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A gimmicky cryptic (do 1A first)

◆◆ · By LightningReed133 · Published 2023-08-24T03:13:33.280Z

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  • merlinnimue 🤓45:37 · 2023-08-24T15:20:03.466Z
    Very nice
    For some blasted reason I could not think of pots as a 4-letter word for "containers "... maybe the word "in" in the clue threw me off, idk
    19a is double wordplay? A bit weird but ok
    21d was very well done
    • Aaron Riccio 22:13 · 2023-08-28T03:01:57.924Z
      Could not get 4A ("mode" is very clever), and still don't get 26A. I think I get 21D, but I don't think "write down" alone sells it; maybe something about doing it in parallel? Apart from that, the gimmick is neat (although sometimes rough on crossers), and while a few surfaces seem off, I liked the wordplay throughout. Rather liked 12D, 8A ("narcissistically" is a very economic indicator for this swap) and 15A.
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      1A
      Key you need to solve this puzzle hidden in heroes capeskin (6)
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      Across
      1. 1A
        Key you need to solve this puzzle hidden in heroes capeskin (6)
      2. 4A
        Details about addition of 'melee mode' (6)
      3. 6A
        Carves dents evenly into chest that doesn't close (6)
      4. 8A
        Diplomat reverses 'assume narcissistically' into 'take both sides rationally' (8)
      5. 10A
        Enchant door (8)
      6. 12A
        Overseas, sibling stuck in Aland, oddly (6)
      7. 14A
        On a higher note, most exhausted becomes shyest (8)
      8. 15A
        Gemstone makes them stay around (8)
      9. 17A
        Sees closure at last, indeed (4)
      10. 18A
        In chaos surrounding a racial group (6)
      11. 19A
        So party goer flipped off monster (4)
      12. 20A
        Working to display things in a movie, perhaps (2, 6)
      13. 22A
        Cans containing weak Asians (8)
      14. 24A
        Dion the modern-day path (6)
      15. 26A
        Mopped and mopped with pole (8)
      16. 27A
        Tied, like clue lengths in this puzzle (6, 2)
      17. 29A
        Suppose everything essentially began with Europeans around (6)
      18. 31A
        Many left in act with very energetic person (6)
      19. 32A
        Stores primarily diamonds, emeralds in containers (6)
      Down
      1. 1D
        Respect outer wear of Efraim having small T-shirt (6)
      2. 2D
        Writer shared tea with another writer (4)
      3. 3D
        Duke without king first senselessly charges (4)
      4. 5D
        Soldiers ranking above king and queen are danger (6)
      5. 7D
        Endlessly churn or turn to get tasty treat (6)
      6. 9D
        Lacking energy, malaise about meat (6)
      7. 11D
        Award ancient Greek city invaded by primarily poplar horse (6)
      8. 12D
        Self-restraint from truancy kept first troublemakers in (10)
      9. 13D
        Unbreakable first man versus nerve endings (10)
      10. 14D
        Affixes both it and plane part in reverse (4, 2)
      11. 16D
        Small birds at ends of ship (6)
      12. 21D
        Rich kids write trigonometric functions down (6)
      13. 23D
        Tighten and attune differently (6)
      14. 25D
        Likely, hurt rising from bleed, not internal reds (6)
      15. 26D
        Hazy blaring in borders of country (6)
      16. 28D
        Angers by swapping parts of frames (6)
      17. 29D
        A lie heard by friend (4)
      18. 30D
        Some judge articles of clothing (4)
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