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Solution to Krypton 217

 Today'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.


Comments

Raghavan MK said…
A peek into today's Krypton!
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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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Raghavan MK said…
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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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Vanchinathan said…
I remembered I'd written a clue on TRIDENT but could not recall what exactly it was. Thanks for digging it out.