QUINQUAGENARIAN (15)

Started by EricFox53

Like my parents in quarantine: out of time, distressed about succumbing to fear without family members (15)

anag. INQUARAN(-t)INE around QUA(-kin)G [quaking = succumbing to fear; kin = family members]

Submitted by AuLeaf

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6006 Like my parents in quarantine: out of time, distressed about succumbing to fear without family members (15) anag. INQUARAN(-t)INE around QUA(-kin)G [quaking = succumbing to fear; kin = family members] AuLeaf 1
6033 Naked horse-half pokemon represented in an era of older age (15) of older age = (-e)QUIN(-e)+QUAG(-sire)+ENARIAN*
represented anag. *(IN AN ERA)
Kit 1
6007 Quine ran backwards has awkward situation, and I, withholding my initial ire, released an exemplar of older age (15) QUINE
RAN backwards
"has awkward situation" = contains QUAGMIRE
and I
"withholding my initial" = remove M_
"ire released" = remove IRE
AN
"exemplar of older age" is the definition, since a quinquagenarian embodies older age.

QUIN(QUAG(-m_)(-ire))E+(NAR<)+I+AN
padi 0
6028 Potential energy in between two charges associated with amber arranged in an era that started in 1971 (15) (U in) inside "qq"; UAG "amber" stop codon; "in an era" anagrammed

Definition: "That started in 1971"
Cheshire 0
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