SCROOGE (7)

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Miser's twisted self-esteem associated with ugly and malevolent beings (7)

miser - def
's - link
twisted - reversal
self-esteem - EGO
associated with - juxtaposition
ugly and malevolent beings - ORCS
(EGO+ORCS)<

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10649 Miser's twisted self-esteem associated with ugly and malevolent beings (7) miser - def
's - link
twisted - reversal
self-esteem - EGO
associated with - juxtaposition
ugly and malevolent beings - ORCS
(EGO+ORCS)<
Botaku 2
10650 Scavenge the start of many a Christmas carol for a Spanish duck (7) Cryptic: “scavenge” is SCROUNGE, the start of many christmas carol is “O”, “a” in Spanish is “UN”, so replacing UN with O in SCROUNGE is SCROOGE
def: scrooge mcduck!
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