Cryptic 5x5 #2 by tuber
◆ · By tuber · Published over 1 year ago
I can see what I'm aiming at with 5A
5AHe's feline funny: potent hum? (pardon the pun) (3)[---]
, but it's clumsy stuff and I should have scrapped it. "Murder your darlings," as they say. Otherwise, hmm, I like 2D2DCalamity without end, without end... (3)[---]
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.Checking for previous play data...
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- Sometimes I think I'm getting better at these and then sometimes...
I did manage to get OMAHA3DBeach city in Nebraska? (5)[-----]at least! - didn’t quite understand 8A8ASome sort of goblin philosopher? Not half! (3)[---]but with crossings it was no biggie. pleasant
- tuber constructor · over 1 year agoGlad you enjoyed it! The philosopher I had in mind was Thomas HOBBES.
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Pledge to follow suit? One has a point... (5)
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Across
- 1APledge to follow suit? One has a point... (5)
- 5AHe's feline funny: potent hum? (pardon the pun) (3)
- 6ASphere of unimagined majesty (5)
- 8ASome sort of goblin philosopher? Not half! (3)
- 9APhilosopher's student in touch with head office (5)
Down
- 1DPiece of gut (5)
- 2DCalamity without end, without end... (3)
- 3DBeach city in Nebraska? (5)
- 4DTurn over soil and reek like a baby elephant (5)
- 7DFifty books that could be up for auction (3)
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