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Egg's Cryptic 49 (#002)

· By CanterburyEgg · Published 2024-07-25T01:08:43.446Z

Added enumerations this time. Comment if you think it trivialized the puzzle! (I doubt anyone will say so.)
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  • dilly 🤓3:04 · 2024-07-25T08:43:04.661Z
    This one was a bit easier than your first for me, though I think that came down to the cluing more than the enumerations. 1D is a really clever &lit, though I'm curious what sense of "gets...going" you intended in the surface, I originally read it as "it starts her ranting/complaining" but not sure if you intended that or something else. Also a big fan of connected clues so 5A/6A was quite fun. Thanks!
    • CanterburyEgg constructor · 2024-07-25T17:48:43.826Z
      Yep, that's the intended surface for 1D! Basically it just really aggravates her. Thanks for solving and the helpful comment, and of course there will be more to come!
      • dilly 🤓3:04 · 2024-07-25T20:44:15.467Z
        You’re 2 for 2 so far, so I look forward to the next :)
    • CanterburyEgg constructor · 2024-07-25T01:12:08.523Z
      Cryptic explanations:
      1A: double-def
      5A: A + TEC + ROW
      6A: th[E PI TO ME] (contained)
      8A: PO(rcupine) + KE(strel) + MON(key)
      1D: "P" homophone plus full definition
      2D: (BLOKES + I)*
      3D: h(EAR)d + WORM
      4D: TO + W
      6D: P + S + E reversed
      7D: p(EON)
      • Aaron Riccio 🤓3:33 · 2024-07-30T01:42:48.630Z
        I like this grid shape; the 3s give a nice foothold into the meatier 7s! The double P.I. clues were cute, and I liked the wordplay for everything. Cluing was definitely easier for this one, especially 6A and 8A. I think 3D's really, really good, although I wonder if there was a musical angle here on the very EARWORM-y song "Creep." I also loved the Ghostbuster-y 6D, and my favorite was 7D: what a deceptive phrasing of [Person in labor]!
        1A
        Launch an enterprise (7)
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        3
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        5
        6
        7
        8
        Across
        1. 1A
          Launch an enterprise (7)
        2. 5A
          Partway through a quarrel, P.I. admitted defeat in humiliation ... (3,4)
        3. 6A
          ... the P.I., to me, sets the perfect example (7)
        4. 8A
          What is a Pikachu? Two-parts porcupine, two-parts kestrel, three-parts monkey (7)
        Down
        1. 1D
          It gets the princess going, it's said! (3)
        2. 2D
          Blokes and I vandalized Cleopatra's Needle, for one (7)
        3. 3D
          "Can't Get You Out of My Head" aptly heard endlessly by creep (7)
        4. 4D
          Drag along to water's edge (3)
        5. 6D
          Proton Synchrotron equipment started, then turned up to medium power? (3?)
        6. 7D
          Person in labor loses face for quite some time (3)
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