Cryptic 5x5 #22 by tuber

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• tuber constructor · 2023-10-21T11:39:38.470Z

  Hello solvers, and thanks once again for trying my puzzles. I think these clues are pretty straightforward, but I'd love to know how you got on - I know my style of cryptic can be tricky to get to grips with. While you're here, feel free to follow https://crosshare.org/tuber for more like this. Here comes the wash-up for the perplexed:

  ACROSS. 1A. "Small" = S + "prickly fruit" = PEAR. 5A. Containment of "also" = AND in "father" = PA. 6A. Hidden in deRELICt. 7A. Central letter of "putin" = T + anag. HURT.

  DOWN. 1D. Containment of "pence" = P in "kind" = SORT. 2D. Containment (again, sorry) of "copy" = APE inside "advertising dept" = PR. 3D. Double def. 4D. "Managed" = RAN + "church" = CH.

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• El Gordo 42 🤓2:01 · 2023-10-21T15:12:19.416Z

  Nice and straightforward clues. In a variation of @CrackingTheCryptic lingo, it's a GAP (Genuinely Approachable Puzzle).

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• Pedagogue 🤓4:58 · 2023-10-21T19:44:44.093Z

  A very entertaining cryptic; many thanks.

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• Aaron Riccio 🤓1:38 · 2023-10-26T15:53:06.504Z

  I very much enjoyed 1D and 2D and found the whole thing to be a breezy, fun solve.

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• Aaron 🤓2:56 · 2023-10-26T22:34:13.270Z

  Fun puzzle!

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• Zack Johnson 5:57 · 2023-10-30T02:06:50.536Z

  Nice one!

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