Yesterday's clue:
Ruler must be sick inside to make obscene profit (7)
Its solution: KILLING = KING + ILL
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Its solution: KILLING = KING + ILL
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*Krypton 369 (9th April, 2023)*
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_In the land of the blind, the one-eyed is *king* ”…_
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*obscene profit:*
morally wrong, often describing something that is wrong because it is too large:
*to make obscene profits
*The salaries some bankers earn are obscene.
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_Ruler must be sick inside to make obscene profit (7)_
_Ruler_
= *king*
_Sick_
= *ill*
_Sick inside Ruler_
= *ill* _inside_ *king*
= *k[ill]ing*
= *killing*
= _obscene profit_
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_“Definition of *obscene profits* — something you always hear about but never experience yourself.”_
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Cambridge Dictionary
*killing*
noun [ S ]
UK
_make a killing_
informal
* _to earn a lot of money in a short time and with little effort:_
* _They made a killing when they sold their London flat at the top of the market._
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