WATER (5)

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A wet fluid... right? (5)

cheeky &lit; surface refers to the internet 'controversy' re whether water itself is wet
anagram of A WET ("fluid": adj.) + R ("right")

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8663 A wet fluid... right? (5) cheeky &lit; surface refers to the internet 'controversy' re whether water itself is wet
anagram of A WET ("fluid": adj.) + R ("right")
bags 5
8662 What's primary composition of tear? (5) &lit
W[hat] ("What's primary": 'primary' meaning 'something that stands first in rank') + ATER ("composition of TEAR": anagram of TEAR)
bags 4
8657 Waiter, I spilled a drink (5) Waiter, "I" spilled = WAiTER
A drink = def
biocuriousgeorgie 3
8671 What are said to be chief among the leading causes of drowning? (5) "WHAT'RE" homophone
Def: chief among the leading causes of drowning
Firetruck 2
8664 Melted ice cream - heat in reverse to melt again (5) melted ice= def
Cream heat (H) in reverse to melt again (RETHAW<)
So RETHAW< - H
Firetruck 1
8659 Drink for messed up win rate (5) Def: Drink
Wordplay: Anagram of WRATE=WATER
jatloe12345 0
8660 Flower's "blood"? (5) Rivers are often called "flowers" in cryptic clues and the "blood" of a river is water GhostSalt 0
8676 Fluid toxic element in battle (5) WA(TE)R Marnix 0
8701 Legendary bird fires last breath of air: "molecular splash" (5) Def. splash (verb)

HO-OH ("legendary bird") loses ("fires") last O ("breath of air") = HO-H

HO-H molecular = structure of WATER
rpl 0
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