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Mini Cryptic # 34

· By ObscureFox · Published 2024-01-20T20:00:48.806Z

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  • JSP 🤓1:34 · 2024-01-20T20:16:00.843Z
    Thanks for another fun puzzle! I especially like "polluted" in 1A and 2D's "alien" indicating something other than ET for once :)
    • ObscureFox constructor · 2024-01-20T22:34:20.182Z
      Thanks! I was hoping people would be okay with polluted. I'm not sure I've seen it before.
    • Hector 🤓1:29 · 2024-01-20T20:13:21.378Z
      4A gave me a chuckle. Thanks!
      • ObscureFox constructor · 2024-01-20T22:35:01.209Z
        Thanks! It's a funny image.
      • Oliver Hardy 🤓4:12 · 2024-01-20T20:48:22.268Z
        Very nice! 1A - I got the fodder but I have never heard of this surgery. Thanks for the puzzle
        • ObscureFox constructor · 2024-01-20T22:36:31.046Z
          Ah, it's pretty common here, I think. What I love about cryptics is that you can solve a clue for a word you've never seen before. That's such a satisfying feeling!
        • nate 🤓3:00 · 2024-01-20T21:09:02.006Z
          Great clueing!
          • ObscureFox constructor · 2024-01-20T22:36:41.639Z
            Thank you
          • merlinnimue 🤓1:27 · 2024-01-21T03:43:21.614Z
            Wish I could see what you geniuses see and how you do what you do... maybe I need 1a for my mind
            • ObscureFox constructor · 2024-01-21T12:22:34.894Z
              Thanks!
            • rjy 🤓6:32 · 2024-01-21T04:08:05.122Z
              Great cluing, enjoyed it!
              • ObscureFox constructor · 2024-01-21T12:22:24.029Z
                Thank you! I'm glad you liked it!
              • E Ang 🤓1:40 · 2024-01-22T15:20:46.110Z
                Super fun puzzle! I liked 1A and 2D gave me a chuckle.
                • ObscureFox constructor · 2024-01-22T16:43:50.278Z
                  Thanks!
                1A
                Surgery to remove Dee from polluted lakeside (5)
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                Across
                1. 1A
                  Surgery to remove Dee from polluted lakeside (5)
                2. 4A
                  Detached bathroom covered in empty astroturf (5)
                3. 5A
                  Cross country walker starts his integral Kansas employment retroactively (5)
                Down
                1. 1D
                  Restrain fractured shale (5)
                2. 2D
                  Noted alien's stocking filled with top or bottom of parsnip (5)
                3. 3D
                  Drain kerosene onto evergreen to create fermented drink (5)
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