"Where The Devil is Satan?" (Cryptic Mini #000000079)

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• bob weisz constructor · 2024-02-15T12:00:01.633Z

  Solutions:

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  1A: def: "root". wordplay: TURN ("change vector") + reversal ("inverse") of PI

  5A: reverse letter bank ("every bit of") of CREAM CHEESE. &lit

  6A: def: "being debated". wordplay: A + TISSUE ("kind of paper")

  8A: def: "anger". wordplay: NICENES(s) with the final letter removed ("endlessly") then anagrammed ("at odds")

  10A: def: homophone ("verbal") of AYE LET ("senate vote" + "allowed")

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  1D: def: "where the devil is?" . wordplay: anagram ("pissed") of SATAN I AM

  2D: def: "a cry at the game". wordplay: Hidden Answer in "oveR A Hundred" (i.e. those words "have" the answer)

  3D: def: "objects". wordplay: first letters ("originating") of "In The Earth Moon System" (i.e. the answer's letters originate those five words)

  4D: def: "extremely terse". wordplay: a cheeky second definition: "companion event to RomanoCon?"

  7D: def: "in need of cortisone cream". wordplay: anagram ("windy", as in winding) of CITY and H ("hospital")

  9D: def: "group of Titans?" (as in the team from TN). wordplay: Hidden Answer ("enthalls") in "goldeN FLeece"

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• JSP 🤓2:40 · 2024-02-15T13:20:37.516Z

  Bravo! 1D and 7D are ridiculously clever. I was very pleased to solve those. I'd also like to praise 3D and 4D... Wait actually the whole puzzle was just a delight :) thanks Bob!

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  • bob weisz constructor · 2024-02-15T18:58:34.436Z

    Why thank you, kind solver! It's one of my fave puzzles I've ever made :)

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• kieranjboyd 🤓3:47 · 2024-02-15T20:21:01.372Z

  Excellent surfaces as always

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• Oliver Hardy 5:14 · 2024-02-16T16:13:42.227Z

  Many thanks! I didn't find it tough, I found it almost impenetrable. Sorry, but not my type of puzzle - far too clever for me.

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• Polyagonist 🤓16:44 · 2024-02-16T17:14:27.587Z

  Loved it!

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