Cryptic #11 - Call Me Maybe
◆ · By jasonwestley · Published 9 months ago
Constructor's Note
This is an unthemed cryptic, the first I've written for quite a while. The title is not a hint to anything!
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- Welcome back! Some great clues in there
- Thanks! Great cryptic
- Very much enjoyed this one (though I must admit I don't quite get 12A12ASmall detective expelled from religious ceremony (6)[------]!). Never seen a clue like 5D5DWendy and friends share this conclusion (3)[---]before. Great stuff, thanks.
- Terry 30:15 · 9 months agoI think small is S, detective is PI, which you remove from spiritual (religious).
- Thanks Dorian! I was quite pleased with 5D5DWendy and friends share this conclusion (3)[---]. I also hadn't seen a clue construction like that before, although it wasn't particularly challenging I don't think.
- Great word choices for all those 11s, and the surfaces were very clean. I enjoyed “reproduced” in 3D3D"King William the Third", by Ernst originally, reproduced for German expressionist (4)[----], 5D5DWendy and friends share this conclusion (3)[---]was cute (I have seen it before, but very rarely), the repeated “I” structure of 13A13AI came, according to Caesar; I moved back in narrow vessel (4)[----]made me chuckle, and 1A1ADad is hiding, feeling worse after tattoos and drugs (11)[-----------], 7A7ANot the greatest reward for running devil's realm chaotically? (6,5)[-----------], and 9A9AWorking solo, read aloud, but not in the library (2,4)[------]are my favorites. I got 9A9AWorking solo, read aloud, but not in the library (2,4)[------]for the wrong reason, missing the double deletion, and I didn’t know 14D14DTo her audience, "Call Me Maybe" singer is a goddess (4)[----]was pronounced that way (or maybe I just misparsed it)!
- Thanks for the extensive feedback Aaron. Much appreciated. I think 14D14DTo her audience, "Call Me Maybe" singer is a goddess (4)[----]is fine in a British accent, but I'm not sure how well it works in others!
- KingErroneous 🤓6:57 · 8 months agoI just met you, this puzzle's crazy....
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Dad is hiding, feeling worse after tattoos and drugs (11)
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Across
- 1ADad is hiding, feeling worse after tattoos and drugs (11)
- 7ANot the greatest reward for running devil's realm chaotically? (6,5)
- 8AEngrave rear of monolith, and more on the front (4)
- 9AWorking solo, read aloud, but not in the library (2,4)
- 12ASmall detective expelled from religious ceremony (6)
- 13AI came, according to Caesar; I moved back in narrow vessel (4)
- 15AWithdrawing promotion deep in undercover operation is a quick way to evaluate potential partners (5,6)
- 17AThe perfect pair, Derek and Tim, act extravagantly (5,6)
Down
- 1DDecontaminated with cream used around most of rim (11)
- 2DI will cut head and tail off mice - it's unlawful (7)
- 3D"King William the Third", by Ernst originally, reproduced for German expressionist (4)
- 4DRace of English chap in Lesotho (2,4)
- 5DWendy and friends share this conclusion (3)
- 6DCarol's listening excitedly, Herbert's outside (6,5)
- 10DBloke is careless with needle (7)
- 11DEnthusiastic subculture contributing to Cardiff and Omagh (6)
- 14DTo her audience, "Call Me Maybe" singer is a goddess (4)
- 16DRoosevelt embraces the First Lady (3)
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