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Cryptic Midi #6 - Attack of the Trolls

◆ · By SporcleMirror · Published 2024-04-14T09:25:25.222Z

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  • SporcleMirror constructor · 2024-04-14T09:40:06.211Z
    Annotations!
    1A - double def.
    3A - gueSTS I DUNno, reversed
    7A - SET + UP
    8A - PIE containing IX
    9A - (WHIZ TROLLS)*
    12A - HE within THOU ("you way back") within ONES*
    16A - SHIN + Y[ou]
    18A - /you view/ + L[esson] A[ctually]
    19A - SWEET ("like honey") + IE
    20A - palindrome
    1D - [serve]D + IS + H
    2D - TIRADE* + T
    3D - PLANE*
    4D - DEATH with the A changed to P[iety]
    5D - /sics/
    6D - S[preading] + NEE + Z[ygomatic] E[czema]
    10D - [he]R [escap]E [wa]S + CUE + D[aring]
    11D - &lit, SHOES* containing [thei]R
    13D - E[lvis] G[oes] Y[eah] P[raising] T[ennessee]
    14D - O + FUSE
    15D - double def.
    17D - prehistorIC Eras
    • nate 🤓8:12 · 2024-04-14T22:09:04.325Z
      Nice one, love to see 9A in a puzzle!
      • Nikolaj Munk 🤓20:40 · 2024-04-15T09:53:07.547Z
        Very very nice! 4D threw me for a bit of a loop; took me a while to ignore the "and".
        11D was very clever. I hesitated to input my guess at first because it felt too neat, well done.
        • Jake A 🤓10:38 · 2024-04-18T19:07:16.229Z
          Excellent puzzle!
          Play today's daily mini crossword
          1A
          The German pass away (3)
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          Across
          1. 1A
            The German pass away (3)
          2. 3A
            Some guests, I dunno... came back, they're barely around? (7)
          3. 7A
            Ready and awake for preparation (5)
          4. 8A
            Sprite and fruity dessert around 9 (5)
          5. 9A
            Whiz trolls assaulted noted enigmatologist (4, 6)
          6. 12A
            Free ones scatter around that guy held by you way back (2, 3, 5)
          7. 16A
            Place for a guard you initially make polished (5)
          8. 18A
            Anatomical "projection sounds" you view before lesson actually starts (5)
          9. 19A
            Honey-like honey, that is (7)
          10. 20A
            Accomplished either way (3)
          Down
          1. 1D
            Menu item served last is hot (4)
          2. 2D
            "Crazy tirade time! Take the blame!" (3, 4)
          3. 3D
            Plane crash somewhere in Asia (5)
          4. 4D
            Grim Reaper's heart changes for a bit of piety and profundity (5)
          5. 5D
            Audibly unleashes at early morning hour (3)
          6. 6D
            Allergic reaction starts spreading - once called "Primary Zygomatic Eczema" (6)
          7. 10D
            Saved at last! Her escape was prompt and a bit daring (7)
          8. 11D
            They have bent "shoes" around their foot! (6)
          9. 13D
            For starters, Elvis goes "Yeah!", praising Tennessee, where Memphis is (5)
          10. 14D
            Purposeful ring to weld (2, 3)
          11. 15D
            Part of a clock - it has digits (4)
          12. 17D
            Diamonds from prehistoric eras (3)
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