What Is Going On In This Crossword?

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• Mike D 🤓5:39 · 2022-02-04T15:14:34.297Z

  Whoa, very impressive! I had to guess a few to get GOA/OWAIN but otherwise very smooth, especially given the constraint!

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  • jasonwestley constructor · 2022-02-04T15:50:54.549Z

    Thanks, I had a lot of fun constructing it!

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• Duncan Lyle 🤓8:46 · 2022-02-04T15:59:54.433Z

  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.)

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  • Philip Chow 🤓5:01 · 2022-02-04T20:06:32.357Z

    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

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    • jasonwestley constructor · 2022-02-04T20:42:55.279Z

      Thanks Duncan and Philip, glad you both had fun trying it!

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• ZeroPercentSneaky 22:55 · 2022-02-04T16:22:44.690Z

  TIL: Taro root = yam :) Fun!

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  • jasonwestley constructor · 2022-02-04T20:46:28.712Z

    Thanks! I'm happy your kind words fit this crossword's motif

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  • Mateo Cruzas 🤓5:07 · 2022-02-04T22:25:11.034Z

    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?

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• Benana 🤓7:49 · 2022-02-04T17:45:02.888Z

  Brilliant!

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  • jasonwestley constructor · 2022-02-04T20:49:27.022Z

    Thanks 'nana. Sorry to clip your ID short but, you know

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• Luc 🤓7:32 · 2022-02-04T19:18:19.572Z

  Wow, very impressive theming!

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  • jasonwestley constructor · 2022-02-04T20:50:25.444Z

    Thanks Luc!

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• kieranjboyd 5:32 · 2022-02-04T21:56:52.976Z

  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!

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  • jasonwestley constructor · 2022-02-04T22:38:09.858Z

    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?

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    • kieranjboyd 5:32 · 2022-02-05T03:49:51.915Z

      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

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      • jasonwestley constructor · 2022-02-05T12:06:03.397Z

        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.

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• Sommersmith 🤓3:26 · 2022-02-04T22:47:14.655Z

  Grat concpt, grat xcxution. Lov it!

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  • jasonwestley constructor · 2022-02-04T23:35:16.349Z

    Thanks Sommrsmith. Always njoy your crosswords, so glad for kind msg

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• calica 🤓3:19 · 2022-02-05T04:13:28.320Z

  Whoa! My PhD advisor (from a Paris suburb) was a fan of a book akin to 27A (also avoiding that fifth glyph), known as "A Void" US-side.

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  • jasonwestley constructor · 2022-02-05T11:58:51.861Z

    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 :)

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• Michele G 31:22 · 2022-02-06T00:03:51.995Z

  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!)

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• noneuclidean 🤓7:22 · 2022-02-06T05:04:16.292Z

  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!

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