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Cryptic #11 - Call Me Maybe

◆ · By jasonwestley · Published 2022-07-18T09:55:53.209Z

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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  • kieranjboyd 7:14 · 2022-07-18T11:26:10.190Z
    Welcome back! Some great clues in there
    • jasonwestley constructor · 2022-07-18T12:59:03.310Z
      Thanks kieran!
    • madhatter5 🤓5:53 · 2022-07-18T13:58:00.349Z
      Thanks! Great cryptic
      • jasonwestley constructor · 2022-07-18T20:42:51.347Z
        Thanks 😊
      • Dorian Lidell 🤓6:29 · 2022-07-18T14:57:43.634Z
        Very much enjoyed this one (though I must admit I don't quite get 12A!). Never seen a clue like 5D before. Great stuff, thanks.
        • Terry 30:15 · 2022-07-18T17:31:53.615Z
          I think small is S, detective is PI, which you remove from spiritual (religious).
          • jasonwestley constructor · 2022-07-18T20:45:44.724Z
            Exactly right!
          • jasonwestley constructor · 2022-07-18T20:45:10.951Z
            Thanks Dorian! I was quite pleased with 5D. I also hadn't seen a clue construction like that before, although it wasn't particularly challenging I don't think.
          • Aaron Riccio 🤓16:11 · 2022-07-21T12:18:44.937Z
            Great word choices for all those 11s, and the surfaces were very clean. I enjoyed “reproduced” in 3D, 5D was cute (I have seen it before, but very rarely), the repeated “I” structure of 13A made me chuckle, and 1A, 7A, and 9A are my favorites. I got 9A for the wrong reason, missing the double deletion, and I didn’t know 14D was pronounced that way (or maybe I just misparsed it)!
            • jasonwestley constructor · 2022-07-21T21:35:52.135Z
              Thanks for the extensive feedback Aaron. Much appreciated. I think 14D is fine in a British accent, but I'm not sure how well it works in others!
            • KingErroneous 🤓6:57 · 2022-08-02T19:06:40.824Z
              I just met you, this puzzle's crazy....
              Play today's daily mini crossword
              1A
              Dad is hiding, feeling worse after tattoos and drugs (11)
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              Across
              1. 1A
                Dad is hiding, feeling worse after tattoos and drugs (11)
              2. 7A
                Not the greatest reward for running devil's realm chaotically? (6,5)
              3. 8A
                Engrave rear of monolith, and more on the front (4)
              4. 9A
                Working solo, read aloud, but not in the library (2,4)
              5. 12A
                Small detective expelled from religious ceremony (6)
              6. 13A
                I came, according to Caesar; I moved back in narrow vessel (4)
              7. 15A
                Withdrawing promotion deep in undercover operation is a quick way to evaluate potential partners (5,6)
              8. 17A
                The perfect pair, Derek and Tim, act extravagantly (5,6)
              Down
              1. 1D
                Decontaminated with cream used around most of rim (11)
              2. 2D
                I will cut head and tail off mice - it's unlawful (7)
              3. 3D
                "King William the Third", by Ernst originally, reproduced for German expressionist (4)
              4. 4D
                Race of English chap in Lesotho (2,4)
              5. 5D
                Wendy and friends share this conclusion (3)
              6. 6D
                Carol's listening excitedly, Herbert's outside (6,5)
              7. 10D
                Bloke is careless with needle (7)
              8. 11D
                Enthusiastic subculture contributing to Cardiff and Omagh (6)
              9. 14D
                To her audience, "Call Me Maybe" singer is a goddess (4)
              10. 16D
                Roosevelt embraces the First Lady (3)
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