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Sam's Sunday Cryptic LX

· By sammisamsam · Published 2024-03-17T04:25:08.819Z

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  • nate 🤓19:52 · 2024-03-17T06:49:02.817Z
    Great one as usual! I liked 17A.
    • sammisamsam constructor · 2024-03-17T18:40:52.835Z
      Thanks haha I was proud of that one
    • NICK717 19:05 · 2024-03-17T19:11:32.104Z
      7 down and 17 across made laugh.
      • El Gordo 42 22:58 · 2024-03-18T03:23:39.647Z
        Oooh, there were some clever clues there! I was delighted to see 17A (one degree of separation, by way of my daughter!).
        1A
        An error of some radiation taken away from giraffe (5)
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        Across
        1. 1A
          An error of some radiation taken away from giraffe (5)
        2. 3A
          Gold blade repurposed for sport (9)
        3. 8A
          Plain cover used to conceal hair? (4, 3)
        4. 11A
          Draw area of land behind the Appalachian Trail (7)
        5. 12A
          Cold island nation loses nearby computer connection (4)
        6. 14A
          Before reasoning, Geoff loses a pair of feet about the Earth? (8)
        7. 15A
          Mode of particle that's charged Mr. McKellen (6)
        8. 16A
          Alcoholic solid (4)
        9. 17A
          Author pronounced, "Crouch down, merry gentlemen!" (4, 6)
        10. 18A
          Mess of turmoil inside one getting married (6, 4)
        11. 20A
          64 pints minus the Spanish shrub (4)
        12. 21A
          House rare bird (6)
        13. 22A
          Zero ill or pining (8)
        14. 25A
          Glass name of nation (4)
        15. 26A
          Each apt error contains a section (7)
        16. 27A
          New California city is like Animal Farm, perhaps? (7)
        17. 28A
          Hedonist threw out last course like a salad, perhaps? (2, 3, 4)
        18. 29A
          Bound sword-fight (5)
        Down
        1. 1D
          Desert government rather than go home? (2, 3)
        2. 2D
          Interfered with violin density (7)
        3. 4D
          Hurrying up and acquiring an advance (7, 1, 4, 2)
        4. 5D
          Wilbur, undisturbed, went around the nation (7)
        5. 6D
          Don't have a stage with one calorie for the lazy (13)
        6. 7D
          It's a wonder that Chad (in an election year?) cultivates plants (7, 7)
        7. 9D
          Tylenol - perhaps an emphatic one? (13)
        8. 10D
          Sign a cinematic professional without finishing (3)
        9. 13D
          A trendy superfood: mix wasabi with half Clorox? (4, 5)
        10. 19D
          Thoroughly and regularly pinned new patch (2, 5)
        11. 20D
          Composition without final Bee Gee is beset (7)
        12. 23D
          Hair loss enfolds in actuality (3)
        13. 24D
          Jack backs up van into empty kitchenette (5)
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