"Upstanding Figure is Biased" (Cryptic Mini #000000105)

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• bob weisz constructor · 2024-10-03T07:01:07.673Z

  Parses:

  • 1A def: "Wendy's offering". wordplay: anagram ("to demolish") of BOCA RATON
  • 6A def: "Game with lots of dying" . wordplay: PAIN ("suffering") + T ("a bit of Tap") + BALL ("dance")
  • 7A def: "beyond the solar system". wordplay: SPEED reversed + PACE ("paces back and forth?" — one kind of "pace" is in reverse, the next is forward)

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  • 1D def: "Upstanding figure". wordplay: BIASED, but the AS becomes P ("but the heart is soft")
  • 2D def: "section of a bookstore". wordplay: C ("start to Cry") + RIME ("frost")
  • 3D def: "staff members" . wordplay: SET ON in reverse ("rising up")
  • 4D def: "Princess". wordplay: homophone of "TEA ON A" (they've been "broadcast")
  • 5D def: "Poet". wordplay: reverse letter bank ("letters from") of EERIE KILLER

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• BeWritten 9:38 · 2024-10-03T23:48:58.536Z

  Very tricky!

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• Jake A 🤓6:01 · 2024-10-05T02:18:54.394Z

  Loved this one right off the bat with 1A

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  • bob weisz constructor · 2024-10-06T18:22:50.823Z

    Thanks! Though I hope I didn't inspire Milton...

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