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Riddle-cryptic 57

· By Hydrologist Guy · Published 2025-01-11T13:33:46.047Z

Constructor's Note
The pun in 3-Down might be a little painful. I apologize upfront for that.
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  • Stephen Christie 🤓10:47 · 2025-01-12T00:14:22.714Z
    Cheers!
    • Just 4 Laffs 🤓2:14 · 2025-01-13T02:45:15.700Z
      This was really fun / cheers on a job well done
      • rjy 12:28 · 2025-01-13T15:13:01.438Z
        Fun! and a little more challenging than others… I was thrown by 2D, there’s an old chair called an Ant Chair - I spent way too long trying to squeeze that in! (…now seeing is not quite 100 yrs old tho)
        1A
        The first three give a legume, the first four give a fruit. / The whole? A pricy bit of a necklace, as might be found in a burglar's loot.
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        Across
        1. 1A
          The first three give a legume, the first four give a fruit. / The whole? A pricy bit of a necklace, as might be found in a burglar's loot.
        2. 4A
          It means "observed" -- when you saw something, your mind remarked upon it. / Read as two words, it describes a cake that has no frosting on it.
        3. 6A
          A seven-letter word with the five main vowels -- all the vowels except Y. / If you want to gaze at the top of this tree, you'll have to gaze pretty high...
        4. 7A
          For this melancholic ode written for the dead, here's a major clue: / Spell out the name for one of your limbs and "squint your ears" as you do!
        Down
        1. 1D
          There's some rampant speculation going around in regard to our dog Spot. / Therein you'll find what ol' Spot does when ol' Spot is running hot.
        2. 2D
          Take a century-old chair and shout out what it is -- shout it good and loud. / Someone might think that you're scared of a bug, too scared to be too proud!
        3. 3D
          “I’m this kind of intolerant, just so you know." "What? A toeless person gives you a chill?" / "No, no -- you misheard me. I simply meant that the sugars in milk make me ill.”
        4. 5D
          It’s a journal of sorts, and someone named Frank wrote the one that is the most famous. / A solver who only asks “But Frank Who?” might be channeling an ignoramus!
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