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(Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) ||Dumbledore's killer, gutted after rejection, has crush on Harry's dead parent (5)||
Dumbledore's killer - SNAPE
gutted after rejection - E(-pan)S< = ES
... has ... on - vertical juxtaposition (in the sense of wearing a hat)
crush - JAM (verb)
JAM+E(-pan)S< = JAMES = def. Harry's dead parent
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| Clue ID | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
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| 9629 | (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) ||Dumbledore's killer, gutted after rejection, has crush on Harry's dead parent (5)|| | Dumbledore's killer - SNAPE gutted after rejection - E(-pan)S< = ES ... has ... on - vertical juxtaposition (in the sense of wearing a hat) crush - JAM (verb) JAM+E(-pan)S< = JAMES = def. Harry's dead parent |
rpl | 3 |
| 9620 | _Tragedy of Hamlet_ essentially spoiled for the audience: ||in last Act, final Scene, everyone dies|| (6) | "Tragedy" - def "of" - link "Hamlet essentially, spoiled" = _LAME*_ "for the audience: in" = N (homophone) "last Act, final scene" = N + _T + _E "everyone dies" - delete E. (video game rating abbrev) _LAME*_+N+_T+_E-E. = LAMENT = def. Tragedy |
rpl | 1 |
| 9625 | (Stranger Things, S1): ||Will’s trapped in the “Upside Down” of Hawkins without any trace, missing family (4)|| | "Will" - def "'s" - IS "trapped in" - containment "the “Upside Down” of" - reversal "HAWKINS without [A(ny) trace]", "missing [family (KINS)]" => H(-a)W(-kins) IS in H(-a_)W(-kins)< = W(IS)H = def. Will |
rpl | 1 |
| 9628 | (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince) ||Dumbledore's killer peels off for a short rest.|| (3) | Dumbledore's killer - sNAPe peels off - drop first and last letter for - link a short rest - definition |
dpad | 1 |
| 9616 | (Curtain, A. Christie) ||Norton, i.e. X uses extreme confusion and eseroline, say (10)|| | NEUROTOXIN = (NORTONIEX+U_)* extreme - first letter confusion - anagram and - link eseroline, say - def |
Botaku | 0 |
| 9626 | (The Mystery Hunt puzzle 50/50): ||50/50: At the end of the unlimited craziness essentially you get MOUNTAIN (4)|| | 50/50 = LL (roman numerals) At the end of = juxtaposition indicator for putting afterwards the unlimited = _H_ craziness essentially = _I_ you get = connector indicating the definition MOUNTAIN = _H_+_I_+L+L |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 9633 | ||(Star Wars, Episode IX)|| Somehow, Sideous… he returned??? (7) | ODISEUS* (alt. spelling, Odysseus https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Odiseus) def - he returned?? refers to Odiseus finally returning home after decades long journey in "The Odyssey" |
rpl | 0 |