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@BradJ

Hey all! My name's Brad and I'm more enthusiastic than good with crosswords.

I got into doing Cryptic crosswords with some friends around mid 2021, and at the end of August decided to try set one for one of their birthday presents. The challenge in setting them seems pretty cool, so I've kept at trying to do it; and am very much learning on the job as to how they work! (Read: it took multiple grids before people told me that things like indirect anagrams weren't allowed; if you're going back through the older ones be prepared for some badness).

I hope that my little creations bring you some amount of joy similar to what I've already derived out of making them :)

Nov mini cryptic 12

◆ · Published 2021-11-12T04:17:10.913Z

A busy weekend's arising for me; I'll tidy up the hints for this when I have time, and may be pressing to get a grid out tomorrow with some travel commitments...

But I hope that y'all can enjoy this grid regardless.

Nov mini cryptic 11

◆ · Published 2021-11-11T05:31:27.126Z

This one was a bit of a speedrun, 30 minutes from sitting down to write it to hitting publish. Hopefully there's still some good that came of it.

A few of the surfaces are a little iffy, but I didn't have time to refine them :/

1A Def Refuges Wordpla…

Nov mini cryptic 10

◆ · Published 2021-11-10T10:30:59.206Z

This one just sneaks into the day for me, it's not that motivation is lacking; just the hours in the days for this week.

But I'll keep trying to hit the goals, and this one's a bit more serious than the last one; which is probably a good thing.

1A…

Nov mini cryptic 9

◆ · Published 2021-11-09T00:40:29.879Z

This one was fun to write.

1A Def Joint Wordplay Hidden in elbow

5A Def breathable Wordplay regular letters of air

6A Def on a wheel Wordplay Anagram of spoke

8A Def Join Wordplay W (women) joined (wed) to ed (journalist)

9A Def hold air Word…

Nov mini cryptic 8

◆ · Published 2021-11-08T04:34:05.363Z

A busy week at work for me, these may come more into the evening for a bit...

Sorry about 1A, it fit the grid... (at least the definition's obvious if you know)

1A Definition Elrond's daughter Wordplay reversal of new (inexperienced) and ra (artists…

Nov mini cryptic 7

◆ · Published 2021-11-07T05:09:26.635Z

One week in, this has proven to be a fun distraction for me (and hopefully one for you too). Let's see how far it goes!

1A Def Clients Wordplay D-def with investigates

5A Def Shanties Wordplay Nuts (crazy), change 'n' (new) to 'h' (second choir)

6…

Nov mini cryptic 6

◆ · Published 2021-11-06T09:35:00.419Z

Some of these clues are good, but the lure of reading outside on a nice weekend day really impinged on my ability to write a grid in a timely fashion.

Hopefully it's still a somewhat enjoyable solve!

1A Def Supports Wordplay D-def with retreats

6A…