Cryptic Contest: HYDROPHOBIC (11)

HYDROPHOBIC (11)

Started by AuLeaf

Likely term ascribed to piece of fabric, that when covered in H₂O... remains just as light! (11)

&lit: entire clue is the definition. ("remains just as light" meaning that it doesn't absorb any of the water - and is therefore just as light as it was before, both in terms of weight and color)

wordplay:

"Likely term" = terminus of LIKELY = Y
"ascribed to" = concatenation indicator
"piece of fabric" = DROP, as in a drop curtain (common in theater - see https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/drop#Noun, def 4.7)
"that when covered in" = container indicator
"H₂O" = HHO
"remains just as" = concatenation indicator (read roughly as "sits alongside")
"light" = slang for lighter = BIC

giving H(Y+DROP)HO+BIC

Submitted by Deusovi

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Clue ID	Clue	Explanation (hover)	Submitted By	Likes
10039	Likely term ascribed to piece of fabric, that when covered in H₂O... remains just as light! (11)	&lit: entire clue is the definition. ("remains just as light" meaning that it doesn't absorb any of the water - and is therefore just as light as it was before, both in terms of weight and color) wordplay: "Likely term" = terminus of LIKELY = Y "ascribed to" = concatenation indicator "piece of fabric" = DROP, as in a drop curtain (common in theater - see https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/drop#Noun, def 4.7) "that when covered in" = container indicator "H₂O" = HHO "remains just as" = concatenation indicator (read roughly as "sits alongside") "light" = slang for lighter = BIC giving H(Y+DROP)HO+BIC	Deusovi	3
10037	Scared of water drop? How come? I've heard before: being surrounded by water -- big body of water, some have said -- replaces extreme feeling (11)	scared of water = def drop = DROP how come? I've heard = Y (homophone of "why") before = Y comes before DROP being surrounded by = container indicator water = HHO (chemical formula for water) big = BIG body of water some have said = C (homophone of "sea") replaces = C replaces G in BIG extreme feeling = G (last letter) Final parse: H(Y + DROP)HO + BI(g->C)	septacube77	2

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10039

Likely term ascribed to piece of fabric, that when covered in H₂O... remains just as light! (11)

Deusovi

10037

Scared of water drop? How come? I've heard before: being surrounded by water -- big body of water, some have said -- replaces extreme feeling (11)

scared of water = def
drop = DROP
how come? I've heard = Y (homophone of "why")
before = Y comes before DROP
being surrounded by = container indicator
water = HHO (chemical formula for water)
big = BIG
body of water some have said = C (homophone of "sea")
replaces = C replaces G in BIG
extreme feeling = G (last letter)
Final parse: H(Y + DROP)HO + BI(g->C)

septacube77

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