DFF1 Solution

Daily Fast Five #1 Solution (Monday, 31 Aug, 2020)

1. Epode, Explode (Burst), remove (emitting), xl (extra-large), Epode is a poem where long verses are followed by short ones

2. Beholden, Been (lived), insertion (around), hold (retain), to mean obligation

3. Clandestine, embedded text (revealed) to mean secret

4. Samaritan, martian (alien), switching order of it (flipping), follows (to pursue), Sam (me), deletion of last letter (almost), to mean Compassionate

5. Drawback, dk (Puzzler initially i.e. initials of Devdas), insertion (consumed), raw (uncooked), bacon (breakfast meat), drop ‘on’ (not on the menu), to mean Inconvenience