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1101 (cryptic with hints)

◆ · By synced murals · Published 2023-10-30T21:14:09.501Z

Hints for clues can be found below.
My hope is to help those who are new to cryptic crosswords and/ or need help finishing puzzles on their own, beyond using the various reveal functions in Crosshare. I’ve personally found it a helpful way of proofing my puzzles!
Hope you enjoy.
As always, feedback is welcome :)
1A Definition is on the left
4A Definition is on the right There is a two-letter abbreviation for work It’s ‘MO’ (from ‘modus operandi’
7A Definition is on the left L is an abbreviation for learner
8A Definition is on the right This clue is a homophone
9A Definition is on the left ’Note’ has several abbreviations. For this clue, it’s a two-letter word from a musical scale

10A and 19A Definition is on the right Synonym for ‘unclothed’+’lover’= potential hazard
12A Definition is on the right There is a four-letter word meaning ‘express anger’, without an ‘M’ (for male)
14A Definition is on the left Anagram and abbreviations ’E’ is an abbreviation for drugs (from ecstasy)
15A Definition is on the right 3 abbreviations
17A Definition is on the left There is a three-letter synonym for ‘speaker’ The first letter is ‘A’
20A Definition is on the right Reversal The first letter is P
1D Definition is on the left Take alternate letters
2D Definition is on the left ’Second rate’ has a one-letter abbreviation
3D Definition is on the left There are two types of axis
4D Definition is on the left There is a two-letter word that means engaged (as in working/functioning)
5D Definition is on the right Reversal
6D Definition is on the right Name of a man+synonym for ‘without purpose’= with caution
9D Definition is on the right Inclusion
11D Definition is on the left Synonyms for enthusiastic+seer=able to recognise
13D Definition is on the left Abbreviation for ‘for’=ad (from latin, e.g. ad hoc, ad hominem)

14D Definition is on the right Army has lots of abbreviations, this one starts with ‘R’
16D Definition is on the right Take starting letters

18D Definition is on the right Use half of a synonym for leather worker
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  • merlinnimue 🤓9:55 · 2023-10-30T21:28:46.812Z
    tough stuff, very nice
    • synced murals constructor · 2023-10-31T07:54:19.483Z
      Thanks for solving!
    • Pedagogue 38:32 · 2023-10-31T07:06:22.299Z
      Thank you for a very entertaining cryptic. 4A Unsure about MO = "work" 5D Unsure about DATE as a synonym for "excursion" 13D AD = "for" is something that I've never seen in a cryptic; it isn't listed in any of my reference works, including Chambers. 14D RI = "army"; again, something I've never seen before and I can't find it in any of my reference works.
      • synced murals constructor · 2023-10-31T07:53:46.337Z
        Hi again!
        Thanks for the comments.
        I’ve seen MO for work in a published crossword before, I think it was a Quick Cryptic from the Times.
        Noted about date/ excursion.
        I’ll double check AD- it definitely means ‘for’ in borrowed phrases from Latin, eg ‘ad hod’ and ‘as hominem’.
        I’d thought that RI stands for Royal Infantry. I checked it just now online, and found a comment on a crossword blog where someone says “ RI=Royal infantry is something I’ve known since my youth, but it seems to have disappeared from the dictionaries”. Maybe I’ll stop using it now.
        • Pedagogue 38:32 · 2023-10-31T11:18:31.002Z
          Thanks for the reply. I've seen MO as an abbreviation for "modus operandi" - i.e. way of working. I'm a Daily Telegraph fan; I don't usually stray into the wild outlands of "The Times" 😁
          • synced murals constructor · 2023-10-31T17:08:42.460Z
            I haven’t tried many DT puzzles, maybe I’ll give them a shot 😄
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      1A
      It goes around, or has piece of data (5)
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      Across
      1. 1A
        It goes around, or has piece of data (5)
      2. 4A
        Work with time alien to make religious music (5)
      3. 7A
        Support pair of learners plus one in Spanish three (7)
      4. 8A
        It’s said to condemn animal construction (3)
      5. 9A
        Ordinary people note it has unknown (5)
      6. 10A
        (with 19A) Unclothed lover is potentially hazardous?
      7. 12A
        Express anger losing male and taking in undergraduate of musical form (5)
      8. 14A
        High and thin after messily dry swallowing two drugs (5)
      9. 15A
        Nothing left after one floats on water? (3)
      10. 17A
        Most plentiful speaker in case (7)
      11. 19A
        See 10A
      12. 20A
        Scottish vegetable goes back to get right and proudly prepare itself (5)
      Down
      1. 1D
        Linesmen’s call is regularly coquet (3)
      2. 2D
        Stirring second rate sheep mostly penned by hoop (7)
      3. 3D
        Count sizeable axis (5)
      4. 4D
        Builder’s mother’s engaged (5)
      5. 5D
        Most of an outing overturned for small amount (3)
      6. 6D
        Man without purpose but with caution (7)
      7. 9D
        Confidential if Toff conceals what planes do (4,3)
      8. 11D
        Able to recognise enthusiastic seer (4,3)
      9. 13D
        Avoid eco-friendly car for energy (5)
      10. 14D
        Army has small dog to destroy (3,2)
      11. 16D
        For starters, lobster entree advised for arable land (3)
      12. 18D
        Half a leather worker’s what you get for sitting in the sun (3)
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