CURRY (5)

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Clean dish (5)

ddef (to “clean” or groom an animal and the food)

Submitted by fluff

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Clue ID Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By Likes
10069 Clean dish (5) ddef (to “clean” or groom an animal and the food) fluff 1
10072 The spicy food is going cold, hurry! (5) def: the spicy food

going cold = H -> C
[C]URRY
lavaloid 1
10071 why they call after cold you oven out of don't start shown eats right hot food (5) def: hot food

why they call = "Y"
after = (juxtaposition indicator)
cold = C
you = U
oven out of = (-oven)
don't start shown = (-p)ROVEN
eats = (containment indicator)
right = R

C+U(R)(-p)R(-oven)+Y

in reference to this: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/why-do-they-call-it-oven
noneuclidean 0
10073 Head of creature with furry tail, like a dog? (5) head of creature = C
furry tail = URRY (see here: http://s3.amazonaws.com/lyah/listmonster.png)
like a dog = def ("cur"-y)
tckmn 0
10074 Tear up while eating original spicy dish (5) Tear up = CRY
while eating = containing
original = UR- (prefix, e.g. urtext)
spicy dish = def
Tortoise 0
10085 Rush to dismiss top basketball player (5) def. "basketball player" (Steph Curry)
wordplay: SCURRY ("Rush": noun), removing first letter ("to dismiss" "top")
bags 0
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