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Lowest point of brain drain with regular emigration climbing (5)
Guardian Cryptic #30079 by Fed · View full puzzle

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Rearrange the letters of 'drain'
Answer: NADIR | Wordplay: Hidden reversal (climbing) of alternate letters (with regular emigration) of bRaIn DrAiN – rather devillishly complicated, since NADIR is an anagram of DRAIN
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