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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Whitebait substitute causing bad angina (6) | ### Answer: INANGA
### Explanation: Definition: Whitebait substitute
ANGINA |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Shot after victory? That's bleak (6) | ### Answer: WINTRY
### Explanation: Definition: bleak
WIN + TRY (a shot) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Company circulates just like at home in old dance hall (6) | ### Answer: CASINO
### Explanation: Definition: old dance hall
AS IN in CO – a less-familiar meaning of this word, originally from the Italian for "little house" |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: What examiners do in university encapsulated by 'dark blue' (6) | ### Answer: PERUSE
### Explanation: Definition: What examiners do
U in PERSE(dark blue) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Idle year requiring cash, commonly (5) | ### Answer: LOLLY
### Explanation: Definition: cash, commonly
LOLL (to idle) + Y |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: E.g. McEwan's best, badly needed after end of austerity (4) | ### Answer: YILL
### Explanation: Definition: E.g. McEwan's best
[austerit]Y + ILL (badly) – a Scots form of "ale" |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Spell single word for Scrabble's elementary rule (8,3) | ### Answer: PERIODIC LAW
### Explanation: Definition: elementary rule
PERIOD (a spell) + CLAW (to scrabble) – law governing the periodic table of the elements |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Finish putting pickle away (4,3) | ### Answer: HOLE OUT
### Explanation: Definition: Finish putting
HOLE (pickle, difficult situation) + OUT (away), with "putting" in the golfing sense |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Stack Beano at first with earlier back issue (7) | ### Answer: LUMBAGO
### Explanation: Definition: back issue
LUM (chimney – stack) + B[eano] + AGO (earlier) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: First motion of club supports extension (9) | ### Answer: BACKSWING
### Explanation: Definition: First motion of club
BACKS (supports) + WING (extension of a house) – more golf! |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Nothing cool for retirement? Chill naked (5) | ### Answer: NIHIL
### Explanation: Definition: Nothing
Reverse of IN (fashionable, cool) + cHILl without its "clothes" |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: American's a jerk (4) | ### Answer: YANK
### Explanation: Definition: American
Double definition |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Scared to charge a pound for eggs (7,3) | ### Answer: CHICKEN RUN
### Explanation: Definition: a pound for eggs
CHICKEN (scared) + RUN (to charge) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Moneylenders mad at Rees-Mogg (10) | ### Answer: MORTGAGEES
### Explanation: Definition: Moneylenders
(AT REES MOGG) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Figure at a cost of millions (4) | ### Answer: FORM
### Explanation: Definition: Figure
FOR (at a cost of) + M |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Curtail break and work to go over puzzle (5) | ### Answer: POSER
### Explanation: Definition: puzzle
Reverse of RES[t] + OP (work) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Naive set off without good food (5,4) | ### Answer: GREEN BEAN
### Explanation: Definition: food
GREEN (naive) + BEGAN (set off) less G |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Kept tiger, male, without fences, living close to ground (7) | ### Answer: EPIGEAL
### Explanation: Definition: living close to ground
Inner letters of kEPt tIGEr mALe: helpful clueing for an obscure word |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Pack short underwear that's wild (7) | ### Answer: RAMPANT
### Explanation: Definition: wild
RAM (to pack) + PANT[s] |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Actor might wear this coat on musical (6,5) | ### Answer: GREASE PAINT
### Explanation: Definition: Actor might wear this
GREASE (musical) + PAINT (coat) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: One on the road can, on Spice Girls tours (7,8) | ### Answer: PELICAN CROSSING
### Explanation: Definition: One on the road
(CAN ON SPICE GIRLS)* – for those who don't know, it's a type of pedestrian crossing, the name originally from PEdestrian LIght CONtrolled Crossing |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Hoots from river, one owl primarily hollowed-out trees (5) | ### Answer: RIOTS
### Explanation: Definition: Hoots
R + I + O[wl] + T[ree]S – something or someone very funny can be described as a hoot or a riot |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Over time, ridiculous to bury head in sand like this? (7) | ### Answer: OSTRICH
### Explanation: Definition: this
S[and] in O[ver] T[ime] RICH (ridiculous, as in "that's rich"), with an &littish definition |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Senselessness of sick needing oxygen getting rolled-up cigarette (7) | ### Answer: ILLOGIC
### Explanation: Definition: Senselessness
ILL (sick) + O + reverse of CIG |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: After hugging guys, one has regret (8) | ### Answer: LAMENTER
### Explanation: Definition: one has regret
MEN in LATER (after) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Teacher trained with software, Outlook (7,8) | ### Answer: WEATHER FORECAST
### Explanation: Definition: Outlook
(TEACHER SOFTWARE) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Buxom partner getting caught on top (6) | ### Answer: CHUBBY
### Explanation: Definition: Buxom
C + HUBBY (husband, partner) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Staff covering large garden at the back getting fertiliser (6) | ### Answer: POLLEN
### Explanation: Definition: fertiliser
L in POLE + [garde]N |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Trouble with endless Viagra, get off tablet (8) | ### Answer: AGGRIEVE
### Explanation: Definition: Trouble
Anagram of (VIAGR[a] GE[t]) + E[cstasy] |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Flash Power's a floor cleaner (6) | ### Answer: MOPPER
### Explanation: Definition: cleaner
MO (short time, flash) + P[ower] + PER (a, as in "once a/per day") |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Pop singer, mostly with guitarist Paul after good laughs (7) | ### Answer: GIGGLES
### Explanation: Definition: laughs
G + IGG[y] (Iggy Pop, singer) + LES (Les Paul, American guitarist, who also gave his name to particular guitar) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Ring doctor's surgery for treatment (3-4) | ### Answer: EYE-DROP
### Explanation: Definition: treatment
EYE (in the sense "a wire loop or ring for a hook") + DR + OP (operation, surgery) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Second home acquired by mum (6) | ### Answer: MINUTE
### Explanation: Definition: Second
IN (home) in MUTE (mum) – minute and second aren't the same, of course, but both can informally mean a short time |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: They might have rain in north — declaration after batting for both sides (5) | ### Answer: NIMBI
### Explanation: Definition: They might have rain
N + I'M BI – as a bisexual person (one who "bats for both sides") might say; nimbi are rain-clouds |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: There will be a charge in this case (9) | ### Answer: CARTRIDGE
### Explanation: Definition: There will be a charge in this case
Cryptic definition – the "charge" is in a gun cartridge |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Pay attention to what the Spectator does (5) | ### Answer: WATCH
### Explanation: Definition: Pay attention to
"Double" definition – "Spectator" is capitalised to make us think of the magazine, but otherwise it's essentially the same definition twice |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Type of crime committed by a prisoner? (6,3) | ### Answer: INSIDE JOB
### Explanation: Definition: Type of crime
Double/cryptic definition |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Bewitching girl that wails loudly (5) | ### Answer: SIREN
### Explanation: Definition: Bewitching girl
Double definition |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Queen contributed to cultural channel (6) | ### Answer: ARTERY
### Explanation: Definition: channel
ER in ARTY |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Trumpeter amazing the panel (8) | ### Answer: ELEPHANT
### Explanation: Definition: Trumpeter
(THE PANEL) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Succinct agreement that's put into handbag (7) | ### Answer: COMPACT
### Explanation: Definition: Succinct
Three definitions |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Odds on racehorse are glittering (7) | ### Answer: SPARKLE
### Explanation: Definition: are glittering
SP (Starting price – odds) + ARKLE (racehorse, named after a mountain in NW Scotland) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Boxer so shattered? (3-5) | ### Answer: DOG-TIRED
### Explanation: Definition: shattered
Double/cryptic definition |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Put down drink (6) | ### Answer: SQUASH
### Explanation: Definition: Put down
Double definition ("put down" as in squashing a rebellion) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Pigment sounds more likely to ooze (5) | ### Answer: SEPIA
### Explanation: Definition: Pigment
Homophone of "seepier" |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Nice graph represented vicar's work (9) | ### Answer: PREACHING
### Explanation: Definition: vicar's work
(NICE GRAPH) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Deceived the French teacher (3,2) | ### Answer: LED ON
### Explanation: Definition: Deceived
LE + DON |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Ocean waves go fast, as before (4,5) | ### Answer: ONCE AGAIN
### Explanation: Definition: as before
OCEAN* + GAIN (as in "they're gaining on us") |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Style of plain title girl received (6) | ### Answer: MANNER
### Explanation: Definition: Style
ANNE in MR (a "plain title") |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Knock into the air and begin to play (6,2) | ### Answer: STRIKE UP
### Explanation: Definition: Knock into the air
Double definition ("strike up the band!") |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: These London companies providing current to railway (6) | ### Answer: LIVERY
### Explanation: Definition: London companies
LIVE (providing current) + RY – see here to read about livery companies |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Disregarded amendment for redoing (7) | ### Answer: IGNORED
### Explanation: Definition: Disregarded
REDOING |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: In plate, an accompaniment to coffee (6) | ### Answer: DANISH
### Explanation: Definition: accompaniment to coffee
AN in DISH – a Danish pastry |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Loose rock needs new barrier (6) | ### Answer: SCREEN
### Explanation: Definition: barrier
SCREE (loose rock on a hillside) + N |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Look before you take such a year (4) | ### Answer: LEAP
### Explanation: Definition: such a year
Double/cryptic definition – "look before you leap" |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Request contents of basket (3) | ### Answer: ASK
### Explanation: Definition: Request
Hidden in bASKet |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Draw something of the old school (3) | ### Answer: TIE
### Explanation: Definition: Draw
Double definition, the second referring to "the old school tie" |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Not real fish (3) | ### Answer: COD
### Explanation: Definition: Not real
Double definition |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: This could be raised to part of mouth (3) | ### Answer: MUG
### Explanation: Definition: This could be raised to part of mouth
Reverse of GUM (part of the mouth), and a MUG can be raised to the lips |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: It closes the port (4) | ### Answer: CORK
### Explanation: Definition: It closes
Double definition |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Unpleasant period having fibre to eat (8) | ### Answer: ROUGHAGE
### Explanation: Definition: fibre to eat
ROUGH + AGE |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Besotted with Gordian knot (7) | ### Answer: ADORING
### Explanation: Definition: Besotted with
GORDIAN |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Key batsman (6) | ### Answer: OPENER
### Explanation: Definition: Key
Double definition |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Tinker's follower could suit you (6) | ### Answer: TAILOR
### Explanation: Definition: Tinker's follower
Double definition – from the counting rhyme "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor", and a tailor could make you a suit |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Was a rocker in leather, I gather (6) | ### Answer: SWAYED
### Explanation: Definition: Was a rocker
Homophone of "suede" |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Evil family are absorbed (4,2) | ### Answer: SINK IN
### Explanation: Definition: are absorbed
SIN (evil) + KIN |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Blessed with strength to catch fish (9) | ### Answer: FORTUNATE
### Explanation: Definition: Blessed
TUNA in FORTE ("my forte is..") |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Batty about following a high priest (5) | ### Answer: AARON
### Explanation: Definition: high priest
A + 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 |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Angry young man briefly accompanied returning book (7) | ### Answer: REBECCA
### Explanation: Definition: book
REBE[L] (angry young man) + reverse of ACC[ompanied] – book by Daphne du Maurier, made into a Hitchcock film |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Sneak look at conductor ignoring new duo playing (7) | ### Answer: PREVIEW
### Explanation: Definition: Sneak look
[André] 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" |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Petulant refusal is the custom (4) | ### Answer: WONT
### Explanation: Definition: custom
[I] WON'T! is a petulant refusal |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: In court, argue against jail in speech (10) | ### Answer: QUADRANGLE
### Explanation: Definition: court
QUAD (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. |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Buy a three-pound mix that soothes infant (7) | ### Answer: LULLABY
### Explanation: Definition: that soothes infant
Anagram of BUY A + three times L (pound) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: GP moves cautiously and cleans out bed (7) | ### Answer: DREDGES
### Explanation: Definition: cleans out bed
DR (doctor) + EDGES (moves cautiously) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Feeble commercial ban a few accept (10) | ### Answer: THREADBARE
### Explanation: Definition: Feeble
AD (commercial) + BAR (ban) in THREE (a few) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Greeting government agency circular (4) | ### Answer: CIAO
### Explanation: Definition: Greeting
CIA + O |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: I hear someone coming to check (7) | ### Answer: AUDITOR
### Explanation: Definition: I hear
Double definition – an auditor is literally someone who hears, or one who checks company accounts |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Country roads twisting, say, near the middle (7) | ### Answer: SENEGAL
### Explanation: Definition: Country
E.G. (say) in reverse of LANES |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Fruit needing flood regularly eaten by half of us? (5) | ### Answer: MELON
### Explanation: Definition: Fruit
Alternate letters of [f]L[o]O[d] in MEN (about half of the human race) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Unlikely to go up, if turned over and put down (9) | ### Answer: FIREPROOF
### Explanation: Definition: Unlikely to go up
Reverse of FI + REPROOF (a put-down) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Its subject: in messy warfare, male lost (1,8,2,4) | ### Answer: A FAREWELL TO ARMS
### Explanation: Definition: Its subject: in messy warfare, male lost
(WARFARE MALE LOST)*, and a "synopsis" of Ernest Hemingway's novel |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Court case: what the Master of the Rolls may bring into it? (8) | ### Answer: TRIBUNAL
### Explanation: Definition: Court
BUN (what a "master of rolls" might provide) in TRIAL (case) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Chew meal, having changed starter (5) | ### Answer: MUNCH
### Explanation: Definition: Chew
LUNCH 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 |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Country man dropped rope securing article (8) | ### Answer: PARAGUAY
### Explanation: Definition: Country
PARA (paratrooper – a "man dropped") + A in GUY (rope) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: A number entered here — vital to move quietly (6) | ### Answer: KEYPAD
### Explanation: Definition: A number entered here
KEY (vital) + PAD (move quietly) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Torn material valued (9) | ### Answer: LACERATED
### Explanation: Definition: Torn
LACE RATED – I'm sure I've seen this construction a few times |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Opening for visitor at last not initially residing in Berlin (6) | ### Answer: IRVING
### Explanation: Definition: Berlin
Last letter of visitoR in [L]IVING (residing), giving the famous, and long-lived, songwriter Irving Berlin |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Restored health, but on borrowed time again? (1,3,5,2,4) | ### Answer: A NEW LEASE OF LIFE
### Explanation: Definition: Restored health
Double/cryptic definition |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: England almost besotted with it, a cold dish (9) | ### Answer: GALANTINE
### Explanation: Definition: cold dish
Anagram of ENGLAN[d] + IT A |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: In a city (not London) is nothing totally unimportant (8) | ### Answer: DERISORY
### Explanation: Definition: totally unimportant
IS O in DERRY (city, also called Londonderry, or "Stroke City" from "Derry/Londonderry") |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Sort of rate boy's bad behaviour (6-2) | ### Answer: GOINGS-ON
### Explanation: Definition: bad behaviour
GOING ("the going rate") + SON |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Free, led to crack puzzle (6) | ### Answer: RIDDLE
### Explanation: Definition: puzzle
RID (to free) + LED |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Deprived, be confident judge may intervene (6) | ### Answer: BEREFT
### Explanation: Definition: Deprived
REF (referee, judge) in BET (to be confident – "I bet I can..") |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Trim end of toe in waders (5) | ### Answer: SNIPE
### Explanation: Definition: waders
SNIP + [to]E |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Get rid of command, having lost time after time (9) | ### Answer: ERADICATE
### Explanation: Definition: Get rid of
ERA (time) + DICTATE (command) less the first T |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Every third Etonian studying shows dissatisfaction (5) | ### Answer: ENNUI
### Explanation: Definition: dissatisfaction
Every third letter of EtoNiaN stUdyIng |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: The mace deployed as a weapon (7) | ### Answer: MACHETE
### Explanation: Definition: a weapon
(THE MACE) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Soft assonance heard in preparation (7) | ### Answer: PRIMING
### Explanation: Definition: preparation
P (soft) + homophone of "rhyming" |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Find record at an end (8) | ### Answer: DISCOVER
### Explanation: Definition: Find
DISC (record) + OVER (at and end) |
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation. | ### Clue: Neat, polite and not totally Italian (10) | ### Answer: NEAPOLITAN
### Explanation: Definition: Italian
Not an anagram as it first appeared, but a truncation of the first three words of the clue: NEA[t] POLIT[e] AN[d] |