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Sam's Sunday Cryptic XCI

鈼嗏梿By sammisamsam Published 2024-10-20T04:04:07.196Z

Constructor's Note
Always happy for criticism/feedback! I feel like I was a bit looser with my clues this week. Heads up for an Americanism on 21D! There's low-key a theme to some of this puzzle but not one you need to know (or notice) to be able to solve
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  • Strom 馃28:12聽路聽2024-10-20T20:25:02.930Z
    Thought for a sec you were making some commentary on 21D with T (tomorrow) and RUMP (the end). Gotta get away from election news 馃檪
    • sammisamsam constructor聽路聽2024-10-23T21:37:06.551Z
      You and me both, that's more or less how 12A happened
    • Jake A 27:14聽路聽2024-10-21T22:58:05.381Z
      Another excellent puzzle!
      • sammisamsam constructor聽路聽2024-10-23T21:37:11.620Z
        Thanks Jake!
      • Byron 馃29:57聽路聽2024-10-23T23:55:31.798Z
        15D is a wonderful &lit
        • sammisamsam constructor聽路聽2024-10-25T01:15:48.986Z
          Thanks! That was my favorite from this batch
        1D
        Cry of pain follows two bits of green crab (6)
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        Across
        1. 6A
          Seen Fermi destroyed by rivals that he has some chemistry with? (9)
        2. 8A
          Capacity to have an obligation in publicity (5)
        3. 9A
          Manage what a dog swallowed (6)
        4. 10A
          Fastens shot without a bit of fabric art (8)
        5. 12A
          Crazed narcissists eliminated social security to frame hot people like Joe Biden and the pope (among many others) (10)
        6. 13A
          Tank a ball game (4)
        7. 14A
          With Italian circus building, you get basically any media nowadays? (7)
        8. 16A
          Send out Deborah, reversing curfew (7)
        9. 18A
          Kills one fruit fly, saving heads (4)
        10. 20A
          Anchorwoman answered her rambling husband, lacking (10)
        11. 23A
          Herr Pall rebuilt the subject of a recent block-umentary? (8)
        12. 24A
          An instrument for her pimple swapped around (6)
        13. 25A
          Rig a detailed peace treaty? Grand (5)
        14. 26A
          Drowned UN organization in Australia (4, 5)
        Down
        1. 1D
          Cry of pain follows two bits of green crab (6)
        2. 2D
          A new sodium file for a chronicler (8)
        3. 3D
          Cheek mashes pie increment (12)
        4. 4D
          Go bring up pee, blabbermouth (6)
        5. 5D
          Their looming content's fancy tomato (8)
        6. 7D
          Some more ensnared in sex trafficking (5)
        7. 11D
          "Disinfecting ranch," I hum aloud (12)
        8. 15D
          Sketchy bank! (8)
        9. 17D
          Trying to contain Oscar's saluting (8)
        10. 19D
          Clean wood (6)
        11. 21D
          Someone found at the end of tomorrow - a real solid weirdo (5)
        12. 22D
          Angel eventually lets in the apostles, minus one? (6)
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