Minute Cryptic word puzzle

[ColinJ]

Minute Cryptic - 5 October 2024
"Money from dad's nephew to Miss America" (4)
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I scored: 2 under par

Again, I came up with the answer and had to work it backwards to understand the cryptic element.

10 seconds to get that one!

 

[ColinJ]

Minute Cryptic - 2 October 2024
"Prince's home extremely late after play group?" (6)
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I scored: 2 under par


Again, I got this by choosing what I thought would be the definition element and putting in an obvious (to me) answer.
I still can’t work it backwards to understand the cryptic element.

Spoiler: Solution and explanation

Castle - L and E are the extremes of LATE, after CAST, the group that star in a play!

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Minute Cryptic - 6 October 2024
"Dispute average grade on exam" (7)
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I scored: 3 under par

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Minute Cryptic - 7 October 2024
"Formerly ripe bananas perish" (6)
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I scored: 2 under par

 

[ColinJ]

Minute Cryptic - 6 October 2024
"Dispute average grade on exam" (7)
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I scored: 3 under par

Spoiler: Solution and explanation

Contest - c[average grade]-on-test[exam]

 

[ColinJ]

Minute Cryptic - 7 October 2024
"Formerly ripe bananas perish" (6)
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I scored: 2 under par

Spoiler: Solution and explanation

Expire - ex[formerly]-pire[anagram indicated by 'bananas', of 'ripe']

 

[ColinJ]

Minute Cryptic - 30 September 2024
"Remain quarantined by hospital in Germany" (6)
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I scored: 2 under par

Minute Cryptic - 1 October 2024
"Sudden urge for simple puzzle grips half of us" (7)
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I scored: 3 under par

I didn’t work this out really, I just got lucky on correctly identifying the definition element and then came up with the right synonym.

Minute Cryptic - 3 October 2024
"Vegan's belly ready to eat beef" (5)
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I scored: 2 under par

Still thinking about those...

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Minute Cryptic - 9 October 2024
"Southern couple embraced very French accent" (6)
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I scored: 2 under par

 

[ColinJ]

Minute Cryptic - 9 October 2024
"Southern couple embraced very French accent" (6)
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I scored: 2 under par

I got that one quickly. I was going to carry on explaining my answers but just noticed that there is a video every day explaining each answer!

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Took me a while…

Minute Cryptic - 10 October 2024
"Stick cooling eggs in the trash" (5)
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I scored: 3 under par

 

[ColinJ]

Took me a while…

Minute Cryptic - 10 October 2024
"Stick cooling eggs in the trash" (5)
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I scored: 3 under par

Another addition to my 'think about it' list!

 

[ColinJ]

Another addition to my 'think about it' list!

Er, let me check...

 

[ColinJ]

Er, let me check...

Yes, got it!

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Easy peasy…

Minute Cryptic - 11 October 2024
"Identical essay read aloud by yours truly" (4)
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I scored: 2 under par

 

[ColinJ]

Easy peasy…

Minute Cryptic - 11 October 2024
"Identical essay read aloud by yours truly" (4)
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I scored: 2 under par

Spoiler: How I did today

I got sidetracked for 30 seconds thinking about 'meme' but then got it.