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Cryptic mini #30

· By nate · Published 2024-02-03T04:19:21.103Z

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  • merlinnimue 🤓1:27 · 2024-02-03T04:48:02.040Z
    nice
    • JWords 🤓3:01 · 2024-02-03T07:41:01.168Z
      Thanks for the puzzle! Big fan of 4A (now that I’ve worked out how it works!). Not sure about ‘drinking’ as an anagrind in 1A though. Cheers
      • Oliver Hardy 1:18 · 2024-02-03T08:26:47.379Z
        Very nice - many thanks! I am also unsure about "drinking" as an anagrind.
        • nate constructor · 2024-02-03T20:20:25.991Z
          Fair enough. Thanks for solving!
        • rjy 12:49 · 2024-02-03T13:10:49.172Z
          Fun, thx. Had it all except 1D, took a lot of staring for that piece to fall….clever
          • JSP 🤓1:10 · 2024-02-03T13:22:54.903Z
            Lovely! The constructions for 1D and 4A are great. The "drinking" anagrind checks out for me! My brain saw it as an alternative to "drunk," which we see fairly often
            • nate constructor · 2024-02-03T20:21:07.112Z
              Thank you 😁
            • Jake A 🤓3:30 · 2024-02-03T16:57:32.922Z
              I think “drinks” works well here. I had to work for 3D, which was very satisfying. Nicely done!
              • Jake A 🤓3:30 · 2024-02-03T16:58:05.589Z
                I mean, “drinking” works well here.
                • Aaron Riccio 🤓2:24 · 2024-02-05T12:27:17.153Z
                  I loved 3D! As to the discussion below on "drinking" in 1A—my preference is "drunk," which more directly indicates a muddling of the letters. "Drinking," even with a question mark, doesn't necessarily mean getting addled.
                  1A
                  Polo’s drinking vessel?
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                  5
                  Across
                  1. 1A
                    Polo’s drinking vessel?
                  2. 4A
                    Make right, i.e. not a left, for the most part
                  3. 5A
                    Spin cycle load ends and drying yarn starts
                  Down
                  1. 1D
                    Man sneaks in as he deviously engenders infamy
                  2. 2D
                    Shaped like an egg—perhaps a goose egg—with a hole
                  3. 3D
                    Funny ape has large appeal
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