Today's clue:
Revolutionary I am not, but will trap a communist country in a sinister plot (11)
It's Solution: MACHINATION = CHINA + MATION
CHINA = Communist country
MATION = I AM NOT
CAVEAT: There was a revelutionary named Vanchinathan who in 1911 killed the then collector of Thirunelveli, Robert Ashe, angered by his action against V O Chidambaram Pillai. And he too trapped CHINA ( van-CHINA-than!). I am not that revolutionary!
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Revolutionary I am not, but will trap a communist country in a sinister plot (11)
It's Solution: MACHINATION = CHINA + MATION
CHINA = Communist country
MATION = I AM NOT
CAVEAT: There was a revelutionary named Vanchinathan who in 1911 killed the then collector of Thirunelveli, Robert Ashe, angered by his action against V O Chidambaram Pillai. And he too trapped CHINA ( van-CHINA-than!). I am not that revolutionary!
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_Krypton 322 by Vanchinathan_
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*Machinations,* *hollowness, treachery, and all ruinous disorders, follow us disquietly to our graves -*
_Author:_
*_William Shakespeare_*
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*Definition of machination*
a crafty and involved *plot* to achieve your (usually *sinister* ) ends
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When a James Bond villain comes up with a plan to destroy the world, he doesn’t use a simple plan. *No, he uses a machination* — a complex plot that relies on numerous elements coming together to work.
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_Revolutionary I am not, but will trap a communist country in a sinister plot (11)_
_a communist country_
= *china*
_Revolutionary_
= _anagram indicator for (I am not_ )
= *mation*
_trap a communist country_
= *ma( china )tion*
= *machination*
= _a sinister plot_
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Not surprisingly, machination
derives from the Medieval French machina, meaning "machine." And, like many a machine, a machination is subject to going wrong, often comically (see James Bond movies). Politicians love a good machination, and their machinations are frequently exposed in the press as scandals.
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NO MACHINATIONS CAN STOP THE MANEUVERS OF THE EARTH
J. Lepika
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