Explanation for Potpourri 12
Visual Key to Clue Analysis :
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Wordplay : Italics with keywords underlined as well
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Visual Key to Clue Analysis :
Definition : BOLD
Wordplay : Italics with keywords underlined as well
Link : Normal
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H5. Popular graduate in court damaged hospital equipment (9)
Popular = in
Graduate = ba
Court ‘damaged’ = cutor
Ba in cutor = cu ba tor
So, in + cubator = incubator = hospital equipment
I5. Criminal finally makes drop after a month (4-6)
Finally makes = S
A month = A FEB
Drop = LOWER
Lower ‘after’ a feb = AFEB LOWER
Hence, we have S + A FEB LOWER = SAFE BLOWER = Criminal
J5. In football, the ref is alert (3,5)
‘in’ indicates container clue
footbALL THE REf containes all there which is a synonym for ALERT
K5.The old record could make you cry (4) _ _ _ _
L5. Not having succeeded,struggled to reveal hidden valuables (5) _ R _ _ _
M5. The uniform’ll need changing – it’s unimpressive (3-2-3-4) _ _ _ O_ _ _ _ M _ _ _
Jay
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