Cryptic 9x9 #0 by tuber
◆ · By tuber · Published 12 months ago
My first 9x9! It's a different kind of challenge cluing these longer words and I don't think I've quite got the knack of it yet. Like my other "#0" grids, it's a bit of a practice run.
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- I think you do have the knack! Lots of good clues in there, very fair, and all the surfaces read nicely. You've got the wrong answer length in the clues for 2D2DPlain-clothed, edgy Lorelei seems rather inattentive (9)[---------]and 5D5DActive, wearing crumpled tiara - judicial conclusion "of sound mind" (8)[--------]. The only thing I'm not sure about is the straight definition for 12A12APersist with stretches, until almost completely exhausted (4, 4)[--------]. While it's obvious how it leads to the answer, it feels like the definition is adjective-y, while the answer is a noun phrase. It's a tricky phrase to define. I'm not sure how I would have done it!
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Farcical errors surrounding church's "powerful magician"? (8)
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Across
- 1AFarcical errors surrounding church's "powerful magician"? (8)
- 7ATwisted cult at first entering charter, somewhat unwilling (9)
- 8AVery low grade after short period shows progress (4)
- 9ARecord over with device (4)
- 11AVarious obscure concerns: drugs, books, a plant of the heath... (9)
- 12APersist with stretches, until almost completely exhausted (4, 4)
Down
- 2DPlain-clothed, edgy Lorelei seems rather inattentive (9)
- 3DHat-tip for Rooster, maybe? (4)
- 4DEvery boy band covers "Making Your Mind Up" (9)
- 5DActive, wearing crumpled tiara - judicial conclusion "of sound mind" (8)
- 6DNo royalist he: worm squirming in dungeon! (8)
- 10DFinally trap slippery sort in shed (4)
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