Sam's Sunday Cryptic XLIX

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• Oliver Hardy 🤓19:17 · 2023-12-31T17:09:22.993Z

  Many thanks for a satisfyingly challenging puzzle.

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  • sammisamsam constructor · 2024-01-01T00:33:36.061Z

    Thanks for solving!

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• Hector 🤓18:26 · 2023-12-31T18:02:23.128Z

  Very nice, thank you! 8A should be (5 6).

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  • sammisamsam constructor · 2024-01-01T00:33:29.497Z

    Should be fixed now, thanks for playing!

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• JWords 21:41 · 2023-12-31T18:14:23.635Z

  Thanks for a great puzzle!

  Think you’ve put the wrong length for 8A. Would be grateful for a parse of BRONZEAGE - I think the second half is supposed to be a homophone of sage but that doesn’t work to my ears. Also struggled with 1D with only 4 crossers!

  Great clueing, I particularly liked 13D

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  • LasersharpAurora 🤓10:27 · 2023-12-31T22:41:36.408Z

    BRONZEAGE - Sounds like "brawn" (beef) + "sage" (herb). :)

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    • Oliver Hardy 🤓19:17 · 2024-01-01T08:43:36.934Z

      Thanks for the parse; however, brawn is the flesh of a boar, not beef.

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      • LasersharpAurora 🤓10:27 · 2024-01-01T15:13:43.242Z

        "Beef" as in someone's strength (like how someone could be referred to as "beefy", which is similar to brawny).

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        • Oliver Hardy 🤓19:17 · 2024-01-01T16:57:22.712Z

          A bit too roundabout for my liking

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• merlinnimue 🤓8:16 · 2023-12-31T22:45:16.353Z

  Thanks for another great puzzle, wishing you all the best in the new year

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  • sammisamsam constructor · 2024-01-01T00:33:55.074Z

    Same to you!

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