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Cryptic #6

● · By Jonah Piscitelli · Published 2022-05-01T17:58:06.589Z

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  • jasonwestley 🤓28:30 · 2022-05-02T20:49:50.787Z
    I'll also add that I'm not a fan of really long anagrams, but 15A was great 😄
    • jasonwestley 🤓28:30 · 2022-05-02T20:47:40.088Z
      What a great puzzle! Challenging and so many clever and misdirecting clues. The only bit I couldn't work out, weirdly, was the straight for 9d. I get ID (puzzle writer would) in (bore) ABED (sleeping or probably sleeping). But I can't see how "probably" or &lit give ABIDED.
      • Jonah Piscitelli constructor · 2022-05-02T22:11:34.063Z
        Thanks! I'm glad you got a kick out of it! For 9D, the definition is "bore" (As in "I can't abide it"="I can't bear it"), and "with" is the containment indicator.
      Play today's daily mini crossword
      1A
      Superior place to live obviously has more than enough... for the most part? (6)
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      Across
      1. 1A
        Superior place to live obviously has more than enough... for the most part? (6)
      2. 4A
        Coming back now, still happy (8)
      3. 10A
        Hardly spent time in hospital ward? (5)
      4. 11A
        Best be observed returning after brief excursion west of Seoul area (4,5)
      5. 12A
        The first and second parts of Germany to be, e.g., Indonesian (8)
      6. 13A
        Grant follower laughter and approval (5)
      7. 15A
        Staple diet made peasant toot egregiously (4,3,8)
      8. 19A
        Went back to the beginning with lover: them drunk in evening. Youth! (15)
      9. 22A
        It's from one's tea, maybe (5)
      10. 24A
        Author is supported by a friend in hostility (8)
      11. 27A
        Hot against leaders of established church, and likely supportive of changing rite (9)
      12. 28A
        Hairstyle all of us have discussed (5)
      13. 29A
        Lighter fluid in roasts (8)
      14. 30A
        Struggle or cope (6)
      Down
      1. 1D
        Does say something grown up (4)
      2. 2D
        Allege it's not proper to make new rules (9)
      3. 3D
        Better race orbiting Earth in science fiction stories (5)
      4. 5D
        Bit of breakfast food for later (7)
      5. 6D
        Make like a priest of Huitzilopotchli and brighten up! (4,5)
      6. 7D
        Small like a young one? (5)
      7. 8D
        Swear to keep peace at northernmost borders (5)
      8. 9D
        Probably, sleeping with puzzle-writer would bore (6)
      9. 14D
        Expel from English university (4)
      10. 16D
        A fruit eaten by a French robot (9)
      11. 17D
        Talk about striking without Sal to give directions (9)
      12. 18D
        A comedian makes up a story (4)
      13. 20D
        Spirited sessions with Irishmen, drinking without a care right away? (7)
      14. 21D
        Heartless human beings getting lessons (6)
      15. 22D
        School with an upside-down letter (5)
      16. 23D
        Nervous reporters without any news for French capital (5)
      17. 25D
        Performer of a cow's action, differentiated by (to start with) smaller size (5)
      18. 26D
        Man, showing no sign of pain, collapsed (4)
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