Anglo-Saxon measurements (7)","output":"### Answer: ASSIZES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old courts\nA.S. + SIZES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Piece that is for someone new to the job (6)","output":"### Answer: ROOKIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: someone new to the job\nROOK (chess piece) + I.E."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of stick (6)","output":"### Answer: CLEAVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part\nDouble definition of the famous auto-antonym"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clapped-out public transport's on time! (4)","output":"### Answer: BUST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clapped-out\nBUS + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pollock and other fish numbers returning (7)","output":"### Answer: JACKSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pollock\nJACK (type of fish) + reverse of NOS, the definition referring to the American artist"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Actor producing a cliche in a state (7,5)","output":"### Answer: MICHAEL\u00a0CAINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Actor\n(A CLICHE)* in MAINE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Since I wear layers, it's more cold (5)","output":"### Answer: ICIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: more cold\nAlternate letters of sInCe I wEaR \u2013 \"layers\" seems a bit vague for this, but I suppose it's clear enough"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Promenades that are out of this world (9)","output":"### Answer: MOONWALKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Promenades that are out of this world\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cable binds black line after home's impossible to conquer (10)","output":"### Answer: INVINCIBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: impossible to conquer\nIN (home) + B L in VINCE (Sir Vince Cable, UK politician), but the third I is unaccounted for (unless VC is known as Vincie to his friends, which I somehow doubt)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing evil in short book? (4)","output":"### Answer: OBAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: short book\n0 BAD \u2013 abbreviation of the the biblical book of Obadiah (the shortest book of the Old Testament)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Squeeze right into ship where hacks might be found (5,7)","output":"### Answer: PRESS GALLERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: hacks might be found\nPRESS (squeeze) + R in GALLEY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Joy for old Benn is without end: people oust leader! (12)","output":"### Answer: EXHILARATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Joy\nEX (old) HILAR[Y] (BENN \u2013 another UK politician, son of the late Tony [Wedgwood] Benn) + [N]ATION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I career around, then collapse (4)","output":"### Answer: RUIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: collapse\nI in RUN (to career)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unorthodox final position of Humpty Dumpty? (3,3,4)","output":"### Answer: OFF THE WALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unorthodox\nAs Humpty Dumpty was after his fall\u2026"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spoiled cat: \"I loved the good life\" (5,4)","output":"### Answer: DOLCE VITA \n ### Explanation: Definition: the good life\n(CAT I LOVED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Always in favour of First Lady (Republican) (7)","output":"### Answer: FOREVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Always\nFOR (in favour of) EVE (\"first lady\") + R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Welcome tale from the past (7)","output":"### Answer: HISTORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: the past\nHI (welcome!) + STORY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Legless man, one goes into pub to participate (4,2)","output":"### Answer: JOIN IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: participate\nJO[e] + I in INN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Badger picks up virus No 5 within city limits (6)","output":"### Answer: CHIVVY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Badger\nHIV (virus) + V (5) in C[it]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Season and turn Chinese food (6,4)","output":"### Answer: SPRING ROLL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chinese food\nSPRING (season) + ROLL (turn)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clouds rising from Maghrib mines (5)","output":"### Answer: NIMBI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clouds\nHidden in reverse of maghrIB MINes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Film work on a second job (9)","output":"### Answer: MOONLIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Film\nDouble definition \u2013 it's the title of an Oscar-winning film from 2016"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Allegedly, media mogul's a hood (4)","output":"### Answer: COWL \n ### Explanation: Definition: hood\nHomophone of [Simon] Cowell"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revised bible held by a theologian's all made up (2-6)","output":"### Answer: AD-LIBBED \n ### Explanation: Definition: all made up\nBIBLE* in A DD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Armageddon might take a while? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: LAST DAYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Armageddon\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prepare clues for Everyman to begin with, Sunday lights up (10)","output":"### Answer: FLUORESCES \n ### Explanation: Definition: lights up\n(CLUES FOR)* + E[veryman] + S[unday]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tailor cries over Trump becoming more untidy (9)","output":"### Answer: SCRUFFIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: more untidy\nRUFF (to trump, in Bridge etc) in CRIES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remove dish to fridge (3,3,2)","output":"### Answer: GET RID OF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Remove\n(TO FRIDGE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time after time, I shall get the queen in sensational film (8)","output":"### Answer: THRILLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: sensational film\nT[ime] + HR (hour, another \"time\") + I'LL + ER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boxer carries cold, firm cloth (6)","output":"### Answer: CALICO \n ### Explanation: Definition: cloth\nC + ALI (boxer) + CO (company, firm)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feeling tired, Mole takes shelter (6)","output":"### Answer: SLEEPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feeling tired\nLEE (shelter) in SPY (model)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Train tickets over 85% off per person (5)","output":"### Answer: TEACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Train\nT[ickets] (six-sevenths is between 85% and 86%) + EACH (per person)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fuel stored in older vehicles (4)","output":"### Answer: DERV \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fuel\nHidden in olDER Vehicles \u2013 DERV is an acronym for Diesel-Engined Road Vehicle, and by extension refers to the fuel itself"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cover put around album not working? It's beyond remedy (14)","output":"### Answer: INSURMOUNTABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: beyond remedy\n(ALBUM NOT)* in INSURE (to cover)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Behind blocking name of offensive broadcast (7)","output":"### Answer: TRUMPET \n ### Explanation: Definition: broadcast\nRUMP (behind) in TET (famous offensive of the Vietnam war)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Things one has to discuss by phone (7)","output":"### Answer: CHATTEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Things one has\nCHAT + TEL. \u2013 shouldn't it be a singular \"thing\"?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foreign royal smuggled drug repeatedly (5)","output":"### Answer: RANEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Foreign royal\nRAN (smuggled) + E(cstasy) twice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mixture to decant into pan, covering for ravioli (9)","output":"### Answer: POTPOURRI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mixture\nPOUR (decant) in POT (pan) + the \"covering\" of R[aviol]I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Notice incompletely attired earl, one getting a talking-to? (9)","output":"### Answer: ADDRESSEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: one getting a talking-to\nAD (notive) + DRESSE[D] E[arl]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Power of great city is ebbing (5)","output":"### Answer: SINEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Power\nReverse of WEN IS \u2013 from the description of London as the Great Wen"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some abstaining, others in bar (5)","output":"### Answer: INGOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: bar\nHidden in abstainING OThers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flee or fly in traveller's seat (9)","output":"### Answer: SKEDADDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flee\nKED (fly) in SADDLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Frantically on the go, I see, like the Houses of Parliament (9)","output":"### Answer: NEOGOTHIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: like the Houses of Parliament\n(ON THE GO)* + I C"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Retrograde and the like in religious book group (5)","output":"### Answer: OCTET \n ### Explanation: Definition: group \nReverse of ETC in O[ld] T[estament]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What mums do at night, bored by routine (7)","output":"### Answer: LACTATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: What mums do\nACT (routine) in LATE (at night)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time for fooling around carnival city, theoretically (1,6)","output":"### Answer: A PRIORI \n ### Explanation: Definition: theoretically\nRIO (famous for its carnival) in APR 1 (April Fool's Day, time for fooling) \u2013 I was bit worried about the definition: *a priori* means \"from first principles\", but I suppose \"theoretically\" just about covers it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thus drinking in break, one leaves wine cocktail (9,5)","output":"### Answer: SINGAPORE SLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: cocktail\nIN GAP in SO (thus) + RIESLING (wine) less the first I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hold reason for beheading number of revolutionaries (14)","output":"### Answer: INTERNATIONALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: number of revolutionaries\nINTERN (hold) + [R]ATIONALE \u2013 *The Internationale* is an anthem of various left-wing and revolutionary groups"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turned down drive with little room to reverse (7)","output":"### Answer: SPURNED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Turned down\nSPUR (drive) + reverse of DEN (little room)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Transported again after theatre show (9)","output":"### Answer: REPRESENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: show\nREP (repertory theatre) + RE-SENT (transported again)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Main inhabitant has work after a month (7)","output":"### Answer: OCTOPUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Main inhabitant\nOCT[ober] + OPUS (work)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gent's clothing down, on the game (7)","output":"### Answer: NECKTIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gent's clothing\nNECK (to drink, down) + TIE (game of football etc, as in \"cup tie\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recalling medic for a mission (5)","output":"### Answer: ALAMO \n ### Explanation: Definition: a mission\nRecalling or like a medic is A LA M.O."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charged after having departed Roman site (7)","output":"### Answer: LATERAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Roman site\nLATE (dead, departed) + RAN (charged)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Knackered wife to relax with swimmer's sport (3-2,9)","output":"### Answer: ALL\u2011IN\u00a0WRESTLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: sport\nALL IN (knackered, tired) + W + REST + LING (fish, swimmer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rocky base affected roads in coastal regions (9)","output":"### Answer: SEABOARDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: coastal regions\nBASE* + ROADS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Coaching cooking, tossing out a dish (7)","output":"### Answer: GNOCCHI \n ### Explanation: Definition: dish\nAnagram of COACHING less A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Swimming, Phelps maintains top speed in hard journey (7)","output":"### Answer: SCHLEPP \n ### Explanation: Definition: hard journey\nC (speed of light \u2013 top speed) in PHELPS*, with the surface referring to swimmer Michael Phelps"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put plainly, any number tucking into cake (2,5)","output":"### Answer: EN CLAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put plainly\nN (any number) in \u00c9CLAIR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Horseman and I went off to the north (7)","output":"### Answer: DETTORI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Horseman\nReverse of I ROTTED (went off) \u2013 for those unfamiliar with the jockey (horseman), see Frankie Dettori"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Primate called round to begin with (5)","output":"### Answer: ORANG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Primate\nO (round) + RANG (called)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ultimately joyless sex in retirement, tender embraces from behind prove unsettling (7)","output":"### Answer: DISTURB \n ### Explanation: Definition: prove unsettling\nReverse of [joyles]S RUT (sex) in reverse of BID (a tender)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country music performer pitiful to hear? (9)","output":"### Answer: SINGAPORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Country\nHomophone of \"singer\" + \"poor\" \u2013 slightly iffy, at least to me, as I don't sound the G in \"singer\" but do in \"Singapore\". Other accents are available, of course"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet to eat something fragrant (10)","output":"### Answer: AFTERSHAVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: something fragrant\nAFTERS (sweet, pudding) + HAVE (to eat)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fringe cut straight, precisely (4)","output":"### Answer: BANG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fringe cut straight\nNot sure about this: I it could be a truncated BANG[S] (a fringe), with two rather similar definitions, the second as in \"bang on\"; or is it singular BANG as a \"fringe cut straight\"? Chambers gives \"a fringe, hair cut straight across the brow (often in pl[ural])\", so I suppose this is more likely"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where scarecrows are doing a great job? (11,2,5,5)","output":"### Answer: OUTSTANDING IN THEIR FIELD \n ### Explanation: Definition: doing a great job\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Setter cared to mess around? That's none of your business! (5,6)","output":"### Answer: TRADE SECRET \n ### Explanation: Definition: That's none of your business\n(SETTER CARED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lump in throat, as computer giant in the hands of sinner? (5,5)","output":"### Answer: ADAM\u2019S APPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lump in throat\nADAM is the sinner and APPLE the computer giant"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not that great (9,4)","output":"### Answer: SOMETHING ELSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not that\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alluring lure, perfect individual served up (9)","output":"### Answer: HONEYTRAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Alluring lure\nHONE (to perfect) + reverse of PARTY (individual, as in legal documents), though only half the answer is a down, so \"served up\" is imprecise; a shame, as it's otherwise a nice clue that took me a while to parse"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: There's a point to this medical treatment (7)","output":"### Answer: DECIMAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: There's a point to this\nMEDICAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Back to steal a pilotless craft, old thief (7)","output":"### Answer: LADRONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: old thief\n[stea]L + A DRONE \u2013 ladrone is an old Spanish word for a pirate or robber"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Skilful wrapping each in foil (6)","output":"### Answer: DEFEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: foil\nEA in DEFT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hot and moist, place cakes wearily at first on base of tray (6)","output":"### Answer: SWEATY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hot and moist\nW[earily] in (\"caked by\") SEAT (place) + [tra]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hidden uranium has affected nerve cord (10)","output":"### Answer: UNDERCOVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hidden\nU + (NERVE CORD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A hundred bunk beds for artist (5)","output":"### Answer: BOSCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: artist\nC (100) in BOSH (rubbish, bunk) \u2013 the artist is Hieronymus Bosch"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creative thinker in rock star's overcome (9)","output":"### Answer: INNOVATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Creative thinker\nNOVA (star) in (overcome by) IN TOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Asian in time standing for self-centredness (8)","output":"### Answer: EGOMANIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: self-centredness\nOMANI in reverse of AGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Link again on chains even, funny (2-6)","output":"### Answer: RE-ENGAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Link again\nE'EN GAG (a joke, a funny) in (chained by) RE (on)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Novelty act had tune for single (10)","output":"### Answer: UNATTACHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: single\n(ACT HAD TUNE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Routine quavering made in warble (9)","output":"### Answer: TREADMILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Routine\nMADE* in TRILL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Last of rabbits with hare, say, in a stew (8)","output":"### Answer: STRESSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: in a stew\n[rabbit]S + TRESSED (with hair)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wood and silicate not entirely vinegary? (8)","output":"### Answer: BALSAMIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: vinegary\nBALSA + MIC[A]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prepared to embrace poet, no alternative (6)","output":"### Answer: OPEN TO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prepared to embrace\n(POET NO)* \u2013 an easy clue made hard by the wrong enumeration: (6) instead of (4,2)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Key once more accessing sleepy terrace from the basement? (6)","output":"### Answer: RETYPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Key once more\nHidden in reverse of sleEPY TERrace"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Big cheese mound (5)","output":"### Answer: MOGUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Big cheese\nDouble definition \u2013 an important person and a mound of snow, as in mogul skiing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Basic unit 1-13 of 26? (4)","output":"### Answer: ATOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Basic unit\nA TO M \u2013 items 1 to 13 of the 26 letters of the alphabet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's got to change to accommodate language, primarily (7)","output":"### Answer: GLOTTIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's got to change to accommodate language, primarily\nL[anguage] in (IT'S GOT)*, &lit, as the glottis is involved in the production of speech"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Orient Express carried a lot of engineers (3,4)","output":"### Answer: FAR EAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: The Orient\nA + R[oyal] E[ngineers] in FAST (express)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top expert brings in millions (4)","output":"### Answer: ACME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Top\nM in ACE (expert)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cook stipulated chestnuts (10)","output":"### Answer: PLATITUDES \n ### Explanation: Definition: chestnuts\nSTIPULATED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They usually enclose 9 estimates (6)","output":"### Answer: QUOTES \n ### Explanation: Definition: They usually enclose\nI think this is a triple definition \u2013 for the first, quotes = quotation marks enclose what they are quoting"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cut short series about to be shown in gallery (8)","output":"### Answer: TRUNCATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cut short\nRUN (series) + C (circa, about) in TATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: House officer working for Mark (9)","output":"### Answer: SEMICOLON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mark\nSEMI (house) + COL[onel] + ON (working)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wander over island, one in NZ (5)","output":"### Answer: MAORI \n ### Explanation: Definition: one in NZ\nReverse of ROAM + I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crack small fruit I pinched (5)","output":"### Answer: SOLVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crack\nS OLIVE with the I removed or \"pinched\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Transport people back out of condition (6,3)","output":"### Answer: ESTATE CAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Transport\nSTATE (condition) in reverse of RACE (people)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not a good time to limit latest banter (8)","output":"### Answer: BADINAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: banter\nIN (latest, fashionable) in BAD AGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Musical director withdraws case (6)","output":"### Answer: DATIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: case\nReverse of EVITA + D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pat's blue uniform fitted in previously (5,2,3)","output":"### Answer: RIGHT ON CUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pat\nRIGHT (blue \u2013 colour of the Tory part) + U in ONCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spanish runner featuring in outside broadcast (4)","output":"### Answer: EBRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spanish runner\nHidden in outsidE BROadcast. The Ebro is a river in Spain"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It soothes anyone at sea rounding Land's End (7)","output":"### Answer: ANODYNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It soothes\n[Lan]D in ANYONE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criticise cast not taking sides, essentially (7)","output":"### Answer: ASPERSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Criticise\nAS (cASt without its \"sides\") + PER SE (essentially)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The priest in Paris saves time for talk (7)","output":"### Answer: LECTURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: talk\nT in LE CUR\u00c9"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Send messages in tiny dry bottles (5)","output":"### Answer: TWEET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Send messages\nWEE in (bottled by) TT (teetotal, dry)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This writer's former old thick coat (7)","output":"### Answer: IMPASTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: thick coat\nI'M (this writer is) + PAST (former) + O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Last words of two people hugging one? (6)","output":"### Answer: ADIEUX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Last words\nI in A DEUX (of two people)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Articulate English sister spies tortoiseshell (9)","output":"### Answer: ENUNCIATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Articulate\nE + NUN + CIA + TE (the \"shell\" of TortoisE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Support inserted in vessel or loudspeaker (7)","output":"### Answer: STENTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: loudspeaker\nSTENT (tube or support inserted into a blood vessel) + OR. Stentor is a loud-voiced character from Greek mythology, source of the adjective \"stentorian\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eg articles a perfect shop's displayed (5,2,6)","output":"### Answer: PARTS\u00a0OF\u00a0SPEECH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Eg articles\n(A PERFECT SHOP'S)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Did rail overrun, as some may say? (9)","output":"### Answer: INVEIGHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Did rail\nHomophone of \"invade\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bill deserts love for 2 (7)","output":"### Answer: ORATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: 2\nADORATION (love) less AD (bill)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He abandons ornamental hat and tackle (7)","output":"### Answer: ADDRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: tackle\nHEADDRESS less HE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They qualify subtly and accurately, maybe (7)","output":"### Answer: ADVERBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They qualify\nAdverbs qualify a verb, and \"subtly\" and \"accurately\" are examples, so it's kind of a double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Polynesian bird once seen in clinic (6)","output":"### Answer: SAMOAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Polynesian\nMOA (extinct bird) in SAN (clinic)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This puzzle has one note around the edge (5)","output":"### Answer: THEME \n ### Explanation: Definition: This puzzle has one\nHEM (edge) in TE (note, in sol-fa)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Give address on back cover, otherwise disappear (9)","output":"### Answer: EVAPORATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: disappear\nReverse of PAVE (to cover) + ORATE (give an address);not sure what \"otherwise\" is doing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Art patron holding small aesthetic guide (5)","output":"### Answer: TASTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: aesthetic guide\nS in TATE (Henry Tate, sugar magnate and founder of the Tate Gallery)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scent you reportedly lost after crossing Atlantic? (5)","output":"### Answer: ODOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scent\nThe U (\"you, reportedly\") is lost in the American spelling, ODOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Botanical expert with itemised qualifications of female scholar? (9)","output":"### Answer: HERBALIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Botanical expert\nHER B.A. LIST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eg 10 and 28 transformations between parts of the middle row (7,2,5)","output":"### Answer: CHANGES\u00a0OF\u00a0STATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Eg 10 and 28\n10 (TASTE) and 28 (TESTA) are both anagrams of STATE, and in the middle row we have three states of matter in STEAM, ICE and WATER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Den rebuilt by wild animals in stage before mating, often (7)","output":"### Answer: ENDGAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: stage before mating, often\nDEN* + GAME, with the definition referring to chess"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Energy shown by second eleven (5)","output":"### Answer: STEAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Energy\nS + TEAM (eleven \u2013 football or cricket team)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Decorate things cooked in kitchen, with odd exceptions (3)","output":"### Answer: ICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Decorate things cooked\nkItChEn with the odd letters removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tend to bed or what's in special kind of mattress (5)","output":"### Answer: WATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tend to bed\nDouble definition \u2013 watering a garden (bed), and the mattress of a water bed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor improperly uses pressure to get into suit, say (5,2)","output":"### Answer: DRESS UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: get into suit, say\nDR + (USES P)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: So to speak, inscribe 2nd Street on map in Far East? (9)","output":"### Answer: RIGHTMOST \n ### Explanation: Definition: in Far East\nHomophone of \"write\" + MO (second \u2013 2nd) + ST \"rightmost\" because East is usually on the right in maps"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A state briefly flipped, becoming another state (5)","output":"### Answer: ASSAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: another state\nA + reverse of MASS[achusetts] \u2013 is the use of the thematic word \"state\" here a blemish or a helpful hint? See also 1d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article on big game put in hard cover (5)","output":"### Answer: TESTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: hard cover\nTEST (big game, as in test match) + A (article); testa is the hard shell of a seed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Garments I altered \u2014 they've had 13 across 22 across (9)","output":"### Answer: EMIGRANTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: they've had 13 across 22 across\n(GARMENTS I)* \u2013 emigrants have moved to a new state"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One state followed by another, note (4)","output":"### Answer: MEMO \n ### Explanation: Definition: note\nME (Maine) + MO (Missouri) \u2013 another use of \"state\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fare from India south, landing in Pacific islands (6)","output":"### Answer: SAMOSA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fare from India\nS in SAMOA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More bad gas circulated in draughts etc (5,5)","output":"### Answer: BOARD GAMES \n ### Explanation: Definition: draughts etc\n(MORE BAD GAS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cuts components of air, for example, including hydrogen (6)","output":"### Answer: GASHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cuts\nH in GASES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 25 take part in crusade zealously, securing release (8)","output":"### Answer: DEFREEZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 25\nFREE (release) in [crusa]DE ZE[alously] \u2013 rather a vague indication of the \"part\", but clear enough"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mediterranean landmark visible in Estonia, oddly (4)","output":"### Answer: ETNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mediterranean landmark\nOdd letters of EsToNiA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Showing ambition when I sound off about power (8)","output":"### Answer: ASPIRANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Showing ambition\nP in AS I RANT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Become emotional, having bumped into learner on inside (4)","output":"### Answer: MELT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Become emotional\nL in MET (bumped into)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fourth law suit, as viewed by robber, potentially (5)","output":"### Answer: CASED \n ### Explanation: Definition: viewed by robber, potentially\nCASE D is the fourth law suit, after Cases A, B and C; reference to a robber \"casing the joint\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: County's crewmen bringing one in on the ground floor, perhaps (10)","output":"### Answer: DOWNSTAIRS \n ### Explanation: Definition: on the ground floor, perhaps\n[County] DOWN'S + I in TARS (sailors, crewmen)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Frightfully odd English upset part of the EU (5)","output":"### Answer: EERIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Frightfully odd\nE + reverse of EIRE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Invigorate loco engineers with no end of passion (8)","output":"### Answer: ENERGISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Invigorate\nAnagram of ENGINEERS less one N (end of passioN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short, spontaneous performance edited, so better (8)","output":"### Answer: IMPROVED \n ### Explanation: Definition: better\nIMPROV[isation] + ED[ited]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cunningly defeat without being heartless, having switched halves (6)","output":"### Answer: OUTWIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cunningly defeat\nWIT[h]OUT with its two halves swapped"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good thing about name in form posted? OK (6)","output":"### Answer: ASSENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: OK\nTwo cryptic indications here: N (name) in ASSET, and AS SENT (in the form posted)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Judges having reached conclusion, what comes next? Old-fashioned pity (4)","output":"### Answer: RUTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old-fashioned pity\nThe book of Ruth follows Judges in the Old Testament"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What must be modified to produce rapprochement (4)","output":"### Answer: THAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: rapprochement\nWHAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Result of condensation, being damp, without oxygen (4)","output":"### Answer: MIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Result of condensation\nMOIST less O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vacant single bed inside for writer (6)","output":"### Answer: SCRIBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: writer\nCRIB in S[ingl]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Olympic event, for one, a master's city (8)","output":"### Answer: DAMASCUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: city\nDISCUS (Olympic event) with I (one) replaced by A M.A."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Baby wrap an omnishambles (6)","output":"### Answer: AMNION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Baby wrap\nIt wouldn't be Philistine without a lift-and-separate: this is an anagam (\"shambles\") of AN OMNI. The amnion is \"membrane that closely covers the embryo when first formed\", perhaps more familiar in the adjectival form \"amniotic\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Picaroon's puzzle's not a stinger (8)","output":"### Answer: SCORPION \n ### Explanation: Definition: stinger\nPICAROONS* less A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Complaint of junior doctor pocketing floppy disk has been uncovered (10,4)","output":"### Answer: HOUSEMAID\u2019S\u00a0KNEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Complaint\nDISK* in HOUSEMAN (junior doctor) + [b]EE[n]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Laments acknowledgement I put into trilogies (10)","output":"### Answer: THRENODIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Laments\nNOD I in THREES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top copy (Times) (4)","output":"### Answer: APEX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Top\nAPE (copy) + X (multiplied by, times)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opening to examine innards of engine, a mate having reversed battery terminal (10)","output":"### Answer: LAPAROTOMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Opening to examine innards\nReverse of (MOTOR + A PAL) + the last letter (\"terminal\") of batterY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Straight instruction in this flat: coffee should be stirred (3,5,2,4)","output":"### Answer: THE\u00a0FACTS\u00a0OF\u00a0LIFE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Straight instruction\n(~~IN~~ THIS FLAT COFFEE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reserved lease covering quote rejected (8)","output":"### Answer: RETICENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reserved\nReverse of CITE in RENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sucker for cake (6)","output":"### Answer: SPONGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sucker\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An old friend \u2014 title and initials (8)","output":"### Answer: ACRONYMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: initials\nA CRONY + MS (title)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Join the enemy of imperfection (6)","output":"### Answer: DEFECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Join the enemy\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Have sex with more than three on the French carpet (8)","output":"### Answer: SHAGPILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: carpet\nSHAG (have sex with) + PI (3.14\u2026, more than 3) + LE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Franco urged to suppress resentment (7)","output":"### Answer: RANCOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: resentment\nHidden in fRANCO URged"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reading lines penned by Crosby (8)","output":"### Answer: BROWSING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reading\nROWS in BING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Islands wind up being held by corrupt rich OAP (11)","output":"### Answer: ARCHIPELAGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Islands\nRevere of GALE in (RICH OAP)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek character opposed to what might be ordered in 13 down (7)","output":"### Answer: CHIANTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: what might be ordered in 13 down\nCHI + ANTI"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: From then till now, bank with honesty (9)","output":"### Answer: SINCERELY \n ### Explanation: Definition: with honesty\nSINCE (from then till now) + RELY (to bank (on))"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Radio and TV broadcast must include Home Is Where The Heart Is (11)","output":"### Answer: MEDIASTINUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where The Heart Is\nMEDIA (radio & TV) + IN (home) in MUST* \u2013 probably the most obscure of the medical answers: it's \"a membranous partition between two body cavities or two parts of an organ, especially that between the lungs\" (so including the heart)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Display excessive skill over restaurant (9)","output":"### Answer: TRATTORIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: restaurant\nReverse of AIR OTT ART"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fall of everybody climbing trees outside (8)","output":"### Answer: COLLAPSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fall\nReverse of ALL in COPSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: See to car and jet crash \u2014 with this? (7,4)","output":"### Answer: EJECTOR SEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: See to car and jet crash \u2014 with this\n(SEE TO CAR JET)* &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Misdeed of criminal (7)","output":"### Answer: OFFENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Misdeed\nOF FENCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird flu affects little children, only not at first (6)","output":"### Answer: FALCON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bird\nFirst letters of Flu Affects Little Children Only Not"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deviously help grand trickery involving energy and venting humour? (12)","output":"### Answer: PHLEGMAGOGIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: venting humour\nHELP* + G + GO in MAGIC. Phlegm was one of the four humours of ancient and medieval medicine"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nasty Scot in Glasgow we found among personnel (4)","output":"### Answer: HOOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nasty Scot\nOO (Scots \"we\") in HR (Human Resources, aka Personnel [department]) \u2013 hoor is a Scots variant of \"whore\", used to mean \"a difficult or unpleasant thing or person\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excess reporting? Cut initial chapter (7)","output":"### Answer: OVERAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Excess\nCOVERAGE less C"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rising like a bird that exercises a turn so (7)","output":"### Answer: ROUSANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rising like a bird\n(A TURN SO)* \u2013 it's a heraldic term for \"rising as a bird\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bits of breakfast roughage adding nourishment (4)","output":"### Answer: BRAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bits of breakfast roughage adding nourishment\nFirst letters &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appearing when option's selected, champers at an end (5)","output":"### Answer: POP-UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Appearing when option's selected\nPOP (slang for champagne) + UP (at an end)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plot ryots worked (5)","output":"### Answer: STORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plot\nRYOTS* \u2013 not that it matters for the clue, but a ryot is an Indian peasant or tenant farmer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Singer's first substandard track (5)","output":"### Answer: SPOOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: track\nS[inger] + POOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Balance is shown following ball in French team (9)","output":"### Answer: EQUIPOISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Balance\nO (ball) + IS in EQUIPE (French for \"team\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poodle treated by (US) vet producing type of liniment (9)","output":"### Answer: OPODELDOC \n ### Explanation: Definition: type of liniment\nPOODLE* + DOC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Historical assembly learnt about them (5)","output":"### Answer: GEMOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Historical assembly\n'EM in GOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spare mobile's thrown into waste container often (5)","output":"### Answer: SKIMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spare\nM (mobile, as m-banking) in SKIP (waste container)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What makes society wither and die in some parts (5)","output":"### Answer: SWELT \n ### Explanation: Definition: die in some parts\nS + WELT (to wither). A dialect word meaning to die"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hall, type of expansion university welcomed (4)","output":"### Answer: AULA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hall\nU in ALA (\"a leafy expansion..\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feature of green belt behind schedule, not the first? About right (7)","output":"### Answer: VERDURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feature of green belt\nR in [O]VERDUE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blind cave-dweller erupts furiously, pierced by Odysseus initially (7)","output":"### Answer: PROTEUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blind cave-dweller\nO[dysseus] in ERUPTS*. The cave-dweller is not the shape-shifting character from Greek mythology, but another name for the Olm, an aquatic salamander"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It carries significance for Sikhs, knocking back strong drink (4)","output":"### Answer: KARA \n ### Explanation: Definition: It carries significance for Sikhs\nReverse of ARAK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The old trees they varied with flower parts of differing length (12)","output":"### Answer: HETEROSTYLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: with flower parts of differing length\n(OLD TREES THEY)* \u2013 the initial \"The\" seems redundant"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ah gosh! Rapper garbled cursive sequence (12)","output":"### Answer: PHRASEOGRAPH \n ### Explanation: Definition: cursive sequence\n(AH GOSH RAPPER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moth took off in joint (7)","output":"### Answer: HOOK-TIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Moth\nTOOK* in HIP (joint)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Droop on fringes of university dance (4)","output":"### Answer: LOUP \n ### Explanation: Definition: dance\nU in LOP (to hang down loosely, droop). Is U the \"fringes\" of University?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like wine making one merry dipped into regularly by distinguished don (5)","output":"### Answer: GRAPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like wine\nThe letters RP (Regius Professor \u2013 distinguished don) inserted separately into GAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Radar system creating endless work \u2013 terribly solemn about it (9)","output":"### Answer: MONOPULSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Radar system\nOPU[S] in SOLEMN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Class benders (not classically proper!) (5)","output":"### Answer: GENUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Class\nPlural of GENU = knee = bender; the \"classically proper\" plural would be \"genua\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outcry once dress comes into contact with grease (7)","output":"### Answer: GARBOIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Outcry\nGARB + OIL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mild oath senior officer produces having lost pipe outside? (4)","output":"### Answer: IGAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mild oath\nBRIGADIER less the outer BRIER (pipe)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extract from pasture dock for nettle rash (5)","output":"### Answer: UREDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: nettle rash\nHidden in pastURE DOck"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Press lied freely displaying hubris? Far from it (9)","output":"### Answer: PRIDELESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: displaying hubris? Far from it\n(PRESS LIED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Damned old and cold cramped houses (5)","output":"### Answer: POCKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Damned old\nC in POKY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stewed fruit with a dash of lemon in? It was intriguing (7)","output":"### Answer: COMPLOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: It was intriguing\nL[emon] in COMPOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shift is taken up and nearly spoilt (7)","output":"### Answer: SIMARRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shift\nReverse of IS + MARRE[D] \u2013 variant of \"cymar\", a coat, or undergarment (\"shift\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blast of air, tornado with no hush inside (5)","output":"### Answer: TWIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blast of air\nTWISTER less ST (hush!). Chambers defines this as \"a nozzle for a blast of air\", rather than the blast itself, as the clue implies"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prop displaying bulge, routine with stone put on (5)","output":"### Answer: STRUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prop\nST[one] + RUT (routine)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: International practice formerly sanctioned by law (4)","output":"### Answer: IURE \n ### Explanation: International practice formerly sanctioned by law (4)\nI + URE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Twain-like, showing what's universal in boy's upbringing (4)","output":"### Answer: DUAL \n ### Explanation: Twain-like, showing what's universal in boy's upbringing (4)\nU in reverse of LAD, with a surface reference to Mark Twain's characters such as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Period furniture schedule (9)","output":"### Answer: TIMETABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: schedule\nTIME (period) + TABLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tootsie's pay (4)","output":"### Answer: FOOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tootsie\nDouble definition \u2013 I thought \"tootsie\" just a meant a toe, but Chambers says it can also mean a foot; also \"pay\" as in \"foot the bill\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Idle American Liberal supporter needs muzzle! (8)","output":"### Answer: LALLYGAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Idle American\nL[iberal] + ALLY + GAG \u2013 American word meaning to idle or loiter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bar after C sharp (6)","output":"### Answer: CLEVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: sharp\nC + LEVER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Townswoman on the outskirts of Los Angeles making records (6)","output":"### Answer: ANNALS \n ### Explanation: Definition: records\nANNA (as, I presume, in Arnold Bennett's novel Anna of the Five Towns + L[os Angele]S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop runaway boar colliding with number of spectators (8)","output":"### Answer: ABROGATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stop\nBOAR* + GATE (number of spectators)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feeling smart? Make an offer (6)","output":"### Answer: TENDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feeling smart\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Real sexist entertainer on the inside (8)","output":"### Answer: EXISTENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Real\nHidden in sEXIST ENTertainer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passage from never-ending TV soap about bar (8)","output":"### Answer: CORRIDOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Passage\nCORRI[E] (nickname of Coronation Street) + reverse of ROD (bar)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exotic insect is most particular (6)","output":"### Answer: NICEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: most particular\nINSECT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small person failed MOT \u2014 having to seek a lift (3,5)","output":"### Answer: TOM THUMB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small person\nMOT* + THUMB (to hitch-hike, seek a lift)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Takes an exam to include finished exercises (3-3)","output":"### Answer: SIT-UPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: exercises\nUP (finished) in SITS (takes an exam)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Before extra time starts, Mark gets card (6)","output":"### Answer: TICKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: card\nTICK (mark) + E[xtra] T[ime]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor finally intervenes in chronic ailment, ending in death (8)","output":"### Answer: TERMINAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: ending in death\n[docto]R in AILMENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Takes back gun (4)","output":"### Answer: STEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: gun\nReverse of NETS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In general, bustling court figure (9)","output":"### Answer: RECTANGLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: figure\nCT in GENERAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aim to be an instructor (5)","output":"### Answer: TRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Aim\nDouble definition \u2013 as in \"train one's sights\" for the first"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor eating every last bit, given a recipe for duck (7)","output":"### Answer: MALLARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: duck\nALL (every last bit) + A R in M.D. The Mallard, as well as being a type of duck, was also the fastest ever steam locomotive"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: European flower market's ultimate sugar confection? No resistance! (5)","output":"### Answer: TAGUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: European flower\n[marke]T + SUGAR* less R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Secure plum in cases (7)","output":"### Answer: BAGGAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: cases\nBAG + GAGE (plum)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trip when dancing on cruise, having snatched a kiss (9)","output":"### Answer: EXCURSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trip\nX (kiss) in (ON CRUISE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Load carried by father figure (7)","output":"### Answer: FREIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Load carried\nFR + EIGHT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Implicit quality of public units (9)","output":"### Answer: OVERTONES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Implicit quality\nOVERT + ONES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dismal scientist: \"Dynamite to incomes!\" (9)","output":"### Answer: ECONOMIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dismal scientist\n(TO INCOMES)* \u2013 economics was described by Thomas Carlyle as \"the dismal science\" (in contrast to the \"gay science\" of song and verse writing)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flag \u2014 Reuters wrong about dates (3,6)","output":"### Answer: RED DUSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flag\nD D (two Dates) in REUTERS \u2013 slang for the Red Ensign"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nasty tear on doll (snapped again?) (7)","output":"### Answer: RETAKEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: snapped again\nTEAR* + KEN (doll \u2013 Barbie's boyfriend); \"snapped\" = \"taken\" as a photograph"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Descriptive of K-9's pinch of the ear (7)","output":"### Answer: ROBOTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Descriptive of K-9\nROB (to steal, pinch) + OTIC (of the ear) \u2013 K-9 was a robot dog in *Doctor Who"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Press piece's a bit of a plant? (7)","output":"### Answer: CUTTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Press piece\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's captivated by star-shaped feature of fluted column (5)","output":"### Answer: STRIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: feature of fluted column\nI in STAR \u2013 a stria is \"one of the fillets [i.e. small spaces or bands] between the flutes of columns\", perhaps more familiar in the adjective \"striated\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Penny, dead dishy thing (5)","output":"### Answer: PLATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: dishy thing\nP + LATE \u2013 a plate is a kind of dish, so a \"dishy thing\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trump, perhaps, to slip up badly (8)","output":"### Answer: POPULIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trump, perhaps\n(TO SLIP UP)* \u2013 the president continues to prove useful to setters\u2026"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exerts heavy pressure on joint \u2014 shortly notices (6)","output":"### Answer: KNEADS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exerts heavy pressure on\nKNE[E] (joint) + ADS (notices)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: House in miniature around back of Hyde Park (8)","output":"### Answer: YOSEMITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Park\nSEMI (semi-detached housed) in reverse of TOY, plus [Hyd]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Haddock, part of it with bread (6)","output":"### Answer: FINNAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Haddock\nFIN (part of a fish) + NAN (bread)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King's ambassador fine, say, following commotion (4,2,5)","output":"### Answer: HEAD\u00a0OF\u00a0STATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: King\nHE (His Excellency) + ADO (commotion) + F[ine] + STATE (say)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gun, one produced on stage \u2026 (5)","output":"### Answer: PIECE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gun\nDouble definition \u2013 a stage play can be called a piece"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 an animal with no lines stars (9)","output":"### Answer: ANDROMEDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: stars\nAN + DROMEDARY less RY (railway; lines). The Andromeda galaxy is relatively close to our own, at a mere 2.5 million light years away"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A number shared meal (3,3,3)","output":"### Answer: TEA\u00a0FOR\u00a0TWO \n ### Explanation: Definition: A number\nDouble definition \u2013 famous song (\"number\"), originally from the musical *No, No, Nanette*. Not particularly exciting as a DD, I must say"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foolish to eat a bit of radicchio leaf (5)","output":"### Answer: FROND \n ### Explanation: Definition: leaf\nR[adicchio] in FOND (foolish)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Play, with this? (1,5,5)","output":"### Answer: A\u00a0DOLL\u2019S\u00a0HOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Play\nDouble definition \u2013 it's a play by Ibsen, and a doll's house can be played with"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chemist's position serious (6)","output":"### Answer: LIEBIG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chemist\nLIE (position) + BIG (serious). This German chemist came up in a Picaroon puzzle that I blogged last August"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Forty-eight hours backchat that's boring? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: YADA\u00a0YADA \n ### Explanation: Definition: chat that's boring\nReverse of A DAY twice. American expression for tedious talk. Chambers only gives it in the ~~36~~72-hour form as \"yada yada yada\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Representative comes out of bin cleaner (6)","output":"### Answer: DUSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: cleaner\nDUMPSTER less MP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relax, supplying energy for one in grief (2-6)","output":"### Answer: DE-STRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relax\nDISTRESS with E replacing I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Film course for one with a problem (10)","output":"### Answer: PSYCHOPATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: one with a problem\nPSYCHO (film) + PATH (course). Rather weakened, I think, by the fact the name of the film is just a shortening of the full word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Goodbye to the outside, going in to die in alley (10)","output":"### Answer: PASSAGEWAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: alley\nThe \"outside\" of G[oodby]E in PASS AWAY (die)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Waiting period as posh car collects bachelor (5)","output":"### Answer: LIMBO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Waiting period\nB in LIMO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's group of rebels relaxed at first in comfort (12)","output":"### Answer: SATISFACTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: comfort\nSAT (relaxed) + I'S (one's) + FACTION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sounds of foxtrot that are heard in the wings (6,3)","output":"### Answer: NOISES\u00a0OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: that are heard in the wings\nNOISES OF F[oxtrot]. Again, I don't like the double use of \"noises\" in cryptic reading and definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Family member is cow (not daughter) (4)","output":"### Answer: AUNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Family\nDAUNT less D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suggesting Louis XIV collapsed? (4)","output":"### Answer: SUNK \n ### Explanation: Definition: collapsed\nLouis XIV was known as *Le Roi Soleil* or SUN K[ing]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fussy car rental (4,2,6)","output":"### Answer: HARD\u00a0TO\u00a0PLEASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fussy\nHARD-TOP (car) + LEASE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get people back into perpetual strife? Nothing in it (10)","output":"### Answer: REPOPULATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get people back\nO in PERPETUAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: From barn, as horse led out, they steer (10)","output":"### Answer: HANDLEBARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: they steer\nAnagram of BARN AS H[orse] LED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Judge's last case bringing back memories (9)","output":"### Answer: EVOCATIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: bringing back memories\n[judg]E + VOCATIVE (grammatical case)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Almost home, where this is? (5)","output":"### Answer: HEART \n ### Explanation: Definition: where this is\nHEART[H], referring to the proverb \"home is where the heart is\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Succeeded with hat, lost it with feet? (4)","output":"### Answer: SLID \n ### Explanation: Definition: lost it with feet\nS[ucceeded] + LID (hat). If you slide you could perhaps be said to lose it with your feet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man's house and college spoken of (4)","output":"### Answer: KEYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Man's house\nGonville and Caius College, Cambridge, is usually known as just Caius, pronounced \"keys\". The House of Keys is part of the parliament of the Isle of Man. The intersection of this with LIEBIG in this rather isolated corner might cause a few problems, with three bits of \"general knowledge\" required"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beetle to traumatise backward scholar (6)","output":"### Answer: SCARAB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beetle\nSCAR (traumatise) + reverse of B.A."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make a mistake with commission (6)","output":"### Answer: ERRAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: commission\nERR + AND (with)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charlie inclines to abdominal pain (6)","output":"### Answer: CRAMPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: abdominal pain\nC + RAMPS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Team cuts lease for occupier (8)","output":"### Answer: RESIDENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: occupier\nSIDE (team) in RENT (lease)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Does one river meet another? (4)","output":"### Answer: DEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Does\nDEE (river) + R[iver]; does as in female deer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thought to be against partiality of the left (10)","output":"### Answer: CONSIDERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thought\nCON (against) + SIDE (partiality) + RED (of the left)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wind down temper when the game is safe (5,6)","output":"### Answer: CLOSE\u00a0SEASON \n ### Explanation: Definition: when the game is safe\nCLOSE (to wind down) + SEASON (to temper). Game animals are safe from hunters in the close season"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Winger is an Oxford player with courage (10)","output":"### Answer: BLUEBOTTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Winger\nBLUE (one playing a sport for (e.g.) Oxford University) + BOTTLE (courage)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Illicit drugs found in storage area (4)","output":"### Answer: GEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Illicit drugs\nHidden (appropriately enough) in storaGE ARea"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer is to wallow in drink (8)","output":"### Answer: TROLLOPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Writer\nROLL in TOPE (to drink)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mean to entertain Indian poet (6)","output":"### Answer: PINDAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: poet\nIND[ian] in PAR (average, mean). Pindar was a ancient Greek poet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Insecurity makes director fret (6)","output":"### Answer: DANGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Insecurity\nD[irector] + ANGER (Chambers has \"to vex or irritate\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wrongly aspire to approbation (6)","output":"### Answer: PRAISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: approbation\nASPIRE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something soothing uttered in royal retreat (8)","output":"### Answer: BALMORAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: royal retreat\nBALM (something soothing)+ ORAL (spoken, uttered)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prevents Bill making wine (6)","output":"### Answer: BARSAC \n ### Explanation: Definition: wine\nBARS (prevents) + AC (account, bill)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unfaithful lover is scared off (8)","output":"### Answer: CRESSIDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unfaithful lover\n(IS SCARED)* \u2013 Cressida is an archetypal unfaithful lover, perhaps best known from Shakespeare's *Troilus and Cressida"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Women confuse totter (6)","output":"### Answer: WADDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: totter\nW + ADDLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mortar used for levelling a long passage (6)","output":"### Answer: SCREED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mortar used for levelling\nDouble definition: \"A layer of mortar finishing off the surface of a floor\" and, perhaps more familiarly, \"A long passage, spoken or written\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Silly fool is to slip on island (6)","output":"### Answer: DONKEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Silly fool\nDON (to put on or slip on an item of clothing ) + KEY (island)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nurse keeps Rex and me, an avant-gardist (11)","output":"### Answer: TRENDSETTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: an avant-gardist\nR[ex] in TEND + SETTER (\"me\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being upset, Kitty's done with the night's billet (8)","output":"### Answer: STOPOVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: the night's billet\nReverse of POT'S (kitty's) + OVER (done)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ignored a change of material (8)","output":"### Answer: ORGANDIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: material\n(IGNORED A)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ruddy girl's relieved (6)","output":"### Answer: FLORID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ruddy\nFLO (girl's name) +RID (relieved [of])"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Head eats a new type of savoury (6)","output":"### Answer: CANAPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: type of savoury\nA N in CAPE (head[land])"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Genial criminal in west London (6)","output":"### Answer: EALING \n ### Explanation: Definition: in west London\nGENIAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Great power of representative in republic (6)","output":"### Answer: EMPIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Great power\nMP (Member of Parliament, representative) in EIRE (Republic of Ireland)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dog or cat: favourite? (7)","output":"### Answer: WHIPPET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dog\nWHIP (cat) + PET (favourite)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Correct to travel from Sapporo (7)","output":"### Answer: APROPOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Correct\nSAPPORO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stagger, seeing bank account emptied? (4,4,7)","output":"### Answer: LOSE\u00a0ONE\u2019S\u00a0BALANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stagger\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chalk here as indicated (2,3)","output":"### Answer: ON CUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: as indicated\nDouble definition, the first referring to the use of chalk on cues in snooker and billiards"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of story for solver (9)","output":"### Answer: DETECTIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sort of story\nJust about a double definition, or possibly a cryptic def"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant could be soft and hairy (9)","output":"### Answer: FORSYTHIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant\n(SOFT HAIRY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unhealthy-looking pie (5)","output":"### Answer: PASTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unhealthy-looking\nDouble definition (with two different pronunciations)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A bit of cheap, pleasant fruit (5)","output":"### Answer: APPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fruit\nHidden in cheAP PLEasant"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Big country with no coffee (9)","output":"### Answer: AMERICANO \n ### Explanation: Definition: coffee\nAMERICA + NO \u2013 pretty weak if you ask me"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Newly sold place fell down (9)","output":"### Answer: COLLAPSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: fell down\n(SOLD PLACE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old flame has stroke as worker abroad (5)","output":"### Answer: EXPAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: worker abroad\nEX (old flame) + PAT (to stroke)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At which to keep questioning Labour gathering? (5,10)","output":"### Answer: PRESS\u00a0CONFERENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: At which to keep questioning Labour gathering\nPRESS (to keep questioning) + CONFERENCE (gathering \u2013 all the parties have their conferences, but Labour use the word a lot in motions and speeches at theirs), &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refuel here \u2014 it goes into aircraft (3,4)","output":"### Answer: PIT LANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Refuel here\nIT in PLANE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scripture factory produces new draft (7)","output":"### Answer: REWORKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: produces new draft\nRE (Religious Education, formerly called \"scripture\") + WORKS (factory)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nasty fellow, from the first filthy rich (4,3)","output":"### Answer: WELL OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: rich\nFELLOW* + F[ilthy]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Debugging tool? (6,9)","output":"### Answer: INSECT REPELLENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Debugging tool\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Convert badly-made polyester (9)","output":"### Answer: PROSELYTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Convert\nPOLYESTER*, with \"Convert\" to be read as a noun for the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: From surface of tyre, study this? (5)","output":"### Answer: TREAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: this\nT[yre] + READ with an &littish sort of definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Settle dispute with some little tart I brashly picked up (9)","output":"### Answer: ARBITRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Settle dispute\nHidden in reverse of littlE TART I BRAshly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Survival is regarded with reverence (5)","output":"### Answer: RELIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Survival\nDouble definition (sort of \u2013 religious relics may be regarded with reverence, but that part of the clue is using the wrong part of speech)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It gives more point to your writing (6,9)","output":"### Answer: PENCIL SHARPENER \n ### Explanation: Definition: It gives more point to your writing\nCryptic definition. This felt very familiar, and I see we've had similar clues recently in the FT from Redshank and Tees, and elsewhere"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flats arranged for the cast (7)","output":"### Answer: SCENERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flats arranged for the cast\nCryptic definition, referring to stage scenery"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man donates freely for memorial (9)","output":"### Answer: HEADSTONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: memorial\n~~(MAN DONATES)* oops!~~ HE + DONATES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Raffle highly esteemed and new (5,4)","output":"### Answer: PRIZE DRAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Raffle\nPRIZED + RAW (new)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Entering a large store, parking drink (7)","output":"### Answer: ALCOPOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\nP[arking] in A L CO-OP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Allows to go free the wrong way round shops (7)","output":"### Answer: OUTLETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: shops\nLETS OUT written \"the wrong way round\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailing east, moving over area (2,3)","output":"### Answer: AT SEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sailing\nEAST* + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ruin portal, smashed by force (2,3)","output":"### Answer: DO FOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ruin\nF in DOOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A fivefold representation of the first person to become an artist (2,6)","output":"### Answer: AI WEIWEI \n ### Explanation: Definition: an artist\nA + five first-person pronouns: I WE I WE I, for this Chinese artist. Hard to get if you don't know the name, even after understanding the cryptic structure, with ME and US as possible components as well as I and WE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short song embraced by revolutionary had poetic quality? (6)","output":"### Answer: RHYMED \n ### Explanation: Definition: had poetic quality\nHYM[N] in RED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Condense message about effectiveness of skin treatment? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: BOIL DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Condense\nDouble definition: a skin treatment might encourage a boil to subside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Minister, one very celebrity-oriented type of preacher (10)","output":"### Answer: REVIVALIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: type of preacher\nREV (minister) + I + V + A-LIST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tiny tot's back needing a scratch? (6)","output":"### Answer: TITCHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tiny\n[to]T + ITCHY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Losing weight using nice drug freely (8)","output":"### Answer: REDUCING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Losing weight\n(NICE DRUG)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Marine creatures in line by rocks (3,4)","output":"### Answer: SEA MICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Marine creatures\nSEAM (line) + ICE (diamonds, rocks). Despite its name, the Sea Mouse is actually a type of worm"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unexpected spare time \u2014 yours truly is out for a walk (7)","output":"### Answer: TRAIPSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a walk\nAnagram of SPARE TIME less ME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Story about bad back inclined to go wrong (8)","output":"### Answer: FALLIBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: inclined to go wrong\nReverse of ILL in FABLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outlaw put a strain on Irish town (6)","output":"### Answer: BANTRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Irish town\nBAN (to outlaw) + TRY (put a strain on). Bantry is a town in County Cork"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In literature, playwright Simon is one sort of writer (10)","output":"### Answer: LIBRETTIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: one sort of writer\nBRETT IS in LIT. Simon Brett is probably best known as a writer of crime fiction, but he has also written some plays"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Umpire's decision in game \u2014 a catch in the deep? (6)","output":"### Answer: RULING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Umpire's decision\nR[ugby] U[nion] + LING (fish)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sanctity of Hindu festival by Scottish water (8)","output":"### Answer: HOLINESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sanctity\nHOLI (Hindu spring festical) + [Loch] NESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poison making one number \u2014 one going to bed, confined (8)","output":"### Answer: NICOTINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poison\nI + COT in NINE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Words of commendation by no means rare (4,4)","output":"### Answer: WELL DONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Words of commendation\nDouble definition, with \"rare\" referring to the cooking of meat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leading characters in key operation (6)","output":"### Answer: QWERTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leading characters in key operation\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Amount of radiation that could make one restive (7)","output":"### Answer: SIEVERT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Amount of radiation\nRESTIVE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Demonstrator concealing identity or one giving something away? (8)","output":"### Answer: PROVIDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one giving something away\nID in PROVER (one who demonstrates)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Candidate wants success in this, taking so long reading (2-8)","output":"### Answer: BY-ELECTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Candidate wants success in this\nBYE (goodbye, so long) + LECTION (reading)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boards succeed when limiting costs ultimately (4,2)","output":"### Answer: GETS ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boards\n[cost]S in GET ON (success)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Caravan about to disappear before wet weather (5,5)","output":"### Answer: CAMEL\u00a0TRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Caravan\nCA (circa, about) + MELT + TRAIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Naval right established by sailing father or son over time (8)","output":"### Answer: CABOTAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Naval right\nCABOT (John Cabot, 15th century explorer, or his son Sebastian) + AGE (time)."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scrap not ending with desire to be harridan-like (8)","output":"### Answer: SHREWISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: harridan-like\nSHRE[D] + WISH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place wrecked by heroic Joshua, originally (7)","output":"### Answer: JERICHO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Place wrecked by heroic Joshua, originally\nAnagram of HEROIC + J[oshua], &lit, referring to Joshua's conquest of the city of Jericho by marching round the walls blowing trumpets. (\"And the walls came a-tumbling down\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like a couple crossing island vales (6)","output":"### Answer: ADIEUX \n ### Explanation: Definition: vales\nI in A DEUX, with \"vales\" as the plural of \"vale\" = Latin \"farewell\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Courage in conflict \u2014 that's nothing for ace (6)","output":"### Answer: BOTTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Courage\nBATTLE (conflict) with O (nothing) replacing A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dash at a clip round horse, then old banger (9)","output":"### Answer: CHIPOLATA \n ### Explanation: Definition: banger\nH[orse] and O[ld], separately, in (AT A CLIP)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rebellious Gaul's broken end off daggers (5)","output":"### Answer: OBELI \n ### Explanation: Definition: daggers\nOBELI[X] \u2013 Gaulish character in the Asterix books"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Correct conclusion is to embrace yours truly (5)","output":"### Answer: EMEND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Correct\nME (yours truly) in END (conclusion)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Externally graceful, gaining in love? (9)","output":"### Answer: GLAMOROUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Externally graceful, gaining in love\nG[racefu]L + AMOROUS, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Qualification from writing about movement in European arts (7)","output":"### Answer: MASTER\u2019S \n ### Explanation: Definition: Qualification\n(E ARTS)* in MS (manuscript)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place for tender date by houses (7)","output":"### Answer: BEDSIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Place for tender\nThis took me a while to parse: it's D (date) in (housed by) BESIDE (by). The \"tender\" is a nurse or carer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ferocious creature getting class finally to listen (5)","output":"### Answer: SHARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ferocious creature\n[clas]S + HARK (listen)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short fashion pro (3)","output":"### Answer: FOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: pro\nA shortened FORM (to fashion)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nautical equipment led sailor the wrong way (5)","output":"### Answer: SONAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nautical equipment\nReverse of RAN (led, as in \"he ran\/led the company\") + OS (Ordinary Seaman)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boxer to blunder around, cornered by Pole (7)","output":"### Answer: SPARRER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boxer\nReverse of ERR (to blunder) in SPAR (pole)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The bourgeoisie calling out for food (7)","output":"### Answer: BURGERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: food\nHomophone of \"burghers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is one eager or excited to follow theatre event? (9)","output":"### Answer: OPERAGOER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Is one eager or excited to follow theatre event\nOP (operation, a \"theatre event\") + (EAGER OR)*, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One may be fired from public school in Hackney (5)","output":"### Answer: ARROW \n ### Explanation: Definition: One may be fired\nCockney's pronunciation of HARROW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A bit of sex is taped live (5)","output":"### Answer: EXIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: live\nHidden in sEX IS Taped \u2013 \"live\" rhymes with \"five\" in the surface reading and with \"give\" as the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dropping dress without doing wrong (5,4)","output":"### Answer: GOING\u00a0DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dropping\nDOING* in GOWN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What about back pain? (4)","output":"### Answer: ACHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: pain\nReverse of EH (what?) + CA (circa, about)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clips wings of ibis and dove flying around (6)","output":"### Answer: VIDEOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clips\nAnagram of I[BI]S + DOVE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Powder, coke, rocks? It comes with a large bill! (10)","output":"### Answer: WOODPECKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: It comes with a large bill\n(POWDER COKE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gush wildly after the Spanish female provides fun (6)","output":"### Answer: LAUGHS \n ### Explanation: Definition: fun\nLA (Spanish feminine \"the\") + GUSH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where to eat pasta twists with staff (5,3)","output":"### Answer: TAPAS BAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where to eat\nPASTA* + BAR (staff)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crazy for se\u00f1orita one may pull online (4)","output":"### Answer: LOCO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crazy for se\u00f1orita\nDouble definition \u2013 Spanish \"crazy\"; and a LOCO[motive] pulls a train on a railway line"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passion in a lot of 2 not broadcast (8)","output":"### Answer: DEVOTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Passion\nAnagram of VIDEO[S] NOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rick is severe, covering neck (4)","output":"### Answer: KISS \n ### Explanation: Definition: neck\nHidden in ricK IS Severe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Entertains, wanting top source of inspiration (5)","output":"### Answer: MUSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: source of inspiration\nAMUSES less its \"top\" letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lift painter's papers, with compass put out of place (10)","output":"### Answer: DISARRANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: put out of place\nReverse of RA'S ID, + RANGE (compass)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Teacher prone to lose heart, flipping besotted (5)","output":"### Answer: \u00c9PRIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: besotted\nReverse of SIR (teacher) + P[ron]E \u2013 French word, I presume literally meaning \"taken out\" of oneself, hence in love, besotted"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Impressive in school, a rebel means to be heard (8)","output":"### Answer: ACADEMIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Impressive in school\nA CADE (Jack Cade, 15th century rebel) + MIC (microphone, a means to be heard)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leave coat down that's picked up (8)","output":"### Answer: FURLOUGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leave\nFUR (coat) + homophone of \"low\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cabaret setting from songwriter (6)","output":"### Answer: BERLIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cabaret setting\nDouble definition \u2013 setting of the stage musical and film *Cabaret*, and Irving Berlin, songwriter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In ground, make fast kind of dash with cricketer (6)","output":"### Answer: ENROOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: In ground, make fast\nEN (en-dash) + (Joe) ROOT (current captain of the England Test team)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Honest poet's entreaty to write? (4)","output":"### Answer: OPEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Honest\nThe poet might say \"O, PEN!\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Liking to draw, celebrate giving away page (4)","output":"### Answer: ARTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Liking to draw\nPARTY (to celebrate) less P"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe red grouse, by the sound of it (4)","output":"### Answer: WINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maybe red\nHomophone of \"whine\" (to complain, grouse)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First of clues across clued as 'Irish salt-marsh' (7)","output":"### Answer: CORCASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Irish salt-marsh\nC[lues] + ACROSS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: You may see me involved in much impishness (5)","output":"### Answer: CHIMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: You may see me involved in much impishness\nHidden in miCH IMPishness &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Specific gravity gauge showing old measurement in jungly tree area (10)","output":"### Answer: ARAEOMETER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Specific gravity gauge\nOM (\"Old Measurement\", says Chambers, capitalised, but without further elucidation as to what it means) in (TREE AREA)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One divining gold, unrefined stuff, from cane (5)","output":"### Answer: AUGUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: One divining\nAU (gold) + GUR (Hindi word for an unrefined sugar)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Member of team reconditioning boiler (6)","output":"### Answer: LIBERO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Member of team\nBOILER*. It's another word for a sweeper in football \u2013 a player who can move freely around the field"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ready for a serious fight, loaded gun held close (8)","output":"### Answer: UNGLOVED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ready for a serious fight\nGUN* + LOVED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uniat spread, on replacing central mass (8)","output":"### Answer: MARONITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Uniat\nMARMITE (spread) with ON replacing the central M \u2013 a member of a particular Christian sect"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Norman (say) coming over ousts leader of Britons in this country (5)","output":"### Answer: TIBET \n ### Explanation: Definition: country\nReverse of (Norman) TEBBIT less (one) B[ritons]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Count, almost 100, without extras (5)","output":"### Answer: BASIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: without extras\n(Count) BASI[E] (bandleader) + C (100)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heart of heuch in remote, deserted Scotland's well-liked (5)","output":"### Answer: FAURD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scotland's well-liked\n[he]U[ch] in FAR + D[eserted] \u2013 Scots form of \"favoured\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crisp entrecote only partly consumed (5)","output":"### Answer: SPENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: consumed\nHidden in criSP ENTrecote"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Yellowish cuckoo inert, frost-bound (8)","output":"### Answer: ICTERINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Yellowish\nINERT* in (bound by) ICE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jellyfish making one jump, as before, in pain (8)","output":"### Answer: ACALEPHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jellyfish\nA LEP in ACHE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show to encourage girl that's lost heart in Hamlet? (6)","output":"### Answer: DANGLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Show to encourage\nG[ir]L in HAMLET (who was a Dane)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Barristers clearing every second character\u2013 they're upbeat (5)","output":"### Answer: ARSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: they're upbeat\nAlternate letters of bArRiStErS \u2013 not what you might think, but the plural of \"arsis\", meaning an up-beat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As part of exposure, letters released (5)","output":"### Answer: RELET \n ### Explanation: Definition: released\nHidden in exposuRE LETters, with released = re-leased"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fellow in oil's rolling, a Turkish dynast (7)","output":"### Answer: OSMANLI \n ### Explanation: Definition: a Turkish dynast\nMAN in OILS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cactus bursting out, and pain's involved with it (7)","output":"### Answer: OPUNTIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cactus\n(OUT PAIN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rhythmical stuff, grand in south Asian piece (5)","output":"### Answer: RAGGA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rhythmical stuff\nG in RAGA (piece of Indian music) \u2013 Ragga is a type of rap derived from Reggae, but despite the similarity of the names it apparently comes from \"ragamuffin\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet cake recipe \u2013 one reducing numbers restricts it (7)","output":"### Answer: CRULLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sweet cake\nR[ecipe] in CULLER (one reducing numbers of e.g. deer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Luminance being admitted rescues towering rainforests (6)","output":"### Answer: SELVAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: rainforests\nL in reverse of SAVES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sherry casks filling se\u00f1ora with local cheer (6)","output":"### Answer: SOLERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sherry casks\nOLE (a Spanish cheer) in SRA (Se\u00f1ora \u2013 rather surprisingly, this abbreviation is not in Chambers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Erstwhile black personification of youth, note (5)","output":"### Answer: HEBEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Erstwhile black\nHEBE + N \u2013 an old variant of \"ebony\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I strain to retain first of ingredients in list (7)","output":"### Answer: ITEMISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: list\nI + I[ngredients] in TEMSE (a sieve or strainer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Club, first in table, displaying worth (5)","output":"### Answer: MERIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: worth\nMERI (club) + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rubbish etc churned out in the papers. Guardian may be one (11)","output":"### Answer: PROTECTRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Guardian may be one\nROT + ETC* in PRESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Critic in review anti, ruffled (11)","output":"### Answer: FAULT\u2011FINDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Critic\n(ANTI RUFFLED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of an isomeric pair saving an elderly person sine die (7)","output":"### Answer: BUTANOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: One of an isomeric pair\nBUT (saving) + AN OLDIE without (\"sine\") DIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird's bare patches more appropriate on centre of dial (7)","output":"### Answer: APTERIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bird's bare patches\nAPTER + [d]IA[l]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The old withdraw from sin dodging place where it often occurs (7)","output":"### Answer: INSHELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: The old withdraw\nSIN* + HELL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Decorator in company, type that's close to English (6)","output":"### Answer: CICERO \n ### Explanation: Definition: type that's close to English\nICER (one who decorates a cake) in CO. Cicero is \"a measure of type between pica and English\" \u2013 see here for more"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Adventurous fish one catches round middle of beach (6)","output":"### Answer: ANABAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Adventurous fish\n[be]A[ch] in A NABS \u2013 \"an East Indian fish that often leaves the water\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chestnut, one in traditional hunt (5)","output":"### Answer: CHACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: traditional hunt\nCH + ACE \u2013 variant of \"chase\". ~~CH = chestnut must be the abbreviation that Chanbers dosn't give, as mentioned in the rubric; I couldn't find any justification of it online, and I don't know if it's used in the context of trees, horses, or something else~~ *Ignore this \u2013 I looked again in Chambers and there it was. See 6d for the actual missing abbreviation."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Without siblings, seeing one's first off, possibly? (5)","output":"### Answer: EIGNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Without siblings\nAnagram of [s]EEING \u2013 it means \"first-born\", so without siblings at least for a while"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Big electronics company producing record issue (5)","output":"### Answer: EPSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Big electronics company\nEP (record) + SON (issue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Salmonella primarily around raw chicken (6)","output":"### Answer: SCARED \n ### Explanation: Definition: chicken\nS[almonella] + CA (circa, around) + RED (raw)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He tells cricketer to get runs (6)","output":"### Answer: WARNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: He tells\n[Shane] WARNE + R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Friends say Tom indicates you must go out (9,6)","output":"### Answer: SITUATION\u00a0COMEDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Friends say\n(TOM INDICATES YOU)* \u2013 with the immensely successful *Friends* being an example of a sitcom"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tall actor removing line for hotel food (6)","output":"### Answer: CHEESE \n ### Explanation: Definition: food\n[John] CLEESE (tall actor) with L[ine] replaced by H[otel] (In fact the family name was originally Cheese, but John C's father changed it to Cleese)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop with this playboy in bachelor flat? (5,3)","output":"### Answer: BRAKE\u00a0PAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stop with this\nRAKE in B PAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tabloid workers filling in newspaper piece (8)","output":"### Answer: FRAGMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: piece\nRAG (tabloid newspaper) MEN (workers) in FT (Financial Times)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pieces of music from guys on the radio (6)","output":"### Answer: CHORDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pieces of music\nHomophone of \"cords\" (guys, as in guy ropes)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Caught a breath, lying back for rest (6)","output":"### Answer: CATNAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: rest\nC A + reverse of PANT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mix fuel source that's key to get energy (8)","output":"### Answer: COALESCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mix\nCOAL + ESC (as found on a keyboard) + E[nergy]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Serious? You for French after German, religious studies and English (8)","output":"### Answer: GRIEVOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Serious\nG + RI (Religious Instruction) + E[nglish] + VOUS (French \"you\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Child that's left hospital: men criticise nurses (6)","output":"### Answer: ORPHAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Child that's left\nH in (nursed by) OR (Other Ranks = men) + PAN (criticise)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One blows things up in film, saying gang's sorry (10,5)","output":"### Answer: MAGNIFYING\u00a0GLASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: One blows things up\n(FILM SAYING GANG'S)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Comes in and puts on record (6)","output":"### Answer: ENTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Comes in\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trouble as married one dropped off lover (6)","output":"### Answer: STRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trouble\nMISTRESS (lover) less M I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Snake in hole there has shed its skin (7)","output":"### Answer: SLITHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Snake\nSLIT (hole) + [t]HER[e]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Serious wound for joiner in hospital department? (5)","output":"### Answer: ACUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Serious\nCUT (wound) replacing & in A&E (hospital dept)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Last old male seduced by Olive? (7)","output":"### Answer: EXTREME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Last\nEX (old) + M in TREE (e.g. olive)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Antique piece of furniture without Mr Chippendale's initial (7)","output":"### Answer: ARCHAIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Antique\nARMCHAIR less (separately) M and R, + C[hippendale]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Best single by group? (6,3)","output":"### Answer: NUMBER\u00a0ONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Best\nI'm not sure about this: all I can come up with is NUMBER = group (as in a number\/group of people) + ONE = single, with \"best\" as the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dismissal of place for meetings with daughter (3,4)","output":"### Answer: RED\u00a0CARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dismissal\nREDCAR (site of race meetings) + D \u2013 dismissal as in football"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Happen to order sandwiches and sweet (6)","output":"### Answer: SORBET \n ### Explanation: Definition: sweet\nBE (happen) \"sandwiched by\") SORT (to [put in] order)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mix egg in; turn to make biscuit (6,3)","output":"### Answer: GINGER\u00a0NUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: biscuit\n(EGG IN TURN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Military land here in area Serbia lost (3,4)","output":"### Answer: AIR\u00a0BASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Military land here\nA + SERBIA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prince with sick queen to hold out (7)","output":"### Answer: PROFFER \n ### Explanation: Definition: to hold out\nPR + OFF (sick) + ER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Profit from account, having turnover go up (4,2)","output":"### Answer: CASH\u00a0IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Profit\nCA (AC=account \"turned over\") + SHIN (to climb or go up, as in \"shin up a pole\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Out of money \u2014 working in topless magazines with model (7)","output":"### Answer: AMONGST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Out of\nM[oney] + ON (working) in [m]AGS + T (model, as in the early Ford car)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Body keeps appearing in crime drama on Sunday (7)","output":"### Answer: CHASSIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Body\nHAS (keeps) in CSI (TV crime drama) + S[unday"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beat United and regularly lose in games (5)","output":"### Answer: PULSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Beat\nU + L[o]S[e] in PE (Physical Education, games)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Withdraw from competition, having a slight injury (7)","output":"### Answer: SCRATCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Withdraw from competition\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sheltered area where diesel is spilt at end of lane (3,4)","output":"### Answer: LEE SIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sheltered area\nDIESEL* + [LAN]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Could be rasher returning no cab, it seems (4,5)","output":"### Answer: BACK BACON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Could be rasher\nNO CAB is reversed or BACK BACON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former church leader's beginning to be superior (5)","output":"### Answer: EXCEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: to be superior\nEX + CE + L[eader]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clumsy American baulks at first jump (4)","output":"### Answer: LUTZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: jump\nKLUTZ (American slang for a clumsy person) less its first letter. The Lutz is a type of jump in figure-skating"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rambling around Corinth, seen topless (10)","output":"### Answer: INCOHERENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rambling\nAnagram of CORINTH + [S]EEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mariner finally leaves golf spectators' boat (6)","output":"### Answer: GALLEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: boat\nGALLERY (spectators at a game of golf) less [marine]R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Medical officer bags Aussie owls (7)","output":"### Answer: MOPOKES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Aussie owls\nMO + POKES (bags, as in \"a pig n a poke\"). The Mopoke has a number of onomatopoeic names, representing its cuckoo-like call"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Egyptian city's stone home in highway that's not deserted (7)","output":"### Answer: ROSETTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Egyptian city's stone\nSETT (badger's home) in ROAD less D \u2013 reference to the Rosetta Stone, whose discovery led to an understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flying Gulf Air, one missed out having to use economy (6)","output":"### Answer: FRUGAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: having to use economy\nAnagram of GULF AIR less I (one)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rewrote scene or act? Bless! (10)","output":"### Answer: CONSECRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bless\n(SCENE OR ACT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some conservatoire backing debauchery (4)","output":"### Answer: RIOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: debauchery\nHidden in reverse of conservaTOIRe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man the pumps regularly, having finished the lot (3,2)","output":"### Answer: ATE UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: finished the lot\nAlternate letters of mAn ThE pUmPs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oceanarium, not posh, spilt coffee (9)","output":"### Answer: AMERICANO \n ### Explanation: Definition: coffee\nAnagram of OCEANARIUM less U (posh, as in U and non-U)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pasta course \u2014 dip into it! (7)","output":"### Answer: LASAGNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pasta\nSAG (dip) in LANE (course)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vest \u2014 and what finishes it off (7)","output":"### Answer: SINGLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vest\nThe word vest ends in a SINGLE T. An example of a clue where it would be impossible to get the answer from the wordplay alone *On second thoughts, I take back the last sentence \u2013 I was confused by the fact that SINGLET also ends in a single T."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oracle is upset near the top side of lake (5)","output":"### Answer: SIBYL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Oracle\nReverse of IS + BY (near) + L[ake]. For some reason the girl's name Sybil is usually spelt with the vowels interchanged"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheese for girl in bed? On the contrary (7)","output":"### Answer: RICOTTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cheese\nCOT in RITA (i.e. bed in girl)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man and dog associated with jug (4)","output":"### Answer: TOBY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Man\nA man's name, a traditional name for a dog (especially the dog I Punch and Judy) and a type of jug; technically three definitions, but very closely related"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: London Taxi: sorry horse (grey): in a race, nobbled (7,8)","output":"### Answer: HACKNEY\u00a0CARRIAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: London Taxi\nHACK (a poor or \"sorry\" horse) + (GREY IN A RACE)* \u2013 rather a giveaway definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anthem offering trade-offs with hymnal, possibly (4,2,2,7)","output":"### Answer: LAND\u00a0OF\u00a0MY\u00a0FATHERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Anthem\nAnagram of TRADE-OFFS + HYMNAL \u2013 the unofficial national anthem of Wales"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exam \u2014 this one makes twelve (6-4)","output":"### Answer: ELEVEN-PLUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exam\n\"this one\" is ELEVEN PLUS ONE, which makes twelve"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King under threat turns chicken \u2026 (2,5)","output":"### Answer: IN CHECK \n ### Explanation: Definition: King under threat\nCHICKEN* \u2013 the definition should really be \"Like a king under threat\" or some such; as it is it leads to the wrong part of speech"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 early stone implements working the soil (7)","output":"### Answer: EOLITHS \n ### Explanation: Definition: early stone implements\n(THE SOIL)* \u2013 the ellipsis between this clue and the previous one seems to make no sense"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sheet anchor? (7,3)","output":"### Answer: CLOTHES\u00a0PEG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sheet anchor\nCryptic definition \u2013 a clothes peg might be said to anchor a sheet to the washing line"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shipping area, which is proverbially steady on everything (7)","output":"### Answer: ROCKALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shipping area\nROCK (\"steady as a rock\") + ALL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy at practice session getting lines! (7)","output":"### Answer: SONNETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: lines\nSON + NETS (cricket practice) \u2013 the exclamation mark seems pretty redundant here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old lady's maid is a sizeable American, one needing leading liposuctionist (7)","output":"### Answer: ABIGAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old lady's maid\nA BIG A[merican) + A +L[iposuctionist]. (I don't like \"leading [X]\" as \"first letter of [X]\") Traditional name for a lady's maid, perhaps originally from King David's wife Abigail in 1 Sam. 25:25, who describes herself as his handmaid when she first meets him; also the name of a character in the Jacobean comedy The Scornful Lady"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tutor rearranged piano quintet (5)","output":"### Answer: TROUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: piano quintet\nTUTOR* \u2013 the fourth movement of Schubert's \"Trout\" quintet is a set of variations on the tune of his song of the same name"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regularly taking out cloisonn\u00e9 cat (4)","output":"### Answer: LION \n ### Explanation: Definition: cat\nAlternate letters of cLoIsOnN\u00e9"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turn over realm's second most prominent magistrate (5)","output":"### Answer: REEVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: most prominent magistrate\nReverse of VEER + second letter of rEalm. One of the meanings of REEVE is \"chief magistrate of a distict\". It also occurs in \"sheriff\" = \"shire-reeve\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A letter describing numbers having entered compound (9)","output":"### Answer: ADENOSINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: compound\nNOS (numbers) + IN (having entered) in (described by) DEE (the letter D)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perform other work, a piece for piano (9)","output":"### Answer: MOONLIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perform other work\nDouble definition, the second referring to Beethoven's so-called (not by him) \"Moonlight\" Sonata, Op. 27 No 2."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A piece of Ireland bishop's kept in locker (5)","output":"### Answer: KERRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: A piece of Ireland\nRR in KEY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keeping time, women playing there who will give you the edge? (7)","output":"### Answer: WHETTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: who will give you the edge\nT in W + THERE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With roll of fat for one of 27 2 23 (7)","output":"### Answer: PROTEUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: one of 27 2 23\nPRO (with, as in \"are you with me or against me\") + reverse of SUET \u2013 Proteus is one of Shakespeare's *Two Gentlemen of Verona*, who might be described as \"a couple of Veronese swells\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A bit short of power for new member of the family (5)","output":"### Answer: NIECE \n ### Explanation: Definition: member of the family\nN + [P]IECE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As endlessly inspired by hearties in resort? (3,3,3)","output":"### Answer: THE SEA AIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: As endlessly inspired by hearties in resort\nA[s] in HEARTIES* &lit \u2013 the definite article is a bit odd as part of the phrase, but it comes in handy for some other clues"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of 18 13 down 29 26 across coal-fired fans (5,4)","output":"### Answer: ALICE FORD \n ### Explanation: Definition: One of 18 13 down 29 26 across\nCOAL-FIRED* \u2013 the referenced clues give THE WINOS FORD VIEWS, and the last three are an anagram of WIVES OF WINDSOR, so we have *The Merry * (i.e. drunk) *Wives of Windsor*, in which Alice Ford is a character. Interesting that the answer itself provides fodder for the anagram"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mum missing let me think these females could be from flighty mistress (7)","output":"### Answer: SISTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: these females\nMISTRESS* less MUM without UM (\"let me think\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 7's 24 1 8 5 17 after 18, one hundred and ten? (7)","output":"### Answer: ANTONIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: 7's 24 1 8 5 17 after 18\nAN (one) + TON (100) + IO (10) \u2013 the numbers give PIERRE'S SEA AIR FROM VERY BEAT-UP NIECE after THE, which is THE MER CHANT (\"sea song\/air\" in French + OF (from) + V[ery] + ENICE (anagram of NIECE). Antonio is the title character of *The Merchant of Venice* (not Shylock, as sometimes erroneously thought)."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What climbers seek to contend with, rivals holding hands? (5)","output":"### Answer: VIEWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: What climbers seek\nVIE + W S (two opponents in a game of Bridge, etc)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Song from Fred and Judy too, extra piece of brilliance by Delibes \u2014 fine soprano (1,6,2,6)","output":"### Answer: A\u00a0COUPLE\u00a0OF\u00a0SWELLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Song from Fred and Judy too\nA COUP (piece of brilliance) + LEO (Delibes) + SWELL (fine) + S[oprano] \u2013 this famous song"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of 27 2 23 somewhat prevalent in Eden (9)","output":"### Answer: VALENTINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One of 27 2 23\nHidden in preVALENT IN Eden, Valentine being the second Gentleman of Verona"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What Blarney Stone and Midas give an actress? (5)","output":"### Answer: GABOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: an actress\nThe Blarney Stone gives the gift of the GAB, and Midas turned everything to gold or OR. For the actress, take your pick from the sisters Zsa Zsa, Eva and Magda"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Out of class, suffering heart flutter (4)","output":"### Answer: FROM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Out of\nFORM (class, in school) with its \"heart fluttering\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poetry about a painter (8)","output":"### Answer: VERONESE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a painter\nONE (a) in VERSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Looking up 109 kg messenger, one of 18 13 down 29 26 across (8,4)","output":"### Answer: MARGARET PAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: one of 18 13 down 29 26 across\nReverse of TERAGRAM (1012 grams, or 109 kg) + PAGE (messenger). The original version didn't show the superscript, so it just read 109 kg, which was a bit confusing.. Another Merry Wife of Windsor"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worn out, but lively when cycling (4-2)","output":"### Answer: BEAT-UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Worn out\nUPBEAT with its two parts \"cycled\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Elephants, Blue Horses etc, being ordered in 2s for ark (5,2,3)","output":"### Answer: WORKS OF ART \n ### Explanation: Definition: The Elephants, Blue Horses etc\n(TWOS FOR ARK)* \u2013 \"The Elephants\" and \"Blue Horses\" are paintings by Salvador Dali and Franz Marc respectively"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Rock of Marseille in connection with south of quay (6)","output":"### Answer: PIERRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: The Rock of Marseille\nPIER (quay) + RE (in connection with). Pierre is French for rock or stone"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fit, I agree (4,4)","output":"### Answer: VERY WELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fit\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prevail over 8 big drinkers (5)","output":"### Answer: WINOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: drinkers\nWIN (prevail) + OS (outsize, \"very big\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Their fathers naval officers? Changing times! (3,7)","output":"### Answer: THE SEASONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Changing times\nTHE SEA SONS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deal with mounting problem for drivers on a course? (3,2)","output":"### Answer: SEE TO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deal with\nReverse of O (zero) TEES, which would be a problem for golfers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American in love? Dear me, no \u2014 how awful (8)","output":"### Answer: ENAMORED \n ### Explanation: Definition: American in love\n(DEAR ME NO)*, with the definition pointing out the American spelling"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In an emergency, belting female's jumping in bed with earls (2,4,2)","output":"### Answer: IF NEED BE \n ### Explanation: Definition: In an emergency\nF in anagram of (IN BED + two E[arl]s)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 65, or 54? (OAP's essential verbal test) (4)","output":"### Answer: VIVA \n ### Explanation: Definition: verbal test\nVIV, which can be split as VI V = 6 5, or V IV = 5 4, + [O]A[P]. To be picky, a Viva is an *oral* (spoken) test, not verbal (using words)."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ordinary seaman's two sets of cards (8)","output":"### Answer: DECKHAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ordinary seaman\nDECK (pack of cards) + HAND (cards held by a player)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lighter to bump into (5)","output":"### Answer: BARGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lighter\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extent of some software amazing (4)","output":"### Answer: AREA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Extent\nHidden in softwARE Amazing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Welcome s-success, to be admitted here (4,2,4)","output":"### Answer: HALL\u00a0OF\u00a0FAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: here\nHALLO F-FAME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Runs after luggage round hotel (6)","output":"### Answer: CHASES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Runs after\nH in CASES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Marines trained for a year in academy (8)","output":"### Answer: SEMINARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: academy\nMARINES* + Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Serious tennis played by European (7)","output":"### Answer: INTENSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Serious\nTENNIS* + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gangster catcalls heard in capital (7)","output":"### Answer: ALGIERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: capital\nAL + homophone of \"jeers\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Competition one may have in the bag (4,4)","output":"### Answer: SACK RACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Competition one may have in the bag\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Holiday emergency! (6)","output":"### Answer: MAYDAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Holiday\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Such a gripping tale we hear (10)","output":"### Answer: PREHENSILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Such a gripping tale we hear\nA homophone in the clue itself, describing a prehensile \"tail\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old British settler needed for 20? (4)","output":"### Answer: JUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old British settler\nDouble definition \u2013 sacks may be made of jute, and the Jutes (the name is probably related to the Danish peninsula Jutland) invaded Britain in the 4th century"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rear small bird (5)","output":"### Answer: STERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rear\nS + TERN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 150 of the Romans stand for disinfectant (8)","output":"### Answer: CHLORINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: disinfectant\n150 is CL in Roman numerals, and Cl is the chemical symbol of, or stands for, Chlorine"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Patience when abused may succeed in circling the world (4,4)","output":"### Answer: WEAR THIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Patience when abused may\nEARTH in WIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird that sounds piercing (4)","output":"### Answer: SKUA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bird\nHomophone of \"skewer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ways to secure love that inspires pity (6)","output":"### Answer: PATHOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: that inspires pity\nO (zero, love) in PATHS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look up to speaker's lazy eyes (7)","output":"### Answer: IDOLISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Look up to\nHomophone of \"idle eyes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A British girl put on pounds: unusual? (8)","output":"### Answer: ABNORMAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: unusual\nA + B + NORMAL + L (pounds, in the money sense)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Don't purify murky depth (10)","output":"### Answer: PROFUNDITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: depth\n(DON'T PURIFY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Before St David's Day the Guardian declares a republic (6)","output":"### Answer: WEIMAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: a republic\nWE (the Guardian) + 1 MAR (St David's Day)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Petty criminal who tells on his accomplices? (5,5)","output":"### Answer: SNEAK THIEF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Petty criminal\nDouble\/cryptic definition, relying on sneak = tell on"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Only for men: old woman has time still (8)","output":"### Answer: STAGNANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: still\nSTAG (for men only) + NAN (old woman) + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Call about oven for cooking (8)","output":"### Answer: ROASTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: cooking\nOAST (oven) in RIN (call)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dog we held up in entrance (7)","output":"### Answer: BEWITCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: entrance\nReverse of WE in BITCH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop thief! (6)","output":"### Answer: ARREST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stop thief\nArresting a thief would stop him, so it's a (rather weak) cryptic definition. A pity that \"thief\" appears in the clue so soon after 13d, where it's part of the answer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mule is chewing cereal (6)","output":"### Answer: MUESLI \n ### Explanation: Definition: cereal\n(MULE IS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Panel put into a box (4)","output":"### Answer: JURY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Panel put into a box\nA barely cryptic definition \u2013 a jury sits in the jury box in a courtroom"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where crafty people meet Cathy's bolshie staff (5,4)","output":"### Answer: YACHT CLUB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where crafty people meet \nCATHY* + CLUB (staff)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Location of oral sense (4)","output":"### Answer: SITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Location\nHomophone of \"sight\" (one of the senses)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prelude to a fever abroad? Don't worry (5,3)","output":"### Answer: CHILL OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Don't worry\nA CHILL when you're OUT might be a sign of a coming fever"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tennis player's scoop? (6)","output":"### Answer: SERVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tennis player\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left in front of a large entrance (6)","output":"### Answer: PORTAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: entrance\nPORT (left) + A L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Type of heating, I say, needing line and shot (3-5)","output":"### Answer: OIL-FIRED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Type of heating\nOI (I say!) + L[ine] + FIRED (shot)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rank shabby material in South America (6)","output":"### Answer: STATUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rank\nTAT in S US"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ground gave in when roping a tense steer (8)","output":"### Answer: NAVIGATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: steer\nA T in (GAVE IN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Miles got into strange, bad habits (8)","output":"### Answer: GARMENTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: habits\nM in STRANGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relishes getting round in that way (4,2)","output":"### Answer: LIKE SO \n ### Explanation: Definition: in that way\nLIKES (relishes) + O (round)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It produces the latest novel: Second Opportunity (8)","output":"### Answer: NEWSROOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: It produces the latest\nNEW (novel) + S + ROOM (opportunity)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In which items to be sent do better in a ring? (3,3)","output":"### Answer: OUT BOX \n ### Explanation: Definition: In which items to be sent\nTo OUT-BOX is to do better than your opponent in a boxing ring"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scope of party chief (6)","output":"### Answer: DOMAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scope\nDO (party) + MAIN (chief)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Invent a top and await (3,5)","output":"### Answer: LIE AHEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: await\nLIE (invent) + A HEAD. I'm not entirely happy with the definition, but I suppose it's as in \"what troubles await us\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Advantage Mantel (though line is off) (4)","output":"### Answer: EDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Advantage\nLEDGE (mantel) less L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reprimand after cardinal walked over by VIPs (3,6)","output":"### Answer: RED CARPET \n ### Explanation: Definition: walked over by VIPs\nRED (cardinal \u2013 from the colour a cardinal's cloak) + CARPET (to reprimand)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grass up old love beast (5)","output":"### Answer: YAHOO \n ### Explanation: Definition: beast\nReverse of HAY + O (old) + O (0, love in tennis) \u2013 one of the human-like creatures in *Gulliver's Travels"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flyer's fancy tie stuffed into gun (4,3)","output":"### Answer: COLE TIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flyer\nTIE* in COLT. Variant spelling of the more usual \"coal tit\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ill-tempered character of rector in charge (5)","output":"### Answer: TROLL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ill-tempered character\nR[ector] in TOLL (change)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disappointed officer covers Estonia's premier with feathers (3,4)","output":"### Answer: LET DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disappointed\nE in LT (lieutenant, officer) + DOWN (feathers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mean to get even \u2014 'Water erosion of land stops here!' (4,5)","output":"### Answer: BASE LEVEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Water erosion of land stops here\nBASE (mean) + LEVEL (even) \u2013 in geology, base level is the lower limit for an erosion process"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Going over the water, Channel-hopping? (7)","output":"### Answer: SURFING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Going over the water\nDouble definition, with the channels being on a TV"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article on government branch by cabinet minister: \"Low point of misery!\" (3,6)","output":"### Answer: THE DEPTHS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Low point of misery\nTHE (article) DEPT (department, branch of government) + HS (Home Secretary)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Figure transported to a prize day (9)","output":"### Answer: TRAPEZOID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Figure\n(TO A PRIZE)* + D[ay]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Star needs relaxant \u2014 a timely drink (9)","output":"### Answer: SUNDOWNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: timely drink\nSUN (star) + DOWNER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Word manipulation: replace A with E (7)","output":"### Answer: MESSAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Word\nMASSAGE with the first A replaced by E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Had a taste of winter transport fitted with electrical unit (7)","output":"### Answer: SAMPLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Had a taste of\nAMP (ampere, unit of electric current) in SLED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dressing up to pursue sailing vessel (7)","output":"### Answer: KETCHUP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dressing\nKETCH + UP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Head to be removed from fool, right? Put before a Salome? (5)","output":"### Answer: OPERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Salome?\n[D]OPE + R + A. Salome is an opera by Richard Strauss"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ring member for visually stimulating work (2,3)","output":"### Answer: OP ART \n ### Explanation: Definition: visually stimulating work\nO + PART"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ring to cancel film (7)","output":"### Answer: ANNULET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ring\nANNUL (cancel) + E.T. (Spielberg film)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exodus follows this for band (7)","output":"### Answer: GENESIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exodus follows this\nDouble definition \u2013 the book of Exodus follows Genesis in the Old Testament"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: By that place outside auditorium (7)","output":"### Answer: THEATRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: auditorium\nAT (by) with THERE (that place) \"outside\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left backing, capturing rest of outstanding piece (7)","output":"### Answer: RELIEVO \n ### Explanation: Definition: outstanding piece\nLIE (to rest) in reverse of OVER (left)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Films Marley's I Shot the Sheriff, primarily (5)","output":"### Answer: MISTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Films\nInitial letters of Marley's I Shot The Sheriff"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trailer, so entertaining TV show gets support (9)","output":"### Answer: ADHERENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: support\nAD (trailer) + E.R. (tv show) in HENCE (so)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Times with little light reading as plane crashes (9)","output":"### Answer: EVENFALLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Times with little light\nEVEN (plane, as in a plane surface) + FALLS (crashes) \u2013 I was unsure about the point of \"reading\", but I suppose it's saying \"you can read the answer as\u2026\". I didn't know this word, but its meaning is clear, by analogy with \"nightfall\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Big microphone comes from heavy metal (5)","output":"### Answer: OSMIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: from heavy metal\nOS (outsize, big) + MIC \u2013 from the metal Osmium"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lovers single? Engagement over? (7)","output":"### Answer: GIGOLOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lovers\nReverse of SOLO (single) + GIG (engagement)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ex-Chancellor is one: robs poor to make investment (7)","output":"### Answer: OSBORNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ex-Chancellor\nROBS* in ONE \u2013 George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer in David Cameron's government, now editor of the London Evening Standard"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Milk teeth initially dropped out for similar ones (3,4)","output":"### Answer: THE LIKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: similar ones\nAnagram of [M]ILK [T]EETH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Republican American is turning to one like Putin? (7)","output":"### Answer: RUSSIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: like Putin\nR + US + reverse of IS + AN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It bubbles in minutes: pasta cooking (4,8)","output":"### Answer: ASTI SPUMANTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It bubbles\n(MINUTES PASTA)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fiddles money playing with legends (7)","output":"### Answer: MONKEYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fiddles\nM (money) + ON (playing) + KEYS (legends, as in a diagram)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On the road, you might see them record behind Bob (1-6)","output":"### Answer: L-PLATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: On the road, you might see them\nLP (record) + LATE (behind) + S (shilling = bob)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Month (Feb) starts off with everyone alert (2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: ON THE BALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: alert\n[M]ONTH [F]EB + ALL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Listener describing empty stage for musician (5)","output":"### Answer: ELGAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: musician\nL[E]G (leg = stage, e.g. of a sporting competion) in EAR (listener)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Incompetent musician taking note (7)","output":"### Answer: BUNGLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Incompetent\nN in BUGLER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record lively set at home to show band's manager (7)","output":"### Answer: EPSTEIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: band's manager\nE.P. (record) + SET* + IN (at home) \u2013 Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles 1962-67"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ring man's bird with number? (12)","output":"### Answer: BANTAMWEIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ring man\nBANTAM (bird) + W[ith] + EIGHT. \"Ring man\" = boxer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They hide the truth of kinky sex in order to escape mocking remark on return (12)","output":"### Answer: SMOKESCREENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They hide the truth\nS[&]M (kinky sex) + OK (in order) + ESC[ape] + reverse of SNEER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chart man's got up to stuff (9)","output":"### Answer: HISTOGRAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chart\nHIS (man's) + reverse of TOG + RAM (to stuff)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unusually, left stage at end of Three Little Birds (7)","output":"### Answer: EAGLETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Little Birds\n[stag]E + (L STAGE)*. *Three Little Birds* is a Bob Marley song"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gave way to current director (7)","output":"### Answer: FELLINI \n ### Explanation: Definition: director\nFELL IN (gave way) + I (symbol for electric current)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One Love then Buffalo Soldier's final parts for singer (7)","output":"### Answer: ORBISON \n ### Explanation: Definition: singer\nO ([one] love) + BISON (buffalo, as American bison are sometimes incorrectly named) \"parted by\" [soldie]R (i.e. \"Soldier's final\"). *One Love* and *Buffalo Soldier* are both Bob Marley songs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spread butter around, small amount (7)","output":"### Answer: MARMITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spread\nReverse of RAM (\"butter\", i.e. one that butts) + MITE (small amount)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: High stone to go climbing (5)","output":"### Answer: STEEP \n ### Explanation: Definition: High\nST[one] + reverse of PEE (to go). I thought \"steep\" for \"high\" seemed a little loose, but perhaps it's as in \"that's a bit steep\" describing a high price"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trouble began under sea \u2026 or lower? (8,5)","output":"### Answer: ABERDEEN\u00a0ANGUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: lower\n(BEGAN UNDER SEA)*, with the definition \"lower\" meaning \"one that lows (moos)\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Twice I let suit run public services (9)","output":"### Answer: UTILITIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: public services\nAnagram of I twice + LET SUIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little time for a gloomy type (5)","output":"### Answer: MOPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: gloomy type\nMO (a little time) + PER (a, as in miles a second)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nancy's lover is 21 on film (5)","output":"### Answer: SIKES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nancy's lover\nSI (IS reversed, or \"about face\") + KES (1969 film). Bill Sikes is Nancy's lover in *Oliver Twist"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mammal disconcerted eating Welshman (4,5)","output":"### Answer: TREE SHREW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mammal\nREES (Welsh name) in THREW (disconcerted)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Was a candidate returned? Consider recount (7)","output":"### Answer: NARRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: recount\nReverse of RAN (was a candidate \u2013 mostly an American usage, as in \"ran for office\"; in the UK we would usually say \"stood\") + RATE (consider)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Fish good for us' (Nancy's friend) (7)","output":"### Answer: GOURAMI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fish\nG + OUR (for us) + AMI (this Nancy is the French city)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finishes posting, having succeeded at last (7)","output":"### Answer: ENDINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Finishes\nSENDING (posting) with S[ucceeded] move to the end"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part company after rent increase (5,2)","output":"### Answer: SPLIT UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part company\nSPLIT (rent) + UP (to increase)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Answer attack with force' (one in US military command) (5,4)","output":"### Answer: ABOUT FACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: US military command\nA[nswer] + BOUT (attack) + F[orce] + ACE (one)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: About to have almost a month on island (5)","output":"### Answer: CAPRI \n ### Explanation: Definition: island\nC (circa, about) + APRI[L]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brute's associates in dramatic murder back on run, say (5)","output":"### Answer: UTTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: say\nReverse of ET TU (words that precede, or are associated with, \"Brute\" in the famous line from *Julius Caesar*, just before his assassination, so a \"dramatic murder\". The definition is cleverly concealed in the inconspicuous \"say\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Travelling by rail, I missed getting seat (2,7)","output":"### Answer: IN TRANSIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Travelling\nIN TRAIN (by rail) less the second I, + SIT (seat)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Copying the example of fans at match (9,4)","output":"### Answer: FOLLOWING\u00a0SUIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Copying the example\nFOLLOWING (fans) + SUIT (match)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Narrow-minded and maybe retired? (9)","output":"### Answer: BLINKERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Narrow-minded\nAND (a \"linker\") \"in BED\" (retired)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attacks are loud on a Tory leader, initially (5)","output":"### Answer: RAIDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Attacks\nR (homophone \u2013 \"loud\" \u2013 of \"are\") + A + IDS (Iain Duncan Smith, former tory leader)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most impressive! Let's reread communication (7)","output":"### Answer: EPISTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: communication\n\"Most [of]\" EPI[C] (impressive) + LETS* (\"reread\" as a past participle, rhyming with \"bed\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fledgling gets encouraged to climb, having something to fall back on (4,3)","output":"### Answer: NEST EGG \n ### Explanation: Definition: something to fall back on\nHidden in reverse of fledlinG GETS ENcouraged. I made unnecessarily heavy weather of this, trying to use fledgling = nestling, before seeing the obvious"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charlie no longer operating, welcomes doctors into country (9)","output":"### Answer: NUMBSKULL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Charlie\nMBS (doctors) in UK (country), all in NULL (no longer operating)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of Oxford University course, right? (5)","output":"### Answer: UPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of Oxford\nU[niversity] + PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) + R. PPE is indeed a course at Oxford University (and elsewhere), but for the definition here the Oxford is a shoe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worth a trial? (8,5)","output":"### Answer: NUISANCE\u00a0VALUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Worth a trial\nCryptic definition, as in [his] worth [is] a trial, I suppose. Rather a weak one, I thought \u2013 I would have liked some additional wordplay"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: PM that is prepared to spin, getting credit (7,6)","output":"### Answer: BROWNIE\u00a0POINTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: credit\n[Gordon] BROWN (former PM) + I.E + anagram (\"prepared\") of TO SPIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One relative without uniform, another without clothes (2,7)","output":"### Answer: AU NATUREL \n ### Explanation: Definition: without clothes\nA (one) with AUNT (relative) outside or \"without\" + U[niform] + REL (relative, as in grammar)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fabulous body \u2014 one quietly captivated for starters (9)","output":"### Answer: ANTIPASTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: starters\nI P (piano, quietly) in the contents or \"body\" of [F]ANTASTI[C]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prospect of the drink running out \u2014 wives each getting stuck in (3,4)","output":"### Answer: SEA VIEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prospect of the drink\nEA[ch] in WIVES* \u2013 I can't make much sense of \"running\" here: it doesn't seem fit in either the definition or the anagram indicator"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make more agreeable to repeatedly small number (7)","output":"### Answer: SWEETEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make more agreeable\nS + WEE (two kinds of \"small\") + TEN (number)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Better be enough \u2014 dismissed previously (5)","output":"### Answer: OUTDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Better\nOUT (dismissed) + DO (be enough)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grossly stupid councillor Trump's behind (5)","output":"### Answer: CRASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grossly stupid\nC[ouncillo]R + ASS (American \"behind\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American guy requiring doctor \u2013 it's potentially devastating (5)","output":"### Answer: A-BOMB \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's potentially devastating\nA + BO + M.B."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Goatish character, spirited \u2013 and what he advocates? (7)","output":"### Answer: PANGAMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: what he advocates\nPAN (god of nature, depicted with the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat) + GAMY. Pangamy is \"random mating\", as Pan might advocate"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pair of sandpipers sheltered by edges of fjord like some wind? (8)","output":"### Answer: FREE-REED \n ### Explanation: Definition: like some wind\nREE twice in F[jor]D \u2013 the \"wind\" refers to woodwind instuments"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some brachiopods? Try one coach is eating (13)","output":"### Answer: TESTICARDINES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Some brachiopods\nTEST + I + CAR + DINES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They form distribution for car store (8)","output":"### Answer: CREATORS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They form\n(CAR STORE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Withdraw from judging playground practice (6)","output":"### Answer: RECUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Withdraw from judging\nREC (recreation ground) + USE (practice)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cause of disease in cattle? Tribe has groups replacing bone (6)","output":"### Answer: TSETSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cause of disease in cattle\nTRIBE with SETS replacing RIB"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: See's neighbour in endless legal transaction (3)","output":"### Answer: DEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: See's neighbour\nC (see) and D (dee) are adjacent letters in the alphabet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Device for increasing thrust blasting the ear (6)","output":"### Answer: REHEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Device for increasing thrust\n(THE EAR)* \u2013 as a noun, reheat is \"a device to inject fuel \u2026 to obtain increased thrust\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Christmas entertainment, dancing not included in action (6)","output":"### Answer: PANTOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Christmas entertainment\nNOT* in PAS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Type of dropsy, one of the nose mostly, secreting sort of discharge (8)","output":"### Answer: ANASARCA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Type of dropsy\nARC (electrical discharge) in A NASA[L]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I entwined net with snare \u2013 it aids adhesion of a kind (8)","output":"### Answer: INTEGRIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: it aids adhesion of a kind\nI + NET* + GRIN (a snare)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hit the target \u2013 none adrift in 200 by tourney's leader (7)","output":"### Answer: CONNECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hit the target\nNONE* in CC (200) + T[ourney]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refrain about English grammar (5)","output":"### Answer: DONET \n ### Explanation: Definition: grammar\nE in DON'T \u2013 \"a grammar, a primer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Growth following shocking time? Seeking drug (10)","output":"### Answer: AFTERGRASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Growth following shocking time\nAFTER (seeking) GRASS (drug). Aftergrass is grass that grows after mowing or reaping, and to shock is to set (hay etc) in stooks or sheaves"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Patented screen held in stock in Scotland (7)","output":"### Answer: BREVET\u00c9 \n ### Explanation: Definition: Patented\nVET (to screen) in BETE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boundary in home test (4)","output":"### Answer: METE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boundary\nHidden in hoME TEst. Mete is a boundary or limit \u2013 not related to the word in \"mete out\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carriage, former railway one, task for restoration (7)","output":"### Answer: BRITSKA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Carriage\nBR + I + TASK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Was scouting in decline mostly round college? (6)","output":"### Answer: RECCED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Was scouting\nC in RECED[E]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Peer over shimmering scene, in part lustrous (11)","output":"### Answer: PEARLESCENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: lustrous\nEARL + SCENE* in PT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tennis star's losing heart in Wimbledon \u2013 his lowest score? (4)","output":"### Answer: NADA \n ### Explanation: Definition: his lowest score\n[Rafael] NADAL less the middle letter of wimbLedon"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Legging it in frantic rage (6)","output":"### Answer: GAITER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Legging\nIT in RAGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Literary editor, one turning up I dispensed with (9)","output":"### Answer: ANNOTATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Literary editor\nAN + reverse of ROTATION (turning) less I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Muslim bigwig always following leader in mosque (4)","output":"### Answer: MEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Muslim bigwig\nM[osque] + E'ER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tax due? Mess sorted out in compliance (10)","output":"### Answer: ASSESSMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tax due\nMESS* in ASSENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It sweetens bag with tea in (9)","output":"### Answer: SACCHARIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: It sweetens\nSAC + CHAR IN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's written up on an outhouse in ruins (7)","output":"### Answer: SMASHED \n ### Explanation: Definition: in ruins\nReverse of A MS (manuscript) + SHED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I turn up in footwear for highland fling? (7)","output":"### Answer: SHOOGIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: highland fling\nReverse of I GO in SHOE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wandering about shaven for a month in the synagogue? (6)","output":"### Answer: HESVAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: a month in the synagogue\nSHAVEN* \u2013 a month in the Jewish calendar"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stone ras erected showing calendar differences (6)","output":"### Answer: EPACTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: calendar differences\nReverse of ST + CAPE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Notorious fiddler caught in headline robbery (4)","output":"### Answer: NERO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Notorious fiddler\nHidden in headliNE RObbery \u2013 Nero supposedly \"fiddled as Rome burned\"; though he probably didn't, and anyway fiddles weren't invented until hundreds of years later"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Monsieur's abandoned state, being plus ag\u00e9? (4)","output":"### Answer: A\u00ceN\u00c9 \n ### Explanation: Definition: plus ag\u00e9\nMAINE less M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What'll make jackdaw turn out litter? (4)","output":"### Answer: KAGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: litter\nKA (jackdaw) + GO (turn out)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This food's indigestible \u2014 that's as much as a lady will admit? (8)","output":"### Answer: ROUGHAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: This food's indigestible\nThe lady will only admit her ROUGH AGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With order originally maintained, author losing head as one joining the fray? (6)","output":"### Answer: RIOTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one joining the fray\nO[rder] in [W]RITER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In protest, I refused to move (4)","output":"### Answer: STIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: to move\nHidden in proteST I Refuse"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Behold peril initially in hurdles to negotiate \u2014 we're in trouble! (4,4,2)","output":"### Answer: LORD\u00a0HELP\u00a0US \n ### Explanation: Definition: we're in trouble\nLO (behold) + P[eril] in HURDLES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Catching rear in mirror, a superstar appearing cooler (3,3)","output":"### Answer: AIR CON \n ### Explanation: Definition: cooler\n[mirro]R in A ICON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hoarder \u2014 gentleman collecting right and left (8)","output":"### Answer: SQUIRREL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hoarder\nR in SQUIRE + L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: House done, clean the carpets (6)","output":"### Answer: HOOVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: clean the carpets\nHO + OVER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gas starts to inflate umpteen wheel surrounds (6)","output":"### Answer: HELIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gas\nI[nflate] U[mpteen] in HELM (wheel, as on a ship)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Previous charge in court bringing feeling of uncertainty (4,4)","output":"### Answer: COLD FEET \n ### Explanation: Definition: feeling of uncertainty\nOLD FEE in CT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bronze sculptures perhaps turned round to reveal mystical text (6)","output":"### Answer: TANTRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: mystical text\nTAN (bronze-coloured) + reverse of ART"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fragile thing, problem leading to fault (3,7)","output":"### Answer: TEA\u00a0SERVICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fragile thing\nTEASER (problem) + VICE (fault)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party remains behind leader in bewilderment (4)","output":"### Answer: BASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Party\nB[ewilderment] + ASH (remains)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small in two ways? (6)","output":"### Answer: MODEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small\nMODE (a kind of way) + ST (street, another \"way\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lovely ovoid shape in spoiled egg, sour (8)","output":"### Answer: GORGEOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lovely\nO (ovoid shape) in (EGG SOUR)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Female with chequered history, supposedly maturing by now? (8)","output":"### Answer: FORTYISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: supposedly maturing by now\nF + HISTORY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prince, villain having ousted a king (4)","output":"### Answer: IGOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prince\nIAGO less A, + R. From the prince of Borodin's opera, based on a story of a historical figure"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish without a memory, hauled up (6)","output":"### Answer: MARLIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fish\nReverse of NIL RAM (random access memory, as used in computers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cinema gets you in the end (3,5)","output":"### Answer: ART HOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cinema\nTHOU (you) in ARSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Figure of a child dressed in rags, the mark of Trump's economics? (6,4)","output":"### Answer: DOLLAR\u00a0SIGN \n ### Explanation: Definition: the mark of Trump's economics\nDOLL (\"figure of a child\") + (IN RAGS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worker wrapping up the whole puzzle (6)","output":"### Answer: BEMUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: puzzle\nReverse of SUM (the whole) in BEE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leaving home, freeloading daughter made ungracious remarks, all concluding (6)","output":"### Answer: EGRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leaving\nLast letters of homE freeloadinG daughteR madE ungraciouS remarkS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drop sprays in general \u2014 does it? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: CROP\u00a0DUSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: it\nDROP* in [General] CUSTER, and an &littish definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Despise boss a certain amount (8)","output":"### Answer: EXECRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Despise\nEXEC (executive, boss) + RATE (a certain amount)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Coming from North Africa, religious teaching in appropriate place? (8)","output":"### Answer: MORESQUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Coming from North Africa\nR.E. in MOSQUE \u2013 Moresque is a variant of \"Moorish\", used to describe some forms of art"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Narrative about to chime with the conjecture of quantum physicists (6,6)","output":"### Answer: STRING\u00a0THEORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: conjecture of quantum physicists\nRING (chime) + THE in STORY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spirited king serious, on having lost crown (6)","output":"### Answer: OBERON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spirited king\nSOBER ON less its first letter. Oberon is king of the fairies (who might be spirits), particularly familiar from *A Midsummer Night's Dream"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Auntie showing up just the same? (4)","output":"### Answer: BEEB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Auntie\n\"Auntie Beeb\" is a nickname of the BBC, and BEEB is a palindrome, so in a down clue it \"shows up just the same\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Varnish covering jacket of almanac (7)","output":"### Answer: SHELLAC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Varnish\nSHELL (covering) + A[lmana]C"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rifle from the east protecting women during time of conflict (4,3)","output":"### Answer: BOER WAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: conflict\nQuite complex parsing for this one: it's W in ERA (\"women during time\") in (protected by) reverse (from the East) of ROB (to rifle)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Potato initially excluded from list of fruit (4)","output":"### Answer: SLOE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fruit\nSLOPE (list) less P[otato]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opening of cavity next to worn out bit of tooth (5)","output":"### Answer: CROWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: bit of tooth\nC[avity] + WORN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Report of slug at home (8)","output":"### Answer: BULLETIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Report\nBULLETN (slug) + IN (at home)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fabric lining small awnings? (4)","output":"### Answer: LAWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fabric\nHidden in smalL AWNings"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Insignificant conclusion to booklet in badly set type (5)","output":"### Answer: PETTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Insignificant\n[bookle]T in TYPE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Author married to his work \u2026 (4)","output":"### Answer: POEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: his work\n[Edgar Allan] POE + M[arried], and Poe was indeed a poet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 knocks back melted brie snack (5,3)","output":"### Answer: SPARE RIB \n ### Explanation: Definition: snack\nReverse of RAPS (knocks) + BRIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Camp next to large Swiss city (5)","output":"### Answer: BASEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Swiss city\nBASE (camp) + L[arge]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Corrupt Welsh FA is defended by unknown football club (9,9)","output":"### Answer: SHEFFIELD\u00a0WEDNESDAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: football club\n(WELSH FA IS DEFENDED)* + Y (unknown, in algebra). The oddly-named football club started off as a cricket club that met on Wednesdays"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Novel about crossing rook with another bird (4)","output":"### Answer: WREN \n ### Explanation: Definition: bird\nR (rook) in reverse of NEW (novel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good insect drinking close to sunken well (7)","output":"### Answer: BENEFIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Good\n[sunke]N in BEE + FIT (well)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Earl Sandwich ordered to conceal recipe for a scientist (7,6)","output":"### Answer: CHARLES\u00a0DARWIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: scientist\nR[ecipe] in (EARL SANDWICH)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pulse found in fractured hallux (4)","output":"### Answer: DHAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pulse\nHidden in fractureD HALlux"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mineral deposit down toilet? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: BLUE JOHN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mineral deposit\nBLUE (sad, down) + JOHN (slang for toilet). Blue John is a mineral found in a cave in the Peak District"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rope twisted into whip for slap and tickle? (8)","output":"### Answer: FOREPLAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: slap and tickle\nROPE* in FLAY (whip)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cooler fellow on saddle (6)","output":"### Answer: FRIDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cooler\nF[ellow] + RIDGE (saddle, though I don't think they're the same thing at all)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Service vehicle lifted onto end of jetty (4)","output":"### Answer: NAVY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Service\nReverse of VAN + [jett]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Resting, when standing on furniture, is controversial (9)","output":"### Answer: DEBATABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: controversial\nReverse of ABED + TABLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Winner of set capturing hearts (5)","output":"### Answer: CHAMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Winner\nH[earts] in CAMP (set \u2013 perhaps in the sense of a political faction)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Model in independent trade (5)","output":"### Answer: IDEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Model\nI[ndependent] + DEAL (trade)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fuel made from palm fibres clipped into container (8)","output":"### Answer: PARAFFIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fuel\nRAFFI[A] (palm fibres) in PAN (container)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relatives given weapon with access code (8)","output":"### Answer: PASSWORD \n ### Explanation: Definition: access code\nPAS (plural of Pa = father, relatives) + SWORD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish inside bloody wound (6)","output":"### Answer: REELED \n ### Explanation: Definition: wound\nEEL in RED, with \"wound\" rhyming with \"sound\" as the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pal had reincarnated spiritual leader \u2026 (6)","output":"### Answer: BUDDHA \n ### Explanation: Definition: spiritual leader\nBUD (pal) + HAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 killed in a raft (4)","output":"### Answer: SLEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: killed\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vessel for liquids essential to brewery (4)","output":"### Answer: EWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vessel for liquids\nHidden in brEWERy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Run rule over American big beast (6)","output":"### Answer: WALRUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: big beast\nReverse of R LAW, + US"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: For sale (not united): can and mug (4,3)","output":"### Answer: TOBY JUG \n ### Explanation: Definition: mug\nTO BUY less U, + JUG (slang for prison, as is \"can\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cautiously progressing petition about the end of hunting (9)","output":"### Answer: TIPTOEING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cautiously progressing\nPETITION* + [huntin]G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Silly argument over half a small pigeon (5)","output":"### Answer: SQUAB \n ### Explanation: Definition: a small pigeon\nMore than half of SQUABble"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eventually find oneself in satire that's not succeeded (3,2)","output":"### Answer: END UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Eventually find oneself\nSEND UP less S[ucceeded]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A missile may be basic; it'll go off (9)","output":"### Answer: BALLISTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: A missile may be\n(BASIC IT'LL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On board ship are people with non-PC views (7)","output":"### Answer: SEXISTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: people with non-PC views\nEXIST (are) \"on board\", i.e. in SS (steamship)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Well woman visits teacher, missing a university (6)","output":"### Answer: GUSHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Well\nSHE (woman) in GURU less the second U (*a university)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy left in empty gallery with delight (6)","output":"### Answer: GLADLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: with delight\nLAD L in G[aller]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Means arranged one day for comeback (7)","output":"### Answer: DENOTES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Means\nReverse of SET ONE D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Depending on results, group of countries to be reduced by one state (9)","output":"### Answer: EMPIRICAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Depending on results\nEMPIR[E] + 1 CAL[ifornia]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy not force-fed fish (5)","output":"### Answer: EDGAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boy\nFED less F (force) + GAR (fish)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Muscle holds back mafia killer (1-4)","output":"### Answer: A-BOMB \n ### Explanation: Definition: killer\nReverse of MOB in AB (abdominal muscle)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shape being mature, zip coming undone (9)","output":"### Answer: TRAPEZIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shape \n(MATURE ZIP)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Club gets tennis champion further (7)","output":"### Answer: EVERTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Club\n[Chris] EVERT (tennis champion of the 70s and 80s) + ON (further)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dowdy female having only half the sex? (6)","output":"### Answer: FRUMPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dowdy\nF + half of RUMPY-pumpy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stupid Spectator has lies for news, primarily (7)","output":"### Answer: WITLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stupid\nWITNESS (spectator) with L[ies] replacing N[ews]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fat: apparently good to be inside a covering (5)","output":"### Answer: LIPID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fat\nPI (apparenty good) in LID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stew spooned up without demur (9)","output":"### Answer: UNOPPOSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: without demur\n(SPOONED UP)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Without note, go with the others to make speech to Filipinos (7)","output":"### Answer: TAGALOG \n ### Explanation: Definition: speech to Filipinos\nTAG ALONG (go with others) less N[ote]. Tagalog is the national language of the Philippines"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A Nazi group interrupts sexually ambivalent singers (5)","output":"### Answer: BASSI \n ### Explanation: Definition: singers\nA + SS (Nazi group) in BI[-sexual]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most stylish relative I joke about (9)","output":"### Answer: JAUNTIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most stylish\nAUNT I in JEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Withdraw permission to pick up taxi after golf (2,4)","output":"### Answer: GO BACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Withdraw\nG (golf) reverse of CAB in OK (permission)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Students keep a little storage in the cloud (6)","output":"### Answer: NIMBUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: cloud\n1 MB (a little [computer] storage, at least by today's standards) in NUS (National Union of Students)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hammer this, or use axes to chop and polish (9)","output":"### Answer: XYLOPHONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hammer this\nXY (axes, plural of axis, as in coordinate geometry) + LOP (chop) + HONE (polish)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Browsing the web, taken in by visionary poet (9)","output":"### Answer: SONNETEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: poet\nON NET (\"browsing the web\") in SEER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Securing boat, ready for Chinese peninsula (7)","output":"### Answer: YUCATAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: peninsula\nCAT[amaran] in YUAN (Chinese currency, hence \"ready [money] for Chinese\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Buck up everyone in staff (6)","output":"### Answer: DOLLAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Buck\nReverse of ALL in ROD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alcohol in pack, partly empty (7)","output":"### Answer: SCRUMPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Alcohol\nSCRUM (pack, as in Rugby) + P[artl]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Danger: people shot in court (6)","output":"### Answer: MENACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Danger\nMEN (people) + ACE (a service or shot in a tennis court)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bravo, smashing the basis for one threatening your job? (5)","output":"### Answer: ROBOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: one threatening your job\nB (Bravo) in ROOT (basis)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Serious about married brothers (5)","output":"### Answer: GRIMM \n ### Explanation: Definition: brothers\nM in GRIM (serious). Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, famous for their collections of folk tales. Jacob is also remembered in linguistics for Grimm's Law"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sibyl follows bag painter (8)","output":"### Answer: LANDSEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: painter\nLAND (to \"bag\", as in a prize or a fish) + SEER (Sibyl \u2013 oracle in GReek mythology)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cool sort of record Henry and Tom cover (6)","output":"### Answer: HEPCAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cool sort\nEP (a sort of record) in H (Henry) + CAT (could be a tom)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ruth's mine and yours, at first (4)","output":"### Answer: PITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ruth\nPIT (a mine) + Y[ours]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sally's in class, penning Latin (10)","output":"### Answer: PLEASANTRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sally\nL[atin] in PEASANTRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clingy type left Mike, taken by current favourite (6)","output":"### Answer: LIMPET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clingy type\nI (electric current) in L M + PET (favourite). \"Taken by\" would seem to indicate inclusion the other way round"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oscar regularly pulls in money for luxury (8)","output":"### Answer: OPULENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: luxury\nO[scar] + alternate letters of pUlLs in PENCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: For Dirk, pedant's out of line (7)","output":"### Answer: STICKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dirk\nSTICKLER (pedant) less L. A dirk is a dagger, which I suppose you might stick someone with"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What Victor will do, a bit charming (7)","output":"### Answer: WINSOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: charming\nWIN (what victor will do) + SOME (a bit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Track plugged by Kelvin that is more unsettling (8)","output":"### Answer: SPOOKIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: more unsettling\nK[elvin] + I.E. (that is) in SPOOR (track or scent of an animal)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Norman's bird providing fake news (6)","output":"### Answer: CANARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Norman's bird\nDouble definition \u2013 canard is French (e.g. Norman) for duck. The origin of the \"fake news\" meaning seems uncertain, though it's probably from the \"duck\" sense \u2013 some ideas here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Amazed to play Viola, line's forgotten in Cliff's place (6,4)","output":"### Answer: BOWLED\u00a0OVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Amazed\nBOW (to play a viola, for example) + LINE less IN + DOVER (site of the famous white cliffs)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grant's a court favourite, according to hearsay (4)","output":"### Answer: CEDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grant\nHomophone of \"seed\", a favourite in (e.g.) tennis"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One travelling late, a shade before Amber picked up yours truly (3-3)","output":"### Answer: RED-EYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One travelling late\nRED (a \"shade before amber\" in traffic lights) + EYE (homophone of \"I\" = yours truly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nancy's really with Carol, making a coiffure (8)","output":"### Answer: TRESSING \n ### Explanation: Definition: making a coiffure\nTRES (French \"very\", as someone from Nancy might say) + SING (to carol)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One in dire straits could be Horace (8)","output":"### Answer: SATIRIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: could be Horace\nI in STRAITS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guy in spin (4)","output":"### Answer: EDDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Guy\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two lots of Mary Jane's brewing equipment (6)","output":"### Answer: TEAPOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: brewing equipment\nTEA + POT \u2013 both slang words for marijuana = Mary Jane"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Harry Potter taking drug a high point for Rowan (7)","output":"### Answer: TREETOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: a high point for Rowan\nE (drug) in POTTER*, with Rowan referring to the tree, aka Mountain Ash"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hit works about Jacob's relative with right vocabulary in these (8)","output":"### Answer: THESAURI \n ### Explanation: Definition: vocabulary in these\nESAU (Jacob's brother in Genesis) + R in HIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The main youth supporting Frank in free time (4,6)","output":"### Answer: OPEN\u00a0SEASON \n ### Explanation: Definition: free time\nOPEN (rank) \"supported by\" SEA (main) + SON (youth)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Terry's very good fortune? Not half (6)","output":"### Answer: FABRIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Terry\nFAB (very good) + half of RIChes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bull where Jack's found round rushes (4,2,4)","output":"### Answer: PACK\u00a0OF\u00a0LIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bull\nPACK (.. of cards, which includes jacks) + O (round) + FLIES (rushes)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He should be in Nick's wild revel, one engaging cook (8)","output":"### Answer: EVILDOER \n ### Explanation: Definition: He should be in Nick\nDO (to cook) in anagram of (REVEL + I). Nick = prison"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mary drops a name introducing artist and player (8)","output":"### Answer: MARADONA \n ### Explanation: Definition: player\nRA in MADONNA less one N \u2013 this 'player', of course"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tommy's revealing little (7)","output":"### Answer: PRIVATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tommy\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guy in spin? That's correct (6)","output":"### Answer: PROPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: correct\nROPE (guy) in PR (public relations, spin)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Morgan, say, and Paddy dress down (6)","output":"### Answer: CARPET \n ### Explanation: Definition: dress down\nCAR (Morgan is an example) + PET (temper, paddy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chuck Norris finally punching Leo, for one (4)","output":"### Answer: CAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chuck\n[Norri]S in CAT (e.g. Leo)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lads grabbing twisted tabs securing lines (8)","output":"### Answer: BOBSTAYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: securing lines\nTABS* in BOYS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party William's cutting (4)","output":"### Answer: SECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Party\nDouble definition \u2013 the William here is Shakespeare, for whom SECT is \"a cutting\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soft-rayed little fish: best cut pub's got in (9)","output":"### Answer: TOPMINNOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Soft-rayed little fish\nINN in TOP MOW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bass doubling, creating some distortion on soundtrack (5)","output":"### Answer: BLOOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: some distortion on soundtrack\nB[ass] + LOOP (\".. doubling in the shape or structure of anything\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Twelve heading east \u2013 uninhabited spot contains \u2014\u2014? (5)","output":"### Answer: NO-ONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: \u2014\u2014\nNOON (twelve o'clock) + E, with a \"fill in the blank\" definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fishes, oily, swimming round foreign sea (7)","output":"### Answer: LYOMERI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fishes\nMER (French \"sea\") in OILY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aquatic umbellifer, red mostly, found in margin (7)","output":"### Answer: SKIRRET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Aquatic umbellifer\nRE[D] in SKIRT \u2013 skirret is also known as the water-parsnip, a popular food in Tudor times. here's a story of an attempt at reviving it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prepared in e.g. sewing group, tinted antique? (6)","output":"### Answer: BEDIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: tinted antique\nDID (prepared) in BEE (as in \"sewing bee\"); a Spenserian (\"antique\") form of \"dyed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Getting a lift maybe 'Arry does this protein (5)","output":"### Answer: OPSIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: protein\nCockney version of \"hops in\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rotten bit of tangerine I found in sweet (5)","output":"### Answer: PUTID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rotten\nT[angerine] I in PUD (pudding, sweet) \u2013 presumably related to \"putrid\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Busts arranged round centre of belvedere, part of larger group together (6)","output":"### Answer: SUBSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of larger group together\n[belv]E[dere] in BUSTS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Help! I eat terribly spicy kebab (7)","output":"### Answer: SOSATIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: spicy kebab\nSOS (help!) + (I EAT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A wisp, me? Wrong \u2013 OS-style, more like (7)","output":"### Answer: MAPWISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: OS-style\n(A WISP ME)* \u2013 OS being the Ordnance Survey"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Organic compound got from major artery in fish (5)","output":"### Answer: IMIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Organic compound\nM1 (motorway, major artery) in IDE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Light ring on side of can releasing extinguisher's content? (5)","output":"### Answer: HALON \n ### Explanation: Definition: extinguisher's content\nHALO (ring of light) + [ca]N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Office stuff, unavoidable (9)","output":"### Answer: NECESSARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Office\nThree definitions, one for each word of the clue: the first two are slang terms for toilet and money, both of which are meanings of \"necessary\", and the third is the obvious adjectival meaning"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One learning in school label for type of rock (4)","output":"### Answer: GLAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: type of rock\nL in GAM (school of whales)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: End of race and lads dry off in stable room (8)","output":"### Answer: SADDLERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: stable room\nAnagram of [rac]E + LADS DRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'm off drinking, the French party included \u2013 strong words from the vicar (12)","output":"### Answer: BIBLE-BASHING \n ### Explanation: Definition: strong words from the vicar\nLE (French \"the\") + BASH (party) in IMBIBING less I'M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After regular dismissals, jovially unctuous (4)","output":"### Answer: OILY \n ### Explanation: Definition: unctuous\nAlternate letters of jOvIaLlY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Particular stuff in the veins, look, strange occurring in the chest (9)","output":"### Answer: BLOOD-DUST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Particular stuff in the veins\nLO ODD in BUST. Blood-dust is haemoconia, or \"small colourless granules in the blood\", so \"particular\" in the definition means \"consisting of particles\" (not explicitly given in Chambers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Early jazz piece to plug? There's little money in it (5)","output":"### Answer: STOMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Early jazz piece\nM[oney] in STOP (to plug a hole, etc)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One cloth that's blue or bluish \u2013 it's uniquely excellent (6)","output":"### Answer: A-PER-SE \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's uniquely excellent\nA + PERSE (blue cloth)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Punic struggles \u2013 be seated round for head's prominent feature (8)","output":"### Answer: SINCIPUT \n ### Explanation: Punic struggles \u2013 be seated round for head's prominent feature (8)\nPUNIC* in SIT \u2013 the sinciput is part of the skull"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Neat Scotch fellows upended (4)","output":"### Answer: SNOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Neat Scotch\nReverse of DONS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Akin (8)","output":"### Answer: CONGENER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Akin\nThe competition word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like a good looker, with parts amounting to XL? (12)","output":"### Answer: TWENTY-TWENTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like a good looker\nTwenty plus twenty is 40, or XL in Roman numerals"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fair, I am brought up as one training to be an escort (5)","output":"### Answer: MAIKO \n ### Explanation: Definition: one training to be an escort\nReverse of OK (fair) + I AM \u2013 maiko is a trainee geisha"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Style of painting I exhibited in galleries bizarrely East rejected (9)","output":"### Answer: GRISAILLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Style of painting\nI in anagram of GALLERIES less E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Whack ancient S. Asian tree with foreign apple in it (8)","output":"### Answer: BEPOMMEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Whack\nPOMME (French \"apple\") in BEL (an Indian tree)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First to exploit indefinable quality in garment, leading figure in rag trade? (8)","output":"### Answer: EDITRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: leading figure in rag trade\nE[xploit] + IT (undefinable quality) in DRESS, with \"rag\" meaning a newspaper"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In Maryland I'm estimating what can be spent there (5)","output":"### Answer: DIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: what can be spent there\nHidden in marylanD I'M Estimating"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some EU members given a lift round Austria, arriving at upper house (6)","output":"### Answer: SEANAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: upper house\nA (Austria) in reverse of DANES. The Seanad (\"Senate\") is the upper house of the Irish parliament"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Local gutter to divert left (5)","output":"### Answer: SWAYL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Local gutter\nSWAY (divert) + L \u2013 a dialect word meaning, among other things, to gutter (as a candle)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: TV etc mostly coming up the same (4)","output":"### Answer: IDEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: the same\nReverse of \"most of\" MEDIA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cocktail or swig of Scotch clubs left out (4)","output":"### Answer: SOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cocktail\nSCOUR (Scots \"swig of liquor\") less C"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uncovering deceit? Not difficult! (9)","output":"### Answer: DETECTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Uncovering\n(DECEIT NOT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pottery expert drinks port (5)","output":"### Answer: DELFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pottery\nL (left \u2013 port) in DEFT (expert)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charlie's discourteous and rough (5)","output":"### Answer: CRUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: rough\nC + RUDE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prepare sentence for when the audience is best (5,4)","output":"### Answer: PRIME TIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: when the audience is best\nPRIME (prepare) + TIME (prison sentence)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pit of despair (10)","output":"### Answer: DEPRESSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pit\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remains calm (4)","output":"### Answer: REST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Remains\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Object endlessly to the French style (7)","output":"### Answer: ENTITLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: style\nENTITY (object) less its last letter + LE (French \"the\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rascal learning to appeal (7)","output":"### Answer: IMPLORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to appeal\nIMP (rascal) + LORE (learning)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Score runs in a series (7)","output":"### Answer: ARRANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Score\nR[uns] in A RANGE \u2013 to score\/arrange as in music"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Push off about now in Arctic vehicle (7)","output":"### Answer: SNOWCAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arctic vehicle\nNOW in SCAT. Chambers only gives the trade name Sno-cat, but this version is in Wikipedia as a generic name"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finest English drink (4)","output":"### Answer: TOPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\nTOP + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Donkey attendants in deer molestation (10)","output":"### Answer: HARASSMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: molestation\nASS MEN (\"donkey attendants\") in HART (deer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Joy about English victory and promotion (9)","output":"### Answer: ELEVATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: promotion\nE V in ELATION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Illuminated note in volume (5)","output":"### Answer: LITRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: volume\nLIT + RE (note, as in do-re-mi)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small border plant (5)","output":"### Answer: SEDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: plant\nS + EDGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Book Ian's sheep for treatment (9)","output":"### Answer: EPHESIANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Book\n(IAN'S SHEEP)* \u2013 Ephesians is a book of the New Testament"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Risked getting daughter murdered (5)","output":"### Answer: DICED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Risked\nD + ICED (murdered)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Musician takes time over odd disciple (9)","output":"### Answer: TRUMPETER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Musician\nT + RUM + PETER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fruit makes mild alcoholic drink, but with no head (10)","output":"### Answer: CLEMENTINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fruit\nCLEMENT (mild) + [W]INE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Setter's old-fashioned? That's an insurmountable difficulty! (7)","output":"### Answer: IMPASSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: That's an insurmountable difficulty\nI'M PASS\u00c9"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New look with Japanese sash? That's capital! (7)","output":"### Answer: NAIROBI \n ### Explanation: Definition: capital\nN + AIR + OBI (Japanese sash)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deer takes one for a ride (4)","output":"### Answer: DOES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deer\nDouble definition, with two different pronunciations: female deer and swindles"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beliefs about current in river (5)","output":"### Answer: LOIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: river\nI (symbol for electric current) in LORE (beliefs \u2013 see also 15a)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Surprise people over time in therapy (9)","output":"### Answer: TREATMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: therapy\nTREAT (surprise) + MEN + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Purgative stops meals being digested (5,5)","output":"### Answer: EPSOM\u00a0SALTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Purgative\n(STOPS MEALS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rigour of head supporting old enterprise (9)","output":"### Answer: EXACTNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rigour\nEX (old) ACT (enterprise) \"supported by\" NESS (geographical \"head\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artist holds up gold casket for the band (9)","output":"### Answer: ORCHESTRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: the band\nOR (gold) + CHEST + RA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vet fell over burrow (7)","output":"### Answer: EXAMINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vet\nReverse of AXE (to fell) + MINE (burrow)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loyal? Huns act badly! (7)","output":"### Answer: STAUNCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Loyal\n(HUNS ACT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pastor gets usher to beg (5)","output":"### Answer: PLEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: beg\nP[astor] + LEAD (to usher)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Emphasise cropped hair (5)","output":"### Answer: TRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: hair\n[S]TRESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Penny has beer and pasty (4)","output":"### Answer: PALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: pasty\nP + ALE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feature of Trump and PM putting the Queen off (6)","output":"### Answer: THATCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feature of Trump\n[Margaret] THATCHER less ER, and reference to the Donald's hairstyle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Takes apart splinter group in contemptuous talk (8)","output":"### Answer: DISSECTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Takes apart\nSECT in DISS (contemptuous talk)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Building block of wood, what's backed with board in port (6)","output":"### Answer: ASHLAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Building block\nASH (wood) + LAR \u2013 if you \"back it with board\" you get LARBOARD, another word the the nautical term \"port\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Able to move quickly for a take-off in an emergency (8)","output":"### Answer: SCRAMBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: take-off in an emergency\nABLE with A replaced by SCRAM (move quickly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old Testament book's terribly crude and emotional (14)","output":"### Answer: DEUTERONOMICAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old Testament book's\n(CRUDE EMOTIONAL)*. The 's tells us that we want the adjectival form of the biblical book of Deuteronomy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bother in big house having a plant with narcotic properties (10)","output":"### Answer: MANDRAGORA \n ### Explanation: Definition: plant with narcotic properties\nDRAG (a bother) in MANOR + A. Another name for Mandrake"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worry when study is neglected in research establishment (4)","output":"### Answer: CERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: research establishment\nCONCERN (worry) less CON (to study)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of two Nobel physicists said to swank (4)","output":"### Answer: BRAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: to swank\nHomophone of \"Bragg\" \u2013 the Nobel-winning father and son pair of William Henry and Willam Lawrence Bragg"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Figures in trouble at sea, reportedly Germanic folk (10)","output":"### Answer: RECTANGLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Figures\nHomophone of \"wrecked\" (in trouble at sea) + ANGLES (Germanic people)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disappoint others giving first instruction to unload the truck? (3,3,4,4)","output":"### Answer: LET THE SIDE DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disappoint others\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sunday cruciverbalist, maybe, who has cutting edge? (8)","output":"### Answer: SWORDMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: who has cutting edge\nS + WORDMAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Symphony offering racy stuff (not Beethoven's Fourth) (6)","output":"### Answer: EROICA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Symphony\nEROTICA (racy stuff) less the fourth letter of beeThoven. And indeed the *Eroica* is not Beethoven's fourth symphony, but his third"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Last thing you want in head and on collar? (8)","output":"### Answer: DANDRUFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Last thing you want in head and on collar\nLast letter of heaD + AND + RUFF (collar), &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Commercial to air in busy shopping season (6)","output":"### Answer: ADVENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: busy shopping season\nAD (advert, commercial) + VENT (to air)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person who is horrible, just a bit, about nothing (4)","output":"### Answer: TOAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Person who is horrible\nO (nothing) in TAD (a liitle)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A short song about aged Greek (7)","output":"### Answer: ACHAEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Greek\nAE (aged, an abbreviation of Latin *aetatis*, \"of his age) in A CHAN[t]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fellow curtly abandoning diocese and ecclesiastical groups (8)","output":"### Answer: CHAPTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: ecclesiastical groups\nCHAP (fellow) + TERSELY less ELY (ecclesiastical see)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One caught entering square reprimanded, treated as trash? (11)","output":"### Answer: INCINERATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: treated as trash\nI C in NINE (square number) + RATED (reprimanded)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being obsequious would put Mrs May off (6)","output":"### Answer: SMARMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: obsequious\n(MRS MAY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small room, not half brilliant for accommodating superior writer (7)","output":"### Answer: CUBICLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small room\nU (upper-class, superior) + BIC (pen, writer) in half of CLE[ver]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Renders Happy Birthday, say, with nicely introduced bumps (9)","output":"### Answer: SWELLINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: bumps\nWELL (nicely) in SINGS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Untidy employees making a contribution to Warwickshire's coat of arms (6,5)","output":"### Answer: RAGGED\u00a0STAFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: a contribution to Warwickshire's coat of arms\nRAGGED (untidy) + STAFF (employees). The coat of arms of Warwickshire features a bear chained to a ragged staff. Very weak clueing of the \"ragged\" part of the phrase, I'm afraid"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crowd is idle, wandering round, to be got going (9)","output":"### Answer: MOBILISED \n ### Explanation: Definition: got going\nMOB (crowd) + (IS IDLE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lacking special apparel, knight is thrown out, not admired (8)","output":"### Answer: UNADORED \n ### Explanation: Definition: not admired\nUNADORNED less N (knight, in chess)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What could play music in particular key, hard stuff (7)","output":"### Answer: ALTHORN \n ### Explanation: Definition: What could play music\nALT (computer key) + HORN (hard stuff)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Towel I'd discarded, when lots of bits are dry (3,4)","output":"### Answer: LOW TIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: when lots of bits are dry\n(TOWEL I'D)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bit of paper stuck on yellow garment worn by some women (6)","output":"### Answer: CHADOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: garment worn by some women\nCHAD (piece of paper \u2013 remember the \"hanging chads\" of the 2000 US presidential elections) + OR (yellow)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like school pupil sounding unrelaxed (4)","output":"### Answer: TAUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: unrelaxed\nHomophone of \"taught\" (like a pupil)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fluid that stops part of intestine becoming drier (4,5)","output":"### Answer: BATH TOWEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: drier\nTHAT* in BOWEL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Liberal taken in by Polish subterfuge (5)","output":"### Answer: BLUFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: subterfuge\nL in BUFF (to polish)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Copper knocking back a very soft drink (5)","output":"### Answer: CUPPA \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\nCU (copper) + reverse of (A PP)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Esteemed sappers scanned in shed (9)","output":"### Answer: RESPECTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Esteemed\nRE (Royal Engineers, sappers) + INSPECTED (scanned) with the IN \"shed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suitable place for child's drink (3)","output":"### Answer: LAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Suitable place for child\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Case of student in East dogging revered Christian leader (2,9)","output":"### Answer: ST\u00a0AUGUSTINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Christian leader\nS[tuden]T IN E containing or \"dogging\"(to dog = to worry, plague or **infest**) AUGUST (revered)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Royal spouse, criminal type (7)","output":"### Answer: CONSORT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Royal spouse\nCON (criminal) + SORT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pay them off, knowing how they feel (7)","output":"### Answer: EMPATHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: knowing how they feel\n(PAY THEM)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Begin to sparkle, as smoker might? (5,2)","output":"### Answer: LIGHT UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Begin to sparkle\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cuts back gradually, limiting publicity for shows (7)","output":"### Answer: PARADES \n ### Explanation: Definition: shows\nAD (publicity) in PARES (cuts back gradually)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Company member initially gives hope of settlements (11)","output":"### Answer: COMPROMISES \n ### Explanation: Definition: settlements\nCO + M[ember] + PROMISES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In favour of US president sacking Democrat (3)","output":"### Answer: FOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: In favour\n[Gerald] FORD less D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sound in the Orkneys? It's pervaded by beat, loud and deep (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SCAPA\u00a0FLOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sound in the Orkneys\nCAP (to exceed or beat) in SA (sex appeal, \"it\") + F (loud) + LOW (deep). Scapa Flow was a naval base in World Wars 1 and 2."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old American beans preserved thus? (5)","output":"### Answer: INCAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old American\nBeans are preserved IN a CAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Child expert's son has scar (5)","output":"### Answer: SPOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Child expert\nS + POCK (mark \u2013 from which we get the old plural form \"pox\"). Benjamin Spock, aka Dr Spock, is famous for his 1946 book \"Baby and Child Care\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scavenging insect disturbed deer and shortly bolted (3-6)","output":"### Answer: DOR-BEETLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scavenging insect\nAnagram of DEER + BOLTE[D]. I spent some time trying to justify this as DOR + BEETLE[D], with beetle = to scurry or \"bolt\". The Dor \u2013 a new word for me \u2013 is a kind of dung beetle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No more leg on display at Wimbledon? (7)","output":"### Answer: TOPSPIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: display at Wimbledon\nTOPS (no more, as in \"this crossword should take twenty minutes, tops\") + PIN (leg)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Haulier and partner sort bananas (11)","output":"### Answer: TRANSPORTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Haulier\n(PARTNER SORT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Women's absolute authority (7)","output":"### Answer: WARRANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: authority\nW + ARRANT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Way hosts give pasta? (7)","output":"### Answer: LASAGNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: pasta\nSAG (to give) in (hosted by) LANE (way)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First of bells echoes buzzer (3)","output":"### Answer: BEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: buzzer\nB[ells] + E= Echo twice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nancy's a fool, grasping double hook to straighten (7)","output":"### Answer: UNTWIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: to straighten\nUN (French \"a\", Nancy being the French city) + S (double hook) in TWIT (fool)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aboard ferry on vacation I'd become restless (7)","output":"### Answer: FIDGETY \n ### Explanation: Definition: restless\nI'D GET (become) in F[err]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: News media first raised matter Nutmeg's aiming to cover up (11)","output":"### Answer: SUPPRESSIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: aiming to cover up\nReverse of PUS + PRESS (news media) + I'VE (Nutmeg has)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ravenous pests, many seen outside clubs regularly (7)","output":"### Answer: LOCUSTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ravenous pests\nAlternate letters of ClUbS in LOTS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A celebration after morning engaged in this country dance (7)","output":"### Answer: GAMBADO \n ### Explanation: Definition: dance\nA.M. in G[reat] B[ritain] + A DO (party, celebration). I knew this word from Katisha's line in *The Mikado*: \"I'll spoil \u2026 your gay gambado\" (to rhyme with \"Mikado\", though she doesn't get to say the word)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spotted exploitative manager turning key (7)","output":"### Answer: PIMPLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spotted\nPIMP (exploitative manager) + reverse of DEL (computer key)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Job with gunners over when the fighting's ended (7)","output":"### Answer: POSTWAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: when the fighting's ended\nPOST (job) + W[ith] + reverse of RA (Royal Artillery, gunners)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shortfall bound to restrict Conservative leader, if mounting (7)","output":"### Answer: DEFICIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shortfall\nC + IF in TIED, all reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Funny line forgotten in gag (7)","output":"### Answer: STRANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Funny\nSTRANGLE less L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A British flyer at sea (3)","output":"### Answer: AUK \n ### Explanation: Definition: flyer at sea\nA + UK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cigarette covering to break away (5,3)","output":"### Answer: SPLIT OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: break away\nTO in SPLIFF"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Come from a stream back-to-front (6)","output":"### Answer: ARRIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Come\nA + RIVER with the last R moved to the front"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: About to get tax break (6)","output":"### Answer: RECESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: break\nRE (about) + CESS (tax \u2013 related to \"assess\" and \"excise\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seizing queen with kiss, her partner loses face (8)","output":"### Answer: ANNEXING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seizing\nANNE (queen) + X (kiss) + [K]ING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Female characters in the United Nations (4)","output":"### Answer: EDNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Female\nHidden \"characters\" in unitED NAtions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flying in Hackney's hair-raising? (10)","output":"### Answer: AIRLIFTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flying in\nHAIR with a Cockney dropped H + LIFTING, and a nicely accurate definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Twirling arms and moving leg to show affection (7)","output":"### Answer: SNUGGLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to show affection\nReverse of GUNS (arms) + LEG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inauspicious literary work by Bill (7)","output":"### Answer: ADVERSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inauspicious\nAD (advert, bill) + VERSE (literary work)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Biblical event which is thought to be true (10)","output":"### Answer: ASSUMPTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Biblical event\nDouble definition; however the Assumption of Mary, which was adopted as a Catholic doctrine in 1950, is not described in the bible, except by some rather tortured exegesis"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On which to sit, or stand nearly upright (4)","output":"### Answer: REAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: On which to sit\nDouble definition: as a noun and then a verb (e.g. a rearing horse)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldier's bound to store paper in present place (4,4)","output":"### Answer: GIFT SHOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: present place\nFT (Financial Times) in GI'S HOP. A gift shop is a place to buy presents"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: DIY nut working without order (6)","output":"### Answer: UNTIDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: without order\n(DIY NUT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Smelly plant leaves large on a fungus (6)","output":"### Answer: AGARIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: fungus\nA + GARLIC less L[arge]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beginning to solicit, these people pick up farm workers (8)","output":"### Answer: SHEARERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: farm workers\nS[olicit] + HEARERS (people who \"pick up\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spear thrown over rocks to try new activities (6,4,5)","output":"### Answer: SPREAD\u00a0ONE\u2019S\u00a0WINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: to try new activities\nSPEAR* + DONE (over) + SWINGS (rocks). Not, as I suspected at first, an anagram of SPEAR THROWN OVER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vigorously approve of crooks kidnapping French drunk (4,11)","output":"### Answer: LIKE\u00a0GANGBUSTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vigorously\nLIKE (approve of) + BU (French for \"drunk\" \u2013 past participle of \"boire\", as in *j'ai bu du vin*). Although I was familiar with this expression, I didn't know that it came from an American radio programme that ran from 1936 to 1957."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rubbish records about love by Wham! (10)","output":"### Answer: CODSWALLOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rubbish\nO (love) in CDS + WALLOP (to \"wham\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flings with a couple of fellows affected behaviour (7)","output":"### Answer: AFFAIRS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flings\n~~F F in AIRS~~ *Thanks to Grantinfreo for pointing out that this should be A + F F + AIRS "}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Women clad in cooler colour (4)","output":"### Answer: FAWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: colour\nW in FAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Politician Brits execrate violently online (6,9)","output":"### Answer: BREXIT\u00a0SECRETARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Politician\n(BRITS EXECRATE)* + RY (line), with an &littish surface. The least said about the holders of this office (officially Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union) the better, if you ask me."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Paper that's still popular and good quality (7,8)","output":"### Answer: EVENING\u00a0STANDARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Paper\nEVEN (still) + IN (popular) + G[ood] + STANDARD (quality). The Standard is a London evening paper, now given out free at stations etc, and edited by former Chancellor George Osborne"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agreements to work wearing prostheses (10)","output":"### Answer: INDENTURES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Agreements to work\nIf you have prosthetic teeth you could be said to be IN DENTURES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feeble desire to capture little monkey (7)","output":"### Answer: WIMPISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feeble\nIMP (mischievous child, little monkey) in WISH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A white pawn (4)","output":"### Answer: HOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: A white\nDouble definition; a white wine, and to pawn (as in pawnbroker). A very neat one to finish."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remote location in loop, might you say? (9)","output":"### Answer: BACKWATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Remote location\nReversing \"loop\" gives us \"pool\", so it's \"BACK WATER\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Piece, central to, or on the far side of, banner (5)","output":"### Answer: QUEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Piece\nThe word \"banner\" has ANNE in the middle and ER at the end: both queens"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time of special power, perhaps, in recollection of deviant criminal (9)","output":"### Answer: DESPERADO \n ### Explanation: Definition: criminal\nESP ERA (\"time of special power\") in reverse of ODD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time has no beginning \u2014 whoops! (3)","output":"### Answer: EEK \n ### Explanation: Definition: whoops\n[W]EEK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pair seen in Texas, perhaps \u2014 unqualified drug dealers? (6,5)","output":"### Answer: COWBOY\u00a0BOOTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pair seen in Texas, perhaps\nCOWBOY (unqualified, as in cowboy builders) + BOOTS (chemists, drug dealers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aim to impress girl in skin-treatment establishment (7)","output":"### Answer: TANNERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: skin-treatment establishment\nANNE \"impressed by\" TRY (aim). A shame we had a reference to ANNE so close to this in 9"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To spare a net breaking, fold round it (7)","output":"### Answer: APLENTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: To spare\nA + NET* in PLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fur tops taken off, freeze (5,2)","output":"### Answer: FROST UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: freeze\n(FUR TOPS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pompous type, why the overweight appearance? (7,5)","output":"### Answer: STUFFED\u00a0SHIRT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pompous type\nHavig a stuffed shirt might give you an overweight appearance"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is one's engagement a head-turner? (7,4)","output":"### Answer: REVERSE GEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Is one's engagement a head-turner\nCryptic definition: you might have to turn your head when reversing, i.e. after engaging reverse gear"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be in charge of career (3)","output":"### Answer: RUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Be in charge of\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Canvas items. I say, with salts at sea (9)","output":"### Answer: STAYSAILS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Canvas items\n(I SAY SALTS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shame only valuable on the surface, we hear? (5)","output":"### Answer: GUILT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shame\nHomophone of \"gilt\" (covered in gold, so only valuable on the surface \u2013 depending on what's underneath, of course)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turn out, on being missed by team (5)","output":"### Answer: EVERT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Turn out\nEVERTON (football team) less ON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After conversion, 1 x 500 turned into currency (9)","output":"### Answer: MONETISED \n ### Explanation: Definition: turned into currency\nAnagram of ONE TIMES D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's left foot in bathtub, ask to remove right (7)","output":"### Answer: BEQUEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: One's left\nLast letter or \"foot\" ot bathtuB + [R]EQUEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Read aloud Prague's hotel register? (5,2)","output":"### Answer: CHECK IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: register\nHomophone of \"Czech inn\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cold in head spreading in January, perhaps \u2014 something needed to keep warm? (11)","output":"### Answer: WINDCHEATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: something needed to keep warm\nC in HEAD*, all in WINTER (January, perhaps). Windcheater was what we called anorak-type jackets when I were a lad, but I don't think the word is used much nowadays"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moisture beneath one in river channel (7)","output":"### Answer: TIDEWAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: channel\nI + DEW in TAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rash came up on legs and heads (7)","output":"### Answer: ROSEOLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rash\nROSE (came up) + first letters of On Legs And"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Novel abandoned, unfinished (3)","output":"### Answer: SHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Novel\nSHE[D] \u2013 novel by H Rider Haggard"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American English lacking in proposal, zilch in shorthand? (7)","output":"### Answer: IDAHOAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: American\nIDEA (proposal) less E + 0 in HAN[D]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wrong coming up with blue for red (7)","output":"### Answer: TROTSKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: red\nReverse of TORT (a civil wrong) + SKY (blue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place throw vertically over fitting, very straight (4,7)","output":"### Answer: BOLT UPRIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: very straight\nReverse of PUT LOB (place throw) + RIGHT (fitting)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expect number and letter on the phone? (7)","output":"### Answer: FORESEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Expect\nHomophone of \"four C\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Do away with cracks above it (7)","output":"### Answer: OBVIATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Do away\n(ABOVE IT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excellent injecting iodine in the months of pregnancy? (7)","output":"### Answer: PREMIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Excellent\nI in PRE-MUM (as a pregnant woman might be described)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hat collections being worn, including first of trilbies (7)","output":"### Answer: STETSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hat\nT[rilbies] in SETS ON (collections being worn)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time of life devoted to bonding? (7)","output":"### Answer: FORTIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Time of life\nFOR TIES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loading heavy weight up, something to sign, marked (7)","output":"### Answer: DENOTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: marked\nReverse of TON in DEED (legal document, something to sign)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appearing in dungarees, Italian model (3)","output":"### Answer: SIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: model\nHidden in dungareeS ITalian"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hated to move on to improvised way of settling match (6,5)","output":"### Answer: SUDDEN\u00a0DEATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: way of settling match\nSUDDEN (improvised) + HATED. I'm not totally sure how sudden=improvised, but Chambers gives it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: These incursions not cross-country? (7)","output":"### Answer: INROADS \n ### Explanation: Definition: incursions\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boards' arrangement of vessel to drink (7)","output":"### Answer: SHIPLAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boards' arrangement\nSHIP (vessel) + LAP (to drink). Shiplap is a type of board used for cladding houses etc"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One can't be forced to work (9)","output":"### Answer: VOLUNTEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One can't be forced to work\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A fighter's old friend (5)","output":"### Answer: AMIGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: friend\nA + MIG (fighter plane) + O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Could it make a lamb joint stretch? (4)","output":"### Answer: RACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: lamb joint\nDouble\/cryptic definition, referring to the dish \"rack of lamb\" and the torture device"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Such as would suit you down to the ground? Only half (4-6)","output":"### Answer: KNEE-LENGTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Such as would suit you down to the ground? Only half\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Evening game (10)","output":"### Answer: EQUALISING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Evening game\nCryptic definition of \"making the game even\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conflict taking month to heat up (4)","output":"### Answer: WARM \n ### Explanation: Definition: to heat up\nWAR + M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A bit of love, no more malice (5)","output":"### Answer: VENOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: malice\nHidden in loVE NO More"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of rule you can't look up? (9)","output":"### Answer: UNWRITTEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sort of rule you can't look up\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make a fuss about mass way to dispose of bodies (7)","output":"### Answer: CREMATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: way to dispose of bodies\nM[ass] in CREATE (make a fuss), with a grammatical inaccuracy in the definition: a *way to dispose of bodies would be \"cremation\" or \"cremating\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's only a tiny bit of work (7)","output":"### Answer: EXCERPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's only a tiny bit of work\nYet another CD, though surely an excerpt doesn't have to be tiny"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lovers share tweets when travelling (11)","output":"### Answer: SWEETHEARTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lovers\n(SHARE TWEETS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cast assuring silence for leading actor (3,4,8)","output":"### Answer: SIR\u00a0ALEC\u00a0GUINNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: leading actor\n(ASSURING SILENCE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pictured as tense (5)","output":"### Answer: DRAWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pictured\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: From one direction, point to the back of the ship (7)","output":"### Answer: EASTERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: From one direction\nE (compass point) + ASTERN (to the back of a ship)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Long for European girl (7)","output":"### Answer: DESIREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: girl\nDESIRE + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worried by area \u2014 see it secured all round (8)","output":"### Answer: AGITATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Worried\nA[rea] + IT in GATED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They have you going in circles around the airport (7,8)","output":"### Answer: HOLDING\u00a0PATTERNS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They have you going in circles around the airport\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cutlery and a set of plates one may have at a banquet (6,7)","output":"### Answer: SILVER\u00a0SERVICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: one may have at a banquet\nSILVER (cutlery) + SERVICE (set of plates, as in tea service)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The latest is the responsibility of very small people (2,2,3,6)","output":"### Answer: UP\u00a0TO\u00a0THE\u00a0MINUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: The latest\nUP TO (the responsibility of) + THE MINUTE (very small people)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something for tea brought by pack mule (4,4)","output":"### Answer: PLUM CAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Something for tea\n(PACK MULE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most peevish, so you say 'relax' (7)","output":"### Answer: SOUREST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most peevish\nSO + U (\"you\") + REST (relax)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two presents can't be found? (7)","output":"### Answer: NOWHERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: can't be found\nNOW + HERE (two kinds of \"present\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be liable for where a dog's dinner's gone? (5)","output":"### Answer: INCUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Be liable for\nThe dog's dinner is IN [the] CUR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Peter, initially Simon, a symbol suggesting strength? (4)","output":"### Answer: SAFE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Peter\nS[imon] + A + FE (chemical symbol for iron, which suggests strength). Peter is slang for a safe."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Factor causing mental pressure and some distress, ordinarily (8)","output":"### Answer: STRESSOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Factor causing mental pressure\nHidden in diSTRESS ORdinarily"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Torturer's instrument causing confusion, reversal of volition, and damaged skin (10)","output":"### Answer: PILLIWINKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Torturer's instrument\nPI (confusion) + reverse of WILL + SKIN* \u2013 it's a kind of thumbscrew"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sabbath relaxation, socially acceptable in lax rev (4)","output":"### Answer: ERUV \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sabbath relaxation\nU (socially acceptable) in REV"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Highland search trapping adult falcon (5)","output":"### Answer: SAKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: falcon\nA[dult] in SKER \u2013 see 29a for a strange duplication"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Questionable reading (hasty perhaps), an oath, not dialectal (9)","output":"### Answer: CURSENARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Questionable reading (hasty perhaps)\nCURSE (oath) + NARY (not, in dialect) \u2013 cursenary (also seen as cursorary) is a questionable word in the original of *Henry V*, possibly intended to be \"cursitory\"=\"cursory\"=\"hasty\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Layer of e.g. bridge foundation, mass one encased in teak maybe (6)","output":"### Answer: TREMIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Layer of e.g. bridge foundation\nM 1 in TREE. A tremie lays \u2013 i.e. is a layer of \u2013 concrete"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fried meat dish, last piece dropped in large tub (4)","output":"### Answer: KIEV \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fried meat dish\nKIEVE (a large tub) minus its last letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Balloon: one rotates up in the air (8)","output":"### Answer: AEROSTAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Balloon\nA + ROTATES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Obstacles to troop movement, see, as of old including snare (8)","output":"### Answer: CALTRAPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Obstacles to troop movement\nC + TRAP in ALS (old form of \"as\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A bit of a chanteuse, performing turn? I'm still active (4)","output":"### Answer: ETNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: I'm still active\nHidden in reverse of chANTEuse. Mount Etna last erupted in December 2018"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: From church one hears chapels where mass is sung (9)","output":"### Answer: CHANTRIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: chapels where mass is sung\nCH + AN + TRIES (hears, as in court)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old, I'll get help reversing fungal stages (5)","output":"### Answer: OIDIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: fungal stages\nO + I + reverse of AID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dogs bringing up rear in Scottish hunt (4)","output":"### Answer: SCUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scottish hunt\nCURS with the last letter moved to the front. This is a variant of SKER, as used in 13a"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former generation under regent mostly maltreated (10)","output":"### Answer: ENGENDRURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Former generation\nAnagram of (UNDER REGEN[T])"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ranks, first off, catching steamer departures (8)","output":"### Answer: EGRESSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: departures\nSS (steamer) in [D]EGREES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Investigator about end of trail disappeared (4)","output":"### Answer: FLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: disappeared\n[trai]L in FED (federal agent)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Watch muscle, getting into condition (8)","output":"### Answer: SPECTATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Watch\nPEC in STATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like jet engine, an article after breaking barrier mostly (12)","output":"### Answer: AIR\u2011BREATHING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like jet engine\nAnagram of BARRIE[R] + THING (article)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Terribly restful members of the wind section (7)","output":"### Answer: FLUTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: members of the wind section\nRESTFUL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman in old dress causing old-fashioned look (5)","output":"### Answer: TWIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: old-fashioned look\nW in TIRE (old form of \"attire\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old Norwegian manuscript turning up, penned by 'Karl', I translated (7)","output":"### Answer: RIKSM\u00c5L \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old Norwegian\nReverse of MS in (KARL I)*. It's a written form of the Norwegian language, mostly superseded (as I understand it) by Bokm\u00e5l"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The old follow European directions (a full set) (5)","output":"### Answer: ENSEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: The old follow\nE + NSEW (all four of the cardinal points of the compass) \u2013 old form of \"ensue\" (follow)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One accompanying king in blue, dirty and unattractive (6)","output":"### Answer: SKANKY \n ### Explanation: Definition: dirty and unattractive\nAN + K in SKY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Too much publicity proves rou\u00e9 deviously circling former partner (12)","output":"### Answer: OVEREXPOSURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Too much publicity\nEX in (PROVES ROUE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Best on the pitch from international club? No thanks (4)","output":"### Answer: RORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Best on the pitch\nROTARY (club) less TA. Rory Best is a Rugby player from Northern Ireland, apparently not related to the footballer George"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Once dressed in suit I've changed I twice discarded colour (8)","output":"### Answer: VESTURED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Once dressed\nAnagram of SUIT I'VE, less both \"I\"s + RED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Start of trouble with damaged Sierra causing delays (7)","output":"### Answer: TARRIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: delays\nT + SIERRA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scots miser, one copper brought in, sheepish creature (7)","output":"### Answer: CARACUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: sheepish creature\nA CU in CARL (Scots miser)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Made rapid progress in English, regarding part of tongue (6)","output":"### Answer: RANINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: regarding part of tongue\nRAN IN E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Damage to these? Road test may reveal that (6)","output":"### Answer: TREADS \n ### Explanation: Definition: these\nComposite anagram &lit: ROAD TEST is an anagram of TO TREADS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dogs or deer (but not hens?) (5)","output":"### Answer: STAGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dogs\nTriple definition \u2013 the first is from \"to follow,dog, shadow\", though I suspect this comes from deer-stalking, making it rather close to the second definition; the third is from stag and hen parties"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It often accompanies steak, one served in feast? (5)","output":"### Answer: DIANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It often accompanies steak\nA in DINE, referring to the dish Steak Diane, described by Wikipedia as having become \"retro\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Manage local exchange (4)","output":"### Answer: COPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Manage\nDouble definition \u2013 to manage, and a dialect word for \"to barter or exchange\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They have become rich, goals being corrupted? (9)","output":"### Answer: OLIGARCHS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They have become rich, goals being corrupted\n(RICH GOALS)* \u2013 the first of two \"anagram &lit\" clues in the puzzle, where the whole clue gives the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As which, Othello is less hard (5)","output":"### Answer: OPERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: As which, Othello is less hard\nVerdi's opera based on the Shakespeare play is *Otello*, with no H (Hard)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criticise bad service (5)","output":"### Answer: FAULT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Criticise\nDouble definition (the bad service is in tennis)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of OT people in one location holding unfortunate king back (9)","output":"### Answer: ISRAELITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One of OT people\nReverse of [King] LEAR in 1 SITE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exploited, moving ahead \u2014 going west, then north (5,2)","output":"### Answer: DRAWN\u00a0ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Exploited\nONWARD \"going west\", or reversed, plus N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Line in book subject to typo, for example (7)","output":"### Answer: BLUNDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: typo, for example\nL in B + UNDER (subject to)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 20 Method for solving equivalent of 27 + 25 or 26 + 21 (5,3,5)","output":"### Answer: TRIAL\u00a0AND\u00a0ERROR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Method for solving\n27+25 and 26+21 are TEST+SLIP and PILOT+MISTAKE, both of which are kinds of TRIAL AND ERROR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Silly makes it (7)","output":"### Answer: MISTAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Silly makes it\n(MAKES IT)* \u2013 another anagram &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Speech Horatio Nelson cut short at both ends (7)","output":"### Answer: ORATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Speech\nHidden in hORATIO Nelson"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheap alternative to gold ring for group of players (5,4)","output":"### Answer: BRASS\u00a0BAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: group of players\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fly back to edge (5)","output":"### Answer: PILOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fly\nReverse of TO LIP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Marks on text visible in strobe lighting (5)","output":"### Answer: OBELI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Marks on text\nHidden in strOBE Lighting. Obeli (Latin for \"daggers\") are marks used to indicate footnotes etc, like this: \u2020"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They accommodate some in church, as needier after conversion (9)","output":"### Answer: DEANERIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: They accommodate some in church\n(AS NEEDIER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Almost stop working, stupid (4)","output":"### Answer: GOOF \n ### Explanation: Definition: stupid\nGO OF[F]. Goof can't be used an an adjective, so we have to read it and \"stupid\" as nouns"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of skeleton is fit, but lab reaching no conclusions (6)","output":"### Answer: FIBULA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of skeleton\nFI[t] BU[t] LA[b]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eg in atlas misplaced a part of Britain (4,6)","output":"### Answer: EAST\u00a0ANGLIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of Britain\n(EG IN ATLAS)* + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Order to start shooting in battle (6)","output":"### Answer: ACTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Order to start shooting\nDouble definition, with the \"shooting\" being on a film set"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Assigned in form of overlapping places to sleep (8)","output":"### Answer: ASCRIBED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Assigned\nAS (in the form of) + CRIB and BED with the B overlapping"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put up with irritating person (4)","output":"### Answer: BORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put up with\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Show less restraint in puzzle (8)","output":"### Answer: BEWILDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: puzzle\nBE WILDER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Modern composer's arrangement of bars (4)","output":"### Answer: CAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Modern composer\nDouble definition \u2013 John Cage (1912-1992) was an avant-garde composer, perhaps most famous for his \"silent\" piece *4\u2032 33\"*; and of curse a cage is made of bars"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bring about current stoppage without union, in fact (5)","output":"### Answer: DATUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: fact\nTU (Trade Union) in DAM (to stop a river current)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Without precedent, appealed after a French test (10)","output":"### Answer: UNEXAMPLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Without precedent\nUN (French \"a\") + EXAM (test) + PLED (appealed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Last parts of earlier game later you can show again (5)","output":"### Answer: RERUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: show again\nLast letters of earlieR gamE lateR yoU caN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Emphatically at home with tools (2,6)","output":"### Answer: IN\u00a0SPADES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Emphatically\nIN (at home) + SPADES (tools)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A European called up city down under (8)","output":"### Answer: ADELAIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: city down under\nA + reverse of (E DIALED)* , using the US spelling of \"dialled\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Harrowing experience in gold trade (6)","output":"### Answer: ORDEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Harrowing experience\nOR (gold) + DEAL (trade)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like decorative work that's not outstanding (6)","output":"### Answer: INLAID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like decorative work that's not outstanding\nA (not particularly) cryptic definition (or possibly a double definition)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Critically react to bishop making awful move, say (4)","output":"### Answer: BOOB \n ### Explanation: Definition: awful move, say\nBOO (critically react) + B[ishop]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cutting undergarment (4)","output":"### Answer: SLIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cutting\nDouble definition \u2013 I thought the first was a slip of paper, as a newspaper cutting, but the word can also mean a cutting taken from a plant"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Evacuate the street in dry run (4)","output":"### Answer: TEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: dry run\nT[h]E S[tree]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Burglar on college building covers everything (5-3)","output":"### Answer: CATCH-ALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: covers everything\nCAT (burglar) + C[ollege] + HALL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fancy duck the navy consumed (6)","output":"### Answer: ORNATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fancy\nO (zero, duck) + RN + ATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Examine fellow found hiding in hold (4)","output":"### Answer: SIFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Examine\nF in SIT (hold? Not sure how that works \u2013 perhaps to sit on something is to hold it)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cat kept by defendant very much at home (10)","output":"### Answer: ACCUSTOMED \n ### Explanation: Definition: very much at home\nTOM in ACCUSED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cope with death on the river (6)","output":"### Answer: ENDURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cope\nEND (death) + URE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor I sedated made stable (8)","output":"### Answer: STEADIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: made stable\n(I SEDATED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Articles mentioned originally in religious work (6)","output":"### Answer: ANTHEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: religious work\nAN + THE (grammatical articles) + M[entioned]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Think highly of poster on Slough (6)","output":"### Answer: ADMIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Think highly of \nAD (poster) + MIRE (bog, slough)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Publicist arranged more port (8)","output":"### Answer: PROMOTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Publicist\n(MORE PORT)* The online solution gives PROMOTOR, which doesn't work with the anagram, though it is in Chambers, as \"a person who presents candidates for graduation in Scottish universities\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turkish spirit used to be smart (6)","output":"### Answer: RAKISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: smart\nRAKI (Turkish aniseed spirit) + SH (second-hand, used)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Earl in terrible hailstorm maintaining a temperature (10)","output":"### Answer: ISOTHERMAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: maintaining a temperature\n[terribl]E in HAILSTORM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Egyptian in prison in France (4)","output":"### Answer: CAEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: in France\nE in CAN (prison)* \u2013 using \"in France\" for \"somewhere in France\" is a characteristic Chifonie definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Play in a small village (6)","output":"### Answer: HAMLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Play\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Learner involved in awful beating \u2014 that's evident (8)","output":"### Answer: TANGIBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: evident\nL in BEATING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I can head out for estate (8)","output":"### Answer: HACIENDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: estate\n(I CAN HEAD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Head of stable clipped tail (4)","output":"### Answer: SCUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: tail\nS[table] + CUT \u2013 a scut is a short tail, as on rabbit or deer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Instal one in a sumptuous abode (6)","output":"### Answer: PALACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a sumptuous abode\nA (one) in PLACE (to install). I don't know if the unusual spelling \"instal\" has any special significance, or is just a typo."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beast's nut or butt (8)","output":"### Answer: HOGSHEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: butt\nHOG'S HEAD \u2013 butt and hogshead are barrels or quantities of beer etc"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where one might enjoy porridge that's healthy? (2,4,4)","output":"### Answer: IN\u00a0GOOD\u00a0NICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: healthy\nNick is slang for a prison, as is porridge for prison time"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Biddy introduced to one Greek goddess or another (6)","output":"### Answer: ATHENE \n ### Explanation: Definition: another\nHEN (like biddy, a rather offensive term for a woman) in ATE Greek goddess of mischief)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appetite overwhelms only child \u2014 a glutton (6)","output":"### Answer: LOCUST \n ### Explanation: Definition: a glutton\nO[nly] C[hild] in LUST (appetite)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's become posh in recent times to trap a boy, after all (10)","output":"### Answer: ULTIMATELY \n ### Explanation: Definition: after all\nTIM in U (posh) LATELY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Request to dine in the lobby (8)","output":"### Answer: ENTREATY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Request\nEAT in ENTRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quick and easy victory in gymnastics (6)","output":"### Answer: PROMPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quick\nROMP (an easy win) in P.T."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scoundrel in opera scaled walls (6)","output":"### Answer: RASCAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scoundrel\nHidden in opeRA SCALed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldier advanced? Give in! (6)","output":"### Answer: RELENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Give in\nR[oyal] E[ngineer] + LENT (loaned, advanced)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nick is caught with a joint (4)","output":"### Answer: CHIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nick\nC + HIP \u2013 nick=chip works best if you think of them as verbs meaning to cut"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Throw drink over Labour leader after British PM's predecessor? (9)","output":"### Answer: BAMBOOZLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Throw\nB[ritish] + AM (predecessor of PM in time of day) + L[abour] in BOOZE, with the surface perhaps referring to the current trend of throwing milkshakes at politicians"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Change reversed, having shaved my dog (4)","output":"### Answer: FIDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: dog\nReverse of MODIFY, with MY \"shaved\" from the outside. Are any dogs called Fido these days?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Don't allow supporter to see player (8)","output":"### Answer: BANJOIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: player\nBAN + JOIST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old bones alongside black garment (6)","output":"### Answer: BODICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: garment\nB[lack] + O DICE (bones)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creator, one upset about Hades (6)","output":"### Answer: EDISON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Creator\nDIS (hell, Hades) in ONE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First: last of course is later, however (8)","output":"### Answer: EARLIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: First\n[cours]E + (IS LATER)* \u2013 I don't remember seeing \"however\" as an anagram indicator before, but it's as reasonable as many"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Throw a tantrum when baby eats plant (4,2)","output":"### Answer: PLAY UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Throw a tantrum\n~~LAP~~ LAY (to plant) in PUP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sturdy case: more flexible parts sliding around (8)","output":"### Answer: SLITHERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: sliding around\nLITHER in S[turd]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hitler's offensive struggle with weight? (6,2,3,5)","output":"### Answer: BATTLE\u00a0OF THE\u00a0BULGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hitler's offensive\nDouble definition \u2013 the Battle of the Bulge was a German counter-offensive starting in late 1944, and there's a film of the same name"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Viable plan to trap pub rodent (6)","output":"### Answer: GOPHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: rodent\nPH (Public House) in GOER (viable plan)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vegetable issue inspiring panic at first, beetle reportedly beginning to nibble on one (6,5)","output":"### Answer: SPRING\u00a0ONION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vegetable\nP[anic] + RINGO (one of the Beatles) + N[ibble] + I in SON (issue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rotten muck in gesture (2-4)","output":"### Answer: NO\u00a0GOOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rotten\nGOO in NOD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something found in kitchen, one-legged pig hiding in empty cupboard (8,5)","output":"### Answer: CHOPPING\u00a0BOARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Something found in kitchen\nHOPPING BOAR (one-legged pig) in C[upboar]D. It seems a bit of a blemish that we have BOARD in the answer and, mostly unused, in the wordplay in \"cupboard\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turn back on man while sleeping? (4)","output":"### Answer: BEND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Turn\nLast letter (back) of maN in BED, i.e. \"while sleeping\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worry about itinerant pal lacking support (9)","output":"### Answer: STRAPLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: lacking support\nPAL* in STRESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Joke leader's assumed great power (7)","output":"### Answer: MAJESTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: great power\nJEST in MAY (Theresa M, soon to be an ex-\"leader\" of the UK)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spot, for the lady, some instruments (7)","output":"### Answer: ZITHERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: some instruments\nZIT (spot) + HERS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Getting on, this setter is flipping barmy (9)","output":"### Answer: EMBARKING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Getting on\nReverse of ME + BARKING (mad, barmy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Join in search, interesting for a short while (7)","output":"### Answer: FADDISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: interesting for a short while\nADD (to join) in FISH (search)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Style of drake, with cuss? (5,4)","output":"### Answer: DUCK\u2019S ARSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Style\n(DRAKE CUSS)*, with a kind of &lit definition, if you count \"arse\" as a \"cuss\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vile profanities in opera lacking appeal (9)","output":"### Answer: LOATHSOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vile\nOATHS (more swearing!) in SALOME (opera by Richard Strauss) less SA (Sex Appeal)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some way through introductory pieces, music finally stops (9)","output":"### Answer: PRECLUDES \n ### Explanation: Definition: stops\n[musi]C in PRELUDES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I appreciate that offer to cover characters central to plot in newspaper (7)","output":"### Answer: TABLOID \n ### Explanation: Definition: newspaper\n[p]LO[t] in TA (thanks, I appreciate that) + BID (offer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Processing of ferric oxide, ultimately more intense (7)","output":"### Answer: FIERCER \n ### Explanation: Definition: more intense\nAnagram of FERRIC + [oxid]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: People making peanuts heading for insolvency in opening story (4,3)","output":"### Answer: PORK PIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: story\nKP (brand of peanuts, often seen in pubs) + I[nsolvency] in PORE (opening). Pork pie is rhyming slang for \"lie\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ship \u2014 that which you can bet on having capsized (5)","output":"### Answer: SLOOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ship\nReverse of POOLS. The football pools were badly hit by the introduction of the National Lottery, but I see they still exist in a small way"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Squares introduced to fashion, in essence (5)","output":"### Answer: NINES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Squares\nHidden in fashioN IN ESsence. Nine is a square number"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deceive leaders of tournament on position of ball (3,2)","output":"### Answer: LIE TO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deceive\nLIE (position of ball) + TO[urnament]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Source of unreal grief \u2014 water hazard? (9)","output":"### Answer: CROCODILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Source of unreal grief\nDouble defintion, with a reference to crocodile tears, a sign of feigned grief"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sad and bored, I muffed a lot of shots (9)","output":"### Answer: BROADSIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a lot of shots\n(SAD BORED I)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leaves container for player's helper (5)","output":"### Answer: CADDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leaves container\nDouble definition, the \"leaves\" being tea"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Toy with one part of course that's excellent (3-4)","output":"### Answer: TOP-HOLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's excellent\nTOP (toy) + HOLE (part of a golf course)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shot they use as result of good lie? (4-3)","output":"### Answer: SHUT-EYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: result of good lie\n(THEY USE)* \u2013 one of a couple of examples of a golfing term (\"lie\" here) being used in both a clue and an answer (9a)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boxed in by obstacle on course, hard to get good score on hole (5)","output":"### Answer: THREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: good score on hole\nH[ard] in TREE (possible obstacle in gold) \u2013 three would be at least a par score, and often better"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Partly mishit a drive \u2014 small slice, say (3)","output":"### Answer: TAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: small slice, say\nHidden in mishiT A Drive"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Golfing action from second player on side (5)","output":"### Answer: SWING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Golfing action\nS + WING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contribute way to save a stroke? (5,2)","output":"### Answer: PITCH IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Contribute\nI'm not entirely sure of my golfing terminology here \u2013 as far as I can see, a pitch is a relatively short shot, usually onto the green; I suppose you would save a shot if it happened to land \"in\" the hole. Perhaps a golfer could elucidate?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Iron he's blasted not far from sand? (7)","output":"### Answer: INSHORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: not far from sand\n(IRON HE'S)*, with the sand being on a beach"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Place for putting party member (5)","output":"### Answer: GREEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Place for putting\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Undesirable neckwear having a bad result around club, right? (9)","output":"### Answer: ALBATROSS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Undesirable neckwear\nBAT (club) + R in A LOSS; an albatross around one's neck is an unwelcome burden, though in golf an albatross is a good thing, being a score of three under par"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wild bear lived within range of single shot (9)","output":"### Answer: DRIVEABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: within range of single shot (9)\n(BEAR LIVED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keep off a green (5)","output":"### Answer: AVERT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Keep off\nA + VERT (green, in heraldry for example)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hit from youngster holding driver as beginner (4)","output":"### Answer: CLUB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hit\nL (learner driver) in CUB"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Substandard, like three other solutions (5,3)","output":"### Answer: BELOW PAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Substandard\nReference to BIRDIE, EAGLE and ALBATROSS in other answers, all being under par scores; confusingly, being below par is good in golf and substandard elsewhere"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: US star endlessly in golf club (4)","output":"### Answer: WOOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: golf club\n[Tiger] WOOD[s]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stress I had internalised as result of driving badly? (8)","output":"### Answer: ACCIDENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: result of driving badly?\nI'D in ACCENT (stress in speech or music)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stupidly goes by bad parts of round (6)","output":"### Answer: BOGEYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: bad parts of round\n(GOES BY)* \u2013 a bogey is one over par"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crowds in clubs where golf is played (10)","output":"### Answer: CONCOURSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crowds\nC[lubs] + ON COURSES (where golf is played)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two, perhaps, that you watch as shots are made (6)","output":"### Answer: BIRDIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Two\n\"Watch the birdie\", as photographers say; a birdie is one under par, so I think the definition is a reference to 2 down, though a score of 2 would also be a birdie on a par-3 hole"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put iron within 3ft, rising to challenge (4)","output":"### Answer: DEFY \n ### Explanation: Definition: challenge\nReverse of FE (iron) in YD (yard)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Add final stroke, set up with nothing in it (3,2)","output":"### Answer: TOT UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Add\n0 in reverse of PUTT (usually the final shot of a hole)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charitable ongoing event he had also included (4-6)","output":"### Answer: OPEN\u2011HANDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Charitable\nOPEN (the current European Open started yesterday) + AND (also) in HE'D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Head off one hunting creature or another (5)","output":"### Answer: EAGLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: another\n[B]EAGLE \u2013 bird of prey and a score of two under par"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Skilfully manoeuvred ball, made holes around start of round (8)","output":"### Answer: DRIBBLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Skilfully manoeuvred ball\nR[ound] in DIBBLED (made holes, e.g. in gardening)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suitably refined, they get into some golf clubs (4,4)","output":"### Answer: IRON ORES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Suitably refined, they get into some golf clubs\nI think this is just a cryptic definition, as some golf clubs are made of steel, which requires the refining of iron ore, but it seems a bit weak to me so maybe there's more to it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Abysmal position \u2014 out of it he pitches (3,3)","output":"### Answer: THE PIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Abysmal position\nHidden in iT HE PITches"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Close finishes in Open absorb many, holding attention (6)","output":"### Answer: NEARBY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Close\nEAR (attention) in last letters of opeN absorB manY \u2013 another double use, echoing \"Open\" in 14d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Golf crowds \u2014 taking sides in gallery (4)","output":"### Answer: GODS \n ### Explanation: Definition: gallery\nThe \"sides\" of GO[lf crow]DS \u2013 The Gods is the gallery in a theatre"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hazard making some upset (4)","output":"### Answer: TRAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hazard\nReverse of PART"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Location, something that helps with shot, we hear (4)","output":"### Answer: SITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Location\nHomophone of \"sight\", which helps when shooting a gun"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ministers always in tears (9)","output":"### Answer: REVERENDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ministers\nEVER (always) in RENDS (tears, as a verb, rhyming with bears)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I would follow nasty smell that's close (5)","output":"### Answer: HUMID \n ### Explanation: Definition: close\nHUM (smell) + I'D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Impromptu test for measles? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: SPOT\u00a0CHECK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Impromptu test\nDouble\/cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disreputable motor yacht on the water (5)","output":"### Answer: SEAMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disreputable\nSEA (water) + M[otor] Y[acht]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One gets coverage in Mail (6)","output":"### Answer: ARMOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: One gets coverage in Mail\nCryptic definition, as in chain mail \u2013 Im not sure the wording really works here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Why repairer is called excessively (2,1,5)","output":"### Answer: TO A FAULT \n ### Explanation: Definition: excessively\nDouble definition, though \"to a fault\" is surely not *why* a repairer is called"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of farm that stores electricity (7)","output":"### Answer: BATTERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sort of farm\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Elegant writer's catalogue for pig farmer? (7)","output":"### Answer: STYLIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Elegant writer\nThe catalogue might be a list of sties, or STY LIST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mad to cause vessel to leak? (8)","output":"### Answer: CRACKPOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mad\nIf you CRACK a POT it might leak"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gives a false face (6)","output":"### Answer: VISAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: face\n(GIVES A)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trim English bird (5)","output":"### Answer: SNIPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: bird\nSNIP (to trim) + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This boy is usually a girl (9)","output":"### Answer: PRINCIPAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: This boy is usually a girl\nCryptic definition \u2013 the principal boy in a pantomime is usually played by a woman"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's arrival is a relief for the surgery (5)","output":"### Answer: LOCUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: One's arrival is a relief for the surgery\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Compel to join group of journalists (5-4)","output":"### Answer: PRESS\u2011GANG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Compel to join\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pelt with dried berries (6)","output":"### Answer: PEPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pelt\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vegetable better cooked \u2014 nothing old should be swallowed (8)","output":"### Answer: BEETROOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vegetable\n0 O in BETTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: These regions are hell! (6)","output":"### Answer: NETHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: These regions are hell\nCryptic definition \u2013 hell is sometimes called the nether regions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bring up empty envelope? Gold coin is inside (7)","output":"### Answer: EDUCATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bring up\nDUCAT (gold coin) in E[nvelop]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I found it in Greece (6)","output":"### Answer: EUREKA \n ### Explanation: Definition: I found it in Greece\nCryptic definition \u2013 Archimedes' cry as he leapt naked from the bath; more usually translated as \"I have found it\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Points collected on the fly (3,5)","output":"### Answer: AIR MILES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Points collected on the fly\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reportedly did well in exam for history (4)","output":"### Answer: PAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: history\nHomophone of \"passed\" (did well, or at least adequately, in an exam)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drama not rehearsed without planning (2,6)","output":"### Answer: AT RANDOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: without planning\n(DRAMA NOT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In seminar, open binder (4)","output":"### Answer: ROPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: binder\nHidden in seminaR OPEn"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An abundance of beatings (8)","output":"### Answer: LASHINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: An abundance\nDouble definition \u2013 the word brings to mind \"lashings of ginger beer\", supposedly often said by Enid Blyton's Famous Five, though in fact she never used it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dish first cooked on railway (4-3)","output":"### Answer: STIR-FRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dish\nFIRST* + RY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Avoid responsibility for police\u00adman being dismissed (3,3)","output":"### Answer: COP OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Avoid responsibility\nCOP (policeman) + OUT (dismissed, e.g. in cricket)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vehicle is hard to make disappear (6)","output":"### Answer: VANISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: disappear\nVAN IS H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old woman tied up in knots? (6)","output":"### Answer: GRANNY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old woman\nDefinition + a rather vague cryptic def."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Healthy society shapes futurist (5)","output":"### Answer: WELLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: futurist\nWELL + S \u2013 refence to H G Wells"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reading two articles about crime problem over coffee (9)","output":"### Answer: AMERICANO \n ### Explanation: Definition: coffee\nCRIME* in A A, + O[ver]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Radiation in school's not right, doctors say (5,4)","output":"### Answer: GAMMA\u00a0RAYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Radiation\nGRAMMAR [school] less the first R + SAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bear or blackbird? (5)","output":"### Answer: BROOK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bear\nB[lack] + ROOK (bird)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Secret soldier (7)","output":"### Answer: PRIVATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Secret\nDouble definition \u2013 I think I've seen this a few times"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dear, dear! Tablet dropped by Heather (7)","output":"### Answer: DARLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dear\nDEAR less E (Ecstasy tablet) + LING (heather genus)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Angry over spill (5)","output":"### Answer: UPSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Angry\nThree definitions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look both ways (3)","output":"### Answer: EYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Look\nEYE is a palindrome"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prelude to main trombone part (5)","output":"### Answer: INTRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prelude\nHidden in maIN TROmbone"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Water plant or shrub vigorously about mid-July (7)","output":"### Answer: BULRUSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Water plant\n[j]UL[y] in SHRUB"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weight of silver in 1,000kg (7)","output":"### Answer: TONNAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Weight\nAG in TONNE \u2013 not impressed by this clue, as the word comes directly from ton\/tonne"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cooked food really is excellent, deserves tips (5)","output":"### Answer: FRIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cooked\nInitial letters of Food Really Is Excellent Deserves"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Might they reserve fellow's prize? (3,6)","output":"### Answer: MAN\u00a0BOOKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: prize\nSomeone who reserves a fellow might be a \"man-booker\"; not sure why the clue has \"they\", unless it refers to those running the famous literary prize, which I see is going to revert to being called the Booker Prize from next year"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tory disrobed in and around church ceremony (9)","output":"### Answer: ORDINANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: ceremony\n[t]OR[y] + (IN AND)* + CE. I didn't know the \"ceremony\" meaning: \"a religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Newspaper roaming all over the place? I'm lost (5)","output":"### Answer: ORGAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Newspaper\nROAMING* less I'M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Yorkshire hairpiece? Get it! (4)","output":"### Answer: TWIG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get it\nT'WIG \u2013 supposed Yorkshire pronunciation of \"the wig\", with definite article reduction"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Simply awful catching cold after 29 competition (8)","output":"### Answer: OLYMPICS \n ### Explanation: Definition: competition\nO (ring) + C in SIMPLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: China is ascending here? (4)","output":"### Answer: ASIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: China is ascending here\nHidden in reverse of chinA IS Ascending &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Secretary in ripped jeans grasps English language (8)","output":"### Answer: JAPANESE \n ### Explanation: Definition: language\nPA in JEANS* + E; or for \"grasps\" to make more sense, E in (PA in JEANS*)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stopped being quiet to break record (6)","output":"### Answer: CEASED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stopped\nEASE (quiet, as a noun) in CD (compact disc)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Liberating, free and paradoxically humorous (10)","output":"### Answer: GILBERTIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: paradoxically humorous\n(LIBERATING)* referring to W S Gilbert"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Special artificial intelligence takes in hill for enlightenment (6)","output":"### Answer: SATORI \n ### Explanation: Definition: enlightenment\nS + TOR in AI. Satori is a form of enlightenment in Buddhism. It was also the pseudonym used in the FT by the late Albie Fiore, who set in the Guardian as Taupi, though in his case it was from a Basque word for \"mole\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prepare carbon monoxide at absolute zero (4)","output":"### Answer: COOK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prepare\nCO + 0 K (absolute zero is 0 on the Kelvin scale)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fruit bat home? Not in, definitely out (5)","output":"### Answer: PLUMB \n ### Explanation: Definition: definitely out\nThe fruit is a PLUM, then we have to read \"bat home\" as \"b at home\", and remove \"at home\" (\"in\") to be left with just the B. Hard work for single letter! The definition refers to an LBW decision in cricket where the balls hits the batsman's legs in front of the middle stump. It's from the sense of \"vertical\", as in a plumb line"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A trap to steal pound loses penny? That's surprising (10)","output":"### Answer: ASTOUNDING \n ### Explanation: Definition: surprising\n[p]OUND in A STING (trap)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dwarf, for example, acquires second name after retiring (5)","output":"### Answer: GNOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dwarf\nMO (moment, second) N in EG (for example), all reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old girlfriend inclined to be stretched (8)","output":"### Answer: EXTENDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: stretched\nEX + TENDED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Follow progress of time by lines (8)","output":"### Answer: TRACKAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: lines\nTRACK + AGE \u2013 this has rather the same fault as 25a, I think, though to a lesser degree"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scottish nobles retreat down south (6)","output":"### Answer: LAIRDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scottish nobles\nLAIR (a retreat) + D + S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kind of piece, decorated with colour (6)","output":"### Answer: HUMANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kind\nMAN (piece, in chess etc) in HUE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Limit of returned books (4)","output":"### Answer: FOOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Limit\nReverse of OF + O[ld] T[estament]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: By wearing glasses, start to notice county briefly (4)","output":"### Answer: OXON \n ### Explanation: Definition: county briefly\nX (by, as in multiplied by) in O O (pair of glasses) + N[otice]. Oxon is the standard abbreviation of Oxfordshire, from the Latin *Oxonium"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Call round (4)","output":"### Answer: RING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Call\nAnother familiar double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Colour in photo of catkin presenting dilemma (13)","output":"### Answer: PREDICAMENTAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: presenting dilemma\nRED in PIC + AMENTAL (from amentum, a catkin)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One who's memorized major text has short, then champers (5)","output":"### Answer: HAFIZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: One who's memorized major text\nHA[s] + FIZ (alternative spelling of \"fizz\" = Champagne). A hafiz is a Muslim who has memorised the Koran"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spot of Shakespeare? Had a glimpse, cut short (5)","output":"### Answer: PEEPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spot of Shakespeare\nPEEPE[D] \u2013 Shakespearian form of \"pip\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Starfish I roasted alive? (8)","output":"### Answer: ASTEROID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Starfish\n(I ROASTED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little old bird tom's sneakily trapped in trough (7)","output":"### Answer: TITMOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Little old bird\nTOMS* in TIE (\"an enclosed trough for wasking ore\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One records pictures from the marriage of Jemima and Gerald (6)","output":"### Answer: IMAGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One records pictures\nHidden in jemIMA GERald"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outspoken little book about cases (5)","output":"### Answer: VOCAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Outspoken\nCA in VOL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One making up jury changed last name (8)","output":"### Answer: TALESMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: One making up jury\n(LAST NAME)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dainty old pieces from Etna after eruption, in a chain (8)","output":"### Answer: CATENATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: in a chain\nCATE (archaic word for a dainty \u2013 related to \"cater\") + ETNA* \u2013 catenate is probably more familiar in the compound \"concatenate\" (chain together)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A bit of publicity from Dreamland? Golly! (5)","output":"### Answer: BEDAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Golly\nBED (\"dreamland\") + AD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Would-be abstainers, including marines, notice, in naval engagement (6)","output":"### Answer: ARMADA \n ### Explanation: Definition: naval engagement\nRM + AD (again!) in AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tree, one featured in engraving (7)","output":"### Answer: PLATANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tree\nAN in PLATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Droop, vaguely atilt, like a missile (8)","output":"### Answer: SAGITTAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: like a missile\nSAG + ATILT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Locust from Arabia tucked into core of maize (5)","output":"### Answer: CAROB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Locust\nAR (Arab) in COB"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What chippie once offered is wrapped in fish? (5)","output":"### Answer: EISEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: What chippie once offered\nIS in EEL. Old word for vinegar"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Genders smitten with insane loveability (13)","output":"### Answer: ENDEARINGNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: loveability\n(GENDERS INSANE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Light unit installed in cheap hotels (4)","output":"### Answer: PHOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Light unit\nHidden in cheaP HOTels"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Primitive sea creature: set rope for catching tailless number (11)","output":"### Answer: RADIOLARIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Primitive sea creature\nRADIO (set) + LARIA[T] + N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remove crew from island, damn disgruntled about it (6)","output":"### Answer: DISMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Remove crew from\nIS in DAMN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pompous company with old-style order where its heart should be (6)","output":"### Answer: CHESTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pompous\nHEST (old word for command, order \u2013 cf \"behest\") replacing the middle of COMPANY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In Cape Town uncle set up institute, fine for locals (4)","output":"### Answer: MOOI \n ### Explanation: Definition: fine for locals\nReverse of OOM (uncle in South Africa) + I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English school book, second mislaid in compound (6)","output":"### Answer: EPIMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: compound\nE + PRIMER less its second letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fleece? Mine gets temperature hoisted (4)","output":"### Answer: TEGG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fleece? Mine gets temperature hoisted (4)\nT[emperature] + EGG (slang for a bomb or mine)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Panacea reps flogged? Many try to keep them up (11)","output":"### Answer: APPEARANCES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Many try to keep them up\n(PANACEA REPS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To make stuffing went first for sage (7)","output":"### Answer: LEARNED \n ### Explanation: Definition: sage\nEARN (to make) in LED (went first)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Brooch from Paris, bent out of shape (9)","output":"### Answer: BREASTPIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brooch\n(PARIS BENT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Holiday for Stuart and Virginia to call off? Almost (7)","output":"### Answer: VACANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Holiday for Stuart\nVA (state of Virginia) + CANCE[L]. Vacance (or its plural) is familiar as the French word for a holiday, but its also a Scots word for one, hence \"for Stuart\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Awards marks art school's come up with (6)","output":"### Answer: MEDALS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Awards\nM (marks) + reverse of SLADE (art school, now part of UCL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conference \u2013 international one coming up includes expert (6)","output":"### Answer: INDABA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Conference\nI + DAB (expert) in reverse of AN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blend worn as material for overcoats (6)","output":"### Answer: MELTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: material for overcoats\nMELT (blend) + ON (worn, as in clothes)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keep fish in private room (6)","output":"### Answer: DETAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Keep\nTAI (fish) in DEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Once injured in play one's taken off, given up (4)","output":"### Answer: MARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Once injured\nReverse of DRAM[A]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seaweed forming a festoon away from land (4)","output":"### Answer: AGAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seaweed\nA GAR[LAND]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lengths of cloth I cut from island 'label' (4)","output":"### Answer: ELLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lengths of cloth\nELLIS (island, former site of immigration station in New York)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Barking Shadow-boxing College (5)","output":"### Answer: KING\u2019S \n ### Explanation: Definition: College\nHidden (\"boxed\") in barKING Shadow. Take your pick of the colleges of Cambridge and London universities. I don't know if there's any significance in the capitalisation of Barking and College in the clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A Hebrew pronunciation of 'Hankies out all over Arizona' (9)","output":"### Answer: ASHKENAZI \n ### Explanation: Definition: A Hebrew pronunciation\nAZ in HANKIES* \u2013 as well as being one of a group of Jews, Ashkenazi is also \"the pronunciation of Hebrew used by them\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A useless fit can be prevented (9)","output":"### Answer: AVOIDABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: can be prevented\nA + VOID (useless) + ABLE (fit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seals' hair (5)","output":"### Answer: LOCKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seals\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unexpectedly attack son with net (7)","output":"### Answer: SANDBAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unexpectedly attack\nS AND BAG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After Dante's Inferno, the heartless Sawlike (7)","output":"### Answer: DENTATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sawlike\nDANTE* + T[H]E. Again I don't understand the capitalisation, and the surface doesn't make much sense"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arabian piece, almost crude externally? (5)","output":"### Answer: OMANI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arabian\nMAN (piece, I chess etc) in OI[L] (crude)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pop group's stage features (5)","output":"### Answer: WINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pop group\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Workplace where deal may be cut (7)","output":"### Answer: SAWMILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Workplace where deal may be cut\nCryptic definition, deal being a type of timber"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old lady after skirt top (7)","output":"### Answer: MAXIMUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: top\nMAXI (skirt) + MUM (\"old lady\" is slang for mother). Pretty weak, as the name of the skirt comes directly from \"maximum\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Camp wisecrack about ungainly legging tops (5)","output":"### Answer: GULAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Camp\nFirst letters of Ungainly Legging in GAG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ex-president recruits writer who could assemble a cabinet? (9)","output":"### Answer: CARPENTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: who could assemble a cabinet\nPEN in [Jimmy] CARTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alumnae so uneasy about grandiose tombs (9)","output":"### Answer: MAUSOLEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: about grandiose tombs\n(ALUMNAE SO)* \u2013 rather unusual adjectival form of the more familiar \"mausoleum\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Schooners possibly get cool in two seconds (5)","output":"### Answer: SHIPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Schooners possibly\nHIP (fashionable, cool) in S+S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A nation's uplifting seabird (4)","output":"### Answer: SKUA \n ### Explanation: Definition: seabird\nReverse of A UK'S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An obstacle to successful retirement (8)","output":"### Answer: INSOMNIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: An obstacle to successful retirement\nCryptic definition \u2013 appropriate to me as I was solving the puzzle at 5am after a bout of it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soused, but not very exhausted (4)","output":"### Answer: USED \n ### Explanation: Definition: exhausted\nSOUSED less SO (very)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steals out-of-date vegetables (8)","output":"### Answer: CABBAGES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Steals out-of-date\nDouble definition \u2013 it's archaic slang or \"cheats, steals or purloins\", etymologically unrelated to the vegetable"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cast fitted round limb opening as protection (6)","output":"### Answer: SHIELD \n ### Explanation: Definition: protection\nL[imb] in SHIED (cast, threw)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Letter possibly closed with this: 'I saw Angel off with a kiss' (7,3)","output":"### Answer: SEALING\u00a0WAX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Letter possibly closed with this\n(I SAW ANGEL)* + X"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mafia's casually giving up mob chief for college board (6)","output":"### Answer: FASCIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: board\nAnagram of MAFIAS with M replaced by C[ollege]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scoffs: 'Sanctimonious talk is empty!' (4)","output":"### Answer: PIGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scoffs\nPI (sanctimonious) + G[a]S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Noisily scares off animals and trainers? (5)","output":"### Answer: SHOES \n ### Explanation: Definition: trainers\nHomophone of \"shoos\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Overheated, I say 'Heather, both should swim outside' (7,3)","output":"### Answer: BOILING\u00a0HOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Overheated\nI + LING (type of heather) in BOTH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Streep: someone's heart races (5)","output":"### Answer: EPSOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: races\nCentral letters of streEP SOMEone"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finding attractive maid rude on telephone (8)","output":"### Answer: ADMIRING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Finding attractive\nMAID* + RING (to telephone) \u2013 not quite a thematic word, but '\"The night is fine,\" the Walrus said. \"Do you admire the view?\"'"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worm-like bends dominate (8)","output":"### Answer: NEMATOID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Worm-like\nDOMINATE* \u2013 another slightly unusual adjective, from \"nematode\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ungainly creature observed holding page locator up (6)","output":"### Answer: WALRUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ungainly creature\nReverse of URL (web page locator) in SAW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small case \u2014 its contents alien? (6)","output":"### Answer: LOCKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small case\nLOCK (a locket might contain a lock of hearI + E[xtra] T[errestrial]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Halt contest (4)","output":"### Answer: GAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Halt\nDouble definition \u2013 \"halt\" = \"lame\" as in \"game leg\", often pronounced \"game\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Otherwise lies in parallel sections (4)","output":"### Answer: ELSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Otherwise\nHidden in parallEL Sections"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Antarctic location \u2014 Diana needs drink! (4,3)","output":"### Answer: ROSS SEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Antarctic location\n[Diana] ROSS (singer) + SEA (main)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some music on LP? Not a note (5,5,5)","output":"### Answer: FIFTY\u00a0PENCE\u00a0PIECE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not a note\nFIFTY (L=50) + PENCE (P) + PIECE (some music)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wife of leader, a shade insular, briefly? (7)","output":"### Answer: SULTANA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wife of leader\nTAN (colour, shade) \"in SULA[r]\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time to welcome revolutionary Chinese brood (7)","output":"### Answer: AGONISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: brood\nReverse of SINO in AGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A little angel, free spirit (3)","output":"### Answer: ELF \n ### Explanation: Definition: spirit\nHidden in angEL Free"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person with load unsure about weight that's an ounce (4,7)","output":"### Answer: SNOW LEOPARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: an ounce\nW in (PERSON LOAD)*. The Ounce often comes up in wordplay as \"cat\", but here's its full name"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Faithful cat carrying on with a meal for him, shortly? (10)","output":"### Answer: MONOGAMOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Faithful\nON in MOG + A MOUS[e] (possible meal for a cat)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One side not quite covering a page (4)","output":"### Answer: LEAF \n ### Explanation: Definition: page\nA in LEF[t]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cops stopping method by corruption, finally (4)","output":"### Answer: NABS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cops\n[corruptio]N + ABS (Anti-lock Braking System)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mile covered by person propelling boat near Brighton? Type of cutter (5,5)","output":"### Answer: HOVER MOWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Type of cutter\nM in HOVE ROWER (one propelling a boat near Brighton)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fraction on calculator opposite number (11)","output":"### Answer: COUNTERPART \n ### Explanation: Definition: opposite number\nCOUNTER (calculator) + PART (fraction)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little moo (3)","output":"### Answer: LOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Little\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dropping back, wander round country house in Russia (7)","output":"### Answer: ROMANOV \n ### Explanation: Definition: house in Russia\nOMAN in ROV[e]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leaving America, a poor beggar clutching cup's heading for a Moorish palace (7)","output":"### Answer: ALCAZAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Moorish palace\nC[up] in A LAZARUS (beggar in the parable in Luke 16) less US"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charles the Second marrying subject, harmony with CIIR restored (3,5,7)","output":"### Answer: THE\u00a0MERRY\u00a0MONARCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Charles the Second\nTHEME (subject) + (marrying) anagram of (HARMONY C RR), so CIIR means C and two Rs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person catching extremists in Ferrari with tank (9)","output":"### Answer: FISHERMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Person catching\nF[errar]I + SHERMAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Coming up, vulgar features mainly lacking inspiration, initially, for cinephile (4,3)","output":"### Answer: FILM FAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: cinephile\nReverse of M[ainly] L[acking] I[nspiration] in NAFF"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Once upon a time, finish off gravy with a bit of corn starch (5,3)","output":"### Answer: YEARS AGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Once upon a time\n[grav]Y + EAR (bit of corn) + SAGO (starch)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gobbled up by Lancelot, a really lovely lyrist (5)","output":"### Answer: ERATO \n ### Explanation: Definition: lovely lyrist\nHidden in reverse of lancelOT A Really. Erato is the Muse of lyric poetry: I was going to question \"lyrist\" (=\"lyre player\") as the definition, as opposed to \"lyricist\", but Chambers tells me it can mean a lyric poet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something turning up on female garment \u2014 unpleasant discovery there? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: CRAB LOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: unpleasant discovery there\nReverse of ARC (\"something turning\") + BLOUSE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bum parts outside of pants, moon! (6)","output":"### Answer: PHOBOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: moon\nHOBO (tramp, bum) in P[ant]S. Phobos is one of the two moons of Mars"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remove hairs from bottom of hirsute old governor (7)","output":"### Answer: EPILATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Remove hairs from\n[hirsut]E + [Pontius] PILATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Correct tip overwhelms this chap (5)","output":"### Answer: EMEND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Correct\nME in END"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person proposing to install creation of iron that's more than a mile wide (4,5)","output":"### Answer: MOON RIVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's more than a mile wide\nIRON* in MOVER (one proposing, e.g. a motion). As the song says, \"Moon River, wider than a mile..\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Texas city out to impress couple on tour, ultimately (4,5)","output":"### Answer: FORT WORTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Texas city\nTWO + [tou]R in FORTH (out)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Number a hundred I book up for a wink or a kiss, say? (8)","output":"### Answer: EMOTICON \n ### Explanation: Definition: a wink or a kiss, say\nReverse of NO. C I TOME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keeping mum suspiciously, French produce English citizen (7)","output":"### Answer: BRUMMIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: English citizen\nMUM* in BRIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ride Disney duck, kicking tail (7)","output":"### Answer: WALTZER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ride\nWALT + ZER[o] (a duck \u2013 score in cricket)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Explosion of octane now (2,4)","output":"### Answer: AT ONCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: now\nOCTANE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In trolley, a gold weight (5)","output":"### Answer: CARAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: gold weight\nA in CART. As far as I can tell, the carat is a unit of weight for gems, but a measure of purity for gold, so the definition seems wrong here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Every other bit of Paul hairy: my fear! (5)","output":"### Answer: ALARM \n ### Explanation: Definition: fear\nAlternate letters of pAuL hAiRy My"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drug case follows that of suicide (8)","output":"### Answer: SEDATIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drug\nS[uicid]E + DATIVE (grammatical case)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crawling fellow leaves cover outdoors (6)","output":"### Answer: AWNING \n ### Explanation: Definition: cover outdoors\nFAWNING (crawling) less F"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Intoxicating drink from the right prophet (4)","output":"### Answer: AMOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: prophet\nReverse of SOMA, \"a ritual drink of importance among the early Indians\", giving the OT prophet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time round Great Lake as the final thing (2,3,2,3)","output":"### Answer: TO\u00a0CAP\u00a0IT\u00a0ALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: as the final thing\nT[ime] + O (round) + CAPITAL (great) + L[ake]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rolling around in mud's a revealing practice (6)","output":"### Answer: NUDISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: a revealing practice\n(IN MUDS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spooner's wonderful company for social chats (8)","output":"### Answer: GABFESTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: social chats\nSpoonerism of \"fab guests\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bubbly's cold, getting cooler (7)","output":"### Answer: CHIPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bubbly\nC + HIPPER (more fashionable, cooler). Chipper\/bubbly in the sense of cheerful"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Compiler of heavenly catalogue that's less orderly (7)","output":"### Answer: MESSIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Compiler of heavenly catalogue\nDouble definition: Charles MESSIER created a catalogue of astronomical objects, still referenced today: M1 is the Crab nebula, for example"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person sitting on bench drank around warehouse (8)","output":"### Answer: SUBDEPOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: warehouse\nSUB (substitute, in football etc) + reverse of TOPED. Chambers doesn't have this compound: I'm not totally convinced by the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leaves to eat in French bar of ill-repute (6)","output":"### Answer: ENDIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leaves to eat\nEN (French \"in\") + DIVE (dodgy bar)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A letter for free (10)","output":"### Answer: PERMISSIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: free\nPER (each, a) + MISSIVE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: People of intelligence love to have the last word (4)","output":"### Answer: CIAO \n ### Explanation: Definition: the last word\nCIA (Central *Intelligence* Agency) + O. Ciao can mean hello or goodbye, so in the latter case would be \"the last word\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dashing fellow who's caught up in traffic (6)","output":"### Answer: RUNNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dashing fellow\nDouble definition: someone who dashes or runs, or a smuggler (trafficker)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This person attending dance is a bit of a dish (8)","output":"### Answer: MEATBALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: a bit of a dish\nME (this person) AT BALL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Really brief speaker shows it (8)","output":"### Answer: VERMOUTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: it\nVER[Y] (really) + MOUTH (speaker). \"It\" = Italian vermouth, as in \"gin and it\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I don't know what a poor student gets (4)","output":"### Answer: PASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: I don't know\nDouble definition \u2013 \"I don't know\" as in quiz shows (originally from *Mastermind* I think), and a poor exam result, at least relatively: perhaps \"what a poor student may get\" would be better"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two boys one persecuted (6)","output":"### Answer: VICTIM \n ### Explanation: Definition: one persecuted\nVIC + TIM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bachelor, defended by two friends with energy, is possibly touched (8)","output":"### Answer: PALPABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: possibly touched\nB in PAL PAL + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: University course taken up by Poles with no accent (10)","output":"### Answer: UNSTRESSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: with no accent\nU + N S (poles) + reverse of DESSERT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Talk with one criminal shedding ball and chain (6)","output":"### Answer: ANKLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: chain\nAnagram of (TALK ONE) less O (\"ball\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cover of Elton composer put in bars (6)","output":"### Answer: ENCAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: put in bars\nE[lto]N + [John] CAGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Check setter's trapped, without a little money (10)","output":"### Answer: IMPEDIMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Check\nDIME in I'm PENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Erstwhile show-off lowering level of European publicity (8)","output":"### Answer: EXPOSURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: publicity\nEX-POSEUR with the second E \"lowered\" or moved to the bottom"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appealing sort of dash, like a 25 (8)","output":"### Answer: ENVIABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Appealing\nEN (dash, in typography) + VIABLE \u2013 if something is viable then it can be described as a runner, though again Chambers doesn't seem to have this meaning"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Navratilova triumphantly covering court (6)","output":"### Answer: ATRIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: court\nHidden in navratilovA TRIUMphantly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finished milk dish that's on the turn (4,2)","output":"### Answer: USED UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Finished\nUSE (to milk) + reverse of PUD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One may take flight the day before clash (6)","output":"### Answer: EVEJAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: One may take flight\nEVE (day before)+ JAR (to clash) \u2013 new to me, it's another name for the nightjar"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Young animal on earth possibly eight (4)","output":"### Answer: CUBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: possibly eight\nCUB + E, and 8 is the cube of 2"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dog had to be eaten by pig (6)","output":"### Answer: SHADOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dog\nHAD in SOW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Impressive number invested in trophy (6)","output":"### Answer: POTENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Impressive\nTEN in POT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good scope for manoeuvre (6)","output":"### Answer: GAMBIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: manoeuvre\nG + AMBIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cheat collected energy in alternative measuring device (8)","output":"### Answer: ODOMETER \n ### Explanation: Definition: measuring device\nDO (cheat) MET (collected, e.g. as a group of people) E in OR (other)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fly high? Sounds painful! (4)","output":"### Answer: SOAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fly high\nHomophone of \"sore\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Belittling of the French drawing (10)","output":"### Answer: DETRACTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Belittling\nDE (French \"of\" \u2013 not \"of the\", which would be *du*, *de la* or *des*) + TRACTION (drawing)."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Come to understand rage's inconsequential (3,3,5)","output":"### Answer: SEE\u00a0THE\u00a0LIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Come to understand\nSEETHE (to rage) + LIGHT (inconsequential)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The way a mug may be brought up (6,4)","output":"### Answer: GARDEN\u00a0PATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: The way a mug may be brought up\nCryptic definition, referring to \"leading someone up he garden path\" meaning to fool them"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dramatic performance by America shows common sense (4)","output":"### Answer: NOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: common sense\nNO (Japanese drama) + US"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Saint becomes irresolute (8)","output":"### Answer: HESITANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: irresolute\n(THE SAINT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldier in a bad temper is tied up (6)","output":"### Answer: MOORED \n ### Explanation: Definition: tied up\nRE (Royal Engineer) in MOOD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He bets foolishly in ancient Egypt (6)","output":"### Answer: THEBES \n ### Explanation: Definition: in ancient Egypt\n(HE BETS)* \u2013 Chifonie is fond of using \"in X\" to mean \"somewhere in X\". There's another example of this in 14d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Holiday in a secluded spot (6)","output":"### Answer: RECESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Holiday\nDouble defnition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Press irritate Oriental in rally (8)","output":"### Answer: JAMBOREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: rally\nJAM (to press) + BORE + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old Bob or Edward put right (6)","output":"### Answer: SORTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: put right\nS (shilling, bob) + OR + TED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Entice one round summit of volcano (8)","output":"### Answer: COTOPAXI \n ### Explanation: Definition: volcano\nTOP (summit) in COAX + I. Cotopaxi is a volcano in the Andes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Always in the right to go back (6)","output":"### Answer: REVERT \n ### Explanation: Definition: to go back\nEVER in RT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dosage ordered for a mariner (3,3)","output":"### Answer: SEA DOG \n ### Explanation: Definition: a mariner\n(DOSAGE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Romeo in Metro chaos is shaking (6)","output":"### Answer: TREMOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: shaking\nR in METRO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Daring individual making do with shared expenses (6,5)","output":"### Answer: BOTTLE\u00a0PARTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: do with shared expenses\nBOTTLE (courage, daring) + PARTY (individual)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Giant let loose in Cornwall (8)","output":"### Answer: TINTAGEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: in Cornwall\n(GIANT LET)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relinquish a penny to enter royal house (4,4)","output":"### Answer: HAND OVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relinquish\nD (abbreviation for the pre-1971 penny, from Latin *denarius*) in HANOVER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Father's holiday accommodation is easily recognisable (6)","output":"### Answer: PATENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: easily recognisable\nPA + TENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pressure has Don going round the bend (6)","output":"### Answer: DURESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pressure\nU in DRESS. Don means to put [something] on \u2013 surely not the same as \"dress\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foolishness of motorist changing hands (6)","output":"### Answer: DRIVEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Foolishness\nDRIVER with the second R changed to L (so shouldn't it be \"changing hand\"?)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hold up basket (6)","output":"### Answer: HAMPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hold up\nDouble defnition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: CID's possibly back in trouble with this (7,4)","output":"### Answer: SLIPPED DISC \n ### Explanation: Definition: back in trouble with this\n\"SLIPPED\" DISC, i.e. an anagram, could give you \"CID's\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Large 'astral' cast might be \u2026(3-4)","output":"### Answer: ALL-STAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Large 'astral' cast might be \u2026\nAnagram of L + ASTRAL, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 backing Scot, singer briefly appearing in African capital (7)","output":"### Answer: NAIROBI \n ### Explanation: Definition: African capital\nReverse of IAN (stereotypical Scot) + a truncated ROBIN (bird, singer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Element symbolised by O, oddly (9)","output":"### Answer: ZIRCONIUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Element\nThe chemical symbol for Zirconium is Zr, which we can get from the odd letters of ZeRo"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Duck eaten by greedy duck (5)","output":"### Answer: AVOID \n ### Explanation: Definition: duck\nO (another O for zero..) in AVID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contents of clutch bag finally found in, say, front of skip (4)","output":"### Answer: EGGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Contents of clutch\nLast letter of baG in E.G. (say) + S[kip]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Voters potentially have online reader worried (10)","output":"### Answer: ELECTORATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Voters potentially\nE-LECTOR + ATE. \"Potentially\", I suppose, because you can be a member of the electorate but not actually vote"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One might tear along this \u2026 (6,4)","output":"### Answer: DOTTED LINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One might tear along this\nCryptic-ish definition, referring to instructions on a form *As cryptor points out in comment 1, the ellipsis is a \"dotted line\", making this a double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 bank enthusiastically \u2014 eventually fishing, initially for carp (4)","output":"### Answer: BEEF \n ### Explanation: Definition: carp\nFirst letters of Bank Enthusiastically Eventually Fishing. Carp and beef both mean a complaint"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Apart from 50% of OAPs, too lazy to go round foreign capital (5)","output":"### Answer: ZLOTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: foreign capital\nAnagram of TOO LAZY less OA (half of OAPS). This time the \"foreign capital\" is currency \u2013 that of Poland. Strictly speaking the second letter is \u0141, with a stroke, pronounced rather like a W"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Informed about hard right, she changed point of entry (9)","output":"### Answer: THRESHOLD \n ### Explanation: Definition: point of entry\nH R SHE* in TOLD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most attractive female consumed by sexual desire (7)","output":"### Answer: LUSHEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most attractive\nSHE (agan!) in LUST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charge American a pound, placed on account (7)","output":"### Answer: ACCUSAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Charge\nACC[ount] + US + A L (pound)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chicken satay and tikka starters at lunchtime, current in the western US (11)","output":"### Answer: YELLOWSTONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: current in the western US\nYELLOW (cowardly, chicken) + S[atay] + T[ikka] + ONE (o'clock, lunchtime). More familiar (to me, anyway) as the US national park, but it's named after the Yellowstone River (\"current\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Condemned lifeless yoghurt in holier-than-thou fashion (4-11)","output":"### Answer: SELF-RIGHTEOUSLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: in holier-than-thou fashion\n(LIFELESS YOGHURT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Entry passage given coat by paint roller (5)","output":"### Answer: INTRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Entry passage\nHidden in paINT Roller"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Someone adversarial, extremely biased (7)","output":"### Answer: PARTIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: biased\nLift and separate: someone = some one = PART I, plus the \"extreme\" letters of AdversariaL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Driving mounted policemen around a lot (7)","output":"### Answer: DYNAMIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Driving\nMANY in CID, reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Somewhat contrary parrot, a timid parrot (8)","output":"### Answer: IMITATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: parrot\nHidden in reverse of parROT A TIMId"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet shade of brown hair product (9,6)","output":"### Answer: CHOCOLATE\u00a0MOUSSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sweet\nCHOCOLATE (shade of brown) + MOUSSE. Rather weak, as the name of the colour comes from the food"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heading off, worn out, to laze around taking in unknown song from Chicago (6,6)","output":"### Answer: RAZZLE DAZZLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: song from Chicago\n[F]RAZZLED (worn out) + Z (unknown) in LAZE. It's a song from the musical *Chicago"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Do become confused, following female nonsense (6-6)","output":"### Answer: FIDDLE-FADDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: nonsense\nFIDDLE (to swindle, do) + F + ADDLE (become confused)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of light source OK in the pink? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: VERY WELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: in the pink\nVERY (source of light, as in the distress flare called a Very Light) + WELL (OK), again very similar meanings in wordplay and answer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fool has broken child's toy in half? Be forgiving (3,2,2)","output":"### Answer: LET IT GO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Be forgiving\nTIT (fool) in LEGO (exactly in the middle, hence \"in half\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opera covering polar opposites? Wisdom was famously one of them (7)","output":"### Answer: NORMANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wisdom was famously one of them\nNORMA (opera by Bellini) + N S (poles)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Painting on plaster that's dry and firm (5)","output":"### Answer: SECCO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Painting on plaster\nSEC (dry) + CO (company, firm). Again rather weak, as \"sec\" and \"secco\" are essentially the same word. Secco is a technique of painting on dry plaster, in contrast to fresco, where it's still wet, so the clue is an extended definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl rejected love given by US lawyer (5)","output":"### Answer: LINDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Girl\nReverse of NIL (nothing = love in tennis) + DA (District Attorney)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former student and friend circumscribing university by degrees (9)","output":"### Answer: GRADUALLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: by degrees\nU[niversity] in GRAD (graduate: a former student) + ALLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flower intimidates border (7)","output":"### Answer: COWSLIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flower\nCOWS + LIP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Use it when swimming in couple of odd bits of water? (7)","output":"### Answer: WETSUIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Use it when swimming in couple of odd bits of water\n(USE IT)* in W T, which are the first two \"odd\" letters of WaTer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One may film cricket club receiving morning instruction (9)","output":"### Answer: CAMCORDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One may film\nAM in CC + ORDER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Funny person, though not initially the best (5)","output":"### Answer: CREAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: the best\n[S]CREAM (\"he's a scream\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Difficult problem: irrational number applied to gravitational measure (3)","output":"### Answer: PIG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Difficult problem\nPI (or \u03c0 the ratio between the circumference and diameter of a circle, proved to be irrational by Johann Heinrich Lambert in the 1760s) + G (the gravitational constant)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cloth grand to wrap drink and meat? On the contrary (7)","output":"### Answer: GINGHAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cloth\nG (grand) in GIN + HAM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Key bill (3)","output":"### Answer: TAB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Key\nDouble definition \u2013 the tab[ulator] key on a typewriter, and more recently on computer keyboards, and a bill, e.g. in a restaurant (mainly a US usage)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reduction in growth around one flat region (5)","output":"### Answer: PLAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: flat region\nI in PLAN[T]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Engine part is not recalled in reminder (6,3)","output":"### Answer: PISTON\u00a0ROD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Engine part\nIS + revert of NOTin PROD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Health centre with good serving, though not with pasta dish (4,3)","output":"### Answer: SPAG BOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: pasta dish\nSPA + G + BO[W]L. British slang for spaghetti bolognese"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Star of long ago abandoning Duke in European city (7)","output":"### Answer: POLARIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Star\nOLD (of long ago) less D in PARIS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ring Cycle, say: unreasonably large, OTT, and ultimately lengthy (9)","output":"### Answer: TETRALOGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ring Cycle, say\nAnagram of LARGE OTT [length]Y. Wagner's Ring cycle consists of four operas"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chip on a chop? Only partly (5)","output":"### Answer: NACHO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chip\nHidden in oN A CHOp"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird, a sign of impending execution (8)","output":"### Answer: BLACKCAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bird\nDouble definition \u2013 judges used to put on the so-called black cap (actually just a square of material) when pronouncing a death sentence"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink currently available in small formal event (8)","output":"### Answer: SNOWBALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drink\nNOW in S BALL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Staffordshire town side lacking energy and value (8)","output":"### Answer: TAMWORTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Staffordshire town\nTEAM less E + WORTH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Infantryman seeing off first little guy (4)","output":"### Answer: RUNT \n ### Explanation: Definition: little guy\n[g]RUNT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English city courts transported with glee (10)","output":"### Answer: GLOUCESTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: English city\n(COURTS GLEE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Limits to safety and support process (6)","output":"### Answer: SYSTEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: process\nS[afet]Y + STEM (support, e.g. of a plant)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Looked astonished: leader of Greece to copy Germany (5)","output":"### Answer: GAPED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Looked astonished\nG + APE + D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anagram 'cat' possibly for name of governmental document (5,5)","output":"### Answer: MAGNA\u00a0CARTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: name of governmental document\n(ANAGRAM CAT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Instrument: agonised sound if couple of parts switched (5)","output":"### Answer: ORGAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Instrument\nGROAN with O and G swapped"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old doctor entering company group (5)","output":"### Answer: COMBO \n ### Explanation: Definition: group\nO MB in CO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: French leader: how he refuses accepting a person from another country (8)","output":"### Answer: NAPOLEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: French leader\nA POLE in NON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Daughter participating in lad's dance in garage? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: BODY SHOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: garage\nD in BOY'S HOP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ready to invest in vegetable? Ready no longer (6)","output":"### Answer: PESETA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ready no longer\nSET in PEA. The Peseta was the currency of Spain before it adopted the Euro (other Pesetas are available), hence \"ready\" (money) \"no longer\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weak agent restricting operation (5)","output":"### Answer: SOPPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Weak\nOP in SPY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Male Director leaving the rest of the Directors? (4)","output":"### Answer: BOAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Male\nBOARD less D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Secure network beginning to decay (4)","output":"### Answer: LAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Secure\nLAN + D[ecay]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What should be run by expert? (4)","output":"### Answer: RACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: What should be run by expert\nR + ACE &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: City announced part of coastal path (6)","output":"### Answer: BEIRUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: City\nHomophone of \"bay route\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Complain of a foreign parent (6)","output":"### Answer: MUTTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Complain\nDouble defnition \u2013 Mutter is German for mother"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Emma, born with appropriate gland (6)","output":"### Answer: BOVARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Emma\nB + OVARY (gland, appropiate for a woman)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I don't believe host is at party (2,4,2)","output":"### Answer: IS THAT SO \n ### Explanation: Definition: I don't believe\n(HOST IS AT)* \u2013 a bit of a flaw that IS appears unchanged in the answer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supposed political project at advanced stage taking in English (4)","output":"### Answer: FEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Supposed political project\nE in FAR \u2013 referring to \"Project Fear\", a derisive term use to attack the Remain campaign in the 2016 UK referendum"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Snack, not bad, fed to dogs (3,7)","output":"### Answer: POT\u00a0NOODLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Snack\nNOT* in POODLES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Easing unusual burden carried in ferry trip (3,8)","output":"### Answer: SEA\u00a0CROSSING \n ### Explanation: Definition: ferry trip\nCROSS (a burden, as in \"a cross to bear\") in EASING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Meat typically offered in mess (4,6)","output":"### Answer: DOG\u2019S\u00a0DINNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: mess\nDouble defnition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Proper time for a little music (4)","output":"### Answer: DUET \n ### Explanation: Definition: a little music\nDUE + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Method, say, in which to obtain backing for an artist (8)","output":"### Answer: MANTEGNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: artist\nReverse of GET (obtain) in MANNA, a homophone of \"manner\" = method. The artist is Andrea Mantegna, 1431 \u2013 1506"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: French pupil's name and number (6)","output":"### Answer: ELEVEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: number\n\u00c9L\u00c8VE (French for pupil \u2013 basically one \"brought up\", as in elevate) + N[ame]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl is turning brown (6)","output":"### Answer: SIENNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: brown\nReverse of ANNE IS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An obstinate type last to manifest charm (6)","output":"### Answer: AMULET \n ### Explanation: Definition: charm\nA + MULE + [manifes]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drop in crucial point in conflict (8)","output":"### Answer: DISAGREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: conflict\nSAG (drop) in DIRE E (compass point)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Australian monster rabbit, gutted, very cheap (6)","output":"### Answer: BUNYIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Australian monster\nBUNNY less its middle letter, + 1P (one penny \u2013 very cheap). The bunyip is a monster is Australian aboriginal mythology"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shining with desire: ours is amazing (8)","output":"### Answer: LUSTROUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shining\nLUST (desire) + OURS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: By being executed, prophet died (2,4)","output":"### Answer: AT HAND \n ### Explanation: Definition: By\nNATHAN, OT prophet (immortalised in the opening line of Handel's coronation anthem: \"Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet\u2026\"), \"beheaded\" + D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To jeer at items performed upset stars (6)","output":"### Answer: BO\u00d6TES \n ### Explanation: Definition: stars\nBOO + reverse of SET (list of items performed by musicians\/entertainers). Bo\u00f6tes is a constellation whose name means herdsman or ploughman"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Swiftly advances strategies to snare husband (6)","output":"### Answer: RUSHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Swiftly advances\nH in RUSES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One metre down, plant foolish hoax (8,3)","output":"### Answer: PILTDOWN\u00a0MAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: hoax\nAnagram of 1M DOWN PLANT. This has the same flaw as 10a, with DOWN: perhaps a more serious case. See here for the story of the famuos hoax"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Showing 11, caught what may be in one's ears (8)","output":"### Answer: CRINGING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Showing 11\nC + RINGING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hanged man whose eye is number one (3,5)","output":"### Answer: NED KELLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hanged man\n\"KELLY's eye\" represents the number one in Bingo calls, though this doesn't seem to account for the NED part of the name of the famous Australian outlaw"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dangerous situation traps soldiers in great numbers (6)","output":"### Answer: MORASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dangerous situation\nOR (other ranks, soldiers) in MASS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man enters top command (6)","output":"### Answer: BEHEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: command\nHE (man) in BEST (top)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Military account some units forward in the wrong direction (6)","output":"### Answer: SITREP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Military account\nSI (Syst\u00e8me Internationale \u2013 system of units) + reverse of PERT. Military abbreviation of \"situation report\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Persian poet sounds affected by cold (6)","output":"### Answer: RHEUMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: affected by cold\nHomophone of Rumi"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sign of ultimate judgment (in a word) for baked apple dish (8)","output":"### Answer: BLACKCAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: baked apple dish\nThe \"sign of ultimate judgment\" is the BLACK CAP, formerly used by judges when pronouncing the death sentence. Azed helpfully (though I think unnecessarily) then tells us to write it as a single word, to get a baked apple dish, which I'd never heard of \u2013 recipe here (BLACKCAP is also a bird, which came up in a Phi puzzle that I blogged recently.)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shiners? Against getting in help! (4)","output":"### Answer: SOVS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shiners\nV[ersus] in SOS (distress signal). Shiner and Sov are both slang for a sovereign (ths coin)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outstanding NFL achievement? English record in risk (9)","output":"### Answer: THREEPEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Outstanding NFL achievement\nE EP in THREAT \u2013 it's a portmanteau of three and repeat, referring to a triple success in US sport (e.g. American football, hence the NFL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pine historically planted in eastern empires (4)","output":"### Answer: ERNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pine historically\nHidden in eastERN Empires. It's an old form of \"yearn\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scrum lacking in energy? It'll require constructive work at home (8)","output":"### Answer: FLATPACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: It'll require constructive work at home\nThe energy-less scrum is a FLAT PACK, giving the type of furniture sold by Ikea et al"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One with more money than taste? Here's chapter and verse about one (4)","output":"### Answer: CHAV \n ### Explanation: Definition: One with more money than taste\nA in CH + V. The definition is as per Chambers, though I associate the word more with the description in the Wikipedia article: \"a particular stereotype of anti-social youth dressed in sportswear\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Once robust old fence ends in total collapse (5)","output":"### Answer: HAYLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Once robust\nHAY (a fence or hedge) + last letters of totaL collapsE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fit? Queen kept inside is chesty, poorly (9)","output":"### Answer: HYSTERICS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fit\nR in (IS CHESTY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being a religious disciple muddled Shia with constant aid around (9)","output":"### Answer: CHELASHIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Being a religious disciple\nSHIA* in C HELP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I dropped out of grammar term being grossly stupid (5)","output":"### Answer: CRASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: being grossly stupid\nCRASIS less I. Crasis is the merging of two vowels into one, as for example in the French contraction of *de le into **du"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lively tune followed by tenor (4)","output":"### Answer: CANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lively\nCAN + T. I'm not totally sure about this: Chambers gives can. as an abbreviation for the musical terms canon and canto: I think the latter \u2013 \"the part in a piece of music that carries the melody\" is the closest to \"tune\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Showing off heavy knife I had held wrong way round (8)","output":"### Answer: PARADING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Showing off\nReverse of I'D in PARANG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Broadcast, I am shown with kiss in latter-day CinemaScope\u00ae? (4)","output":"### Answer: IMAX \n ### Explanation: Definition: latter-day CinemaScope\u00ae\n(I AM) + X \u2013 like CinemaScope, a trade name for a type of cinema projection"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Item mostly croc disposed off, having appetite (7)","output":"### Answer: ORECTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: having appetite\nAnagram of ITE[M] + CROC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Element of abstract algebra that converts 10p into 50! (9)","output":"### Answer: NILPOTENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Element of abstract algebra\nAnagram of IO P INTO L. I knew this mathematical term as an adjective, but don't remember coming across it as a noun, as defined here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Set that includes a Celtic speaker (4)","output":"### Answer: GAEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Celtic speaker\nA in GEL (to set)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Club working as initiator (8)","output":"### Answer: PUTTER-ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: initiator\nPUTTER (golf club) + ON (working)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Footballer's foul play echo'd by misguided Catholic monarch (12)","output":"### Answer: BODY\u2011CHECKING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Footballer's foul play\n(ECHO'D BY)* + C KING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Winter sports performance, reverse of fluid but bagging gold (4)","output":"### Answer: LAUF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Winter sports performance\nAU (gild) in reverse of FL (fluid)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old weapon gunners brought up \u2013 explosion follows (7)","output":"### Answer: ARBLAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old weapon\nReverse of RA (Royal Artillery) + BLAST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sermon based on version of The Book that's short of love \u2013 hard (7)","output":"### Answer: KHOTBEH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sermon\nAnagram of THE BOOK less one O, + H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wrinkled traveller in Cyprus (5)","output":"### Answer: CREPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wrinkled\nREP (travelling salesman) in CY \u2013 wrinkled like crepe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chap crazy about European beauty (5)","output":"### Answer: PEACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: beauty\nE in CHAP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Circular (rarely) one's taken round Edinburgh's capital, getting one just beyond there (5)","output":"### Answer: O\u2019ERBY \n ### Explanation: Definition: just beyond there\nE[dinburgh] in ORBY (like an orb, so \"round\", labelled as rare by Chambers). O'erby is a Scots word for \"a little way over\", hence \"just beyond *there*\", i.e. in Edinburgh"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cook's essence? Nothing left \u2013 empty bags (8)","output":"### Answer: VANILLIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cook's essence\nNIL L in VAIN (empty)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Projecting lantern that merges images? Reset differently to select image (12)","output":"### Answer: STEREOPTICON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Projecting lantern that merges images\nRESET* + OPT + ICON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Socks worn with sandals I tucked under strap (4)","output":"### Answer: TABI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Socks worn with sandals\nTAB (strap) + I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Build I harmed with yen for injection \u2013 it thins the blood (8)","output":"### Answer: HYDREMIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: it thins the blood\nAnagram of I HARMED + Y[en]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Once extremely heated, careless drivers \u2014\u2014 bodywork (7)","output":"### Answer: CANDENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Once extremely heated\nA \"fill in the gap\" clue \u2013 careless drivers CAN DENT bodywork"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beggar hugging hot pipe in piping (7)","output":"### Answer: CHANTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: pipe in piping\nH in CANTER (beggar). A chanter is the pipe attached to a set of bapipes that is used to play a tune, in contrast to the drones"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Australian native seen regularly in emu brood (4)","output":"### Answer: EURO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Australian native\nAlternate letters of EmU bRoOd. Euro another name for the Wallaroo"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grandparent's pyre, finally alight as before (5)","output":"### Answer: AVALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: alight as before\nAVAL (relating to a grandparent) + [pyr]E \u2013 a Spenserian word, meaning to alight, in the sense of \"land\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hot tonic, slushy stuff, one swallowed (5)","output":"### Answer: SALOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hot tonic\nA in SLOP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The mark of an editor, leader in Courier given award once (5)","output":"### Answer: CARET \n ### Explanation: Definition: The mark of an editor\nC[ourier] + ARET(obsolete word, to award)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In being found wanting, start up income support payment (4)","output":"### Answer: GIRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: income support payment\nReverse of ORIGIN, less IN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Art thief: 'Am I not worried by consequences?' (9)","output":"### Answer: AFTERMATH \n ### Explanation: Definition: consequences\nAnagram of ART THIEF AM less I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Team enters hard times over position in league? (5)","output":"### Answer: SIXTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: position in league\nXI (eleven, football or cricket team) in H TS, all reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shakin' Stevens ignoring TV impression (5)","output":"### Answer: SENSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: impression\nAnagram of STEVENS less TV"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nature's forecasters use brains to obtain current research and development (9)","output":"### Answer: RAINBIRDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nature's forecasters\nI (electrical current) + R & D in BRAINS* \u2013 \"birds supposed to foretell rain\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loss of money earned over players \u2014 100's missing (7)","output":"### Answer: WASTAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Loss\nCAST less C (100) in WAGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bright sun, next to Mercury, orbits cool pair (7)","output":"### Answer: SHINING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bright\nS + IN IN (twice \"cool\", fashionable) in HG (Mercury)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Object of night shift (5)","output":"### Answer: THING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Object\nNIGHT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foot as party leader was somewhat untidy (3)","output":"### Answer: PAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Foot\nP[art] + \"anagram\" of WA[S]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pleasure holding books, retiring to bed (5)","output":"### Answer: FUTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: bed\nOT reversed in FUN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Succeeded in developing theory about the womb (7)","output":"### Answer: HYSTERO \n ### Explanation: Definition: about the womb\nS[ucceeded] in THEORY. Hyster- or hystero- is a prefix for \"relating to the womb\", as seen in \"hysterectomy\", and also \"hysterics\", but not a word in its own right"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Promotion involves salary increase for flatterer (7)","output":"### Answer: PRAISER \n ### Explanation: Definition: flatterer\nRAISE in PR (public relations)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He let in English nationalist for celebration (9)","output":"### Answer: HALLOWEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: celebration\nALLOW in HE + E[nglish] N[ationalist]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Monsters? Turn back \u2014 no time to wait! (5)","output":"### Answer: OGRES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Monsters\nReverse of GO (a turn) + RES[T]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pierce Brosnan finally wears tie (5)","output":"### Answer: LANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pierce\n[Brosna]N in LACE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fake Tory in Labour? Not our former PM (4,5)","output":"### Answer: TONY BLAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: former PM\nAnagram of TORY IN LABOUR less OUR. Clever construction, though I have a feeling I've seen something similar before"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Judge saw criminal giving talks (4)","output":"### Answer: JAWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: talks\nJ + SAW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seconds includes Eton mess with seeds (6)","output":"### Answer: STONES \n ### Explanation: Definition: seeds\nETON* in S S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New Age rock supports metal plants (5,5)","output":"### Answer: GREEN\u00a0ALGAE \n ### Explanation: Definition: plants\nGREEN (new) + AL[uminium} + AGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl's transport delivered (6)","output":"### Answer: CARRIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Girl\nHomophone of \"carry\" (to transport)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conservative peer noticed tool (8)","output":"### Answer: CHAINSAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: tool\nC + HAIN (Peter Hain, life peer) + SAW (noticed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They rescue sick parrots, bandaging heads (4)","output":"### Answer: RSPB \n ### Explanation: Definition: They rescue sick parrots, bandaging heads\nFirst letters of Rescue Sick Parrots Bandaging, and kind of &lit: parrots are probably not one of the RSPB's main concerns. The enumeration (4) instead of (1,1,1,1) may be controversial"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One releasing those caught in possession? (8)","output":"### Answer: EXORCIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: One releasing those caught in possession\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: So, today's not the 4th? (4)","output":"### Answer: THUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: So\nTHURS less its 4th letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After removing top, change into an enchantress (5)","output":"### Answer: WITCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: enchantress\n[S]WITCH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Funny film about old vehicle reversing to happen in seaside resort (10)","output":"### Answer: ILFRACOMBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: seaside resort\nReverse of O CAR in FILM* + BE (happen)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Toast and orange squash with afternoon off (5)","output":"### Answer: GONER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Toast\nAnagram of ORANGE less A[fternoon] \u2013 \"he's a goner\"\/\"he's toast\" are slang for being dead"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Playing tennis, keeping ball on line is rude (8)","output":"### Answer: INSOLENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: rude\nO + L in TENNIS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plans for launches (8)","output":"### Answer: PROJECTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plans\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At home I sleep, rising to make a sandwich (6)","output":"### Answer: PANINI \n ### Explanation: Definition: a sandwich\nReverse of IN I NAP. Some people complain about Panini being used as a singular, but as far as I'm concerned it's a fully naturalised English word: I've never heard anyone claim we should say \"spaghetti are..\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hilarious person in Sunday best (6)","output":"### Answer: SCREAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hilarious person\nS + CREAM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man will cause commotion \u2026 (4)","output":"### Answer: HELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: commotion\nHE'LL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 with 'female only' sign (4)","output":"### Answer: OMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: sign\nO (zero) MEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Waves one off from plane (4)","output":"### Answer: SURF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Waves\nSURFACE (plane) less ACE (one)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Traitor in Paris who has basic weapon (8)","output":"### Answer: QUISLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Traitor\nQUI (French \"who\") + SLING (primitive weapon). Vidkun Quisling was a puppet leader of Norway under Nazi occupation, and the name is used generally for a traitor"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not all in bureau re-invested coins (5)","output":"### Answer: AUREI \n ### Explanation: Definition: coins\nHidden in bureAU REInvested \u2013 Roman coins, so a Latin word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Can containing one hundred bananas (4)","output":"### Answer: LOCO \n ### Explanation: Definition: bananas\nC (100) in LOO (toilet, can) \u2013 Spanish word for \"mad\" \u2013 \"bananas\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sixties' approach of westerners in pool: sit with kit off (10)","output":"### Answer: OSTPOLITIK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sixties' approach of westerners\n(POOL SIT KIT)* \u2013 German word describing the West's approach to Eastern Europe from the 1960s"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Met radical in Congress, which is explosive (6)","output":"### Answer: SEMTEX \n ### Explanation: Definition: explosive\nMET* in SEX (congress) \u2013 plastic explosive developed in Czechoslovakia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Follow fashion rule in women's clothing (8)","output":"### Answer: TAILLEUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: women's clothing\nTAIL (follow) + RULE* (\"fashion\" indicating the anagram) \u2013 French"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Italian footballers spoke vacuously amongst themselves (5,2)","output":"### Answer: INTER SE \n ### Explanation: Definition: amongst themselves\nINTER (Inter Milan, football team) + S[pok]E \u2013 Latin for \"amongst themselves\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plague overtakes woman, one likely to wail (7)","output":"### Answer: BANSHEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: one likely to wail\nSHE in BANE \u2013 female spirit whose wail heralds a death in Irish mythology"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: West African church lacks good atmosphere (8)","output":"### Answer: AMBIANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: atmosphere\n[G]AMBIAN + CE \u2013 French word, usually written \"ambience\" in English"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appropriately placed university not very funny (2,4)","output":"### Answer: IN SITU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Appropriately placed\nAnagram of UNIVERSITY less VERY \u2013 Latin for \"in place\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very successful young person with sub-species? (10)","output":"### Answer: WUNDERKIND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Very successful young person\nW (ith) + UNDER (sub) + KIND (species) \u2013 German word for a child prodigy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Settler right behind City institution (4)","output":"### Answer: BOER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Settler\nBOE (Bank Of England) + R. Dutch for a farmer, used to describe settlers in South Africa"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A Spanish female with appeal? This'll get hot (5)","output":"### Answer: SAUNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: This'll get hot\nSA (Sex Appeal) + UNA (Spanish feminine \"one\"). Sauna (word and thing) is originally Finnish"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fear Gypsies dropping back a short distance (8)","output":"### Answer: ANGSTROM \n ### Explanation: Definition: short distance\nANGST (fear) + ROM[A] \u2013 the Angstrom (one-tenth of a nanometer) is named after the Swedish physicist Anders Jonas \u00c5ngstr\u00f6m"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like the origin of all solutions here, maybe a pure one (8)","output":"### Answer: EUROPEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like the origin of all solutions here\n(A PURE ONE)* \u2013 the key to the theme. Not completely accurate, as this word is not particularly \"foreign\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless protest in capital (4)","output":"### Answer: OSLO \n ### Explanation: Endless protest in capital (4)\nGO SLOW with its \"ends\" removed \u2013 Norwegian capital"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sexually fluid reporter not half cross to get trinkets (6)","output":"### Answer: BIJOUX \n ### Explanation: Definition: trinkets\nBI[-sexual] + (I presume) half of JOUrno + X (cross) \u2013 French for jewels"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Player's instruction is a grunt, rubbish on ball (7)","output":"### Answer: AGITATO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Player's instruction\nA + GI (soldier, grunt) + TAT (rubbish) + O \u2013 Italian \"agitated\", used as an instruction in music"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Officer, almost 51, about to provide pottery (8)","output":"### Answer: MAJOLICA \n ### Explanation: Definition: pottery\nMAJO[r] + LI (51) + CA (circa, about). Type of pottery, from Italian, originally spelt Maiolica (old name of Majorca)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: French writing experts start from bad track records (10)","output":"### Answer: BRAILLISTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: French writing experts\nB[ad] + [T]RAIL [L]ISTS \u2013 experts in the writing system for the blind named after the Frenchman Louis Braille"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note fake news for all to see in context (6)","output":"### Answer: MILIEU \n ### Explanation: Definition: context\nMI (note, as in do-re-m) + LIE (fake news) + U (film classification) \u2013 another French word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Film screened by Lean, director with odd post-war story (3,3,4)","output":"### Answer: THE\u00a0TIN\u00a0DRUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: post-war story\nET (film) in THIN (lean) + D[irector] + RUM (odd). Novel (originally *Die Blechtrommel*) by the German writer G\u00fcnter Grass, set in the early 1950s"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Performed musical works without opening drinks (8)","output":"### Answer: SANGRIAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: drinks\nSANG [A]RIAS \u2013 Spanish drinks"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lose rent rebuilding mezzanine (8)","output":"### Answer: ENTRESOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: mezzanine\n(LOSE RENT)* \u2013 French again"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kind of complex reference work, one on China (7)","output":"### Answer: OEDIPAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Kind of complex\nOED (Oxford English Dictionary) + I + PAL (china \u2013 rhyming slang: china plate = mate). From Greek myth"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweet pout, maintaining smiles on the outside (6)","output":"### Answer: MOUSSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sweet\nS[mile]S in MOUE (pout) \u2013 more French"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Enjoying popularity, like old colour (6)","output":"### Answer: INDIGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: colour\nIN (fashionable, enjoyong popularity) + DIG (to like) + O. Originally used in English as \"indico\", from Spanish, but it has been naturalised a long time, so a bit of a borderline case for the theme, I think"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Character's whisker, as some say? (4)","output":"### Answer: BETA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Character\nHomophone of \"beater\" (one who beats or whisks) \u2013 second letter of the Greek alpohabet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tell story, say, about Belgian city (5)","output":"### Answer: LIEGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Belgian city\nLIE (tell story) + reverse of E.G. (say)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Usually working, affirm how old one is (2,7)","output":"### Answer: ON AVERAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Usually\nON (working) + AVER AGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Form splinter group for foreign holiday (5,4)","output":"### Answer: BREAK AWAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Form splinter group\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of day saved for, that is something of a come down (5)","output":"### Answer: RAINY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sort of day saved for\nJust about a double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Support the unusual seer (7)","output":"### Answer: PROPHET \n ### Explanation: Definition: seer\nPROP (support) + THE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One away from hedge on tarmac, squashed by this inconsiderate type (4,3)","output":"### Answer: ROAD HOG \n ### Explanation: Definition: inconsiderate type\nI'm afraid I can't work this out: presumably ROAD = tarmac; do the H and G of HOG come from \"hedge\"? No doubt I'm missing something obvious"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Four regulars in pub having a joke (2,3)","output":"### Answer: IN FUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: having a joke\nAlternate letters of FoUr in INN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Criticise rhythmic chanting (3)","output":"### Answer: RAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Criticise\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scatter round record store (5)","output":"### Answer: DEPOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: store\nE.P. in DOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Non-acceptance of absurd earfuls (7)","output":"### Answer: REFUSAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Non-acceptance\nEARFULS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stressful feelings that may be on the surface (7)","output":"### Answer: TENSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stressful feelings\nDouble definition \u2013 reference to surface tension for the second"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small ringing sound is a pain (5)","output":"### Answer: STING \n ### Explanation: Definition: a pain\nS + TING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Swimmer deploying green arms (9)","output":"### Answer: MERGANSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Swimmer\n(GREEN ARMS)* \u2013 the Mergansers are a genus of ducks"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tropical country's price has one fuming aloud (5,4)","output":"### Answer: COSTA RICA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tropical country\nCOST (price) + homophone of \"a reeker\" (one smoking)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A little animal taken in island (5)","output":"### Answer: MALTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: island\nHidden in aniMAL TAken"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wonderful to maintain large rolls of flesh (4)","output":"### Answer: FLAB \n ### Explanation: Definition: rolls of flesh\nL in FAB"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Monster our team encounters upriver (8)","output":"### Answer: WEREWOLF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Monster\nWE (our team) + reverse of FLOWER (i.e. an \"up river\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make coffee an extra benefit (4)","output":"### Answer: PERK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make coffee\nDouble definition \u2013 short for \"percolate\" for coffee-making"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having trouble in this sort of bottle (3,5)","output":"### Answer: HOT WATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Having trouble in this\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wife in bed: she may need briefs (6)","output":"### Answer: LAWYER \n ### Explanation: Definition: she may need briefs\nW in LAYER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disorderly scene may come to be arranged (4,6)","output":"### Answer: BEAR\u00a0GARDEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disorderly scene\n(BE ARRANGED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like a loo to be luxurious? (6)","output":"### Answer: LAVISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: luxurious\nLAV-ISH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Raise tax (4)","output":"### Answer: LEVY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Raise\nDouble definition \u2013 though really just the same word as a verb and noun"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inquisitive-sounding monk (5)","output":"### Answer: PRIOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: monk\nHomophone of \"pryer\" (one who pries)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Worker, striking, giving a wave (4,6)","output":"### Answer: HAND\u00a0SIGNAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: a wave\nHAND (worker) + SIGNAL (unusual, striking)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Advance fare to board (3,2)","output":"### Answer: GET ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Advance\nTriple definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perpetual child's play (5,3)","output":"### Answer: PETER PAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perpetual child\nDouble definition (just about), referring to the character and the play"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A line of footwear (8)","output":"### Answer: PLIMSOLL \n ### Explanation: Definition: line\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thin female, horribly slimy (6)","output":"### Answer: FLIMSY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thin\nF + SLIMY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Awkward gait I had, it's clear (6)","output":"### Answer: LIMPID \n ### Explanation: Definition: clear\nLIMP + I'D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seeing old car kaput, initially one goes on foot (4)","output":"### Answer: SOCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: one goes on foot\nFirst letters of Seeing Old Car Kaput"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top of bill, moi! (4)","output":"### Answer: ACME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Top\nAC (account, bill) + ME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Phone from abroad: somewhere in Italy, say (4)","output":"### Answer: ROAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Phone from abroad\nHomophone of \"Rome\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King has a change of heart initially, having to trample over crusader (6,7)","output":"### Answer: KNIGHT\u00a0TEMPLAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: crusader\nKING with its heart, i.e. middle letters, reversed, + first letters of Having To, + TRAMPLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Frustrating skin defect in article (9)","output":"### Answer: THWARTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Frustrating\nWART in THING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stand in line to hear writer die as such (5)","output":"### Answer: CUBIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: die as such\nHomophone of \"queue\" plus BIC (pen, writer). A die is usually in the shape of a cube."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Religion is a bit of a growth industry (5)","output":"### Answer: HINDU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Religion\nHidden in growtH INDUstry. Chambers only defines Hindu as a follower of Hinduism, not the religion itself."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plenty in support of amalgamation (9)","output":"### Answer: PROFUSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plenty\nPRO (for, in support of) FUSION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: From the East, an aroma is emerging (7)","output":"### Answer: NASCENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: emerging\nReverse of AN + SCENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In France, you read Italian (6)","output":"### Answer: TUSCAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Italian\nTU (French \"you\") + SCAN (read)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tour Iran, plus half the planet (6)","output":"### Answer: URANUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: the planet\nThe last halves of toUR irAN plUS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Request tree-lined square borders (7)","output":"### Answer: BESEECH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Request\nS[quar]E in BEECH \u2013 I'm not sure that \"tree-lined\" can mean \"contained in a tree\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They say solver had dinner late to lose strength (9)","output":"### Answer: ATTENUATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to lose strength\nHomophone of \"at ten you ate\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turned up really loud, music essentially is pants (5)","output":"### Answer: PUFFS \n ### Explanation: Definition: pants\nReverse of UP + FF (fortissimo, very loud) + [mu]S[ic]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A number are into computers (5)","output":"### Answer: DIGIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: A number\nDIG (like, are into) + IT (Information Technology, computers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Right fuss after outrageous speed: it's criminal (9)","output":"### Answer: DESPERADO \n ### Explanation: Definition: criminal\nSPEED* + R + ADO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extremely undemocratic to interrupt the development of nearly green power generation (7,6)","output":"### Answer: NUCLEAR\u00a0ENERGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: power generation\nU[ndemocrati]C in (NEARLY POWER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keen to welcome both long and terribly grand plot for production (7,6)","output":"### Answer: KITCHEN\u00a0GARDEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: plot for production\nITCH and GRAND* inserted into KEEN in different places"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Here Ryde is an American (5)","output":"### Answer: IOWAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: American\nIOW (Isle of Wight, where the town of Ryde is) + AN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strong as Poirot? (9)","output":"### Answer: HERCULEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Strong\nDouble definition \u2013 a very easy clue, as long as know Poirot's first name is Hercule"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vessel manoeuvre: starting to go about (7)","output":"### Answer: TUGBOAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vessel\nAnagram of T[o] G[o] ABOUT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Once an island bird losing half its tail? (5)","output":"### Answer: MACAU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Once an island\nMACAW (bird) with its final double-U becoming a single U. According to the Wikipedia article on Macau, 'The peninsula was originally a separate island with hilly terrain, which gradually became a tombolo as a connecting sandbar formed over time'."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Car built to run on the ultimate in engine oil (9)","output":"### Answer: LUBRICATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: oil\n(CAR BUILT)* + [engin]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Isn't he wrong breaking into minister's residence not long ago? (6,7)","output":"### Answer: RECENT\u00a0HISTORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: not long ago\n(ISN'T HE)* in RECTORY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sticker permitted troublemaker to enter (6)","output":"### Answer: LIMPET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sticker\nIMP in LET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Calculated harm to banning e-cigarettes (9)","output":"### Answer: STRATEGIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Calculated\nAnagram of CIGARETTES less E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He sips any cocktail that's hard and fruitless (9)","output":"### Answer: SISYPHEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: hard and fruitless\n(HE SIPS ANY)* \u2013 from Sisyphus in Greek mythology, who was punished by having to push a huge boulder up a hill every day, only for it to fall down again at the end. I had to check which way round the I and Y came in the word."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Speak ill of topless Lesbian? (7)","output":"### Answer: SLANDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Speak ill of\nISLANDER (of which a Lesbian \u2013 from the island of Lesbos \u2013 is an example), less its first letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bristol sounds like a French port (6)","output":"### Answer: BREAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bristol\nHomophone of the French port Brest. Bristol (usually in the plural) is rhyming slang for breast, from \"Bristol City\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inverting upside-down explosive (5)","output":"### Answer: NITRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: explosive\nHidden in reverse of vERTINg \u2013 I got to this one late on, and was thinking I hadn't seen any of Philistine's trademark \"lift-and-separate\" clues.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Natural ability to pick up a distress signal (5)","output":"### Answer: FLAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Natural ability\nHomophone of \"flare\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Predestined, as curate was (8)","output":"### Answer: ORDAINED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Predestined\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Princess in the Emirates briefly inspiring sister (6)","output":"### Answer: URANIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: inspiring sister\nRANI (Indian princess) in UA[E]. Urania was the Muse of astronomy, one of the (many) daughters of Zeus"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mawkishness from son in returning embrace (4)","output":"### Answer: GUSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mawkishness\nS in reverse of HUG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rich patron from Benin found by police in south of France (5,5)","output":"### Answer: SUGAR\u00a0DADDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rich patron\nGARDA (Irish police) in SUD (French \"south\") + DY (code for Benin, formerly Dahomey)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pop group lodged in Cotswold mansion (3,3)","output":"### Answer: OLD MAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pop\nA \"group\" of letters hidden in cotswOLD MANsion, with the definition Pop = father"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old grottos bordering lake cut off areas of country (8)","output":"### Answer: EXCLAVES \n ### Explanation: Definition: cut off areas of country\nL in EX CAVES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very large card bringing comfort in hard times (6)","output":"### Answer: SOLACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: comfort in hard times\nSO L[arge] + ACE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unobtrusive moves by Liberal in party succeeded (6)","output":"### Answer: SLIDES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unobtrusive moves\nL in SIDE (party) + S[ucceeded]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Besides catching plenty, Evans ultimately conceded bye (6-2)","output":"### Answer: TOODLE-OO \n ### Explanation: Definition: bye\nOODLES less the last letter of evanS, in TOO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contrary forces rapidly covering a huge distance (6)","output":"### Answer: PARSEC \n ### Explanation: Definition: a huge distance\nHidden in reverse of forCES RAPidly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good-looking six-footer foolishly married short lady (3,7)","output":"### Answer: RED\u00a0ADMIRAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Good-looking six-footer\nAnagram of MARRIED LAD[y]. Six-footer for insect is a regular setter's trick"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Britten primarily a children's composer? (4)","output":"### Answer: BACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: composer\nB[ritten] + A CH[ildren]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A female halting, deeply aroused (6)","output":"### Answer: AFLAME \n ### Explanation: Definition: deeply aroused\nA F LAME (halt = to limp or be lame)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prominent Victorian dancing ladies, one entertaining Queen (8)","output":"### Answer: DISRAELI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prominent Victorian\nR in LADIES* + I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pesters travellers on vacation touring Russian capital (8)","output":"### Answer: TROUBLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pesters\nROUBLE (Russian money = \"capital\") in \"vacated\" T[raveller]S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cruel Romeo's jilted Mary Jane (4)","output":"### Answer: HASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mary Jane\nHARSH less R \u2013 Mary Jane is slang for marijuana"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blameless conduct arising under universal agreement? (6)","output":"### Answer: UNISON \n ### Explanation: Definition: agreement\nU + reverse of NO SIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: RC burial conducted as per official rites (8)","output":"### Answer: RUBRICAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: as per official rites\n(RC BURIAL)* \u2013 coincidentally following RUBRIC in yesterday's Imogen"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Monk with smoother cloak, allegedly survivor of fire (10)","output":"### Answer: SALAMANDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: allegedly survivor of fire\nLAMA (monk) in SANDER (a \"smoother\") \u2013 salamanders were once believed to be able to survive and extinguish fire"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Overcharge to spend a penny (old currency not new) (6)","output":"### Answer: DIDDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Overcharge\nPIDDLE (urinate, spend a penny) with the new penny P changed to the old D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Level for one river entering north-western estuary (6)","output":"### Answer: DEGREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Level\nEG (for one) + R in DEE (river & estuary in NW England)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plays sensationalised madam's role perhaps (10)","output":"### Answer: MELODRAMAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plays sensationalised\n(MADAM'S ROLE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mark boards to form a West Country speciality (5,3)","output":"### Answer: CREAM TEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: West Country speciality\nM[ark] in (i.e. \"boarding\") CREATE A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Curb coterie from which specialised units develop (4,4)","output":"### Answer: STEM CELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: from which specialised units develop\nSTEM (curb) + CELL (coterie)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passionate little Dickensian changes ends (6)","output":"### Answer: TORRID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Passionate\n[Little] DORRIT with the outer letters interchanged"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Special person leaving? (3-3)","output":"### Answer: ONE-OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Special\nONE (person) + OFF (leaving, as in \"I'm off\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: European buff (6)","output":"### Answer: POLISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: European\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drop live commercial (4)","output":"### Answer: BEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drop\nBE (to live) + AD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scary witch characters regularly avoided \u2013 one may be bowed (5)","output":"### Answer: CRWTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: one may be bowed\nAlternate letters of sCaRy WiTch \u2013 an easy clue for what would be an implausible spelling except for it being a Welsh word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Married CEO consuming high tea? (5)","output":"### Answer: MATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Married\nTEA* in MD (managing director \u2013 perhaps not exactly the same as a CEO, but close enough?)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nurse with copper put in sticky stuff, medicinal resin (8)","output":"### Answer: GUAIACUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: medicinal resin\nAIA (Indian nursemaid \u2013 more usually seen as \"ayah\") + CU in GUM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A cart \u2013 with it trundled around like steppe-dwellers (7)","output":"### Answer: TATARIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: like steppe-dwellers\nAnagram of A CART + IT \u2013 the steppe-dwellers are Tatars"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chairman from Spain accepted by Fleet Street? (6)","output":"### Answer: PRESES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chairman\nE in PRESS \u2013 preses for chairman is related to \"preside\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: College head admits out-and-out tendency to flip (9)","output":"### Answer: CRANKNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: tendency to flip\nRANK (out-and-out) in C[ollege] + NESS (head, geographically) \u2013 this is from crank (adj.) = \"liable to capsize\", so not, as I thought at first, a variant of \"crankiness\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's central to one's policy, and nothing else (5)","output":"### Answer: HINGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's central to one's policy\nCentral letters of notHIN GElse"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cast that's peevish given attention (8)","output":"### Answer: CROSS-EYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cast\nCROSS + EYE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moles deviously trapped in garden? That was sound (8)","output":"### Answer: HOLESOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: That was sound\nMOLES* in HOE \u2013 Spenserian spelling of \"wholesome\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jimmy given regular space to measure casual wear (5)","output":"### Answer: JEANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: casual wear\nEN (space, in typography) inserted regularly into JAS (James = Jimmy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small bouncer showing huff in awkward matter (9)","output":"### Answer: TRAMPETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small bouncer\nPET (temper, huff) in MATTER. It's a small trampoline"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wine container can, almost open but not closed (6)","output":"### Answer: TINAJA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wine container\nTIN (can) + AJA[R]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wider eddies circling running water lost energy (7)","output":"### Answer: WEARIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: lost energy\nEA (a river( in WIDER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Roman Cato lambasted dismissing a Caesar maybe (8)","output":"### Answer: MONOCRAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Caesar maybe\nAnagram of ROMAN CATO less one A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foreign script shown by a single vellum, but not on edging? (5)","output":"### Answer: NESKI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Foreign script\n[O]NE SKI[N]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Any round stone one's turned over, aspiring to be creative (5)","output":"### Answer: ARTSY \n ### Explanation: Definition: aspiring to be creative\nReverse of ST in ARY (any)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Caught lilting chant about old serf? It's played with hands (11)","output":"### Answer: CATCH-THE-TEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's played with hands\nC + THETE (serf) in CHANT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like enthusiastic Ibrox fans, sounding like a Stewart? (6)","output":"### Answer: ROARIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like enthusiastic Ibrox fans\nHomophone of Rory [Stewart], formerly a Conservative MP, now independent since Boris Johnson's purge of 21 MPs who voted against the Government"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ancient curse dominating early part of Tannh\u00e4user (for Wagner's character) (5)","output":"### Answer: WOTAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wagner's character\nWO (old form of woe = curse) + TAN \u2013 rather vague by Azed's standards for \"early part of Tannh\u00e4user\". Wotan (a German version of the name Odin) is the king of the gods in Wagner's Ring cycle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small heraldic band having complexity round radius (7)","output":"### Answer: TRANGLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Small heraldic band\nR in TANGLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shakespearean director wanting RU team in Madrid? (6)","output":"### Answer: QUINCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shakespearean director\nQUINCE is Spanish for 15, the number of players in a Rugby union team; and Peter Quince directs the Mechanicals' play in *A Midsummer Night's Dream"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Club wastes away, cutting rates (4)","output":"### Answer: MACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Club\nMACE[RATES]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One over-keen on the drink has a swim with nothing on (5)","output":"### Answer: DIPSO \n ### Explanation: Definition: One over-keen on the drink\nDIPS (swims) + O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant family, one with odd features of cherry (4)","output":"### Answer: ACER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant family\nA + alternate letters of ChErRy. Acer is the Maple genus"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Society in the US paraded unrestrainedly in Indian silk (6)","output":"### Answer: TUSSEH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Indian silk\nS in (THE US)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Polish, weird, introducing former German currency shortly (5)","output":"### Answer: EMERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Polish\nM[ark] in EERY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Thus you may see dry seed slip all over the place (11)","output":"### Answer: DISPERSEDLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Thus you may see dry seed slip all over the place\n(DRY SEED SLIP)* &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Director modified set before run (7)","output":"### Answer: STEERER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Director\nSET* + ERE R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plains? Special follows just after the lot coming up (6)","output":"### Answer: LLANOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plains\nReverse of S[pecial] ON (just after) + ALL (the lot)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like victim of Heracles, one topped with shaggy mane (6)","output":"### Answer: NEMEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like victim of Heracles\nONE \"topped\", i.e. less its first letter + MANE*. I originally thought Azed had slipped up here, intending MANE* + AN. Killing the Nemean Lion was the first of the Labours of Heracles (aka Hercules)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Logs, number among chopped trees (6)","output":"### Answer: ENTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Logs\nN in TREES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Corded bead: Jamie cuts one hollowed out (5)","output":"### Answer: OJIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Corded bead\nAnother \"ONE\", this time \"hollowed out\" and containing another variant of James, namely JIM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spinach run out (short)? Cooks snip this maybe (5)","output":"### Answer: ORACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: this\nComposite anagram &lit: (SNIP ORACH)* = SPINACH + RO (cricketing abbreviation for \"run out\"); orach is \"sometimes used as Spinach is"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drunk rolled over in a bit of a kip, leaning somewhat (5)","output":"### Answer: ATILT \n ### Explanation: Definition: leaning somewhat\nReverse of LIT (drunk) in AT (Laotian money, one-hundredth of a kip)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fill tank till spilling out for Scottish sheep-pen (4)","output":"### Answer: FANK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scottish sheep-pen\nFILL TANK less TILL*. I learned this word many years ago through my Scottish sheep-farming stepfather"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Behind sound of Irish song, London initially put out (8)","output":"### Answer: DERRIERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Behind\nHomophone of \"[London]derry Air\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English are heard repeatedly admitting old mistake (5)","output":"### Answer: ERROR \n ### Explanation: Definition: mistake\nE + O in 3 times R (homophone of \"are\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some industriousness is needed for today's theme, for instance (4)","output":"### Answer: TRIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: today's theme, for instance\nHidden in indusTRIOusness"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Interpreted, we hear, sign that woman's married? Misleading clue! (3,7)","output":"### Answer: RED\u00a0HERRING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Misleading clue\nYet another homophone, of \"read\" (interpreted) + HER RING (which may show a woman is married)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Corrupt dealer has something worn at table hiding king and queen (6)","output":"### Answer: BRIBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Corrupt dealer\nR (king) in BIB + ER (the Queen)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: School backed legal action \u2014 there's usually money in it (8)","output":"### Answer: NOTECASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: there's usually money in it\nReverse of ETON (school) + CASE (legal action)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tenacious pursuer's blunder, entering bank (7)","output":"### Answer: TERRIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tenacious pursuer\nERR (to blunder) in TIER (bank)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Source of marble artists placed on vehicle (7)","output":"### Answer: CARRARA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Source of marble\nCAR (vehicle) + twice RA (artist). Carrara is an Italian city famous for its marble"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More stylish going over line, one who finishes nicely? (8)","output":"### Answer: POLISHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one who finishes nicely\nL I in POSHER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Use fan improperly, creating hazard (6)","output":"### Answer: UNSAFE \n ### Explanation: Definition: creating hazard\n(USE FAN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reckoning that I must be involved with crime (10)","output":"### Answer: ARITHMETIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reckoning\n(THAT I CRIME)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: British educational foundation's reaction to freeze? (4)","output":"### Answer: BRRR \n ### Explanation: Definition: reaction to freeze\nB + RRR (the 3 Rs, supposedly the foundation of education)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In summer are roasts not cooked as much? (5)","output":"### Answer: RARER \n ### Explanation: Definition: not cooked as much\nHidden in summeR ARE Roasts"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More like canal boat, quickly moved around with oar (8)","output":"### Answer: NARROWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: More like canal boat\nReverse of RAN quicly moved) + ROWER (oar). Canal boats are often called narrowboats"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Confused restorer turned back (8)","output":"### Answer: RETRORSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: turned back\nRESTORER* \u2013 retrorse is used in biology to describe something bent backward or downward"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vigour from writer after change of heart (4)","output":"### Answer: BRIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vigour\nBIRO (pen, writer) with its \"heart\" reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dread it disappearing from territory no end (6)","output":"### Answer: TERROR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dread\nTERRITORY less IT and its last letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being a student in university city (7)","output":"### Answer: READING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Being a student\nDouble definition, though in fact Reading (Berkshire) is not a city. There are several US cities called Reading, so by separating \"university\" and \"city\" you could read it as a triple definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Detain me improperly, making problem for head (8)","output":"### Answer: DEMENTIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: problem for head\n(DETAIN ME)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eg tapes in advance piano note repeated on strings (3-7)","output":"### Answer: PRE\u2011RECORDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Eg tapes in advance\nP[iano] + RE + RE (notes) + CORDS (strings)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Managed university in America, part of the system we're in (6)","output":"### Answer: URANUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of the system we're in\nRAN U in US. Uranus is part of the Solar System"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Defenders sometimes put obstructions across street (10)","output":"### Answer: BARRISTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Defenders sometimes\nST[reet] in BARRIERS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They yield short-term interest, showing edge in record time (8)","output":"### Answer: EPHEMERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: They yield short-term interest\nHEM (edge) in EP (record) + ERA (time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Concerning previous person trying to fix things (8)","output":"### Answer: REFORMER \n ### Explanation: Definition: person trying to fix things\nRE (concerning) + FORMER (previous)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Making corrections in speech or text (7)","output":"### Answer: WRITING \n ### Explanation: Definition: text\nHomophone of \"righting\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unknown to mathematicians, supporting awful 9 in astronomical model (6)","output":"### Answer: ORRERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: astronomical model\nAnagram of ERROR (answer to 9a) + Y (mathematical unknown). An orrery is a mechanical model of the Solar System"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Open bottle containing a French port (6)","output":"### Answer: UNCORK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Open bottle\nUN (French \"a\") + CORK (Irish port). \"Containing\" in the sense \"consisting of\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A piece of 4 or 19 youth's not completed satisfactorily (4)","output":"### Answer: BOOK \n ### Explanation: Definition: A piece of 4 or 19\nAn uncompleted BO[y] + OK (satisfactorily, as in \"it worked OK\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Travelling people after a bouquet (5)","output":"### Answer: AROMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: bouquet\nA + ROMA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweat embarrassingly in a tuxedo? (9)","output":"### Answer: EXUDATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sweat\n(IN A TUXEDO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Conservative party member demanding vessel (9)","output":"### Answer: HARDLINER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Conservative party member\nHARD (demanding) + LINER (vessel). The definition refers to a conservative member of a party rather than a member of the Conservative party"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mad freebooter relinquishing power (5)","output":"### Answer: IRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mad\nPIRATE less P"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mate in Sydney holding large hammer (7)","output":"### Answer: CLOBBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: hammer\nL in COBBER. Do Australians still call each other \"cobber\"? Did they ever?"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stray has accommodation in which there's no time to relax (7)","output":"### Answer: DIGRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stray\nREST less T in DIGS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pick up article in valley (5)","output":"### Answer: GLEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pick up\nA (indefinite article) in GLEN (valley, usually in Scotland)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clutch component, say, coming closer (3)","output":"### Answer: EGG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clutch component\nE.G. (Say) + the \"closer\" of cominG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King of Mercia primarily laying waste (5)","output":"### Answer: OFFAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: waste\nOFFA (King of Mercia 757-796, famous for his dyke) + L[aying]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Determination to complete the crossword again? (7)","output":"### Answer: RESOLVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Determination\nRE-SOLVE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Missionary position in middle of Wales (7)","output":"### Answer: APOSTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Missionary\nPOST (position) in [w]ALE[s]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fiddle with French car that's dropping back (5)","output":"### Answer: FRAUD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fiddle\nFR + AUD[I]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beginners from Oxford University set off in boat (9)","output":"### Answer: OUTRIGGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: boat\nFirst letters of Oxford University + TRIGGER (set off)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cast is so grand for directors (4,5)","output":"### Answer: ROAD SIGNS \n ### Explanation: Definition: directors\n(IS SO GRAND)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attentive dealer taking part (5)","output":"### Answer: ALERT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Attentive\nPart of, i.e. hidden in, deALER Taking"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party for 13 across (4)","output":"### Answer: BASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Party\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Golf match involving more of us (8)","output":"### Answer: FOURSOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Golf match\n(MORE OF US)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fit, we hear, for a drop of the hard stuff? (4)","output":"### Answer: HAIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: a drop of the hard stuff\nHomophone of \"hale\" (fit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ewe turns out to be supplier of milk (3,5)","output":"### Answer: WET NURSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: supplier of milk\n(EWE TURNS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rotten place requiring short journey (6)","output":"### Answer: PUTRID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rotten\nPUT (to place) + RID[E]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gung-ho gunners encircle country in Africa (6,2,2)","output":"### Answer: RARING\u00a0TO\u00a0GO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gung-ho\nRA (Royal Artillery, funners + RING + TOGO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Angry outburst from one stuck in traffic (6)","output":"### Answer: TIRADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Angry outburst\nI in TRADE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old queen with no love for a new one (4)","output":"### Answer: ANNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old queen\nA + N + ONE less O (zero, love)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 26 down, say, holding Joe up in Havana? (5)","output":"### Answer: CIGAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Havana\nReverse of GI in CAR (of which a Ford is an example)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Land makes outlaw happy and he's reformed (10)","output":"### Answer: BANGLADESH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Land\nBAN + GLAD + HES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 3 for Roman healer (5)","output":"### Answer: SALVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 3 for Roman\nDouble definition \u2013 it's Latin for \"hail \" or \"welcome\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Titanic female at sea, as gent is (8)","output":"### Answer: GIANTESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Titanic female\n(AS GENT IS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Corpulent guide, terribly weary (8)","output":"### Answer: FATIGUED \n ### Explanation: Definition: weary\nFAT +GUIDE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Central bank supporting false medicine man (6)","output":"### Answer: SHAMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: medicine man\nSHAM (false) + [b]AN[k]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One hug, possibly as good as a feast? (6)","output":"### Answer: ENOUGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: as good as a feast\n(ONE HUG)*, referring tp the saying \"enough is as good as a feast\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where one goes from bank to bank to get a bit of dosh (4)","output":"### Answer: FORD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where one goes from bank to bank\nFOR (to get, as in \"I'm going to the shops for milk\") + D[osh]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: My word is annoying you at first (1,3)","output":"### Answer: I SAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: My word\nIS + first letters of Annoying You"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Legal documents, reportedly, for Swiss hotelier (4)","output":"### Answer: RITZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: Swiss hotelier\nHomophone if \"writs\". The Ritz hotels in Paris and London were set up by C\u00e9sar Ritz, who was born in Switzerland"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leafstalk trailing river duck (7)","output":"### Answer: POCHARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: duck\nPO (Italian river) + CHARD (vegetable with edible stalks)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Self-important holy one's going after fair return (7)","output":"### Answer: POMPOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Self-important\nReverse of MOP (dialect word for a hiring fair) + PIOUS less I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Talk arrogantly to others from an illusory mount? (3,2,4,4,5)","output":"### Answer: GET ON ONE\u2019S HIGH HORSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Talk arrogantly to others from an illusory mount\nJust a rather long-winded cryptic definition, I think"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Motion was altered drastically to cover gold (9)","output":"### Answer: LAUREATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Motion was\nAU in ALTERED* \u2013 reference to Andrew Motion, former Poet Laureate"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Marker makes toenail red (10)","output":"### Answer: DELINEATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Marker\n(TOENAIL RED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pepper restricted by winter's perseverance (11)","output":"### Answer: INTERSPERSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pepper\nHidden in wINTER'S PERSEverance"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One form of ancient hut not in tune with Sartre's philosophy? (11)","output":"### Answer: INAUTHENTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: not in tune with Sartre's philosophy\nI + (ANCIENT HUT)* \u2013 authenticity is the \"primary virtue\" of Existentialism, associated with Jean-Paul Sartre"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Refusing to change opinion of university, Wayne Slob, a mess, drops round (10)","output":"### Answer: UNSWAYABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Refusing to change opinion\nAnagram of U + WAYNE SLOB, less \"O\". For those not familiar with the name, Wayne Slob is a character portrayed by Harry Enfield"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One supplying air when tennis player gets colour back (9)","output":"### Answer: SERENADER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One supplying air\nSERENA (Williams) + reverse of RED, with the \"air\" being a song"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Call up the day before about ball and whip (7)","output":"### Answer: EVOCATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Call up\nO (ball) + CAT (whip) in EVE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Case of senior overcome by auditorium (7)","output":"### Answer: HOLDALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Case\nOLD in HALL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A party opening up a temple (6)","output":"### Answer: PAGODA \n ### Explanation: Definition: a temple\nReverse of A DO GAP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Swimmer dislodges top from sink (6)","output":"### Answer: CUTTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Swimmer\n[S]CUTTLE \u2013 the creature (a mollusc) more commonly known as the cuttlefish, the source of both cuttlebone and the pigment sepia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Declare sadly a tunic's been appropriated by old queen (10)","output":"### Answer: ANNUNCIATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Declare\n(A TUNIC)* in [Queen] ANNE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party line taken with state dish (5)","output":"### Answer: DOLMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: dish\nDO + L + MA (Massachusetts). Dolma is a family of stuffed dishes, often seen (as Dolmades) in Greek cuisine as stuffed vine leaves"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: God starts to create really awful, terrifyingly rich man (9)","output":"### Answer: PLUTOCRAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: rich man\nPLUTO (god) + first letters of Create Really Awful Terrifyingly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look out, Emin! (4)","output":"### Answer: MIEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Look\nEMIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Whipped a tycoon boxing king of 8 (8)","output":"### Answer: OCTONARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: of 8\nR in (A TYCOON)* \u2013 itn means relating to the number eight, not a cross-reference to 8d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dodge's wings and favoured elevation (8)","output":"### Answer: SIDESTEP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dodge\nSIDES (wings) + reverse of PET (favoured)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Happy with coral being destroyed without proper backing (10)","output":"### Answer: APOCRYPHAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: without proper backing\n(HAPPY CORAL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Draw with articulated flatline textile process (3-3-3)","output":"### Answer: TIE-AND-DYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: textile process\nTIE (draw, in sports) + AND (with) + homophone of \"die\" (to flatline)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Be a tourist with sense to understand (8)","output":"### Answer: SIGHTSEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Be a tourist\nSIGHT (sense) + SEE (understand)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go out with Anorak Joey? (8)","output":"### Answer: KANGAROO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Joey\n(GO ANORAK)* \u2013 a joey is a young kangaroo"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Peninsula of African country with no western boundary (6)","output":"### Answer: IBERIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Peninsula\nLIBERIA less its first or \"western\" letter. Some might complain that it's the northern boundary in a down clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tasteless Taming of Shrew (5)","output":"### Answer: WERSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tasteless\nSHREW \u2013 Scots word for tasteless or insipid: probably unfamiliar to many, but \"it couldb't be anything else\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Classic book author's 12-month record about the rise of a Sussex town (4,6)","output":"### Answer: ANNA SEWELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Classic book author\nReverse of LEWES (Sussex town) in ANNAL. Naturally I spent some time looking for a book rather than its author (the book referred to is of course *Black Beauty *)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Radar not working to pin down one Aussie convoy (4,5)","output":"### Answer: ROAD TRAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Aussie convoy\nI in (RADAR NOT)*. A road train consists of a number of trailers pulled by a single \"engine\", so I'm not sure it can really be described as a convoy, which consists of multiple vehicles"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fabulous bird takes hour to eat a fish (5)","output":"### Answer: ROACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: fish\nA in ROC + H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Female? No! (4,3)","output":"### Answer: IRON MAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Female? No\nFemale = Fe + male = IRON (chimical symbol) + MAN, &lit (though women do take part in Ironman events)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They emphasise it's about a girl, mostly (7)","output":"### Answer: ITALICS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They emphasise\nALIC[E] in IT'S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Manage to miss ex-PM turning back to wave (5)","output":"### Answer: EVADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Manage to miss\nReverse of DAVE (as David Cameron supposedly asked to be called) + the \"back\" letter of wavE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stoutness of daughter one embraces after decline (9)","output":"### Answer: ROTUNDITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stoutness\nROT (decine) + D in UNITY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's drunk, awake: knowing one should drink less? (6-9)","output":"### Answer: HEALTH\u2011CONSCIOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: knowing one should drink less\nHEALTH (as in drink someone's health) + CONSCIOUS (awake)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In the event, where John Paul II might have been laid to rest? (4,5)","output":"### Answer: POLE VAULT \n ### Explanation: Definition: event\nDouble definition \u2013 John Paul II was famously the \"Polish Pope\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In rubber, move stealthily, advancing quietly (5)","output":"### Answer: CREPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: rubber\nCREEP with the P (piano, quietly) advanced, i.e. moved nearer the start"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: His marvellous royal eggs regularly sent over (7)","output":"### Answer: FABERGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: His marvellous royal eggs regularly sent over\nFAB (marvellous) + ER (he Queen, a \"royal\") + reverse of EgGs, &lit, with reference to Faberg\u00e9 eggs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ungenerous to be left in wretchedness (7)","output":"### Answer: MISERLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ungenerous\nL in MISERY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Breakdown finally in short journey: getting AA (5)","output":"### Answer: MILNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: AA\n[breakdow]N in MILE, to give the creator of Winne The Pooh et al"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reference works from which man copied wrongly (9)","output":"### Answer: COMPENDIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reference works\n(MAN COPIED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pleasure craft, one that could launch a missile? (6,4)","output":"### Answer: CRUISE SHIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pleasure craft\nDouble definition, with reference to Cruise missiles"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keep silent, then hurried up with a goodbye (8)","output":"### Answer: SAYONARA \n ### Explanation: Definition: goodbye\nSAY 0 (keep silient) + reverse of RAN + A. Japanese word for goodbye, literally meaning \"if that's the way it is\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Block son taking my turn in match (6)","output":"### Answer: STYMIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Block\nS + reverse of MY in TIE (e.g. a football match, as in cup tie)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man and wife accepted by god (4)","output":"### Answer: PAWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Man\nW in PAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vague hunch about policeman (10)","output":"### Answer: INDISTINCT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vague\nDI (Detective Inspector) in INSTINCT (hunch)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Work out anagram to get cold drink (8)","output":"### Answer: ARMAGNAC \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\nAnagram of ANAGRAM + C"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Area gets diluted covering before I paste (6)","output":"### Answer: TAHINI \n ### Explanation: Definition: paste\nA[rea] in THIN + I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rich husband you seek? Look first for a Welshman (4)","output":"### Answer: RHYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Welshman\nFirst letters of Rich Husband You Seek"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: From sports ground, secured criminal is to break out again (10)","output":"### Answer: RECRUDESCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: break out again\nREC (sports ground) + SECURED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In the past ate rye doubly cooked, grabbing seconds (10)","output":"### Answer: YESTERYEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: the past\nS in anagram of ATE RYE RYE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Overtax salaried man, not a landlord (8)","output":"### Answer: TAVERNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: landlord\nReverse of VAT (\"over tax\") + EARNER less A \u2013 landlord in the sense of one who keeps a pub"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put aside exhausted horse (8)","output":"### Answer: OVERRODE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put aside\nIf you OVER-RODE a horse then you may have exhausted it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unstable California city's anger (6)","output":"### Answer: LABILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unstable\nL[os] A[ngeles] + BILE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pamper commander's circle (6)","output":"### Answer: COSSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pamper\nCO'S SET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In coal, say, endless money \u2014 and smoke (4)","output":"### Answer: FUME \n ### Explanation: Definition: smoke\nM[oney] in endless FUE[L]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Selfish clamour that's passed non-genetically? (4)","output":"### Answer: MEME \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's passed non-genetically\nThe selfish clamour is people crying \"me! me!\". The word meme was coined by Richard Dawkins to describe ideas etc passed between people in a way analogous to the transfer of genes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of foot stumped English player, initially batting first (6)","output":"### Answer: INSTEP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of foot\nIN (batting) + ST[umped] + E + P[layer]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Judge film \u2014 British want something extremely dark (3,5)","output":"### Answer: JET BLACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: extremely dark\nJ[udge] + ET (film) + B + LACK (want something)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tail of this one concerning, going over back of body (8)","output":"### Answer: SCORPION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tail of this one concerning, going over back of body\nLast letter (tail) of thiS + CORPS (body) with its \"back\" replaced by I ON (concerning) &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant in America around spies (6)","output":"### Answer: ACACIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant\nA + CA (corca, around) + CIA (spies)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Signs of growth in tax records (7,5)","output":"### Answer: STRETCH MARKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Signs of growth\nSTRETCH (to tax) + MARKS (records)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ace place to go for Indian food (4)","output":"### Answer: ALOO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Indian food\nA + LOO (toilet, a place to \"go\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One is fired: character to get sack (3,5)","output":"### Answer: AIR RIFLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One is fired\nAIR (character) + RIFLE (to sack)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Large bunches of bananas over us (8)","output":"### Answer: HANDSOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Large\nHANDS (bunches of bananas) + O[ver] + ME (=us, as in \"give us a kiss\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prepare to leave group (4)","output":"### Answer: PACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prepare to leave\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Try that Viagra, mostly while worried about sex (4,2,1,5)","output":"### Answer: GIVE IT A WHIRL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Try that\nIT (sex) in anagram of VIAGR[a] WHILE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Measure and cook herb (6)","output":"### Answer: DOSAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Measure\nDO (cook) SAGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Salesperson returning city gentleman's payback (8)","output":"### Answer: REPRISAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: payback\nREP (salesperson) + reverse of L[os] A[ngeles] + SIR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Harmful stuff when former footballer so drunk (8)","output":"### Answer: ASBESTOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Harmful stuff\nAS + [George] BEST + \"anagram\" of SO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drop sign having changed hands (6)","output":"### Answer: CANCEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drop\nCANCER (astrological sign) with R changed to L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Can do (4)","output":"### Answer: NICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Can\nDouble definition \u2013 nick=can=prison for the first; for the second, Chambers gives \"to defraud\" (i.e. to \"do\") as a meaning of NICK: perhaps slightly obscure, but it makes for a nicely terse clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dawn French very hot inside reserve (9)","output":"### Answer: THRESHOLD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dawn\nH[ot] in TRES (French \"very\") + HOLD (to reserve)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Morgan, when entertaining live, is a tool (6)","output":"### Answer: PLIERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: a tool\nL (live) in PIERS (Morgan, journalist), with maybe some commentary in the surface.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dad going out with hat, worn jeans and old jumper (8,7)","output":"### Answer: JONATHAN\u00a0EDWARDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: old jumper\nAnagram of DAD HAT WORN JEANS, giving the former Olympic triple jumper"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Long to run into class that's coming up? Do they? (8)","output":"### Answer: TEACHERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: they\nACHE (to long) + R in reverse of SET, with an &littish definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One male, totally revolting animal that might spit at you? (5)","output":"### Answer: LLAMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: animal that might spit at you\nReverse of A M ALL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Release for women with it? Primarily kiss fellow with tongue (5,5)","output":"### Answer: CHICK FLICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Release for women\nCHIC (fashionable, with it) + K[iss] + F + LICK \u2013 \"release\" in the sense of a cinema release"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supply, eg oil? No, USA is rich in oil (10)","output":"### Answer: OLEAGINOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: rich in oil\n(EG OIL NO USA)* with \"supply\" meaning \"in a supple way\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drive and change oil in sump (9)","output":"### Answer: IMPULSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drive\n(OIL IN SUMP)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Support for member to pay balance (8)","output":"### Answer: FOOTREST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Support for member\nFOOT (pay, as in foot the bill) + REST (balance, remainder)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Personal feature of writer covering current work (6)","output":"### Answer: BIOPIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Personal feature\nI (electric current) + OP (work) in BIC (pen, writer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bottoms of wee babies are turned over for wipe (5)","output":"### Answer: ERASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: wipe\nReverse of [we]E [babie]S ARE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink up Earl Grey (4)","output":"### Answer: PALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grey\nReverse of LAP + E[arl]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pudding where we'd expect to see tea, it's said (6)","output":"### Answer: AFTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pudding\nWe have to take a homohone of \"tea\" to get the letter T, which comes AFTER S in the alphabet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What some solicitors do on hearing a charge (6)","output":"### Answer: ACCOST \n ### Explanation: Definition: What some solicitors do\nHomophone of \"a cost\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lady from Lisbon hears no evil (7)","output":"### Answer: SENHORA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lady from Lisbon\n(HEARS NO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most equable ladies regularly appearing in film (7)","output":"### Answer: MILDEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most equable\nAlternate letters of LaDiEs in MIST (film)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Putting self-portrait on display, bashfully (7,4,4)","output":"### Answer: HANGING\u00a0ONE\u2019S\u00a0HEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Putting self-portrait on display, bashfully\nCryptic\/double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Skip university in pursuit of love (4)","output":"### Answer: OMIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Skip\nO (zero, love) + MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Patriots withdrawing singular honour for Hollywood legend? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: STAN LAUREL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hollywood legend\nReverse of NATS (nationalists, patriots) + LAUREL (perhaps more often seen as a plural when referring to honours, as in \"rest one one's laurels\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: French madame and monsieur have words before ceremony (10)","output":"### Answer: MARGUERITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: French madame\nM[onsieur] + ARGUE + RITE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boat from south Jersey or Guernsey? (4)","output":"### Answer: SCOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boat\nS + COW (Jersey and Guernsey are breeds of cattle)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gather where beaver's seen and weather the storm (4,2,2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: TAKE IT ON THE CHIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: weather the storm\nTAKE IT (to gather) + ON THE CHIN (a beaver is a beard \u2013 in this sense from from French *bavi\u00e8re* meaning a child's bib, not the animal)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nurses treated current stabbing early in the day (7)","output":"### Answer: SUNRISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: early in the day\nI (electric current) in NURSES* \u2013 perhaps slightly unfortunate wording in view of the recent events in London"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sailor looking fatigued aboard, running back and forth (7)","output":"### Answer: ONWARDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: forth\nReverse of DRAWN (looking fatigued) in O[rdinary] S[eaman]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Playwright once releasing book to be grabbed by males ready for casting? (6)","output":"### Answer: MOLTEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: ready for casting\n[B]OLT (Robert Bolt, whose plays include *A Man For All Seasons*) in MEN \u2013 the definition refers to the casting of metal"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Judge from Spain comes across the wrong way (6)","output":"### Answer: ESTEEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Judge\nE (Spain) + reverse of MEETS (comes across)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One furnishes capital home with more elaborate fencing (9)","output":"### Answer: FINANCIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One furnishes capital\nIN ([at] home) in FANCIER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Allude to trapping beast coming up from foreign parts (6)","output":"### Answer: EXOTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: from foreign parts\nReverse of (OX in CITE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Take out child, heading off after school on vacation (9)","output":"### Answer: SLAUGHTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Take out\nS[choo]L (i.e. \"vacated\") + [D]AUGHTER, with \"take out\" being slang for \"kill\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Democrat moving in to make changes for promoters (5)","output":"### Answer: ADMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: promoters\nAMEND (make change) with the D relocated; Chambers gives this as both a single word and hyphenated"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Merry monarch's order for salad? (8)","output":"### Answer: COLESLAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: salad\nCOLE'S (Old King Cole was a merry old soul) + LAW (order)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Countryman to consider keeping wife and daughter apart (5)","output":"### Answer: SWEDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Countryman\nW and D separately in SEE (consider)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Young peers happily sharing a mistress? (11)","output":"### Answer: SCHOOLMATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Young peers happily sharing a mistress\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Result of making mini bats for children's game? (11)","output":"### Answer: TIDDLYWINKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: children's game\nBatting your eyelids leads to a wink, so if the bats were \"mini\" you might get TIDDLY (small) WINKS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Uneasy and unready to receive, getting out (3,2,4)","output":"### Answer: NOT AT HOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Uneasy\nI think this is a triple definition: to be at home with something is to be comfortable with it, so uneasy would be the opposite; the next two literally refer to being not at home"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Careers madly round house for something to put shirt on? (9)","output":"### Answer: RACEHORSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: something to put shirt on\nHO in CAREERS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Breed of dog, one lean aggressive type (8)","output":"### Answer: PUGILIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: aggressive type\nPUG + I + LIST (to lean)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird going up rubbish heap gets very little to eat (6)","output":"### Answer: PEEWIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bird\nReverse of WEE (very little) in TIP (rubbish heap)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Japanese art, complete with fine raised frame (5)","output":"### Answer: KENDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Japanese art\nEND (to complete) in reverse of OK (fine); Kendo is a Japanese martial art that uses bamboo swords"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eastern firm set up by an Indian, perhaps (5)","output":"### Answer: OCEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Indian, perhaps\nReverse of (E CO) + AN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Does for college taking meals round (8)","output":"### Answer: SCUPPERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Does for\nC[ollege] in SUPPERS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What Jock would call humble, taking English in college (5)","output":"### Answer: POLEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: What Jock would call humble\nE[nglish] in POLY (i.e. polytechnic, college \u2013 strange to have this twice in consecutive clues); poley and humble both mean \"hornless\" (of cattle), with humble being a Scotticism"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mixed up, so extra antidepressant required (7)","output":"### Answer: SEROXAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: antidepressant\n(SO EXTRA)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Folds in damask curtains partly drawn back (5)","output":"### Answer: RUCKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Folds\nHidden in reverse of damaSK CURtains"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man e.g. given time inside showing fibre (5)","output":"### Answer: ISTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fibre\nT in ISLE (of Man)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like worthless demoiselle? One is clothed in purple (8)","output":"### Answer: MAUVAISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like worthless demoiselle\nA IS in MAUVE \u2013 feminine version of the French word for bad, worthless"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In a corner round piece of Hepplewhite is giving impression of depth (6)","output":"### Answer: THREE-D \n ### Explanation: Definition: giving impression of depth\nH in TREED (cornered)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alley pub attracting set round (6)","output":"### Answer: GINNEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Alley\nINN in GEL \u2013 meaning an alleyway between houses; one of those words that are highly region-dependent: alternatives are snicket and ennog"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mosquito maybe making one swerve a little way (8)","output":"### Answer: WARPLANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mosquito maybe\nWARP (to swerve) + LANE (a \"little way\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One landing fish in port wandering round Exeter once (8)","output":"### Answer: PISCATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: One landing fish\nISCA (Roman name for what is now Exeter, in full Isca Dumnoniorum) in PORT; ISCA and EXE are related names for the river, from an Celtic word for fish (also seen in Scottish Gaelic \"iasg\" and Irish \"iasc\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like yoked pair formerly attached to cart (6)","output":"### Answer: ATWAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like yoked pair formerly\nAT (attached to) WAIN (cart)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Laud is prelate? Let this become broadcast (6)","output":"### Answer: PRAISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Laud\nComposite anagram: (IS PRELATE)* = LET PRAISE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rivet I removed from rolling stock, wrong if twisted? (8)","output":"### Answer: TRANSFIX \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rivet\nTRAINS less Y + reverse of X (used to mark a wrong answer) + IF"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Desirable companion to have in bed, in more ways than one! (5)","output":"### Answer: HOTTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Desirable companion to have in bed, in more ways than one\nTwo slang meanings: a hot-water bottle and a sexually-attractive person"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Primer applied on a table, omitting outer parts (5)","output":"### Answer: DONAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Primer\nHidden in applieD ON A Table; the surface suggests paint, but this primer is actually a grammar book"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fencing specialist providing what indicates parking in modified site (7)","output":"### Answer: EPEEIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fencing specialist\nPEE (a P indicates a place to park) in SITE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Caterpillar seen in a rainy start to October (5)","output":"### Answer: AWETO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Caterpillar\nA + WET + O[ctober]; rather gruesomely, it's \"the body of [a] caterpillar filled with a parasitic fungus, used to obtain a pigment\" (and also as a traditional remedy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person that's brought round quantity of wood \u2013 he does go on so (8)","output":"### Answer: PESTERER \n ### Explanation: Definition: he does go on so\nSTERE (measure of timber) in PER[son]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dark days (12)","output":"### Answer: SPRAT\u2011WEATHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dark days\nThe competition word, referring to \"the dark days of November and December\" (a good time for catching sprats, apparently)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reclining in care of frisky nautch (8)","output":"### Answer: COUCHANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reclining\nC\/O + NAUTCH*. In case you were wondering (as I was), nautch is \"a traditional Indian dance performed by professional dancing girls\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unsound element in awful ceramics (5)","output":"### Answer: ULCER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unsound element\nHidden in awfUL CERamics"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dog receiving nothing for tea (5)","output":"### Answer: PEKOE \n ### Explanation: Definition: tea\nO in PEKE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Matador from Spain with home in South America (6)","output":"### Answer: ESPADA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Matador\nE (Spain) + PAD in SA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shakespearean to oppose type of theatre, waving gun (6)","output":"### Answer: REPUGN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shakespearean to oppose\nREP (repertory theatre) + GUN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Noah, poorly, hospital admitted \u2013 praise be! (7)","output":"### Answer: HOSANNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: praise be\nSAN (hospital) in NOAH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Squashed kiss can, in flirting etc (7)","output":"### Answer: EXTINCT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Squashed\nX (kiss) + TIN (can) in ETC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What deprives one of feeling, losing yen for friends? (4)","output":"### Answer: PALS \n ### Explanation: Definition: friends\nPALSY less Y[en]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like Adam after Eve's arrival, in green mode of existence? (8)","output":"### Answer: ECOSTATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like Adam after Eve's arrival\nECO STATE; ecostate means \"ribless\" (from e-, denoting a lack, + costa = rib), though Adam presumably still had most of his left after God \"took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof\" to make Eve (Genesis 2:21-22)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Use another rose on art? We're going crazy (7)","output":"### Answer: REWATER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Use another rose on\n(ART WE'RE)* \u2013 to use another rose on your watering can would be to RE-WATER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Early colonist in place before Roman river (7)","output":"### Answer: PLANTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Early colonist\nPL[ace] + ANTE (Latin \"before\") + R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soak being employed to tackle opening of fizz (6)","output":"### Answer: INFUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Soak\nF[izz] in IN USE (being employed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Journey skywards on board fine jets (6)","output":"### Answer: SPIRTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: fine jets\nReverse of TRIP in SS (Steamship, so \"on board\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: J. Laurie's ardent one giving him orders at Walmington? (5)","output":"### Answer: ALOWE \n ### Explanation: Definition: J. Laurie's ardent\nJ[ohn] Laurie played Private Frazer in *Dad's Army*, in which he would be given orders by Captain Mainwaring, played by A[rthur] LOWE. Alowe means \"ablaze\"; like Laurie\/Frazer, from Scotland"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Late meal without starter? Pretty good shot (5)","output":"### Answer: INNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pretty good shot\n[D]INNER \u2013 part of an archery target, or a shot that lands in it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Guy maybe \u2013 atop fire's a fit one lit (4)","output":"### Answer: ROPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Guy maybe\nAnother composite anagram: (ATOP FIRE)* = A FIT ROPE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: German order for cab (6)","output":"### Answer: HANSOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: cab\nHANS (German name) + O.M. (Order of Merit)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hate to sack someone from the English cricket team? (6)","output":"### Answer: DETEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hate\nTo sack someone from the English cricket team might be to DE-TEST them"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sleeping bag for curling up? (7)","output":"### Answer: BEDROLL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sleeping bag for curling up\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rural infection almost a severe pain (7)","output":"### Answer: BUCOLIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rural\nBU[G] (infection) + COLIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Why climb Everest? Ice sheet's a brute to struggle with (7,3,5)","output":"### Answer: BECAUSE IT\u2019S\u00a0THERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Why climb Everest\n(ICE SHEET'S A BRUTE)* \u2013 the reply given by George Mallory when asked why he wanted to climb Everest"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Radar image showing temporary deviation (4)","output":"### Answer: BLIP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Radar image\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Their thing turned out to be justified (2,3,5)","output":"### Answer: IN THE RIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: justified\n(THEIR THING)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unusually, mob ran off \u2014 mate followed (10)","output":"### Answer: ABNORMALLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unusually\n(MOB RAN)* + ALLY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some item: man and woman (4)","output":"### Answer: EMMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: woman\nHidden in itEM MAn"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Retain barrister, but refuse to speak (4,4,7)","output":"### Answer: KEEP\u00a0ONE\u2019S COUNSEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Retain barrister\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Try to sell time travel (7)","output":"### Answer: TOUTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Try to sell\nT[ime] + OUTING (travel) \u2013 surely the definition should be \"Trying to sell\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A couple in our navy are obsolete (7)","output":"### Answer: OUTWORN \n ### Explanation: Definition: obsolete\nTWO in OUR N[avy]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remain a while, having nothing nasty to deal with (4,2)","output":"### Answer: STAY ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Remain a while\nAnagram of O (nothing) + NASTY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One unsuited as a colonist (6)","output":"### Answer: NUDIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: One unsuited as a colonist\nCryptic definition \u2013 someone in a nudist colony would be lacking a suit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An inability to kick? (9)","output":"### Answer: ADDICTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: An inability to kick\nCryptic definition \u2013 inability to kick a habit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having injected a drug, grew fast (4,2)","output":"### Answer: SHOT UP \n ### Explanation: Having injected a drug, grew fast (4,2)\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Young adult going short for a very long time (9)","output":"### Answer: MILLENNIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Young adult\nMILLENNIA[L] \u2013 millennials are the generation that came of age around the turn of the century, so it's perhaps a stretch to call them \"young adults\" now; also a very weak clue as both elements are from exactly the same source"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Amount owed: one less makes no difference (5)","output":"### Answer: DEBIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Amount owed\nDEBIT and DEBT both mean an amount owed \u2013 in fact they are basically the same word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Picking up pet, I become reticent (8)","output":"### Answer: TACITURN \n ### Explanation: Definition: reticent\nReverse of CAT + I TURN (become)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crack very visible in bottom of shoe (5)","output":"### Answer: SOLVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crack\nV[ery] in SOLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First-day cover? (4,7)","output":"### Answer: BABY BLANKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: First-day cover\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dejected as ridge collapsed (11)","output":"### Answer: CRESTFALLEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dejected\nCREST + FALLEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fail to complete coronation ceremony, needing old piece of silver (4-5)","output":"### Answer: HALF-CROWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: old piece of silver\nCryptic definition + definition; for any millennials reading this, the half-crown was a coin in British pre-decimal currency"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lame displays of light entertainment (4,5)","output":"### Answer: GAME SHOWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: light entertainment\nGAME (lame \u2013 pronounced \"gammy\" as in \"game leg\") + SHOWS (displays)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Importance of sex in monastery (8)","output":"### Answer: PRIORITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Importance\nIT (sex) in PRIORY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Raided by the police and broken (6)","output":"### Answer: BUSTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Raided by the police\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How teeth are said to appear to explode (5)","output":"### Answer: ERUPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: How teeth are said to appear\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This on top of face is embarrassing? Offer encouragement! (3,2)","output":"### Answer: EGG ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Offer encouragement\nTo have EGG ON your face is to be embarrassed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Derby's filly, kicking out every second, is a lure (3,3)","output":"### Answer: DRY FLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: a lure\nAlternate letters of DeRbY's FiLlY \u2013 as used in fly-fishing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beat back rookie grabbing learner driver, maybe (4,4)","output":"### Answer: GOLF CLUB \n ### Explanation: Definition: driver, maybe\nReverse of FLOG (beat) + L in CUB (rookie)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Share memory about old pots here (8)","output":"### Answer: POOLROOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: pots here\nPOOL (to share) + O in ROM (computer memory); a place to play games such as pool, which involve potting balls"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Offence beside goal reflected game (6)","output":"### Answer: TENNIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: game\nReverse of SIN + NET (goal)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After renovation, their bars had a very tight margin \u2026 (5,7)","output":"### Answer: HAIR\u2019S\u00a0BREADTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: a very tight margin\n(THEIR BARS HAD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 such as this second person once (4)","output":"### Answer: THOU \n ### Explanation: Definition: this\nDouble definition: one (a thousandth of an inch) coming from the previous clue"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Staggering growth in illegal delivery style at Lord's (8)","output":"### Answer: THROWING \n ### Explanation: Definition: illegal delivery style at Lord's\n(GROWTH IN)* \u2013 in cricket (played at Lord's), bowlers are not allowed to throw the ball"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Official who's often up the pole? (8)","output":"### Answer: LINESMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Official\nDouble definition: an official in tennis, football, etc, and \"a person employed for the repair and maintenance of telephone or electricity power lines\", who might have to climb poles"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Current ball supporters (4)","output":"### Answer: TEES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Current\nDouble definition: the River Tees, and as in golf"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pongy during hard slog, one's taking time off (12)","output":"### Answer: HOLIDAYMAKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one's taking time off\nOLID (smelly) in HAYMAKER (a powerful punch in boxing)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Card game to stimulate tense F1 driver (6)","output":"### Answer: PIQUET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Card game\nPIQUE (stimulate) T +[ense], with two definitions (Nelson Piquet is the F1 driver)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It most often primarily takes suet that's put out (8)","output":"### Answer: TITMOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It most often primarily takes suet that's put out\nIT + M[ost] O[ften] in SUET*, &lit, referring to the balls of suet that people put out to feed birds in winter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Young openers show energy and horsepower (3,5)","output":"### Answer: EGG TEETH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Young openers\nE[nergy] + GG (horse) + TEETH (power) \u2013 used by baby birds to crack the eggshell from the inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cook finished batter (2,4)","output":"### Answer: DO OVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: batter\nDO (cook) + OVER (finisihed) \u2013 slang for \"beat up\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bouncer initially tests England's captain (4)","output":"### Answer: ROOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: England's captain\n[kanga]ROO (bouncer) + T[ests] \u2013 Joe ROOT is the current captain of the England cricket team"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A big hand from capacity audience (4,5)","output":"### Answer: FULL HOUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: A big hand\nDouble definition \u2013 the first from the poker hand"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Yankee vice ring infiltrated somewhere in Somerset (6)","output":"### Answer: YEOVIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: somewhere in Somerset\nY[ankee] + O in EVIL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plucky lot with rival finish on court (4,3,3,5)","output":"### Answer: GAME,\u00a0SET AND\u00a0MATCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: finish on court\nGAME (plucky) SET (lot) + AND (with) MATCH (rival)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Learned Lima route overlooking home (8)","output":"### Answer: LITERARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Learned\nL[ima] (phonetic alphabet) + ITINERARY less IN (home)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dance company never gets awards at first (5)","output":"### Answer: CONGA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dance\nCO + N[ever] G[ets] A[wards]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fluky piece finished around noon (10)","output":"### Answer: UNINTENDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fluky\nN[oon[ in UNIT (piece) ENDED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article describes excellent case for sport (4,6)","output":"### Answer: THAI BOXING \n ### Explanation: Definition: sport\nA1 (excellent) BOX (case) in THING (article)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless battle to accommodate river sport (5,4)","output":"### Answer: WATER POLO \n ### Explanation: Definition: sport\nPO (Italian river) in WATERLO[O]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English medic and old PM almost ready for fight (8)","output":"### Answer: EMBATTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: ready for fight\nE + MB + ATTLE[E]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cousins excelled at this, working at desk (6)","output":"### Answer: SKATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cousins excelled at this\n(AT DESK)* \u2013 reference to the Olympic skater Robin Cousins, but surely the definition would give \"skating\"; perhaps \"Cousins did this\" would be better"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Snowman? College erected it (5)","output":"### Answer: INUIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Snowman\nReverse of UNI[versity] + IT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Yell for one during tennis lesson (4)","output":"### Answer: ISLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Yell for one\nHidden in tennIS LEsson; YELL is the second largest of the Shetland Islands"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Attend a soldier's party and make a run for it (4,1,7)","output":"### Answer: BEAT\u00a0A\u00a0RETREAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: make a run for it\nBE AT (attend) + A RE (a soldier) + TREAT (party)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Taxidermist initially given rotting body part (5)","output":"### Answer: THIGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: body part\nT[axidermist] + HIGH (rotting)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Giant mice to be dealt with? That's baffling! (9)","output":"### Answer: ENIGMATIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: baffling\n(GIANT MICE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Qualified as proficient in goal (7)","output":"### Answer: ENABLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Qualified\nABLE (proficient) in END (goal)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Composure of bishop getting a puncture (7)","output":"### Answer: BALANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Composure\nB + A LANCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Steel drain modified for rabbits (10)","output":"### Answer: TAILENDERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: rabbits\n(STEEL DRAIN)* \u2013 I think the definition is a reference to cricket, where a rabbit is a poor player, who might be a tailender in the batting order"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Holy man keeps Jerry in place (4)","output":"### Answer: SPOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: place\nPO (chamber pot, jerry) in ST (saint)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dutch painting is flash (4)","output":"### Answer: DART \n ### Explanation: Definition: flash\nD + ART"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An abstainer cut with stiletto when driving (2,3,5)","output":"### Answer: AT THE WHEEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: when driving\nA + TT (teetotaller, abstainer) + HEW (cut) + HEEL (stiletto)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rocky appearance of dated hairstyle (7)","output":"### Answer: OUTCROP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rocky appearance\nOUT (unfashionable, dated) + CROP (hairstyle, as in e.g. Eton crop))"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dodgy American parking in camp (7)","output":"### Answer: SUSPECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dodgy\nUS + P in SECT (political or religious camp)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nearly let loose for ever (9)","output":"### Answer: ETERNALLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: for ever\n(NEARLY LET)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'oists part of the roof (5)","output":"### Answer: EAVES \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of the roof\n[h]EAVES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gold casket marked and scored (12)","output":"### Answer: ORCHESTRATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: scored\nOR (gold) + CHEST (casket) + RATED (marked); \"scored\" in the musical sense"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Senior officer to fix promotion during last stand (9)","output":"### Answer: BRIGADIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Senior officer\nRIG AD in BIER (stand for a coffin)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pains gripping sick old Greek (8)","output":"### Answer: ACHILLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: old Greek\nILL in ACHES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mark tucks into a scotch \u2014 that's better (5)","output":"### Answer: AMEND \n ### Explanation: Definition: better\nM in A END (to scotch)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bride hung about in Scotland (9)","output":"### Answer: EDINBURGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: in Scotland\n(BRIDE HUNG)* \u2013 it wouldn't be a Chifonie without the idiom of \"in X\" = \"place in X\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Representative in power in disorder (6)","output":"### Answer: RUMPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: disorder\nMP (representative) in RULE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Continue to play in London (5)","output":"### Answer: ACTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: in London\nACT (play) ON \u2013 another one!"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stopped king interrupting a challenge (2,4)","output":"### Answer: AT REST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stopped\nR in A TEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Go along with law restricting fungal growth (6)","output":"### Answer: ACCEPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Go along with\nCEP (fungus) in ACT (another ACT, but this time it's a law)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get involved with priest's charity giving fruit trees (4,5)","output":"### Answer: DATE PALMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: fruit trees\nDATE (get involved with) + P + ALMS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maintained parking's booked (9)","output":"### Answer: PRESERVED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maintained\nP + RESERVED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Longs to inhabit street that's most exclusive (8)","output":"### Answer: SWISHEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: most exclusive\nWISHES in ST \u2013 does \"swish\" really mean \"exclusive\"? Chambers defines it as \"smart, stylish\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Medic terminated farm worker (6)","output":"### Answer: DROVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: farm worker\nDR + OVER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: News of the French trial (6)","output":"### Answer: LATEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: News\nLA (French \"the\") + TEST (trial \u2013 very close to its use in 7d)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Run into fish in Channel (6)","output":"### Answer: TRENCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Channel\nR in TENCH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: His or her model beneficiary (5)","output":"### Answer: THEIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: His or her\nT (model, as in the early Ford car) + HEIR \u2013 \"their\" as the possessive for of \"singular they\", used when the gender of the possessor is unknown or unimportant"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More nervous to get pitcher (5)","output":"### Answer: SHYER \n ### Explanation: Definition: More nervous\nDouble definition (pitch = shy = throw)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He obtains favours for doctor (8)","output":"### Answer: PROCURER \n ### Explanation: Definition: He obtains favours\nPRO (for) CURER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In which to find a drop of red in eatery? (6)","output":"### Answer: CARAFE \n ### Explanation: Definition: In which to find a drop of red in eatery\nA R[ed] in CAFE, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What Syrinx refused to do, but Selene did, in hospital vessel (6)","output":"### Answer: BEDPAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: hospital vessel\nIn Greek mythology, Syrinx was amorously pursued by Pan, but was transformed into hollow reeds before he could catch her. On the other hand, Pan was one of Selene's lovers, so she was happy to BED PAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sports event's reportedly why MK Dons land in Africa (8)","output":"### Answer: GYMKHANA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sports event\nY (why) + MK in (\"donning\") GHANA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lack forerunner of lengthy winter in New York? (9)","output":"### Answer: SHORTFALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lack\nA long American winter might be preceded by a SHORT FALL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slip drug behind drinks (5)","output":"### Answer: LAPSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Slip\nLAPS (drinks) + E[cstasy]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quibbler longed to displace editor (6)","output":"### Answer: PEDANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quibbler\nPANTED (longed) with the ED displaced"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kids behind head of town crier may want one (6)","output":"### Answer: TISSUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: crier may want one\nT[own] + ISSUE (children)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To some extent, resemble mathematical symbol (6)","output":"### Answer: EMBLEM \n ### Explanation: Definition: symbol\nHidden in resEMBLE Mathematical"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old satellite TV company has party (6)","output":"### Answer: SKYLAB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old satellite\nSKY (TV company) + LAB[our]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bitchy? Yes and no (5)","output":"### Answer: CATTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bitchy? Yes and no\nSort of of double definition: to be catty is to be bitchy, but a cat is not like a bitch (female dog). I wondered about RATTY here, which almost works, for the same reasons; rather an unsatisfactory clue, I think, with only _A_T_ as crossers to help"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like the Barbican's kind of bubbly celebrities (9)","output":"### Answer: BRUTALIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like the Barbican\nBRUT (type of champagne) + A-LIST (celebriries). The Barbican Centre in London is in the brutalist style"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feted song keeps touching lives (8)","output":"### Answer: LIONISED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feted\nON (touching) + IS (lives) in (kept by) LIED (song)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foot in this person's vehicle (6)","output":"### Answer: IAMBUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Foot\nI AM (this person is) + BUS \u2013 the iambus is a metrical foot, as in e.g. iambic pentameter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen defends old extension (6)","output":"### Answer: ANNEXE \n ### Explanation: Definition: extension\nEX (old) in ANNE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Payment's received over info for physicist (8)","output":"### Answer: ROENTGEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: physicist\nO (over) in RENT (payment) + GEN (information). Wilhelm Roentgen gave his name to a unit of radiation"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Port or whiskey (3)","output":"### Answer: RYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Port\nDouble definition \u2013 Rye is on of the Cinque Ports, and also a type of American whiskey"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What Batman puts on Robin's head in jest (5)","output":"### Answer: CAPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: jest\nCAPE (what Batman puts on) + R[obin]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Digit between numbers three and five? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: RING FINGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Digit between numbers three and five\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wine and dine with what's on plate and beer (6)","output":"### Answer: REGALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wine and dine\nREG (car registration, as on a numberplate) + ALE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor upholds firm means of treating shock (4)","output":"### Answer: COMB \n ### Explanation: Definition: means of treating shock\nCO (company, firm) + MB (doctor) \u2013 the \"shock\" is hair"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tries to interrupt Spanish team's practice (9)","output":"### Answer: REHEARSAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: practice\nHEARS in REAL (Real Madrid, football team)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lots of sweet powder in brandy's flavouring (5,6)","output":"### Answer: FINES HERBES \n ### Explanation: Definition: flavouring\nSHERBE[t] (sweet powder) in FINE'S (Fine is a type of brandy)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Adding a dash of PR puff about hot country (11)","output":"### Answer: HYPHENATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Adding a dash\nH in HYPE + NATION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Choose snippet of film dialogue for demo (6,4)","output":"### Answer: PICKET LINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: demo\nPICK (choose) + ET (film) + LINE (piece of dialogue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One coming out of underground uprising captured by poet (9)","output":"### Answer: DEBUTANTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One coming out\nReverse of TUBE (London Underground) in DANTE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: City worker rejected socialist realism, say (6)","output":"### Answer: TRADER \n ### Explanation: Definition: City worker\nReverse of RED ART"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe borderline books with note written in (5)","output":"### Answer: LIMIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maybe borderline\nMI (note, as in do re mi) in LIT. (literature)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Court winner remains for hearing (4)","output":"### Answer: ASHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Court winner\nArthur Ashe, tennis champion, and a homophone of \"ash\" (remains)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Value of American English (3)","output":"### Answer: USE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Value\nUS + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pause during race to turn top on damaged post (3,4)","output":"### Answer: PIT STOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pause during race\nReverse of TIP (top) + POST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dutch woman is Utrecht's ultimate 20th-century artist (7)","output":"### Answer: DADAIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: 20th-century artist\nD[utch] + ADA + IS + [Utrech]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Faulty satnav restricted parcel courier (5)","output":"### Answer: SANTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: parcel courier\nAnagram of SATNA[v]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time to request stuff for working party (4,5)","output":"### Answer: TASK FORCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: working party\nT + ASK + FORCE (to stuff)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ambassadors from Spain fail to spot sign (10)","output":"### Answer: EMISSARIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ambassadors\nE (spain) + MISS (fail to spot) + ARIES (astrological sign)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant found mostly in decaying vegetable matter (3)","output":"### Answer: PEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant\nMost of PEA[t]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top people act differently to this prominent Mexican feature (12)","output":"### Answer: POPOCATEPETL \n ### Explanation: Definition: prominent Mexican feature\n(TOP PEOPLE ACT)* \u2013 I knew this Mexican volcano, but getting the vowels in the right places was tricky: fortunately they could all be confirmed by crossing answers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Priest leaving church leader a true tale translated for Alfred, Lord Tennyson once (4,8)","output":"### Answer: POET\u00a0LAUREATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Alfred, Lord Tennyson once\nPOPE less P + (A TRUE TALE)* \u2013 the \"once\" indicates that this is a definition by example. Tennyson was Poet Laureate from 1850 to 1892"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Essentially miserable time? (3)","output":"### Answer: ERA \n ### Explanation: Definition: time\nCentral letters of misERAble"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bones intended, it's said, for special religious ceremonies (10)","output":"### Answer: SACRAMENTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: religious ceremonies\nSACRA (plural of sacrum, a bone of the lower spine) + MENT (homophone of \"meant\") + S (special)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Great and good tucked into alcoholic beverage found in grass (9)","output":"### Answer: SWINGEING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Great\nG in WINE, all in SING (to grass, betray), Not the most obvious definition, but it can mean \"huge, immense\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Roman magistrate dismissing a French race (5)","output":"### Answer: TRIBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: race\nTRIBUNE less UN (French \"a\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mafia boss hiding gun parts and drug in prison (7)","output":"### Answer: DUNGEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: prison\nGUN* + E in DON (Mafia boss)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Male in nude dancing in the centre of wood (7)","output":"### Answer: DURAMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: centre of wood\nRAM (male) in NUDE* \u2013 duramen, also called heartwood, in contrast to sapwood, the growing part of a tree"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Instagram contribution covering points for spiced drink (6)","output":"### Answer: POSSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: spiced drink\nS E (compass points) in POST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Colour in comic book character (6)","output":"### Answer: TINTIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: comic book character\nTINT + IN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fox eating a waste product in fungi (10)","output":"### Answer: TOADSTOOLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: fungi\nA in TOD (dialect name for a fox) + STOOLS (waste product)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Treasure about to be returned to safe (5)","output":"### Answer: PETER \n ### Explanation: Definition: safe\nPET (treasure, affectionate name) + reverse of RE (about); peter is a slang name for a safe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drastic extra power for Queen in court (9)","output":"### Answer: DESPERATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drastic\nESP (an \"extra power\") + ER in DATE (to court)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Silly fashion upset head of textiles (4)","output":"### Answer: DAFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Silly\nReverse of FAD + T[extiles]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Republican rabble leaders put mobile into roadside bomb that's exploded (8)","output":"### Answer: IRRUPTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: exploded\nFirst letters of Republican Rabble + PUT* in IED (improvised explosive device); irrupt is properly \"to enter suddenly or forcibly, to burst in, to break in\", but sometimes confused with \"erupt\", which would give the sense of \"explode\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sit alone twiddling lower extremities (8)","output":"### Answer: TOENAILS \n ### Explanation: Definition: lower extremities\n(SIT ALONE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Exercise books on American tree rewritten as part of 18's work? (10)","output":"### Answer: PENTAMETER \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of 18's work\nPE (exercise) + NT (books) + AM + TREE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: University lecturer interrupting enthusiastic reception for part of cycle (9)","output":"### Answer: OVULATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of cycle\nU L in OVATION"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animal full of vegetables died satisfied (8)","output":"### Answer: APPEASED \n ### Explanation: Definition: satisfied\nPEAS in APE + D; a pity we've already had PEA as the answer to 12a"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arms trade leaders entertained by numerous delegates (8)","output":"### Answer: LEGATION \n ### Explanation: Definition: delegates\nA[rms] T[rade] in LEGION (numerous)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Popular company's not in good shape (6)","output":"### Answer: INFIRM \n ### Explanation: Definition: not in good shape\nIN + FIRM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New seat given to sailors behind (6)","output":"### Answer: ASTERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: behind\nSEAT* + R[oyal] N[avy]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inflexible soldier breaking free (5)","output":"### Answer: RIGID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inflexible\nGI (soldier) in RID (to free)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sickness from epidemic 18 got rid of (4)","output":"### Answer: AGUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sickness\nPLAGUE (epidemic) less P[oet] L[aureate]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bone in a truss, tight, a girl's broken (10)","output":"### Answer: ASTRAGALUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bone\nA GAL in (A TRUSS)*; googling the word mostly gives information about a plant, but it's also an alternative name for the talus bone in the foot"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Identify with Corbynite strike vigorously (8)","output":"### Answer: BELABOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: strike vigorously\nBE [a member of the] LABOUR [party]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shelled eggs in sauce, too liquid? (5)","output":"### Answer: SOGGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: too liquid\n[e]GG[s] in SOY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Went for madame's article (5)","output":"### Answer: CHOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Went for\nDouble definition \u2013 CHOSE is French for \"thing\", or \"article\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lively little piece tutee played with behind library? (7)","output":"### Answer: BLUETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lively little piece\nB[ritish] L[ibrary] + TUTEE. Bluette is a French word meaning a spark or flash, and by extension a short playful piece of music. It doesn't seem to be related to the colour blue, or the Blues as in music, (though there's a jazz piece by Dave Brubeck that uses the name); it's actually from a root meaning \"white\", cognate to beluga (as in the white whale) and the first part of the name Belarus (= \"White Russia\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: River landing that's nearer when river's diverted (5)","output":"### Answer: HITHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: River landing\nHITHER (nearer) less R. Found in placenames such as Rotherhithe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aussie purloins small amounts when about to arrive in Paris (9)","output":"### Answer: SOUVENIRS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Aussie purloins\nVENIR (French to come, arrive) in SOUS (small amounts: also French); to souvenir is Australian slang for purloin or steal"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Geyser deposit consisting of sulphur to treat as landfill? (6)","output":"### Answer: SINTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Geyser deposit\nS + INTER (bury, treat as landfill)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creature protected in India? Some sterilize bullocks (4)","output":"### Answer: ZEBU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Creature protected in India\nHidden in steriliZE BUllocks \u2013 it's a kind of Asian cattle, so presumably treated as a sacred cow in India"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Currency piece from Italy in basic decimal unit (4)","output":"### Answer: TEIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Currency piece\nI in TEN \u2013 minor currency unit of Kazakhstan"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Delivery of a kind, a scare when batting (6)","output":"### Answer: CAESAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Delivery of a kind\n(A SCARE)* \u2013 as in Caesarean section"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Driving force that gets pitman moving about a yard and a bit (9)","output":"### Answer: IMPELLANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Driving force\nELL (unit of length, about 45 inches) in PITMAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Holiday wandering in Far East (not Arabia) (5)","output":"### Answer: FESTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Holiday\nAnagram of FAR EAST less AR. It seems a pity that the anagram is of FEAST, which is essentially the same word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Potential energy holding fungus back, from which plant growth starts (7)","output":"### Answer: PLEROME \n ### Explanation: Definition: from which plant growth starts\nReverse of MOREL in PE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bird population of a county, not trapped by children (5)","output":"### Answer: ORNIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bird population\n[c]ORNIS[h]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Endless danger, tyre half gone from rear, no tread (5)","output":"### Answer: RISER \n ### Explanation: Definition: no tread\nRIS[k] + reverse of [ty]RE \u2013 riser and tread are contrasting parts of a staircase"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A pie of suet protected by solid form of inoculation (10)","output":"### Answer: PASTEURISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: form of inoculation\nA + SUET* in PRISM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: SA hoodlum cheers stretcher (7)","output":"### Answer: SKOLLIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: SA hoodlum\nSKOL (toast \u2013 cheers) + TIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lizard skin half shed (4)","output":"### Answer: TEGU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lizard\nHalf of TEGUment"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Early record from Queen brought up former romance (6)","output":"### Answer: REGEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Early record\nReverse of ER + GEST \u2013 Miltonian word for a register"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like a physical signal, a mixture of rage and lust (8)","output":"### Answer: GESTURAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like a physical signal\n(RAGE LUST)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dancer Ida dismissed by London theatre (4)","output":"### Answer: ALME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dancer\nALME[ida]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Legal negligence ending in funeral is painful (6)","output":"### Answer: LACHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Legal negligence\n[funera]L + ACHES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Muddy tootsies, dirtier than the rest (8)","output":"### Answer: SOOTIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: dirtier than the rest\nTOOTSIES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drunk a little red (not opening barrels) (4)","output":"### Answer: LUSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drunk\nBLUSH less B[arrels]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foam bits're crumbling round square of discredited insulation (11)","output":"### Answer: ASBESTIFORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: of discredited insulation\nS (square) in (FOAM BITS'RE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quick chat and drinks during break in card game (8)","output":"### Answer: SNIP-SNAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quick chat\nNIPS (drinks) in SNAP (card game)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Head of finance in love is unusually articulate (8)","output":"### Answer: VOCALISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: articulate\nCA (Chief Accountant) in (LOVE IS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Coofs trapping French lady in brasseries (7)","output":"### Answer: BAMMERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Coofs\nMME (Madame) in BARS. Coof and bammer are both Scots words for a fool; bammer is a variant of bampot or barmpot"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: British girl swallowing last of pot in US rave-ups (6)","output":"### Answer: BLASTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: US rave-ups\nB + [po]T in LASS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English name for Tr\u00e8ves: it's familiar to mountaineers (6)","output":"### Answer: ETRIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's familiar to mountaineers\nE + TRIER (formerly known in English as Tr\u00e8ves); an etrier is a short rope ladder used in mpountaineering"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Popular circus character, hard up (4)","output":"### Answer: EROS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Popular circus character\nReverse of SORE (hard) \u2013 the \"circus character\" is the famous statue in Piccadilly Circus, usually called Eros, though it actually depicts his brother Anteros"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Burnsian pie, still with a bit of pastry on it (4)","output":"### Answer: PYET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Burnsian pie\nP[astry] + YET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One beyond the wall once lives well, having climbed up (4)","output":"### Answer: OSSI \n ### Explanation: Definition: One beyond the wall once\nReverse of IS SO \u2013 slang for an East German"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Herb Alpert's debut, one regularly covered by British Sign Language (5)","output":"### Answer: BASIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Herb\nA[lpert] and I (one) inserted regularly into BSL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Complex to explain (9)","output":"### Answer: ELABORATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Complex\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passing time with artist playing tennis (9)","output":"### Answer: TRANSIENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Passing\nT RA (artist) + TENNIS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Catholic girl's lesson in style (5)","output":"### Answer: CLASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: lesson\nC + LASS, and two definitions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leader's a supporter of independence? (7)","output":"### Answer: SKIPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Leader\nS (from Leader'S) + KIPPER (member of UKIP, supporter of so-called \"independence\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wow! Not even posh journalist suffered an attack of the giggles (7)","output":"### Answer: CORPSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: suffered an attack of the giggles\nCOR (wow) + odd letters of PoSh + ED \u2013 to corpse is to laugh uncontrollably when on stage"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'After dark' piece on the radio (5)","output":"### Answer: NIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: After dark\nHomophone of \"knight\" (chess piece)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slow boat merely capsized \u2026 (3)","output":"### Answer: TUB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Slow boat\nReverse of BUT (merely, only); is \"capsized\" a valid reversal indicator for an across clue (cf yesterday's discussions\u2026)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 crew too heavy? Not half! (5)","output":"### Answer: EIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: crew\nHalf of overwEIGHT \u2013 the crew of a rowing eight"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dishes a world away, fine for the Springboks? (7,6)","output":"### Answer: WALDORF\u00a0SALADS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dishes\n(A WORLD) + F[ine] + S.A. LADS (as the Springboks might be described)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Up-to-date creep keeps dashing out (2,5)","output":"### Answer: IN TOUCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Up-to-date\nOUT* in INCH (to creep)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where to stay after golf? (5)","output":"### Answer: HOTEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where to stay\nDouble definition \u2013 a place to stay, and Hotel comes after Golf in the NATO phonetic alphabet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seducer of fifty-one sexy maidens (6,3)","output":"### Answer: LADIES\u2019 MAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seducer\nL (50) + A (1) + MAIDENS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One should look thoroughly for trendy magazine wanting adult's clothing (9)","output":"### Answer: INSPECTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: One should look thoroughly\nIN (trendy) + SPECTATOR (magazine) less (wanting) the \"clothes\" of AdulT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Change shirt owned by real model (5)","output":"### Answer: ALTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Change\nT (shirt) in REAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Help one gamble (4)","output":"### Answer: ABET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Help\nA + BET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Paces about at home, close to staying, then getting away (8)","output":"### Answer: ESCAPING \n ### Explanation: Definition: getting away\nPACES* + IN (at home) + [stayin]G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Luxurious and rich, 80%+ (4)","output":"### Answer: PLUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: +\n80% of PLUSH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rodent's sin: entering waste flow (5,3)","output":"### Answer: SEWER RAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rodent\nERR in WASTE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Approach tailless urban feline from behind (6)","output":"### Answer: TACTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Approach\nReverse of CIT[y] CAT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Accompanying dog into party about books (10)","output":"### Answer: CONCURRENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Accompanying\nCUR in CON (Conservative party) + RE (about) + NT (New Testament, books)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Looks up and down (4)","output":"### Answer: SEES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Looks\nSEES is a palindrome"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Power is rising by three quarters (5)","output":"### Answer: SINEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Power\nReverse of SI + N, E, W (compass points)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Anaesthetise small dog biting tot, else in trouble (3,2,5)","output":"### Answer: PUT\u00a0TO\u00a0SLEEP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Anaesthetise\nTOT + ELSE* in PUP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cockney wife's nationality \u2026 (5)","output":"### Answer: DUTCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cockney wife\nDouble definition. Dutch for wife, as in the music-hall song \"My Old Dutch\" is a shortening of \"Duchess\"; but not, as sometimes claimed, rhyming slang from \"Duchess of Fife\" \u2013 see here for more"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 their old money, trading capital for a billion workers (8)","output":"### Answer: BUILDERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: workers\nGUILDERS (old Dutch currency) with the first letter replaced by B[illion]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most of bottle satisfied special connoisseurs (8)","output":"### Answer: GOURMETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: connoisseurs\nGOUR[d] + MET (satisfied) + S[pecial]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most recent Hollywood trial? (6)","output":"### Answer: LATEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most recent\nLA (Los Angeles) TEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Documents describe the end of government cuts (6)","output":"### Answer: FILETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: cuts\n[governmen]T in FILES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hydrogen gas shock (4)","output":"### Answer: HAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: shock\nH + AIR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dash through Dixieland (4)","output":"### Answer: ELAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dash\nHidden in dixiELANd"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King managed to go up and annoy (4)","output":"### Answer: NARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: annoy\nReverse of K RAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Covert behaviour's appropriate, though heartless (7)","output":"### Answer: STEALTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Covert behaviour\nSTEAL (appropriate) + T[houg]H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bail due for revision in hearing (7)","output":"### Answer: AUDIBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: in hearing\n(BAIL DUE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bare minimum of instructional books \u2014 effectively treat as one (2,3,10)","output":"### Answer: IN\u00a0THE\u00a0ALTOGETHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bare\nI[nstructional] + NT (books) + HEAL TOGETHER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gifts of pink and yellow roses to make up? (5,9)","output":"### Answer: PEACE\u00a0OFFERINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gifts of pink and yellow roses to make up\nI can't see this, except as a not-very-cryptic definition, perhaps involving the symbolism of rose colours"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reason address fails to start? One may be drunk (9)","output":"### Answer: RATIONALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reason\n[O]RATION (speech, address) + ALE (which may be drunk)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vestment about to be given extravagant lining (5)","output":"### Answer: COTTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vestment\nOTT (extravagant) in CA (circa, about); a cotta is a kind of surplice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gathering clamour breaks record (5)","output":"### Answer: CROWD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gathering\nROW (clamour) in CD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Powerful ray left sea bream floundering (5,4)","output":"### Answer: LASER BEAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Powerful ray\nL + (SEA BREAM)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Glimpses tenor in embrace of lovelorn soprano (9)","output":"### Answer: SIGHTINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Glimpses\nT in SIGHING (loverlorn) + S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: New acid revitalised battery (5)","output":"### Answer: NICAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: battery\nN + ACID* \u2013 short for Nickel-Cadmium, as in some rechargeable batteries"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A tyrannical male condemned food processor (10,5)","output":"### Answer: ALIMENTARY\u00a0CANAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: food processor\n(A TYRANNICAL MALE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Showcase clothing in general (7,7)","output":"### Answer: KITCHEN\u00a0DRESSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Showcase\nDRESS (clothing) in KITCHENER (WW1 general)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: There's no end of unstable footwear (7)","output":"### Answer: SLIPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: footwear\nSLIPPER[y]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Particularly reliable source of cash among sweetshop's stock? (5,6,4)","output":"### Answer: EXTRA STRONG MINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: among sweetshop's stock\nEXTRA STRONG (particularly reliable) + MINT (where cash is made)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vassal's superior, grand persona sent up in song (5,4)","output":"### Answer: LIEGE LORD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Vassal's superior\nG + reverse of ROLE (persona) in LIED (song)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Below-zero greeting? (5)","output":"### Answer: HELLO \n ### Explanation: Definition: greeting\nHELLO (\"below\") + 0"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Distance from a kid climbing headland (9)","output":"### Answer: ALOOFNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Distance\nA + reverse of FOOL (to kid) + NESS (headland)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bleak start for Doctor Foster (5)","output":"### Answer: DREAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bleak\nD[octor] + REAR (to foster)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like badly-synced dialogue offstage? (6,3,6)","output":"### Answer: BEHIND\u00a0THE\u00a0SCENES \n ### Explanation: Definition: offstage\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Set up a route regularly crossing one continent or two (7)","output":"### Answer: EURASIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: two\nReverse of A + alternate letters or RoUtE \"crossing\" or contaning I (one) SA (South America \u2013 one continent); Eurasia is geologically a single continent but historically regarded as two, so it would be nice to include \"one continent or\" in the definition, but that would mean the words were doing double duty"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Favourite leader's lost weight where some US VIPs have gained stones (9)","output":"### Answer: ARLINGTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: where some US VIPs have gained stones\nDARLING (favourite) less its \"leader\" + TON (weight); Arlingont National Cemetery, near Washington DC, is mainly for military personnel (not necessarily VIPs) killed in war, but presidents can also be buried there, as John F Kennedy was"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extremely little basis for appalling narrative (9)","output":"### Answer: CHRONICLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: narrative\nCHRONIC (appaling) + L[ittl]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slavonic firms on fire (7)","output":"### Answer: COSSACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Slavonic\nCOS (companies, forms) + SACK (to fire)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A rum old collection assembled bit by bit (7)","output":"### Answer: MODULAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: assembled bit by bit\n(A RUM OLD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sufficient power to operate choppers (5)","output":"### Answer: TEETH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sufficient power to operate\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perceptive wife cleared out grate (5)","output":"### Answer: SHRED \n ### Explanation: Definition: grate\nSHREWD less W"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alleged killer tan Her Majesty sports, with A&E, for once, not needed (5,8)","output":"### Answer: JAMES\u00a0HANRATTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Alleged killer\nAnagram of of TAN HER MAJESTY, with an extra A and less one of the Es. James Hanratty known as the A6 Murderer, was one of the last few people to be hanged in the UK. There was much controversy about the case though recent DNA evidence apparently points to his guilt"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bit left over is not even intended for broadcast (7)","output":"### Answer: ODDMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bit left over\nODD (not even) + MENT (homophone of \"meant\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most are recycling one sort of plastic (7)","output":"### Answer: MAESTRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: one sort of plastic\n(MOST ARE)*; Maestro is a pre-paid debit card, hence a \"sort of plastic\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bug? There's a small number in a place over the pond (5)","output":"### Answer: ANNOY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bug\nNO (number) in A NY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Now touring Channel Islands, knowing about things in advance (9)","output":"### Answer: PRESCIENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: knowing about things in advance\nCI in PRESENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Airdrie resident's more in need of liquid refreshment (5)","output":"### Answer: DRIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: more in need of liquid refreshment\nHidden in airDRIE Resident, with the inclusion indicated by the possessive 's"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nice area street map's showing in red, with nothing cut out (4,5)","output":"### Answer: COTE D\u2019AZUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nice area\nAZ (street map \u2013 the \"A to Z\") in anagram of RED O CUT. Nice is the main city of the C\u00f4te d'Azur or French Riviera"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old fellows in charge, one wearing glasses by virtue of current position (2,7)","output":"### Answer: EX OFFICIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: by virtue of current position\nEX (old) + FF IC I in OO (glasses)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: System for detecting characters involved in arson, repeatedly (5)","output":"### Answer: SONAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: System for detecting\nHidden in arSON ARson; since SONAR and ARSON are anagrams, I think the clue would have worked without \"repeatedly\": no harm in it though"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tipping Point? It's where shoes may be fashionable pale yellow colour (4,5)","output":"### Answer: LAST STRAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tipping Point\nLAST (where shoes are ~~made~~ fashioned \u2013 thanks to TheZed) + STRAW (pale yellow)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Novel written using small pen (5)","output":"### Answer: SCOOP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Novel\nS + COOP \u2013 Evelyn Waugh's comic novel about overseas journalism"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Possibly the last newspaper with adult material (7)","output":"### Answer: ORGANZA \n ### Explanation: Definition: material\nThe last newspaper might be ORGAN Z, plus A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: When drunk, mostly refuse gin shots (7)","output":"### Answer: GUNFIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: shots\nAnagram of REFU[se] GIN, with a rather vague use of \"mostly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Honour tourist that's caught male killer (4,3,6)","output":"### Answer: JACK\u00a0THE\u00a0RIPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: killer\nJACK (honour, in card games) + HE in TRIPPER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two articles about daughter into running quite slowly (9)","output":"### Answer: ANDANTINO \n ### Explanation: Definition: quite slowly\nD in AN AN + INTO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An abrasive comedian (5)","output":"### Answer: EMERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: An abrasive\nDouble definition: as in emery paper, used for smoothing, and comedian Dick Emery, who is likely to be unfamiliar to many younger solvers. We had EMERY PAPER in a Pasquale puzzle in December, clued as \"Old comic publication seen as abrasive (5,5)\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agitated by appearance of some white hairs? (3,2)","output":"### Answer: HET UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Agitated\nHET is UP in whiTE Hairs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deputy's short cut (6,3)","output":"### Answer: NUMBER TWO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deputy\nDouble definition: assistant and a short style of haircut"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some of the cell numbers American does care about (4,5)","output":"### Answer: AREA CODES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Some of the cell numbers\nA + (DOES CARE)* \u2013 an area code might be part of a cellphone number, in US terminology"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hat-wearing model? That's right (5)","output":"### Answer: TITLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: right\nT (model) in TILE (hat)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A Trump lie's non-malignant? It's a killer (6,7)","output":"### Answer: DONALD\u00a0NEILSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: a killer\nDONALD (a Trump) + (LIES NON)*; Neilson was known as the Black Panther"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Killer piano in Prince cover potentially, if you were to do this (6,7)","output":"### Answer: DOCTOR\u00a0CRIPPEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Killer\nIf you were to DOCTOR (i.e. anagram) CRIPPEN, you could get P[iano] in (\"covered by\") PRINCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dissident wanting official employment upset relatives (9)","output":"### Answer: REFUSENIK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dissident\nREF (referee, official) + USE + reverse of KIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spooner's music teacher? He's six feet under! (9)","output":"### Answer: COCKROACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: He's six feet under\nSpoonerism of ROCK COACH; cockroaches are insects, so have six legs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pigment? Unknown number to ring for its formula (4,5)","output":"### Answer: ZINC OXIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pigment\nThe chemical formula of Zinc Oxide is ZnO \u2013 Z (unknown) + n (number) + O (ring); it's used as a white pigment"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Letter E missing: game is lost (5)","output":"### Answer: SIGMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Letter\nAnagram of (GAME IS) less E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Punt in which to practise going on river (5)","output":"### Answer: WAGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Punt\nWAGE (to practise, as in wage war) + R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What happens soon after Aurora raises matter involving a Parisian (5)","output":"### Answer: SUNUP \n ### Explanation: Definition: What happens soon after Aurora\nUN (French \"a\") in reverse of PUS (matter); Aurora is the Roman goddess of dawn"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loud little boy turned modest (6)","output":"### Answer: FLASHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Loud\nReverse of ALF + SHY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Record playing in calm, calm water (8)","output":"### Answer: MILLPOND \n ### Explanation: Definition: calm water\nLP (record) ON (playing) in MILD (calm)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Saint high on life, ultimately blessed, starts back in big city (8)","output":"### Answer: ISTANBUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: big city\nSAINT* + reverse of the initial letters of Life Uttimately Blessed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Connect first of ropes and lift (6)","output":"### Answer: RELATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Connect\nR[opes] + ELATE (to life)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article of faith I spoon-feed to fool with solemn declaration (12,4,2,6)","output":"### Answer: PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE \n ### Explanation: Definition: solemn declaration\nA remarkable anagram, of ARTICLE OF FAITH I SPOON FEED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer's movement finished, author's right significantly advanced? (8)","output":"### Answer: UPSTROKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Writer's movement\nUP (finished) + [Bram] STOKER, with the R \"advanced\" to an earlier position: \"significantly\" because it moves quite a long way"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Curtain level in hole (8)","output":"### Answer: PORTIERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Curtain\nTIER (level) in PORE (hole); a porti\u00e8re is \"a curtain hung over a door or doorway.\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seeing return of predator, run! (4)","output":"### Answer: FLOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: run\nReverse of WOLF"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A political clown and jester initially slipping over in oil (6)","output":"### Answer: JOJOBA \n ### Explanation: Definition: oil\nBOJO (nickname of Boris Johnson) in A[nd] J[ester], all reversed. This word always reminds me of Billy Connolly's joke: \"In Glasgow, Jojoba is the month before November\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Whatever Russian collected proving suspicious (1,7,4,4)","output":"### Answer: I COULDN\u2019T CARE LESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Whatever\n(RUSSIAN COLLECTED)* \u2013 another nice anagram"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old pianist, I say, shares playing (4,4)","output":"### Answer: MYRA HESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old pianist\nMY (I say!) + SHARES; Myra Hess was famous for her lunchtime recitals during World War 2, and for her arrangement of Bach's *Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nut with piece of cake, but different starter (6)","output":"### Answer: NODDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nut\nDODDLE (something easy, a piece of cake) with the first letter changed to give a slang word for the head or \"nut\"; I'm not keen on clues like this that tell you to change a letter to something unspecified."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most elegant content of baby's nappies, terrifying! (9)","output":"### Answer: SNAPPIEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Most elegant\nHidden in baby'S NAPPIES Terrifying"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Talk bringing decrease in fish up (6)","output":"### Answer: YABBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Talk\nEBB in RAY, reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Problem raised about outfield isn't surprising, given this many errors? (9,2,4)","output":"### Answer: MULTITUDE OF SINS \n ### Explanation: Definition: many errors\n(OUTFIELD ISN'T)* in reverse of SUM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Giving great yawns, tedious chore ends (8)","output":"### Answer: LARGESSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Giving\nLARGE (great) + last letters of yawnS tediouS chorE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Driver having to edge skyward (5)","output":"### Answer: PILOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Driver\nReverse of TO LIP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Too unfunny hiding something up one's sleeve \u2014 I don't want it! (2,5,3)","output":"### Answer: NO THANK YOU \n ### Explanation: Definition: I don't want it\nHANKY in (TOO UN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gold stolen by mischievous altar boy \u2014 might trial happen here? (10)","output":"### Answer: LABORATORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: might trial happen here\nOR in (ALTAR BOY)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wine bottles bloke endlessly passed round university, topped up again (9)","output":"### Answer: REFUELLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: topped up again\nU in FELLE[r] (bloke), in RED (wine)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Adonis lowers bar (8)","output":"### Answer: BEEFCAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Adonis\nBEEF (cattle \u2013 those that low) + CAKE (bar, as in soap)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blue dressing is cut off (6)","output":"### Answer: DISOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: cut off\nIS in (\"dressed by\") DOWN (sad, blue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I see nothing well after turning up for performance (3-2)","output":"### Answer: HOO-HA \n ### Explanation: Definition: performance\nReverse of AH (\"I see\") O (nothing) OH (well)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dye brown paper, cutting top and bottom (4)","output":"### Answer: ANIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dye\nMANILA with the first and last letters removed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boat on page in blue artist's notebook (6,3)","output":"### Answer: SKETCH\u00a0PAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: artist's notebook\nKETCH (boat) + P[age] in SAD (blue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sticky stuff for catching birds in tree (4)","output":"### Answer: LIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sticky stuff for catching birds\nDouble definition \u2013 birdlime is, or was, used to catch birds"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Processed meat from old sheep given to setter (8)","output":"### Answer: PASTRAMI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Processed meat\nPAST (old) + RAM (sheep) + I (the setter)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slave travelling round island with small bag (6)","output":"### Answer: VALISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: small bag\nI in SLAVE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Threat posed by fellow expert (6)","output":"### Answer: MENACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Threat\nMEN (fellow?) + ACE(expert); there seems to be a singular\/plural problem here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soprano in Italian city runs over artist (8)","output":"### Answer: PISSARRO \n ### Explanation: Definition: artist\nS in PISA + R[uns] O[ver] \u2013 the artist is the impressionist Camille Pissarro"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Correct relative inhaling cannabis (4,2)","output":"### Answer: SPOT ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Correct\nPOT in SON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ancient language in church (Latin) used by a senior cleric (8)","output":"### Answer: CHALDEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ancient language\nCH[urch] + A + L[atin] + DEAN (senior cleric); Today I Learnt that Chaldean is another name for the Aramaic language"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Container broken by mad macho driver (8)","output":"### Answer: COACHMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: driver\nMACHO* in CAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: All one's possessions stored in highest ateliers (6)","output":"### Answer: ESTATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: All one's possessions\nHidden in highEST ATEliers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trees covering space by northern English hills (8)","output":"### Answer: PENNINES \n ### Explanation: Definition: English hills\nEN (typographical space) + N in PINES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nasty relative listened to row (6)","output":"### Answer: MALIGN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nasty\nMA (mother, relatie) + LIGN (homophone of \"line\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clever head of Apple taking on Doctor of New Technology (6)","output":"### Answer: ADROIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clever\nA[pple] + DR + O' (short for \"of\") + IT (Information Technology); I think of adroit as meaning physically skilful rather than clever, but I suppose you can say \"clever with his hands\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get rid of judge with jumbled notes about it returned (8)","output":"### Answer: JETTISON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get rid of\nJ[udge] + reverse of IT on NOTES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Piano tuner's first to leave punctually for concert (4)","output":"### Answer: PROM \n ### Explanation: Definition: concert\nPROMPT (punctually) less P (piano) + first letter of Tuner"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Writer holding Underground up for one making her first appearance (9)","output":"### Answer: DEBUTANTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: one making her first appearance\nReverse of TUBE in DANTE; this really needs to be a down clue to work properly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Comment unfavourably on part of roof (5)","output":"### Answer: SLATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Comment unfavourably on\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remove actor in crowd scene to join depleted cast (7)","output":"### Answer: EXTRACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Remove\nEXTRA + C[as]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pursue legal proceedings involving hospital (5)","output":"### Answer: CHASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pursue\nH in CASE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Couple standing in picture concerned with male sexuality (7)","output":"### Answer: PRIAPIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: concerned with male sexuality\nReverse or PAIR in PIC \u2013 from the Greek god Priapus"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prospective partner harbouring grudge, ultimately leading to huge waste (9)","output":"### Answer: DEVASTATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: waste\n[grudg]E + VAST in DATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Everyone held back by master, a 14th-century reformer (7)","output":"### Answer: LOLLARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: a 14th-century reformer\nReverse of ALL in LORD \u2013 the Lollards were a religious reform movement of the 14th to 16th centuries"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Villain's crimes upset social worker (9)","output":"### Answer: MISCREANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Villain\nCRIMES* + ANT \u2013 \"social worker\" for ANT (or sometimes BEE) used to be a common trick, but I don't think I've seen it for a while"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Food for trader (9)","output":"### Answer: PROVENDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Food\nPRO (for) + VENDER (alternative spelling of \"vendor\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unusual net domain chosen (9)","output":"### Answer: NOMINATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: chosen\n(NET DOMAIN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fit in with conservative class (7)","output":"### Answer: CONFORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fit in\nCON + FORM (class, in a school)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor Jones meeting old boy in surgery (7)","output":"### Answer: NOSEJOB \n ### Explanation: Definition: surgery\nJONES* + OB \u2013 I would have expected this to be two words, or at least hyphenated"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: City with great watering hole (7)","output":"### Answer: TALLINN \n ### Explanation: Definition: City\nTALL + INN \u2013 the capital of Estonia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second tenor given central part of sketch in short piece of music (5)","output":"### Answer: MOTET \n ### Explanation: Definition: short piece of music\nMO (short time, second) + T[enor] + the middle of skETch"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fellow leaving tree in swamp for wood (5)","output":"### Answer: GROVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: wood\nMANGROVE (swamp) less MAN (another fellow, but the right number this time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flag-carrying soldier resolved to clear surgeon (6,8)","output":"### Answer: COLOUR\u00a0SERGEANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flag-carrying soldier\n(TO CLEAR SURGEON)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Illicit affairs of spymaster running major industry (6,8)","output":"### Answer: MONKEY\u00a0BUSINESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Illicit affairs\nM (spymaster, in the James Bond stories) + ON (running) KEY BUSINESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rant and rave, as sacked gardener might? (4,3,4)","output":"### Answer: LOSE THE PLOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rant and rave\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grim time that husband's taken into consideration (7)","output":"### Answer: THOUGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: consideration\nH in TOUGH + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Four breaking oath joined up (7)","output":"### Answer: CURSIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: joined up\nIV in CURSE (oath)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fresh source of water first for annual purification? (6,5)","output":"### Answer: SPRING\u00a0CLEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: annual purification\nSPRING (source of water) + CLEAN (fresh)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Preposterous list often added to with conviction? (8,6)","output":"### Answer: CRIMINAL\u00a0RECORD \n ### Explanation: Definition: often added to with conviction\nCRIMINAL (preposterous) + RECORD (list)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Long-haul workers from Manchester somehow getting the last word (8,6)","output":"### Answer: MERCHANT\u00a0SEAMEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Long-haul workers\nMANCHESTER* + AMEN (last word in a prayer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bright rising copper's temporarily given housing (6)","output":"### Answer: LUCENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bright\nReverse of CU in (housed by) LENT (temporarily given)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Local runner joining army unit is no monarchist (10)","output":"### Answer: REPUBLICAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: no monarchist\nRE (army unit) + PUBLICAN (one running a local)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A good outcome to queen's labour? Brilliant! (8)","output":"### Answer: AGLITTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Brilliant\nA G + LITTER (this queen is a female cat, and her labour is in giving birth)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Struggle across line to finish (8)","output":"### Answer: COMPLETE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to finish\nL in COMPETE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outsider is dying, feverish (4,4)","output":"### Answer: LONG SHOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Outsider\nLONGS (is dying [for something]) + HOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plotters regularly use such weapons (4)","output":"### Answer: AXES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plotters regularly use such\nDouble defiition, with two different pronunciations: the plurals of axis (as used by one plotting a graph) and axe (weapon)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Only the odd contrary characters suss out pitch (4)","output":"### Answer: TOSS \n ### Explanation: Definition: pitch\nReverse of alternate letters of SuSs OuT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Name adopted by setter in a novel proves amusing (10)","output":"### Answer: ENTERTAINS \n ### Explanation: Definition: proves amusing\nN in (SETTER IN A)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Naturalist may study this 22 23 at end of a sentence (4,4)","output":"### Answer: LIFE FORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Naturalist may study this\nLIFE (prison sentence) + FORM (criminal record)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Checked what monarch did, abandoning grand home (6,2)","output":"### Answer: REINED IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Checked\nREIGNED less G + IN (home)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greenery, at first a modest innovation in late Georgian streets (8)","output":"### Answer: GASLIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: innovation in late Georgian streets\nG[reenery] + A SLIGHT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pronounced 'basic', as ship will be before sailing (6)","output":"### Answer: CREWED \n ### Explanation: Definition: as ship will be before sailing\nHomophone of \"crude\" (basic)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Riff-raff making unpleasant film (4)","output":"### Answer: SCUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Riff-raff\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Storyteller's rung up (4)","output":"### Answer: LIAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Storyteller\nReverse of RAIL (e.g. a rung of a laader, which is a short rail)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plot devising counterfeit degree (6)","output":"### Answer: SHAMBA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plot\nSHAM + B.A. \u2013 it's a Swahili word for a plot or smallholding"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plum creation with bits of sweet mango in part of orange? (6)","output":"### Answer: PSMITH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plum creation\nS[weet] M[ango] in PITH. Psmith (with a silent P) is a character created by P G Wodehouse, who was nicknamed \"Plum\", from his childhood pronunciation of his first name, Pelhem"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man receiving what a tailor's fashioned, divine (9)","output":"### Answer: HARIOLATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: divine\n(A TAILOR)* in HE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A bit of enjoyment? Rest fitfully inside as treatment for sore back? (8)","output":"### Answer: AFTERSUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: treatment for sore back\nREST* in A FUN, the sore back being a sunburnt one needing aftersun lotion"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Range about a church (5)","output":"### Answer: REACH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Range\nRE A CH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Group of dormant reptiles in e.g. Wookey Hole (5)","output":"### Answer: ANTRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: e.g. Wookey Hole\nHidden in dormANT REptiles; it's a kind of cave, as is Wookey Hole (in Somerset)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Play casually in lea, mostly between two rivers (10)","output":"### Answer: TWEEDLEDEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Play casually\nLE[a] between the rivers TWEED and DEE. Chambers gives this as a variant of \"tweedle\", meaning to play casually on an instrument"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gull once died in grip of crab's 'pincers'? (4)","output":"### Answer: COBB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gull once\nOB (dies) in the outer letters of CraB; \"once\" because it's an archaic word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old teacher favoured pupil circumventing grade of proficiency (6)","output":"### Answer: PEDANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old teacher\nDAN (grade in martial arts) in [teacher's] PET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Great excitement, what one associates with Luton player missing second half (6)","output":"### Answer: HOOP-LA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Great excitement\nHOO + PLA[yer]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Edible tuber fed to spoiled donkey (4)","output":"### Answer: EDDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Edible tuber\nHidden in spoilED DOnkey. Strangely, Chambers gives the plural \"eddoes\" as the main entry, with the singular form in brackets"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grand Italian gating fancy egress of luxuriant lawn? (10)","output":"### Answer: GRASS-GREEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: of luxuriant lawn\nEGRESS* in GRAN (Italian for \"grand\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Horse as alternative for antelope (5)","output":"### Answer: NAGOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: antelope\nNAG + OR (as an alternative)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Town stocking ordinary food from the east (5)","output":"### Answer: BOURG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Town\nReverse of (O in GRUB)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some foreign cash that may be exchanged for Asian rug (8)","output":"### Answer: GUARANIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Some foreign cash\n(ASIAN RUG) \u2013 Guarani is the currency of Paraguay; also the name of an indigenous people, and their language"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Indicate distinctly choppy sailing in Kent region? (9)","output":"### Answer: SIGNALISE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Indicate distinctly\nSAILING* in SE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tidy unit given a fresh coat of paint? (6)","output":"### Answer: RE-DONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: given a fresh coat of paint\nRED (variant of redd, to tidy) + ONE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With good forecast, Tuesday, not always stormy, was blustery (6)","output":"### Answer: GUSTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: was blustery\nG + anagram of TUESDAY less AY (always); quite appropriate in view of the recent storms"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dishonest dealer caught, imprisoned by snappish ultra-severe judge? (12)","output":"### Answer: SHORT\u2011CHANGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dishonest dealer\nC in SHORT (snappish) + HANGER (severe judge)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stained furniture material doubled around court (8)","output":"### Answer: HAREWOOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stained furniture material\nWOO (to court) in HARED (went fast, doubled)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Source of ghee used in Peshawar naans (4)","output":"### Answer: ARNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Source of ghee\nYet another hidden answer, in peshawAR NAans; Arna is an Indian water-buffalo, whose milk might be used for ghee"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finely chop egg with a bit of chilli in (5)","output":"### Answer: MINCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Finely chop\nC[hilli] in MINE (the explosive device, nicknamed an egg)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fodder plants: one flourished about Florida? The reverse (7)","output":"### Answer: ALFALFA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fodder plants\nReverse of A (one) + FL (*floruit*, flourished) + A (about) + FLA (Florida)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Belt loop shaped with the hand, concealing end (5)","output":"### Answer: PATTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Belt loop\nPATTE[d] \u2013 Chambers gives \"to shape by patting\" as one defintion of \"pat\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What the ravenous could eat, and 'ad gobbled once served? (7)","output":"### Answer: STEADED \n ### Explanation: Definition: once served\n'AD in STEED (as in \"I could eat a horse\"); from an old sense of \"stead\", which is also the main element of the next answer\u2026"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sin sporting with dodgy date in place of another (7)","output":"### Answer: INSTEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: in place of another\nSIN* + DATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outing in French city, endless (4)","output":"### Answer: TOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Outing\nTOUR[S]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ground wherein you'll observe Eton guy, deviously eloquent (12)","output":"### Answer: HONEY\u2011TONGUED \n ### Explanation: Definition: eloquent\n(ETON GUY)* in HONED; I suppose to hone a blade is to grind it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sinuous artifice being insufficiently exploited (8)","output":"### Answer: UNDERUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: being insufficiently exploited\nUNDE (wavy, in heraldry) + RUSE (artifice)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's terrifying to northerners to haul trap uphill (7)","output":"### Answer: BOGGARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's terrifying to northerners\nReverse of DRAG (haul) GOB (mouth, trap)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Family welcoming jaunty air for coalminers' bands, lustrous (7)","output":"### Answer: CLARAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: coalminers' bands, lustrous\nAIR* in CLAN \u2013 \"lustrous, brightly-coloured bands in coal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Job abroad? Whiff about it's coming up (7)","output":"### Answer: POSTING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Job abroad\nReverse of ITS in PONG (bad smell, whiff); a posting doesn't *have* to be abroad, hence the question mark"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Char in French capuchin? (5)","output":"### Answer: SINGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Char\nDouble definition: singe is French for monkey, of which the capuchin (named for its resemblence to Capuchin friars) is an example"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Upmarket transport delivering supplies from the bakery? (5)","output":"### Answer: ROLLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Upmarket transport\nAnother DD \u2013 Rolls Royce and bread"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former measure of cloth, a French one (for women?) (4)","output":"### Answer: AUNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Former measure of cloth\nA + UNE (feminine French \"one\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Domestic appliance, a must-have for the community (4)","output":"### Answer: UNIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Domestic appliance\nHidden in commUNITy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: (See special instructions) (7,6)","output":"### Answer: COMPASS\u00a0POINTS \n ### Explanation: (See special instructions) (7,6)\nGiving the theme"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excited male briefly moans, making complaint (8)","output":"### Answer: MELANOMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: complaint\nAnagram of MALE + MOAN[s]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What helps bowlers hit their mark? (4)","output":"### Answer: BIAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: What helps bowlers hit their mark\nA bit of a stab in the dark: I think this refers to the bias in the balls in the game of bowls, which either helps or hinders hitting the jack, depending on the player's skill level. Not very helpful to have a rather vague crptic defnitiion whose last letter is crucial to the ambiguous 10a"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Count on this to put muscle on since boxing copper (6)","output":"### Answer: ABACUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Count on this\nAB[dominal] + CU in AS (since)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Accommodation in camp protected by river (7)","output":"### Answer: D\u00c9TENTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Accommodation\nTENT in DEE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Set of six dogs out of bounds (4)","output":"### Answer: OVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Set of six\n[r]OVER[s]; Rover is (or was) a stereotypical dog's name, but this could do with a question mark as \"Rovers\" isn't really a definition of \"dogs\". The \"set of six\" is an over in cricket"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old preacher's lectern made from Wilde's cooler seat? (7,3)","output":"### Answer: READING\u00a0PEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old preacher's lectern\nREADING (Oscar Wilde was imprisoned in Readin Gaol) + PEW (seat)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Behind and acting tough (6)","output":"### Answer: ASTERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Behind\nA[cting] + STERN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rut results from this \u2014 it's the plain fact (5,5)","output":"### Answer: NAKED\u00a0TRUTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: it's the plain fact\nIf you remove the \"clothes\" or outer letters of TRUTH then you get RUT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Missing the first cereal \u2014 gone \u2026 (3)","output":"### Answer: AGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: gone\n[s]AGO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 and not one of those here lacking finales (3)","output":"### Answer: NOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: and not\nNORTH less its last two letters, \"those here\" being the compass points; an irrelevant bugbear of mine: as NOR does indeed mean \"and not\", it annoys me when people say or write \"and nor..\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fence in field ignored at the outset after stable unfinished (8)","output":"### Answer: SURROUND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fence in\nSUR[e] + [g]ROUND"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe noisily and repeatedly engineer raved when given tripe (7)","output":"### Answer: ADVERBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maybe noisily and repeatedly\nAnagram (indicated by \"engineer\") of RAVED + BS (bullshit, rubbish, tripe); noisily and repeatedly are examples of advebs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant gall (6)","output":"### Answer: NETTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note passed on to groom in the past (6)","output":"### Answer: TIDIED \n ### Explanation: Definition: to groom in the past\nTI (not, in sol-fa) + DIED (passed on) \u2013 \"in the past\" indicating that the answer is the past tense of \"tidy\" (= groom)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Serving up \u2014 about to feed genetically modified root (4)","output":"### Answer: GERM \n ### Explanation: Definition: root\nReverse of RE (about) in GM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish and calamari originally hard to see through glasses (4)","output":"### Answer: COHO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fish\nC[alamari] + H in OO (representing a pair of glasses); the coho is a type of salmon found in the Pacific"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Houdini act \u2014 legend that will clear 22 down in 10 (6,3)","output":"### Answer: ESCAPE KEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: that will clear 22 down in 10\nESCAPE (oudini act) + KEY (legend \u2013 the escape key on a computer keyboard can be used to clear a CELL in [Microsoft] EXCEL, at least while you're typing in it"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sounds like very big is better? (5)","output":"### Answer: EXCEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: better\nHomphone of XL (extra large, as on clothes)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Houdini's act two recurrence \u2014 lethal ties loosened (7,5,7,4)","output":"### Answer: CHINESE\u00a0WATER TORTURE\u00a0CELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Houdini's act\nAnagram of TWO RECURRENCE LETHAL TIES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop! Time to get out without wearing straps (5)","output":"### Answer: REINS \n ### Explanation: Definition: straps\nREST (stop) less T \"without\" (i.e. uotside of) IN (wearing)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spot journalist and paper giving false hope (4,5)","output":"### Answer: PIPE DREAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: false hope\nPIP (a spot) + ED + REAM (quantity of paper)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Simple Harry Houdini act with steps (15)","output":"### Answer: UNSOPHISTICATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Simple\nAnagram (indicated by \"Harry\") of HOUDINI ACT STEPS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Irregular pressure: expression of surprise in danger (9)","output":"### Answer: HAPHAZARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Irregular\nP[ressure] + HA (expression of surprise) in HAZARD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reached top of cold water with arms at side (7)","output":"### Answer: CLIMBED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reached top of\nC (cold water, as on a tap) + LIMBED (i.e. with limbs); the surface might be a description of Houdini escaping from the Chinese Water Torture Cell"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A long time after dropping cage (7)","output":"### Answer: DUNGEON \n ### Explanation: Definition: cage\nDUNG (dropping) + EON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fat conjuror ultimately saws woman in half (5)","output":"### Answer: LARDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fat\n[conjuro]R in LADY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They let out zebras regularly to chase on fields (9)","output":"### Answer: RELEASERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They let out\nRE (about, on) + LEAS (fields) + alternate letters of zEbRaS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clear to detect the lies (3-7)","output":"### Answer: SEE-THROUGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clear\nDouble definition (without the hyphen for the second)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scrambles signal, primarily reaching foreign dishes (8)","output":"### Answer: SCURRIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scrambles\nS[ignal] + CURRIES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rabbits run out of veg (6)","output":"### Answer: SPOUTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rabbits\nSPROUTS less R \u2013 rabbits in the sense of talks"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Air final part of Love Island (4)","output":"### Answer: SKYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Island\nSKY + [lov]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: NYPD case to get resolved having been shortened (10)","output":"### Answer: SYNCOPATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: having been shortened\n(NYPD CASE TO)*; syncopate is most commonly seen as a musical term, but it can also mean \" to omit a sound or a letter from a word\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Regular exercise \u2014 shaving seconds off an Olympic record? (8)","output":"### Answer: PERIODIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Regular\nPE (exercise) + RIO (2016 Olympics venue) + DISC less S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First couple from Scotland seen on border with English map (6)","output":"### Answer: SCHEME \n ### Explanation: Definition: map\nSC[otland] + HEM + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tone down adult clues for this? (4)","output":"### Answer: BLUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tone\nTriple definition \u2013 colour; down=sad; as in \"blue movie\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plays around with free 20 hand (10)","output":"### Answer: PHILANDERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plays around\nAnagram of PLIERS HAND"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mrs needs no foreign currency (10)","output":"### Answer: MODERNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: currency\n(MRS NEEDS NO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pleasure-seekers find love in parking spaces by the roadside (8)","output":"### Answer: PLAYBOYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pleasure-seekers\nO in P + LAY-BYS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tied: one's left in that place locked up? (8)","output":"### Answer: TETHERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tied: one's left in that place locked up\nTHERE (in that place) in TIED less I (one), and I think it's meant to be an &lit, though I'm not totally convinced"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stud could come out with these stories about royal? Prince goes first (6)","output":"### Answer: PLIERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stud could come out with these\nP + R in LIES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feature of magazine article with small piece making cover (4,2)","output":"### Answer: WANT AD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feature of magazine\nAN (artice) in W (with) TAD (small piece)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artist buried alive, partially (4)","output":"### Answer: DALI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Artist\nHidden in burieD ALIve"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trendy sultry Romeo's stripped (7)","output":"### Answer: TOPICAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trendy\nTROPICAL less R[omeo]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: CID managed with help from ambiguous source (7)","output":"### Answer: DELPHIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: ambiguous source\nAnagram of CID + HELP. The Delphic Oracle was famous for giving ambiguous or misleading answers to questions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This writer's article abridged an old wives' tale (4)","output":"### Answer: MYTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: an old wives' tale\nMY (the writer's) + TH[e]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Back plan to expand talent and charm (10)","output":"### Answer: AMIABILITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: charm\nI presume ABILITY is from \"talent\", but I can't explain the AMI part. *Thanks to Shirl: it's reverse of AIM (plan) in ABILITY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Euphorbia's left out of ostentatious display (6)","output":"### Answer: SPURGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Euphorbia\nSPLURGE (ostentatious display) less L"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old Latin god saved unknown vessel for Greek traveller (8)","output":"### Answer: ODYSSEUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Greek traveller\nY (unknown) + SS (ship, vessel) in O DEUS (Latin for god)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: French region's ageless tongue and revolutionary law (9)","output":"### Answer: LANGUEDOC \n ### Explanation: Definition: French region\nLANGUAGE less AGE + reverse of CODE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trees defining boundary of the Roman Empire (5)","output":"### Answer: LIMES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trees\nDouble definition: the Latin word Limes (related to \"limit\") can be used to describe to boundaries of the Roman empire, though it wasn't used in this sense by the Romans themselves. Perhaps a bit unfair to those who (like me) didn't know it, as PINES would fit just as well (and reminded me of Respighi's symphonic poem *Pines of Rome*)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: She oversaw agriculture before entering civil service (5)","output":"### Answer: CERES \n ### Explanation: Definition: She oversaw agriculture\nERE (before) in CS; Ceres was the Roman goddess of agriculture"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leave Scottish woman running temple (9)","output":"### Answer: PARTHENON \n ### Explanation: Definition: temple\nPART (to leave) + HEN (Scots term for a woman) + ON (running)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Consequence of impact made by old ship's cat? (8)","output":"### Answer: BACKLASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Consequence\nThe cat o' nine tails was used to LASH the BACK of its unfortunate victims"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not quite the perfect ancient city (6)","output":"### Answer: THEBES \n ### Explanation: Definition: ancient city\nTHE BES[t]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Essential function shortly to entertain queen (4,3,3)","output":"### Answer: SINE QUA NON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Essential\nQU in SINE (trigonometric function) + ANON (soon, shortly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bought horse, one clad in black (4)","output":"### Answer: GOTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: one clad in black\nGOT (bought) + H, with the definition referring to a member of the goth subculture"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jam in a city in Italy (7)","output":"### Answer: MESSINA \n ### Explanation: Definition: city in Italy\nMESS + IN A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former chemical business head's hostility (7)","output":"### Answer: ICINESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: hostility\nICI (former chemical company) + NESS (geographical head)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I'm struggling with old play for London venue (7)","output":"### Answer: OLYMPIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: London venue\nAnagram of I'M + OLD PLAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unlimited rich ore that filled ancient vessels (5)","output":"### Answer: ICHOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: that filled ancient vessels\n[r]ICH OR[e]; it's \"the ethereal fluid that is the blood of the gods and\/or immortals.\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plug English in top universities (7)","output":"### Answer: ACADEME \n ### Explanation: Definition: universities\nAD (plug) + E in ACME (top)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Possible result of congress organised by Rome (6)","output":"### Answer: EMBRYO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Possible result of congress\n(BY ROME)* \u2013 the congress being the sexual kind"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Contested area in case pamphleteer comes round (9)","output":"### Answer: PALESTINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Contested area\nLEST (in case) in [Thomas] PAINE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disturb cow in roundabout with no hesitation (7)","output":"### Answer: INTRUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disturb\nERMINTRUDE (the cow in The Magic Roundabout) less ERM; I think you need to be of a certain age to have a chance of parsing this,,,"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Forget about plump female in new very big play (5,2,6)","output":"### Answer: TIMON OF ATHENS \n ### Explanation: Definition: play\nReverse (\"about\") of OMIT (forget) + FAT HEN in N + OS (large)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aegean islands perhaps make meandering patterns (5,4)","output":"### Answer: GREEK KEYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: meandering patterns\nGREEKL (Aegean) + KEYS (Islands). A Greek Key is a meandering pattern used as a border."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Roundabout very like one seen during the day before (7)","output":"### Answer: EVASIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Roundabout\nV AS I in EVE (day before)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stupendous upstanding citizen wins one bronze (7)","output":"### Answer: TITANIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stupendous\nI TAN (bronze) in reverse of CIT[izen]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ring about scenery put up for Euripides drama (7)","output":"### Answer: ORESTES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Euripides drama\nO (ring) + RE (about) + reverse of SETS (theatrical scenery)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Probes go round it and go under it (6)","output":"### Answer: SATURN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Probes go round it\nSA (Sex Appeal, \"it\") + TURN (a go)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: River rises, overwhelming grand Scottish town (5)","output":"### Answer: ELGIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scottish town\nG in reverse of NILE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dramatic Brendan, hard to get head around (5)","output":"### Answer: BEHAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dramatic Brendan\nH in BEAN (slang for head) \u2013 Brendan Behan was another Irish playwright"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heading for tenure? Too disorganised (2,5,2)","output":"### Answer: EN ROUTE TO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Heading for\n(TENURE TOO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Helpful software about transport, something that bears fruit in market (9)","output":"### Answer: APPLECART \n ### Explanation: Definition: something that bears fruit in market\nCAR (transport) in APPLET (software)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Human with no end of hubris becoming dictator (5)","output":"### Answer: PERON \n ### Explanation: Definition: dictator\nPERSON less [hubri]S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Repeatedly obstruct a 26 across on stage (7)","output":"### Answer: BARBARA \n ### Explanation: Definition: 26 across on stage\nBAR twice + A; the definition referring to Shaw's *Major BarBara"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bond cut by M's predecessor? That's fair (7)","output":"### Answer: CLEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: fair\nL (letter before M) in CEMENT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like some booms, not quite as enjoyable (5)","output":"### Answer: SONIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like some booms\nSO NIC[e]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Priest often in the limelight, delighting believers (3)","output":"### Answer: ELI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Priest\nThe biblical priest is hidden in all three of limELIght, dELIghting and bELIevers *and also, as Greensward points out, in thE LImelight"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One man and his dog coming to pass? (5,7)","output":"### Answer: SAINT\u00a0BERNARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: One man\nJust about a triple definition, St Bernard is a man, a breed of dog and a mountain pass; though the definitions overlap, as the dog is named after the pass, which is named after the saint"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Records including your old string players (7)","output":"### Answer: LYRISTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: old string players\nYR in LISTS (records)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tory leader's opposed to miner in speech (5)","output":"### Answer: MAJOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tory leader\nSir John Major, former Tory leader and PM, and a contrast to the homophonic \"minor\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: As 20, be turned into martyr (9)","output":"### Answer: SEBASTIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: martyr\nAnagram of AS SAINT (20a) BE. The unfortunate St Sebastian was eseentially martyred twice: first by arrows (which he miraculously survived) and then by being clubbed to death"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mythological sculptor producing a sign after less than minute (9)","output":"### Answer: PYGMALION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mythological sculptor\nSlightly less than PYGM[y] (minute, small) + A LION (zodiac sign)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Name enshrined in eternity as symbol of chastity (5)","output":"### Answer: AGNES \n ### Explanation: Definition: symbol of chastity\nN in AGES; the name comes from a Greek word meaning pure or holy, and St Agnes is the patron saint of chastity. It's also the name of one of Shaw's elder sisters: she died of TB when he was 19."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rhyme scheme for group initially formed (4)","output":"### Answer: ABBA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rhyme scheme\nDouble definition: the Swedish group was named after the initial letters of its members names: Agnetha, Bj\u00f6rn, Benny and Anni-Frid"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Escort's car phone broken (8)","output":"### Answer: CHAPERON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Escort\n(CAR PHONE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One-time ruler of style and manners, to some extent (4)","output":"### Answer: ANNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One-time ruler\nTwo (related) definitions: Queen ANNE is the one-time ruler, who gave her name to a style of furniture etc, and she is hidden in mANNErs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Different actor initially in role within grasp (8)","output":"### Answer: SEPARATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Different\nA in PART, all in SEE (to grasp)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person watching play \u2014 could be endless pain in neck about it? (6)","output":"### Answer: CRITIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Person watching play\nIT in CRIC[k] (I originally guessed EROTIC as meaning \"about it\", but sadly it won't parse)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Have a drink with journalists or censor (10)","output":"### Answer: SUPPRESSOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: censor\nSUP + PRESS + OR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: King acted madly in theatre, executed patron (6)","output":"### Answer: GEORGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: King acted madly in theatre\nThe King in Alan Bennett's *The Madness of George III*, and patron saint George, who was executed as a martyr"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old man's sweetheart portrayed as 20 by 28 (4)","output":"### Answer: JOAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old man's sweetheart\nReferences to the stereotypical old couple Darby and Joan, and Shaw's play *Saint Joan*, about Joan of Arc"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Name for boy, son protected by security (5)","output":"### Answer: BASIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Name for boy\nS in BAIL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Way in which reforms scare cad so (6,4)","output":"### Answer: ACCESS ROAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Way in\n(SCARE CAD SO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bore young child with Guardian leader, say (5)","output":"### Answer: TOTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bore\nTOT (child) + ED[itor]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I am popular around place for wine drinking (8)","output":"### Answer: IMBIBING \n ### Explanation: Definition: drinking\nBIN (where wine is stored) in I'm BIG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eg Romeo and Juliet miscast in it, alas (8)","output":"### Answer: ITALIANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Eg Romeo and Juliet\n(IN IT ALAS)* \u2013 R & J is set in Verona"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With respect to dances, provides new arrangement (6)","output":"### Answer: REJIGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: provides new arrangement\nRE + JIGS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Family supporting relative briefly as singer (6)","output":"### Answer: SISKIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: singer\nSIS[ter] + KIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Help for travellers, representatives covering area (4)","output":"### Answer: MAPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Help for travellers\nA in MPS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Music critic consulted over Beethoven's Fifth (4)","output":"### Answer: SHAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Music critic\nFifth letter of beetHoven n SAW (consulted). GBS started off as a theatre and music critic"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Curious final parts in addition to serious play (4)","output":"### Answer: NOSY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Curious\nLast letters of additioN tO seriouS plaY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: On stage, Bible not at first readable (7)","output":"### Answer: LEGIBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: readable\nLEG (stage, e.g. of a sporting contest) + [B]IBLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: From nightspot, ejects black cats (7)","output":"### Answer: BOUNCES \n ### Explanation: Definition: From nightspot, ejects\nB[lack] + OUNCES (Snow Leopards \u2013 cats)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Troops in a body, almost (5)","output":"### Answer: CORPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Troops\nCORPS[E]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Policy for Twenty20 accident? (3-3-3)","output":"### Answer: HIT-AND-RUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: accident\nTwenty20 is a shortened for of cricket where hit-and-run might be a good way to score runs quickly; it's also a road accident where the culprit flees the scene"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Electronic device starts iron working (10)","output":"### Answer: TRANSISTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Electronic device\n(STARTS IRON)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left good books in pile for auction (3)","output":"### Answer: LOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: pile for auction\nL + O[ld] T[estament]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Everything ready to forge glossy metals (3,7,2)","output":"### Answer: ALL\u00a0SYSTEMS\u00a0GO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Everything ready\n(GLOSSY METALS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short of money, regularly taking stimulants? (2,4,6)","output":"### Answer: ON\u00a0ONE\u2019S\u00a0UPPERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Short of money\nDouble definition, uppers being stimulant drugs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It is dropped on the grass (3)","output":"### Answer: DEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: It is dropped on the grass\nCryptic definition: dropped = consisting of drops"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Its carriers are poles apart (5,5)","output":"### Answer: SEDAN CHAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Its carriers are poles apart\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aware when tin OK to recycle (2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: IN THE KNOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Aware\n(WHEN TIN OK)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passage in a detached place (5)","output":"### Answer: AISLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Passage\nA + ISLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In which conspirators are getting together (7)","output":"### Answer: CAHOOTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: In which conspirators are getting together\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Star mark for tropical resort? (7)","output":"### Answer: SUNSPOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: tropical resort\nSUN + SPOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Find commanding officer getting in after time (6)","output":"### Answer: LOCATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Find\n~~CO~~ OC in LATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ranger managed to arrest European (6)","output":"### Answer: GERMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: European\n~~RANGER*~~ *Don't know where that came from: actually it's hidden in ranGER MANaged"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top salesman, hardly needed to shift this? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: BEST SELLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: this\nA top salesman is a BEST SELLER, and BEST SELLERs (books) presumably don't need a salesman"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Character of those whose energy is raised right up (5)","output":"### Answer: ETHOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Character\nTHOSE with E (energy) moved to the top"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Last drink cheers (7,2)","output":"### Answer: BOTTOMS UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: cheers\nBOTTOM (last) + SUP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some fanciful name for part of the arm (4)","output":"### Answer: ULNA \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of the arm\nHidden in fancifUL NAme"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Negligent, not having transport round Spain (8)","output":"### Answer: CARELESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Negligent\nE (Spain) in CAR-LESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Authority contains uprising (8)","output":"### Answer: SANCTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Authority\nCONTAINS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fairy that's mischievous: clean her up (10)","output":"### Answer: LEPRECHAUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fairy\n(CLEAN HER UP)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: So swivel round when speaking for a glass of this? (9)","output":"### Answer: SAUTERNES \n ### Explanation: Definition: this\nHomophone of \"so turn\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Token of success for heavy metal band? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: GOLD DISC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Token of success\nGOLD is a heavy metal: not sure if a DISC is a band, or if this is just an extended cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Follow timepiece for two hours on duty (8)","output":"### Answer: DOGWATCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: two hours on duty\nDOG (follow) + WATCH (timepiece)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Don't take opportunity to succeed at university (4,2)","output":"### Answer: PASS UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Don't take opportunity\nPASS (succeed in an exam) + UP (at university)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Find position in the east (6)","output":"### Answer: ORIENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Find position\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Formerly, a fascist symbol broken in half (2,3)","output":"### Answer: AS WAS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Formerly\nA SWAS[tika]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He deserves woman's love (4)","output":"### Answer: HERO \n ### Explanation: Definition: He deserves woman's love\nHER + O, and an extended definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Intended heartlessly to follow United as a penance (9)","output":"### Answer: ATONEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: penance\nAT ONE (united) + ME[a]NT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: America, for example, backing employment (5)","output":"### Answer: USAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: employment\nUSA + reverse of E.G."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stray doctor provided the end of treatment (5)","output":"### Answer: DRIFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stray\nDR + IF (provided) + [treatmen]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Result of dental anaesthesia overdose? Idiot! (9)","output":"### Answer: NUMBSKULL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Idiot\nToo much anaesthetic might give you a NUMB SKULL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In the middle of the red line (7)","output":"### Answer: CENTRAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: In the middle\nDouble definition \u2013 the Central Line is red on the London Underground map"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Title giving lad more trouble (7)","output":"### Answer: EARLDOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Title\n(LAD MORE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Church chasing film vampire and bloodsucker (5)","output":"### Answer: LEECH \n ### Explanation: Definition: bloodsucker\nLEE (Christopher Lee, who played Dracula in several films)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Annoying electronic sound endlessly made by buzzer (3)","output":"### Answer: BEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: buzzer\nBEE[p]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animal is a shy bear, by the sound of it (5)","output":"### Answer: COYPU \n ### Explanation: Definition: Animal\nCOY + homophone of [Winnie the] \"Pooh\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Number making heck of a racket in exam (7)","output":"### Answer: ORDINAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Number\nDIN in ORAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time for resolution as jury split by two different articles (7)","output":"### Answer: JANUARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Time for resolution\nAN and A separately, in JURY, with a reference to New Year's resolution"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strangely unrecognisable without being criminal (9)","output":"### Answer: LARCENOUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: criminal\nUNRECOGNISABLE* less the letters of BEING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Useless computers holding writer back (5)","output":"### Answer: INEPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Useless\nReverse of PEN in IT (computers)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not a street where things happen (5)","output":"### Answer: VENUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: where things happen\nAVENUE (street) less A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cockney pet mad about city (9)","output":"### Answer: AMSTERDAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: city\n[h]AMSTER + reverse of MAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What softens onion dhal, cooked with a tiny bit of turmeric (4,6)","output":"### Answer: HAND LOTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: What softens\nAnagram of ONION DAHL + T[urmeric]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gambler seen on top of tavern, he may be the finest yet (6,4,4)","output":"### Answer: BETTER\u00a0THAN\u00a0EVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: the finest yet\nBETTER (gambler) + (TAVERN HE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boys back-to-back in the doghouse (6)","output":"### Answer: KENNEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: doghouse\nKEN + reverse of LEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deep trouble following street in the morning rush (8)","output":"### Answer: STAMPEDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: rush\nST + AM (in the morning) + DEEP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crazy nightmare might be the case for Brazil (8)","output":"### Answer: NUTSHELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: case for Brazil\nNUTS (crazy) HELL (nightmare)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Study Arabic, half drunk, for 24 hours (8)","output":"### Answer: SATURDAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: 24 hours\nAnagram of STUDY + half of ARA[bic]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: G'day! Swap taps for some strings (5)","output":"### Answer: CELLO \n ### Explanation: Definition: some strings\nHELLO with H[ot] replaced by C[old]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Side and corner shot? Think again! (10)","output":"### Answer: RECONSIDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Think again\n(SIDE CORNER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quiet and timid, like Mickey, Jerry or Stuart? (5)","output":"### Answer: MOUSY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quiet and timid\nDouble definition \u2013 Mickey and Jerry are very well known mice, Stuart perhaps less obvious"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Long-term, it's said you are in the finale (8)","output":"### Answer: ENDURING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Long-term\nHomophone of \"you are\" in ENDING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Raise little dog just for one's holiday home? (8)","output":"### Answer: BALMORAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: one's holiday home\nReverse of LAB[rador] MORAL (just); \"one's\" shows that it's the Queen's holiday home, though I think she stopped referring to herself as \"one\" some time ago, at least in public. I've always suspected this was because she was lampooned for it, as with her other catchphrase \"my husband and I\", which she also doesn't use any more"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fair, therefore bang on (4,2)","output":"### Answer: JUST SO \n ### Explanation: Definition: bang on\nJUST (fair) + SO (therefore)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Schedule non-disclosure agree\u00adment after a long time (6)","output":"### Answer: AGENDA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Schedule\nAGE + NDA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing to be found between 13 down and 28 (4)","output":"### Answer: LOVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nothing\n~~If you put O (zero, nothing) between 13d and 27a then we see ordina**L O VE**nue; it's not really an &lit (aka clue as definition), but that's the general idea~~ *Ignore that rubbish: it's hidden in celLO + VEnue \u2013 thanks wooden_tree"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Volume of customers (4)","output":"### Answer: TOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Volume\nHidden in cusTOMErs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hear simple story swapped on an aircraft (9)","output":"### Answer: TAILPLANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: on an aircraft\nHomophone of \"plain tail\" with the elements interchanged. I don't like \"on an aircraft\" for \"part of an aircraft\": it's like my bugbear of \"in France\" for \"a place in France\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man has trip, one in France (5)","output":"### Answer: SHAUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Man\nHAS* + UN (French for \"one\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Saint even broke into two churches? Yes, that's risky (7)","output":"### Answer: CHANCEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: risky\nEven letters of sAiNt in CH + CE, plus Y. A rather odd-looking spelling, but it's in the dictionaries"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Touches margins, moving right towards the end (7)","output":"### Answer: FINGERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Touches\nFRINGES with the R moved almost to the end"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Welsh party rejected holding hands with everyone (5)","output":"### Answer: WORLD \n ### Explanation: Definition: everyone\nR[ight] and L[eft] in W + reverse of DO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Children's workspaces? Just the opposite (9)","output":"### Answer: PLAYROOMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Children's workspaces? Just the opposite\nThe best way I can find to parse this is that PLAY is \"Children's work\", plus ROOMS for \"spaces\", but it seems rather weak; maybe I'm missing something"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Around court, Michael Corleone's worried, giving away no type of reaction (15)","output":"### Answer: ELECTROCHEMICAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: type of reaction\nCT in anagram of MICHAEL CORLEONE, less NO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: More clean than a mouse? (9)","output":"### Answer: SQUEAKIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: More clean\ndouble\/cryptic definition, alluding to the expression \"squeaky clean\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not better with sore bum (5)","output":"### Answer: WORSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not better\nW[ith] + SORE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Amount of fancy stiff upper lip, for starters (7)","output":"### Answer: FISTFUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Amount\nSTIFF* + U[pper] L[ip]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clubs and diamonds: bridge often going over these (7)","output":"### Answer: DRIVERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clubs\nD[iamonds] + RIVERS (what some bridges go over)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Menageries house mass of flies (5)","output":"### Answer: ZOOMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: flies\nM in ZOOS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Touring Panama, cooks get this food (9)","output":"### Answer: SPAGHETTI \n ### Explanation: Definition: food\nPA in (GET THIS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small parasite sits on small bark of deciduous plants (10)","output":"### Answer: STICKWEEDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: plants\nS + TICK (parasite) + WEE (small) + D[eciduou]S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Compile grid with ease? No way! (8)","output":"### Answer: DISAGREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: No way\n(GRID EASE)*. The definition seems to be the wrong part of speech, but I suppose you could consider the answer as an exclamation, like \"no way!\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arranged walk round Scotland's borders? On the contrary (6)","output":"### Answer: SPACED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arranged\nPACE in S[cotlan]D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Young horse born inside (4)","output":"### Answer: BABY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Young\nB in BAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Training note after he translated for old writer (3-7)","output":"### Answer: PEN-FEATHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: old writer\nPE (training) + N + (AFTER HE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reynard's enemy is initially enjoying music over Ring cycle (8)","output":"### Answer: ISENGRIM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reynard's enemy\nIS + NGRI (\"cycled\" RING) in E[njoying] M[usic]. Isengrim is Reynard the Fox's uncle and enemy in the old fables"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greta trades her soul for unknown European summer house (6)","output":"### Answer: GAZEBO \n ### Explanation: Definition: summer house\n[Greta] GARBO with the middle letter or \"soul\" replaced by Z (unknown) E[uropean]. The surface is presumably referring to Greta Thunberg"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finishes post from top to bottom (4)","output":"### Answer: ENDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Finishes\nSEND (post) with the S moved to the end, though \"from to to bottom\" doesn't really indicate this"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Expert is left gambling on dollar with no gain (10)","output":"### Answer: PROFITLESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: with no gain\nPRO + (IS LEFT)* + S (from the dollar sign, $)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Argentine's family has type of small white onion (10)","output":"### Answer: SILVERSKIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: type of small white onion\nSILVER'S KIN \u2013 Argentine literally means \"silver\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Marine creature reportedly towed fellow by his pants (8)","output":"### Answer: TOADFISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Marine creature\n\"Towed\" + F + HIS* \u2013 an aptly named sea creature: also the nickname of a character in *Neighbours"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Instrument, somewhat forgotten, rockets to the sky (8)","output":"### Answer: CORNETTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Instrument\nHidden in reverse of forgOTTEN ROCkets. As well as being a type of ice cream, the cornett or cornetto is an old musical instrument, not to be confused with the modern trumpet-like cornet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Result involved in hitting a six? (6)","output":"### Answer: UPSHOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Result\nA batsman might score a six as a result of a SHOT that goes UPwards"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First flyer bearing straight (6)","output":"### Answer: WRIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: First flyer\nW[est] (compass bearing) + RIGHT (straight); referring tp Wilbur Wright, though his was of course only the first *powered* flight"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Boys in Blue, or Blur? (4)","output":"### Answer: FUZZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: The Boys in Blue\nDouble definition, \"the fuzz\" being slang (of uncertain origin \u2013 possibly from either \"fuss\" or \"force\") for the police (aka the boys in blue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After injecting drug, parent is numb (4)","output":"### Answer: DEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: numb\nE[cstasy] in DAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grated cheese enveloping something in rank marinade (9)","output":"### Answer: ESCABECHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: marinade\nCAB (taxi \u2013 found in a rank) in CHEESE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dock unloaded citrus fruit and fish (4)","output":"### Answer: SHAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: fish\nSHADDOCK (citrus fruit) less DOCK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Indian language? See this cant I'd translated for a dictionary (5)","output":"### Answer: ORIYA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Indian language\nComposite anagram: (A DICTIONARY)* = ORIYA CANT I'D"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bit of money that's short in a payment for land measure (6)","output":"### Answer: ARPENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: land measure\nP (abbreviation penny) in A RENT (payment); \"land\" could be attached to either \"payment for\" or \"measure\": I think \"land measure\" is the intended definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revels? Disorderly sort limiting lives (6)","output":"### Answer: ROISTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Revels\nIS (lives) in SORT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mineral was smashed with end of sledge (7)","output":"### Answer: G\u00d6THITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mineral\nGOT HIT + [sledg]E \u2013 an alternative spelling of the mineral Goethite, which is named after the poet Goethe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: An Asian tree alongside English poplar (5)","output":"### Answer: ABELE \n ### Explanation: Definition: poplar\nA BEL (Asian tree) + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ache being denied wine, making the old smirk (4)","output":"### Answer: GREN \n ### Explanation: Definition: the old smirk\nGRENACHE (wine) less ACHE \u2013 old form of \"grin\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A gun cast in e.g. bronze, mature? See set of linguistic symbols (12)","output":"### Answer: METALANGUAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: set of linguistic symbols\n(A GUN)* in METAL + AGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clever? It shows dash when you do (4)","output":"### Answer: CUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clever\nIf you CUT the E from CUTE, you get CUT, one of whose definitions in Chambers is \"to dash, go quickly\" (as in \"cut along!\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Points on the board, we hear? Low points (5)","output":"### Answer: SCAWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Low points\nHomophone (for non-rhotic speakers) of \"scores\"; a scaw is a low headland"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: You may see some lad excited by me (7)","output":"### Answer: DAMOSEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: You may see some lad excited by me\n(SOME LAD)* &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seed coverings air buffeted around badly (6)","output":"### Answer: ARILLI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seed coverings\nILL in AIR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Milton wrote this of marsh plants (6)","output":"### Answer: REEDEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: of marsh plants\nMilton wrote RE (about) [the garden of] EDEN in *Paradise Lost"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Its contents are arranged for printing, in the writer's opinion? (5)","output":"### Answer: FORME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Its contents are arranged for printing\nFOR ME (in my opinion)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sheila's irritable, still rebuffed about love (4)","output":"### Answer: TOEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sheila's irritable\nO in reverse of YET (still) \u2013 Australian slang for \"irritable\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Local watercourse in Britain, one revealing pike-like fish (9)","output":"### Answer: GREEN-BONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: pike-like fish\nREEN (dialect word for a ditch or watercourse) in GB + ONE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fruit cocktail and sandwich (requiring short time to open it)? (5)","output":"### Answer: SHRUB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fruit cocktail\nHR (abbreviated \"hour\") in SUB (sandwich); this shrub is \"a mixed drink of lemon or other citrus fruit..\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Delay once getting under lid for pill (6)","output":"### Answer: CAPLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: pill\nCAP (lid) + LET (delay, marked as \"archaic\", but in the same sense as found in \"let or hindrance\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A stopper (4)","output":"### Answer: BUNG \n ### Explanation: Definition: A stopper\nThe competition word, or what should have been\u2026"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Otic area pest, possibly a flea? (12)","output":"### Answer: ECTOPARASITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: possibly a flea\n(OTIC AREA PEST)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sydney harbour feature, note, in papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9? (12)","output":"### Answer: CARTON\u2011PIERRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9\nCARTON (Sydney, as in *A Tale of Two Cities*) + PIER (harbour feature)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Outsiders going for shoot that creates a carry-on (5)","output":"### Answer: HOO-HA \n ### Explanation: Definition: carry-on\nsHOOt tHAt minus the outer letters of each word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What makes an Isis rite \u2013 i.e. in these being rattled? (6)","output":"### Answer: SISTRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: What makes an Isis rite \u2013 i.e. in these being rattled\nAnother composite anagram, and also and &lit. (AN ISIS RITE)* = I.E. IN SISTRA; plural of \"sistrum\", which is \"an ancient Egyptian rattle, used in Isis-worship\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bairn that's good, yet spoilt (4)","output":"### Answer: GYTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bairn\nG + YET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dread Shakespearean blather and tortured tenses (9)","output":"### Answer: GASTNESSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dread Shakespearean\nGAS (blather) + TENSES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dejected when damn rings puncture (7)","output":"### Answer: DEFLATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dejected\nFLAT (a puncture) \"ringed by\" DEE (i.e. D, euphemism for \"damn\"), though the definition surely points to DEFLATED. *Thanks to Dansar for the correction: it's FLAT (dejected) in DEE, with \"puncture\" as the definition."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What Baden Powell encouraged affected clubs, a large number (9)","output":"### Answer: CAMPCRAFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: What Baden Powell encouraged\nCAMP (affected) + C[lubs] + RAFT (large number)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hatch limitless wealth kept in pot (7)","output":"### Answer: GUICHET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hatch\n[r]ICHE[s] in GUT (pot[-belly]) \u2013 familiar as the French word for a ticket-office"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One among heavenly bodies in flight (6)","output":"### Answer: STAIRS \n ### Explanation: Definition: flight\nI in STARS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nutritious fern, number fringing neglected road (6)","output":"### Answer: NARDOO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nutritious fern\nROAD in NO (number)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Idle Aussie, very nippy by the sound of it (5)","output":"### Answer: POLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Idle Aussie\nHomophone of \"polar\", very cold; Australian slang for a shirker"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eyesore? He admitted there's not so many in Scotland (5)","output":"### Answer: WHEEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: not so many in Scotland\nHE in WEN (eyesore, as in \"The Great Wen\" for London); it's a Scots word for a few"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Smur in Glasgow or Dundee coming up (4)","output":"### Answer: DROW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Smur\nHidden in reverse of glasgoW OR Dundee; Chambers gives \"fine misty rain\" for \"smur\" and \" drizzling mist\" for DROW: there may be a subtle distinction between the two: in any case, both are familiar to those of us who regularly visit Scotland (for obvious reasons I have had to cancel my next visit, which was due in May)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sprat (male) goes for this, a line that's loaded I cast (4)","output":"### Answer: LEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sprat (male) goes for this\n(A LINE)* less I, with a reference to the nursery rhyme: \"Jack Sprat would eat no fat\" (unlike his wife, hence the \"(male)\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time to attack endlessly unfair work conditions (4,4)","output":"### Answer: ZERO HOUR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Time to attack\nA ZERO HOURS contract is where one is tied to an employer but with no guarantee of work; truncate that and you get the military expression"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Express's quiet about Con\u00adservative power grab (6)","output":"### Answer: PUTSCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: power grab\nPUT (express \u2013 as in \"put it this way\") + C in SH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They reward theatrics from the likes of Blair? (6)","output":"### Answer: TONIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: They reward theatrics\nDouble definition \u2013 the Tony Awards (more often pluralised as Tonys, I think) are for excellence in live Broadway theatre"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In charge in any pub, moving stock up frantically (5,3)","output":"### Answer: PANIC BUY \n ### Explanation: Definition: stock up frantically\nIC in (ANY PUB)* \u2013 this clue is the nearest reference I've seen to the current situation in a daily puzzle: maybe just a coincidence, though there was some panic buying, particularly of toilet rolls, for some time before the lockdown"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put up with someone hard to put up with (4)","output":"### Answer: BORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put up with\nDouble definition: I originally guessed BEAR, but the first \"put up\" in the clue is in the past tense"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One in the balance on horse almost balances (10)","output":"### Answer: EQUILIBRIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: balances\nEQUI[ne] *(or more likely EQUI[d])* (horse) + I in LIBRA (scales, balance)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Effortless adoption thus returned second sibling (7)","output":"### Answer: OSMOSIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Effortless adoption\nRevere of SO (thus) + MO (moment, second) + SIS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hygiene issue not even in town (7)","output":"### Answer: BOROUGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: town\nBO (body odour) + ROUGH (uneven)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Condition of lush sauces by Arab American (10)","output":"### Answer: DIPSOMANIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Condition of lush\nDIPS (sauces) + OMANI (Arab) + A[merican] \u2013 a lush is a drunkard"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Desire heterosexual embraces (4)","output":"### Answer: EROS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Desire\nHidden in hetEROSexual"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stylish and posh, favourite clothing brand (8)","output":"### Answer: UPMARKET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stylish\nU (upper-class, posh) + MARK (brand) in PET (favourite)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Setter and setter drinking drink and drink (6)","output":"### Answer: IMBIBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\nI (the setter) + BIB (drink) in ME (the setter again)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deer's back, lassoed by worker's chain (6)","output":"### Answer: ANKLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: chain\nReverse of ELK in ANT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Covers no more songs (8)","output":"### Answer: OVERLAYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Covers\nOVER (no more \u2013 as in \"trips to the pub are no more\") + LAYS (songs)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Adoring hip-hop singer in pieces without awful noise (4-11)","output":"### Answer: HERO\u2011WORSHIPPING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Adoring\n~~Reverse of~~ ROW (noise) in (HIP HOP SINGER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bobby Charlton's header, running fast after cut back by reserve (6,9)","output":"### Answer: POLICE\u00a0CONSTABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bobby\nThis took me a while to parse: it's POL (reverse of LOP, cut) + ICE (reserve) + C[harlton] + ON (running) + STABLE (fast, as in firm, fixed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disapproval for Mister Barking's promotional activity (10)","output":"### Answer: BOOSTERISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: promotional activity\nBOOS + MISTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One with no degree of theatre work in Tudor plays (7)","output":"### Answer: DROPOUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: One with no degree\nOP (work in an operating theatre) in TUDOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Paper bags quietly turned around (4)","output":"### Answer: SPUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: turned around\nP in SUN (newspaper)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where people are both in and out of capital? (11,4)","output":"### Answer: STOCKBROKER\u00a0BELT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where people are both in and out of capital\nDouble\/cryptic definition: the stockbroker belt is outside of London, and stockbrokers work in capital (i.e. money)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moralising work of Corbyn is trashed with gusto (8,3,4)","output":"### Answer: SCOUTING\u00a0FOR\u00a0BOYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Moralising work\n(OF CORBYN IS GUSTO)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appear with the greatest film doubles (10)","output":"### Answer: LOOKALIKES \n ### Explanation: Definition: doubles\nLOOK (appear) + ALI (The Greatest) + KES (film)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jack ejected from meeting for insincere emotion (7)","output":"### Answer: UNCTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: insincere emotion\nJUNCTION (meeting) less J"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strip and remove shell of jet plane (4)","output":"### Answer: KITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: plane\nKIT (strip \u2013 as in sportswear) + [j]E[t]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: How bird might attack pig in London? (7)","output":"### Answer: PECKHAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: in London\nPECK HAM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where to worship American actress (6)","output":"### Answer: TEMPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where to worship\nDouble definition: I took the actress to be child star Shirley Temple, but no doubt there are others to choose from"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Figure skater's endlessly upset to hide Queen's disease from sheep (5,3)","output":"### Answer: LIVER ROT \n ### Explanation: Definition: disease from sheep\nER in reverse of [Jayne] TORVIL[L]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: He's a wizard craftsman (6)","output":"### Answer: POTTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: He's a wizard\nDouble definition; no doubt about the name this time: it's Harry POTTER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deregulation left big airlines in trouble (12)","output":"### Answer: LIBERALISING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deregulation\nL + (BIG AIRLINES)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gerrard's dribbling around United's area for defensive players (10)","output":"### Answer: REARGUARDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: defensive players\nU + A in (GERRARDS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unit expresses surprise with onset of march (3)","output":"### Answer: OHM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unit\nOH! (expression of surprise) + M[arch]. The ohm is the unit of electrical resistance"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Goes without outer garments when it's this? (3)","output":"### Answer: HOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Goes without outer garments when it's this\nSHOTS (tries, goes) without its outer letters, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ruthless king invades? Had a little trap recalled (4-6)","output":"### Answer: HARD-BITTEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ruthless\nR (king) in HAD BIT + reverse of NET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor: ' \u2026 er, you're still lacking determination' (12)","output":"### Answer: IRRESOLUTELY \n ### Explanation: Definition: lacking determination\n(ER YOU'RE STILL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Properties of 19 rivers (6)","output":"### Answer: HOUSES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Properties\nH[ot] + OUSES; normally it would be odd to have a plural of a river name, but there are several OUSES in England"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crack, Viagra, injecting cocaine and ecstasy at church residence \u2026 (8)","output":"### Answer: VICARAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: church residence\nC[ocaine] in VIAGRA* + E[cstasy]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 begging rector to quit coughing up (6)","output":"### Answer: PAYING \n ### Explanation: Definition: coughing up\nPRAYING less R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Those searching find M is his and ____ (7)","output":"### Answer: FISHERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Those searching\nIn contrast to M[ale] is his, F[emale] IS HERS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: European cry at a bullfight under pressure (4)","output":"### Answer: POLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: European\nP[ressure] + OL\u00c9"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 50% off Royalist's wine (4)","output":"### Answer: CAVA \n ### Explanation: Definition: wine\nHalf of CAVAlier"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Husband's mistake at home? Gutting ginormous fish! (8)","output":"### Answer: HERRINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: fish\nH + ERR (to mistake) + IN (at home) + G[inormou]S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sculptor, extraordinary inside? (5)","output":"### Answer: MOORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sculptor\nThe answer (Henry Moore) was clear from the crossing letters, but the parsing to me a little longer: we have to \"lift-and-separate\" \"extraordinary\" to get MORE (extra) with O (ordinary) inside"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Foreign state finally caps toxic waste (6)","output":"### Answer: EXOTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Foreign\n[stat]E + TOXIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cat tiptoes around in underwear (10)","output":"### Answer: PETTICOATS \n ### Explanation: Definition: underwear\n(CAT TIPTOES)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feeling of anger from pledge to marry? Run for good (10)","output":"### Answer: ENRAGEMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feeling of anger\nENGAGEMENT (pledge to marry) with G[ood] replaced by R[un]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Praised twin somersaulting over short boy (6)","output":"### Answer: LAUDED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Praised\nReverse of DUAL (twin) + ED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mischievous piece on man of the cloth (10)","output":"### Answer: ARCHBISHOP \n ### Explanation: Mischievous piece on man of the cloth (10)\nARCH (mischievous) + BISHOP (chess piece)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unable to toss buyer over river in Kent (10)","output":"### Answer: CANTERBURY \n ### Explanation: Definition: in Kent\nCAN'T ([is] unable) + R[iver] in BUYER* \u2013 the second instance of using \"in X\" to mean \"a place in X\" \u2013 see also 1a: not my favourite device"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Productive story needs no introduction (6)","output":"### Answer: ARABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Productive\n[P]ARABLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maybe Venus shall aim poorly on first serve (8)","output":"### Answer: WILLIAMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maybe Venus\nWILL (shall) + AIM* + S[erve] \u2013 the definition refers to the tennis player"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moving east, the navy is behind (6)","output":"### Answer: ASTERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: behind\nEAST* + R[oyal] N[avy]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article about one following crook (5)","output":"### Answer: THIEF \n ### Explanation: Definition: crook\nI in THE + F[ollowing]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feeble, energy dropping? Become animate (4)","output":"### Answer: WAKE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Become animate\nWEAK with the E \"dropping\" to the end"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: During flights, we push back seats (4)","output":"### Answer: PEWS \n ### Explanation: Definition: seats\nHidden in reverse of flightS, WE Push"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Meet South African model returning before start of fashion year (7)","output":"### Answer: SATISFY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Meet\nSA + reverse of SIT (to model) + F[ashion] + Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Try getting place in athletic 23 (4,3)","output":"### Answer: SHOT PUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: athletic 23\nSHOT (a try, as in \"give it a shot\") + PUT (to place)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Join university side, leaving in the morning (5)","output":"### Answer: UNITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Join\nUNI + TEAM less A.M."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charm hostage over a time (9)","output":"### Answer: CAPTIVATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Charm\nA T in CAPTIVE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Party has a politician that's informative (10)","output":"### Answer: REVELATORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: informative\nREVEL (party) + A TORY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heat black fossil fuel (4)","output":"### Answer: BOIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Heat\nB + OIL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Remaining excellent (11)","output":"### Answer: OUTSTANDING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Remaining\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Firework in love story about foreign land (5,6)","output":"### Answer: ROMAN\u00a0CANDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Firework\nLAND* in ROMANCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Works a treat, reversing to include charge (4)","output":"### Answer: TASK \n ### Explanation: Definition: charge\nHidden in reverse of worKS A Treat"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No pay rise, as few agree arrange\u00adment before final letter to Europe (4,6)","output":"### Answer: WAGE FREEZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: No pay rise\n(FEW AGREE)* + Z (final letter) + E[urope]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feature sensible dinner service (9)","output":"### Answer: CHINAWARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: dinner service\nCHIN (feature) + AWARE (sensible, in an older sense of the word)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old first to be present (5)","output":"### Answer: EXIST \n ### Explanation: Old first to be present (5)\nEX (old, former) + 1ST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left top off groups of bananas as meals (7)","output":"### Answer: LUNCHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: meals\nL + [B]UNCHES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nominal time in strange ritual (7)","output":"### Answer: TITULAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nominal\nT in RITUAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: True Conservative shape (6)","output":"### Answer: SQUARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: True\nThree definitions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pinch article about one empty vehicle (6)","output":"### Answer: THIEVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pinch\nI (one) in THE (article) + V[ehicl]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Entranced by time before spring (10)","output":"### Answer: SPELLBOUND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Entranced\nSPELL (a time) + BOUND (to spring)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leaders of yesteryear approach captain helming tourist vessel (5)","output":"### Answer: YACHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: vessel\nFirst letters of Yesteryear Approach Captain Helming Tourist"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Curtains put up across mantle regularly pulled apart (9)","output":"### Answer: SEPARATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: pulled apart\nAlternate letters of mAnTlE in reverse of DRAPES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Notice of death from mosquito bite (4)","output":"### Answer: OBIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Notice of death\nHidden in mosquitO BITe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Non-physical complaint head of medicine dismissed wrongly (8)","output":"### Answer: PLATONIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Non-physical\nAnagram of COMPLAINT less M[edicine]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old record those people keep for study of religion (8)","output":"### Answer: THEOLOGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: study of religion\nO LOG in THEY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tender name broadcast as expression of love (10)","output":"### Answer: ENDEARMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: expression of love\n(TENDER NAME)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hooligans drop onto a path leading south (9)","output":"### Answer: TEARAWAYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hooligans\nTEAR (rhyming with \"beer\" \u2013 a drop) + A WAY + S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crazy mount rearing following quiet procedure (8)","output":"### Answer: PROTOCOL \n ### Explanation: Definition: procedure\nP followed by reverse of LOCO (crazy) + TOR (hill, mount)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Love calling for exclusion (8)","output":"### Answer: OMISSION \n ### Explanation: Definition: exclusion\nO (zero, love) + MISSION (calling)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Den raised after a bit of excitement in the air (6)","output":"### Answer: AERIAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: in the air\nA + E[xcitement] + reverse of LAIR (den)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fool rejects shuffling with no clubs (6)","output":"### Answer: JESTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fool\nAnagram of REJECTS less C[lubs]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English opening race perhaps (5)","output":"### Answer: EVENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: race perhaps\nE + VENT (opening)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clean with volcanic dust (4)","output":"### Answer: WASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Clean\nW[ith] + ASH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plant, during historical period, run inside spy organisation (9)","output":"### Answer: CINERARIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plant\nIN ERA + R in CIA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Source of news heard in 1045 and 1115, for instance (5)","output":"### Answer: TIMES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Source of news\nThe newspaper, and 1045 and 1115 can both be seen as times of day \u2013 \"heard\", I suppose, because you would expect some punctuation in them, as 10:45 and 11:15"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They're out every year, you said, breaking records (7)","output":"### Answer: ANNUALS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They're out every year\nU (\"you\") in ANNALS \u2013 the annuals could be either annual plants or books"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opening of games at Scottish town that got off to flying start in 1930 (7)","output":"### Answer: GATWICK \n ### Explanation: Definition: that got off to flying start in 1930\nG[ames] AT WICK \u2013 according to Wikipedia. \"Gatwick opened as an aerodrome in the late 1920s; it has been in use for commercial flights since 1933\", but the official Gatwick website says that \"Gatwick Airport began life in 1930 as the Surrey Aero Club\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Noted runners from previous era hurrying back (5)","output":"### Answer: HARES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Noted runners\nHidden in reverse of previouS ERA Hurrying"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In 2001 he computed a bit less than 45 minutes? (3)","output":"### Answer: HAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: In 2001 he computed\nThe name of the computer in the film *2001: A Space Odyssey* \u2013 I think the wordplay is a truncated HAL[f], referring to the 45 minutes of the halves of a game of football (\"a games of two halves\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Agreement commemorated in 2015 revised as act (anagram) (5,5)","output":"### Answer: MAGNA CARTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Agreement commemorated in 2015\n(ACT ANAGRAM)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lecherous racist misbehaving around end of century (7)","output":"### Answer: SATYRIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lecherous\n[centur]Y in RACIST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: From 2020, produces scores in sections over short time (7)","output":"### Answer: BISECTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: From 2020, produces scores\nSEC[ond] in BITS (sections). If you bisect 2020 you get two 20s, or scores"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fun starting in 1913 irritated a lot left out (9)","output":"### Answer: CROSSWORD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fun starting in 1913\nCROSS (irritated) + WORLD (a lot) less L. The famous \"word-cross\" puzzle by Arthur Wynne was published in 1913"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dispersed in mass burial in 1666 (5,9)","output":"### Answer: ANNUS\u00a0MIRABILIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: 1666\n(IN MASS BURIAL IN)*. Several years have been described as an *annus mirabilis*: 1666 was one which was particularly fruitful for Isaac Newton (while he was sheltering from the Great Plague)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: MP in 1983, initially, he was recalled for 1984 (5)","output":"### Answer: BLAIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: MP in 1983\nTony Blair was first elected as an MP in 1983, and Eric Blair, aka George Orwell, wrote 1984 (or, more accurately, *Nineteen Eighty-four*)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Eve of historic event in 1916, for which date's varying with year (6,3)","output":"### Answer: EASTER DAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Eve of historic event in 1916\nThe Irish Easter Rising began on Easter Monday, 1916; and the date of Easter varies from year to year *and more cleverly, as Lord Jim points out in the comments, it's an anagram of DATE'S + YEAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Historical tax for one joining union in 1707 (4)","output":"### Answer: SCOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Historical tax\nScot is an old tax (as in \"scot free\"), and the union of Scotland (i.e. the SCOTs) and England took place in 1707"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Call number set up, like a moment\u00adous step taken in 1969? (3-3)","output":"### Answer: ONE-MAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: like a moment\u00adous step taken in 1969\nReverse of NAME NO, and a reference to Neil Armstrong's \"one small step for [a] man\", which could be described as a \"one-man step\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: France's extremely dated monarch, unwelcome visitor (10)","output":"### Answer: TRESPASSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: unwelcome visitor\nTRES (French \"very\", extremely) + PASS\u00c9 + R (king or queen, monarch)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prepares for 2027 and 2029, for example (6)","output":"### Answer: PRIMES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prepares\nDouble definition: 2027 and 2029 are both prime numbers. A famous unsolved problem in number theory, the Twin Primes conjecture, is whether there are infinitely many pairs of primes that differ by 2"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 16th-century music distracted capital over half a century (8)","output":"### Answer: MADRIGAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: 16th-century music\nMAD (distracted) + RIGA (capital of Latvia) + L (50, half of 100)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Article penned by second-century bishop, one undermining union (4)","output":"### Answer: SCAB \n ### Explanation: Definition: one undermining union\nA in S + C + B. A scab is a strike-breaker"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Military exercises that started to link two countries in 1988 (8)","output":"### Answer: DRILLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Military exercises\nDouble definition: construction of the Channel Tunnel began in 1988"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Parts of every year produce confusion, so to speak (4)","output":"### Answer: DAYS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Parts of every year\nHomophone of \"daze\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Since 1882, it marks success in tests for trees (5)","output":"### Answer: ASHES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Since 1882, it marks success in tests\nDouble definition: reference to The Ashes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Properties split among people in 1117 (10)","output":"### Answer: TIMESHARES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Properties split among people\nA cheeky of charade of two other answers from the puzzle: TIMES (11) + HARES (17)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Takes off a Romantic author (1795-1821) (5)","output":"### Answer: KEATS \n ### Explanation: Definition: a Romantic author (1795-1821)\nTAKES* \u2013 this would be a perfectly acceptable clue without the dates, but they fit nicely with the theme"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like some numbers, within moderation always (8)","output":"### Answer: RATIONAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like some numbers\nHidden in modeRATION ALways. Rational numbers are those that can be expressed as the ratio of two integers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Male, having no heart about middle of 60s, was intimidating (8)","output":"### Answer: HECTORED \n ### Explanation: Definition: was intimidating\nHE (male) + middle letter of sixTies in CORED (\"having no heart\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like hundreds of dates accepted by male singer, American tough guy (6)","output":"### Answer: BADASS \n ### Explanation: Definition: American tough guy\nA.D. (as hundreds, indeed thousands, of dates) in BASS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Preserve commercial area in country since 1867 (6)","output":"### Answer: CANADA \n ### Explanation: Definition: country since 1867\nCAN (to preserve) + AD + A. Canada was created as a federal dominion in 1867: I was surprised to find this was so recent"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hint, having book set in 1728, say (4)","output":"### Answer: CUBE \n ### Explanation: Definition: 1728, say\nB in CUE. 1728 is the cube of 12"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small rescue vessel, in 1945, lib\u00aderated part of the British Isles (4)","output":"### Answer: SARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: in 1945, lib\u00aderated part of the British Isles\nS + ARK. Sark is one of the Channel Islands, liberated from Nazi occupation in 1945. (Geographically speaking the Channel Islands are not strictly part of the British Isles)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: By the sound of it, a Channel Island providing oversea refuge in 1746 (4)","output":"### Answer: SKYE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Island providing oversea refuge in 1746\nHomophone of SKY (TV channel), and a reference to Bonnie Prince Charlie going \"over the sea to Skye\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Typecast in play, initially hope for change (5,4)","output":"### Answer: PETTY CASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: change\nTYPECAST* + H[ope]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Away from the borders, raid a hostile state (5)","output":"### Answer: IDAHO \n ### Explanation: Definition: state\nHidden in raID A HOstile"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chair here (own Scots pine, for example) (7)","output":"### Answer: AINTREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chair here\nAIN (Scots \"own\", as in \"my ain folk\") + TREE (e.g. a pine). The Chair is a famous fence at Aintree racecourse, jumped in the Grand National for example"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oversexed pair flopping with film (7)","output":"### Answer: PRIAPIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Oversexed\nPAIR* + PIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet in old film (4)","output":"### Answer: OVID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poet\nO + VID[eo]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One could get fleeced here in court \u2014 lawyers principally stick together (4,6)","output":"### Answer: WOOL-STAPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: One could get fleeced here\nWOO (to court) + L[awyers] + STAPLE (to stick together) \u2013 it's \"a market where wool is sold\" (given as two words in Chambers); \"staple\" here is related to \"stable\", meaning it was a fixed market"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Careful of the short gap at end of runway (7)","output":"### Answer: THRIFTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Careful\nTH[e] + RIFT (gap) + [runwa]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Understand about opening heart in solemn procession (7)","output":"### Answer: CORTEGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: solemn procession\nGET (to understand) reversed (about) in CORE (heart)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Team given extra exam (6-4)","output":"### Answer: ELEVEN-PLUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: exam\nELEVEN (team, e.g. in football) + PLUS (extra)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greta's short dress (4)","output":"### Answer: GARB \n ### Explanation: Definition: dress\nGARB[o]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This thus inhibiting business graduate? (7)","output":"### Answer: EMBARGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: This thus inhibiting business graduate\nMBA in ERGO (thus), with an &littish definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fish dish, head removed, filled with new parsley, perhaps (7)","output":"### Answer: GARNISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: parsley, perhaps\nN in GAR (fish) + [d]ISH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turned over papers by the light (5)","output":"### Answer: IDLED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Turned over\nID (papers) + LED (light)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Around time of arrival of train, leap out (9)","output":"### Answer: PERINATAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Around time of arrival\n(TRAIN LEAP)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Festive polka he'd danced, an unexpected turn-up (5,2,3,5)","output":"### Answer: SPEAK\u00a0OF\u00a0THE\u00a0DEVIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: an unexpected turn-up\n(FESTIVE POLKA HE'D)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Entering police speed trap, one gets nearer (8)","output":"### Answer: STINGIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: nearer\nI in STINGER (device used to puncture the tyres of a car being pursued by the police)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dreadful-sounding colourist (4)","output":"### Answer: DYER \n ### Explanation: Definition: colourist\nHomophone of \"dire\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Type of sporting grey coat (8)","output":"### Answer: CATEGORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Type\n(GREY COAT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Red line covers a page in centre of worship (6)","output":"### Answer: CHAPEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: centre of worship\nA P[age] in CHE (Che Guevara, a \"red\") + L[ine]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Diplomat's car back shortly (8)","output":"### Answer: MINISTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Diplomat\nMINI (car) + STER[n] \u2013 I wasn't sure minister could mean a diplomat, but Chambers gives \"A diplomatic representative of a government in a foreign state, esp one ranking below an ambassador\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Male creature and baby get much more intense (4,2)","output":"### Answer: RAMP UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: get much more intense\nRAM + PUP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arrogant, having an IQ of 150? (3,6,2,4)","output":"### Answer: TOO\u00a0CLEVER\u00a0BY\u00a0HALF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arrogant\nDouble\/cryptic definition \u2013 the \"average\" IQ is 100, and 150 is half as much again"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Non-contributory benefit for railway staff? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: FREE RIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Non-contributory benefit for railway staff\nExtended definition \u2013 railway staff are usually able to travel free on trains. Not a particularly great clue if you ask me"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Insistent solicitors are cold with people displaying emotion (8)","output":"### Answer: CHUGGERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Insistent solicitors\nC[old] + HUGGERS \u2013 chuggers is a portmanteau of \"charity muggers\", people who approach you in the street to encourage you (sometimes very persistently) to sign up for regular donations to a charity"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Waste energy on coat I took in (8)","output":"### Answer: EMACIATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Waste\nE[nergy] + MAC (mackintosh, coat) + I + ATE (took in)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blame for spilling marmalade, just having opened preserve (6)","output":"### Answer: EMBALM \n ### Explanation: Definition: preserve\nM[armalade] in BLAME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Speed effortlessly through part, not needing this? (6)","output":"### Answer: PROMPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: this\nROMP (speed effortlessly) in PT, and another &littish one: the \"part\" being a role in a play"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Speaking plainly, not top level (4)","output":"### Answer: RANK \n ### Explanation: Definition: level\n[F]RANK"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Popularly priced and in vogue \u2014 load up (4,5)","output":"### Answer: GOOD VALUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Popularly priced\n(VOGUE LOAD)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One closes loop \u2014 how synergy begins, where people take the plunge (5)","output":"### Answer: LIDOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: where people take the plunge\nLID (one that closes) + O (loop) + S[ynergy]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arms for long distance backed by nonsense talk (9)","output":"### Answer: FORELIMBS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arms\nFOR + reverse of MILE + BS (bullshit, nonsense)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Push the envelope of danger: Boatman's following (5)","output":"### Answer: DRIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Push\nThe \"envelope\" or outside letters of D[ange]R + I'VE (Boatman's)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Witness reported beggar, uncovered disposing of a spiky urchin (3,3)","output":"### Answer: SEA EGG \n ### Explanation: Definition: spiky urchin\nSEA (homophone of \"see\", witness) + bEGGar less the outer letters and then the A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Out of repair, rig a technical means to supply water (8)","output":"### Answer: IRRIGATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: to supply water\nHidden in repaIR RIG A TEchnical"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Paradigm shift in poem: it has terminal consonance (7)","output":"### Answer: EPITOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Paradigm\n(POEM IT) + [consonanc]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Run away from (rudely snub) Harlem Shuffle (7)","output":"### Answer: SHAMBLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shuffle\nAnagram of SNUB HARLEM less RUN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One gets beneath the surface of cannabis, uncovering disease (8)","output":"### Answer: POTHOLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One gets beneath the surface\nPOT (cannabis) + [c]HOLER[a]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Following scrap, you say your leader is fit for heavy lifting? (6)","output":"### Answer: MIGHTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: fit for heavy lifting\nMIGHT (homophone of \"mite\", a scrap) + \"leader\" of Your"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Buzzword for one thing that bosses and workers all are (5)","output":"### Answer: HUMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: thing that bosses and workers all are\nI think this is HUM (\"buzz\") + AN (word for one)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Added volume in disrupted arterial transport mode (3,6)","output":"### Answer: AIR TRAVEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: transport mode\nV in ARTERIAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cut hard at the end of the day (5)","output":"### Answer: HEWED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cut\nH[ard] + end of [th]E + WED[nesday]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Check places for funds again (9)","output":"### Answer: REINVESTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: funds again\nREIN (check) + VESTS (places, as in \"vests authority in..\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pet with clothing, belly out, is comical (6)","output":"### Answer: JOCOSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: comical\nJO (a beloved one, pet) + COSTUME (clothing) less TUM (belly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: DA then re-engineered fan (8)","output":"### Answer: ADHERENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: fan\n(DA THEN RE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boatman's upper crust, bleeding edge, going forward (6)","output":"### Answer: RATING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boatman\nApart from the definition I can't see how this works."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In your mouth, it's tender fruitless sweet spot (7)","output":"### Answer: GUMBOIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: In your mouth, it's tender\nGUM (fruitless sweet, I suppose) + BOIL (spot, though this just repeats an element of the answer)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps Betty Moon? Heads up for plant needed to get well (3,3)","output":"### Answer: OIL RIG \n ### Explanation: Definition: plant needed to get well\nReverse of GIRL (e.g. Betty) + IO (moon of Jupiter). Betty Moon is a singer-songwriter, but only relevant to the surface reading"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dead unimportant (3,5)","output":"### Answer: NOT VITAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dead\nDouble definition \u2013 a rather strange grid entry"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sly to reach out pointlessly (4)","output":"### Answer: ARCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sly\nREACH* less E (compass point)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not a ham, as ham might be supplied for immoral acts (8)","output":"### Answer: PROCURED \n ### Explanation: Definition: supplied for immoral acts\nPRO (not a ham or amateur) + CURED (as ham might be0"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: My agile, lean thoughtful leadership could be moonshine (4)","output":"### Answer: MALT \n ### Explanation: Definition: could be moonshine\nFirst letters of My Agile Lean Thoughtful"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: For big business leaders, change management's losing men (8)","output":"### Answer: MAGNATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: big business leaders\nMANAGEMENTS* less MEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Terrain reimagined for coach (7)","output":"### Answer: TRAINER \n ### Explanation: Definition: coach\nTERRAIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Core competency raised \u2014 leader embraces it, excited (6)","output":"### Answer: HEATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: excited\nThe \"core\" of [comp]ET[ency], reversed, in HEAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Insubordination in Spain's greatly outside the box (6)","output":"### Answer: MUTINY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Insubordination\nTIN (box) in MUY (Spanish \"very\", \"greatly\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Compact lunch, say, consumed by judge (6)","output":"### Answer: TREATY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Compact\nEAT (e.g. to lunch) in TRY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shallow watercourse, very warm in continent's extremes (5)","output":"### Answer: CHOTT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shallow watercourse\nHOT in C[ontinen]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lives with little to go round, requiring support (5)","output":"### Answer: JOIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: support\nIS in JOT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reptilian creature offering extra drinks after moderation (10)","output":"### Answer: HOMORELAPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reptilian creature\nHO (cessation or moderation) + MORE LAPS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Beer mixed with rum in part of old helmet (7)","output":"### Answer: UMBRERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of old helmet\n(BEER RUM)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Swellings, start of plague? What often precedes the word going round (5)","output":"### Answer: MUMPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Swellings\nP[lague] in MUM'S (as in \"mum's the word\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: River that is containing strong current (4)","output":"### Answer: RIFE \n ### Explanation: Definition: current\nF (forte, strong) in R I.E."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Midriff showing loss but no sign of age (4)","output":"### Answer: WAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Midriff\nWAST[AGE] \u2013 an old variant of \"waist\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Direct fan for repair \u2013 it's broken (9)","output":"### Answer: INFRACTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: broken\n(DIRECT FAN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ill-natured female retaining right to desire (8)","output":"### Answer: SHREWISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ill-natured\nR in SHE (female) + WISH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like richly decorated chairs? I left pair in keep of one much admired (8)","output":"### Answer: GILTWOOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like richly decorated chairs\nI L TWO in GOD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hurricanes? Real pains when flying about (9)","output":"### Answer: AIRPLANES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hurricanes?\n(REAL PAINS)*, with the definition referring to the WW2 fighter aircraft \u2013 perhaps there should have been some indication that \"airplane\" is mainly a US term"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Type of binding always backing pages (4)","output":"### Answer: YAPP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Type of binding\nReverse of AY (always) + P P"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What Troon gatecrashers do, showing contempt when shunned by clubs (4)","output":"### Answer: SORN \n ### Explanation: Definition: What Troon gatecrashers do\nSCORN less C"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trendy gym accepting one that's unfit (5)","output":"### Answer: INAPT \n ### Explanation: Definition: unfit\nA in IN PT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Liquidised? Such dry fruit did when pounded (7)","output":"### Answer: SILIQUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: dry fruit\nLIQUIDISED is an anagram of SILIQUE + DID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After silence, brook head causing the opposite thereof? (10)","output":"### Answer: SHRILLNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: the opposite thereof\nSH (\"silence!\") + RILL (brook) + NESS (geographical head)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turner cut short yard of wood strip (5)","output":"### Answer: LATHY \n ### Explanation: Definition: of wood strip\nLATH[E]+ Y[ard] (This was wrongly listed as a duplicate 33 in the version I used)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Combines one agreement incorporating another (5)","output":"### Answer: YOKES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Combines\nOK in YES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sacred charm crafted from a rich nugget, half lost (8)","output":"### Answer: CHURINGA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sacred charm\nAnagram of A RICH NUG[get]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maize porridge, plain, for consuming at home (6)","output":"### Answer: HOMINY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maize porridge\nIN (at home) in HOMY (plain) \u2013 I knew this from the longer \"hominy grits\": a particularly unappetising name, I always thnk"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Content of storeroom for performer in ring (6)","output":"### Answer: TORERO \n ### Explanation: Definition: performer in ring\nHidden in sTOREROom"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opening in a college (Oxford) coming up? Not on (5)","output":"### Answer: TREMA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Opening\nReverse of A MERTON less ON \u2013 the \"trem-\" element is seen in the animal group Monotremes"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Essential part of Trinity, one routine seen amid shimmering spires (12)","output":"### Answer: PERICHORESIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Essential part of Trinity\nI CHORE in SPIRES* \u2013 in spectacularly unhelpful fashion, Chambers defines this with the one word \"cirumincession\"; in turn is defined as \"the reciprocity of existence in one another of the three persons of the Trinity\", which still leaves me very little the wiser. I dare say people were burned at the stake for believing or not believing in it."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I've affinity for negative charges and rile the police awfully? Not I (12)","output":"### Answer: ELECTROPHILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: I've affinity for negative charges\n(RILE THE POLICE)* less one I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cane yielding alternative to honey and source thereof (6)","output":"### Answer: JAMBEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cane\nJAM (alternative to honey) + BEE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Given to faddish theory, I mostly relish accepting upsurge of it (7)","output":"### Answer: ISMATIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Given to faddish theory\nI + reverse of IT in SMAC[K] (relish)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rotting snake found on island (6)","output":"### Answer: SEPSIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rotting\nSEPS (\"a very venomous snake mentioned by classical writers\") + IS (island)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Two pairs from Towcester's line-up rarely thrown (4)","output":"### Answer: TOST \n ### Explanation: Definition: rarely thrown\nTwo separate pairs of letters from TOwceSTer"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being so gauche shuns set (8)","output":"### Answer: THUSNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Being so\n(SHUNS SET)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plays subtly dividing feet \u2013 near-miss space-wise? (7)","output":"### Answer: FLYPAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: near-miss space-wise\nPLAYS* in FT. I thought this might be an exception to the \"no hyphens\" feature, but Chambers only gives it as a single word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Whitebait substitute causing bad angina (6)","output":"### Answer: INANGA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Whitebait substitute\nANGINA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shot after victory? That's bleak (6)","output":"### Answer: WINTRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: bleak\nWIN + TRY (a shot)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Company circulates just like at home in old dance hall (6)","output":"### Answer: CASINO \n ### Explanation: Definition: old dance hall\nAS IN in CO \u2013 a less-familiar meaning of this word, originally from the Italian for \"little house\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What examiners do in university encapsulated by 'dark blue' (6)","output":"### Answer: PERUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: What examiners do\nU in PERSE(dark blue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Idle year requiring cash, commonly (5)","output":"### Answer: LOLLY \n ### Explanation: Definition: cash, commonly\nLOLL (to idle) + Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: E.g. McEwan's best, badly needed after end of austerity (4)","output":"### Answer: YILL \n ### Explanation: Definition: E.g. McEwan's best\n[austerit]Y + ILL (badly) \u2013 a Scots form of \"ale\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spell single word for Scrabble's elementary rule (8,3)","output":"### Answer: PERIODIC\u00a0LAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: elementary rule\nPERIOD (a spell) + CLAW (to scrabble) \u2013 law governing the periodic table of the elements"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Finish putting pickle away (4,3)","output":"### Answer: HOLE OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Finish putting\nHOLE (pickle, difficult situation) + OUT (away), with \"putting\" in the golfing sense"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stack Beano at first with earlier back issue (7)","output":"### Answer: LUMBAGO \n ### Explanation: Definition: back issue\nLUM (chimney \u2013 stack) + B[eano] + AGO (earlier)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First motion of club supports extension (9)","output":"### Answer: BACKSWING \n ### Explanation: Definition: First motion of club\nBACKS (supports) + WING (extension of a house) \u2013 more golf!"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing cool for retirement? Chill naked (5)","output":"### Answer: NIHIL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nothing\nReverse of IN (fashionable, cool) + cHILl without its \"clothes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American's a jerk (4)","output":"### Answer: YANK \n ### Explanation: Definition: American\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scared to charge a pound for eggs (7,3)","output":"### Answer: CHICKEN\u00a0RUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: a pound for eggs\nCHICKEN (scared) + RUN (to charge)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Moneylenders mad at Rees-Mogg (10)","output":"### Answer: MORTGAGEES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Moneylenders\n(AT REES MOGG)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Figure at a cost of millions (4)","output":"### Answer: FORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Figure\nFOR (at a cost of) + M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Curtail break and work to go over puzzle (5)","output":"### Answer: POSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: puzzle\nReverse of RES[t] + OP (work)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Naive set off without good food (5,4)","output":"### Answer: GREEN BEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: food\nGREEN (naive) + BEGAN (set off) less G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Kept tiger, male, without fences, living close to ground (7)","output":"### Answer: EPIGEAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: living close to ground\nInner letters of kEPt tIGEr mALe: helpful clueing for an obscure word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pack short underwear that's wild (7)","output":"### Answer: RAMPANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: wild\nRAM (to pack) + PANT[s]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Actor might wear this coat on musical (6,5)","output":"### Answer: GREASE\u00a0PAINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Actor might wear this\nGREASE (musical) + PAINT (coat)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One on the road can, on Spice Girls tours (7,8)","output":"### Answer: PELICAN\u00a0CROSSING \n ### Explanation: Definition: One on the road\n(CAN ON SPICE GIRLS)* \u2013 for those who don't know, it's a type of pedestrian crossing, the name originally from PEdestrian LIght CONtrolled Crossing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hoots from river, one owl prim\u00adarily hollowed-out trees (5)","output":"### Answer: RIOTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hoots\nR + I + O[wl] + T[ree]S \u2013 something or someone very funny can be described as a hoot or a riot"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Over time, ridiculous to bury head in sand like this? (7)","output":"### Answer: OSTRICH \n ### Explanation: Definition: this\nS[and] in O[ver] T[ime] RICH (ridiculous, as in \"that's rich\"), with an &littish definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Senselessness of sick needing oxygen getting rolled-up cigarette (7)","output":"### Answer: ILLOGIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Senselessness\nILL (sick) + O + reverse of CIG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After hugging guys, one has regret (8)","output":"### Answer: LAMENTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: one has regret\nMEN in LATER (after)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Teacher trained with software, Outlook (7,8)","output":"### Answer: WEATHER\u00a0FORECAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Outlook\n(TEACHER SOFTWARE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Buxom partner getting caught on top (6)","output":"### Answer: CHUBBY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Buxom\nC + HUBBY (husband, partner)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Staff covering large garden at the back getting fertiliser (6)","output":"### Answer: POLLEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: fertiliser\nL in POLE + [garde]N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trouble with endless Viagra, get off tablet (8)","output":"### Answer: AGGRIEVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trouble\nAnagram of (VIAGR[a] GE[t]) + E[cstasy]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flash Power's a floor cleaner (6)","output":"### Answer: MOPPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: cleaner\nMO (short time, flash) + P[ower] + PER (a, as in \"once a\/per day\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pop singer, mostly with guitarist Paul after good laughs (7)","output":"### Answer: GIGGLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: laughs\nG + IGG[y] (Iggy Pop, singer) + LES (Les Paul, American guitarist, who also gave his name to particular guitar)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ring doctor's surgery for treatment (3-4)","output":"### Answer: EYE-DROP \n ### Explanation: Definition: treatment\nEYE (in the sense \"a wire loop or ring for a hook\") + DR + OP (operation, surgery)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Second home acquired by mum (6)","output":"### Answer: MINUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Second\nIN (home) in MUTE (mum) \u2013 minute and second aren't the same, of course, but both can informally mean a short time"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They might have rain in north \u2014 declaration after batting for both sides (5)","output":"### Answer: NIMBI \n ### Explanation: Definition: They might have rain\nN + I'M BI \u2013 as a bisexual person (one who \"bats for both sides\") might say; nimbi are rain-clouds"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: There will be a charge in this case (9)","output":"### Answer: CARTRIDGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: There will be a charge in this case\nCryptic definition \u2013 the \"charge\" is in a gun cartridge"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pay attention to what the Spectator does (5)","output":"### Answer: WATCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pay attention to\n\"Double\" definition \u2013 \"Spectator\" is capitalised to make us think of the magazine, but otherwise it's essentially the same definition twice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Type of crime committed by a prisoner? (6,3)","output":"### Answer: INSIDE JOB \n ### Explanation: Definition: Type of crime\nDouble\/cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bewitching girl that wails loudly (5)","output":"### Answer: SIREN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bewitching girl\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Queen contributed to cultural channel (6)","output":"### Answer: ARTERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: channel\nER in ARTY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trumpeter amazing the panel (8)","output":"### Answer: ELEPHANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trumpeter\n(THE PANEL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Succinct agreement that's put into handbag (7)","output":"### Answer: COMPACT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Succinct\nThree definitions"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Odds on racehorse are glittering (7)","output":"### Answer: SPARKLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: are glittering\nSP (Starting price \u2013 odds) + ARKLE (racehorse, named after a mountain in NW Scotland)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boxer so shattered? (3-5)","output":"### Answer: DOG-TIRED \n ### Explanation: Definition: shattered\nDouble\/cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Put down drink (6)","output":"### Answer: SQUASH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Put down\nDouble definition (\"put down\" as in squashing a rebellion)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pigment sounds more likely to ooze (5)","output":"### Answer: SEPIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pigment\nHomophone of \"seepier\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nice graph represented vicar's work (9)","output":"### Answer: PREACHING \n ### Explanation: Definition: vicar's work\n(NICE GRAPH)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deceived the French teacher (3,2)","output":"### Answer: LED ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deceived\nLE + DON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ocean waves go fast, as before (4,5)","output":"### Answer: ONCE AGAIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: as before\nOCEAN* + GAIN (as in \"they're gaining on us\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Style of plain title girl received (6)","output":"### Answer: MANNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Style\nANNE in MR (a \"plain title\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Knock into the air and begin to play (6,2)","output":"### Answer: STRIKE UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Knock into the air\nDouble definition (\"strike up the band!\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: These London companies providing current to railway (6)","output":"### Answer: LIVERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: London companies\nLIVE (providing current) + RY \u2013 see here to read about livery companies"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Disregarded amendment for redoing (7)","output":"### Answer: IGNORED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Disregarded\nREDOING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In plate, an accompaniment to coffee (6)","output":"### Answer: DANISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: accompaniment to coffee\nAN in DISH \u2013 a Danish pastry"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Loose rock needs new barrier (6)","output":"### Answer: SCREEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: barrier\nSCREE (loose rock on a hillside) + N"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look before you take such a year (4)","output":"### Answer: LEAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: such a year\nDouble\/cryptic definition \u2013 \"look before you leap\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Request contents of basket (3)","output":"### Answer: ASK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Request\nHidden in bASKet"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Draw something of the old school (3)","output":"### Answer: TIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Draw\nDouble definition, the second referring to \"the old school tie\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not real fish (3)","output":"### Answer: COD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Not real\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This could be raised to part of mouth (3)","output":"### Answer: MUG \n ### Explanation: Definition: This could be raised to part of mouth\nReverse of GUM (part of the mouth), and a MUG can be raised to the lips"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It closes the port (4)","output":"### Answer: CORK \n ### Explanation: Definition: It closes\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unpleasant period having fibre to eat (8)","output":"### Answer: ROUGHAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fibre to eat\nROUGH + AGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Besotted with Gordian knot (7)","output":"### Answer: ADORING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Besotted with\nGORDIAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Key batsman (6)","output":"### Answer: OPENER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Key\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tinker's follower could suit you (6)","output":"### Answer: TAILOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tinker's follower\nDouble definition \u2013 from the counting rhyme \"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor\", and a tailor could make you a suit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Was a rocker in leather, I gather (6)","output":"### Answer: SWAYED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Was a rocker\nHomophone of \"suede\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Evil family are absorbed (4,2)","output":"### Answer: SINK IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: are absorbed\nSIN (evil) + KIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blessed with strength to catch fish (9)","output":"### Answer: FORTUNATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blessed\nTUNA in FORTE (\"my forte is..\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Batty about following a high priest (5)","output":"### Answer: AARON \n ### Explanation: Definition: high priest\nA + reverse of NORA (character in the long-running TV series *Last of the Summer Wine*) Aaron is Moses' brother and a high priest in Exodus"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Angry young man briefly accom\u00adpanied returning book (7)","output":"### Answer: REBECCA \n ### Explanation: Definition: book\nREBE[L] (angry young man) + reverse of ACC[ompanied] \u2013 book by Daphne du Maurier, made into a Hitchcock film"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sneak look at conductor ignoring new duo playing (7)","output":"### Answer: PREVIEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sneak look\n[Andr\u00e9] PREVI[N] (conductor) + EW (East and West, bridge players). Previn, who died last year, appeared in a legendary Morecambe and Wise sketch, where he was addressed as \"Mr Preview\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Petulant refusal is the custom (4)","output":"### Answer: WONT \n ### Explanation: Definition: custom\n[I] WON'T! is a petulant refusal"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In court, argue against jail in speech (10)","output":"### Answer: QUADRANGLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: court\nQUAD (slang for a jail, I think, though I can't see it in Chambers) + homophone of \"wrangle\" (argue) *Thanks to WordPlodder for pointing out that \"quod\" is slang for a prison, so both it's a homophone of both elements."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Buy a three-pound mix that soothes infant (7)","output":"### Answer: LULLABY \n ### Explanation: Definition: that soothes infant\nAnagram of BUY A + three times L (pound)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: GP moves cautiously and cleans out bed (7)","output":"### Answer: DREDGES \n ### Explanation: Definition: cleans out bed\nDR (doctor) + EDGES (moves cautiously)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feeble commercial ban a few accept (10)","output":"### Answer: THREADBARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feeble\nAD (commercial) + BAR (ban) in THREE (a few)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greeting government agency circular (4)","output":"### Answer: CIAO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Greeting\nCIA + O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I hear someone coming to check (7)","output":"### Answer: AUDITOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: I hear\nDouble definition \u2013 an auditor is literally someone who hears, or one who checks company accounts"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country roads twisting, say, near the middle (7)","output":"### Answer: SENEGAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Country\nE.G. (say) in reverse of LANES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fruit needing flood regularly eaten by half of us? (5)","output":"### Answer: MELON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Fruit\nAlternate letters of [f]L[o]O[d] in MEN (about half of the human race)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unlikely to go up, if turned over and put down (9)","output":"### Answer: FIREPROOF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unlikely to go up\nReverse of FI + REPROOF (a put-down)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Its subject: in messy warfare, male lost (1,8,2,4)","output":"### Answer: A\u00a0FAREWELL TO\u00a0ARMS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Its subject: in messy warfare, male lost\n(WARFARE MALE LOST)*, and a \"synopsis\" of Ernest Hemingway's novel"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Court case: what the Master of the Rolls may bring into it? (8)","output":"### Answer: TRIBUNAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Court\nBUN (what a \"master of rolls\" might provide) in TRIAL (case)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chew meal, having changed starter (5)","output":"### Answer: MUNCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chew\nLUNCH with the first letter changed. I'm not keen on clues that ask us to change a letter to something unspecified, especially when the replacement is unchecked, but it's fairly clear in this case"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country man dropped rope securing article (8)","output":"### Answer: PARAGUAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Country\nPARA (paratrooper \u2013 a \"man dropped\") + A in GUY (rope)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A number entered here \u2014 vital to move quietly (6)","output":"### Answer: KEYPAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: A number entered here\nKEY (vital) + PAD (move quietly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Torn material valued (9)","output":"### Answer: LACERATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Torn\nLACE RATED \u2013 I'm sure I've seen this construction a few times"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opening for visitor at last not initially residing in Berlin (6)","output":"### Answer: IRVING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Berlin\nLast letter of visitoR in [L]IVING (residing), giving the famous, and long-lived, songwriter Irving Berlin"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Restored health, but on borrowed time again? (1,3,5,2,4)","output":"### Answer: A\u00a0NEW\u00a0LEASE OF\u00a0LIFE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Restored health\nDouble\/cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: England almost besotted with it, a cold dish (9)","output":"### Answer: GALANTINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: cold dish\nAnagram of ENGLAN[d] + IT A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In a city (not London) is nothing totally unimportant (8)","output":"### Answer: DERISORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: totally unimportant\nIS O in DERRY (city, also called Londonderry, or \"Stroke City\" from \"Derry\/Londonderry\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sort of rate boy's bad behaviour (6-2)","output":"### Answer: GOINGS-ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: bad behaviour\nGOING (\"the going rate\") + SON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Free, led to crack puzzle (6)","output":"### Answer: RIDDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: puzzle\nRID (to free) + LED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Deprived, be confident judge may intervene (6)","output":"### Answer: BEREFT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Deprived\nREF (referee, judge) in BET (to be confident \u2013 \"I bet I can..\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trim end of toe in waders (5)","output":"### Answer: SNIPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: waders\nSNIP + [to]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get rid of command, having lost time after time (9)","output":"### Answer: ERADICATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Get rid of\nERA (time) + DICTATE (command) less the first T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Every third Etonian studying shows dissatisfaction (5)","output":"### Answer: ENNUI \n ### Explanation: Definition: dissatisfaction\nEvery third letter of EtoNiaN stUdyIng"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The mace deployed as a weapon (7)","output":"### Answer: MACHETE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a weapon\n(THE MACE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soft assonance heard in preparation (7)","output":"### Answer: PRIMING \n ### Explanation: Definition: preparation\nP (soft) + homophone of \"rhyming\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Find record at an end (8)","output":"### Answer: DISCOVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Find\nDISC (record) + OVER (at and end)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Neat, polite and not totally Italian (10)","output":"### Answer: NEAPOLITAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Italian\nNot an anagram as it first appeared, but a truncation of the first three words of the clue: NEA[t] POLIT[e] AN[d]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Starting telly is depressing: it normally gives sad news (7)","output":"### Answer: TIDINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: news\nFirst letters of Telly Is Depressing: It Normally Gives Sad, with the surface reading perhaps linked to the Nina"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something from the florist, the ultimate in tulip arrangement for auntie (7)","output":"### Answer: PETUNIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Something from the florist\n[tuli]P + AUNTIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strange locations featuring intro to Cockney Rebel (10)","output":"### Answer: ICONOCLAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rebel\nC[ockney] in LOCATIONS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They say massage before flu treatment is essential (7)","output":"### Answer: NEEDFUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: essential\nHomophone of \"knead\" (massage) + FLU"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drop Arab leader's story (7)","output":"### Answer: PARABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: story\nHidden (indicated by the 's) in droP ARAB LEader"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Articles from Le Monde and the Guardian secure coverage of both sides of the moon (5)","output":"### Answer: LUNAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: of the moon\nUN (French indefinite article) + A (English ditto) in L R (\"both sides\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Turning prude, I tut on seeing this (9)","output":"### Answer: TURPITUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Turning prude, I tut on seeing this\n(PRUDE I TUT)* &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Married but misbehaving, with view to getting lost here? (7,8)","output":"### Answer: BERMUDA TRIANGLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: getting lost here\n(MARRIED BUT)* + ANGLE (view)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Without religion? Possibly idealistic without it (8)","output":"### Answer: LAICISED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Without religion\nAnagram of IDEALISTIC less IT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Top notch communist broadcast (5)","output":"### Answer: AIRED \n ### Explanation: Definition: broadcast\nA1 + RED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slipshod of the Spanish or French to intervene in stroke (8)","output":"### Answer: CARELESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Slipshod\nEither EL or LE (Spanish & French \"the\") in CARESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maintain important-sounding little dog? (4,2)","output":"### Answer: KEEP UP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Maintain\nHomophone of \"key pup\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Make laws member's passed on (9)","output":"### Answer: LEGISLATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Make laws\nLEG (member) IS LATE (dead, passed on)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Home papers rejected by court charge (6)","output":"### Answer: INDICT \n ### Explanation: Definition: charge\nIN (home) + reverse of ID (papers) + CT (court)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Snake catches Native American airing out before it can climb walls (8,7)","output":"### Answer: VIRGINIA CREEPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: it can climb walls\nAIRING* + CREE in VIPER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Working blouse on either sex is doing very well (2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: ON TOP FORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: doing very well\nON (working) + TOP (e.g. a blouse) + F OR M (either sex)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Travel essential for Dad's hobby (8)","output":"### Answer: PASSPORT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Travel essential\nPA'S SPORT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unbelievably bad bile, out in colour (4,4)","output":"### Answer: NAVY BLUE \n ### Explanation: Definition: colour\nAnagram of UNBELIEVABLY less BILE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With 11, 12, 13 or 8 films as once directed (6)","output":"### Answer: OCEAN\u2019S \n ### Explanation: Definition: With 11, 12, 13 or 8 films\n(AS ONCE)*, with the definition referring to the *Ocean's \u2026* series of films"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Without covers, all told, vital novel (6)","output":"### Answer: LOLITA \n ### Explanation: Definition: novel\nWith the outer letters or \"covers\" removed: aLl tOLd vITAl"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fresh air in vacated tenement property (5)","output":"### Answer: TRAIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: property\nAIR* in T[enemen]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Denies one's corking drinks (7)","output":"### Answer: DISOWNS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Denies\nI'S (One's) in DOWNS (drinks)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Arrogantly ordered with knobs on? (6)","output":"### Answer: BOSSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Arrogantly ordered\nDouble definition, with 'boss' as a stud or knob for the second"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Capital fellow taking on jerk like Lothario? (8)","output":"### Answer: ROMANTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: like Lothario\nROMAN (one who lives in Rome, a capital city) + TIC (jerk). I hadn't previously been aware that Lothario is a character in *Don Quixote* (in fact in a story within the novel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Similar times? That's handy (6)","output":"### Answer: NEARBY \n ### Explanation: Definition: handy\nNEAR (similar) + BY (times, as in arithmetic)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lira \u2014 foreign currency in Guiana circulating as means of exchange (6,6)","output":"### Answer: LINGUA\u00a0FRANCA \n ### Explanation: Definition: means of exchange\nL[ira] + FRANC in GUIANA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Buried treasure originally hidden by soldier at ground (4,2,4)","output":"### Answer: LAID TO REST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Buried\nT[reasure] in (SOLDIER AT)* \u2013 a nicely, and appropriately, \"buried\" definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Personalised picture of military display? (6)","output":"### Answer: TATTOO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Personalised picture\nDouble definition: a tattoo is a picture on one's person"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trooper runs after retreating gents bitten by croc (10)","output":"### Answer: CAVALRYMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Trooper\nReverse of LAV (lavatory: e.g. Gents) + R in CAYMAN (type of crocodile)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having bargained for housing, old rogue coughed up (12)","output":"### Answer: EXPECTORATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: coughed up\nO RAT in EXPECTED (bargained for). The comma has to be ignored"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Edges of Estonian flag intact (6)","output":"### Answer: ENTIRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: intact\nE[stonia]N + TIRE (to flag)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Police eager to resolve conflict (8)","output":"### Answer: DISAGREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: conflict\nDIS (Detective Inspectors) + EAGER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Invective from first person caught in traffic (6)","output":"### Answer: TIRADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Invective\nI (first person, in grammar) in TRADE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heads turned when English introduced weapon (4,3)","output":"### Answer: STEN GUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: weapon\nENG in reverse of NUTS (heads)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Last of dead nettle one could be stuck with (4)","output":"### Answer: DIRK \n ### Explanation: Definition: one could be stuck with\n[dea]D + IRK (to annoy, nettle) \u2013 \"stuck\" as in \"stabbed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A little problem spoken of (4)","output":"### Answer: SOME \n ### Explanation: Definition: A little\nHomophome of \"sum\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Books kept by suspect townie investigated (4,4)","output":"### Answer: WENT INTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: investigated\nNT (New Testament, books) in TOWNIE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Music genre influential on election night? (5)","output":"### Answer: SWING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Music genre\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lines in support of love by female author (1,5)","output":"### Answer: O HENRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: author\nO (zero, love) + HEN (female) + RY (railway, lines). O. Henry, real name William Sydney Porter, was an American (male) writer of short stories"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: May get out of prison sentence? (10)","output":"### Answer: SPRINGTIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: May\nSPRING (to get [someone] out) + TIME (prison sentence)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Facility within plain car such as Bond might relish? (3,7)","output":"### Answer: DRY MARTINI \n ### Explanation: Definition: such as Bond might relish\nART in DRY MINI"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek character admitting a deep malaise (6)","output":"### Answer: NAUSEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: malaise\nA in NU (Greek letter) + SEA (the deep)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Everybody's first cheers? (3,3,4)","output":"### Answer: ALL THE BEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Everybody's first\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Biblical sinner turned saint: person with time to reform (5,5)","output":"### Answer: SIMON PETER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Biblical sinner turned saint\n(PERSON TIME)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Draw conclusion from About a Boy (6)","output":"### Answer: REASON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Draw conclusion\nRE A SON (*About a Boy* is a novel by Nick Hornby, made into a film with Hugh Grant)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Compound legislature headed by a Republican (8)","output":"### Answer: ARSENATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Compound\nA R + SENATE \u2013 a compound containing Arsenic in a particular configuration (cf Sulphate, Carbonate)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gained an advantage, being committed to staff (6)","output":"### Answer: SCORED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gained an advantage\nDouble definition \u2013 the second refers to the staff (or stave) lines in a musical score"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Farewell drink I accepted served up (5)","output":"### Answer: ADIOS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Farewell\nI in reverse of SODA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bluff chap's first kid (4)","output":"### Answer: CRAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bluff\nC[hap] + RAG (to tease, kid)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dishonourable aim (4)","output":"### Answer: MEAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dishonourable\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jumper might go over this, missing tie (8,4)","output":"### Answer: SKIPPING\u00a0ROPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jumper might go over this\nSKIPPING (missing) + ROPE (tie)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pulls out of hospital procedure after doctor gives you bug (9)","output":"### Answer: EAVESDROP \n ### Explanation: Definition: bug\nHEAVES (pulls) minus (out of) H + DR + OP"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time for contraception? Strip (7)","output":"### Answer: PILLAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Strip\nThe age of the pill, or the PILL AGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weary race to the bottom? (3-4)","output":"### Answer: RUN-DOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Weary\nA race to the bottom is a RUN DOWN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perhaps rock and roll CD in US came out (5,5)","output":"### Answer: DANCE MUSIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perhaps rock and roll\n(CD IN US CAME)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sit on river and fish (4)","output":"### Answer: RIDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sit on\nR + IDE (fish)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Suspect shot: unwind seeing crime dramas (10)","output":"### Answer: WHODUNNITS \n ### Explanation: Definition: crime dramas\n(SHOT UNWIND)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Performing it, Dua Lipa got idea for recording (7,5,4)","output":"### Answer: DIGITAL\u00a0AUDIO TAPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: recording\n(IT DUA LIPA GOT IDEA)* \u2013 I'm sorry to say this singer's name has completely passed me by (not that it matters for solving the clue)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Around centre of town, spilled milk here? (7)","output":"### Answer: COWSHED \n ### Explanation: Around centre of town, spilled milk here? (7)\nC (circa, about) + [t]OW[n] + SHED (spilled)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English call on John Barnes, ultimately to lead dribbling (9)","output":"### Answer: SLAVERING \n ### Explanation: Definition: dribbling\n[Barne]S + LAV (toilet, john) + E[nglish] + RING (call); \"to lead\" indicates that the S goes at the start"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Group of drivers right to restrict parking out of consideration (5)","output":"### Answer: APART \n ### Explanation: Definition: out of consideration\nP in AA (Automobile Association \u2013 group of drivers) + RT (right)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Serve sugarless cola without opening snacks (7,5)","output":"### Answer: SAUSAGE ROLLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: snacks\nAnagram of SUGARLESS [C]OLA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relegated team getting stuffed (9)","output":"### Answer: SIDELINED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relegated\nSIDE (team) + LINED (stuffed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One piece of turf outside recently cut off (8)","output":"### Answer: ISOLATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: cut off\nI + LATE (recently) in SOD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bit of pastry on outside of cake (5)","output":"### Answer: PIECE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bit\nPIE (pastry) + C[ak]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Forget it? Number always on memory (5,4)","output":"### Answer: NEVER MIND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Forget it\nN + EVER + MIND (memory)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Object to nurse cutting break (6)","output":"### Answer: RESENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Object to\nEN (enrolled nurse) in REST (break) *thanks to muffin for pointing out a typo here"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: European side left with no goals (5)","output":"### Answer: PORTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: European side\nPORT (left) + O (no goals, as in football scores such as 1-0)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Out-of-shape group of patients receiving exercise classes (6)","output":"### Answer: WARPED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Out-of-shape\nPE (exercise classes) in WARD (group of patients in a hospital)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cleaner bum (6)","output":"### Answer: SPONGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cleaner\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Supporting being raised on farm (9)","output":"### Answer: UPHOLDING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Supporting\nUP (raised) + HOLDING (farm)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Help to smuggle cocaine: tips for drug users (4,5)","output":"### Answer: ACID HEADS \n ### Explanation: Definition: drug users\nC[ocaine] in AID + HEADS (tips)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Balloon with delivery following small present (8)","output":"### Answer: SNOWBALL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Balloon\nS[mall] + NOW (present) + BALL (delivery, in cricket). Balloon and snowball can both mean to grow rapidly"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of salad not left on a plate (6)","output":"### Answer: RADISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of salad\nR (right, not left) + A DISH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relax with partner after endless sex (6)","output":"### Answer: SEDATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relax\nSE[x] + DATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pure soprano voices (6)","output":"### Answer: UTTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: voices\nUTTER (pure) + S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country harvest picked up (5)","output":"### Answer: GHANA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Country\nHomophone (with the usual proviso about rhotic pronunciation) of \"garner\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One's rolled up with soldier upset in vehicle (5)","output":"### Answer: CIGAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: One's rolled up\nReverse of GI (soldier) in CAR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Upper house abroad, not happy about English one (6)","output":"### Answer: SEANAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Upper house abroad\nE AN in SAD \u2013 the Irish Senate"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Signs of discord? International lost has relevance (6)","output":"### Answer: APPLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Signs of discord\nAPPLIES less I, with a reference to the Apple of Discord"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Panel irritated with sot, one who's needlessly verbose (8)","output":"### Answer: PLEONAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: one who's needlessly verbose\n(PANEL SOT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One dramatically educated to hold a lasso (5)","output":"### Answer: RIATA \n ### Explanation: Definition: lasso\nA in RITA \u2013 from Willy Russell's play (and film) *Educating Rita"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Needing a drink, son gets stuck into Triple X? (7)","output":"### Answer: THIRSTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Needing a drink\nS in THIRTY (three times ten, or X)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One carousing in Scotland, girl Reg led astray fed with narcotic stuff (10)","output":"### Answer: GILRAVAGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One carousing in Scotland\nAVA in (GIRL REG)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Book by US novelist, nourishing brew (5)","output":"### Answer: BROTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: nourishing brew\nB + ROTH (Philip Roth, author of *Portnoy's Complaint* among many others"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old clothes folded in chest severally (5)","output":"### Answer: VESTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old clothes\nHidden in reverse of cheST SEVerally; \"vests\" is a current word, of course, but the \"old\" tells us that it has an obsolete meaning of clothes generally"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like riverine creature seen in lake, quickly returning (5)","output":"### Answer: LOTIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like riverine creature\nL + reverse of CITO (Latin \"fast\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wines and other alcoholic drink (not soft) (5)","output":"### Answer: ASTIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wines\nPASTIS less P"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time to get going, about to burst a boundary in space (10)","output":"### Answer: TROPOPAUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: boundary in space\nPOP (burst) A in T (time) ROUSE (get going)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Handles changed sail in sea changing (7)","output":"### Answer: ALIASES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Handles changed\nSAIL* in SEA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I had lizard with tail brought right forward as glove material? (7)","output":"### Answer: KIDSKIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: glove material\nI'D SKINK with last letter moved to the beginning"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Passage in book cut before point with page twice removed (5)","output":"### Answer: LOCUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Passage in book\nLOP (cut) + CUSP less both Ps"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Harbours once providing periods of calm sheltering core of fleet (6)","output":"### Answer: RESETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Harbours once\n[fl]E[et] in RESTS \u2013 obsolete (Scots) word meaning to harbour, related to receive, receipt"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Typical of country gent, tense and far from robust (6)","output":"### Answer: TWEEDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Typical of country gent\nT + WEEDY; fun fact \u2013 the name of the material tweed is the probably result of a mistake, from a misreading of \"tweel\" (twill); no connection to the River Tweed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Birdie at Troon, first of several, putting initially secure as of old (5)","output":"### Answer: SPRUG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Birdie at Troon\nS[everal] P[utting] + RUG \u2013 Scots word for a sparrow"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Observer missing maybe he lost here and there (5)","output":"### Answer: NOTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Observer\nI think this is NOT HERE (missing) with the letters of HE removed from non-adjacent positions (hence \"here and there\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Obsessive shrink's work half ignored? (4)","output":"### Answer: ANAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Obsessive\nANAL[ysis]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appointment? Four written in in case (6)","output":"### Answer: DATIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: case\nIV in DATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Some potash largely fashioned masonry (6)","output":"### Answer: ASHLAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: fashioned masonry\nHidden in potASH LARgely"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Large Indian minority in grammar classes involving English (7)","output":"### Answer: PARSEES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Large Indian minority\nE in PARSES \u2013 Chambers only gives \"parse\" as a verb, so I'm not sure how \"grammar classes\" works"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Model of ineptitude breaking off shutter's opener? (5)","output":"### Answer: LOSER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Model of ineptitude\n[C]LOSER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shakespeare's woven together complex suits in what's recorded (12)","output":"### Answer: ENTERTISSUED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shakespeare's woven together\nSUITS* in ENTERED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shot dominating point being withdrawn (7)","output":"### Answer: SHYNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: being withdrawn\nSHY + NESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Niche that's followed by deerstalker (4)","output":"### Answer: SLOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Niche\nDouble definition \u2013 the second is from the meaning a deer's footprints"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's left in cup becoming increasingly cold (7)","output":"### Answer: BLEAKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: increasingly cold\nL in BEAKER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ties being knotted round head creates link for pedallers (7)","output":"### Answer: TIRASSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: link for pedallers\nRAS in TIES* \u2013 the pedallers here are organists"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It perks up old wine, substance including last in vat (4)","output":"### Answer: STUM \n ### Explanation: Definition: It perks up old wine\n[va]T in SUM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Questions for the Scots about independence press for resolution (6)","output":"### Answer: SPEIRS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Questions for the Scots\nI in PRESS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cooking pot not once found in place (6)","output":"### Answer: POSNET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cooking pot\nNE (archaic \"not\") in POST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rising deposit men dredged in coastal waters (5)","output":"### Answer: TIDES \n ### Explanation: Definition: coastal waters\nReverse of SEDIMENT less MEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek conflict with East in historical past (5)","output":"### Answer: AGONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: historical past\nAGON + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drunken 'aye aye' (does one assume?) including sailor's first attempt (5)","output":"### Answer: ESSAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: attempt\nS[ailor] in AYES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sharp detectives returned fool to court (8)","output":"### Answer: DISTINCT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sharp\nDIS (Detective Inspectors) + reverse of NIT (fool) + CT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Resilience of black cat (6)","output":"### Answer: BOUNCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Resilience\nB + OUNCE (the Snow Leopard)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prang rear end of jeep (4)","output":"### Answer: BUMP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prang\nBUM (bottom, rear) + [jee]P"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Recent sex: cold, messy and unnecessary (10)","output":"### Answer: EXCRESCENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: unnecessary\nAnagram of RECENT SEX C; the noun form \"excresence\" is perhaps more common \u2013 often used as an insult by Bertie Wooster"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mix up wet earth with roots of old laurel tree (6)","output":"### Answer: MUDDLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mix up\nMUD (wet earth) + last letters (\"roots\") of olD laureL treE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Let raven free in wind from the east (8)","output":"### Answer: LEVANTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: wind from the east\n(LET RAVEN)* \u2013 another less-common word, though easily gettable from the anagram and a few crossers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Powerful ballad captures Beatrice's heart (6)","output":"### Answer: STRONG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Powerful\n[Bea]TR[ice] in SONG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excessively craving grass after good year (6)","output":"### Answer: GREEDY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Excessively craving\nG + REED (grass) + Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: First exam includes one trap (8)","output":"### Answer: ORIGINAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: First\nI GIN (trap) in ORAL (exam0"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sample from tesla plant (6)","output":"### Answer: TASTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sample\nT (tesla \u2013 unit of magnetic induction) + ASTER; I think the \"tesla\" in the clue would benefit from a capital T, as the surface is suggesting the car company"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Caught milliner with case for windbag (10)","output":"### Answer: CHATTERBOX \n ### Explanation: Definition: windbag\nC + HATTER + BOX"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Verbally cross and discourteous (4)","output":"### Answer: RUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: discourteous\nHomophone of \"rood\" \u2013 old English name for a cross, supplanted by the Latin\/French word we now use"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Creature fell finally during hostilities with America (6)","output":"### Answer: WALRUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Creature\n[fe]L in WAR + US"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Affairs where cats entertain ladies regularly (8)","output":"### Answer: LIAISONS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Affairs\nAlternate letters of lAiDiEs in LIONS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Left squire dancing, having consumed posh drinks (8)","output":"### Answer: LIQUEURS \n ### Explanation: Definition: drinks\nU (posh) in anagram of L SQUIRE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stamp stuck to envelope portrayed heads (4)","output":"### Answer: STEP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stamp\nFirst letters (\"heads\") of Stuck To Envelope Portrayed; I suppose a stamp is a sort of step.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Start to smoke joints audibly, showing sign of irritation (6)","output":"### Answer: SNEEZE \n ### Explanation: Definition: sign of irritation\nS[moke] + homophone of \"knees\" (joints)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old boy has computer paper (8)","output":"### Answer: OBSERVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: paper\nOB + SERVER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Curse can be broken for pirates (10)","output":"### Answer: BUCCANEERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: pirates\n(CURSE CAN BE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Voices concerns about candlestick (6)","output":"### Answer: SCONCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: candlestick\nHidden in voiceS CONCErn"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Touch hat covering Charlie King (6)","output":"### Answer: TICKLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Touch\nC K in TILE (hat)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Embarrassed about own goal, a politician becomes offensive (10)","output":"### Answer: DEROGATORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: offensive\nReverse of RED + O.G. + A TORY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Aroma around poles inside of tent is rubbish (8)","output":"### Answer: NONSENSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: rubbish\nN S (poles) + [t]EN[t] in NOSE (aroma \u2013 as in wine)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Diligently ignoring timeline in order to be flexible (8)","output":"### Answer: YIELDING \n ### Explanation: Definition: flexible\nAnagram of DILIGENTLY less T[ime] and L[ine]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Posh lass hiding fling with general (6)","output":"### Answer: GLOBAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: general\nLOB (to throw, fling) in GAL (girl, as said by a toff)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Upset after woman rising to increase temperature again (6)","output":"### Answer: REHEAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: increase temperature again\nReverse of HER + EAT (to worry, upset)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Volunteers mutant superhero to be one overseeing duty (6)","output":"### Answer: TAXMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: one overseeing duty\nTA (Territorial Army) + X-MAN (one of the X-Men)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Smooth surface partly turned over for race (4)","output":"### Answer: RUSH \n ### Explanation: Definition: race\nHidden in reverse of smootH SURface"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Managing to be top (6)","output":"### Answer: COPING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Managing\nDouble definition \u2013 coping is a top layer of a brick wall, also seen in \"coping-stone\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short garments \u2014 test out the cloth (8)","output":"### Answer: MINISTRY \n ### Explanation: Definition: the cloth\nMINIS (miniskirts) + TRY (test out); cloth as in \"man of the cloth\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greek character, sailor, about to cross river \u2014 the quickest route? (3,3)","output":"### Answer: RAT RUN \n ### Explanation: Definition: the quickest route\nR[iver] in NU (Greek letter) + TAR (sailor), all reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perplexing activity on the cricket field (8)","output":"### Answer: STUMPING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perplexing\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Support wickedness, bumping off one in proximity (11)","output":"### Answer: PROPINQUITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: proximity\nPROP (support) + INIQUITY less the second I. The word reminds me of the quip \"nothing propinks like propinquity\", which (as I think I once knew but had forgotten) is said by Felix Leiter in the James Bond novel *Diamonds are Forever"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bar money in famous wedding location (7)","output":"### Answer: CANTINA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bar\nTIN (money) in CANA (site of the wedding where Jesus turns water into wine in John 2)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perform inadequately as less fancied competitor? Not good (7)","output":"### Answer: UNDERDO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perform inadequately\nUNDERDOG less ~~D~~ G \u2013 not a common word, but easy to get from the wordplay"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Donkey isn't moving with energy \u2014 a hard problem (6,5)","output":"### Answer: KIDNEY\u00a0STONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: a hard problem\n(DONKEY ISN'T)* + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Messengers and companions wasting time (8)","output":"### Answer: COURIERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Messengers\nCOURTIERS less T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Smooth language (6)","output":"### Answer: POLISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Smooth\nAnother (very familiar) double definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A gremlin up in the air is a malicious type (8)","output":"### Answer: MALIGNER \n ### Explanation: Definition: a malicious type\n(A GREMLIN)* \u2013 I saw the anagram almost at once, but wasn't sure it was right, asking myself \"is there such a word as malig-ner?\" Of course it's actually one who maligns"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hooligans attempted to switch sides (6)","output":"### Answer: TOUGHS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Hooligans\nSOUGHT (attempted) with the outer letters swapped"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To cancel, one rings (6)","output":"### Answer: ANNULI \n ### Explanation: Definition: rings\nANNUL + I"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Broadcast from underworld with acclaim (10)","output":"### Answer: DISTRIBUTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Broadcast\nDIS (Roman underworld) + TRIBUTE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Demoralised, like the Tories with Theresa gone? (8)","output":"### Answer: DISMAYED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Demoralised\nDIS-MAY-ED, as the Tories were when Theresa May ceased to be leader and PM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Get cover quickly behind vehicle (8)","output":"### Answer: CARAPACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: cover\nCAR + APACE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Like a plant in difficulty \u2014 spots show this (3-5)","output":"### Answer: POT-BOUND \n ### Explanation: Definition: Like a plant in difficulty\nPOT is \"bound\" in sPOTs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Namely, loveless idiot (4)","output":"### Answer: TWIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: idiot\nTO WIT less O (love)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Immature adult \u2014 a Parisian lacking discipline (4)","output":"### Answer: YOGA \n ### Explanation: Definition: discipline\nYOUNG A less UN (French \"a\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: When in Paris, stars will create difficult situations (10)","output":"### Answer: QUANDARIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: difficult situations\nQUAND (French \"when\") + ARIES (constellation). Seems a bit strange to have Parisian\/in Paris in consecutive clues"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Slobbering attracted Heather, it's said (8)","output":"### Answer: DROOLING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Slobbering\nHomophone of \"drew ling\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Jewish historian to tease our sort, penning record (8)","output":"### Answer: JOSEPHUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jewish historian\nEP (record) in JOSH US \u2013 this was easy for me from the definition, as I don't think I could name another Jewish historian"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Oxford literary group in Cam\u00adbridge college, entertaining learner (8)","output":"### Answer: INKLINGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Oxford literary group\nL in IN KING'S. The Inklings included C S Lewis and J R R Tolkien"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boy that's 5? You've got it! (4,2)","output":"### Answer: SPOT ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: You've got it\nPOT in SON. We have to read \"that's\" as \"that has\" for the cryptic meaning"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Being heartless, get away with trick (4)","output":"### Answer: SCAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: trick\nSCRAM less its middle letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good shot brings oppressor to premature end (4)","output":"### Answer: BULL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Good shot\nBULL[Y]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sign, say, over vehicle (6)","output":"### Answer: GEMINI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sign\nE.G. (\"say\") reversed + MINI (car), for the astrological \"sign\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Park employee called King Edward? (6)","output":"### Answer: RANGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Park employee\nRANG (called) + E.R."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Work away, almost leisurely, to get a lot of money (4)","output":"### Answer: SLOG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Work away\nSLO[W] (\"leisurely\") + G (grand, 1000 pounds or dollars)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Denouncer's unorthodox antics 'cool' (10)","output":"### Answer: ICONOCLAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Denouncer\n(ANTICS COOL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bit of a mishap: Grand Canal emptied and burning (6)","output":"### Answer: GLITCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bit of a mishap\nG[rand cana]L + ITCH (burning). I spent a while trying to make this out of GC and LIT for \"burning\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pull back, being a much-travelled character (8)","output":"### Answer: GULLIVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: a much-travelled character\nLUG reversed + LIVER (one who lives, a being). Gulliver is a proposed European mission to collect samples from the Martian moon Deimos, so called because *Gulliver's Travels* describes the scientists of Laputa knowing of two moons orbiting Mars, over a century before they were actually found"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Energy-packed NCO material (9)","output":"### Answer: CORPOREAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: material\nE in CORPORAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: World title cracked by amateur (4)","output":"### Answer: MARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: World\nA[mateur] in MRS (title)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Don Juan's undone and missing a godly partner (4)","output":"### Answer: JUNO \n ### Explanation: Definition: a godly partner\nAnagram of DON JUAN minus AND. In Roman mythology, Juno is the wife of Jupiter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Qualifier, Jet, overwhelmed with advice (9)","output":"### Answer: ADJECTIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Qualifier\n(JET ADVICE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Trials take place here shortly \u2014 one has to be still (8)","output":"### Answer: INACTIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: still\nTrials taks place IN A C[our]T, + I'VE (I have = one has)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: For example, Sebastian Drive, backing onto ancient city (not eastern) (6)","output":"### Answer: MARTYR \n ### Explanation: Definition: For example, Sebastian\nReverse of RAM (to drive) + TYRE less E. St Sebastian was a third-century Christian martyr"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pioneer father secures source of hieroglyphic discovery (10)","output":"### Answer: PATHFINDER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pioneer\nH[ieroglyphic} + FIND (discovery) in PATER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greens getting a conspicuous star (4)","output":"### Answer: VEGA \n ### Explanation: Definition: conspicuous star\nVEG (vegetables, greens) + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Roger, protected by criminal, arrives at low point (6)","output":"### Answer: TROUGH \n ### Explanation: Definition: low point\nR[oger] in TOUGH (criminal)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alarm \u2014 time to put on slip (6)","output":"### Answer: TERROR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Alarm\nT + ERROR. The opposite construction (removing T from TERROR to give ERROR) has already appeared twice in FT puzzles this week, so I was primed for this one"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inquisition victim, young woman associated with international sign (7)","output":"### Answer: GALILEO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inquisition victim\nGAL (girl, young woman) + I[nternational] + LEO (another astrological sign)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Force could, possibly (5)","output":"### Answer: MIGHT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Force\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In no case loose the rein (7)","output":"### Answer: NEITHER \n ### Explanation: Definition: In no case\n(THE REIN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: God represented by parrot wearing a ring (6)","output":"### Answer: APOLLO \n ### Explanation: Definition: God\nPOLL (parrot) in A O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Impertinence shown by terrible old ruler \u2014 time to run around (9)","output":"### Answer: GALLIVANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: to run around\nGALL (impertinence) + IVAN (the Terrible) + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artist, British actor and, finally, Francis Bacon (7)","output":"### Answer: RASHERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bacon\nRA (artist) + SHER (Sir Antony Sher, actor) + [Franci]S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crude hooligan, Desperate Dan, has cash (5,3,5)","output":"### Answer: ROUGH\u00a0AND\u00a0READY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crude\nROUGH (hooligan) + DAN* + READY (cash)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Obvious liar about to cut Chopin composition, Zeus's lover (9)","output":"### Answer: PINOCCHIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Obvious liar\nC (circa, about) in CHOPIN* + IO (Greek mythology this time \u2013 Io was a mortal lover of Zeus). Pinocchio was an \"obvious liar\" because of the nose-growing thing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vessel on which folk duo member found objects of rubbish (4,3)","output":"### Answer: JUNK ART \n ### Explanation: Definition: objects of rubbish\nJUNK (vessel) + ART (Garfunkel, as in Simon and..)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Term wasted with eel that's prone to disease (3,4)","output":"### Answer: ELM TREE \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's prone to disease\n(TERM EEL)* \u2013 the British Elm population was devastated by Dutch Elm disease in the 1970s"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drake versus duck with a grey cast? (7)","output":"### Answer: VOYAGER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drake\nV[ersus] O (zero, duck) + (A GREY)* \u2013 as a definition-by-example this really needs a \"maybe\" after \"Drake\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Marauding type of short woman married to ruler (6)","output":"### Answer: VIKING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Marauding type\nVI (woman's name, short for Violet) joined or \"married\" to KING (ruler). Perhaps a better definition than \"pirate\", as in Monday's Quiptic"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dog collar's hem old parson turned up? (5)","output":"### Answer: ROVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dog\nLast letter or \"hem\" of collaR + O + reverse of REV. I wonder if any dogs are still called Rover (or Fido) these days"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bald eagle: fly off with cold chill around North (8,10)","output":"### Answer: FOLLICLY\u00a0CHALLENGED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bald\nAnagram of EAGLE FLY COLD CHILL N. This facetious or euphemistic phrase isn't in Chambers, but does appear in several online dictionaries"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Teacher's to take one school to collect college books (6)","output":"### Answer: SCOTCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Teacher's to take one\nC[ollege] OT (Old Testament) in SCH; \"to take one\" means that Teacher's is an example of a Scotch whisky"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gangster stole one (8)","output":"### Answer: SCARFACE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Gangster\nSCARF + ACE. Scarface was a nickname of Al Capone"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cry as body of collier found in coalface? (6)","output":"### Answer: SCREAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cry\nC[ollie]R in SEAM (coalface). I'm not sure how \"body\" can mean the outer letters"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A good sign for workers here (8)","output":"### Answer: APIARIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: workers here\nA + PI (pious, good) + ARIES (astrological sign); the workers are bees"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spot politician going into mansion (6)","output":"### Answer: PIMPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spot\nMP in PILE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bow tie mostly bent back before party: one might get fixed on entrance (10)","output":"### Answer: ARCHITRAVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: one might get fixed on entrance\nARCH (bow) + reverse of TI[e] + RAVE (party)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Children's entertainer delivers party drink in these? (5,5)","output":"### Answer: PUNCH BOWLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: party drink in these\nPUNCH (as in Punch and Judy) + BOWLS (delivers, e.g. in cricket)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Give up drugs with cocaine cut (6)","output":"### Answer: ESCHEW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Give up\nES (drugs) + C[ocaine] + HEW (cut)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldiers with blanket, asleep, essentially woken by this? (8)","output":"### Answer: REVEILLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: this\nRE (Royal Engineers, soldiers) + VEIL (blanket) + [as]LE[ep]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rich one, Conservative joining club (6)","output":"### Answer: IRONIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rich\nIRON (golf club) + I + C; as in \"that's a bit rich\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Troubles of computing stopping American businessman (8)","output":"### Answer: AGITATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Troubles\nIT (Information Technology) in A[merican] + [Bill] GATES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spread out blind to get through (6)","output":"### Answer: EFFUSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spread out\nEFF (as in effing and blinding) + USE (get through)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Grip hard racket the wrong way on advantage to American (8)","output":"### Answer: ADHESION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Grip\nAD (abbreviation for advantage in tennis scoring: not in Chambers) + H + reverse of NOISE (racket)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Financial relief is calculated to a limited degree (6)","output":"### Answer: FISCAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Financial\nHidden in relieF IS CALculated"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Opening shot at the crease (4-2)","output":"### Answer: LEAD-IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Opening\nLEAD (as in lead shot) + IN (batting, at the crease)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wearing fashion to shop (6)","output":"### Answer: INFORM \n ### Explanation: Definition: to shop\nIN (wearing) FORM (to make, fashion): to shop someone is to inform on them to the police"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Change in this cabinet: Heath upset (6-4)","output":"### Answer: LOCKER-ROOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Change in this\nLOCKER (cabinet) + reverse of MOOR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Riders from celebrity on vacation: see notes (8)","output":"### Answer: CYCLISTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Riders\n\"Vacated\" C[elebrit]Y + C (see) + LISTS (notes)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: No Oscar for 1993 film featuring special actor \u2026 (8)","output":"### Answer: THESPIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: actor\nS[pecial] in THE PIANO less O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 drunk actor with case of Moselle wine (8)","output":"### Answer: HAMMERED \n ### Explanation: Definition: drunk\nHAM (actor) + M[osell]E + RED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Liking small area at the front with parking (8)","output":"### Answer: APPETITE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Liking\nA[rea] + P[arking] + PETITE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nick run down on vacation (5,3)","output":"### Answer: KNOCK OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nick\nKNOCK (criticise, run down) + OFF (a more conventional meaning of \"on vacation\"). Nick and knock off are both slang for \"steal\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tricks from 6? Little deceit to trap husband (8)","output":"### Answer: WHEELIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tricks from 6\nH in WEE LIES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Focus on going after foreign money (6)","output":"### Answer: CENTRE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Focus\nCENT + RE (about, on)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They're in behind tooth, primarily cutting gum with one (6)","output":"### Answer: GLUTEI \n ### Explanation: Definition: They're in behind\nT[ooth] in GLUE (gum) + I. The glutei are muscles in the buttocks or \"behind\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Someone with a child (6)","output":"### Answer: PERSON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Someone\nPER (each, a, as in \"ten a second\") SON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Senior on back end of dinosaur in TV show (8)","output":"### Answer: DOCUSOAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: TV show\nThe second half or \"back end\" of diploDOCUS + OAP (Old Age Pensioner)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Winners detailed in ancient city (6)","output":"### Answer: THEBES \n ### Explanation: Definition: ancient city\nTHE BEST less its \"tail\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Artist missing article in least satisfactory glossary (4,4)","output":"### Answer: WORD LIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: glossary\n[Salvador] DALI less A in WORST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Good to shave hairy back, twisted or plaited, initially (10)","output":"### Answer: DEPILATORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Good to shave\n(OR PLAITED)* + [hair]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Just beaten \u2014 like apples? (6)","output":"### Answer: PIPPED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Just beaten\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Headbutt PM in dark (3-5)","output":"### Answer: NUT-BROWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: dark\nNUT (to headbutt) + BROWN (Gordon B, former prime minister)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Leaders in race on Arctic trek caught by your old husky (7)","output":"### Answer: THROATY \n ### Explanation: Definition: husky\nFirst letters of Race On Arctic Trek in THY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Flipped ball catches me going the wrong way (4,3)","output":"### Answer: GONE MAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Flipped\nReverse of ME in GONAD (ball)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Waste container and lifting mechanism getting a nut turned round? (8)","output":"### Answer: SKIPJACK \n ### Explanation: Definition: a nut turned round\nSKIP (waste container) + JACK (lifting mechanism); \"a nut turned round\" gives tuna, of which SKIPJACK is a type, so more of a second bit of wordplay than a definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Able to bounce back well, like billionaires? (6-6)","output":"### Answer: SPRING\u2011LOADED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Able to bounce back\nSPRING (well) + LOADED (very rich)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Back-stabbing braggart, son a sociopath controlling family (4,6)","output":"### Answer: COSA NOSTRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: controlling family\nHidden in reverse of braggART SON A SOCiopath; Cosa Nostra is a name for the Sicilian Mafia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Goddess soon afterward in hospital department? (6)","output":"### Answer: ATHENE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Goddess\nTHEN (soon after) in A&E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rocked \u2014 Neptune's slayer, reportedly? (3-5)","output":"### Answer: SEE-SAWED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rocked\nNeptune is the Roman god of the sea, so it's a homophone of SEA SWORD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Block of stone in coalpit oddly disappearing in a few weeks (8)","output":"### Answer: MONOLITH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Block of stone\ncOaLpIt with the odd letters removed, in MONTH (a few weeks)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Courtyard, where first of crew lost (4)","output":"### Answer: QUAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Courtyard\nSQUAD (crew) minus its first letter"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weapon on fire, launched in fight (8)","output":"### Answer: STILETTO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Weapon\nLIT reversed (launched = \"sent up\") in SET TO"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Certainly rare, yet tragic past (10)","output":"### Answer: YESTERYEAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: past\nYES (certainly) + (RARE YET)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drink for a man? Relative of Isaac, say (6)","output":"### Answer: HEBREW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relative of Isaac, say\nA drink for a man might be a he-brew. Isaac is the son of the Jewish patriarch Abraham in the book of Genesis"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Competitor breaking record in mucky film? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: POOL PLAYER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Competitor breaking\nLP (record) in POO LAYER (a \"mucky film\"); breaking as in \"breaking off\" at the start of a game"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cloth wiping head from below before massaging under nipple (3,5)","output":"### Answer: TEA-TOWEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cloth\nTEAT (nipple) + anagram of [b]ELOW"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Prayer used, gain converts (5,3)","output":"### Answer: AGNUS DEI \n ### Explanation: Definition: Prayer\n(USED GAIN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl filling empty shoes, slippers? (6)","output":"### Answer: SKATES \n ### Explanation: Definition: slippers\nKATE in S[hoe]S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tricky, describing wading bird? (6)","output":"### Answer: KNOTTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tricky\nDouble definition; the knot is a kind of sandpiper"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Just like that, a crimson rose (6)","output":"### Answer: SOARED \n ### Explanation: Definition: rose\nSO (just like that) + A RED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Possible killer on board, clue so hot? (4,6)","output":"### Answer: LEAD PIPING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Possible killer on board\nLEAD (clue) + PIPING (hot); lead piping is one of the murder weapons in the board game Cluedo"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Behind so petite? Bum irrelevant (6,3,5)","output":"### Answer: BESIDE\u00a0THE POINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: irrelevant\n(BEHIND SO PETITE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fellow leaves fruit (7)","output":"### Answer: MANGOES \n ### Explanation: Definition: fruit\nMAN + GOES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Range of colours spread round holiday home (7)","output":"### Answer: PALETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Range of colours\nLET (holiday home \u2013 rather loose, I think) in PAT\u00c9 (a spread)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Don't take away contents of meat can (3,2)","output":"### Answer: EAT IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Don't take away\nThe \"contents\" of mEAt + TIN (can)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maintain flat surface not necessary (9)","output":"### Answer: AVERTABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: not necessary\nAVER (to maintain) + TABLE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stone found in remarkably robust planes (9)","output":"### Answer: TURBOJETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: planes\nJET (stone) in ROBUST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Run over (5)","output":"### Answer: EXTRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Run\nDouble defintiion: the \"run\" is in cricket, for a no-ball, wide etc"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One with fixed views of large part of bible (5)","output":"### Answer: BIGOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: One with fixed views\nBIG O[ld] T[estament]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One uncommitted as the riot breaks out (9)","output":"### Answer: HESITATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: One uncommitted\n(AS THE RIOT)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To be forced to feel was rational (4,5)","output":"### Answer: MADE SENSE \n ### Explanation: Definition: was rational\nMADE (forced) + SENSE (feel)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scrap book missing second article (5)","output":"### Answer: ANNUL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scrap\nANNUAL less its second A (indefinite article)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Compels to cough up old wrongs (7)","output":"### Answer: EXTORTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Compels to cough up\nEX (old) TORTS (civil wrongs)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Masters golf here as impressive adult (7)","output":"### Answer: AUGUSTA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Masters golf here\nAUGUST (impressive) + A[dult]; the US Masters is held in Augusta, Georgia"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Play a hit, newsletter mis\u00adrepresented (3,7,4)","output":"### Answer: THE\u00a0WINTER\u2019S TALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Play\n(A HIT NEWSLETTER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unable to move in the dodgems? (6-2-6)","output":"### Answer: BUMPER\u2011TO\u2011BUMPER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unable to move\nBumper cars is an alternative name (mostly US I think) for dodgems"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Legislator's appalling treason (7)","output":"### Answer: SENATOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Legislator\nTREASON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doctor accepts being dismissed, so stops being heard (6,3)","output":"### Answer: DROWNS OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: stops being heard\nDR + OWNS (accepts) + OUT (dismissed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Raced round Bath, say, more than necessary (2,5)","output":"### Answer: TO SPARE \n ### Explanation: Definition: more than necessary\nSPA (Bath is one) in TORE (raced)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Couch in train (7)","output":"### Answer: EXPRESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Couch\nDouble defintiion: couch is \"to express ideas in language of a particular kind\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Know lettings house a fly-by-night (5)","output":"### Answer: OWLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: a fly-by-night\nHidden in knOW LETtings, and a mildly cryptic definition of the nocturnal bird"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Model I stick up? No way (3,1,3)","output":"### Answer: NOT A BIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: No way\nReverse of T (model, as in the Ford car) + I + BATON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Films may be on this amnesty (7,7)","output":"### Answer: GENERAL RELEASE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Films may be on this\nDouble defintiion"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Drives away from eastern mountains, finding way through (9)","output":"### Answer: ESTRANGES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Drives away\nST (street, way) in E RANGES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Share game with continental (2,5)","output":"### Answer: GO DUTCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Share\nGO (board game) + DUTCH (European, continental)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Factory worker taking boy for such practical experience (5-2)","output":"### Answer: HANDS-ON \n ### Explanation: Definition: such practical experience\nHAND + SON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Notice youngster at wedding making escape (7)","output":"### Answer: SEEPAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: escape\nSEE + PAGE (a child at a wedding might be on)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Country where one is raised tucking into fish (7)","output":"### Answer: TUNISIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Country\nI + reverse of IS in TUNA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mouse-like creature playfully tamed? (5)","output":"### Answer: SHREW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mouse-like creature\nCryptic reference to *The Taming of the Shrew"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Support police trap involving yarn or treacherous activity (12)","output":"### Answer: BACKSTABBING \n ### Explanation: Definition: treacherous activity\nBACK (support) + ABB (yarn) in STING (~~device used by police to stop cars~~ police operation)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: SE European as is common having leader replaced by British (6)","output":"### Answer: BULGAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: SE European\nVULGAR with its first letter replaced by B"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Floral decoration in pub a lout knocked over (7)","output":"### Answer: BARBOLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Floral decoration\nBAR (pub) + reverse of A LOB"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Work in tea cropping advanced plantation (4)","output":"### Answer: TOPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: plantation\nOP in TEA less A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fashionable, arty works \u2013 one receives mail arriving first (6)","output":"### Answer: IN-TRAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: one receives mail arriving first\nIN + ARTY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The old get anxious, it being missing from motorist's tools? (4)","output":"### Answer: CARK \n ### Explanation: Definition: The old get anxious\nCAR KIT less IT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet's train is led astray about opening of poem (6)","output":"### Answer: DISPLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poet's train\nP in (IS LED)* \u2013 Spenserian word for \"to discipline [presumably related], chastise\", which I suppose is a kind of training.."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Botanist examines it minutely \u2013 dog romps excitedly round it locally (9)","output":"### Answer: SPODOGRAM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Botanist examines it minutely\nA (dialect \"it\") in (DOG ROMPS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dreary pedant \u2013 one confined to study's working after small dram (9)","output":"### Answer: DRYASDUST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Dreary pedant\nDR[am] + A in STUDYS* \u2013 Dryasdust is \"an imaginary and tediously thorough literary authority cited by Sir Walter Scott\" (not, as I guessed, from *Pilgrim's Progress* or Dickens or some such)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One of the anglers upright on sides of Dee (6)","output":"### Answer: RODMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: One of the anglers\nD (dee) with in ROMAN (upright type, as opposed to italic) around its \"sides\" \u2013 I was thinking \"sides\" was a typo for \"side\", but I think the explanation I give is better"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stump made of different metals (4)","output":"### Answer: SNAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stump\nSN (tin) + AG (silver) \u2013 perhaps rather vague when there are so many metals to choose from, and the definition isn't much help (at least to me), so you can only guess it from the crossing letters and work backwards"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: With lack of good evidence thus lots're set free \u2013 as true felons? (6)","output":"### Answer: UNSAFE \n ### Explanation: Definition: With lack of good evidence\nComposite anagram: (AS TRUE FELONS)* = UNSAGE + LOTS'RE \u2013 as in an \"unsafe conviction\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Means to drain measure of port? (4)","output":"### Answer: PIPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Means to drain\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lichen yielding dye? Cut the lot back (7)","output":"### Answer: PARELLA \n ### Explanation: Lichen yielding dye? Cut the lot back (7)\nPARE (cut) + reverse of ALL (the lot)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cooking oil, one contained in nut tree (6)","output":"### Answer: CANOLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cooking oil\nAN in COLA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Feature of coastline where imp goes ford seashell? (5)","output":"### Answer: INLET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Feature of coastline\nThe letters \"imp\" go IN LET to give \"limpet\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mothers etc with yen twice suffering what no husbands can undergo (12)","output":"### Answer: HYSTERECTOMY \n ### Explanation: Definition: what no husbands can undergo\n(MOTHERS ETC Y Y)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Marmot that's died in overturned old carriage (5)","output":"### Answer: BOBAC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Marmot\nOB (died) in reverse of CAB"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Motor vehicle on old track, a passable country lane? (8)","output":"### Answer: CART-ROAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: a passable country lane\nCAR + TROAD"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Togs changed when operation's involved? Such a policy varies a lot (6)","output":"### Answer: STOP-GO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Such a policy varies a lot\nOP in TOGS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet's ultimate rule with poem penning \u2013 does it facilitate meeting of minds? (7)","output":"### Answer: TELERGY \n ### Explanation: Definition: does it facilitate meeting of minds\n[poe]T + R in ELEGY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Indian merchant? One favoured tree climbing (6)","output":"### Answer: BUNNIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Indian merchant\nReverse of A IN (popular, favoured) NUB (gallows, \"tree\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Spots weak points in book \u2013 plenty (5)","output":"### Answer: BLOTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Spots\nB + LOTS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sung prince, I succeed king (4)","output":"### Answer: IGOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sung prince\nI GO R \u2013 from Borodin's opera *Prince Igor"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Former monarch watches tons, duller than the rest (7)","output":"### Answer: GREYEST \n ### Explanation: Definition: duller than the rest\nGR (King George, take your pick from any of I to VI) + EYES + T[ons]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Papa, on hair appearing in a new way: 'It's a sign of puberty'? (10)","output":"### Answer: PARAPHONIA \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's a sign of puberty\n(PAPA ON HAIR)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A friend, one left out before dark? That can be explained (10)","output":"### Answer: ANALYSABLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: That can be explained\nAN ALLY less one L + SABLE (black, dark)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Material for milady's shoes, range in hide once old (8)","output":"### Answer: PRUNELLO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Material for milady's shoes\nRUN (range) in PELL (obs. word for skin or hide, related to \"pelt\") + O. Variant form of \"prunella\" \u2013 \"a strong silk or woollen material formerly used for .. women's shoes\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Crush, constant with race getting into school (7)","output":"### Answer: SCRUNCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Crush\nC + RUN (again!) in SCH"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Storm: what'll one do about damaged map? (7)","output":"### Answer: RAMPAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Storm\nMAP* in RAGE (what storms do)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sound of guns, worrying rattle one with frequency apprehended (6)","output":"### Answer: RAFALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sound of guns\nA F in RALE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Curve like this limits rising rent (6)","output":"### Answer: SPIRIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Curve\nReverse of RIP (rent) in SIC"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rock resident, ancient character brought up on principle of thrift (5)","output":"### Answer: MAGOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Rock resident\nReverse of OGAM (Pictish\/Celtic character) + T[hrift]. I briefly, though implausibly, suspected Azed of confusing \"principle\" and \"principal\", but Chambers gives \"a source, root, origin\" as its first definition of the former"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lecherous attempt aiming for lady's rear (5)","output":"### Answer: GOATY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lecherous\nGO (attempt) + AT (aiming for) + [LAD]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Indicating a complete lack of hospitals (4)","output":"### Answer: SANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Indicating a complete lack of\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poor Joe B getting totally disheartened? Admiration often expressed for his opponent (2,5,1,5,3)","output":"### Answer: I\u2019M DOING A GREAT JOB \n ### Explanation: Definition: often expressed for his opponent\nAnagram of JOE B G[ettin]G ADMIRATION. Often expressed *by* his opponent, surely, though of course, as in most cases, it's about himself. This was almost my last one in, perhaps because there's such a large collection of idiotic Trumpisms to choose from"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Intelligence but not at the top? (7)","output":"### Answer: LOWDOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Intelligence\nDouble\/cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Government policy co-ordinator that's arguably not all there (4)","output":"### Answer: TSAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Government policy co-ordinator\nHidden in thaT'S ARguably \u2013 as in \"drugs tsar\" and similar titles"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Taking unrealistic view of claims by agent and Adele? (10)","output":"### Answer: IDEALISING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Taking unrealistic view\nThe agent might say I DEAL and Adele I SING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scares female away, which one's entitled to (6)","output":"### Answer: RIGHTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: which one's entitled to\nFRIGHTS less F"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Elected idiot state's accommo\u00addated \u2014 there's no sense in it (8)","output":"### Answer: INSANITY \n ### Explanation: Definition: there's no sense in it\nIN (elected) + NIT (idiot) in SAY (state)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pained by return of crazy government? (5)","output":"### Answer: STUNG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pained\nReverse of NUTS + G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The last time doctor's coming round (5)","output":"### Answer: OMEGA \n ### Explanation: Definition: The last\nReverse of AGE M.O."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Soldier's new bride touring capital (9)","output":"### Answer: BRIGADIER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Soldier\nRIGA in BRIDE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where you learn fellow in charge intended to be taken seriously (8)","output":"### Answer: UNIRONIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: intended to be taken seriously\nUNI[versity] + RON (man's name) + I.C."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Married before the end of three months \u2014 she's in the club (6)","output":"### Answer: MEMBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: she's in the club\nM[arried] + EMBER (ending of Sept, Nov and Dec)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Could be Chinese food mainly at the back (3,7)","output":"### Answer: FAR EASTERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Could be Chinese\nFARE (food) + ASTERN (at the back of a ship, hence \"mainly\"= at sea)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Lamented ignorant broadcast? (4)","output":"### Answer: RUED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Lamented\nHomophone of \"rude\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carry On Priests? Unlikely (7)","output":"### Answer: PERSIST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Carry On\nPRIESTS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Quarantine on island long overdue (7)","output":"### Answer: ISOLATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Quarantine\nI[sland] + SO LATE, with \"Quarantine\" as a verb for the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Is to talk to police after money's disappeared (7)","output":"### Answer: MISSING \n ### Explanation: Definition: disappeared\nM[oney] + IS + SING (talk to police, e.g. to betray an accomplice)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wealthy American's brother keeping silent in turn (5)","output":"### Answer: OPRAH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wealthy American\nReverse of HARPO (who was silent in the Marx Brothers' films). Oprah Winfrey's wealth is close to $3 billion"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Punch American \u2014 listen to riot outside (7)","output":"### Answer: NAILSET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Punch\nA[merican] in LISTEN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Looking intelligent, like a Member of Parliament? (6)","output":"### Answer: OWLISH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Looking intelligent\nDouble definition, referring to the collective term \"a parliament of owls\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Having division speak badly of West Ham? (9)","output":"### Answer: DISUNITED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Having division\nDIS (speak badly of) UNITED (West Ham United, football team)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inspirational leader isn't now failing \u2026 (7)","output":"### Answer: WINSTON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Inspirational leader\n(ISN'T NOW)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 in short, that is correct \u2014 I'm as dynamic as the very best governments? (13)","output":"### Answer: MERITOCRACIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: the very best governments\nAnagram of I.E. (short for \"that is\") + CORRECT + I'M AS. Is meritocracy the best form of government? Discuss.. *See comments: meritocracy is \"government by the very best\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: School agree head's showing great enthusiasm (9)","output":"### Answer: EAGERNESS \n ### Explanation: Definition: great enthusiasm\nAnagram (\"school\") of AGREE + NESS (headland)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What gives couple authority? (7)","output":"### Answer: MANDATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: authority\nA couple might consist of a MAN and his DATE. *See comments: a better parsing is that M AND ATE gives \"mate\", or couple"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boyish young ladies wearing sports skirts (7)","output":"### Answer: GAMINES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Boyish young ladies\nIN (wearing) \"skirted by\" GAMES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Huge rear \u2014 about to slip into underwear, the biggest of its kind (7)","output":"### Answer: EVEREST \n ### Explanation: Definition: the biggest of its kind\n[hug]E + RE (about) in VEST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Carol uplifted by one's spiritual awareness? (6)","output":"### Answer: GNOSIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: spiritual awareness\nReverse of SONG (carol) + I'S"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Man's timeless lesson (5)","output":"### Answer: MORAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: lesson\nMORTAL less T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Change colour visibly from goitre \u2014 pain throbbing (7)","output":"### Answer: REPAINT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Change colour visibly\nHidden in goitRE PAIN Throbbing"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tramps given clothes \u2014 about time (7)","output":"### Answer: TOERAGS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tramps\nERA (time) in TOGS (clothes)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: This is reality: being ruthless to make time (5)","output":"### Answer: TRUTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: reality\nIf you remove RUTH from TRUTH you get T = time"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Composer working in orchestral movies cut lavish set pieces (9)","output":"### Answer: MORRICONE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Composer\nAnagram of IN ORCHESTRAL MOVIES less (\"cut\") the letters of LAVISH SET. Ennio Morricone composed scores for many films, notably *The Good, the Bad and the Ugly*; he died last month"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Note what 10, 13 and 22 did: restored calm (10)","output":"### Answer: RECOMPOSED \n ### Explanation: Definition: restored calm\nRE (note, as in do re mi) + COMPOSED. As the clues referred to all contain the word \"composer\" this was easy to solve first"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boatman goes on south to get sun? (4)","output":"### Answer: STAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: sun\nS + TAR (sailor, boatman)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Boatman taken in, new to love and so on \u2014 about time (4,3,4)","output":"### Answer: NONE\u00a0TOO\u00a0SOON \n ### Explanation: Definition: about time\nONE (I, referring to the setter) in N[ew] TO O + SO ON"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Not really at all queer, I figure that's the same on all sides (11)","output":"### Answer: EQUILATERAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: figure that's the same on all sides\n(AT ALL QUEER I)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Yearn for sleep? About time (4)","output":"### Answer: PANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Yearn\nReverse of NAP + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Composer of music and player of it: so damn wild (4,6)","output":"### Answer: FATS\u00a0DOMINO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Composer of music and player\n(OF IT SO DAMN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of tent peg and rod lie around (5,4)","output":"### Answer: RIDGE\u00a0POLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of tent\n(PEG ROD LIE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Declare time to head off (5)","output":"### Answer: AVERT \n ### Explanation: Definition: to head off\nAVER (declare) + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Liberal, easy, not into enforcing norms toward beginners (7)","output":"### Answer: LENIENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Liberal, easy, not into enforcing norms toward beginners\nInitial letters &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Unruly girl, out of time: liability inside bar, British (7)","output":"### Answer: LADETTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Unruly girl\nDEBT (liability) less (\"bar\") B in LATE (out of time)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: About time, vessel determines to go back (6)","output":"### Answer: RETURN \n ### Explanation: Definition: to go back\nRE + T + URN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: At no time taken in by blow to belly (6)","output":"### Answer: PAUNCH \n ### Explanation: Definition: belly\nAT less T in PUNCH (blow)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cruelly using Indian's skin over colour, chiefly, they say (10)","output":"### Answer: INHUMANELY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cruelly\nThe \"skin\" of I[ndia]N + ~~HU[e] (\"chiefly\" meaning \"most of..\") + homophone of \"mainly\"~~ *simpler than that \u2013 homophone of \"hue mainly\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Work fulfilled? About time (5)","output":"### Answer: TEMPO \n ### Explanation: Definition: time\nReverse of OP MET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Scourge of people between rock and hard place (9)","output":"### Answer: TORMENTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Scourge\nMEN between two occurrences of TOR, which has the two (rather similar) meanings of \"rock\" and \"hard place\" (Chambers gives \"a hill, a rocky height\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Throw out \u2014 time's up (4)","output":"### Answer: EMIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Throw out\nReverse of TIME"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Acceptance of taking our time over choice (8)","output":"### Answer: ADOPTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Acceptance\nAD (Anno Domini, \"our time\", i.e. the era we live in) + OPTION (choice)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: For poet, at no time stopping chorus of contempt (8)","output":"### Answer: SNEERING \n ### Explanation: Definition: contempt\nNE'ER (poetic \"never\") in SING (to chorus)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Composer of old, once with movement about conflict (4,6)","output":"### Answer: NOEL\u00a0COWARD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Composer\nWAR (conflict) in (OLD ONCE)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Besotted with clue to stun (4,5)","output":"### Answer: NUTS\u00a0ABOUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Besotted with\nNUTS ABOUT (i.e. reverse NUTS) could be a clue to STUN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Johnson returns with nothing in bungled alert \u2014 about time (8)","output":"### Answer: TEMPORAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: about time\nReverse of PM + O in ALERT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Retired at fun run \u2014 lead didn't cut the odds (6,2)","output":"### Answer: TURNED IN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Retired\nEven letters (i.e. we \"cut the odds\") of aT fUn RuN lEaD dIdN't"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Terrible about time, to be frank (6)","output":"### Answer: DIRECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: frank\nDIRE (terrible) + C (circa, about) + T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Centrally imposed overtime, holder of innumerable letters \u2014 one's job (6)","output":"### Answer: POSTIE \n ### Explanation: Definition: letters \u2014 one's job\nCentral letters imPOSed + T (taking \"overtime\" as \"over time\") + the outer letters or \"holder\" of I[nnumerabl]E ~~, with an &littish definition~~ *Thanks to Lord Jim for clarifying the definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time to put letters in order (5)","output":"### Answer: SPELL \n ### Explanation: Definition: Time\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Time out of time \u2014 it's simple (4)","output":"### Answer: MERE \n ### Explanation: Definition: simple\nMETRE (musical time) less T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reward staggering, but no end to poverty (6)","output":"### Answer: BOUNTY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reward\n(BUT NO)* + [povert]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very brief dance around yard (6)","output":"### Answer: FLYING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Very brief\nY in FLING"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old-time dance from theatre's top male surgeons? (3,7)","output":"### Answer: THE LANCERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old-time dance\nT[heatre] + HE LANCERS (lancer is another name for a surgeon's lancet)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I didn't catch that release (6)","output":"### Answer: PARDON \n ### Explanation: Definition: I didn't catch that\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: European match abandoned \u2014 accepted by Brown (8)","output":"### Answer: DUTCHMAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: European\nMATCH* in DUN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Central company in theatre production (2,3,4)","output":"### Answer: AT THE CORE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Central\nCO in THEATRE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shrub came back to life \u2014 army mobilised! (8)","output":"### Answer: ROSEMARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shrub\nROSE (came back to life) + ARMY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stuffing knocked out of Lulu in break of service \u2014 retiring (9)","output":"### Answer: RECLUSIVE \n ### Explanation: Definition: retiring\nL[ul]U in SERVICE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Secret drinker comes to earth in Morecambe? (8)","output":"### Answer: ESOTERIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Secret\nSOT + E[arth] in ERIC (Morecambe, comedian)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: High Court division disposes of hollow ruby, making fortune (6)","output":"### Answer: CHANCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: fortune\nCHANCERY less R[ub]Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Take butterfly and name 'Bambi'? (10)","output":"### Answer: COMMANDEER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Take\nCOMMA (type of butterfly) + N + DEER (e.g. Bambi)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Folk hero's bonnet (4)","output":"### Answer: HOOD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Folk hero\nDouble definition \u2013 Robin Hood is the hero; I wondered whether a hood was the same as a bonnet, but of course as well as headgear they're also US and British names for part of a car"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Musical token of affection cut short by opera house (6)","output":"### Answer: KISMET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Musical\nKIS[S] + MET (the Metropolitan Opera House in New York)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Strong punch that would make you croak? (6,4)","output":"### Answer: DEADLY BLOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: Strong punch that would make you croak\nJust a cryptic definition, I think, with the surface trying to bring the drink to mind: not very successfully if you ask me"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Clanger: left out large fixed capital (7)","output":"### Answer: BELFAST \n ### Explanation: Definition: capital\nBELL (clanger) less L[arge] + FAST (fixed)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nothing outstanding, no ring, no spouse! (5)","output":"### Answer: UNWED \n ### Explanation: Definition: no spouse\nUNOWED (\"nothing outstanding\") less O (ring-shaped letter)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Inca dances, led by bird, that didn't go down well (7)","output":"### Answer: TITANIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: that didn't go down well\nTIT (bird) + INCA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Building's unprofitable, as well as lacking love (4-2)","output":"### Answer: LEAN-TO \n ### Explanation: Definition: Building\nLEAN (unprofitable) + TOO (as well) less O"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: California-located, hilarious people working together (2,7)","output":"### Answer: IN CAHOOTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: working together\nIN CA[lifornia] + HOOTS (as in \"he's a hoot!\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dress put on mature bull (7)","output":"### Answer: GARBAGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: bull\nGARB + AGE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Showing an ironic sort of loving care, secret minder fiddled with electronic implant (6,7)","output":"### Answer: TENDER MERCIES \n ### Explanation: Definition: an ironic sort of loving care\nE[lectronic] in (SECRET MINDER)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Compact newspaper? That's novel (4,5)","output":"### Answer: HARD TIMES \n ### Explanation: Definition: novel\nHARD (compact) + TIMES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Got the wrong idea Adam is too kind at heart (7)","output":"### Answer: MISTOOK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Got the wrong idea\nHidden in adaM IS TOO Kind"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: City relieving poor Uncle Remus of total raised (7)","output":"### Answer: LUCERNE \n ### Explanation: Definition: City\nAnagram of UNCLE REMUS less the final MUS, which is the reverse of SUM (total)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Year after Hugo's first success (7)","output":"### Answer: VICTORY \n ### Explanation: Definition: success\nVICTOR + Y"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sweep following round Peeler? (6)","output":"### Answer: ORANGE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Peeler\nO (round) + RANGE (sweep)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Louse's elevated state kept under wraps (5)","output":"### Answer: APHID \n ### Explanation: Definition: Louse\nReverse of PA (Pennsylvania) + HID"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stock answer about new and current Bullingdon Club members, say (8)","output":"### Answer: OXONIANS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bullingdon Club members, say\nN (new) + I (electric current) in ~~OX (part of the stock on a farm)~~ OXO (stock cube) + ANS. The Bullingdon is a posh drinking club at Oxford University, which famously once had David Cameron and Boris Johnson as members *(Thanks to Roger N for correction)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Problem in pirouettes after a bad feeling (6)","output":"### Answer: ANIMUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: bad feeling\nA + reverse of SUM IN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: After husband leaves, kicks ornaments (6)","output":"### Answer: TRILLS \n ### Explanation: Definition: ornaments\nTHRILLS (kicks) less H. Trills are musical ornaments"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Walk out with host, perhaps Oprah Winfrey once (4,4)","output":"### Answer: TALK SHOW \n ### Explanation: Definition: perhaps Oprah Winfrey once\n(WALK HOST)* \u2013 \"perhaps\" because Oprah's show is an example of a talk show, and \"once\" because it ended in 2011"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The way things stand in lawsuits, ignoring the odds (2,2)","output":"### Answer: AS IS \n ### Explanation: Definition: The way things stand\nThe even letters of lAwSuItS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Without cuts in bread, dug in excitedly (10)","output":"### Answer: UNABRIDGED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Without cuts\n(BREAD DUG IN)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Train outside of Eastbourne carrying coin (7)","output":"### Answer: EDUCATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Train\nDUCAT (coin) in the \"outside\" of E[astbourn]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Stop calling drummer loudly (4,3)","output":"### Answer: RING OFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Stop calling\nRINGO + FF (fortissimo, very loudly)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chagall's frame on the next page with plant-like design (10)","output":"### Answer: CLOVERLEAF \n ### Explanation: Definition: plant-like design\nC[hagal]L + OVERLEAF (on the next page)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Figure who may inflame aching back (4)","output":"### Answer: EROS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Figure who may inflame\nReverse of SORE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reviled old rogue? (8)","output":"### Answer: EVILDOER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reviled old rogue\nAnagram of REVILED O, &lit"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Person who hates games teacher, last in contest (6)","output":"### Answer: RABBIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Person who hates games\nRABBI + [contes]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Primitive scourge is polished (6)","output":"### Answer: URBANE \n ### Explanation: Definition: polished\nUR (original, primitive) + BANE (scourge)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Absent-minded copper's distinguishing feature (8)","output":"### Answer: DISTRAIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Absent-minded\nDI'S TRAIT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Articulate way of speaking is a plus in post (7,8)","output":"### Answer: EXPRESS DELIVERY \n ### Explanation: Definition: a plus in post\nEXPRESS (to articulate) + DELIVERY (way of speaking)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Parliamentarians were on one side of this chair, swivelling around (7,5,3)","output":"### Answer: ENGLISH CIVIL WAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Parliamentarians were on one side of this\n(CHAIR SWIVELLING)* \u2013 the two sides in the English Civil War were the Parliamentarians and Royalists, or, as *1066 And All That* puts it, the Cavaliers (Wrong but Wromantic) and the Roundheads (Right but Repulsive)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Before ruler, fathers and sons have to meet the standard (4,6)","output":"### Answer: PASS MUSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: meet the standard\nPAS + S + MUST (have to) + ER (ruler)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Where butt is awfully hot, sat by sunlight (7)","output":"### Answer: ASHTRAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Where butt is\nAnagram of (H SAT)* + RAY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Sacred hearts not breaking any laws (8)","output":"### Answer: HALLOWED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Sacred\nH[earts] + ALLOWED"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bachelor poet detailed superficial suffering (5-6,4)","output":"### Answer: FIRST\u2011DEGREE BURNS \n ### Explanation: Definition: superficial suffering\nA Bachelor's is a FIRST DEGREE + (Robert) BURN[S]. First-degree burns only affect the outer layer of the skin"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blunder, as one may in Balmoral? (3,4,4,2,2)","output":"### Answer: PUT ONE\u2019S FOOT IN IT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blunder\nDouble definition \u2013 the Balmoral is type of shoe"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Most unusual, smuggling dope in threatened area (10)","output":"### Answer: RAINFOREST \n ### Explanation: Definition: threatened area\nINFO (dope) in RAREST"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pair of journos about to accept shocking rag's disgrace (7)","output":"### Answer: DEGRADE \n ### Explanation: Definition: disgrace\nRAG* in ED reversed, twice"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Advice unsuited to shy type attending fancy dress party (2,8)","output":"### Answer: BE YOURSELF \n ### Explanation: Definition: Advice unsuited to shy type attending fancy dress party\nDouble\/cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Chances of good kids getting half cut (4)","output":"### Answer: ODDS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Chances\nThe second halves of goOD kiDS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Medical approach entailing silent treatment? (3,2,5)","output":"### Answer: NIL BY MOUTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: Medical approach\nDouble\/cryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: European knocked over loses a necklace (4)","output":"### Answer: TORC \n ### Explanation: Definition: necklace\nReverse of CROAT less A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Actor embodied outcome of Little Bighorn, according to Spooner (6,6)","output":"### Answer: BUSTER\u00a0KEATON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Actor\nSpoonerism of \"Custer beaten\": rather nice, I thought, though the \"Custer\" part is easy to guess"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Additional indicators (four in all) found in this puzzle (4,5)","output":"### Answer: PLUS SIGNS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Additional indicators\nThe grid has four plus signs formed by black squares"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old house often mocked in the suburbs (5)","output":"### Answer: TUDOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Old house\nDouble definition: the House of Tudor, and a reference to the mock-Tudor style of houses found in suburbs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Serious award given to senior \u2026 (5)","output":"### Answer: SOBER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Serious\nOBE in SR \u2013 \"given to\" is perhaps a slightly dodgy insertion indicator, but I suppose it makes sense; see also 1d"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: \u2026 evicted, with seller hiding underground (6,3)","output":"### Answer: TURNED OUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: evicted\nUNDER* (i.e. under \"ground\") in TOUT (seller)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Engineer's rig somehow providing power again (2-10)","output":"### Answer: RE\u2011ENERGISING \n ### Explanation: Definition: providing power again\n(ENGINEER'S RIG)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Something Blue gets an occasional Epsom run (4)","output":"### Answer: PORN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Something Blue\nAlternate letters of ePsOm RuN (with the capitalisation suggesting that Something Blue is the name of a racehorse, as might run at Epsom \u2013 as apparently it is)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cut line into heart? Funny story that (3,7)","output":"### Answer: RIB TICKLER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Funny story\nRIB (a cut of meat) + L[ine] in TICKER (heart). Chambers only gives this as hyphenated rather than two words"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Catch Euripides play on vacation (4)","output":"### Answer: ESPY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Catch\nOuter letters of EuripideS PlaY \u2013 i.e. they are emptied or \"vacated\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Gorse and grass running wild \u2014 they will become belligerent (10)","output":"### Answer: AGGRESSORS \n ### Explanation: Definition: they will become belligerent\n(GORSE GRASS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Offer to acquire new tie (4)","output":"### Answer: BIND \n ### Explanation: Definition: tie\nN[ew] in BID (offer) \u2013 again, \"acquire\" is unusual as an insertion indicator, but makes sense"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Cry out for the old record format (4)","output":"### Answer: YELP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Cry out\nYE (old \"the\", as in Ye Olde Gifte Shoppe \u2013 of course the Y should actually be a thorn) + LP (long-player)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Insult nurse in conversation \u2014 that's fine for you? (2,4,6)","output":"### Answer: UP YOUR STREET \n ### Explanation: Definition: that's fine for you\nUP YOURS (an insult) + TREET (homophone of \"treat\", to nurse)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Small but perfectly formed animal (5)","output":"### Answer: STOAT \n ### Explanation: Definition: animal\nS + TO A T \u2013 the \"but\" is needed to make the clich\u00e9, though it doesn't make much sense in the wordplay"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Busy retailers rarely see one when they open (4,5)","output":"### Answer: LATE RISER \n ### Explanation: Definition: rarely see one when they open\nRETAILERS* \u2013 if you're a late riser then you won't get to the shops until after they're open"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Type of salesman providing non-stop transport service? (4-2-4)","output":"### Answer: DOOR-TO-DOOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Type of salesman\nDouble definition, though door-to-door transport needn't be non-stop: \"direct\" might have been better"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Back rank is just not good enough (6-4)","output":"### Answer: SECOND-RATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: just not good enough\nSECOND (back) + RATE (rank)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: American marines sent here lack preparation (12)","output":"### Answer: LEATHERNECKS \n ### Explanation: Definition: American marines\n(SENT HERE LACK)* \u2013 I didn't know this nickname for the US Marines: it probably comes from an old protective piece of their uniform"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It's often abused by grocers dealing with multiples (10)","output":"### Answer: APOSTROPHE \n ### Explanation: Definition: It's often abused by grocers dealing with multiples\nReference to the grocer's (or greengrocer's) apostrophe, as seen on signs such as \"apple's and pear's\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Purchase protection, but may get popped eventually! (6,4)","output":"### Answer: BUBBLE WRAP \n ### Explanation: Definition: Purchase protection\nExtended definition \u2013 bubble wrap can protect your purchases, and you might want to pop it afterwards"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wins with standard moves (4,5)","output":"### Answer: GETS GOING \n ### Explanation: Definition: moves\nGETS (wins) + GOING (standard \u2013 as in \"the going rate\", I suppose)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very tasty piece raised spirit (5)","output":"### Answer: SATYR \n ### Explanation: Definition: spirit\nHidden in reverse of veRY TASty"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: She inspired historians starting to chart life in Oxford (4)","output":"### Answer: CLIO \n ### Explanation: Definition: She inspired historians\nInitial letters of Chart Life In Oxford \u2013 Clio is the Muse of History"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short text describing benefits (4)","output":"### Answer: PROS \n ### Explanation: Definition: benefits\nPROS[E]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Random motion of particles when speed is altered (7)","output":"### Answer: PEDESIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Random motion of particles\n(SPEED IS)* \u2013 I didn't know this alternative name for Brownian motion"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Punishment not supported, basically (7)","output":"### Answer: HANGING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Punishment\nDouble definition \u2013 I'm not sure why \"basically\" is there, unless it's that something hanging is not supported at its base"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Short story about not switching energy (5)","output":"### Answer: CONTE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Short story\nC (circa, about) + NOT* + E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Computer entry a pundit corrected (time advanced) (5,4)","output":"### Answer: INPUT DATA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Computer entry\n(A PUNDIT)* + T[ime] + A[dvanced]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One, following destruction of Reims, is close to death (2,8)","output":"### Answer: IN EXTREMIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: close to death\nI NEXT (following) + REIMS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Extremely insensitive (4)","output":"### Answer: DEAD \n ### Explanation: Definition: Extremely\nDouble definition \u2013 for the first, dead = very = extremely"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Very early form of cocaine belonging to French? (5,2,4)","output":"### Answer: CRACK\u00a0OF\u00a0DAWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Very early form\nCRACK (form of cocaine) + OF DAWN (belonging to comedian D. French)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Street cred possibly involves a hush-hush manufacturing advantage (5,6)","output":"### Answer: TRADE SECRET \n ### Explanation: Definition: hush-hush manufacturing advantage\nA in (STREET CRED)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Still, a reticent person needs a change of heart (4)","output":"### Answer: CALM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Still\nCLAM (reticent person) with the middle letters reversed"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reverend's mistake: lovey-dovey type is married (10)","output":"### Answer: SPOONERISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Reverend's mistake\nSPOONER (one who spoons) + IS + M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old Cicero's untidy file (9)","output":"### Answer: CROCODILE \n ### Explanation: Definition: file\n(OLD CICERO)* \u2013 as in a file of walking children"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Say backing away from offence is a shadowy area (5)","output":"### Answer: UMBRA \n ### Explanation: Definition: shadowy area\nUMBRAGE (offence) less reverse of E.G. (say)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'Brummie King' breaks shower dish (7)","output":"### Answer: RAMEKIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: dish\nME (the setter, Brummie) + K in RAIN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Plea from French criminal (7)","output":"### Answer: DEFENCE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Plea\nDE (French of, from) + FENCE (criminal)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Excursion \u2014 choose to cut both ends off (6)","output":"### Answer: PICNIC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Excursion\nPIC[k] (choose) + NIC[k] (cut)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rough end absorbed by outstanding city (6)","output":"### Answer: DUNDEE \n ### Explanation: Definition: city\nEND* in DUE (outstanding, as in a debt)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A better means of seeing the sights (10)","output":"### Answer: SPECTACLES \n ### Explanation: Definition: A better means of seeing\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Do exceptionally well in cutting a Victorian adventure novel (5)","output":"### Answer: SHINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Do exceptionally well\nIN in SHE (novel by H Rider Haggard)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seasonal worker's dance, a groundbreaker, about to get backing (3-6)","output":"### Answer: HOP-PICKER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seasonal worker\nHOP (dance) + PICK (\"groundbreaker\") + reverse of RE (about)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shock over bananas (4)","output":"### Answer: NUTS \n ### Explanation: Definition: bananas\nReverse of STUN \u2013 I've seen variations of this a few times\u2026"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A Yardie's ground, supposedly (1,4,3)","output":"### Answer: I DARE SAY \n ### Explanation: Definition: supposedly\n(A YARDIE'S)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Shielding us, having disposed of a large sum of cash (8)","output":"### Answer: GUARDING \n ### Explanation: Definition: Shielding\nGUARDIAN (us) less the second A + G (a grand \u2013 \u00a31000)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Dicky, given article and box, improvised (3,3,4)","output":"### Answer: OFF THE CUFF \n ### Explanation: Definition: improvised\nOFF (dicky \u2013 in poor condition) + THE (article) + CUFF (to box)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revocation of a legacy, one associated with Piedmont organisation (9)","output":"### Answer: ADEMPTION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Revocation of a legacy\nA + PIEDMONT* \u2013 another new word for me, from \"adeem\", which Chambers defines as \"to cancel (a bequest) by destruction or sale of the thing bequeathed\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Racer shares coach (5,3)","output":"### Answer: STOCK CAR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Racer\nSTOCK (shares in a company) + CAR (coach, e.g. of a train)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Here are the ins and outs of a large office (8)","output":"### Answer: MAILROOM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Here are the ins and outs of a large office\nCryptic definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Historian, a big swinger (6)","output":"### Answer: GIBBON \n ### Explanation: Definition: Historian\nDouble definition \u2013 Edward Gibbon of the *The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Run through one's barrier (6)","output":"### Answer: IMPALE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Run through\nI'M (one is) + PALE (fence, barrier)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One and minus one, continuously (2,3)","output":"### Answer: ON END \n ### Explanation: Definition: continuously\nONE + AND less A (one)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Diamond tip (4)","output":"### Answer: ROCK \n ### Explanation: Definition: Diamond\nDouble definition, with tip=rock as verbs"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Maps Congo randomly like this for small dinosaur (13)","output":"### Answer: COMPSOGNATHUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: small dinosaur\n(MAPS CONGO)* + THUS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A group singing hearts out for The Sweet Flag (6)","output":"### Answer: ACORUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: The Sweet Flag\nA CHORUS less H"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of buckle, e.g. Sam Browne's end piece? (5)","output":"### Answer: CHAPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Part of buckle\nCHAP (Sam is an example of a man's name) + [Brown]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Form of riata in leather, typical of steppe-dwellers? (8)","output":"### Answer: TATARIAN \n ### Explanation: Definition: typical of steppe-dwellers\nRIATA* in TAN"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Vehicle on end of tail \u2013 waits may give you this (5)","output":"### Answer: CAROL \n ### Explanation: Definition: waits may give you this\nCAR + O (on) + [tai]L \u2013 waits are carol-singers"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What may be shown by fancier fa-la isn't tremolo (8)","output":"### Answer: FANTAILS \n ### Explanation: Definition: What may be shown by fancier\n(FA-LA ISN'T)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What's sacred to Hindus leaving its source in the Himalaya etc? (6)","output":"### Answer: RANGES \n ### Explanation: Definition: the Himalaya etc\nR[iver] [G]ANGES"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Tackle rings engineers dipped in solvent liquid (7)","output":"### Answer: TERRETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Tackle rings\nRE in TERTS (tetrachloroethylene, a solvent)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Natural amphitheatres created by state of affairs, we hear (7)","output":"### Answer: CIRQUES \n ### Explanation: Definition: Natural amphitheatres\nHomophone of \"circs\", slang shortening of \"circumstances\"; when I've had cause to use this word (I'd be more likely to use the Gaelic-derived \"corrie\") I've pronounced it in French style as \"seerk\", but Chambers only gives the anglicised version"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mum has added salt with a spicy dish (6)","output":"### Answer: MASALA \n ### Explanation: Definition: spicy dish\nMA + SAL + A"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Decorated with distinction that's overdue when it's about waste conveyor (8)","output":"### Answer: LAUREATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Decorated with distinction\nUREA in LATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bony girls I fancy, odd ones being ignored (5)","output":"### Answer: ILIAC \n ### Explanation: Definition: Bony\nEven letters of gIrLs I fAnCy"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: I look masculine in unit of light or dull brown (8)","output":"### Answer: PHILOMOT \n ### Explanation: Definition: dull brown\nI + LO + M in PHOT \u2013 I got myself into trouble by carelessly entering PHILAMOT here, as it works equally well; both spellings are variants of \"filemot\", from French *feuillemorte* = dead leaf"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Nursemaid, girl getting in a state (5)","output":"### Answer: NANNY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Nursemaid\nANN in NY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pineal shaped plant of upland regions (6)","output":"### Answer: ALPINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: plant of upland regions\nPINEAL"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Part of abdomen cradling hot rubbery bottle, portable (usually large) (13)","output":"### Answer: GHETTO-BLASTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: portable (usually large)\nH + BOTTLE* in GASTER (part of an insect's abdomen)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Training with computers, very good for processing crude petroleum (11)","output":"### Answer: CAT-CRACKING \n ### Explanation: Definition: processing crude petroleum\nCAT (Computer-Assisted Training) + CRACKING (very good)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Learns flying with this light plane \u2013 on thermals (4)","output":"### Answer: MOTH \n ### Explanation: Definition: light plane\nComposite anagram: LEARNS + MOTH is an anagram of ON THERMALS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Blitz causing painful sensation round centre of Liverpool (5)","output":"### Answer: PRANG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Blitz\n[Live]R[pool] in PANG"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: One browsing, gaining in confidence about folio (6)","output":"### Answer: SURFER \n ### Explanation: Definition: One browsing\nF[olio] in SURER"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: It was a time of idleness, accepted behaviour with ten relaxing inside (7)","output":"### Answer: NON-TERM \n ### Explanation: Definition: It was a time of idleness\nTEN* in NORM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Hat rim damaged? Jock's may make a twang (6)","output":"### Answer: THAIRM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Jock's may make a twang\n(HAT RIM)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Powerful two-wheeler difficult daughter's abandoned on field (6)","output":"### Answer: HARLEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Powerful two-wheeler\nHARD less D + LEY"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: What makes the eccentric fret, artless? No crank, certainly (11)","output":"### Answer: SELF-STARTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: No crank, certainly\n(FRET ARTLESS)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Intriguing group in California, not well after a ruin (9)","output":"### Answer: CAMARILLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: Intriguing group\nA MAR (ruin) ILL in CA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mail carrier landed up for it in place (9)","output":"### Answer: POSTILION \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mail carrier\nPOSITION (place) with reverse of LIT replacing IT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rag-and-bone man, last to get central position, plunging straight down (7)","output":"### Answer: STEEP-TO \n ### Explanation: Definition: plunging straight down\nSTEPTOE with the last E moved to the middle"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Whence silk producers emerge, embroidering REGINA (6)","output":"### Answer: GRAINE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Whence silk producers emerge\nREGINA"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: English propeller e.g. on the Broads, device for gauging planetary movement (6)","output":"### Answer: EQUANT \n ### Explanation: Definition: device for gauging planetary movement\nE + QUANT (punting pole)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mater's mantle round Spain, producing archetypal local dish? (6)","output":"### Answer: PAELLA \n ### Explanation: Definition: archetypal local dish\nE (Spain) in PALLA (a Roman woman's mantle \u2013 hence the \"mater\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Seamen's clothes and bedding yielding old coppers (5)","output":"### Answer: SLOPS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Seamen's clothes and bedding\nDouble definition: \"clothes and bedding issued to sailors\", and old slang for policemen (coppers). My mistake at 29a made me nearly give up on this when I couldn't make anything reasonable out of S?APS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In love, X scratched, mark in red (4)","output":"### Answer: SMIT \n ### Explanation: Definition: mark in red\nSMITTEN (in love) less TEN (X)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Relic I discovered in a rooftop crater (8)","output":"### Answer: ARCHAISM \n ### Explanation: Definition: Relic\nI in A + R[oof] + CHASM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Camp site oddly in the style of golf (6)","output":"### Answer: STALAG \n ### Explanation: Definition: Camp\nOdd letters of SiTe + A LA G"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Weapon caused the sad end of Robert the Bruce (9)","output":"### Answer: TREBUCHET \n ### Explanation: Definition: Weapon\nAnagram of [Rober]T THE BRUCE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Little time lost amongst all that apprehension (5)","output":"### Answer: ANGST \n ### Explanation: Definition: apprehension\nAMONGST less MO (moment)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Green art evolved first sort of nursery (12)","output":"### Answer: KINDERGARTEN \n ### Explanation: Definition: nursery\nKIND (sort) + (GREEN ART)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Solo flight from German city is completed (4)","output":"### Answer: OVER \n ### Explanation: Definition: completed\nHANOVER (German City) less HAN (Han Solo, character in the *Star Wars* films)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: 'e by gum, camping? Having covered skin (10)","output":"### Answer: INTEGUMENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: skin\nE by (beside) GUM in (covered by) IN TENT (camping)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: A ruse deployed by Ottoman retreat round a pickle (10)","output":"### Answer: SAUERKRAUT \n ### Explanation: Definition: pickle\n(A RUSE)* + A in reverse of TURK (Ottoman)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Break item? (4,4)","output":"### Answer: FREE TIME \n ### Explanation: Definition: Break\nA \"reverse anagram\": TIME \"freed\" gives you ITEM"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Angry with contemporary conflicting tendency (12)","output":"### Answer: CROSSCURRENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: conflicting tendency\nCROSS (angry) + CURRENT (contemporary) \u2013 Chambers only gives this as hyphenated cross-current, but other online sources have it as a single word"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Appearing shocked by deficit in part of hospital (5)","output":"### Answer: AGAPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Appearing shocked\nGAP (deficit) in A[ccident and] E[mergency]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Wild flower from the Guardian is spotted in Leeds, perhaps (9)","output":"### Answer: EDELWEISS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Wild flower\nWE (The Guardian) IS in LEEDS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Substitute for 'taser' may be 'tazer', essentially (6)","output":"### Answer: ERSATZ \n ### Explanation: Definition: Substitute\nTASER* + [ta]Z[er]. \"Taser\" is actually an acronym: from \"Thomas A. Swift Electronic Rifle\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Greedily eating suet pudding? Nothing French in that! (8)","output":"### Answer: ESURIENT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Greedily eating\nRIEN (French \"nothing\") in SUET"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Fat cello playing? This is for viola! (4,4)","output":"### Answer: ALTO CLEF \n ### Explanation: Definition: This is for viola\n(FAT CELLO)* \u2013 music for viola normally uses the alto clef"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Mummy's God transformed Nubia's black dog (6)","output":"### Answer: ANUBIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Mummy's God\nNUBIAS* \u2013 Anubis is an ancient Egyptian god (hence \"Mummy's\"), depicted as a man with with a black canine head"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Perverse pleasure in South African country having a dodgy referendum after scrapping borders (13)","output":"### Answer: SCHADENFREUDE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Perverse pleasure\nS + CHAD (African country) + anagram of [r]EFERENDU[m]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: The Alamo, USA, most of all a vital relay station (8)","output":"### Answer: THALAMUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: vital relay station\nTH[e] ALAM[o] US[a} \u2013 the Thalamus is an area in the brain \"allowing hub-like exchanges of information.\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Girl has yet to travel a very long way (5,5)","output":"### Answer: LIGHT YEARS \n ### Explanation: Definition: a very long way\n(GIRL HAS YET)* \u2013 I would hyphenate this: Chambers and other sources agree with me"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Ravel, go away (3,7)","output":"### Answer: GET KNOTTED \n ### Explanation: Definition: Ravel\nDouble definition"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Next clue needs this for a diarist's age (5,8)","output":"### Answer: THREE\u00a0QUARTERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Next clue needs this for a diarist's age\nA reference to Sue Townsend's The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13\u00be, the next clue being 13"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Devote one's car etc for recycling (10)","output":"### Answer: CONSECRATE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Devote\n(ONE'S CAR ETC)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Bordeaux's appealing twice about a sweet top wine (10)","output":"### Answer: BEAUJOLAIS \n ### Explanation: Definition: wine\nA in BEAU JOLI (two French words describing attractiveness) + S[weet]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Future is mine (8)","output":"### Answer: PROSPECT \n ### Explanation: Definition: Future\nDouble definition \u2013 a noun and a verb"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: We rang about a rodent (6)","output":"### Answer: GNAWER \n ### Explanation: Definition: a rodent\n(WE RANG)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Look here's ship entering port empty (4)","output":"### Answer: PSST \n ### Explanation: Definition: Look here\nSS (Steam Ship) in P[or]T"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Old queen's honest with diarist (4,5)","output":"### Answer: ANNE FRANK \n ### Explanation: Definition: diarist\nANNE (old queen) + FRANK (honest)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Core of world back to front (5)","output":"### Answer: HEART \n ### Explanation: Definition: Core\nEARTH with the last letter moved to the front"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Poet recounts fifth item found on beach (7)","output":"### Answer: SHELLEY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Poet\nHomophone (..ish) of SHELL E, which would be found after shell A, shell B, \u2026"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rolling Stone caught by Mr Big? Very! (7)","output":"### Answer: MONSTER \n ### Explanation: Definition: Big? Very!\nSTONE* in MR"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Reportedly, get lost pastry (5)","output":"### Answer: CHOUX \n ### Explanation: Definition: pastry\nHomophone of \"shoo!\" (get lost!)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: They're involved in father's Star Trek battle \u2014 once timeless (9)","output":"### Answer: PARTAKERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: They're involved\nPA (father) + anagram of STAR TREK less one T (\"once timeless\")"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Choose over Charlie or Michael involving a branch of science (15)","output":"### Answer: ELECTROCHEMICAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: involving a branch of science\nELECT (choose) + anagram of (C OR MICHAEL)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Director left at the end holding hard part of shoe (5,4)","output":"### Answer: SPIKE HEEL \n ### Explanation: Definition: part of shoe\nH[ard] in SPIKE LEE (director) with the L moved to the end \u2013 another name for a stiletto heel"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Encounters aliens on Earth following Martian leader (5)","output":"### Answer: MEETS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Encounters\nM + E[arth] + ETS (extra-terrestrials)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Revolutionary recalls loathing for large cat (7)","output":"### Answer: CHEETAH \n ### Explanation: Definition: large cat\nCHE (Guevara) + reverse of HATE"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Starts to smoke, eventually saw someone tranquillised (7)","output":"### Answer: SEDATED \n ### Explanation: Definition: tranquillised\nFirst letters of S[moke] E[ventually] + DATED (saw someone)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Doubles taken from physicist's mug (5)","output":"### Answer: STEIN \n ### Explanation: Definition: mug\nEINSTEIN less the first EIN, which is duplicated at the end"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: To ensure sufficient funds remain below interest (9)","output":"### Answer: UNDERDRAW \n ### Explanation: Definition: To ensure sufficient funds remain\nUNDER (below) + DRAW (something interesting). Chambers only gives the definitions \"To draw or describe with moderation or reticence or short of the truth; To cover the underside of with boards or lath and plaster\", but online sources also define it as a kind of opposite of the more familiar \"overdraw\""}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Pillagers back up to eat snack prepared by Saxon's chief (10)","output":"### Answer: RANSACKERS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Pillagers\nSNACK* in reverse of REAR (back) + S[axon]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Change 11p over old cover? (8)","output":"### Answer: ENVELOPE \n ### Explanation: Definition: cover\nAnagram of ELEVEN P O[ver]"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Alternative fuel overwhelms fellow with unknown discharge (6)","output":"### Answer: EFFLUX \n ### Explanation: Definition: discharge\nF in FUEL* + X(unknown)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Woman to wed right away (4)","output":"### Answer: MARY \n ### Explanation: Definition: Woman\nMARRY less one R"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Heavens above! On another planet 2001 computer is law enforcer (3,7)","output":"### Answer: SKY MARSHAL \n ### Explanation: Definition: law enforcer\nSKY (the heavens above) + MARS + HAL (computer in the film *2001: A Space Odyssey*)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Has tan spoiled in afternoon shadow? (8)","output":"### Answer: PHANTASM \n ### Explanation: Definition: shadow\n(HAS TAN)* in P.M."}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Keep players on leg-side boundaries (6)","output":"### Answer: CASTLE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Keep\nCAST (players) + the outer letters (\"boundaries\") of L[eg-sid]E"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Teacher admits time in prison (4)","output":"### Answer: STIR \n ### Explanation: Definition: prison\nT in SIR (teacher)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Titan unearthed in built-up Rome? The usual! (10)","output":"### Answer: PROMETHEUS \n ### Explanation: Definition: Titan\nHidden in built-uP ROME THE USual"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Climbing mountains with quiet descent on landing (10)","output":"### Answer: SPLASHDOWN \n ### Explanation: Definition: landing\nReverse of ALPS + SH (quiet!) + DOWN (descent)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: During Great Revolt, we English can be using social media (8)","output":"### Answer: TWEETING \n ### Explanation: Definition: using social media\nWE E TIN in reverse of GT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Animal around and about, adult male's lost (8)","output":"### Answer: CREATURE \n ### Explanation: Definition: Animal\nC (circa, around) + RE (about) + MATURE less M"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Every so often big cheat began to drink (3,3)","output":"### Answer: ICE TEA \n ### Explanation: Definition: drink\nAlternate letters of bIg ChEaT bEgAn"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Up-to-date style worn by sailors (6)","output":"### Answer: MODERN \n ### Explanation: Definition: Up-to-date\nMODE + RN (Royal Navy, sailors)"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: In court, large expense (4)","output":"### Answer: COST \n ### Explanation: Definition: expense\nOS (outsize, large) in CT"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Rising troubles with this kind of bread (4)","output":"### Answer: SODA \n ### Explanation: Definition: kind of bread\nReverse of ADOS"}
{"instruction":"You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.","input":"### Clue: Charlotte races about in this? (7,7)","output":"### Answer: CHELSEA TRACTOR \n ### Explanation: Definition: Charlotte races about in this\n(CHARLOTTE RACES)* &lit \u2013 Chelsea tractors are the oversized cars stereotypically driven in some affluent areas"}