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Mad Dog Cryptics #25

◆◆ · By Mad Dog · Published 2025-04-10T20:27:05.560Z

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  • Mad Dog constructor · 2025-04-10T20:29:07.669Z
    Across
    1. Def = spleen. B(ook) A D(ate) + TEMP ER
    2. Def = Man or Dogs. Homophone of AISLE
    3. Def = upset. Anagram of IDLER
    4. Def = some degree. DOCTOR + (e)ATE(n)
    5. Def = territory surrounding a big hole. A ( R(hinocer)I Z + ON A
    6. Def = shit that's thrown around. Homophone of COUCH HIP
    7. Def = to be liberal. Anagram of NO ATHLETE FELT
    8. Def = the earliest possible meal. Anagram of AGENTS BRIEFED
    9. Def = classification change. RE(tro)GRADE
    10. Def = good wishes and farewell. Homophone of QI (CHI, life force in China) and RYO
    11. Def = the girls from the movie The Shining. (d)EVIL(s) (a)T + WINS(some)
    12. Def = to raise up. EXIT with I replaced by AL
    13. Def = a promise to chat. Hidden word in (be)TTY L(ou)
    14. Def = bug. Anagram of DISH MINCED after S(alad) removed
    Down
    1. Def = parasite. Anagram of BALANCE + R(evealed)
    2. Def = city. Spoonerism of HELL + D
    3. Def = poles. Anagram of SOFTHEARTED + (w)HEN
    4. Def = everybody who's anybody has one. PO + DC + A + S + T(acoma)
    5. Def = find another use for. Anagram of C + CELERY
    6. Def = pasta. Anagram of EIGHT PATS
    7. Def = free of responsibility. EMPT(y) after (s)EX
    8. Def = I lost my place. Letter bank of EREWHON
    9. Def = doubt. AM ( BIG U ) ITY
    10. Def = skeptic. Anagram of COASTING
    11. Def = like NBA's Pelle Larsson. SW (DE) ISH
    12. Def = lost in thought. Homophone of FOE CUSSED
    13. Def = critical. (h)UNT with anagram of GER inside
    14. Def = reach. REAL + M(en) Reach for real men (5)
    Play today's daily mini crossword
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    Openings to book a date with temporary emergency room to get spleen (3,6)
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    Across
    1. 1A
      Openings to book a date with temporary emergency room to get spleen (3,6)
    2. 6A
      Describe pathway of Man or Dogs (4)
    3. 10A
      Upset! Idler is upset (5)
    4. 11A
      Fudge consumed after licking off the coating to some degree (9)
    5. 12A
      A Zulu ate the skin of rhinoceri on a territory surrounding a big hole (7)
    6. 13A
      "Davenport chic" is shit. That's thrown around in conversation (3,4)
    7. 14A
      No athlete felt forced to be liberal (4,2,3,4)
    8. 17A
      Agents briefed suspect to get the earliest possible meal (13)
    9. 21A
      Took out temporary restraining order against retrograde classification change (7)
    10. 22A
      Qi Ryo says "Good wishes and farewell" (7)
    11. 24A
      The Shining little girls, devils unbound at last, some winsome (4,5)
    12. 25A
      Opening with essential psalms for me to raise up (5)
    13. 26A
      Betty Lou gives a promise to chat (4)
    14. 27A
      Bug found when dish minced and, after salad entre removed, chopped (6,3)
    Down
    1. 1D
      Unsteady balance first revealed by parasite (8)
    2. 2D
      "City of Hades' Deceased" as reviewed by Spooner (5)
    3. 3D
      Poles are remarkably softhearted when arriving late (4,2,3,5)
    4. 4D
      Everybody who's anybody has one post office near Washington a little south and west of Tacoma (7)
    5. 5D
      Find another use for diced cold celery (7)
    6. 7D
      Spread eight pats on pasta (9)
    7. 8D
      Free of responsibility, almost completely empty after some sex (6)
    8. 9D
      I lost my place but rebuilt with materials from Erewhon (3,5,4,2)
    9. 15D
      Doubt that big university is located in Amity (9)
    10. 16D
      Skeptic is coasting with the wrong assumption (8)
    11. 18D
      Like NBA's Pelle Larsson, Ed shot in...nothing but net (7)
    12. 19D
      Lost in thought, the enemy swore loudly (7)
    13. 20D
      Critical to start off hunt capturing badger? (6)
    14. 23D
      Reach for real men (5)
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