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📝 girlcow's Cryptic Mini #3

◆ · By girlcow · Published 2024-11-26T22:00:26.583Z

Constructor's Note
I'm new to setting cryptics, feedback is appreciated </3
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  • girlcow constructor · 2024-11-26T22:00:26.583Z
    Clue parses:
    1A: help with breathing; hidden in 'orgasm, asking'
    5A: writer; (TOL←)+KI(E)N
    6A: Rather; S(OR)TOF*

    1D: reliable methods; GOTO*+S
    2D: like the sun; SOL+(AR←)
    3D: a kind of acid; (-lsd)AMINO*
    4D: gambling game; reversal of ONE K
    • kieranjboyd 🤓1:19 · 2024-11-26T22:48:48.587Z
      Lovely!
      • AuLeaf 🤓1:28 · 2024-11-26T22:55:20.343Z
        Very nice! I think the cryptic grammar is all sound here. If I had to nitpick, the only semblance of an issue here is that SOL is etymologically closely related to SOLAR. I still thought it was a very cute clue, though. :)
        Play today's daily mini crossword
        1A
        In the midst of orgasm, asking for help with breathing? (3, 4)
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        3
        4
        5
        6
        Across
        1. 1A
          In the midst of orgasm, asking for help with breathing? (3, 4)
        2. 5A
          Family comes across note for staff following reversal of fortune for writer (7)
        3. 6A
          Rather soft, awkward, or sheltered (4, 2)
        Down
        1. 1D
          Togo tampered with Somalian leader's reliable methods (2-3)
        2. 2D
          Two sun gods, one depicted rising like the sun? (5)
        3. 3D
          Mind also being distorted after dropping LSD (a kind of "acid") (5)
        4. 4D
          Going up a thousand in gambling game (4)
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