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Cryptic 5x5 #2 by tuber

◆ · By tuber · Published 2021-11-22T14:38:57.249Z

I can see what I'm aiming at with 5A, but it's clumsy stuff and I should have scrapped it. "Murder your darlings," as they say. Otherwise, hmm, I like 2D but I'm a sucker for the "repetitions that must be parsed differently" gag. To my mind this is mostly rather workmanlike but unobjectionable cluing; but that's also hard for me to judge accurately. Why not give it a shot, and let me know.
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  • Mike D 1:45 · 2021-11-22T15:05:35.823Z
    Sometimes I think I'm getting better at these and then sometimes... 😂
    I did manage to get OMAHA at least!
    • quatrevingtneuf 🤓5:24 · 2021-11-22T19:13:33.340Z
      didn’t quite understand 8A but with crossings it was no biggie. pleasant 👍🏼
      • tuber constructor · 2021-11-22T21:53:11.045Z
        Glad you enjoyed it! The philosopher I had in mind was Thomas HOBBES.
        • quatrevingtneuf 🤓5:24 · 2021-11-22T23:15:56.338Z
          ah, of course. makes sense now!
      Play today's daily mini crossword
      1A
      Pledge to follow suit? One has a point... (5)
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      Across
      1. 1A
        Pledge to follow suit? One has a point... (5)
      2. 5A
        He's feline funny: potent hum? (pardon the pun) (3)
      3. 6A
        Sphere of unimagined majesty (5)
      4. 8A
        Some sort of goblin philosopher? Not half! (3)
      5. 9A
        Philosopher's student in touch with head office (5)
      Down
      1. 1D
        Piece of gut (5)
      2. 2D
        Calamity without end, without end... (3)
      3. 3D
        Beach city in Nebraska? (5)
      4. 4D
        Turn over soil and reek like a baby elephant (5)
      5. 7D
        Fifty books that could be up for auction (3)
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