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Cryptic Midi #11

· By SporcleMirror · Published 2024-10-08T16:55:25.186Z

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  • SporcleMirror constructor · 2024-10-08T17:06:11.239Z
    1A - Anagram of INSTAGRAM POST without [d]AM[e]
    7A - /heals/
    8A - double definition
    9A - obaMAS TERM IN Dc
    11A - [concer]T + I MET + RAVEL
    15A - REWON*
    16A - N[airob]I + [al]GER[ia]
    17A - /curt rustle/
    1D - MECHS* + [episod]E
    2D - O + PENS
    3D - SAYS + ME within TERROR, without [br]A[ve]
    4D - (IN A SQUARE)* containing [diade]M + [tiar]A
    5D - IN + CAN
    6D - GREEK (like alphas) missing R[izz]
    10D - a FiLm + ORAL
    12D - SINNER missing S[oul]
    13D - VA(L -> G)UE
    14D - TO + OK
    • SporcleMirror constructor · 2024-10-08T17:08:56.375Z
      Question to more experienced cryptic constructors: In 11A, is it OK to put an exclamation mark at the end of the clue? In an American crossword, I could clue [That takes me back!] TIMETRAVEL, but "!" in a cryptic means something else.
      • kieranjboyd 🤓3:58 · 2024-10-08T20:36:55.655Z
        The answer is maybe: In UK-style cryptics (like what you've made here), constructors can play it loosey-goosey with punctuation in service of clue surface, whereas US constructors have historically reserved exclamation points as indicators of &lit clues (although this approach seems to be relaxing). In the end, it's up to you and your own personal style!
      • Alex Peebles-Capin 🤓21:42 · 2024-10-08T20:32:40.765Z
        I LOVED this puzzle! Really good clues. I really liked 9A and 11A in particular.
        • kieranjboyd 🤓3:58 · 2024-10-08T20:37:23.183Z
          Amazing find with 9A!
          • AuLeaf 🤓6:37 · 2024-10-09T00:29:40.785Z
            Wow, very nice puzzle! I do think maybe 4D should say "tips" since you take the ends of both "diadem" and "tiara"?
            1A
            Response to oglers: "Indecent Instagram post had naked dame censored" (4, 7)
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            Across
            1. 1A
              Response to oglers: "Indecent Instagram post had naked dame censored" (4, 7)
            2. 7A
              To the audience, recovers style points? (5)
            3. 8A
              Relative admission of defeat (5)
            4. 9A
              One pulling the strings throughout Obama's term in DC (10)
            5. 11A
              After concert's conclusion, I met composer Maurice... that takes me back (4, 6)
            6. 15A
              Title holder re-won, surprisingly (5)
            7. 16A
              African land including Nairobi's borders and central Algeria (5)
            8. 17A
              Actor heard abrupt crackle (4, 7)
            Down
            1. 1D
              Plot twist: mechs before conclusion of episode (6)
            2. 2D
              Unlocks round enclosures (5)
            3. 3D
              "It could cause a crash!" says yours truly, hiding in fear, without brave heart (6, 5)
            4. 4D
              Gems arranged in a square around tips of diadem and tiara (11)
            5. 5D
              Ancient Peruvian in jail (5)
            6. 6D
              Dweeb is like Alphas, lacking a bit of "rizz" (4)
            7. 10D
              Even a film, narrated like old tales, is a kind of "arrangement" (6)
            8. 12D
              One defying God loses part of soul, like some demons (5)
            9. 13D
              Unclear change in price from 50 to 1,000 (5)
            10. 14D
              Brought to Oklahoma (4)
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