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1ACCWC#579 - INCORRIGIBLE

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1 Clue: Hardened leaders in India regularly belittle caste & religion unfortunately (12)
Anno: Def: hardened. Anagram of I, R, B, C & RELIGION with unfortunately as the anagrind

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2 Clue: Husband abandoned horrible icing done as hopeless (12)
Anno: (h)ORRIBLEICING*. Done: anagrind (Clue clinic). Hopeless: Definition

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3 Clue: I corner big lie, concocted with no ethics to start with- hopeless!
Anno: Anagram of I CORNER BIG LIE - E, Def = hopeless

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4 Clue: Drunkenly boiling rice with a pinch of raisins is unforgiveable
Anno: BOILINGRICE + R * Drunkenly = grind, unforgiveable = def

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5 Clue: Hopeless daughter bails out of dirigible, corn scattered (12)
Anno: Hopeless - Defn; daughter - D; bails out of - removal indicator; scattered - anagrind with fodder as (DIRIGIBLE-D) and CORN. Hence (IRIGIBLECORN)*

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6 Clue: Hardened and desperate, I rob nice girl (12)
Anno: (I ROB NICE GIRL)*; desperate= anag ind, def= hardened

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7 Clue: More than 50% wrong, "biglier" wrong, never going to get any less wrong!
Anno: INCOR (5/9 of incorrect) + *BIGLIER. rest of clue is definition.

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8 Clue: Boiling rice spilt over top of Rayburn that’s impossible to fix (12)
Anno: BOILING+RICE*, over/containing R[ayburn] = impossible to fix, i.e., beyond correction or reform (Chambers)

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9 Clue: Hardened criminal boiling rice without a hint of remorse (12)
Anno: Def: Hardened, anagrind: criminal, BOILINGRICE*, containment indicator: without, a hint of remorse: R

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10 Clue: Gear stuck in damaged brine coil, beyond repair (12)
Anno: RIG (“gear”) stuck in (containment indicator) Anagram (“damaged”) of BRINE COIL; Def: beyond repair

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11 Clue: “Change be ironic, girl” (implying she can’t ever change) (12)
Anno: Anagram BE + IRONIC + GIRL. Def. = “she (is one who) can’t ever change”

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12 Clue: Lost Byzantine relic with origin outside Bulgaria’s capital (12)
Anno: Anagram of RELIC + ORIGIN (anagrind: Byzantine), going around B (Bulgaria’s capital). The definition is “lost”. Both “lost” and “incorrigible” mean “beyond redemption.”

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13 Clue: Hopeless cook boiling rice without rinsing at first (12)
Anno: Def = hopeless, anagram of BOILINGRICE around R (without is containment indicator, at first = letter-picking ind)

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14 Clue: Cooking rice with boiling water? Ultimately irredeemable! (12)
Anno: Anagram (cooking) of (rice+boiling R.) , def - irredeemable p.s. please don't cook rice in boiling water. Simmer on medum flame.

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15 Clue: Dreadfully boring relic, I found, to be hopeless (12)
Anno: Anagram; anagrind : dreadfully; fodder: boring relic I; def : hopeless

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16 Clue: Hardened bit of radish thrown into boiling rice while stirring (12)
Anno: Def: Hardened; R (bit of radish) in BOILING RICE* (while stirring)

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17 Clue: Useless men blocking revised RBI ceiling (12)
Anno: Definition: Useless. Anno: (RBI+CEILING*) around (OR). Men = OR. Revised - Anagrind. Blocking - Containment indicator.

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18 Clue: Corporate soldier admitted to dreadful hospital goes beyond remedy
Anno: INC (corporate), GI (soldier) in HORRIBLE (dreadful) less H (hospital goes). Defn- beyond remedy

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19 Clue: Hardened detective going out in my airship (9)
Anno: IN COR -(diRIGIBLE. Def: Hardened

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20 Clue: Boiling rice with water finally goes wrong and Is impossible to set right (12)
Anno: Impossible to set right (Defn) – (BOILING + RICE + wateR)*, goes wrong - anagrind

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21 Clue: Trendy company runs twice, one good unopened book past saving
Anno: Trendy=IN, company=CO, runs twice=RR, one=I, good=G, unopened book=(b)IBLE

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