What Is Going On In This Crossword?

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• Mike D 🤓5:39 · about 1 year ago

  Whoa, very impressive! I had to guess a few to get GOA

  1DPart of India popular with tourists[---]

  /OWAIN

  6AGlyndwr, Lord of Glyndyfrdwy (I know, crazy, right?)[-----]

  but otherwise very smooth, especially given the constraint!

  • jasonwestley constructor · about 1 year ago

    Thanks, I had a lot of fun constructing it!
• Duncan Lyle 🤓8:46 · about 1 year ago

  I admit that I had to look it up afterwards to understand what you did, but now that I know, a very impressive feat! Well done! (And I learned something new, which is always a plus.)

  • Philip Chow 🤓5:01 · about 1 year ago

    same i had to look it up also - very impressive given the constraint... you made the clues sound really natural too i didn't even notice anything was missing

    • jasonwestley constructor · about 1 year ago

      Thanks Duncan and Philip, glad you both had fun trying it!
• ZeroPercentSneaky 22:55 · about 1 year ago

  TIL: Taro root = yam :) Fun!

  • jasonwestley constructor · about 1 year ago

    Thanks! I'm happy your kind words fit this crossword's motif
  • Mateo Cruzas 🤓5:07 · about 1 year ago

    Liked the puzzle ! To clarify, taro is known as yam in Asian cultures but is not technically in the yam/sweet potato family as we know them. I.guess its an Asian yam?
• Benana 🤓7:49 · about 1 year ago

  Brilliant!

  • jasonwestley constructor · about 1 year ago

    Thanks 'nana. Sorry to clip your ID short but, you know
• Luc 🤓7:32 · about 1 year ago

  Wow, very impressive theming!

  • jasonwestley constructor · about 1 year ago

    Thanks Luc!
• kieranjboyd 5:32 · about 1 year ago

  Top work, Jason! I too took on this constraint for a cryptic crossword, so I know your pain. You could post this to /r/Avoid5 - it would gain much acclaim on that forum, indisputably!

  • jasonwestley constructor · about 1 year ago

    Thanks kjb (initials OK just in this situation?) I'll look at that forum tomorrow. Was your cryptic grid in UK form? I think filling such a grid might not call for as much work, but fully cryptic hints without you-know-what must vigorously tax your writing skills! You got a link to it?

    • kieranjboyd 5:32 · about 1 year ago

      I stick to US forms for making cryptics - I favour including all wordplay parts in my cluing. A link, you ask? A link I shall supply! (Although this link contains fifth glyphs, sorry!) https://kieranjboyd.github.io/puzzles/an-omission.html

      • jasonwestley constructor · about 1 year ago

        Thumbs up! Got most of it down whilst studiously ignoring Word A and Word B. 8A was knotty - didn't know that word until now.
• Sommersmith 🤓3:26 · about 1 year ago

  Grat concpt, grat xcxution. Lov it!

  • jasonwestley constructor · about 1 year ago

    Thanks Sommrsmith. Always njoy your crosswords, so glad for kind msg
• calica 🤓3:19 · about 1 year ago

  Whoa! My PhD advisor (from a Paris suburb) was a fan of a book akin to 27A

  27ABook inspiring this crossword[------]

  (also avoiding that fifth glyph), known as "A Void" US-side.

  • jasonwestley constructor · about 1 year ago

    Ha! I had a go at including A Void in my grid too, but it wouldn't fit without making it awfully difficult to fill with non-rubbish words. Might try it in a UK-form cryptic :)
• Michele G 31:22 · about 1 year ago

  Very cool - I had to look it up to see what was going on. Nice, smooth fill. (I accidentally left it open while I had dinner though, so my time is crazy long!)
• noneuclidean 🤓7:22 · about 1 year ago

  Good job! What a tough constraint to work with! Didn't find out that your grid was apt too until I was halfway through with it!