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Sam's Sunday Cryptic LXXX

· By sammisamsam · Published 2024-08-04T05:00:53.899Z

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  • Sam 🤓17:30 · 2024-08-04T21:56:24.747Z
    Nice reference on 20A. Grisly!
    • sammisamsam constructor · 2024-08-04T23:40:18.336Z
      Glad you enjoyed it! I was proud of how that one came together :)
    • Byron 🤓19:12 · 2024-08-15T06:54:09.680Z
      Tight! 2D is my favorite.
      • ash 🤓21:57 · 2024-09-02T08:03:04.733Z
        20a is very very well done!
        1A
        Protons have these creative ships - go freely (8, 7)
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        Across
        1. 1A
          Protons have these creative ships - go freely (8, 7)
        2. 9A
          Idle after general store brand? (7)
        3. 10A
          The Bean is distorted from below (7)
        4. 11A
          Article lies in the spirit, perhaps (8)
        5. 12A
          Admonish second frosty (5)
        6. 15A
          Buying branches for birds, perhaps, to warble aloud (10)
        7. 17A
          Iago, under a spell, is at last spoken (4)
        8. 18A
          Bloody extraordinary (4)
        9. 20A
          Fullness of Saturn is almost complete after tearing into offspring's newborn heads (10)
        10. 24A
          Northeastern streets are homes to pigeons (5)
        11. 26A
          Discharged southeast island duke (8)
        12. 28A
          A race found inside reservoir on Manhattan (7)
        13. 29A
          Elderly augur used to hold back a nation (7)
        14. 30A
          Hedge quota: seven arrangements for an obsolete anthem (3, 4, 3, 5)
        Down
        1. 1D
          Leaf attendant (4)
        2. 2D
          Mussels and barnacles cover this coastal feature! (4, 3)
        3. 3D
          Dirty sailor to vanish without Virginia (7)
        4. 4D
          Abandons 'Save Cat' order (7)
        5. 5D
          Caught capable cord (5)
        6. 6D
          Tunas swim around relatives (5)
        7. 7D
          Magic is an empty, genial affair (7)
        8. 8D
          Planning indulges meandering around Switzerland (10)
        9. 13D
          Pixar movie resonant after second-rate childhood (10)
        10. 14D
          Lab assistant's deformed groin loses last shred of skin (4)
        11. 16D
          Uninitiated error at recess (4)
        12. 19D
          Text back about small pool (7)
        13. 21D
          Punch youths out of their skin, being clumsy (7)
        14. 22D
          Broadway show's audiovisual queen is messy (6, 1)
        15. 23D
          Dr. Dre's former colleague puts baby into ICEE (3, 4)
        16. 25D
          Bambi's wild brother left the Disney protagonist (5)
        17. 26D
          Because real estate isn't among the honest (5)
        18. 27D
          An ink color can take yellow (4)
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