Cryptic Crossword #1: Getting Wrinkly

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• Pixlate constructor · 2022-03-31T03:26:55.827Z

  And it's a pangram too!

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• jasonwestley 🤓19:01 · 2022-03-31T14:46:46.016Z

  Really good puzzle! Great words and well constructed clues. I really liked 3D, 9A, 7D, 27A, loads of them basically! There were a couple where I struggled to make full grammatical sense of the surface reading - 13A and 8A (in fact I still can't see how the cryptic bit of 8A works). Also the word 'in' in 1A was a bit confusing. Either it was backwards (argument is in angry daughter) or it was superfluous (angry, followed by daughter argument backwards). Regardless, these are all really minor things, and this was a strong puzzle for a first attempt! I look forward to the next one.

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  • Pixlate constructor · 2022-03-31T20:27:14.358Z

    Thanks for the feedback!

    13A: In my head, "elect" is parsed as the noun, as in a politician visiting the construction site for a nuclear plant. I can see that it is worded weirdly though.

    8D: This is a double definition, to be parsed as NOTICED and NOT ICED (like bar drinks)

    1A: Yeah that's backwards oops I'll see if i can fix it.

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• tuber 🤓17:49 · 2022-03-31T16:44:22.560Z

  Not easy, and lots to enjoy. My favourites: 8D, 9A, 18A.

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• jasonwestley 🤓19:01 · 2022-04-01T06:14:00.370Z

  Ah OK, 13A reads better now you've explained, and that explains the apostrophe as well! And 8D is entirely clear now. I blame my lack of imagination! Good clue.

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• capybara 🤓59:44 · 2022-04-01T12:53:35.365Z

  this was a good challenge for me! you nailed the difficulty level imo. one or two of the clues bothered me but i'd say the same about any given newspaper-published cryptic :P - BLOODTYPE and MAIZE were particularly clever

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  • Pixlate constructor · 2022-04-01T21:53:57.356Z

    Thanks!

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