Manatees (container)
Guarantee includes a mouth (7)
Guarantee includes a mouth (7)
ESTUARY [SURETY +A (anagram)]
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Wise about criminal tasered not that very long ago (9)
Yesterday (Y + tasered + Y)
Spiny tail causes havoc in Michigan city
Spiny tail causes havoc in Michigan city
YPSILANTI (anagram)
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Old daft auntie accepts Q (7)
Antique
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What? The head of a Doper? In Canada? (6)
Quebec (Que + Bec(kdawreck))
Doctor who elects con stumbles. (9)
Eccleston
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He loved a mystery, with a trolly and an explosion. (4, 7)
He loved a mystery, with a trolly and an explosion. (4, 7)
TONY RANDALL (TROLLY AND AN anagram)
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Gorilla at circus is a dangerous animal (9)
Alligator (gorilla at)
Twisting force causes a clog to back up for friar (10)
Twisting force causes a clog to back up for friar (10)
TORQUEMADA (TORQUE + MAD A (reversal)
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Spot a shaky point at reconstruction (10)
Best I can come up with is ADSORPTION, but I’m sure that’s not it.
Hint: the overlap is ADA------ and the definition is listed as a synonym when I plug the ADA------ word into the synonym finder online.
Adaptation?
You got it!
If you don’t mind divulging, apart from being a synonym of reconstruction, how does “adaptation” relate to the rest of the clue?
AD (spot) + A + anagram of “point at”
I couldn’t get past the synonym for “spot,” thinking it was mark/stain. Synonyms usually hang me up.
You win Oly.
I am horrible at anagrams.
How does shaky fit in?
Whenever there’s a word that indicates shaking, vibrating, coming apart, that’s a clue that one or more of the adjacent words will be anagrammed.
This article explains all the Cryptic Crossword tricks.
Wow! I never knew there was a system to these. No wonder I’ve always been crap at them. Thanks for that edification. Y’all best watch out now!
So…last word was ADAPTATION.
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Why study oolong tea? (8)
ONTOLOGY [anagram of oolong + Y(why) + T (tea)]
Perverted orgy sandwich (4)