Cryptic mini #61

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• j11c 🤓3:04 · 2024-03-23T16:19:31.548Z

  Nice one - the literal indication on 2D is particularly sneaky!

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  • Julie bookworm 9:10 · 2024-03-23T17:36:54.423Z

    I don't get it--could you please explain?

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  • nate constructor · 2024-03-23T21:11:34.130Z

    Thank you! It's often tough cluing place names so I wanted to try something more interesting :)

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• Julie bookworm 9:10 · 2024-03-23T17:40:58.469Z

  I always love your puzzles, Nate, even when I don't get them! I had trouble with 2d and 5a--could you please parse them? Thank you!

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  • nate constructor · 2024-03-23T21:08:33.269Z

    Thanks Julie, that's much appreciated!

    2D: "eye" can be a name for the letter i, and "i" is "India" in the ICAO/NATO phonetic alphabets, thus "pilot's eye". The wordplay is an acrostic indicated by "opens".

    5A: MAPS (plans) reversed (around); spam can mean "to send messages repeatedly", of which triple texting would be an example (see double text)

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