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Cryptic - what's for dinner?

◆ · By Spunky · Published 2021-05-08T09:12:44.446Z

Cryptics are fun, but with trickier clues and fewer checked squares, they are by nature much harder than American-style grids. I've set this one with a theme and somewhat more direct clues to make it a more leisurely solve.
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  • Mike D 🤓5:29 · 2021-05-08T14:06:30.216Z
    I absolutely loved this! I have been trying to slowly get into cryptics but usually struggle just to get a couple of entries solved. This difficulty level was perfect for me - thanks for sharing!
    • wisprabbit 🤓3:51 · 2021-05-08T14:21:59.022Z
      nice - great to see a cryptic here, and the wordplay is all very logical and understandable! just one note: the clue for RATIO says (4) letters instead of (5)
      • Spunky constructor · 2021-05-08T15:45:57.631Z
        Thanks, glad you liked it, and fixed the clue!
      • Idriss Z 🤓4:00 · 2021-05-09T19:27:22.094Z
        Very clever cluing, creative uses of short and sweet answers.
        • Ben Shindel 🤓12:56 · 2021-05-10T00:23:18.825Z
          FUN! I was tempted to use check but refrained.
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          1A
          Hive worker with a failing grade makes a grievance (4)
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          Across
          1. 1A
            Hive worker with a failing grade makes a grievance (4)
          2. 3A
            Found in a lot of unusual bean curd (4)
          3. 7A
            A riot twisted into proportion (5)
          4. 8A
            Diamonds at the center of latticework (3)
          5. 9A
            Coward composes "Heck in C" (7)
          6. 13A
            Make money? Sounds like a coffeepot. (3)
          7. 14A
            Insult, as in rot (5)
          8. 16A
            Hybrid cutlery beheaded pig (4)
          9. 17A
            Go angling by shifting an endless shift (4)
          Down
          1. 1D
            Every other briared flycatcher (4)
          2. 2D
            Dine, oddly exact (3)
          3. 4D
            I love muddled martini garnish (5)
          4. 5D
            Secondhand, half unamused (4)
          5. 6D
            Diet strategy that involves a lb. crow (3,4)
          6. 10D
            Search those who normalize for integrity (5)
          7. 11D
            Sugarcane liquor with the last bit of syrup on the bottom end (4)
          8. 12D
            Desire a topless crone (4)
          9. 15D
            Tuna sourced from Tahiti (3)
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