ASPHODEL (8)

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Lily hopes to dance with lad (8)

Lily - def
to dance with - anagrind
[HOPES + LAD]* = ASPHODEL

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Clue ID Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By Likes
9582 Lily hopes to dance with lad (8) Lily - def
to dance with - anagrind
[HOPES + LAD]* = ASPHODEL
rpl 3
9601 What's currently most of Hades' plot? (8) &lit
def: The Asphodel Meadows is a section of the Greek underworld (of which Hades is the king). "Plot" in the sense of a garden plot.
wordplay: anagrammed ("currently": i.e. 'in the manner of a current', flowing), HADESPLO[t] ("most of" "HADES' PLOT")
+? for "currently"
bags 0
9605 Leads bad tour of soup plant. (8) LEADS - anagram fodder
bad - anagram indicator
tour of - containing
soup - PHO
plant - definition
dpad 0
9607 Snape, lost man with no heart? Holds crush for Lily. (8) “man with no heart?” = Tin (ala The Wizard of Oz) = Sn
(-sn)APE = “Snape, lost man with no heart?”

(-sn)[APE + HOLDS]* (“crush”) = ASPHODEL = def. Lily
rpl 0
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