Micro 4: "Resting place constructed by astrologer not large, but lively"

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• catachresis constructor · 2023-12-28T18:44:12.214Z

  Thanks for playing! I've appreciated all the honest feedback I've gotten over the last few daily micro crosswords

  1A: "assignment"; P ("pin-head") concatenated with ("opens") A ("good grade") + PER ("for each")

  4A: "instrument"; BAN ("forbid") + JO ("jumbo, hollow")

  5A: "elegant craft"; ACH ("trimmed mache") found in YT (youtube, "video-sharing site")

  1D: "sandwich"; hipPO' BOYs "ate" it

  2D: dd; "fear" and "associated with satyr-god?" (i.e. Pan-ic, by the way of words like "stoic" or "eddaic")

  3D: "resting place"; "constructed by" permuting ("but lively") (ASTROLOGER minus LARGE)

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• ObscureFox 🤓1:24 · 2023-12-28T21:06:42.239Z

  Fun puzzle, thanks!

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• merlinnimue 🤓57s · 2023-12-29T01:18:50.550Z

  Nice, thanks... I think some might call a shared root foul on 2d, since "panic" literally comes from "relating to pan"... then again i dont fully understand you geniuses and your rules so maybe I should just pipe down... sorry

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  • catachresis constructor · 2023-12-29T02:03:42.001Z

    No need to put yourself down-- imo it's a borderline case that in retrospect I put over the edge by cluing it with the ?.

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• Jon 1:18 · 2023-12-29T04:20:15.066Z

  Nice

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• Oliver Hardy 🤓2:40 · 2023-12-29T06:36:39.711Z

  Thanks for another entertaining puzzle. I thought 3D was excellent but 5A felt a little "forced" - the surface reading was awkward. 1D Most people in the UK wouldn't know that a po'boy is a sandwich.

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