Jake’s Mini Cryptic #59
◆ · By Jake A · Published 9 months ago
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- Aaron Riccio 🤓3:13 · 9 months agoMy faves were 1A and 3D; I didn't follow the parse for 2D.I think [Northern Michigan] is a clue for U (as in university), which is a two-stepper for me, but then is [change of heart] meant to swap the last and first letters of [Top seed] into TOSPEED? If so, I'm still not sure where the first P comes from. It is fun, though, to try and figure it out!
- dilly 🤓3:35 · 9 months agoNorth part of Michigan is the Upper Peninsula, which is basically always called the UP (by Michiganders, not sure how widespread it is outside the state).
- Jake A constructor · 9 months agoThanks! Yep, this is it. I’m not a Michigander myself and I think it is a fairly well-known term.
- Jake A constructor · 9 months agoThanks, Aaron! Yeah, the idea is to swap the first and last letters of TOP SPEED, which are in the middle when the words are smushed together. A little stretchy but worth it!
- Womble 🤓4:56 · 9 months agoThank you Jake
- Jake A constructor · 9 months agoThanks, Womble!
- dilly 🤓3:35 · 9 months agoReally liked the down clues especially, but everything is good. In 2D, I don't totally get [change of heart] for [Top seed]->TOSPEED, though.
- Jake A constructor · 9 months agoThanks, dilly. I was kind of picturing the words smooshed together and then switching around two adjacent interior letters. And then UP for Northern Michigan (the Upper Peninsula).