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Cryptic Midi #7

◆ · By SporcleMirror · Published 2024-04-29T12:52:27.112Z

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  • SporcleMirror constructor · 2024-04-29T13:10:21.288Z
    Annotations/explanations:
    1A - ME + [Nata]N + A + C[uti]E: "crossword constructor", "setter" and the like can be used to mean I or ME (also, Natan Last is an actual constructor and his puzzles can get pretty tricky)
    4A - middles of teenAgers discOurse containing MM
    8A - INFINIT[-E] + LOVE (without L and O) after I[ntimacy] + S[pouse]
    9A - raSPY ROars
    10A - OVER + T[he]
    11A - HER< + AB
    13A - PRIUS + M[odels] E[ngineered] without U and S, "like 2017" is the definition as that happens to be a prime number)
    16A - BEING containing (Gene) WILDER
    17A - T + ASK
    18A - Z[eus] + HYPER*
    1D - double definition
    2D - N[eedling] + I + FT + [ma]Y
    3D - CAN + [begi]N + ON + BALL ("cue, e. g.")
    5D - MO[bsters] + VIE
    6D - [t]O [joi]N [a]S [th]E [recruitmen]T
    7D - AT MOST + HERE, with T becoming P
    11D - a RoOmBa Or + T[he]
    12D - HOW + L[augh]S
    14D - I[ncessantly] R[ambling] + ISH
    15D - [-r]EADER with D[ialogues] becoming G[iddy]
    • nate 🤓12:26 · 2024-04-30T03:08:07.380Z
      Nice, the misdirection on the definition for 13a is great!
      • JWords 12:10 · 2024-04-30T10:08:24.027Z
        Very nice!
        • Jake A 18:42 · 2024-05-02T19:34:29.843Z
          Bravo! 😅
          Play today's daily mini crossword
          1A
          Crossword constructor Natan Last, a cutie on the outside, is a threat (6)
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          Across
          1. 1A
            Crossword constructor Natan Last, a cutie on the outside, is a threat (6)
          2. 4A
            Teenagers' discourse centers around 2000 magazines' contents (4)
          3. 8A
            Boundless, endless love (no need for large ring) after a bit of intimacy, first sign of spouse "to have and to hold" (11)
          4. 9A
            Some raspy roars for a video game protagonist (5)
          5. 10A
            Blatant and over the top (5)
          6. 11A
            2006 hit about that girl with a bit of a six-pack (5)
          7. 13A
            Like 2017 Prius models engineered to start expelling uranium and sulfur (5)
          8. 16A
            Gene contained in creature is perplexing (11)
          9. 17A
            Job time to request (4)
          10. 18A
            At first, Zeus stirred up "Hyper Wind" (6)
          Down
          1. 1D
            Sends pieces of armor (5)
          2. 2D
            After a bit of needling, one foot may finally swell (5)
          3. 3D
            "Pool cry can finally begin on cue", e. g. (10)
          4. 5D
            A pair of mobsters compete for something to shoot (5)
          5. 6D
            Start to join as the recruitment ends (5)
          6. 7D
            Vibe up to present time, becoming soft (10)
          7. 11D
            A Roomba, or even the first automaton (5)
          8. 12D
            Cries out "Unbelievable!" and laughs heartlessly (5)
          9. 14D
            Begins incessantly rambling, kind of like Joyce (5)
          10. 15D
            Avid reader, after the first dialogues start, becomes a bit giddy (5)
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