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Can I borrow that?

· By nate · Published 2024-04-04T13:00:56.627Z

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A few answers seem to break the normal rules... I'm sure you'll figure it out!
My first attempt at a puzzle like this, I'd definitely like to try more in the future.
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  • nate constructor · 2024-04-04T13:00:56.627Z
    If you didn't clock it, the themed answers are the language of origin for the loanword in each clue
    1A: Islam; A+RA[b]BI+C[onsider]
    6A: stein; G-MAN containing [be]ER
    12A: taboo; [e]TON GAN[gs]
    14A: behemoth; HERE containing B[attle] + W
    • JWords 🤓6:49 · 2024-04-04T17:53:36.801Z
      Thanks for the interesting puzzle! I didn’t quite understand that I was inputting the languages of origin, just entered based on wordplay, but I like the idea now that I understand it. Shouldn’t the enumeration for 7A be (4,5)?
      • nate constructor · 2024-04-04T21:20:45.500Z
        Thanks! I thought so too for 7a, but all the dictionaries I checked have it as one word. Maybe I'll say (9 or 4,5)
      • NICK717 11:44 · 2024-04-10T02:17:29.887Z
        That was fun! I really liked 13 Across.
        • nate constructor · 2024-04-10T04:37:22.618Z
          Thanks, glad you liked it!
        1A
        *A disheartened rabbi beginning to consider Islam (6)
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        Across
        1. 1A
          *A disheartened rabbi beginning to consider Islam (6)
        2. 5A
          Certain numbers and dates written in Old Style (4)
        3. 6A
          *Investigator drinks half of beer stein (6)
        4. 7A
          Nobles adopting a name without outside inputs? (or a hint to the themed answers) (9 or 4,5)
        5. 12A
          *In Eton, joining gangs is taboo (6)
        6. 13A
          Fashionable greeting in duplicate email (4)
        7. 14A
          *Here, cops start to battle with behemoth (6)
        Down
        1. 1D
          Investor developed a glen (5)
        2. 2D
          Courtyards displaying new A.I. art (5)
        3. 3D
          Company takes over Northern end of raging river (5)
        4. 4D
          Kids' interior light didn't do much (5)
        5. 8D
          Quiet way to reverse curses (5)
        6. 9D
          Mark's not at church (5)
        7. 10D
          Construct gold with precision (5)
        8. 11D
          Process swine muscle (5)
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