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· By Mac · Published 2023-08-15T20:59:38.716Z

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  • Mac constructor · 2023-08-17T17:23:50.416Z
    My first attempt at a cryptic, feedback welcome!
    • Aaron Riccio 14:07 · 2023-08-21T00:45:21.431Z
      It might help if you left a comment that had the intended solution/parse for each. I think you're using indirect anagrams in some (like 4D), and loose definitions in others (6A, 11D), and that makes it a bit hard to guess intent. Where I got wordplay, the surface sense sometimes seemed a bit off, as with 2D, or in the wrong tense (like 7A, where it should probably be "Vehicle to fall apart..."). I really liked 1D, and there are bunch more that I like the sound of, but didn't fully follow. All the best to you!
      • Mac constructor · 2023-09-02T23:05:46.610Z
        Thanks for the comments, I've updated some clues accordingly!
      • Mac constructor · 2023-09-02T23:21:24.101Z
        General fruit/veg theme. 1a: POM + EG + RAN + ATE (prior run/eat) = French Grenade. (Grenades named after pomegranate). 6a: TO MA (Dear mum, as in a letter), TO (repeating part of TOMA) = tomato 7a: CAR + ROT, underground veg. 8a: NEEPS + ARIA anagram (combination) = continental fruit (asian pear) 12a: star group (constellation) - replace start of tough (OUGH) with PL (.pl domain name) 13: DEC (winter month), after AMP (single unit of currency) - decamp (move on) 14. Flawed (anagram) rubies rebel - blueberries (popular muffin filling) 1d: Peach - P + EACH 2: Anagram ("cooking") of DRAMAS 3. Wrong 'un - rotten apple. ROT (a 'tor' backwards) + anagram of PEN (writer) PLATE (gild). 4. Demolition job (anagram) ON ROME = no more (finally completed) 5. Lead (tether). Emotional explosion at end - person reaching 'end of tether' is often angry! 8. ABLE (Timetable without times, so no 'time' + no 't') + IS. Unexpected (anagram) = ABSEIL. 9. ICE AGE (number of years since water was turned to ice...) 10. Old pupils (Alumni). ILLUMINATE - TILE = LUMINA, broken (anagram). 11. Crisps in USA are 'chips', can be found in 'tai-CHI PSychaitrist'
        1. P + EACH
        1A
        Englishman demonstrates prior running, eating French grenade. 11
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        Across
        1. 1A
          Englishman demonstrates prior running, eating French grenade. 11
        2. 6A
          Dear mum partially regurgitates red fruit. 6
        3. 7A
          Vehicle to fall apart under ground vegetable. 6
        4. 8A
          Combination of classic Scottish veg and dramatic song results in tasty continental fruit. 5,4
        5. 12A
          Star group has tough start, covered by Polish domain. 6
        6. 13A
          Unit, reduced after winter month, had to move on. 6
        7. 14A
          Flawed rubies rebel against role filling muffins. 11
        Down
        1. 1D
          Exceptional thing is a penny apiece. 5
        2. 2D
          Dramas cooking hot food. 6
        3. 3D
          Wrong ‘un climbs hill before writer’s gild is recreated 6,5
        4. 4D
          Demolition job on Italian capital finally completed. 2,4
        5. 5D
          Lead suggests emotional explosion at the end of it? 6
        6. 8D
          Timetable without times is unexpected way to travel down. 6
        7. 9D
          Years since Frozen classed as epoch. 3,3
        8. 10D
          Old pupils illuminate broken and missing tile. 6.
        9. 11D
          Tai-chi psychiatrist will find crisps in us. 5
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