Today's clue:
Free, yet imprisoned in an enclosure with this weapon? (7)
Its solution: TRIDENT = RID + TENT
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Initially I was thinking along the lines "Rider and explosive (TNT)" but settled on harping on freedom and imprisonment, influenced by yesterday's clue.
Free, yet imprisoned in an enclosure with this weapon? (7)
Its solution: TRIDENT = RID + TENT
Here is the page with details of solutions received.
Initially I was thinking along the lines "Rider and explosive (TNT)" but settled on harping on freedom and imprisonment, influenced by yesterday's clue.
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Yesterday after imprisonment attained freedom, which seems to be shortlived.
Though set out free, today imprisoned again, but with a weapon in an enclosure!
Is the weapon meant for, to get rid of the obstacles on his way to freedom?
Lets decode the riddle to find out!
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Free, yet imprisoned in an enclosure with this weapon? (7)
Free = rid (verb)
an enclosure = tent
imprisoned = indicator for rid inside tent
= t+rid+ent
= trident
= this weapon
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trident
a weapon used in the past consisting of a pole with three sharp metal points on the end:
Neptune's trident
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The trident or ‘trishul’ symbolizes the three god-heads
Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva;
As the Creator, Preserver and Destroyer, in that cyclic
chain which goes on forever!
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*Blast from the past!*
*Krypton 130*
May 11, 2019
_A journey in a car packed in an explosive spear (7)_
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_A journey in a car_
= *ride*
_an explosive_ = *tnt*
_packed in an explosive_
= *ride --> tnt*
= *t+ride+nt*
= *trident*
= _spear_
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