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Sam's Sunday Cryptic XLV

◆ · By sammisamsam · Published 2023-12-03T05:27:39.619Z

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  • Oliver Hardy 🤓18:54 · 2023-12-03T13:41:39.928Z
    Thanks for a really good cryptic; challenging but very entertaining.
    • sammisamsam constructor · 2023-12-03T17:55:30.567Z
      Thanks for solving!
    • Hector 30:39 · 2023-12-03T14:22:10.736Z
      Couldn't get COURSES -- but it's a fine, clever, clue, like all the others.
      • sammisamsam constructor · 2023-12-03T17:55:44.091Z
        Glad you liked it!
      • NICK717 17:41 · 2023-12-03T15:27:26.998Z
        Easier than your usual puzzles, but maybe I"m just awake this morning? Nice!
        • merlinnimue 🤓13:41 · 2023-12-03T20:53:59.007Z
          very nice, i got a kick out of 9a... and i'll never know how i got the anagram in 11a... 17d almost got me but i persevered
          • sammisamsam constructor · 2023-12-04T06:08:29.064Z
            Thanks for playing!
            • Lego 45:01 · 2023-12-05T09:53:55.546Z
              can you explain 9A to me?
              • Lego 45:01 · 2023-12-05T10:21:18.088Z
                got it – bare ill Liam 👍
          • LasersharpAurora 23:44 · 2023-12-03T23:44:30.574Z
            Nice! Although 6D should be (6, 9) rather than (6, 11), and my lacking knowledge of delicacies made 20A the only one I didn't get (and I'm still not sure of it now - I tried anagram of "four being broken" which comes close but isn't quite there).
            • sammisamsam constructor · 2023-12-04T06:08:19.290Z
              Thanks for catching that! You'd think I'd notice that there couldn't be a 17-letter long clue in a 15x15 grid, but I guess not lol. For 20A, you might want to try treating it as a letter bank rather than a straight anagram
              • LasersharpAurora 23:44 · 2023-12-04T23:56:24.493Z
                Yep, that makes sense, thanks :)
            • Lego 45:01 · 2023-12-05T09:52:23.215Z
              great puzzle!! i really liked 11A – made me laugh! just got stuck on 12A and cheated that one
              • capybara 🤓15:04 · 2024-02-09T12:34:21.119Z
                satisfying solve as always. 9A a bit of a groaner...
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                1A
                Delicate fashion has not consumed Spanish hero (2, 3)
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                Across
                1. 1A
                  Delicate fashion has not consumed Spanish hero (2, 3)
                2. 4A
                  Choosing to assemble around tense working of two anchors? (9)
                3. 9A
                  Element taken aurally by naked and sick Liam (9)
                4. 10A
                  Perhaps a gold coating is trimmed for a Mexican or Italian? (5)
                5. 11A
                  Endangered species meandering in her switcheroo (5, 10)
                6. 12A
                  Cries of destiny are heard (6)
                7. 14A
                  Mice cover Rob with a germ (7)
                8. 16A
                  First off, will dog pic lead to unsound reasoning? (7)
                9. 18A
                  Drink found in Miami mosaic (6)
                10. 20A
                  Four being broken up and repurposed into a French delicacy (4, 11)
                11. 22A
                  Four fish (5)
                12. 23A
                  Cajole Etta into rolling whelks without Henry (5, 4)
                13. 24A
                  Pictures containing singular surveys (9)
                14. 25A
                  Relays sense evenly into comforts (5)
                Down
                1. 1D
                  Shoves the Spanish laces (6)
                2. 2D
                  Ludwig rocks back around a herding dog (5)
                3. 3D
                  After opening Iceland, Gabon a bad development for a luxury fashion line (5, 3, 7)
                4. 4D
                  Chile erupts into hollow, contentious platitudes (7)
                5. 5D
                  It sounds the same to people, generally, and New York Mets starters (7)
                6. 6D
                  Group convened for a singular purpose: choose to execute teen, mostly (6, 11)
                7. 7D
                  Buries around Brazilian city's centers (9)
                8. 8D
                  Wolfgang stereotypically hides a bootlegger, perhaps (8)
                9. 13D
                  Partially-digested achievement in the midst of wholesome November (4-5)
                10. 15D
                  A day in Spain to be an eccentricity for one with hyperglycemia? (8)
                11. 17D
                  Moves dishes (7)
                12. 18D
                  They have fields and attractions! (7)
                13. 19D
                  Twists traitors (6)
                14. 21D
                  Late in June, a summer class approaches (5)
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