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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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)