Mini Cryptic #52

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• merlinnimue 🤓1:52 · 2024-02-07T20:27:40.096Z

  Your genius knows 5a... thanks for the puzzle sorry for the 1a solve

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  • ObscureFox constructor · 2024-02-08T12:05:43.670Z

    Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.

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• rjy 5:50 · 2024-02-07T20:39:58.985Z

  Nice! Some fun ones in there - 1D, 2D...

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  • ObscureFox constructor · 2024-02-08T12:05:54.169Z

    Thank you!

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• Jake A 🤓3:12 · 2024-02-07T23:19:38.691Z

  Excellent! 1A was my last solve, and it was a shot in the dark. I enjoyed this one!

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  • ObscureFox constructor · 2024-02-08T12:06:18.970Z

    I'm not sure if I would've got it. It's a weird word.

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• K 2:53 · 2024-02-08T11:12:59.960Z

  Having a bit of trouble with 1A (I see how it means “crooked” but the cryptic bit I don’t get). Same with 4A - I can tell Gable is the definition but what does the rest point to? Would appreciate any help, thank you!

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  • ObscureFox constructor · 2024-02-08T12:10:43.290Z

    Sure!

    1A: A person who knows a lot about something is called a "wonk" (often a political wonk, but it doesn't have to be) and unknown is "y" as in math

    4A: the gable of a house is the end of it (I think, specifically, the triangular part that's sort of surrounded by the pitch of the roof; and there's the actor Clark Gable

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    • K 2:53 · 2024-02-09T11:13:33.075Z

      Ooh okay, thank you!

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• Oliver Hardy 🤓5:17 · 2024-02-08T17:34:22.841Z

  Very nice - many thanks! 1A WONK Another previously unknown US slang word to add to my vocabulary!

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  • ObscureFox constructor · 2024-02-09T13:05:34.069Z

    Yeah, it's a niche word. I hear it mostly in a political context: e.g., she's a real political wonk.

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