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World's First Crossword, Reclued

◆ · By FiveCubed · Published 2023-01-26T20:19:33.512Z

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  • emmie 🤓1:37 · 2023-01-27T00:49:18.872Z
    Good one!
    • SporcleMirror 🤓2:03 · 2023-01-27T06:16:14.052Z
      The clue for HARD in Arthur Wynne’s original puzzle was “What this puzzle is”. Apparently he wanted to REALLY stress how HARD it was and couldn’t be bothered to just change it to HARM/MOVE to avoid the dupe. (DOVE had two different clues, at least - “a bird” and “a pigeon”)
      • kieranjboyd 2:13 · 2023-01-27T10:31:14.072Z
        How far we've come! For any (variety) cryptic crossword solvers, I recommend Kevin Wald's puzzle based on the original grid.
        Play today's daily mini crossword
        1D
        "When starting the game, hand out an extra $1,000 to each player," e.g.
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        Across
        1. 2A
          FUN (it's given in the original puzzle)
        2. 4A
          Half-off events
        3. 6A
          Long rectangle from CVS
        4. 8A
          Insignificant
        5. 9A
          Play Stardew Valley, e.g.
        6. 11A
          Antiwar person
        7. 12A
          Epitome of thinness
        8. 14A
          Less, some say
        9. 15A
          Attract, as attention
        10. 16A
          High on the Mohs scale
        11. 18A
          Competed up to a 15-Across
        12. 19A
          Mane man?
        13. 21A
          Hourglass minus the glass
        14. 22A
          After afternoon
        15. 24A
          Dodge, as taxes
        16. 25A
          Is twice?
        Down
        1. 1D
          "When starting the game, hand out an extra $1,000 to each player," e.g.
        2. 2D
          Body part that's also a clock part
        3. 3D
          A fist (??????) (FINE anagram)
        4. 4D
          Withered
        5. 5D
          Fight, but not really
        6. 6D
          Daydream
        7. 7D
          "Insider" crime
        8. 8D
          It's stored in a story
        9. 10D
          Bogged down
        10. 11D
          Homeric interjection?
        11. 13D
          Chapped one?
        12. 17D
          Antiwar person (again, sigh)
        13. 18D
          Polynesian deity (??????) (NEAT anagram)
        14. 20D
          St. Petersburg's river
        15. 21D
          0.1% of a chiliagon
        16. 23D
          Ointment-yielding plant (??????)
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