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I’ve plumped for the mellow and I hope fruitful autumn/fall word of RUSTLE for the October cryptic clue contest #10. Good luck to all and happy cluing!

Pixie

Submit your best cryptic clue for

RUSTLE

Voting closed midnight Sun 8 Oct 2023(UTC +00:00)

Results

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Setter
Clue
Pts
1
H
Henri

Brand perhaps caught in criminal act (6)

Homophone ‘caught’ of Russell ‘Brand perhaps’ in criminal act [definition]

4

2

2

8

18

2
t
the

Report of beating leaves Ulster devastated (6)

RUSTLE (report of beating leaves) = anagram (devastated) of ULSTER

4

1

1

8

15

3
M
Meles

A philosopher once said: "Be like leaves in the wind" (6)

Def: Be like leaves in the wind. Homophone (said) of RUSSELL (A philosopher once)

2

2

0

4

10

4
B
Blah

Take stock? (6)

Cryptic Def.

1

3

1

8

10

5
B
Baldur

Altered result of stocktake? (6)

Anagram (altered) of RESULT = stocktake?

2

1

0

3

8

6
C
Coot

Passing by, blustery winds whisper (6)

BLUSTERY* (winds) - BY; def = whisper

0

3

2

7

8

7
A
Amoeba

Steal belts urgently, hoisting trousers (6)

Reverse hidden (in a down clue)

1

1

1

9

6

8
j
jugular

Virtuous woman breaks law to liberate cows (6)

ST (virtuous woman) in RULE (law)

0

2

1

7

5

9
D
Dingo

Blown result? (6)

&lit. - Anag. ('blown') of 'result' = RUSTLE (the result when something is blown)

1

0

1

5

4

10
B
Bronco

Soft movement in loose ulster. (6)

Anag

1

0

1

2

4

11
P
Phantom

Swish and sway about street (6)

Def: swish; RULE (sway) surrounding ST (street)

0

1

2

7

4

12
N
Nathan

Felt sure about bearing whip? (6)

Hidden backwards, whip = def

0

1

2

6

4

13
R
Rawspand

Thief losing right to quickly make supper (6)

Def: quickly make supper. Thief (RUSTLEr) without (losing) right (R)

1

0

0

2

3

14
H
Haven

Brown ale wanting a stir (6)

RUST (brown) + ALE - A; def = stir

0

1

0

6

2

15
L
Lilith

Raid stock exchange, hands of brilliance (6)

Exchange hands (Right, R & Left, L) of brilliance (LUSTRE) = RUSTLE = raid stock

0

1

0

4

2

16
c
clangy

Steal brown article in Paris (6)

'steal' = 'rustle'; made up of 'brown' = 'rustle' and the French for the definite article

0

0

1

4

1

17

Take ruminants, ungulates and swine primarily, and let loose? (6)

semi&lit def. = first letters of R(uminants) U(ngulates) S(wine) + anag. LET

0

0

0

5

0

18

Trust leader to hold raid (6)

tRUST LEader, defn = raid

0

0

0

4

0

19

Round up and nick ex-PM barely before let-off (6)

[t]RUS[s] + *LET def = Round up and nick

0

0

0

3

0

20

Abstract neat results from professor's being expert in analytic philosophy (6)

Def: abstract neat. WP: [Bertrand] Russell homophone (professor's) = being expert in analytic philosophy.

0

0

0

2

0

21

Rules promoting society, and embracing understanding, essentially do lower crime in America! (6)

RULES with the S moved to more prominent position ("promoting Society"), also containing ("and embracing") T ("undersTanding, essentially"); definition: "do lower crime in America!", with exclamation mark to acknowledge slightly whimsical definition of "perform stealing of cattle", with US indicator (according to Chambers, a US term) - the "do" should be italicised, ideally, for surface reading but that doesn't seem possible here

0

0

0

2

0

22

Crustless trousers, avoiding this sound? (6)

c(RUSTLE)ss

0

0

0

2

0

23

Sigh resulting from push hard to right (6)

substitution: (h>r)ustle def:sigh > push=hustle hard=h to right=r> rustle

0

0

0

1

0

24

Mr. Crowe heard leaf sound (6)

Homophone (heard) for actor Russell = definition (leaf sound)

0

0

0

1

0

25

Whisper as love, in part, is replaced with unresolved sexual tension (6)

ROLE, UST <--> O = whisper

0

0

0

1

0

26

Little sound that upsets Everyman regulars from the very first reel? (6)

First letters, reel(ing) = the noise of sweet wrappers in the cinema. Ugh!

0

0

0

0

0

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