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Loplop Cryptic #015 [15×]

◆ · By George Ho · Published 2022-10-01T06:07:00.177Z

Constructor's Note
One clue in this puzzle contains sexual content.
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  • George Ho constructor · 2022-10-01T06:07:00.177Z
    In case you're still confused, here are the solutions and annotations: https://www.georgeho.org/crosswords/loplop-015-solutions.pdf
    • Julia 34:51 · 2022-10-02T00:28:09.275Z
      14A is great!
      • George Ho constructor · 2022-10-02T01:15:39.745Z
        Hey thank you! I was toying for a long time with NO-NO-NSE-NSE as the wordplay but I’m glad I noticed the letter bank!
      Play today's daily mini crossword
      1A
      Pick up and wander after little rapscallion (7)
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      Across
      1. 1A
        Pick up and wander after little rapscallion (7)
      2. 5A
        Legendary hero of these United States (7)
      3. 9A
        North Carolinian leatherworking? (3,4)
      4. 10A
        Gushed very loudly (hardly new!) after the finale (7)
      5. 11A
        Around 59, senior regularly gets medicinal brew (6)
      6. 12A
        Picking up pace is wise for our time? (5,3)
      7. 14A
        Sculpt nose as much as you need — nothing fancy (2-8)
      8. 15A
        Bachelor sending back fine sirloin, say (4)
      9. 18A
        Dairy product from that guy in Wyoming (4)
      10. 20A
        Carp vendor in discussions for a climate controlled room (4,6)
      11. 23A
        Quick-tempered person to drop some bars (8)
      12. 24A
        Dumpling flipped sometime later (6)
      13. 26A
        Medium chunk of limpsy chicken (7)
      14. 27A
        Not working and making bread? (7)
      15. 28A
        Streetcar's last two paths head back from depot (7)
      16. 29A
        Warm peat being dug into by that woman in retirement (7)
      Down
      1. 1D
        Aware immediately following kitchen disaster cutting slice of chorizo (2,3,4)
      2. 2D
        Part of Spooner's seaside wordplay (7)
      3. 3D
        Love a place for sex that is naughtiest on vacation with submissive (8)
      4. 4D
        Fishes' endless slumber, upside down (4)
      5. 5D
        Offended, worried, losing head... needing to slide in hot tub (10)
      6. 6D
        Curse euphemistically at beginners for English cricket team's result (6)
      7. 7D
        Bolted the wrong way, into sensei's extremely deficient trap (7)
      8. 8D
        Slide obliquely! (5)
      9. 13D
        Volatile coal price overwhelms leader of representatives on both sides (10)
      10. 16D
        Torn asunder in battle for almost half a month (9)
      11. 17D
        Article featured in worldly French newspaper is something to make a stand for? (8)
      12. 19D
        After an expression of hesitation, in agreement with furious women? (7)
      13. 21D
        Top story interrupted the middle of bulletin from network (7)
      14. 22D
        Originally, George Ho bored a groupie with knitting project (6)
      15. 23D
        Cuttlefish ink (a couple of pigments) found in ocean (5)
      16. 25D
        Buddies heading upstairs for bash (4)
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