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Five-minute Fiver 3

· By Pedagogue · Published 2023-10-24T07:53:32.208Z

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  • merlinnimue 4:57 · 2023-10-24T13:45:15.331Z
    Hmm, sorry, this one was not for me... I felt the ddefs were too close to one another... i felt the leading article in 1d was extraneous and distracting... and I have no idea on the parse for 5a
    • Pedagogue constructor · 2023-10-24T18:10:17.455Z
      Thanks for the feedback. I suppose 5A was too obscure. "Abandon girl"; delete G from RESIGN ("leave" synonym). "Japan" and "resin" are synonyms for "varnish". On reflection it may be too obscure, but a search in the thesaurus might reveal the link. 1D I'm sorry if the leading article distracted you; it was there to improve the surface reading. Sometimes articles affect the solution, sometimes they don't. I'm sorry that it frustrated you but I appreciate the feedback.
    1A
    Wire rope (5)
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    Across
    1. 1A
      Wire rope (5)
    2. 4A
      Frank Stark (5)
    3. 5A
      Abandoning girl, leave for Japan (5)
    Down
    1. 1D
      A brace tossed in games (5)
    2. 2D
      Gloomy tunes? (5)
    3. 3D
      Chewed and swallowed (5)
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