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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: One leaving Asian country, heading east for a lark (4)
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### Answer: JAPE
### Explanation: Definition: a lark
JAPAN less AN + E
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Weighing machine returned two quarters short (in different ways) (5)
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### Answer: TRONE
### Explanation: Definition: Weighing machine
Reverse of E (short for East) + NORT[H]
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Advanced money including pound for unscripted stuff (6)
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### Answer: AD-LIBS
### Explanation: Definition: unscripted stuff
A L in DIBS (money)
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Where truth's initially revealed? Therein it lies – get weaving! (7)
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### Answer: INTWINE
### Explanation: Definition: get weaving
'T (it) in IN WINE – referring to the saying *in vino veritas
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: This with dud ha-has ruins hare and hounds – race discontinued (5)
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### Answer: RONNE
### Explanation: Definition: race discontinued
A composite anagram – (RONNE DUD HAHAS)* = HARE AND HOUNDS. This word – an old form of "run" – felt familiar, and indeed it appeared (with a different clue, of course) in Azed 2393
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Pawns metal ore after screening (5)
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### Answer: FINES
### Explanation: Definition: Pawns
Two definitions (both rather obscure)
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Two eggs all whipped up with art typical of the common folk (12)
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### Answer: RAGGLE‑TAGGLE
### Explanation: Definition: typical of the common folk
(EGG EGG ALL ART)* – familiar to me from the folk song *The Raggle-taggle Gypsies
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Simple means of measuring drifts – or wine list, possibly? (11)
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### Answer: BOTTLE-CHART
### Explanation: Definition: Simple means of measuring drifts
Double definition
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Coarse silk, pound off, I bagged (6)
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### Answer: DUPION
### Explanation: Definition: Coarse silk
I in POUND
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Sprung trap must be given priority over it? (6)
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### Answer: RAT-PIT
### Explanation: Definition: Sprung trap must be given priority over it
TRAP* + IT, &lit – 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
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: It's no good imbibing one Scotch once getting in the vicinity (5)
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### Answer: NYING
### Explanation: Definition: once getting in the vicinity
YIN (Scots "one") in NG
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Wrote off a tractor? (5)
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### Answer: TOWER
### Explanation: Definition: a tractor
WROTE
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Supply some microphones (4)
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### Answer: CROP
### Explanation: Definition: Supply
Hidden in miCROPhones
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: E.g. Ajax, name for one of several in siege (5)
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### Answer: HERON
### Explanation: Definition: one of several in siege
HERO (Ajax is one) + N – siege is a collective noun for herons
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Tailor denied thanks about ill-fitting cuirass (5)
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### Answer: LORIC
### Explanation: Definition: cuirass
Anagram of TAILOR less TA (thanks) + C (about) – 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?
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Small chestnut: prominent feature includes fashionable jockey's lid (9)
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### Answer: CHINCAPIN
### Explanation: Definition: Small chestnut
IN + CAP (jockey's hat or "lid") in CHIN
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Resonant 'Hic!' gone after treatment (7)
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### Answer: ECHOING
### Explanation: Definition: Resonant
(HIC GONE)
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Political theorist ranted wildly (6)
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### Answer: ARENDT
### Explanation: Definition: Political theorist
RANTED* – Hannah Arendt, philosopher and political theorist.
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Eavesdrop on women's gathering in outlandish gear (6)
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### Answer: EARWIG
### Explanation: Definition: Eavesdrop on
WI (Women's Institute) in GEAR
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: One poet's to tidy up another (5)
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### Answer: DONNE
### Explanation: Definition: One poet's to tidy up
DONNE 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
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Democrat in a couple of states displaying passion for his country? (5)
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### Answer: ARDOR
### Explanation: Definition: passion for his country
D in AR[kansas] + OR[regon] – "passion for his country" indicates the American spelling
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Reservation not OK? You might hear it from bouncer (5)
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### Answer: BOING
### Explanation: Definition: You might hear it from bouncer
BOOKING less OK
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: A bit of a twang, like one encountered in the Low Countries (5)
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### Answer: NASAL
### Explanation: Definition: A bit of a twang
AS A in NL (Netherlands) – "nasal" has to be read as a noun: "a sound uttered through the nose"
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Children leaving a lunch played around with part of chicken wing? (4)
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### Answer: ULNA
### Explanation: Definition: part of chicken wing
Anagram of A LUNCH less CH – familiar as a bone in the forearm, but it can also be in a bird's wing
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Sort of gun in story by right bugger? (8)
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### Answer: LISTENER
### Explanation: Definition: bugger
STEN (gun) in LIE (story) + R- the "bugger" being one who uses a bug or listening device
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Journalist's rubbish papers English rejected (6)
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### Answer: EDITOR
### Explanation: Definition: Journalist
Reverse of ROT + ID (papers) + E
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Guardian with head of state, one on horse? (4)
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### Answer: USER
### Explanation: Definition: one on horse
US (The Guardian) + ER (the Queen – head of state), with "horse" being slang for heroin
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: 24 boy taken in by devil is wicked (3-7)
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### Answer: ILL-ADVISED
### Explanation: Definition: 24
LAD in (DEVIL IS)
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Support many steady moves to cross road (3,3,8)
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### Answer: TEA AND SYMPATHY
### Explanation: Definition: Support
PATH in (MANY STEADY)
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: What Newgate is for Dickens (3,4)
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### Answer: OLD NICK
### Explanation: Definition: What Newgate is
Double 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
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Inactive and without colour, having caught cold (7)
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### Answer: EXTINCT
### Explanation: Definition: Inactive
C in EX-TINT (without colour) – inactive as in an extinct volcano
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: A learner admitted to periodical study in Oxford college (8)
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### Answer: MAGDALEN
### Explanation: Definition: Oxford college
A L in MAG (periodical) DEN (study). Magadalen College, Oxford spells its name differently to Magdalene College, Cambridge, but both pronounce it "Maudlin"
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Two lots of gold rings extremely tough for creator (6)
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### Answer: AUTHOR
### Explanation: Definition: creator
T[oug]H in AU + OR (versions of "gold")
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Small chap, following big road over the hill, ran badly (10)
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### Answer: MISMANAGED
### Explanation: Definition: ran badly
M1 (big road) + S MAN + AGED (over the fill)
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Outbreak of terror as hostage's grabbed (4)
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### Answer: RASH
### Explanation: Definition: Outbreak
Hidden in terroR AS Hostage
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: I appreciate that Hollywood actor wants the Order of Merit (6)
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### Answer: THANKS
### Explanation: Definition: I appreciate that
TOM HANKS less OM
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Bow before short performance by American 2 (8)
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### Answer: ARCTURUS
### Explanation: Definition: 2
ARC (bow) + TUR[N] + US – a star (2 down) in constellation Boötes
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Neglect odd parts of poem, lines showing blunder with words (8)
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### Answer: MISSPELL
### Explanation: Definition: blunder with words
MISS (neglect) + odd letters of PoEm + LL
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Ace intro for sales pitch (4)
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### Answer: STAR
### Explanation: Definition: Ace
S[ales] + TAR (pitch)
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: For Les Bleus, a victory followed by day to chill out (6)
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### Answer: UNWIND
### Explanation: Definition: to chill out
un ("a" in French) + WIN + D – a nod to France's recent victory in the World Cup (the French team is known as *Les Bleus*)
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Simple man's abandoned without pity (7)
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### Answer: ARTLESS
### Explanation: Definition: Simple
HEARTLESS less HE
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Material for building awfully dreamy team up (5-3)
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### Answer: READY-MIX
### Explanation: Definition: Material for building
DREAMY* + reverse of XI (eleven – team in cricket or football)
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Note celebrities eschewing ostentation (10)
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### Answer: MINIMALIST
### Explanation: Definition: eschewing ostentation
MINIM (musical note) + A-LIST
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Saintly carpenter's record breaking banter (6)
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### Answer: JOSEPH
### Explanation: Definition: Saintly carpenter
EP in JOSH – I don't know if this name is relevant to the theme
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Girl with old party skirt's accompaniment for date? (4,6)
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### Answer: ANNO DOMINI
### Explanation: Definition: date
ANN + O + DO + MINI
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Person taking land cut kind of irrigation, by the way (8)
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### Answer: COLONIST
### Explanation: Definition: Person taking land
COLONI[c] (irrigation – quack therapy) + ST (street, way)
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Strike through ball from the wing, like a striker (5,3)
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### Answer: CROSS OUT
### Explanation: Definition: Strike through
CROSS (a ball passed from the wing in football) + OUT (as someone on strike is). Note the "ROSS" hidden in this answer
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Articles with weight showing what litotes is for TS Eliot? (7)
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### Answer: ANAGRAM
### Explanation: Definition: what litotes is for TS Eliot
AN + A + GRAM, with an example of an anagram as the definition
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Settle a match, perhaps (6)
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### Answer: ALIGHT
### Explanation: Definition: Settle
A + LIGHT (match – as in "have you got a light?")
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: 10 to do arithmetic with new technology? (6)
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### Answer: ADDICT
### Explanation: Definition: 10
ADD (do arithmetic) + ICT (Information and Communications Technology)
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Thrash troublemaker's bottom in the open (4)
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### Answer: ROUT
### Explanation: Definition: Thrash
[troublemake]R + OUT (in the open)
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Money problem for the shoe-dwelling old woman? (9)
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### Answer: OVERISSUE
### Explanation: Definition: Money problem
In 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
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Siege in the style of Farah? (5)
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### Answer: ALAMO
### Explanation: Definition: Siege
A LA MO (Sir Mo Farah, athlete)
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Bearing of player in the Iran-Contra affair (5)
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### Answer: NORTH
### Explanation: Definition: Bearing
Double definition – the second referring to Oliver North
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Tip of rhubarb? No, I crave tripe! (9)
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### Answer: CARNIVORE
### Explanation: Definition: Tip of rhubarb? No, I crave tripe
Anagram 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
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Green Goblin initially breaks into Number 10 — Spider-man's unaffected by this (7)
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### Answer: VERTIGO
### Explanation: Definition: Spider-man's unaffected by this
VERT (green) + G[oblin] in 10
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Uri can't bend screen (7)
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### Answer: CURTAIN
### Explanation: Definition: screen
(URI CAN'T)
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Grown out of Nick Park's 1993 trousers? (5)
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### Answer: WRONG
### Explanation: Definition: Nick Park's 1993 trousers
GROWN* – a helpfully explicit reference to The Wrong Trousers
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Crew finally returns from Vietnam (3)
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### Answer: MAN
### Explanation: Definition: Crew
It's reversed at the end (finally) of vietNAM
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Country ignoring church, starting to descend into sin (5)
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### Answer: GREED
### Explanation: Definition: sin
GREECE less CE + D[escend]. Greed is one of the Seven Deadly Sins
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: In the future city goes left, then sideways (7)
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### Answer: LATERAL
### Explanation: Definition: sideways
LATER (in the future) + L.A. (city) reversed, i.e. going "left"
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Stop fighting when armistice really starts (4-3)
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### Answer: POST-WAR
### Explanation: Definition: when armistice really starts
STOP* + first letters of When Armistice Really, with the second part of the clue also providing the definition
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Trouble in bed? Politician's nail breaks (9)
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### Answer: COMPLAINT
### Explanation: Definition: Trouble
MP + NAIL* in COT
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Continue with German sausage roll? Not I (5)
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### Answer: RENEW
### Explanation: Definition: Continue
Reverse of WIENER, less I
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Offers to capture rebel leader and those taking flight (5)
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### Answer: BIRDS
### Explanation: Definition: those taking flight
R[ebel] in BIDS
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Infamous doughnuts, with holes on the outside, eaten in North America (9)
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### Answer: NOTORIOUS
### Explanation: Definition: Infamous
TORI ("dougnuts") in O O (holes), all in N US
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Ripped into eight or nine pieces (4)
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### Answer: TORN
### Explanation: Definition: Ripped
Hidden in eighT OR Nine
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: One bringing up children behind the Queen (6)
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### Answer: REARER
### Explanation: Definition: One bringing up children
REAR (behind, as a noun) + ER
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Griffin she turned into food (4,6)
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### Answer: FISH FINGER
### Explanation: Definition: food
(GRIFFIN SHE)
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Like Jack in The Shining: extremely scary – chop, chop! (6)
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### Answer: PSYCHO
### Explanation: Definition: Like Jack in The Shining
Anagram – indicated by the second "chop" – 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 – played by Jack Nicholson in the film, handily
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Fuel container Tom can't use, but ___? (8)
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### Answer: JERRYCAN
### Explanation: Definition: Fuel container
Tom [cat] can't but JERRY [mouse] CAN
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Vehicle that carries regular team and another (4)
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### Answer: TAXI
### Explanation: Definition: Vehicle
Alternate letters of TeAm + XI (eleven – cricket or football team)
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Spoil bag, so tea's stewed (8)
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### Answer: SABOTAGE
### Explanation: Definition: Spoil
(BAG SO TEA)
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Men's back exercise — skipping, say? (4)
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### Answer: ROPE
### Explanation: Definition: skipping, say
Reverse of OR (Other Ranks, men) + PE (exercise)
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Maybe I swear to overthrow the French (5)
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### Answer: VOWEL
### Explanation: Definition: Maybe I
VOW (swear) + reverse of LE. I is an example of a vowel
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Officials arrest girls misbehaving without latitude (10)
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### Answer: REGISTRARS
### Explanation: Definition: Officials
(ARREST GIRLS)* less L
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Bottom of messy drain (5)
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### Answer: NADIR
### Explanation: Definition: Bottom
DRAIN
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Take for a ride via trams? (8)
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### Answer: OUTSMART
### Explanation: Definition: Take for a ride
A "reverse cryptic" – TRAMS is an anagram ("out") of SMART
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Mmmm … I'm upset by large cats (8)
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### Answer: MILLIONS
### Explanation: Definition: Mmmm
Reverse of I'M + L LIONS
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Small European bird spotted in outskirts of Prague (6)
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### Answer: PETITE
### Explanation: Definition: Small
E TIT in P[ragu]E
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Dowager welcomes knight's opening (6)
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### Answer: WINDOW
### Explanation: Definition: opening
N (symbol for knight in chess) in WIDOW
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Young English 8? (4)
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### Answer: CUBE
### Explanation: Definition: 8
CUB + E – 8 is the cube of 2
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Craving for flour — is it regular? (4)
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### Answer: LUST
### Explanation: Definition: Craving
I 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
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Direction to the Guardian's street (4)
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### Answer: WEST
### Explanation: Definition: Direction
WE (The Guardian) + ST
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Fabric obtained from male sheep (7)
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### Answer: BUCKRAM
### Explanation: Definition: Fabric
BUCK (male) + RAM (sheep)
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Mentally unbalanced setter joining most of staff in place to have a drink (7)
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### Answer: BIPOLAR
### Explanation: Definition: Mentally unbalanced
I (setter) + POL[E] in BAR. I suppose the definition is accurate, but it seems a bit insensitive to me
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Rush meal by river (4)
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### Answer: TEAR
### Explanation: Definition: Rush
TEA + R
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Long to get hold of narrow piece of cloth (9)
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### Answer: PINSTRIPE
### Explanation: Definition: cloth
STRIP in PINE
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Hard up family found in vacated squat (5)
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### Answer: SKINT
### Explanation: Definition: Hard up
KIN in S[qua]T
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Prepared to look for a partner that's fashionable (2,2,4)
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### Answer: UP TO DATE
### Explanation: Definition: fashionable
UP (prepared) + TO + DATE (look for a partner)
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Mine hard substance (4)
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### Answer: PITH
### Explanation: Definition: substance
PIT + H
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Be inclined to adopt summer's latest fashion (5)
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### Answer: TREND
### Explanation: Definition: fashion
[summe]R in TEND
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Gang found in Cheshire town, reportedly (4)
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### Answer: CREW
### Explanation: Definition: Gang
Homophone of "Crewe"
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Ten dimes sent as deposit (8)
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### Answer: SEDIMENT
### Explanation: Definition: deposit
(TEN DIMES)
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Black stack of building material (5)
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### Answer: BRICK
### Explanation: Definition: building material
B + RICK (as in hayrick/haystack)
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: University in conservative soap opera setting (9)
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### Answer: CAMBRIDGE
### Explanation: Definition: University
C + AMBRIDGE – setting for The Archers
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Money for parties at hospital (4)
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### Answer: DOSH
### Explanation: Definition: Money
DOS (plural of DO) + H
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Bird eating a little green man? (7)
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### Answer: MARTIAN
### Explanation: Definition: little green man
A in MARTIN
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Cathy's first to meet girl in charge of Wuthering Heights, say (7)
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### Answer: CLASSIC
### Explanation: Definition: Wuthering Heights, say
C[athy] + LASS + IC
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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.
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### Clue: Enormous shade screening top of garden (4)
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### Answer: HUGE
### Explanation: Definition: Enormous
G[arden] in HUE
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